Like this week, next week is a four day week – Friday 14 May is a training day so school will be closed. Before then, of course, we’ve this Friday’s Weekly Message…
Charities
Last week, we decided our school charity for the year ahead. This began woth some Talk Time homework where children discussed charities at home and then came to school with a particular charity to nominate. Then, in class, a second discussion was had to agree one charity to put forward to the newly-elected Junior Leadership Team. They then reviewed all the class suggestions and arrived at the final whole-school decision:
- St James’ CE Primary: RSPCA
- Moortown: Dogs Trust
- Scholes (Elmet) Primary: National Autistic Society
As part of the Captain Tom 100 initiative, we’ve already raised some money for the chosen charities – thanks for all your donations so far.
The importance of sleep
Our Living and Learning statement next week is I know the importance of sleep. You can help at home by making sure your child gets enough sleep, well away from tempting electronic devices. The NHS recommend that a primary school age child gets 9 – 12 hours.
Check out these sites for more information…
- The NHS Choices web-page offers a wealth of information on sleep-related problems and some ideas of where to obtain further support including healthy sleep tips for children.
- The Raising Children website is an Australian resource from The Royal children’s hospital, Melbourne, and has some really good sleep information that helps to support patients and families.
- The Sleep Council offers advice and support.
- Childline’s tips for better sleep are really good, and written in a child-friendly way.
Pupil premium
Pupil premium is additional funding for schools that depends on the number of children who are registered for free school meals.
300,000 more pupils became eligible in first seven months of Covid.
Even if your child is in Reception or Key Stage 1, where school meals are free, we need you to register for free school meals – this will lead to extra funding.
Even if your child has a packed lunch, we need you to register for free school meals – this will lead to extra funding.
Speak to our office staff about how to do this.
Sports day
Finally this week, a few of you have asked about Sports Day, which is scheduled for the week beginning 12 July.
The government’s roadmap out of lockdown sets out two dates for the further easing of restrictions if all goes well: 17 May and 21 June.
By 21 June, ‘the government hopes to be in a position to remove all legal limits on social contact’. A key word here is ‘hopes’.
We can’t guarantee that Sports Day will go ahead, but we hope that it will happen as scheduled. There may need to be restrictions in place, such as asking families to stay socially distanced or inviting just one parent/carer to attend. We’ll have to wait and see…
Have a good weekend, even if it’s a bit of a wet one.