We had such a great day exploring and playing at Wiggleys.
We fed the animals, went for a walk and run around the grounds, met new friends but most importantly had FUN!
Congratulations Missio Ambassadors
Special Celebratory Assembly
Today Missio were presented with Missio badges. Well done to all Year 1 and Year 2 pupils who have chosen to lead the rest of the school in stewardship, in looking after our world, making good choices for future generations. Missio were so excited!
Missio Ambassadors leading assembly
Missio Children from Year 1 and 2 led a special assembly today. They shared Pope Frances’s message to look after creation. By switching off lights and turning off taps.
Missio Update. Minutes of Meeting Tues 27th November 18
Agenda: 27.11.18
- Well done for action research at home
- How shall we share this information with others?
- Planning our special assembly
- Loving our World this Christmas
- Loving our school-How can we improve our playground?
Minutes:
Well done to ‘Reducing waste water’ group and ‘Switching off lights’ group who have created fantastic posters which will be put up around school.
Children shared ideas with all Missio Ambassadors and will share with whole school in the special Missio Assembly on Friday. During this Missio Ambassadors will be given Missio badges. Please remind Mums and Dads to help you take the badge off before washing. Try to remember to wear your badge every day.
Teachers- Please help Missio to have chance to to create posters. Try using more than one App? Reminder to Missio groups to continue to switch off taps and switches every day.
Whole School Missio Message for Christmas Save trees, Save our planet. Christmas Cards are made from trees. Missio have decided to ask everyone to send ONE Christmas wish to hang on our Christmas tree, rather than many cards.
Recycle Group Ideas
- Children to create posters- to include message ‘Don’t drop rubbish’.
- Time Out – Rubbish pick, by Group members.
- New Bins with better signs a. Plastics, b. Milk waste, c) Fruit Waste
- Buy Litter pickers (Sturdy please)
- Recycle Group voted to swap weekly,
- Year 2 responsibility for Week 1.
Many thanks Ms Beaumont
Next Meeting Friday 30th Nov 2018
Nursery PE – keeping healthy
Moving and shaking
Listening to instructions
NSPCC
Dear Parent/Carer,
The NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. programme is visiting our school to make sure our pupils have the knowledge and understanding they need to stay safe from abuse.
I’m pleased to tell you that we will be working with the NSPCC, who’ll be delivering their Speak out. Stay safe. programme on 11th October 2018. This is a nationwide programme for every primary-school-aged child in the UK and Channel Islands. With the help of their friendly mascot Buddy, they’ll be presenting an assembly to the children in our school.
“NSPCC has helped me to build the confidence to tell people about my worries and problems.” Child’s feedback.
If you would like any more information about the Speak out. Stay safe. programme you can come in to speak to me or visit the NSPCC website nspcc.org.uk/speakout
Talking PANTS with your children
The NSPCC’s work in schools will help encourage conversations about staying safe – and they have a number of child-friendly materials to help you carry on the conversation afterwards. That includes ‘Talk PANTS’, a simple way for parents to help keep children safe from sexual abuse – without using scary words or even mentioning sex.
The guide uses the rules of PANTS to teach children that their body belongs to them and them alone. You can find out more and download the free resources at nspcc.org.uk/pants
Emotional Literacy- ELSA
Working on pupil Wellbeing
Dear Parents and Carers,
We understand just how important Wellbeing is for our children and for us as adults.
Wellbeing is the focus of our School Development Target 1.
One strategy to develop some children as rounded people and active members of our community is the delivery of ELSA.
Mrs Lloyd is already trained in ELSA. School is investing time and effort in training a second ELSA, Mrs Hines.
Introduction to ELSA – What is ELSA?
Emotional
Literacy
Support
Assistant
ELSAs are emotional Literacy support assistants working in schools.
They…
– help children recognise, understand and manage emotions to increase success
– plan and deliver individual ( and small group) support programmes
– receive training and supervision from education psychologists.
ELSAs with support of the parents and school, provide interventions helping to meet the needs of pupils in our school. Interventions are planned to last 5 weeks to 1 term in length.
What are the benefits to the school?
ELSA can make a difference to help children feel supported,
to develop greater self- awareness, to interact more successfully and manage better in school.
You can find out more about ELSAs at wwe.elsanetwork.org
School Council Focus- Know Your Rights!
All children have rights. These rights are the things that children need to be safe, healthy and happy. The United Nations has a list of all the rights that children have. This list is called the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, or UNCRC for short.
Our School Council, have been working on some of these rights. Please take some time to have a look at the display in the main hall.
Autumn Term
This term we will be working on Article 29
Your right to become the best that you can be.
and Article 6
You have the right to life and to grow up to be healthy.
This work will be underpinned by Jesus’ call to be Loving and Compassionate*
*Jesuit Principles
Love of our Earth, Love of our neighbours
Healthy Schools: an overview
Healthy Schools Scheme – Cynllun Ysgolion Iach
Health promoting schools are developing throughout Europe. The European Network of Health Promoting Schools (ENHPS) (now called Schools for Health in Europe) was formally inaugurated in 1992 as part of a collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission (EC) and the Council of Europe (CoE). It was set up to establish a group of model schools in each country that would demonstrate the impact of health promotion on the school setting and then disseminate their experience.
The Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes (WNHSS) was launched in 1999 to encourage the development of local healthy school schemes within a national framework. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises the WNHSS as playing a key role in promoting the health of children and young people, and the scheme has been rolled out across Wales since 2000.
Within the scheme, there are seven different health topics that schools need to address. These include:
- Food and Fitness
- Mental and Emotional Health and Well Being
- Personal Development and Relationships
- Substance Use and Misuse
- Environment
- Safety
- Hygiene
What is a health promoting school?
A health promoting school has been defined by the WNHSS as one which actively promotes and protects the physical, mental and social well-being of its community through positive action by such means as policy, strategic planning and staff development with regard to its curriculum, ethos, physical environment and community relations.
However you may find some of the following definitions informative too.
A health promoting school is…a happy school.
A health promoting school is…a caring community which is concerned with the health of all its members, pupils, teachers, non-teaching staff and all those who interact with it.
A health promoting school…encourages pupils to recognise that what they do counts – that we all affect one anothers lives
A health promoting school…recognises that health education is not just taught in the classroom, but is supported and re-inforced in the daily life of the school and local community
A health promoting school...provides all the information pupils require about nutrition, exercise, relationships, smoking, drugs and alcohol and encourages them to take responsibility for their own actions.
Easy ways to make lunchboxes healthier
