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Executive Head Teacher Ms C Pumfrey SWECET Primary Schools Keep-In-Touch Issue Thirteen 3.7.20 Developing our people Nurturing our differences Aspiring for excellence Dear Parents and Carers, This will be the last SWECET primary schools’ Keep In Touch” edition as next week our individual schools will resume their own newsletters and they will include key information for the ending of this term and the proposed plans for September specific to each school. We are all planning carefully for September and are hopeful that we will be able to open for all year groups following the Government announcement. Please keep checking your emails throughout the summer as it is likely that we will be in touch to keep you up to date with any changes imposed by the Government. The Government has published guidance in the last 24 hours detailing how it is their expectation that schools will be open for all children in September and so we are planning on this basis in each of our schools. Here is the link for the parents’ guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what- parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years- providers-schools-and-colleges-during-the- coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak Our last two weeks of home learning work will be available on our website as usual from tomorrow and we have tried hard to ensure that for those children who are still at home, there is a good offer focusing on basic skills. As many of our teachers are now back in school, it is just not possible to offer the same quantity for the last two weeks. We are very much looking forward to welcoming all children back in September and our individual newsletters next Friday will have detailed information on the arrangements. Kind regards, Ms Pumfrey and the Leadership Teams in our schools International Joke Day 1st July As it was International Joke Day on Wednesday, we asked for children to send in their favourite jokes. Thank you to the girls who did so: A joke from Tess: Q: ‘What is a shark’s least favourite name?’ A: ‘Annette’ (A net) A joke from Keira: Knock, knock ...... Who's there? Ginger. Ginger who? Ginger hear the doorbell? Home Schooling Work For Weeks 13 and 14 The work for the final two weeks will be on our websites from midday today. However, as advised, we have had to reduce our offer slightly and so the focus is on the core subjects of English and Maths for the last two weeks. Chadwell https://www.chadwellstmaryprimary.co.uk/home- learning-1/ Deneholm http://www.deneholmprimaryschool.co.uk/WFH Stifford Clays https://www.stiffordclaysprimary.thurrock.sch.uk/par ents/additonal-school-closure-work Teaching Videos for Weeks Thirteen and Fourteen Our final videos are ready for you all at 8am on 6 th July 2020. As many teachers are back in school, there are not so many. Teaching Focus and YouTube video link A S D For our young pupils with ASD Attention Bucket Stage 1 and 2 video https://youtu.be/7Bdl2bxTAqc Attention Bucket Video 1 https://youtu.be/yxRvV-pKvGk Attention Bucket Video 2 https://youtu.be/lZOqzLJsBC8 Attention Bucket Video 3 https://youtu.be/Vxgsz7jfuBo Attention Bucket Video 4 https://youtu.be/qe3dIy8vyDI Y r R Week 13 Reception Mrs Snyder reading Down by the Cool of the Pool https://youtu.be/cZ2NrLaezPk Week 13 Reception Monday topic https://youtu.be/us0HpU9iYu8 Week 13 Reception Tuesday Writing https://youtu.be/0wl-EsAlc-4 Week 13 Reception Wednesday Maths
Transcript of SWECET Primary Schools Keep-In-Touch Issue …...2020/03/07 · Executive Head Teacher Ms C Pumfrey...
Executive Head Teacher Ms C Pumfrey
SWECET Primary Schools
Keep-In-Touch
Issue Thirteen 3.7.20
Developing our people Nurturing our differences Aspiring for excellence
Dear Parents and Carers,
This will be the last SWECET primary schools’ Keep In
Touch” edition as next week our individual schools will
resume their own newsletters and they will include key
information for the ending of this term and the
proposed plans for September specific to each school.
We are all planning carefully for September and are
hopeful that we will be able to open for all year groups
following the Government announcement. Please
keep checking your emails throughout the summer as
it is likely that we will be in touch to keep you up to
date with any changes imposed by the Government.
The Government has published guidance in the last
24 hours detailing how it is their expectation that
schools will be open for all children in September and
so we are planning on this basis in each of our schools.
Here is the link for the parents’ guidance:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-
parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-
providers-schools-and-colleges-during-the-
coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak
Our last two weeks of home learning work will be
available on our website as usual from tomorrow and
we have tried hard to ensure that for those children
who are still at home, there is a good offer focusing
on basic skills. As many of our teachers are now back
in school, it is just not possible to offer the same
quantity for the last two weeks.
