Here is this week's news:
Thank you for your support of our School Council cake and plant sale last week - the total raised was £117.30! The School Council will meet shortly to decide what they wish to spend the money on...
Governor voting forms for a Parent Governor were sent out with children last Friday - please check your child's bookbag for the orange form (forms were handed to each eldest sibling, one per parent) if you've not already done so. The orange ballot box is available before and after school until Wednesday 8th May to post your voting form into, or if you prefer please drop your form into the blue post box on the back door of school (opposite the shop).
As Monday is a Bank Holiday , School will be closed - have a lovely long weekend and hopefully the weather will be kind to us!
Congratulations this week go to...
Tabitha Shepherd-Hackforth
Holly Parkinson
Jack Western
Lily Taylor-Phelps
Olivia Jones
Daisy Allen
Lewis Allard
Alex Tizard
6th May - Bank Holiday - School closed
7th May - Wildlife Quiz (representatives from Owls)
8th May - PTFA Extraordinary General Meeting 7pm in School hall - all welcome
Monday 20th - Wednesday 22nd May - Years 5&6 residential at the Pioneer Centre, Cleobury Mortimer.
27th - 31st May - Half Term Holiday
3rd June - 'Life Education Bus' visit
5th June - Bingo Night! PTFA run event in School hall 6:30pm for a 7pm start - see poster below.
7th June - John Moore Museum 'Toys' Workshop visiting us
18th June - Tewkesbury Athletics Championships (Y3-6 selected children TBA)
Wednesday 3rd July - Sports day at 1pm
4th July - John Moore Museum 'Nature' Workshop visiting us
Wednesday 10th - Thursday 11th July - Years 3&4 residential at Noah's Ark children's venture, Macaroni Wood.
Wednesday 17th July - Leavers Service at Tewkesbury Abbey (pm)
Wednesday 17th July - Leavers Disco in the school hall 6:30pm onwards (Years 5 and 6 only)
Wednesday 17th July - Summer Disco in the school hall 5:30 - 6:15 (Reception to Year 4)
22nd July - INSET DAY - School closed
23rd July - 30th August - Summer Holidays
2nd and 3rd September - INSET DAYS - School closed
We still have spaces in our Reception Class for September 2024. If you know anyone who still needs a space for this September, and would like their child to join our fantastic new Early Years classroom please ask them to call the school office for details on 01684 293577.
Please come to our PTFA Extraordinary General Meeting on Wednesday 8th May in the school hall. It is important that we have as many non-committee as committee members at the meeting to ensure compliance with EGM regulations, so please do come along if you can.
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
Our first week of Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 using Times Table Rockstars has now finished!
It has been fantastic to see everyone so engaged and really passionate about learning their times tables. Our first 'battle' has now finished and it has been incredibly close all week between two year groups in particular. The final result is down below...
As well as the result, there are also names of individuals who have achieved an award for their efforts in the 'battle of the bands' competition this week.
The battle next week will be split between Year 5 and Year 6 and then Year 3 and Year 4. Keep practising your times tables to move your year group up the leaderboard!
Congratulations to Year 6!!
Year 5 were ahead all week - right up until Thursday evening where Year 6 took the lead and finished on 1,008 points! Year 5 ended on 923 points. Year 4 got 406 points this week and Year 3 also achieved 356 points.
Times Table Rockstars ranks the 'most valuable players' during the rock battle this week and these children in each year group earned the acclaim:
Year 3:
1: Keira R 2: Bonnie B 3: Isla M
Year 4:
1: Hallie B 2: Florence W 3: Keira N
Year 5:
1: Kellan R 2: Vienna K 3: Cleo C
Year 6:
1: Stephanie G 2: Evie S 3: Elena W
Please can children bring coats every day. They also need a tracksuit top or school sweatshirt for PE and sporting clubs over their t-shirt. We are outside now but it is still cold at times. There are still a few unnamed PE tops and quite a few jumpers currently in the lost property box - if you have lost one, please come and have a look!
The cost of a school dinner increased to £2.71 with effect from 8th April 2024.
If you believe your child may be entitled to free school meals, please look at this link www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-transport-and-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
Please remember that all school dinner account balances should be in credit at all times. Many thanks. If your child's account is overdrawn please could you log in and clear the outstanding balance over the weekend? Many thanks.
Our PTFA are busy organising a fabulous Bingo Night! They are planning on having a bar, and selling cakes and bakes too. We are very much looking forward to this! For tickets please email ptfa@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk .
One of our Year 6 pupils, Freddie, has decided to raise some money for a fantastic cause. Freddie is doing a sponsored litter pick for Cheltenham Animal Shelter!
He will be picking litter around Twyning during May half term. He is hoping to raise £150 for the animal shelter to help support the great work that the charity do.
If you would like to donate towards Freddie's litter pick. Please follow this link: https://cas.enthuse.com/pf/freddie-neal-sayer
Below is a link to the digital ‘What's on in the Libraries Guide’
What's On at The Library April - June 2024 by Gloucestershire Libraries :
Before and After School Care - Price Increase
Fees for our before and after school care facility are increasing from September 2024 to £3.50 for a morning session and £7 for an afternoon session. We have kept the price stable for the last 2 years.
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 .
In April’s newsletter you will find the latest updates, news and developments for families in the local area. This includes updates on a new Special School in Gloucester, 2-year-old Childcare Funding Expansion, Post 16 options information and lots more as helpful information for you and your family.
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.
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 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