Walton-on-Trent C of E Primary and Nursery School …...2020/03/06 · Badgers Well done Foxes!...
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Walton-on-Trent C of E Primary
and Nursery School – Weekly News
Friday 6th March 2020
Stars of the week
Hedgehogs – Sebastian
Squirrels – Jemima
Owls – Sam
Foxes – Sam
Badgers – Evan
Great work!
Take Care Champions
Hedgehogs – Nozomie
Squirrels – Vinnie
Owls – Logan
Foxes – Erica
Badgers – Hannah
Well done!
Marvellous Manners Medal
This week’s Marvellous Manners Medal was awarded to:
Hedgehogs - Reece
This is awarded by the midday supervisors.
World Book Day 2020
Wow what a creative lot you all are! We were so impressed with your ideas and costume creations yesterday. What a lot of new words for the children to learn.
Thank you for your efforts and for helping to raise money to buy more books for our school. You raised £85 in total and we will use this to buy more books for our library and class book shelves.
Attendance
Week Commencing 24th February 2020
Hedgehogs – 94.88%
Squirrels – 96.38%
Owls – 97.58%
Foxes – 100%
Badgers – 98.75%
Well done Foxes!
Dates for the Diary
Week commencing 9th March – Science week.
Friday 13th March – Comic/Sports Relief Tuesday 17th March – Alice in
Wonderland, whole school theatre performance.
Week commencing 23rd March – Rec to Y5 Parents’ evenings & book fair
Thursday 2nd April – Curriculum Showcase
Friday 3rd April – Break up for Easter holidays.
Monday 20th April – Back to school. Wednesday 6th May – Fashion
show/shopping event. Thursday 7th May – Class and Y6 leavers
photos. Monday 18th May – Wednesday 20th
May – Y6 Lea Green Trip. Friday 5th June – Y6 JTHS Transition Day
Friday 19th June – Inset Day Friday 26th June, Monday 29th June & Tuesday 30th June – John Taylor High School Induction days (John Taylor Free
School – Dates to be confirmed) Tuesday 7th July – Y2 & Y6 Fire Safety
Talks Thursday 9th & Friday 10th July – Year
3 & 4 overnight camp.
‘’Living, Learning, Laughing’’
Sports Events & School Trips
Tuesday 10th March – Year 5/6 Girls Football Festival at Derby Soccerdome
Tuesday 17th March – Year 5/6 JTHS Community Tea
Wednesday 25th March – Year 5/6 Hockey at Shobnall
Please note: a small number of children will be chosen for some of these events.
Letters will be sent home if your child has been invited to take part.
Family lunches
The family lunches continued this week with the YEAR 1 parents joining their children for a roast
dinner. We hope that you enjoyed it! Year 2 family lunch on Thursday 19th March.
Soccer Stars
Soccer Stars after school club will start Monday 9th March.
All Reception – Year 4 boys and girls welcome.
Please confirm your child’s place by paying via ParentPay.
Outdoor PE kit required.
Comic Relief
Please come dressed in sports kit or sports relief dress for a donation to Sports Relief.
Community Litter Pick
The annual Walton litter pick will take place on Saturday 21st March, 9:00am till 11am.
Pizza and hot drinks are being donated by The Swan after the litter pick.
Please confirm your attendance with the school office so they can make sure there is
enough equipment available.
Fashion Show
On Wednesday 6th May we shall be hosting a fundraising Fashion show and shopping
event.
All your favourite brands at up to 75% off. Dorothy Perkins, River Island, Next, New
Look, Topshop, Warehouse and many more.
The event will start at 7:30pm and finish at 9:30pm. Tickets are £5 per person and will be on sale from Monday 27th January from
the school office.
We need adult volunteers of all ages and sizes to help model the clothes. Please
contact the school office if you can help out.
British Science Week
From Monday 9th March we will be taking part in British Science Week.
As well as their normal science lessons the children will be taking part in activities
based around ‘Our Diverse Planet’.
We would like this opportunity to invite parents into school to join their children in
taking part in a science experiment!
This will take place on Friday 13th March at 2:00pm.
Please let the office know by Friday 6th March if you will be attending so that
resources can be prepared appropriately.
