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Monday 4th April, 2022

Fun Science

An explosive end to this term’s Fun Science!

Clubs go live from tomorrow, book your place early to avoid disappointment.

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Friday 1st April, 2022

Weekly News 01.04.22

Updated COVID guidance with effect from April 1st

‘Should my child still go to their childcare or education setting if they test positive for Covid?

No. From 1 April, anyone with a positive COVID-19 test result will be advised to try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for five days, which is when they are most infectious. For children and young people aged 18 and under, the advice will be three days. This is 3 days after the day of the test.

Children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people, where they can. They can go back to school, college or childcare when they no longer have a high temperature, and they are well enough to attend.

Please click here for the full guidance

Spring Term Parent Meetings

The booking system for our spring term parent meetings will go live on the school website this evening. The meetings will be held over the telephone this term, in line with the guidance received from Public Health and the high number of Covid cases within our school community.

Appointments for Willow class can be made via Mrs Bowes and not on the school website.

Arthog Year 5/6 residential visit

Thank you for the great response to our Year 5/6 residential visit in June 2022. A copy of the letter, including payment details and overview of the visit, is attached below for your information.

Arthog Parent Letter – March 2022

News from Severn Loop

April is upon us! Please see below our monthly Loop newsletter, which has all the Easter service details on.
Our next Forest Church is on Palm Sunday (10th April, 3pm), at Leaton Forest. I’ll send an email with details early next week- and the donkey has been in training! Do save the date for the Forest Church after that, which will be on 8th May. 
In the meantime, I hope you have a lovely Spring-like (if chilly) start to the month.
Love and blessings,
Hannah x

Emotional Wellbeing Support for Children & Young People

Beam offer low level, brief intervention emotional wellbeing support for children and young people up to the age of 25 as well as their parents, carers and professionals

‘Drop in’ sessions are now running on the days in the attachment below – no appointment is needed – please come along and talk with an Emotional health and wellbeing Practitioner.

If you have any queries please email shropshirebeam@childrenssociety.org.uk or visit the website to gain more information and to register on – https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk//beamshropshire

Drop In Poster March 2022

Sleep Tight Workshops – places still available

Poster Sleep Tight workshops

Please do not hesitate to contact the team directly if you have any questions: parenting.team@shropshire.gov.uk or give them a call on 01743 250950

New Channel 4 TV Show – Kids In The Wild – Parents of Year 4 / 5 / 6 children

Friday 25th March, 2022

Weekly News 25th March 2022

Hello everyone,

I hope this weekly news finds you well.

We have continued to see Covid cases across the school this week and we are grateful to everyone who has carried our regular testing on their child. This has helped identify further cases and hopefully helped reduce the risk of transsmission.

Spring term parent meetings

Details will be sent out early next week regarding parent meetings. Due to the high numbers of Covid in our school community and following the advice received from the Local Health Protection team, meetings will be over the telephone and not in person.

Red Nose Comic Relief

We raised £294 on Red Nose day from the non-uniform donations and cake sales, which will paid online to the charity this weekend. Thank you all for donations!

Mother’s Day 

Thank you for the amazing response to our Mother’s Day sale. We raised about £220 which will be spent on learning resources. We hope you enjoy receiving your Mother’s Day gifts!

News from Severn Loop

Dear Friends around Severn Loop,

I hope this finds you well? This is just a reminder that we have Mothering Sunday services this coming Sunday- all the details are in the March Loop, and you would be very welcome!
Leaton @10.45am
Bicton@11am
Montford@11am
Shrawardine@9.30am
Mission Church@9am
Also, do remember Forest Church is once again on the horizon- 10th April, 3pm at Leaton Forest. We will be marking Palm Sunday with a donkey!
With love and blessings,
Hannah x
Thursday 24th March, 2022

Easter Holiday Clubs

Please see the attached link with details of the activities Embrace are running during the Easter Holidays.

https://mailchi.mp/ca6851608a36/easter-holiday-club2021-15873979

 

Friday 18th March, 2022

Weekly News 18th March 2022

Hello everyone,

I hope this finds you well and I thank you in advance for reading the following information in full.

Covid measures IMPORTANT INFORMATION

As many of you will be aware, we have seen a significant rise in Covid cases this week, which has affected almost all classes but particularly our Early Years classes. It is imperative that the government guidance below is adhered to, which will help us reduce the risk of transmission and keep our pupils,  staff and families safe.

