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Friday 23rd June 2023

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Message from our Principal - Miss Jarrett

We had great fun on Friday celebrating Active Maths day! Thank you to everyone who took part at home.  We've seen some wonderful examples of every day maths taking place, from measuring our baby siblings to reasoning skills being used playing games! Well done everyone! 

On Friday 30th June is Sports Day.  Reception Sports Day will take place first, between 9.15 and 10.15am.  This will be followed by KS1 Sports Day (Y1 and Y2) at 10.30am until approximately 11.45am.  This will take place on the Godolphin Junior's field. Please wait by the Y2 Cinder Track entrance gate.  All children should wear their PE kit to school and they MUST have a hat and water bottle. 

Next week, on Tuesday 4th July, it will be Transition Day.  Children in Y2, who have a confirmed place at Godolphin Junior's in September should attend Godolphin for the day, please see letter coming home this coming Friday for more details. If your child  is attending another school in September, please follow their guidance for transition day.  Any children who either do not have an allocated place at another school or who are not taking part in transition day on 4th July should be in school as normal.  For children in Reception and Y1, children should be dropped off and collected from their normal classrooms. 

Best Wishes

Miss Jarrett


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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS:

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Try out the free Mental Health Superpowers PDF. It’s packed full of kids activities that encourage a positive growth mindset and improved mental health. We hope it helps!

 

ONLINE SAFETY TIPS:

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Online safety tips and resources for parents of primary-aged children video

**Please note some of the slides have some flashing imagery**

Please click on the link to find helpful tips and advice for supporting your child in the digital era and how to keep your family safe online as well as suggestions of embedding healthy digital habits.

Topics include: group chats, cyberbullying, gaming, inappropriate content and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Xii-NT14g

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HEALTHY EATING HABITS:

Healthy Steps Programme

The Healthy Steps programme has launched! Our free 8-week email programme encourages families to eat better and move more, with budget conscious, easy and practical ideas.

Help us get as many families as possible with 5-11 year olds going to www.healthysteps.uk to sign up in your local area. To help you support the programme, we have created a range of free and useful resources on our Campaign Resource Centre. Here you will find recipe cards, newsletter copy, a social toolkit and more.

How does Healthy Steps work?

Parents/carers can sign up at any time by completing a quiz about their current eating and physical activity habits. Once they’ve completed the quiz they will receive weekly emails on one of these themes, tailored to their quiz results:

  • Reducing sugar
  • Eating 5 a day
  • Meal planning

The content in the emails will then provide families with simple ways to take steps towards healthier behaviours.

As part of the programme, families are set goals or tasks to complete every other week, such as swapping out sugary fizzy drinks, or adding fruit or veg to their breakfasts.

Regular feedback points give families the opportunity to celebrate their successes and continue to make positive changes.

Read more about how Healthy Steps works on our Campaign Resource Centre.

Download the resources here

https://campaignresources.dhsc.gov.uk/campaigns/better-health-childhood-obesity

New resources for primary schools:

We’ve also created a range of resources for primary schools, including a whole-school assembly, featuring fun quizzes and Healthy Steps quests covering 5 A Day, planned cooking, sugar intake and snacking. Promote these new resources to teachers in your networks with these social media assets.

All Our Health e-learning for health and care professionals:

For related e-learning, these free bite-sized introductions to childhood obesity, healthy eating and child oral health include key evidence, data and signposting.

https://campaignresources.dhsc.gov.uk/campaigns/better-health-childhood-obesity/

SAFETY IN THE HOME:

10 Common Childhood Accidents and How to Avoid Them in Your Home

Hundreds of preventable accidents happen across the UK every day, and a large number involve children and young people. Indeed, in 2017 alone, the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) reported that three children a week died in avoidable circumstances and a further 2,000 were admitted to hospital – raising questions about what more can be done to prevent accidents and keep children safe.

To demonstrate the range of different risks in the home, we’ve compiled a list of 10 common childhood accidents and how best to avoid them in your home.

1. Strangulation by Blind Cords

Cords for window blinds are amongst the most dangerous items in the home and present a significant strangulation risk to young children. Such is the danger of blind cords, that new safety standards were introduced in 2014, requiring additional features to be added to blinds to help prevent strangulation.

For new foster families who may not be used to having young children around the home, it’s vital that you secure your blind cords before they move in. Make sure you fit a cleat hook to tie cords up and out of reach, and tell the child about the importance of not playing with the blinds. When buying new blinds, opt for those with a break feature so that they snap loose under pressure.

2. Burning and Choking from Button Batteries

While all batteries present a risk to young children, the most dangerous may, in fact, be the smallest. In recent years, there have been a growing number of cases of children swallowing button batteries, which are commonly found in watches and small toys. When swallowed, these batteries can get lodged in the throat and burn a hole through the lining, causing permanent damage and often the need for ongoing medical support.

The best way to prevent your child swallowing a button battery is to treat them like any other hazardous item and keep them locked away and out of reach. You should also supervise young children who are playing with a toy which contains a button battery, and make sure they don’t take them apart. Always replace batteries yourself and dispose of the old ones straight away.

3. Drowning in the Bath

Although the dangers of baths are widely known, preventable deaths and near misses continue to be an issue across the country. In fact, in 2015, Public Health England kick-started a new awareness campaign to reiterate the dangers of unsupervised baths after a spike in the number of young children drowning in tragic bath-time accidents.

When caring for very young children, you should always supervise bath time and never leave them in the tub unattended. Extra precaution should be taken when using a bath seat, as they can topple over and trap the child underwater. According to RoSPA, 1 in 3 accidental drownings in young children involve a bath seat.