Owls session will take place in the woods during Forest Friday so please wear
appropriate clothing.
We hope to see you there!
Parent Lunches
Year 2 – Thursday 19th March at 12:00pm
Year 3 – Friday 27th March at 12:00pm
Year 4 – Wednesday 22nd April at 12:10pm
Year 5 – Friday 1st May at 12:15pm
Year 6 - Wednesday 15th July at 12:15pm
All Parent lunches need to be booked by paying on ParentPay. Please see
ParentPay for due dates.
Online Safety
Girls' Football Competition
Mr Willetts' took our first all-girl team to Derby Soccerdome to compete in a tournament with 28 other schools.
Mr Willetts was immensely proud of the team with lots of staff from other schools commenting on our children's manners,
determination, resilience and sheer grit to be the best they could be.
Mr Willetts is currently completing his level 1 coaching certificate at St George's Park and
once completed will be offering an after school training session for our football
teams.
Inset day
We have decided to hold an additional inset day on Friday 19th June.
We have been working hard on curriculum development and our school vision and values so would like an additional day to focus and build on this as a whole staff
team.
As an academy school we can have additional inset days for staff training and
development.
No Toys in School
A few children have been bringing toys in from home recently. We have a no toy rule as
they get lost etc.
If you feel that your child needs a ‘fiddler’ then please speak to Mrs Irvine our SENCO as
this can be provided by school for those children who need this for sensory purposes
Curriculum Showcase
Our next Curriculum Showcase is planned to take place on Thursday 2nd April at 2pm
Corona Virus
We are keeping up to date with the Government daily updates. Mrs Rowe is working with the Governing Body and the other JTMAT heads to consider the government advice and formulate a
plan if the virus arrives with us, In the meantime, we have increased cleaning, we are teaching children to wash hands for a
greater length of time with plenty of soap and we have purchased sanitizer dispensers for around school. If anyone has any contacts or knows where we can get sanitizer from please pop in to the school office as we cannot seem to find anywhere that has any left in stock over the last month!
Please help us to do your bit by encouraging your child to wash their hand properly and keep germs to a minimum. We would be grateful if you could keep school updated with any recent
travel plans that you or a family member may have encountered and of course alert us immediately if corona virus becomes evident in your own networks.
We are looking to reduce any significant events in the school calendar where large groups of families will come together to hopefully reduce the risk of the virus spreading.
We will keep you updated. Thank you.
Medication in School
Gentle reminder that we can only administer prescription medication in school with a care plan completed via the school office and signed by a senior member of staff. All medication must be
named and stored correctly with the prescription information clearly visible. Please do not ask staff members individually if they will administer medicine on your behalf.
If you feel your child requires Calpol during the day, you are welcome to pop up to school during the day however this is with prior agreement from the senior team.
Inhalers and epi pens must all be in date. This is parents' responsibility to keep these updated in
school.
Walton on Trent CE Primary and Nursery School
Code of Conduct: Parents/Carers and other visitors to school
At Walton on Trent CE Primary and Nursery School we are extremely fortunate to have very supportive and friendly
parents without which we would not be able to function so successfully as a Christian School. Educating children is a
process that relies on partnership between parents, class teachers, staff and the school community. It is important that
children see everyone working together to help them understand how to work in the future. Therefore, we will always
welcome parents and carers into school.
This policy is to remind everyone about how we expect them to behave in and around the school.
Guidance
We expect parents, carers and visitors to:
respect the Christian Ethos of our school;
always respect the school staff and support the things that have been done to help your child learn;
set a good example by behaving well and not using bad language;
make sure you ask the school for their view of any incidents so that you can see if it is the same as your child’s view
before you take things further;
make sure your child is behaving so that things don’t get out of hand;
ask the school for help if you don’t understand something or want to know more detail;
In order to have a peaceful, safe and happy school environment, parents, carers and visitors must not:
disrupt classes or any area of the school;
question decisions made by the school in front of children or other parents;
use loud or rude language, swear or show temper;
threaten to, or hit/push a member of the school staff, other parents or carers;
damage or destroy school property;
criticise the school, staff, pupils or other parents on the school premises, or on social network sites;
send abusive or threatening emails or make abusive or threatening phone calls;
physically punish your child on school premises;
go up to another child to ask them, or tell them off, about something that may have happened with your child. This
may be seen as an assault;
smoke or drink alcohol (not at a school event) or have taken other drugs whilst on school premises;
spit on school grounds;
If parents, carers or visitors do not accept our guidance the school may need to contact other authorities and possibly ban
offenders from being on school grounds.
