This week in school we have celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week raising money and awareness to support the work of the amazing charity Place2be. The campaign this year aims to empower children and young people across the UK to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them.

This year’s theme was ‘Know yourself, Grow yourself’ and all of the children were invited to come into school on Friday in clothes which make them feel most ‘like them’. It was great to see the children and staff expressing themselves in their own unique way; from fancy dress to football kits, dresses to pyjamas.

Each class also had bespoke activities in their PSHCE & SEAL lessons linking to mental health and on Friday afternoon we celebrated with treats and the movie Inside Out.

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Children’s Mental Health week 2025 and Mental Health Awareness week 2025 – BBC Teach

Class 1

We have been learning about emotions and how we cope with them as well as talking about what makes us feel different ways at home and at school. We used the visual representations of the characters from the film ‘Inside Out’ to help us recognise what these feelings may look or feel like.

Class 3

Class enjoyed coming in their own clothes, that allow us to express ourselves. We have been talking about our feelings in our PSHCE lesson and times when we have felt happy, sad, frustrated and joy etc. We then had a lovey afternoon watching Inside Out!

A massive thank you to everyone for attending our annual e safety coffee morning. We loved sharing all of our work with our adults and also promoting how we can stay safe online. This years theme was ‘too good to be true’. Each class discussed this at their own level and created work to show our understanding. Well done everyone!

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Today class 3 had a lovely visit from Lewis and Abi, who are both civil engineers. They talked about what an engineer was and how there are lots of different roles. They answered all of the children’s questions by telling them what they like about the job and showing examples of their work. The children then had the chance to take on the role by measuring different parts of the classroom, using the equipment and work out area and perimeter, which they absolutely loved!

Our children in Class 5 have been working incredibly hard in preparation for their Standardised Assessment Tests (SATs) which are scheduled to commence on Monday 12^th May 2025 – Thursday 15^th May 2025.

We are holding a Class 5 Parent SAT meeting to discuss the SATs and answer any relevant questions you may have about the actual assessment week. It will be a good chance for you to look at previous papers / materials and familarise yourself with what your child will be faced with come May. The meeting is for Year 5 and Year 6 parents as our Year 5 children have been very much part of our preparations. The meeting will be on Tuesday 28^th January at 4:00pm. It will be lovely to welcome you all into school.

We are immensely proud of all our children and their relentless efforts throughout the year – whether it is in school, during SATs Clubs, or at home – their achievements will be just rewards for their dedication and commitment to succeed.

May we personally thank you for your continued support, as without this, our jobs would be a lot harder!

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Once again, thank you for your continued support, and another huge WELL DONE to our wonderful children; you have and are performing fantastically well and all the staff are very proud of you.

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TT Rockstars – Top of the Rocks (20^th to 23rd January 2025)

Our children continue to work hard on the development of their Multiplication Tables – these are essential skills to enhance the children’s mental mathematics and number property knowledge and understanding. The children from each class are actively involved in multiplication exercises through our TT Rockstars and Numbots initiative in school and using their electronic devices at home.

May I first say a huge thank you for all your commitment in helping your child complete their TT Rockstars and Numbots at home – long may this continue.

This week (Monday 20^th – Thursday 23rd January), we will be taking part in a friendly competition involving schools from County Durham based on our children’s TT Rockstars. It’s all done online via play.ttrockstars.com and their normal TT Rockstar accounts on their personal devices – iPads, laptops, PCs…

For every correct answer to a multiplication or division question, your child will earn their class a point. The Times Tables Rock Stars platform will calculate the class average (the number of correct answers per pupil in the class who play during the competition hours, subject to a daily 60-minute limit (see below). Winning classes in the school and in the competition as a whole will be the ones with the highest average.

All game modes (Gig, Garage, Studio, etc.) will count but only from games played between 7:30AM GMT and 7:30PM GMT on Monday 20^th, Tuesday 21^st, Wednesday 22^nd and Thursday 23^rd. To support player wellbeing, there is a daily time limit of 60 minutes per player. In other words, each player can earn competition points for up to 60 minutes between 7.30am and 7.30pm. Once the player goes beyond 60 minutes of play on a given day, they will still earn coins but will no longer earn points towards the competition.

In the spirit of the competition, please don’t play on their behalf but by all means encourage and support them to the extent that it doesn’t cause high stress levels or impact on family plans. We suggest a limit of half an hour a day outside school hours – some will play more, some will play less.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any queries.

Once again, thank you for your continuous support.

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A fabulous well done to all our children who have worked very hard and achieved their Head Teacher Award with their wonderful work.

We are all very proud of you.

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Well done to all our children who have worked very hard on their TT Rockstars and achieved their certificates.

We are all very proud of you.

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Well done to all our children who have accessed their Lexia and achieved their next level.

Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.

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Well done to all our children who have tried very hard to attend school this term and achieved 96% and above.

We are all very proud of you.

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Fabulous effort by all our children who have worked very hard and attended school every day this term and achieved their 100% Attendance Award.

We are all very proud of your efforts and dedication.