Twyning School - Newsletter 23.02.2024
This week's news: Good afternoon everyone! I hope that you all had a good half term break and that Parents Evening appointments have been successful this week. If you have not managed to attend an appointment, please can you contact Mrs Bowen or your child's class teacher to rearrange.
I just wanted to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you for the wonderful welcome back after my period of absence - it really is so great to be back and I am so grateful for the continued support from so many of you during this difficult time. My particular thanks also go to Mr Davies, Mrs Lowe and the whole school team who have worked diligently to ensure that school has continued to run smoothly and seamlessly - I am so proud of all of their incredible work.
We are all looking forward to a busy yet productive term ahead. 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...
Joseph Wilcox
Henry Anders-Turfrey
Harrison Bowers
Dates for your Diary
Thursday 7th March 2024 - World Book Day - Twyning School Literature Festival
Friday 8th March 2024 - World Book Day dress-up day (see below)
14th March 2024 - NHS Height Weight & eyesight checks for Reception, Year 6 (height & weight only)
19th March 2024 - Year 6 Parents SATs Meeting - 6PM
22nd March 2024 - INSET DAY - School closed
25th March - 5th April - Easter Holidays
19th April 2024 - Bag2School day
6th May 2024 - Bank Holiday - School closed
27th - 31st May 2024 - Half Term Holiday
22nd July 2024 - INSET DAY - School closed
23rd July - 30th August 2024 - Summer Holidays
2nd and 3rd September 2024 - INSET DAYS - School closed
WRAPAROUND CHILDCARE SURVEY 2024
You will be aware that the Government is aiming to ensure that all local authorities and schools have adequate wraparound childcare options from September 2024 onwards. They are asking that all parents complete a survey that will provide data for analysis so that any gaps in provision can be identified.
Please click this link to take part:
twyning school literature festival Thursday 7th march
world book day dress up
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.
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
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