We know that parents, carers and visitors will be happy to help us provide a safe and happy school and we thank you for your
support.
Social Media Code of Conduct for Parents
Walton-on-Trent CE (C) Primary and Nursery School
At Walton-on-Trent CE (C) Primary and Nursery School our policies and procedures have been
written to comply, appropriate, with the General data Protection Regulations – GDPR 2018. Further
information regarding GDPR is available on the school website.
Mission Statement
‘’To provide all of our children with the very best primary education possible so that they will become
less effective and enthusiastic learners in a caring, happy and stimulating Christian environment’’
Statement of intent
Walton-On-Trent CE (C) Primary and Nursery School understands the benefits of using social media;
however, if misused, the school community can be negatively affected, such as by damaging the
school’s reputation. This code of conduct sets out clear procedures for how we expect parents to
conduct themselves on social media and when using messenger apps, such as WhatsApp.
1. Legal framework
1.1. This policy has due regard to statutory legislation, including, but not limited to, the
following:
Data Protection Act 1998
Defamation Act 2013
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (as amended)
2. E-safety and social media conduct
2.1. Walton-On-Trent CE (C) Primary and Nursery School expects parents to behave in a
civilised nature online and will not tolerate any of the following behaviour online:
Posting defamatory ‘statuses’ about fellow parents, pupils, the school or its
employees
Complaining about the school’s values and methods on social media
2.2. The school has the JTMAT Complaints Procedures Policy in place, to avoid parents
broadcasting grievances online.
2.3. Parents will be made aware of their responsibilities regarding their use of social
networking and their conduct online.
2.4. Breaches of this code of conduct will be taken seriously by the school and, in the event of
illegal, defamatory, or discriminatory content, breaches could lead to prosecution.
2.5. Parents will not attempt to ‘friend’ or ‘follow’ any member of staff on social media.
2.6. Parents are instructed not to post anonymously or under an alias to evade the guidance
given in this code of conduct.
2.7. Walton-On-Trent CE (C) Primary and Nursery School retains the right to request any
damaging material to be removed from social media websites.
3. Online messaging
3.1. Walton-On-Trent CE (C) Primary and Nursery School expects parents to use WhatsApp, for
purposes beneficial to themselves and the school, and will not accept any of the
following behaviour:
Sending abusive messages to fellow parents
Sending abusive messages about members of staff, parents or the school
Sending abusive messages to members of staff
3.2. The school appreciates the simplicity and ease of instant messaging online; keeping in
contact outside of school can benefit the school community by keeping the school
community closer.
3.3. Should any problems arise from contact over messaging apps, the school will act quickly
by contacting parents directly, to stop any issues continuing.
3.4. Walton-On-Trent CE (C) Primary and Nursery School can request a meeting with parents if
any misconduct, such as sending abusive messages or posting defamatory statuses,
occurs online.
3.5. The school’s complaints procedure will be followed as normal if any members of the
parent teacher association or governing body cause any discrepancies through their
conduct whilst using online messaging.
3.6. The head teacher can, with permission of the parent, view messages sent between
members of the parental body in order to deal with problems quickly and effectively.
3.7. The head teacher can request that ‘group chats’ are closed down should any problems
continue between parents or parental bodies.
4. Monitoring and review
4.1. The head teacher will review this code of conduct on an annual basis and will
communicate any changes to all teachers and parents.
Please Note - Jacket potatoes are no longer available
Please see the link below for our themed day menus
https://www2.myschoollunch.co.uk/derbyshire/primary-schools/about-us/menu/
Smoke Free School Gates
We are one of the first schools in Derbyshire to be a part of the Smoke Free School Gates initiative. Have you spotted our new posters that have kindly been produced by Derbyshire Health team?