We are very much looking forward to welcoming all
children back in September and our individual
newsletters next Friday will have detailed information
on the arrangements.
Kind regards,
Ms Pumfrey and the Leadership Teams in our schools
International Joke Day 1st July
As it was International Joke Day on
Wednesday, we asked for children
to send in their favourite jokes.
Thank you to the girls who did so:
A joke from Tess:
Q: ‘What is a shark’s least favourite name?’
A: ‘Annette’ (A net)
A joke from Keira: Knock, knock ...... Who's there?
Ginger.
Ginger who? Ginger hear the doorbell?
Home Schooling Work For Weeks 13 and 14 The work for the final two weeks
will be on our websites from
midday today. However, as
advised, we have had to reduce our offer slightly and
so the focus is on the core subjects of English and
Maths for the last two weeks.
Chadwell
https://www.chadwellstmaryprimary.co.uk/home-
learning-1/
Deneholm
http://www.deneholmprimaryschool.co.uk/WFH
Stifford Clays
https://www.stiffordclaysprimary.thurrock.sch.uk/par
ents/additonal-school-closure-work
Teaching Videos for Weeks Thirteen
and Fourteen
Our final videos are ready for you all at
8am on 6th July 2020. As many teachers are back in
school, there are not so many.
Teaching Focus and YouTube video link A
S
D
For our young pupils with ASD
Attention Bucket Stage 1 and 2 video
https://youtu.be/7Bdl2bxTAqc Attention Bucket Video 1 https://youtu.be/yxRvV-pKvGk Attention Bucket Video 2 https://youtu.be/lZOqzLJsBC8 Attention Bucket Video 3
https://youtu.be/Vxgsz7jfuBo Attention Bucket Video 4 https://youtu.be/qe3dIy8vyDI
Yr R
Week 13 Reception Mrs Snyder reading Down by the Cool of the Pool https://youtu.be/cZ2NrLaezPk Week 13 Reception Monday topic https://youtu.be/us0HpU9iYu8 Week 13 Reception Tuesday Writing
https://youtu.be/0wl-EsAlc-4
Week 13 Reception Wednesday Maths
Executive Head Teacher Ms C Pumfrey
https://youtu.be/1VzrOLABSSA Week 14 Reception Mrs Cohen reading The Very Greedy Bee
https://youtu.be/RavzQP-VWug
Week 14 Reception Tuesday Topic https://youtu.be/HmNinR6M2Ss Week 14 Reception Tuesday Maths https://youtu.be/GGDoiVFmeco Week 14 Reception Friday writing
https://youtu.be/PI1-hv-uDYQ Daily Phonics Flashcards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wdfoGHfTMg
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r 1
Year 1 Phonics Gotcha 6
https://youtu.be/GuTWHW97yKY Year 1 Phonics Gotcha 7 https://youtu.be/YIWebsE6zPQ Year 1 Phonics GOTCHA 8 https://youtu.be/qmsIlvejyJU
Yr 2
Week 13 Year 2 Monday PSHE with Mrs Farinde https://youtu.be/d5wcthODCtM Week 13 Year 2 Wednesday Maths Measurements with Mrs Pillay https://youtu.be/mJ0eRPsBGD0
Week 13 Year 2 Spelling rules with Mrs Pillay https://youtu.be/HL3By1pqmzU Week 14 Thursday Year 2 Maths Word problems with Mrs Pillay https://youtu.be/80CcVDczekw Week 14 Monday Year 2 Reading Spelling with Mrs Pillay
https://youtu.be/tZfdVKh5FBg
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r 3
Week 13, Year 3, Prepositions with Miss Lane
https://youtu.be/wtu-I7B0iGo Wk 14 Year 3 Reading Book review Mrs
Sandford https://youtu.be/W3uVmzVDAQ8
Yr 4
Week 13 Year 4 Book Review Support https://youtu.be/ttgTqpzQ7RY Week 13 PSHE Year 4 J Bridge
https://youtu.be/r9WNVtCTMDw Week 13 Year 4 Stem Project, Bridge https://youtu.be/6fkeGmTl8do Week 14 Year 4 Foundation Biomimicry https://youtu.be/voFMzejLMQk Week 14 Year 4 PSHE J Bridge https://youtu.be/ckdpcHqyxSc
Yr 5
Week 13 Year 5 Foundation air resistance with Mr B https://youtu.be/j9_ZzpGTb00 Week 14 Year 5 foundation static electricity
with Mr B https://youtu.be/xVq99OJlTJQ Week 14 Year 5 Reading Scales https://youtu.be/Y4_MPZR2qwQ
Win 50 books for your school with
While We Can't Hug
In these strange times, books can really help children to make sense of the
world - books like the gorgeous While We Can't Hug from Eoin McLaughlin and Polly Dunbar. The pair have collaborated on a sequel to The Hug,
which followed Hedgehog and Tortoise as they tried to find their perfect cuddle partner! Now, in While We Can't Hug, the duo know they can't get too close, but soon find other ways to show their love for each other. The book shows how we can all connect, even when we can't physically touch.
