The book fair is now in School. Please come along after school on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday if you would like to browse the books and grab a few bargains! Payment can be made by cash or online by scanning a QR code with your phone. Books will be available to take away on the day (If a certain book has sold out it can be delivered to us on the last day of the fair for you).  School earns credits for every book bought at the fair and we use these to buy new books for our own library. If you are unable to come but wish to buy, please ask me to give your child a wish list, where you can pay online, and I can arrange for your books to be sent home with your child. Thank you for your continued support. Mrs Bowen

If you have any Christmas jumpers/dresses/tunics that your children have outgrown, please could you consider donating them to school. The PTFA want to have a rail of pre-loved christmas clothes available for sale/donations at the Christmas Fair.  Our school Christmas Dinner is on 18th December and pupils are invited to wear festive jumpers/outfits for this.

Please get involved with this fun fundraiser for our Christmas Fair if you can! There will be prizes for the the best decorated and most creative jars!

On Wednesday 4th December, Foxes and Squirrels Classes would like to show their families what they have been learning in their group recorder, samba drum and violin lessons. They will be performing a mini-concert in the hall at 2:30pm on Wednesday 4th December. Please come along from 2:15 if you are able!

Please remember to send in your 'Bentley' forms! Thank you to those of you who have already done this.

If your child is registered for and receives the pupil premium or free school meals (this is not the same as universal free school meals, received by all infant aged children),  you are now able to book HAF activities through the link below, from the 18th November.  

https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/holiday-activities-and-food-programme/

You will need to make sure you are HAF ready by registering to the Children’s Activity Booking system (CABS) and making sure all of your account information is up to date.

If you are not registered for pupil premium/free school meals and want to see if you are eligible, please click this link www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/free-school-meals/apply-for-free-school-meals/  

Young Gloucestershire

T: 01452 501008 ext. 501

M: 07757730844

There are a lot of coughs and cold about at this time of year, as is often the case, but unless your child is really unwell (see below) we encourage you to still send them in to school. We are able to administer Calpol and antibiotics in school - forms are available from Mrs Bowen in the Office so please call in with any medication and complete one if necessary. 

Please click the link below to see NHS guidelines regarding illnesses.

www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/ 

Please remember to report sickness/illness daily to us via School Spider or email to Mrs Bowen on admin@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk. It is important that illness is reported to school first thing in the morning, otherwise your child's absence could be recorded as an 'unauthorised absence'. If your child is frequently absent due to illness we may ask for a doctors note as per our attendance policy.

Letters were given out la few weeks ago about swimming lessons in the spring term. These will take place on Wednesday mornings. Please send your form back if you've not already done so.

Please note that ALL school dinner accounts should be in credit at all times. If your child is in year 3 or above you will need to ensure that they have a credit balance loaded onto their account to cover their needs.

The cost of a school dinner is now £2.71.

If you believe your child may be entitled to free school meals, please look at this link www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/free-school-meals/apply-for-free-school-meals/ 

Menus for this term 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 

Many thanks.

Pupils must arrive in school by 8.45am on each school day. The register for the first session will be taken at 9.00am and will be kept open until 9.15am. The register for the second session will be taken at 1.05pm and will be kept open until 1.15pm. 

Please click this link to view our School Attendance Policy, Absence Request forms, and other attendance documentation.

www.twyningschool.co.uk/page/attendance/101727 

We are noticing that there are a few children who are coming to school with alternative drinks such as squash or juice in their water bottles. Please can I remind you all that our policy is for children to drink water only as part of our healthy schools status. 🎄

Can we also remind you that we encourage the following foods as suitable snack choices at break time:

Fruit, vegetables, cheese, cereal bar, fruit bar.

We do remind children not to eat crisps and chocolate at break times where possible.  

Thank you so much.

Please click on these links to view our guides to contacting school. We have also linked relevant policies for reference.

contacts and emails 

guide to contacting school 

communications policy 

parent code of conduct 

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