๐ Newsletter 26.01.2024
Mr J Sharp
Year 5 and 6 Football
Well, we had some fantastic games against St Wilfredโs this week who hosted us for both a boys and girls football tournament.
The reports back from staff were all about how good, not only their playing was, but their sportsmanship too.
This made me really pleased as it is such an important quality and one that isnโt always an easy thing at times when not winning.
We try to teach the children, in so many ways, the importance of experiencing both winning and losing; to be compassionate in the winning and show good sportsmanship in the losing.
The fact that they all came back with such big smiles, so proud of what they had achieved spoke volumes to me (even if not winning this time).
It was great to hear their match reports in assembly too.
I think their positive attitude and perseverance really did shine through.
NEWS AND UPDATES
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Parent Portal
Use this for updating contact details, child medical information, permissions, payments and seeing your childโs reports.
Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late.
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Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late. ๐จ ๐จ ๐จ ๐จ ๐จ
Good Attendance Draw!!
Donโt forget, for every week that your child has an attendance of 96%+, they are allocated a digital ticket for a draw that will take place every half term. The more weeks with an attendance of 96%+, the more chances to win!
Services and Events
Parish Sung Eucharist Sundays 10am - 11am
Sermon, music and Holy Communion
Place of Welcome Thursdays 10am - 12pm
Time for a brew and a chat
More information from Father Andrew can be found here
Messy Church
It typically includes a welcome, a long creative time to explore the biblical theme through getting messy; a short celebration time involving story, prayer, song, games and similar; and a sit-down meal together at tables.
Community News and Support
World Festivals and Celebrations
Holocaust Memorial Day - 27th January 2024
National
This is a remembrance day for all the different categories of people who suffered at the hands of the Nazis during the second World War (1939-45). It aims to keep fresh in the mind the memory of those who suffered and died at that period, and to help ensure that no such atrocity happens again. The date was chosen as the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, but for many it is appropriate to remember others who have been victims of subsequent acts of genocide elsewhere in the world.
Holocaust Memorial Day remembers especially the millions of people who were killed in Auschwitz and other concentration camps. More than a million people were killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau, a Nazi death camp in German-occupied Poland, during World War Two. The majority were Jews and the former extermination camp has become the worldโs largest Jewish cemetery; but the site was also the death place for many people who did not fit into the Nazisโ view of their world: Poles, lesbians, homosexuals and the disabled were amongst those killed here.
11 million people were killed during the Holocaust (1.1 million children). 6 million of those victims were Jewish. Other groups targeted by the Nazis were Jehovahโs Witnesses, homosexuals, disabled people, and Roma. Two-thirds of Jewish people living in Europe at the time of World War II were killed by Nazis.
Year 4 Visit to a Hindu Temple
Last Wednesday, year 4 visited a Hindu Temple to learn more about the religion. The children were exceptionally behaved and really enjoyed the teachings around Hinduism.
Article 18: Responsibility of parents
Article 18 of the UNCRC says that a child or young personโs parents will normally have the main responsibility for bringing them up. They should both do this, both share responsibilities, and both be concerned with the best interests of the child or young person in their care.
If a child or young person only lives with one parent, their other parent should provide them with support. The form this support takes will depend on what that child or young personโs best interests are. Children and young people shouldnโt be discriminated against if their parents arenโt married or never were.
When it isnโt possible for a child or young person to be brought up by their parents, they should be cared for. Article 20 of the UNCRC details rights around going into care.
Government responsibilities
The UK has a responsibility to assist parents where they can, and this responsibility is carried by people employed by the State who are involved in a child or young personโs upbringing. These people include:
- people who run playgroups or youth clubs
- school guidance counsellors
- school nurses.
The UK Goverment should review how their employees assist parents, to make sure they are keeping their human rights promises to children under this article of the UNCRC.
Seeing the children so settled into the Spring term this week has been fantastic. With 2 football tournaments going on and lots of excited children returning to tell me all about it, it really did make me so proud of them all. Thank you so much to all of the staff involved in making this possible.
A new lunch time award has become the talking point of many when I pass them in the corridors and it was extremely hard for the lunchtime staff to choose this week. It was the infants this week that pipped everyone to the post with Year 2 winning Class of the Week and they will get their treat on Monday lunchtime - well done Year 2! I wonder who it will be next week?
You will soon see our carpark and entrance start to develop and change. We met with contractors this week as we work on making our carpark and entrance safer for children and visitors. We look forward to sharing more information on this very soon.
You will have all received an email this afternoon with a letter from Mrs Wadsworth, our Chair of Governors, regarding Mr Sharpโs absence from school. I know you will all join me in wishing him well and a healthy return to school as soon as possible.
I hope that you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you all next Monday.
Mrs Flatman
