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This week's news:
Thank you for your generous donations this morning for Comic Relief - we have collected £198.44 today (this includes the cake sale) which is absolutely amazing. The children have enjoyed a fun-filled day today! Next week, Mrs Bowen will be selling raffle tickets for our PTFA Easter Raffle! Tickets will be £1 each and the raffle will be drawn on Thursday. There are 2 lovely Easter hampers to be won! Tickets are on sale before and after school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and also Thursday morning.
Please note that we are in the Ofsted Inspection 'window' and we are expecting them to visit us in the coming weeks or months. They will telephone us to inform us the day before their visit and at that point we will send you further information including a parental survey that they will ask to be completed. As a team, we are looking forward to this long-awaited visit so that we can share all of the school's successes and excellent practice - we are extremely confident that it will be a successful inspection.
Platinums
Platinums
Congratulations this week go to...
Jack Williams
Isiah Smith
Stanley Smith
Dates for your Diary
Dates for your Diary
19th March - Year 6 Parents SATs Meeting - 6PM
22nd March - INSET DAY - School closed
25th March - 5th April - Easter Holidays
13th April - PTFA Jumble Sale in school hall - see poster below
19th April - Bag2School day
6th May - Bank Holiday - School closed
8th May - PTFA Extraordinary General Meeting 7pm in School hall - all welcome
Monday 20th - Wednesday 22nd May - Years 5&6 residential at the Pioneer Centre, Cleobury Mortimer.
27th - 31st May - Half Term Holiday
5th June - Bingo Night! PTFA run event in School hall 6:30pm for a 7pm start - see poster below.
Wednesday 3rd July - Sports day at 1pm
Wednesday 10th - Thursday 11th July - Years 3&4 residential at Noah's Ark children's venture, Macaroni Wood.
22nd July - INSET DAY - School closed
23rd July - 30th August - Summer Holidays
2nd and 3rd September - INSET DAYS - School closed
tewkesbury district netball club
tewkesbury district netball club
On Tuesday 12th, Vienna, Teddy, Amelia, Stephanie, Tom and Millie went to compete in a netball district cup. We played Tirlebrook, Carrant Brook and Tewkesbury C of E. In our first game we scored 2 and Tirlebrook scored 3.Then we played CofE and drew. We went through to the semis where Carrant Brook beat us. Then we played Tirlebrook again where the score was 3-4. Carrant Brook were the overall winners. Mrs Mulligan said we really improved throughout the tournament. Overall we placed 4th out of 7 schools. Thank you to Mrs Mulligan for taking us.
by Amelia and Vienna
up-coming events
up-coming events
Our PTFA are busy organising some wonderful events for next term. Please see the posters below, and the noticeboard on the playground for further details. So far, they are organising a Bingo Night and a Jumble Sale... We are very much looking forward to these events!
competition time!
competition time!
Dont forget to enter award-winning author Danielle Seater's competition! She visited us last week and talked to the children about her book 'Oceans Away'. Good luck! Also, here is a link to buy her books if required - a number of children asked where they could buy the books! eco-able.co.uk/eco-childrens-books/
plant sale
plant sale
School Council would like to hold a cake and plant sale after the Easter holidays so if you are out in your gardens this Easter, please could you start collecting some cutting and seedlings for our sale.
Many thanks
Mrs Wiseman
Year 6 Parents - SATs meeting - Tuesday 19th March at 6pm.
Year 6 Parents - SATs meeting - Tuesday 19th March at 6pm.
We would like to welcome Year 6 parents into school on Tuesday 19th March at 6PM to talk about SATs.
SATs are scheduled to take place in the week beginning the 13th May 2024. We will showing SATs papers from previous years and sharing details of every test that the children will have during the week. As well as this, we will talk about the logistics and routine for the week. We hope you can join us.
change to menu 21st march
change to menu 21st march
Because of the INSET on 22nd March, we will be having 'Fishy Friday' on Thursday 21st March instead. The menu choices will be:
A - Fish fingers & chips
B - Vegan sausage & chips
C - Jacket potato with the usual fillings
SCHOOL Dinners
SCHOOL Dinners
Menus for next term (8th April onwards) are now available from the school website - click to download or ask at the office for a printed copy. www.twyningschool.co.uk/page/school-lunches/106163
Please remember that all school dinner account balances should be in credit at all times. Many thanks. If your child's account is overdrawn please could you log in and clear the outstanding balance this weekend? Many thanks.
This term's menu is the same as before Christmas and can be found on our website. If you need a printed copy please ask Mrs Bowen for one.
HAF (holiday activity and food) programme
HAF (holiday activity and food) programme
You may or not be aware that the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme is funded by the Department of Education for those in reception to year 11 who receive benefits-related free school meals. Here is the link to book www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/holiday-activities-and-food-programme/ Please also see the bottom of this newsletter where there are a few more flyers regarding exciting HAF events this Easter.
gloucestershire libraries
gloucestershire libraries
Below is a link to the digital ‘What's on in the Libraries Guide’
What's On at The Library April - June 2024 by Gloucestershire Libraries :
Safeguarding and E-Safety
Safeguarding and E-Safety
It is important to continue to 'make a noise about bullying' and we hope that this link to the BBC's anti-bullying resources will be useful.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/curations/anti-bullying-week
We would also like to bring to your attention a helpful guide on finding the ratings of online games and social media applications. This is a universal guide for any entertainment content:
https://www.askaboutgames.com/pegi-age-ratings#:~:text=Essentially%2C%20the%20PEGI%20rating%20on,deemed%20suitable%20for%20adults%20only.
Before and After School Care
If you are using our paid Before & After School Care facility, balances should be cleared by the end of each month at the latest. Many thanks. If you use government vouchers please email Mrs Tingle at bursar@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk to advise when you have made a payment, each time you do this.
How do I register my child?
To register for Before or After School Club, please complete and send in the booking form which can be downloaded from our website or ask Mrs Bowen for a printed copy. These forms should be returned to Mrs Bowen at admin@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk .
Some useful links:
If you believe your family to be eligible for Free School Meals, please click on this link:
Health and sickness information "Is my child too ill for school?"
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/
Register for School Milk:
A collection of links to find and get help in all sorts of situations from Anxiety, Health related, young persons help, depression and much more:
hubofhope.co.uk/concerns?concerns=86&latitude=52.0286023&longitude=-2.1466844
Contact
Please feel free to make contact with me via email head@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk should you need to speak to me. During evenings and weekends, I may not be able to respond to you straight away but I will make contact with you during normal working hours as soon as I can. Many thanks for all of your support.
Kindest regards
Miss L Gladstone
Headteacher
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