On 20th March, it is Red Nose Day / Comic Relief. Children are invited to wear something red to school (or a red outfit!). We will be holding a cake sale after school, run by the School Council and Health Committee (if they are not at Netball club). Donations of cakes and bakes are welcomed please - bring donations to Mrs Bowen on the Friday morning. Many thanks.

Our PTFA are hosting a BINGO night on Wednesday 25th March at 7pm in the school hall. Flyers and order forms have been handed out today. Mrs Bowen will have a QR code available to scan if you would prefer to pay by applepay/android pay on your phone. Please see Mrs Bowen before or after school any day, otherwise hand your forms and cash in to the office as usual.

Please remember to top up your child's ParentPay account to cover their school dinners. Your account should be in credit at all times. Many thanks.

Click here to view current menus: www.twyningschool.co.uk/page/school-lunches/106163 

Yesterday, ten of our years 5 and 6 children took part in a football cup competition at Tewkesbury Academy. They played superbly, winning 2 games and drawing one in our pool. This put us top of the group to play Mitton in a semi-final. A well fought match resulted in a draw, and 3 penalties followed to decide the winner. Leo N-S, Bertie and Theo scored all 3, but the clincher was the brilliant save by Leo to win the penalties 3-2. We then met John Moore in the final, just losing 0-1. They worked so hard and our goal keepers throughout (Oliver, Bertie and Leo) had amazing games. They all absolutely deserved their silver medals. Well done to Leo N-S, Bertie, Theo, Willam R, Jack, Oliver, Zane, Jesse, Joe and Isla.

Congratulations to our 7 children who represented the Tewkesbury district in the county championships at Ashley Manor Preparatory School in Cheltenham on Sunday. The course is longer and much more challenging than the Vineyards route, with a brutally steep hill half way through. Well done to Leo H, Theo, Leo N-S, Jesse, Lachlan, Isla and Lea.

PE KIT: We have noticed that some children are coming in more varied items e.g. black and/or boldly branded items for PE. The school tracksuit is perfect for cold weather. Otherwise, shorts/skort/cycling shorts/joggers should be navy and unbranded. Children may wear their school jumper or cardigan instead of the tracksuit top when cold.

If you wish to book your children onto a crash course this Easter, please see the above information. For other holiday sports camps see the posters below.

I just wanted to remind parents about the most effective ways to make contact with your child's teacher should you need to. You can also advise us if your child is off school sick/unwell on the School Spider app. This is also in the communications section of the website. This document also lists all of the emails for the teachers. We kindly ask that you do not use the private messaging system on Dojo but instead use email please. Many thanks for your support as always.  spaces.schoolspider.co.uk/uploads/605/page/40075479_page_file.pdf 

Please see below  some useful links to a few excellent wellbeing and mental health resources and an amazing digital therapy app for children:

luminova.app/gloucestershire 

www.onyourmindglos.nhs.uk/ 

www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/mujkq12k/gcc_3002-cyp-mental-health-handout_aw-crop-large.pdf 

hubofhope.co.uk/concerns?concerns=86&latitude=52.0286023&longitude=-2.1466844