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Good afternoon everyone! I hope you have all had a lovely half term break.
We have been advised that next week, on the mornings of 2nd, 3rd and 4th March, there will be a run of lorries going in and out of the Newlands building site again. Dan, the Site Manager, will be standing on the corner by School to direct the lorries as before. We would suggest that if you need to drive to school, to please park further up the High Street and walk down if possible. The lorries will be here from 7:30/8am and should finish by around 10:30am.
On Tuesday 3rd March, we have a group of children from across the school participating in the Feet First Festival in Cheltenham. For those who are not attending the festival, we will be holding an activity day based on countries - Children will be grouped vertically and will be doing lots of fun activities in their groups throughout the day. I hope they enjoy themselves and benefit from this alternative learning.
Also next week, on Thursday 5th March, it is World Book Day. Children are invited to dress up as their favourite book character, or if they would prefer, they may wear what they like (sensible please!). Hopefully you have all had your free book vouchers, which were handed out on the last day of term in February.
Kind regards,
Miss Gladstone
Platinums
Platinums
Congratulations this week go to...
Henry R
Keira N
Fenella R
Mark K
Lily T-P
Ewan M
Dates for your Diary
Dates for your Diary
3 Mar - Feet First Dance Festival
5 Mar - World Book Day
16 Mar - Parents Evenings week
25 Mar - BINGO night in the hall
27 Mar - Last day of term
30 Mar - 10 Apr - Easter Holiday
20 Apr - 23 Apr - Bikeability training for Y5 starts
4 May - Bank Holiday
18 May - 20 May - Residential for Y5&6 - Pioneer Centre
25 - 29 May - Half Term Holiday
16 June - Bag2School day - please bring bags by 8:50am (or night before)
24 and 25 June 2026 Big Step transition taster days are taking place at Tewkesbury Academy.
1st July - BIKER NITE on Twyning Green - school and PTFA providing refreshments
2nd July - THURSDAY 2ND JULY - Sports Day on the green (PM).
12 July - Colour Run (to be confirmed)
15 July - Leavers DISCO and school disco
17 July - Last day of term
world book day
world book day
Next week, on Thursday 5th March, it is World Book Day.
Children (and staff) are invited to dress up as their favourite book character, or if they would prefer, they may wear what they like (sensible please!).
Hopefully you have all had your free book vouchers, which were handed out on the last day of term in February.
LOOK WHO'S TALKING - ROUND 2
LOOK WHO'S TALKING - ROUND 2
Congratulations to Olivia B from Foxes class and Violet V from Squirrels class who each represented Twyning School in the second stage of the Look Who's Talking competition. They both gave fantastic presentations to their audiences under tough competition. We are very proud of their achievement. Well done girls!
SCHOOL DINNERS/PARENTPAY
SCHOOL DINNERS/PARENTPAY
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
s.e.n.d. sports & social saturdays
s.e.n.d. sports & social saturdays
Please can I remind you of the sessions being held at Tewkesbury Youth Support centre from 10-11.30am. Please see the following link for more details.
https://www.move-more.org/SEND-SPORTS-AND-SOCIAL/
Mrs Leggett
school uniform
school uniform
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.
free school meals/pupil premium
free school meals/pupil premium
Apply online for pupil premium and free school meals - check to see if your child is eligible using the confidential online portal available on our website www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/free-school-meals/
You can secure a tasty free meal for your child and save yourself up to £480 per year. Plus our school receives extra funding for each eligible child registered. If you receive a qualifying benefit, we are entitled to extra funding. So even if you don’t want your child to take a free meal, you should still apply to make sure that we receive all the government funding to which we are entitled.
Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 already receiving an Universal Infant Free School Meal arranged by their school, will still need to apply to enable school to get any extra funding. For further information, including a list of qualifying benefits, click the link above.
communication with school
communication with school
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
Some useful links:
Keeping children safe online: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/children-young-people-and-families/keeping-your-child-safe-online/
Safeguarding and E Safety: www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/curations/anti-bullying-week
Gaming and social media : www.askaboutgames.com/pegi-age-ratings#:~:text=Essentially,%20the%20PEGI%20rating%20on,deemed%20suitable%20for%20adults%20only.
If you believe your family to be eligible for Free School Meals, please click on this link: https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-transport-and-free-school-meals/apply-for-free-school-meals/
Health and sickness information "Is my child too ill for school?" https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/
Please click this link to view our School Attendance Policy, Absence Request forms, and other attendance documentation. www.twyningschool.co.uk/page/attendance/101727
Register for School Milk: https://www.coolmilk.com
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
Gloucestershire Families in Partnership news and information can be found by clicking here:
WELLBEING & MENTAL HEALTH
WELLBEING & MENTAL HEALTH
Please see below some useful links to a few excellent wellbeing and mental health resources and an amazing digital therapy app for children:
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
communications with school
communications with school
Please click on these links to view our guides to contacting school. We have also linked relevant policies for reference.
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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