Isham CE Primary School Weekly Newsletter - Friday 24th February 2023

Encourage each other and build each other up

1 Thessalonians 5:11

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

Message from the Head...

It's been a great start to the new term and having the opportunity in Parents Evening to share your child's work. The children have settled in well and it's been lovely having them all back. The highlight of the week has to be Tuesday where the children participated in pancake races in their values family. A special thank you goes to the staff who were busy making pancakes all morning so the children could enjoy a pancake to eat too!

Encourage each other and build each other up. 1 Thessalonians 5:11

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Pupil Achievement - Teacher Awards

EYFS/Reception - Charlie - for total dedication to the Daily Mile

Year 1 - Harsha - for joining in with all lessons with lots of enthusiasm

Year 2 - Elisia - for lovely shading in her art lesson

Year 3 - Ewan - for always demonstrating our school values and being fantastically engaged in all of his learning

Year 4 - Lily - Fantastic contributions in all learning - particularly Maths

Year 5 - Edward - for working really hard and his amazing predictions in English!

Year 6 - Cherry - for her outstanding effort this week and really improving her reading!

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.

Attendance

Poor punctuality can lead to your child…

• Feeling embarrassed in front of their friends
• Missing the beginning of vital lessons making them fall behind
• Missing important instructions for the rest of the school day
• Learning bad habits which could affect their employability in the future.

Please work with us to provide your child with the best chances of learning by ensuring that they are in school every day and on

Attendance at Isham CE Primary School - 20th - 24th February 2023

Parents/Carers with any Concerns - Please phone to make an appointment

We urge parents/carers with any concerns regarding the provision made for their child to speak to the school as soon as possible and, in the first instance, to the class teacher by making an appointment through the school office, (parents cannot 'drop in' to speak to a teacher or Headteacher). If parents / carers feel their child's needs are still not being met they should make an appointment to see the Headteacher. If concerns are still unresolved parents / carers may wish to engage with PDET’s Complaints policy procedures.

School Uniform

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.

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

Coats - Please remember to send your child in with a coat every day, thank you.

Name Labels - Please label all clothes, lunch boxes, drinks bottles, etc so if (when) it gets lost it can be easily returned to your child.

The Stickins labels can be purchased from https://www.stikins.co.uk/name-labels/ you just need to enter our code 10571 at the check out where it says school code

The Stamptastic labelling stamp can be accessed from https://bit.ly/STAMPNN141HD and our PTA code is NN141HD

Our Safeguarding Vision

Isham CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. Our school has a child centred and co-ordinated approach to safeguarding. Consequently, safeguarding and child protection is at the forefront of everything we do. We ensure systems are in place that are well promoted, easily understood and easily accessible for children to confidently report any form of abuse or neglect, knowing their concerns will be treated seriously, and knowing they can safely express their views and give feedback.

Our Designated Safeguarding Leads

If you believe that a child in our school may be at risk, please talk to the Designated Safeguarding Lead or one of the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads. These are:

Miss Alexandra Price (Headteacher and Lead DSL) - a.price@isham.pdet.org.uk

Mrs Helen Hughes (Deputy Safeguarding Lead) - h.hughes@isham.pdet.org.uk

If you are worried about a child outside of school time, you can call the local Multi Agency Support Hub (MASH) for advice (anonymously if needs be) on 0300 126 7000 (option 1).

Wellbeing

Wellbeing Activities and Ideas for Parents

• Mindful breathing can be a good place to start regulating and recognising breathing patterns. Mindful breathing and colour activities can help slow down the pace of the day and enjoy some reflection time.
• Going out for a walk is a great way to reset and enjoy nature. Why not try a sound walk together and let the sounds of nature give your walk a purpose?
• Use Daily Reflection Journal Pages to help learn how to reflect on a days activities.
• Interaction: Children need to connect, so build connections with people around you. Stay in touch with family and friends in person or via video chat.
• Energy: Children need to be active, so help boost your energy and mood by doing something active.
• Mindfulness: Children need to take notice so encourage curiosity about the world and savour the moment.
• Discovery: It's important to keep learning, so learn something new to boost confidence. Consider taking virtual tours - for example, check out the animal cameras at places like the Edinburgh Zoo. Kids can use this to then create their own animal portraits.
• Be Creative: Find time to paint, make, sing or dance on your own or with another person.

