Twyning School - Newsletter 08.12.23
This week's news: Christmas is certainly well underway in School... The elves have jumped off their shelf and have been up to their festive antics once again. We are all very excited to find our where our elves, Branston and Pickle, are each morning. The children have been practicing for their up-coming Nativity and Carol Concerts - we can't wait to see their performances!
Platinums
Congratulations this week go to...
Olive Stevens
Cleo Cope
Frankie Draper
Henry Wheeler
Charlie Nottage
Dates for your Diary
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
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
Parent survey
You may remember completing our parent survey earlier this year. We are keen to gather your feedback once again and would be grateful if you could click on the link on the School Spider app. https://portal.schoolspider.co.uk/surveys/37378/edit
christmas raffle
Mrs Bowen has raffle tickets on sale up until 19th December. There are many wonderful prizes to be won including breakfast for two at Puckrup Hall, Spa vouchers, 4 food and wine hampers and many more prizes. Tickets are £1 each.
Christmas fair UPDATE
We raised just over £1000 at our Christmas Fair! A huge thank you to our PTFA, staff and helpers who helped make this festive event happen, and a bigger thank you to everyone who spent their hard-earned money!
school council book stall
Thank you for all your amazing donations of books for our School Council bookstall at the Christmas Fair. They raised £66.87 which will go towards their fundraising target. There were a few books leftover which have been donated to the Bookworm Charity Bookshop in Tewkesbury.
easy fundraising
Did you know that "Twyning School - Twyning Green" are registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online. Over 7,000 brands will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself!
These donations really mount up and make a BIG difference to us, so we’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to sign up and support us. It’s completely FREE and only takes a moment.
You can find our easyfundraising page at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/twyningschool
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.
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.
Reception and Y6 nhs height and weight checks
These annual checks have been postponed from next week to 14th March 2024.
families in partnership, gcc newsletter
Gloucestershire County Council have published their latest families in partnership newsletter. Please click the link below for useful information about getting support over the festive period, carer support and the family fund.
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
