Twyning School - Newsletter 10.05.2024

Good afternoon everyone! I am absolutely delighted to let you know that we have received the Ofsted report for our 2 day inspection on 10th and 11th April 2024. The inspection was extremely thorough yet a very positive experience all round resulting in our school getting the overall judgement of GOOD! The inspectors looked in detail at 5 main areas which each received the following judgements:

The quality of education = GOOD

Behaviour and attitudes = OUTSTANDING

Personal development = OUTSTANDING

Leadership and management = GOOD

Early years provision = GOOD

We are all so proud of this achievement and I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge congratulations and thank you to our wonderful pupils, staff , governors and families who all had a part to play in sharing how great our school is! The full report can be read here... Ofsted Report April 2024

Here is the rest of this week's news:

Governor voting forms for our Parent Governor vacancy were sorted and counted by the Clerk to The Governors yesterday. We are pleased to advise that Katerina Draper has been voted in as Parent Governor. Thank you to all candidates for their nominations.

Next week is SATS week for our Year 6 children. We wish them the best of luck and are sure they will all try their best in their tests.

This week was the second round of the Inter-schools Wildlife Quiz and our amazing team won again! Well done to Elliott S, Josh, Millie and Sam O and good luck to them for the semi finals!

Here's hoping for a sunny weekend!

Platinums

Congratulations this week go to...

Leo Neal-Sayer

Ewan MacDonald

Teddy Hadley

George Baker

Olivia Jones

head teacher's award

I am especially proud to award the prestigious Head Teacher's Award to someone who works so incredibly hard, showing pride in every aspect of her learning. We are all very proud of you...

🌟 Lacey-May Baker 🌟

Dates for your Diary

Monday 13th May - SATS week for Year 6 begins

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 details 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

places available!

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.

cuddly toys and fidgets

We have noticed an increasing amount of cuddly toys and fidget toys coming into school from home over recent weeks. Please can we ask that children do not bring in any of these items from home.

If your child requires these resources then this will need to be pre-arranged with myself and in line with an identified need.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Kind regards

Lisa Lowe

SENDCo

bingo night!

Please don't forget to order your tickets for Bingo Night! Forms were sent home with children yesterday. Our PTFA are planning on having a bar, and selling cakes and bakes too. We are very much looking forward to this! Mr Davies has kindly agreed to be our bingo-lingo caller! For tickets please complete and return the form sent home with your children today or email ptfa@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk . Your £10 fee includes a complimentary drink and your bingo book. Children are welcome to play but must be accompanied by an adult.

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:

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

Times table Rockstars! (TTRS)

Our second full week of using Times Table Rockstars is over!

The battles have been close as the week has progressed but we have two clear winners that are revealed below!

Next week, we will be pitting the winning year groups against each other. Year 5's will be battling Year 4's. This means that we are also going to challenge Year 3's to battle the Year 6's!

This week's tTRS Year Group Winners are...

Congratulations to Year 5 and Year 4!!

Year 5's were victorious in battle against Year 6 this week earning 668 points against 343 points. Year 4 were also victorious in a very close battle with Year 3, achieving 384 points against 360!

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: Lea W 2: Keira R 3: Jack C

Year 4:

1: Keira N 2: Bertie F 3: Hallie B

Year 5:

1: Kellan R 2: Henry W 3: Arianne G

Year 6:

1: Stephanie G 2: Jasper W 3: Amelia H

NUMBOts

As a part of our Times Table Rockstar subscription - we have also been able to use a program called Numbots that focuses on understanding of number bonds, subitising numbers and addition and subtraction skills. We see this as a perfect step into understanding multiplication and division facts with Times Table Rockstars.

Year 2's currently have logins so that they can access 'numbots' at both home and at school.

This week - Lachlan S has been given an award for achieving an incredible amount of minutes during the first week of using Numbots! Well done Lachlan.

coats sunhats suncream!

Please can children bring coats or if it is sunny, they should also bring a sunhat and wear suncream to school. They also need a tracksuit top or school sweatshirt for PE and sporting clubs over their t-shirt. We are outside for PE as often as possible. 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!

SCHOOL Dinners

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.

Pupil Fundraising for CHeltenham Animal Shelter.

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

gloucestershire libraries

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 :

issuu.com/gloslibraries/docs/gl_whats_on_april-june_24_4_

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 .

families in partnership newsletter

www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/families-in-partnership-newsletters/families-in-partnership-newsletter-april-2024/?pageNumber=1

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.

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.

Some useful links:

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/

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

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