Twyning School - Newsletter 01.12.23
This week's news: It's December already! We had an amazing amount of free books allocated to us after the book fair, so thank you all for your purchases! We hope you enjoyed visiting the bookfair. Tomorrow is our Christmas fair for which the children are very excited. We hope it is as successful as last years!
Platinums
Congratulations this week go to...
Scarlett O'Hanlon
Alex Tizard
Robert Vickery-Clark
Bridie Buckland
Jasper Wilson
Jessica Pollard
Evie Simmons
Dates for your Diary
Saturday 2nd December - School Christmas Fair 12:00 to 3pm
Wednesday 6th December - Recorders and Violin Performance (Years 2 and 3) - 2.15pm in the hall
Wednesday 13th December - Rabbits, Squirrels and Foxes Nativity performance 2pm in the hall
Thursday 14th December - Rabbits, Squirrels and Foxes Nativity performance 10am in the hall
Monday 18th December - Hedgehogs and Owls Christmas Carol Concert at St Mary Magdalene's Church 6pm
Tuesday 19th December - Whole school trip to the pantomime Beauty and The Beast, at The Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury (coaches will transport)
Wednesday 20th December - School Christmas lunch (see below)
Wednesday 20th December - Ukulele performance (Year 1) 2.30pm in the hall.
Friday 22nd December - Last day of term
Next years Bag2School days - 19th January and 19th April 2024
Christmas fair - 02 dec 23
We are looking forward to tomorrow's Christmas Fair! This has taken a lot of planning and preparation from our staff, PTFA and helpers. We hope you will support your school and come along.
There will be many games, stalls, refreshments and more! The big man himself is even paying us a visit with his elves.
christmas fair helpers & bakers
We are holding a cake stall at the fair - if you are a keen baker and can bake a few cakes or biscuits, please bring them along tomorrow at 12 o'clock. Thank you in advance.
We always need helpers so if you can help set up earlier in the morning, or help on a stall, even if for an hour, please can you email Dawn O'Hanlon PTFA@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk tonight. Many thanks.
tickets for father christmas
Children have been sent home with their pre-ordered tickets Santa's Grotto tickets. Tickets on the day are £3 each. There are no time slots for Santa so please just queue at the Grotto at a convenient time for you.
young voices and dance clubs change of date
Due to our staff attending a local schools' writing moderation evening on Tuesday 12th December, Young Voices and dance club will be postponed and run instead on Wednesday 13th December. Please let us know if your child cannot attend the changed date. Many thanks.
twyning playgroup presents
paper bag stars and pinwheels with "helen nightingale creates"
Learn to make stunning, statement paper decorations at this creative Christmas workshop. Have fun crafting your own set of hanging stars and pinwheels and learn the skills to make many more at home. A warm welcome awaits at this relaxed event and Helen will be on hand to help and advise.
We will provide mulled wine and sweet treats.
Tickets are £35.
Monday 4th December 7.30pm at Twyning Village Hall.
We have very limited tickets so please get in touch as soon as possible (katerina.twyningpg@gmail.com)
All profits go to Twyning Playgroup to support resources and more!
tewkesbury district netball festival
On Tuesday we took a team of year 5&6 netballers to a 'friendly' festival at Tewkesbury academy. We played 5 games, were convincingly beaten in 2 by much larger schools, narrowly lost 1 game, drew 1 and finished with a win. Vienna was awarded a School Games wristband for honesty (such an important value in sport). With some quite new players to our netball club, I was very proud of their commitment and support for each other and we look forward to the competitive netball cup in the Spring. Well done to Teddy, Tom, Vienna, Amelia, Elena and Millie.
years 3&4 residential: wednesday 10th-thursday 11th july 2024
Due to increasing numbers, it has been necessary for us to find a new venue for our residential. We are delighted to have found a wonderful centre with excellent accomodation and very large grounds. It is the Noah's Ark Children's Venture, Macaroni Wood, near Cirencester : https://www.macaroniwood.org.uk/ We will have sole use of the centre and all facilities. Letters to children in Years 3&4 will follow shortly.
SCHOOL Dinners
Please remember that all school dinner account balances should be in credit on parentpay at all times. Many thanks.
The new menu for this term is now on our website. If you need a printed copy please ask Mrs Bowen in the office.
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 mdavies@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
Mr Mark Davies, Acting Headteacher