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We have extended the deadline to Friday 10th March so you have another two weeks!

Calling all artists! We are holding an art competition again this February, with a prize for each class. All art work will be judged by local artist Louise Berrill.

Your piece of work can be any type of visual art - painting, drawing, sculpture, collage etc. Please bring your entries into school by Friday 10th March.

Time to get creative!

Music Assembly - Thursday 23rd March at 9am

Due to the success of the last music assemblies, I will be hosting another music assembly to celebrate the talented musicians we have at Isham!

As with the previous one's held, if your child is learning to play a musical instrument through regular lessons either in or out of school (this includes children who receive singing lessons) and has a prepared piece (maybe two!) that they would like to perform on Thursday 23rd March, please email the school office: office@isham.pdet.org.uk with the name of your child and the instrument by 10th March. This will then allow me to compile a running order for this assembly.

Parents of those children who are performing are also invited to attend, please confirm in an email to the school office if you would like to attend.

Thanks as always for your support with your children’s musical endeavors,

Mr Hole

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 on Monday 27th February

FOIS will be holding a meeting in school on Monday 27th February after drop-off in the morning, all are welcome to attend. We're a friendly bunch and will make newcomers feel welcome! We shall be discussing upcoming events over tea and biscuits and we would love to have more people join in, input from others if very much appreciated, as is help towards planning events and volunteering. Any amount of help, big or small, makes a difference so please do join us if you can!

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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North Northamptonshire Council SEND Team - Drop-in Dates

Local Community Links: The Isham Quiz

Look out for the Isham Quiz £2.00 each. Sold in support of Isham's defibrillator, which is situated outside the Isham Village Hall. The quiz is available from The Lilac's, Isham School and various Isham society groups. Please contac Kim 07901936041 or Mandy 07799566579. Please support your defibrillator for ongoing insurance and replacements.

Reflection Time...

This term, we have linked collective worship to our school value of Honesty. In turn, this links to the British Value of the RULE OF LAW: for rules to work, we must be honest with others and, perhaps, most importantly ourselves. Just how honest are we? Do we do the right thing? Do we acknowledge our mistakes and work to be better in future? The Ten Commandments give us the basis of the rules in British society - how many can you remember? Honesty matters, and being truthful means that we can grow and mature, learning from our mistakes. For society, truthfulness makes special bonds, and lying breaks them. Truthfulness is important because God is the God of truth. This week, we reflected on what honesty means to us and how we can be honest in our school community. The children learning about when Jesus forgave Peter (John 21 1-19); the key message from this story is that we are ordinary people like Peter who will mess up from time to time. The good news is that even when we have messed up, Christians believe Jesus still loves us and wants us to be his followers.

Dear God, Help us to be honest when we do something wrong. Help us not to blame other people, but acknowledge our mistakes, and apologise and so learn and move on. Amen

Collective Worship Songs

During collective worship, the children have been singing 'My Lighthouse'; 'This little Light of Mine', 'Power in Me' and 'Rise up and Shine."

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/

• Thursday 2nd March - World Book Day - (Children to dress up as their favourite book character)
• Friday 17th March - Red Nose Day for Comic Relief
• Tuesday 21st March - FOIS Sponsored Event - Sponsored Bounce - More info to follow
• Thursday 23rd March - Music Assembly at 9am
• Thursday 30th March - Church Easter Service - 2pm start - all parents invited
• Thursday 30th March - Last Day of Term
• Friday 31st March - Teacher Training Day - School Closed to Pupils
• Monday 17th April - School Re-opens to Pupils
• Monday 24th April - EYFS Trip to Stoke Bruerne
• Monday 1st May - Bank Holiday (School Closed to Pupils)
• Monday 8th May - Bank Holiday (School Closed to Pupils)
• Wednesday 17th May - Celebration of King Charles Coronation 2pm - picnic in the playground
• Saturday 20th May - May Day Gala
• Friday 26th May - Last Day of Term
• Monday 5th June - School Re-opens to Pupils
• Thursday 8th June - Class Photos (no sibling photos)
• Friday 7th July - Whole School Beach Trip! (more info to follow)
• Friday 21st July - Last Day of Term