To celebrate While We Can't Hug, The Book Trust is delighted to team up with Faber to offer you the chance to win 50 books for your school! To enter, share photos or videos which show how you've been enjoying each other's company while
distancing - just like Hedgehog and Tortoise.Tweet your entries to @BookTrust and @FaberChildrens,
making sure you include the hashtag #WhileWeCantHug, by the closing date of 25 July.
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/competitions/win-50-books-for-your-school-with-while-we-cant-hug/
News Links for Children
In school each week, teachers use
a range of news stories to keep
children aware of the wider world, interest them in
what is happening and to develop their general
knowledge and interest.
While we are closed, you may wish to use these links
with your children to read the stories together and to
discuss them. There is a definite “good feel” theme
this week!
Coronavirus: Warrington woman, 102, makes
'miraculous' recovery - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-
53221261
This might be worth sharing with children to reassure
them about the virus.
Puppy believed stuck in rabbit hole for two weeks
comes home - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-
53180849
This is quite remarkable and will make children smile.
Isolating ex-soldier leaves 'uninhabited island' - BBC
News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-53129414 Talk about what it would be like to be completely on your own for a long period of time. What would you do to pass the time? First Viking ship excavation in a century begins in
Norway - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53204948 Of real interest to all those girls and boys who love the
Vikings, archaeology and ancient history.
Executive Head Teacher Ms C Pumfrey
SMSC Key Events
An important part of our schools’ curriculum is developing children’s
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural selves. For the rest of the term, the SMSC events are: July 11: World Population Day July 17: World Day for International Justice
July 18: International Nelson Mandela Day
Thurrock Libraries’ Summer
Reading Challenge Thurrock Libraries run a very
popular Summer Reading
Challenge every year and usually come in to school
to lead an assembly about the event. This year they
are launching it online. Please follow this link to see a
short video the library staff have made about this
event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypZHxnQ-
izI&t=205s The video contains information about how to book
places for a free Zoom storytelling session of The Twits
by John Kirk, a professional storyteller. To sign up for
the Summer Reading Challenge, please go to
https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/
Summer School Provision
Star Sports who provide PE
teaching and sports coaching
in our schools is going to offer day-long childcare
summer school provision throughout the holiday
based at Stifford Clays. Full details are provided at
the end of this edition. You can book individual days
or whole weeks (at a discounted rate). The
programme will comprise of sports, arts and crafts,
movie time, reading time, yoga, mindfulness and
much more. Children will know many of the coaches.
For Key Worker families there will be a 20%
discount on the published price making the cost
only £52 per week. Schools will be asked to confirm
key worker status.
To book a place or for more information Facebook:
Star Sports; Mobile: 07875536628 and
Email: [email protected]
Free School Meal Vouchers
The parents of all children entitled to FSM
due to low incomes are able to claim a
supermarket voucher each week for each
child. Please contact the finance team using
[email protected] and not the school closure email.
Contacting Us
If you need to contact us whilst schools
are closed, please use the following email
addresses:
Chadwell: [email protected]
Deneholm: [email protected]
Stifford Clays: [email protected]
The above email accounts are checked several times a day and someone will respond as soon as possible.
And finally something to keep the adults going…
Please see below. Thurrock LA and Little Havens
Hospice have asked us to share the information below…
Thurrock Covid-19 Child Wellbeing Support Line which is staffed by the Educational Psychology and School Well Being Services on: Support line Number: 01375 652537 or 01375 652558 Support line email: [email protected]
Executive Head Teacher Ms C Pumfrey