4. Liquitab Poisoning

Colourful laundry detergents can be attractive to young children and can easily be mistaken for something to drink, like a milkshake. However, one of the new dangers of the utility room is the liquitab, which have caused a rise in cases of household chemical burns amongst children in recent years.

The problem with liquitabs is that they can be easily mistaken for colourful sweets or toys, piquing a child’s interest even when they’re kept in a container. For this reason, it’s vital that they’re stored out of sight and reach of children, preferably in a locked cabinet.

5. Choking on Food

Choking on food remains one of the most common preventable accidents among children and young people, and the results are often fatal. In very young children, it can be difficult to spot the signs of choking, so it’s crucial that you monitor mealtimes and make sure their food is properly cut into manageable pieces.

Some of the problem foods most likely to cause choking include grapes, nuts, carrots and sweets, so make sure these are cut up where possible. First aid training from the NFA will also help you deal with the aftermath of choking.

Young people who use hair straighteners are at risk of serious burns, with the plates on such appliances reaching temperatures of over 200°C. It’s absolutely crucial that children understand the risks of using hot appliances near their face and head, as they can cause serious burns which leave permanent scarring.

Make sure a child knows how to use hair straighteners and curling wands properly when they start using them independently and reiterate to them the importance of switching them off after use.

7. Overdosing on Painkillers

While most parents understand the risks of medications and keep them out of reach and sight of children, it can be all too easy to leave a packet of painkillers within easy reach of little hands. Young children often don’t comprehend the danger of medications and are attracted to tablets, particularly Ibuprofen, because they mistake them for sweets.

While manufacturers are doing more to make painkillers less attractive to youngsters, it’s crucial that all medications are kept locked away out of reach. Overdosing is a very real danger to young children, and all it takes is one preventable mistake to end in tragedy.

8. Falls Down Stairs

Although we often take them for granted, staircases are amongst the most dangerous obstacles in the home, and every effort should be made to keep them safe.

If you’re welcoming young children into your home for the first time as a foster carer, you may need to invest in child safety gates to prevent them accessing the stairs without you knowing. Make sure these are installed at the bottom and the top of the stairs to avoid fall-related injuries. You may also want to think about lowering your handrails slightly so that children can grab hold as they climb.

9. Drowning in a Pond

Open ponds and water features in the garden are irresistible to children, who will instinctively be drawn to them. Sadly, statistics show that around 40% of all drownings at residential locations happen because a child has fallen into an open garden pond, so it’s crucial that you take steps to make your outdoor space safe for curious youngsters.

When fostering very young children, it’s important that they’re supervised while playing in the garden. You’ll need to cover the pond or fence it off while caring for young children, as the risks of not doing so are simply too high. You should also be alert when visiting friends and family who may have an uncovered pond.

10. Dog Bites

While cases of dog bites on residential property are extremely uncommon, they can happen, and when they do they often involve children. No matter how much you love and trust your animals, when they meet an unfamiliar child who may be unwittingly a little rough with them, accidents can happen. So, foster carers who regularly welcome new people into their home should be extra careful when introducing the family pet.

As a rule of thumb, you should only ever let your dog around young children when you’re there to supervise. If you’re worried the child is being a little too rough with them, raise this with them before the situation can escalate, and consider muzzling your dog if it’s known to be an excitable breed – especially during the initial introduction.

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         ATTENDANCE:

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Thank you to all parents/carers who continue to ensure their children attend school regularly.

This week Year 1 has the highest attendance of any year group across the school. Well done!!

The class winners in each year group can be seen below.

All attendance expectations can be found on our website.

Please do get in touch if you would like any support getting your child to school and on time.

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RECEPTION CLASS WINNER

Well done to Robin class who won the attendance trophy this week with 98%.

Keep it up!

YEAR 1 CLASS WINNER

Well done to Kingfisher class who won the attendance trophy this week with 99%.

Keep it up!

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YEAR 2 CLASS WINNER

Well done to Falcon class who won the attendance trophy this week with 99%.

Keep it up!

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HURRAY!! Another brilliant Attendance Challenge.

Almost very class has had an attendance for this period greater than our school target of 96%. 

The winners for this competition were:

Odds Farm Family Ticket - Hannah (Reception)

Jump In £50 voucher - Baqir (Year 1)

Jump In £50 voucher - Sanvy (Year 2)

There will be 1 more competition for the end of term - watch this space!

The Last Day of Term is Thursday 20th July.

Please make sure your child is in school until this date. Any holidays taken before this date may result in a fine being issued. 

We want your child in school. 


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Our HEROIC Winners THIS Week:

Star of the Week Teacher's Special Award Class
Josh Anbiya Kingfisher
Amal Tegh Heron
Anabiya Bashir Swan
Safforah Aminah Buzzard
    Eagle
Ayaan Sehaj Falcon

Our HEROIC Winners LAST Week:

Star of the Week Teacher's Special Award Class
Abiha Khadija Kingfisher
Zara Gabriela Heron
Chase Umar Swan
Sanvy Almir Buzzard
    Eagle
Yakuub Nikhil Falcon

Our HERO House Winners THIS Week:

Winner HERO House Class
Baqir Teachers Kingfisher
Elyza Teachers Heron
Husayn Police Swan
Marjan NHS Buzzard
    Eagle
Dua Fire Brigade Falcon

Our HERO House Winners LAST Week:

Winner HERO House Class
Zayn NHS Kingfisher
Aarish NHS Heron
Sargun NHS Swan
Bilal NHS Buzzard
    Eagle
Taha NHS Falcon

Winning HERO House THIS Week

Winning HERO House LAST Week

NHS

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Community Notices:

Dates for your Diaries

Arts Week
All Day
From 26 Jun until 30 Jun
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Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!