Congratulations to Miss Ginn who has accepted a new leadership role at a school in Gloucester starting in January. Miss Ginn has been a valued and hugely talented member of our team who will be missed. She will still continue to work with us for one day a week on a short term basis until July 2026. Miss Taylor will be our new SENDCO from July 2026 when Mrs Abell returns from maternity leave . This gives us a lengthy period of training and transition, supported carefully by Miss Ginn. 

Parentpay balances for Before and After School clubs should all be cleared by the start of the new term please.  Thank you.

Reminder: Years 3 & 4 swimming lessons begin on Wednesday 7th January and then every Wednesday for ten weeks until the 18th March. Please send children in PE kit (for ease of changing) and bring their swimming kit, which should include swimming trunks or shorts/1 piece costume, goggles and a towel in a drawstring bag. Baggy beach shorts are not ideal for boys as they create drag and make it harder for them to swim, so the shorter the shorts the better, or tight swimming trunks are ideal. Girls must have a 1 piece swimming costume. If children are injured and unable to swim, they will still go to the pool and watch the lesson from the poolside. Please send a note or email accordingly. Generally, if children are well enough to be at school, they are well enough to swim. Finally, please can I ask that you check your payment status on parentpay  and if you've not already paid, please can this be actioned. Thank you. Mrs Leggett.

Please remember to top up your child's ParentPay account to cover their school dinners. Your account should be in credit at all times so please make sure there is enough in there to cover the next few weeks. Many thanks.

Click here to view new menus which start after Half Term: www.twyningschool.co.uk/page/school-lunches/106163 

A message to all, from our local carol singers: 

The ancient tradition of singing carols round the houses and in front of the shop, has been maintained in this village for many years with a dedicated band of singers coming out every year. Come and join in singing carols round Twyning! Children are welcome to come join in if they bring someone to supervise them. New singers are always very welcome so please consider coming along for any of the following dates:

Sat 20th Dec 10-11am carols at the shop

Sun 21st Dec 4pm candlelight carol service at the church

Mon 22nd Dec  6pm meeting at the Chapel in Paxhill Lane

Tues 23rd Dec 6pm meeting at the main road end of Lynworth Lane

Weds 24th Dec 5pm for Christingle Service in St Mary’s Church in Church End

Thurs 25th Dec 9.30 for Christmas Day family Communion service.

This year’s Christingle will be held on 24th December 2025 at 5.00pm at St Mary Magdalene Church. If you are at home this Christmas and have friends and family staying, come along on Christmas Eve and help raise funds for those children who are less fortunate. It really is a fantastic way to start Christmas.

Children were given a donation candle box to take home last week. Please fill it (as much as you are able) and they can bring it with them to this year's Christingle. 

Thank you

Lorna Herold, for St Mary Magdalene Church, Church End

Please sign up for Chess and Cross country. We will assume the current Nature club and Multi-sports children will continue unless we are informed otherwise. The Dance club register has been compiled from the reply slips returned.

Tuesdays - Dance - Y1-3 - (for those who have expressed an interest, taken a letter and replied).

Wednesdays - Chess - Y5&6 - (16 max, so first come first served).

Wednesdays - Nature Club Y4-6 - (FULL - current children continuing).

Thursdays - Cross country - Y4-6 - (practice at school for 3 weeks, followed by races at the Vineyards).

Fridays - Multi-sports - Y1-3 - (current children continuing) 

Clubs will start the week beginning the 12th January. The exception is Dance club which will start straight away on Tuesday 6th January in order to have maximum time to practise for the Feet First dance festival. Clubs end at 4.15pm except Nature club which is 4.30pm. 

We have been made aware that our uniform supplier, Gooch Clothing, are no longer able to source the navy blue school cardigan. Until we can find an alternative, we are happy for you to buy any school-style navy cardigan, getting it personalised yourself if you so wish, or leaving it plain.

PE KIT: We have noticed that some children are coming in more varied items e.g. black and/or boldly branded items for PE. Please note that the PE t-shirt should be the school logo blue shirt. 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.

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