Merriott First School - Somerset...Tuesday 12th March: Kilve ourt Presentation to Year 4 Parents,...
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Message from the Headteacher
Merriott First School F R I D A Y 8 M A R C H
Church Street
Merriott
Somerset
TA16 5PT
Telephone: 01460 72547
Email: office@merriott.
somerset.sch.uk
ACADEMIC YEAR
2018/19 No. 10
Dear Parents & Carers,
It was lovely to see some of you at the parent meetings and share the school's progress and next steps with you. We will have Summer meetings, I will communicate the date with the notes from the meetings next week. I hope more parents are able to attend, if you have suggestions of more popular times, please let us know and we can adjust the times. We are a team and the ideas that come out of the meetings through discussion are fantastic!
We have been fortunate to have some parents speak with the children and share their skills and experience, such as Mrs Oldfield speaking with year 1s and bringing in an Ostrich Egg. If you would like to share your skills or have an interesting career to share with our children then please do let us know. Having visitors in classes is always so exciting and engaging. Also sharing different jobs, careers and talents helps develop their dreams and aspirations.
We are also looking for volunteers to support the children in school, whether it be running a club, reading 1-1 or general support in the class room during busy times such as art or outdoor learning. If you would like to volunteer at the school then please let Miss Abbott know what you would like to support with and what time you are able to offer. Also if you have any ideas that we have not suggested, don't be shy, come and share them.
As you are aware, Comic Relief is on 15th March. I just wanted to remind you that we are having a non - uniform day and inviting children to dress in 'wacky' outfits and donate £1. We will also be selling red noses during the day, they are £1.25, should you wish to your child to purchase one. BBC Radio 1 started a 24 hour Lol-a-thon on 6/3/15 to raise money for comic relief. They are collecting lots of jokes to share. On Monday we will be sending the children home with a form to write their favourite joke on. Please could you help them with this. We will be sharing a few that make us chuckle on Facebook on Friday the 15th. The cornier the better!
Kind Regards,
Miss A. Higginbotham
Executive Headteacher
Online Safety: page 2
Sports News: page 3
FOMS: page 4
Diary Dates: page 8
Stars of the week: page 8
World Book Day: pages 9
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P A G E 2
M E R R I O T T F I R S T S C H O O L
Talking to Your Children About Healthy Internet Use
As we all know, the internet is a significant part of most children's lives now. As a parent, it can be a challenge to ensure your child has a healthy relationship with technology. The Mental Health Foundation have released new advice for parents to support you in talking to your children about their use of the internet. Five of their tips are:
Remember: the internet isn’t all bad
An internet ban is rarely helpful
Be age-appropriate
Keep talking
Use the internet alongside your child
For more details about these tips and further advice, visit:
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/talking-your-children-about-healthy-internet-use
On Monday 4th March we shared our Online Safety Assembly with parents. The children shared lots of tips to keep us safe online such as;
- Only access age appropriate games, apps and sites
- Ask permission before downloading any new apps
- Do not give personal information
- Do not open unknown web links and emails
- Always be kind online
- Do not accept invites from strangers
- Always tell a trusted adult if you something comes up that you are not expecting or if you are unsure about something
- Ask for help and advice from trusted adults
What can I do as a parent?
Talk to you children about how to stay safe online you can use some of the tips above from our online safety team
Closely monitor their internet use and strictly moderate the access to content that your child has on web-enabled devices by ensuring filters are in place
Ensure that your child only accesses age appropriate games, apps and sites
Who can I report to if I am concerned about the online safety of my child?
If you do think your child has been targeted, you can report this to the National Crime Agency's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command (CEOP) by visiting www.thinkuknow.co.uk. Please also inform a member of school staff.
We are all committed to the safeguarding of our children and this includes when they are online. The school will continue to educate about online safety and please speak to us if you have any questions or suggestions about this and we will be happy to help.
Sports News
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A big thank you to all the families who braved the rain and wind and came to Hinton St George on Sunday to run the Slay the Dragon 2km race.
We had 6 runners from Merriott First school who all did extremely well. They were Harry Wilmott, Vincent Brown, Laurence Goldsmith, Gabriel Oldfield, Charlie Tither and Nancy Brown.
Congratulations go especially to Harry Wilmott, who had an amazing race, coming 7th and winning the Key Stage 1 first boy trophy. It was also a great team effort with lots of our runners in the top 30 and, looking at the results, we were really close to winning the team cup.
Well done everyone!
Mrs Bryant
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Mother’s Day Sale
Friday the 29th March,
during school time.
Please can each child bring in
a gift donation by the 28th March and
place in the allocated box in the
child’s classroom.
Each child will then be able to
purchase a gift of their own choice
for £1 which will then be wrapped
at the sale ready for your child to take home.
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100% Attendance, Spring 1 Half Term, 2018/19.
Golden Class
Aydin Barrett
Wilson Cumberbatch
Zoe Davies
Lily Greenham
Elsie Maber
Lorelei Sheehan
Kobi Stahl
Redstreak Class
Cora Brown
Eva Finch
Sophie Gaines
Max Holland
Elsie Holmes
Harriet Lemon
Edward Parcell
Caiden Tanner
Georgina Thompson
Pippin Class
Jessica Banks
Erin Gentle
Charlie Gibson
Laurence Goldsmith
Pearl Guppy
Matilda Lemon
Rosie Marshall
Samuel Sheehan
Charlie Tither
Seren Walke
Codlin Class
Caitlyn Edwards
Ciara Elborn
Elyse Glasson
Nolen Gratton
Monty Harwood-Smith
Tiffany Hurford
Leilani Lamprill
Teegan Marsh
Dylan Shire
Otto Stahl
Sophie Venn
Russet Class
Vincent Brown
Harry Dean
Madeline Eaton
Thomas Gibson
Ellie Lawson
Jack Perry
Autumn Rendall
Alex White
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Diary Dates Tuesday 12th March: Kilve Court Presentation to Year 4 Parents, 6.00pm at
St Bartholowmews School, Crewkerne
Thursday 14th March: Tempest Photography visiting to photograph Golden & Russet Classes
only
Friday 15th March: RED NOSE DAY—please can children bring in £1.25 to buy a red nose
Tuesday 19th March: Mobile Library Services visiting
Thursday 21st March: Tag Rugby Festival 3.30 –4.30pm at Henhayes, Crewkerne
Monday 25th—Wednesday 27th March: Year 4 Residential at Kilve Court
Friday 29th March: FOMS Mothers Day Sale
Thursday 4th April: FOMS Easter Hat Parade
Thursday 4th April: Easter Service, 2pm at All Saints Church, Merriott
Friday 5th April: end of Spring Term
Tuesday 23rd April: Summer Term begins
Week commencing:
25th February
Week commencing :
4th March
Golden Class Aydin Barrett & Zoe Davies Reggie Martin & Elsie Maber
Redstreak Class Elsie-May Holmes & Joseph Guppy Isabella Aplin & Max Holland
Pippin Class Solomon Rand & Jessica Banks
Codlin Class Amelia Rowe & Maisie Boon Aston Waller & Tiffany Hurford
Russet Class Alex White & Joss Maynard Seth Rand & Finley Blunn
Stars of the week
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Thank you! The World Book Day costumes were fantastic! We had so many characters represented from Gangster Granny to Peter Rabbit. The theme of World Book Day was to share a story. A big thank you to Mrs Jukes who shared one of her own books with the school. Children also shared stories throughout the day. You should all have received the book token. These can be used at the book fair we are hosting later this month.
Mr Caswell
Book Fair Tuesday 26th March until Tuesday 2nd April
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