Twyning School - Newsletter 01.03.2024
This week's news:
Another busy week passes and we have lots to look forward to next week! Please see below for information about our World Book Day celebrations next week including our 'Twyning School Literary Festival'.
Please note that we are in the Ofsted Inspection 'window' and we are expecting them to visit us in the coming weeks or months. They will telephone us to inform us the day before their visit and at that point we will send you further information including a parental survey that they will ask to be completed. As a team, we are looking forward to this long-awaited visit so that we can share all of the school's successes and excellent practice - we are extremely confident that it will be a successful inspection.
Platinums
Congratulations this week go to...
Alex Wills
Sasha Ryzhuk
Leah Mills
Daisy Allen
Amelia Hall
Dates for your Diary
Thursday 7th March - World Book Day - Twyning School Literature Festival
Friday 8th March - World Book Day dress-up day (see below)
14th March - NHS Height Weight & eyesight checks for Reception, Year 6 (height & weight only)
15th March - Comic Relief (see below)
19th March - Year 6 Parents SATs Meeting - 6PM
22nd March - INSET DAY - School closed
25th March - 5th April - Easter Holidays
19th April - Bag2School day
6th May - Bank Holiday - School closed
Monday 20th - Wednesday 22nd May - Years 5&6 residential at the Pioneer Centre, Cleobury Mortimer.
27th - 31st May - Half Term Holiday
Wednesday 3rd July - Sports day at 1pm
Wednesday 10th - Thursday 11th July - Years 3&4 residential at Noah's Ark children's venture, Macaroni Wood.
22nd July - INSET DAY - School closed
23rd July - 30th August - Summer Holidays
2nd and 3rd September - INSET DAYS - School closed
tewkesbury Y5&6 football tournament
Tewkesbury Y5&6 football tournament
On Tuesday our year 5&6 football team played in the Tewkesbury district cup tournament at Tewkesbury Academy. We played five games, with no wins but drawing two matches, and their play and teamwork improved throughout the tournament. Elliott E-C received a medal for superb play in goal and out on the pitch. Well done to Elliott, Teddy, Jasper, Joseph, Freddie, Josh, Tom, Leighton and Sam H.
cross country
On Sunday Elena, Sam O, Leo H and Leo N-S represented the Tewkesbury district at the Gloucestershire County championships at Newent school. They all ran superbly and we are very proud of them. Particular congratulations go to Elena who placed 6th and has therefore been selected to represent Gloucestershire at the National Championships near Loughborough this Sunday. We wish her all the best, competing against the best runners in England.
twyning school literature festival Thursday 7th march
world book day dress up 8th March
The School Council have asked the children how they would like to celebrate world book day. As there is a lot going on the Thursday, we thought we would give the children the opportunity on the Friday to dress up as their favorite book character OR come to school in comfortable clothes and bring in their favourite book. If you feel you can contribute, please bring £1 or more towards putting on our World Book Day events.
comic relief - friday 15th march
Children are invited to come to school wearing sporty kit and trainers with something red if possible. They will have the opportunity to take part in some fun physical challenges during the day. We will also be holding a cake sale after school. Please send cakes in on the day and monetary donations in the morning for Comic relief. If your child goes to an after school club, please could you give them some cake money in addition to the morning donation as I'm sure they would like a cake.
Year 6 Parents - SATs meeting - Tuesday 19th March at 6pm.
We would like to welcome Year 6 parents into school on Tuesday 19th March at 6PM to talk about SATs.
SATs are scheduled to take place in the week beginning the 13th May 2024. We will showing SATs papers from previous years and sharing details of every test that the children will have during the week. As well as this, we will talk about the logistics and routine for the week. We hope you can join us.
SCHOOL Dinners
Menus for next term (8th April onwards) 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 this weekend? Many thanks.
This term's menu is the same as before Christmas and can be found on our website. If you need a printed copy please ask Mrs Bowen for one.
gloucestershire libraries
Below is a link to the digital ‘What's on in the Libraries Guide’
What’s on Guide: What's On at The Library Janurary - March 2024 by Gloucestershire Libraries - Issuu
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 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