  • If your child is unwell they SHOULD NOT attend school or nursery.
  • If they have one of the 3 main symptoms – high temperature, a new continuous cough, or loss or change to their sense of taste/smell – they need a PCR, even if they have tested negative on a LFD test.
  • When your child tests positive on a LFD test, that is classed as ‘Day Zero.’ They can then take a LFD on Day 5 which is 5 clear days after the date of the positive test, and another on Day 6. If both are negative and they are well then they can return to school/nursery and not be considered a risk to anyone else in the setting. If the first test is positive, they then take a test on Day 6 and Day 7 etc.  They can return once they have 2 negative tests taken on consecutive days and as long as they do not have a high temperature, as there is a chance they could still be infectious which will put others at risk.
  • If a parent or carer insists on a pupil attending whilst we have confirmed or suspected cases, we can take the decision to refuse the pupil if, in our reasonable judgement, it is necessary to protect other pupils and staff from possible infection with COVID-19.
  • We are seeing cases of children testing positive for a second time so please continue to be vigilant.

If everyone follows this guidance, it will help us to reduce the risk of transmission and hopefully prevent us from having to combine or temporarily close any classes due to staff shortages.

Thank you for taking the time to read this reminder and working with us to keep our school community safe.

First News Ukraine Fundraising Day 🇺🇦

Thank you for the amazing response to our Ukraine fundraising day yesterday. The cakes and outfits looked amazing! We received £260 in donations on the day and we know some donations were also made through the First News JustGiving page. The donations  received in school will be paid into the First News JustGiving page later today.

Ukraine donations delivered

Thank you for all the donations for Ukraine which Hannah, our reverend, delivered to a collection point in Monkmoor this week. They were very grateful, and said that everything will be used one way or another –  either in a shipment to the Ukrainian borders or as starter packs for when refugees arrive.
The lady in the photos is Kate, and is part of the Shropshire European Organisation. Thank you again for your kindness and generosity.

Red Nose Day

Thank you for the donations for Comic Relief Red Nose Day. We will update the website later today once we know how much we raised.

Cash for Schools – Bonus token 


Just a reminder not to miss the Cash for Schools BONUS token, worth 10 tokens that will appear this Saturday March 19 only in the Shropshire Star.

Plant sale for Mother’s Day

From Tuesday 21st March, we are holding a plant/flower sale for children to purchase a present for Mother’s Day.  The sale will be held during school break time and lunch times.   The prices will range from £1.50 to £2.00, which includes gift wrapping and tags.

All monies raised will go towards learning resources. Thank you in advance for your support.

Mothering Sunday Family Service

27th March 2022, 11am
Holy Trinity, Bicton
Come along for a family-friendly service to celebrate Mothering Sunday together.
All Welcome, and there will be posies for the ladies!
 
Take care and have a good weekend,
Mrs Johnson x
Friday 11th March, 2022

Weekly news 11th March 2022

Hello everyone,

We have had a number of positive COVID cases in school this week. In most cases the individuals have had tummy ache, vomiting or a cold so if you can look out for these symptoms we would be very grateful.

sQuid payments

Please can you log in to sQuid and check the balance in your child’s catering purse. If it is overdrawn and has a negative balance, we need this to be paid before the end of March.  Thank you

Parent governor elections

Please see a copy of a letter below which has been sent out today.

parent governor election March 2022

Fundraising events next week

Fundraising letter March 2022

If you are sending cakes/biscuits in for our bake sales on Thursday and Friday next week, these can be brought to the school office or sent in with your child and we thank you in advance for your support.

Understanding your child 

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Colouring competition – Buttercup Bookshop

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Reminder about Cash for Schools

Dodgeball success

Well done to our Year 6s who competed in a dodgeball tournament at The Corbet School earlier this week. We entered two teams and not only did they win the event but they also came second, as they ended up competing against each other in the final! They will now progress to the county championship event at Telford later this month.

FOBS donut sale – Friday 25th March

I hope you all have a good weekend x

Tuesday 8th March, 2022

Red Nose Day – Friday 18th March

Red Nose Day is on Friday 18th March. We are asking children to come dressed in Red or as one of their Superheroes! We are asking children to pay £1.00 donation for the charity.

We will also be holding a cake sale on Thursday 17th and Friday 18th. Donations of cakes would be greatly appreciated (Nothing containing nuts).

Thank you!

Red Nose Day 2022 | Westville House School