Twyning School - Newsletter 08.02.2024

This week's news: What a great week we have had. The children have enjoyed lots of exciting activities this week relating to Children's Mental Health week. A group of children from Owls and Hedgehogs represented our school, performing at the Feet First Dance Festival at Cheltenham Town Hall - they were amazing and we are very proud of them all. Tomorrow is an INSET so school will be closed. We look forward to seeing you all after the half term break.

Platinums

Congratulations this week go to...

Jasper Wilson

Lacey-May Baker

Theo Kania

Gabriel Allanson

Frankie Draper

Bridie Buckland

Dates for your Diary

9th February - INSET DAY - School closed

12th - 16th February - Half Term Holiday

19th February 2024 - Y4,5 & 6 Geography trip to Tewkesbury - PLEASE SEE BELOW

14th March 2024 - NHS Height Weight & eyesight checks for Reception, Year 6 (height & weight only)

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

Y4,5&6 TRIP to tewkesbury

Please remember to drop your children at the Abbey Lawns car park steps on Monday 19th Feb and hand them over to Mrs Wiseman, Mr Davies or Miss Taylor, as per the trip letter. Children should wear school uniform, and bring a backpack with a coat, packed lunch and their filled water bottle.

If you have not already paid, please can we ask that this is done by close of business tomorrow? Many thanks.

feet first dance festival

On Monday, twenty-two of our 4,5 and 6 children attended the Feet First dance festival for Tewkebury and Cheltenham schools at the town hall in Cheltenham. They performed brilliantly with the dance they helped to choreograph at dance club, the stimulus and music being 'You will be found' from the musical 'Dear Evan Hansen'. The setting in the town hall was stunning and our children were a huge credit to the school. Well done to Tabitha, Jude, Stephanie, Millie, Cleo, Nika, Joseph, Teddy, Sam, Amelia, Evie, Eliza, Elena, Livvy, Florence, Scarlett, Maisie, Keira, Hallie, Holly, Eva-Jayne and Lewis.

valentine's disco

Thank you to all of the volunteers who gave their time to help at the PTFA Valentine's Disco last night! The children really enjoyed dancing and playing games with their friends.

do you want to join our team?

Would you like to join our Mid-day Supervisor team? We are initially looking for someone to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays, hopefully with a view to more hours later in the year. Our Mid-day Supervisors work from 11:50 to 1:05pm each day; the job involves setting up the dinner tables and chairs, supervising and helping the children at mealtimes, supervising outside play on the school field, and cleaning up afterwards.

We are also looking to recruit somebody to work in our after school club, from 3:15pm to 5:15pm, supervising and leading play activities in the school hall and outside on the field.

Please email Mrs Bowen on admin@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk or catch a member of staff before or after school if you want to know more.

Children's mental health week

This week is children's mental health week . We have been celebrating the week with work in each of the classes. This is partnered work with the Place2be charity. The charity have also partnered with the Taskmaster Education team for a second year to provide a fun challenge that is focused on supporting mental health in children.

Create a picture of the most important thing...upside down.

Place2Be launched the first-ever Children's Mental Health Week in 2015 to empower, equip and give a voice to every child in the UK. It has since become a well recognised event, with hundreds of schools and colleges participating across the UK (and beyond!) as well as hundreds of children, parents and carers.

clubs

If you've not already done so, please email requests for next term's clubs to Mrs Bowen admin@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk

Mondays: Musical theatre (years EYFS-3) Miss Copson and Miss Taylor

Mondays: Craft (years 1-3) Miss Ray

Tuesdays: Cooking (year 5 & 6) Mr Davies - limit of 8 pupils (NOW FULL)

Wednesdays: Tag rugby (years 4-6) Pete Healey

Thursdays: Lego and board games (years 4-6) Mr Davies

Fridays: Netball (years 4-6) Mrs Leggett

Due to parents evenings, Musical theatre, Craft, Lego and Cooking clubs will start in week 2 (26th February). Tag rugby and Netball will begin in week 1 after half term (21st and 23rd February).

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:

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 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

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