Portreath Primary School Newsletter
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Portreath Primary School Newsleer Half term already! I hope everyone has a good break and comes back ready for a busy final term. In the first week back we are holding a special ‘Resilience Day’ which will involve the children working in groups with children from different classes. They will be given activities and tasks to build resilience and have opportunities to work as a team. Resilience is so important in life and we want to help our children develop it. One definition of resilience is “The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.” In school we often link it to persistence and the idea of not giving up when work gets difficult. I like to think about it as the ability to bounce back. Like a Weeble, you can’t be knocked down. You might make a mistake, but you learn from it and move forwards. Year 4 had a fabulous time at camp this week. A huge thank-you to Mrs Price, Mrs Kerslake and Mr Whetter for taking them and making it a great experience. Also thank-you to Mrs Gerrish who joined them on Wednesday for the day. It sounded like such an adventure and the children got to show how brave, ready, resilient and responsible they are and everyone came home happy (and very tired!) In an assembly this week we were thinking about our golden rules and online safety rules. Rather than having a list of things children shouldn’t do it is about being positive and focusing on what they should be doing. The children also need to understand that if they do not follow the rules there are consequences. I believe that children who find following the rules difficult may need support to do so and I want to offer them the help they need. It is also important for children to feel confident enough to speak out when others are not being kind and to feel that they are listened to. This is something we are regularly working on and will continue to do so. We received a letter today from George Eustice congratulating us on the excellent work that we have been doing tackling plastics. He said that he had paid tribute to the school in the House of Commons and sent us a copy of the Hansard from that day, which I shared with the children in assembly. Mrs Pamplin Certificates Class 1: Evie-For being an all round super member of Class 1. Class 2: Marley-For always trying his best with his learning. Class 3: Toby-For working really hard to write interesting sentences. Class 4: For all of Year 4 for being amazing on camp. Class 5: Reuben-For working hard on his presentation and taking responsibility for his work. Kindness Tree This week kindness leaves were given to: Lola 01209 842542 [email protected] 25th May 2018 Issue 30 Sporting Star This week’s winner is: Sowenna Wonder Workers This week’s wonder workers: Class 1: Indya Class 2: Amelia Class 3: Reuben Class 4: Mawgan Class 5: Harry Congratulations to those children who gained their karate reading bands and certificates this week.
Transcript of Portreath Primary School Newsletter
Portreath Primary School Newsletter
Half term already! I hope everyone has a good break and comes back ready for a busy final term. In
the first week back we are holding a special ‘Resilience Day’ which will involve the children working in
groups with children from different classes. They will be given activities and tasks to build resilience
and have opportunities to work as a team. Resilience is so important in life and we want to help our
children develop it. One definition of resilience is “The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.” In
school we often link it to persistence and the idea of not giving up when work gets difficult. I like to
think about it as the ability to bounce back. Like a Weeble, you can’t be knocked down. You might
make a mistake, but you learn from it and move forwards.
Year 4 had a fabulous time at camp this week. A huge thank-you to Mrs Price, Mrs Kerslake and Mr
Whetter for taking them and making it a great experience. Also thank-you to Mrs Gerrish who joined
them on Wednesday for the day. It sounded like such an adventure and the children got to show how
brave, ready, resilient and responsible they are and everyone came home happy (and very tired!)
In an assembly this week we were thinking about our golden rules and online safety rules. Rather than
having a list of things children shouldn’t do it is about being positive and focusing on what they should
be doing. The children also need to understand that if they do not follow the rules there are
consequences. I believe that children who find following the rules difficult may need support to do so
and I want to offer them the help they need. It is also important for children to feel confident enough to
speak out when others are not being kind and to feel that they are listened to. This is something we
are regularly working on and will continue to do so.
We received a letter today from George Eustice congratulating us on the excellent work that we have
been doing tackling plastics. He said that he had paid tribute to the school in the House of Commons
and sent us a copy of the Hansard from that day, which I shared with the children in assembly.
Mrs Pamplin
Certificates
Class 1: Evie-For being an all round super member of
Class 1.
Class 2: Marley-For always trying his best with his
learning.
Class 3: Toby-For working really hard to write
interesting sentences.
Class 4: For all of Year 4 for being amazing on camp.
Class 5: Reuben-For working hard on his presentation
and taking responsibility for his work.
Kindness Tree
This week kindness
leaves
were given
to:
Lola
01209 842542 [email protected]
25th May 2018 Issue 30
Sporting Star
This week’s winner
is: Sowenna
Wonder Workers
This week’s wonder
workers:
Class 1: Indya
Class 2: Amelia
Class 3: Reuben
Class 4: Mawgan
Class 5: Harry
Congratulations to those
children who gained
their karate
reading
bands and
certificates
this week.
Year 4 School Camp at Carnyorth
Mini-Olympics
Some of our Year 3 children went to Pool Academy for a mini-Olympics this week and had a wonderful
time. They had a go at running 400m, 50m sprint, long jump, high jump, vortex throw, target golf and an
obstacle course.
Reminder of our Online Safety Golden Rules
1. Treat personal information like your toothbrush (Keep it to yourself)!
I will not tell other people my password.
I will not talk to people online if I do not know them.
I will not share my personal information with people I do not know or use my real name when playing online.
I will not post or send anything of someone else, e.g. photographs, without their permission.
2. Report anything you are unsure of or upset by.
I will not open anything from people I do not know.
I will not open or download any unknown pop ups or banners.
I will speak to an adult if I see or receive anything that upsets me.
I will speak to an adult if I am unsure about anything.
3. Care for (and respect) everyone and everything.
I will not send anything I would not want sent to me.
I will look after all ICT equipment and report any mistreatment to an adult.
I will always return equipment in the state that I found it.
I will always ask an adult before using any ICT equipment
Keyboard Lessons for Beginners
Just a reminder that we have a teacher who comes to teach keyboard lessons each week. We would
like to set up a beginner class, please see Mrs Jones if you are interested.
Games Club
Games club is open to children in Year 1, 2 and 3. This
week they enjoyed playing games in the
sunshine in Sarah’s Garden.
Our Golden Rules
Key Dates
Sports day 14th June
Mental Health Information Session 19th Tuesday June
School Camp Years—5 & 6 Monday 25th June to Wednesday 27th June at Eden Project
Y6 Leavers Assembly-Tuesday 17th July 2.15pm
Inset day— Tuesday 24th July
Portreath Primary School, throughout the year,
distributes fliers and magazines offering family
services or posts details of local activities on the
newsletter. Whilst we think that parents might like
the information and find it useful, the school does
not endorse these services.
The maps will now also be on sale around the village
during the week, so it is not too late if you didn’t re-
member to buy one from school.
Provisional Inset dates for next year- to be
confirmed after half term:
4th Sept
19th Oct
20th Dec
Jan 7th
11th Feb
3rd June
GDPR
Over the last few months, like most other schools, we have
been preparing for the new GDPR and we have an action
plan in place. In line with this we have sent out a new photo
consent form. Thank you so much to all those parents who
have already returned them. Please return these forms as
soon as possible so that we know whether images of your
child can be included on our weekly newsletters.
We want to continue putting photos on to our newsletters. If
the children are identifiable e.g. there face is clearly visible
then we will check our records to see if you have given
consent. If you do not want your child on the newsletter
because it is published online we could cover the child’s
face on the newsletter that is uploaded to the website and
emailed out. We will only put first names of children on the
newsletter and website.
No Guitar lesson 1st week back
Mr Harris has informed us that there will be
no guitar lessons the first week back, but
he will make the time up another week.
