Isham CE Primary School Weekly Newsletter - Friday 6th January 2023

Nurturing the infinite worth of every person through love, respect, perseverance, honesty and forgiveness

Message from the Head...

Welcome back, it's been wonderful to see the children settle back in after their Christmas break and with such positivity! They have all had a great few days at school and have made a great start to the new term.

Pupil Achievement - Teacher Awards

EYFS/Reception - Henry - for coming back to school with such a positive attitude!

Year 1 - Fejiro - for showing great enthusiasm during phonics

Year 2 - Ally - for her hard work in adding 2 two-digit numbers

Year 3 - Renesmee - for fantastic effort in her reading

Year 4 - Lawson - for his great effort and contributions in Maths this week

Year 5 - Ryan - for his amazing predictions about the new text and using the information we were given to support his ideas

Year 6 - Noah - for his great effort and attitude towards learning. A really positive start to the new term!

Young Voices Concert - Monday 9th January

We are very much looking forward to The Young Voices Concert, which will be held on the evening of Monday 9th January 2023.

Our choir coach will leave late morning, approximately 11.20am. Children need to take a packed lunch to eat when we arrive at the arena, a packed tea and some snacks for throughout the day. We are singing for almost eight hours, in a warm arena so children need plenty of drinks, 2 litres is desirable, as they will get very thirsty! There is no facility to fill up water bottles at the arena or access to buying more water. Please also ensure all food items are nut free.

For the performance, children are to wear their school trousers/skirt/school shoes with a white top (or Young Voices t-shirt if you bought/made one). Children need a suitable coat as we need to walk from the coach to the venue entrance. Children’s mobile phones or cameras are not allowed.

The concert ends at approximately 9.00pm and we anticipate being back in Isham at approximately 10:45pm, drop off is on the main road, by the bus stop. If there are any major delays, we will contact you via our school app once we are on the coach on our way back. If you have not yet downloaded our school app this is easy and free, open our website on your device and it is an option on the menu bar.

Please return the reply slips to confirm your emergency contact details, if another adult is to collect your child from the coach please ensure you have informed the school office by 9am on the day of the concert.

Bikeability - w/c Monday 16th January for Years 5 & 6

Bikeability for Year 5 & 6 will be running from Monday 16th - Thursday 19th January. For those that are taking part, please ensure that they have a helmet and a roadworthy bike, (please refer to the checklist below).

Bikes can either be brought in each day but they will not be stored inside, however if you wish to padlock the bike then we can do so against the car park fence - however please be aware that any damage/theft will not be covered by the school and all bikes are left at owner's risk.

Nail Varnish

As part of our school uniform policy, children should not be coming to school wearing nail varnish.

Coats

Now the weather is becoming much colder and wetter, please remember to send your child in with a coat every day, thank you.

School PE Kit

Please go to our school website for the school PE kit expectations: https://www.ishamprimary.org.uk/policies-documents/

The PE kit for both girls and boys is a black sports t-shirt, black shorts or skorts, bottle green hoody, trainers and black tracksuit bottoms.

Trainers

Trainers are to be worn for PE and brought in for non-PE days so they can safely complete the daily mile. Children should not be coming to school in trainers and wearing them for the school day.

Reporting your child's absence

Please do not email your child's teacher to report an absence. All absences need to be phoned to the school office which is open from 8.30am. We are looking into updating our system with a voicemail system if you ring in earlier! We'll keep you posted when we get this system in place.

Doctor's/Dentist Appointments

We are now required to see evidence of all medical appointments, this can be a text message, email or letter.

Lateness

If you are late dropping your child off to school, please make sure they are safely handed over onto the school premises - please do not leave them to walk down the road and through the gate unattended.

National Online Safety release a weekly guide, #Wake up Wednesday and aim to cover all major social media platforms, apps and issues that children encounter online. This aims to help empower parents with the knowledge to protect their children from the dangers of the internet.

Technology changes at such a rapid pace that it can be hard to keep up with the latest trends. The resources below are an invaluable way of making sure you know as much as your children. You are the first line of defence in keeping your children safe online – our aim is to encourage and support you to become involved in this process so that they are receiving the best protection they can – you can’t eliminate the dangers but you can reduce them!

Please click on the button below:

A Message from FOIS

FOIS Meeting - All welcome

FOIS would like to invite you to the first meeting of 2023! If you are available, it would be great if you could join us in the staff room on Tuesday 10th Jan at 9am. Please feel free to invite a friend or two, if you know anyone who may be interested in joining us (pre-schoolers always welcome)

Useful Links for FOIS fundraising extras:

Amazon Smile – on app on website go to settings and follow the instructions to sign up to smile and register with Friends of Isham school then every time you make an amazon purchase they contribute to our charity. Click link for details https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?node=17337655031&ref=smi_em_disb_mhtp&ref_=pe_4117511_723030001&pldnSite=1

Easy fundraising – sign up via their website www.easyfundraising.org.uk and search/register to support Isham CEVA School – Kettering or follow the link: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ishamprimary/?utm_campaign=raise-more&utm_medium=clipboard&utm_content=rm-cpl

Stikins Labels - Name Labels For School Clothes. Stick On Name Labels: Stikins. When ordering name labels please use the School Fundraising number 10571 (Isham C of E Primary School) https://www.stikins.co.uk/

Stamptastic – Name stamps for labelling. All purchase give donation to FOIS if you need to enter the PTA code (usually for deluxe packages) it us NN141HD https://bit.ly/STAMPNN141HD

Follow us on Facebook or email us on Fois@ishamprimary.org.uk

Please 'like' our Facebook page as this will keep you up to date on all events: https://www.facebook.com/FOIS-Friends-of-Isham-School-176690376296486/

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Reflection Time...

In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. John 16:33

Dates for your diary

Please look at the calendar on our website to see further ahead: https://www.ishamprimary.org.uk/diary/grid/2021/11/

• Monday 9th January - Young Voices Concert in Birmingham
• Tuesday 10th January - 9am - FOIS Meeting in school staff room - All welcome to attend
• w/c Monday 16th January - Bikeability for Year 5 & 6
• Friday 10th February - Last Day of Term
• Monday 20th February - School re-opens to pupils