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Designed to Smile

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Toothbrushing at home

This year, because of COVID-19, we will not be running the Design to Smile scheme in school. Here is some really useful guidance for you to follow with your child.

Fluoride toothpaste helps to keep teeth strong. Children can use a fluoride-containing (1000- 1450ppm F) toothpaste.

Brush your child’s teeth twice a day, especially last thing at night before bed.

For children under 3 years, use only a smear of toothpaste.

For children over 3 years, use a pea-sized amount.

Don’t let them rinse afterwards, just get your child to spit out the toothpaste. SPIT DON’T RINSE is the most effective way to use fluoride toothpaste. This is a good message for adults too!

But, don’t let your child eat toothpaste.

Children under 8 years need help with brushing.

Remember to take your child’s brush and paste with you when you visit family and friends and when you go on holiday.

Even if your child joins in a nursery/school toothbrushing programme, it is still important that they also brush their teeth at home twice a day.

What can I do if my child won’t allow me to brush their teeth?

 

 

New School Routines during COVID-19

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Thank you for working with us!

Quick Guide to Drop off Routine

Staggered Start to the school day.

Staggered Approach

We will as far as possible keep children in their class bubbles.

To do this we will stagger the start, lunch, end of the school day.

 

Class Arrival AM Break Lunch PM Break Pick Up
Y2 AW 8:45  

 

 2:45
Y1 ST 8:50 2:55
Y1/R JJ 8:55
Reception EM/KT 8:55 2:55
Nursery AM 9:00 11:30
Nursery PM 12:15 2:45

 

Arrival Routine:

We are trying to keep everyone safe. To avoid children getting cold and wet and avoid congestion, please arrive promptly at your designated drop of slot. See above* However, should you arrive early please work with us, DO NOT enter the yard, please queue at 2m distance in the lane behind Norman Street.

If early please wait in cars/ or leave a little later. Ms Beaumont will invite one group of children into the yard at their  time slot. Once in the yard please use the footprints to keep socially distant and stand 2m apart.  Parents are asked not to go on the steps to the Nursery unit.

One Way System:

To improve social distancing parents are asked to walk UP the lanes BEHIND Norman Street and to exit along the lane to the right towards town/ Norman Street.

Thanks again for working with us to keep everyone safe!

Oxford Reading Buddy

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Dear parents and guardians,

Welcome to our new online reading service! This sits alongside our current reading scheme.

Step 1. You will find your child’s log in details on the inside of their reading record.

Your child’s teacher has set your child’s library to include books from stage 1 up to the current stage they are on.

Some ebooks have a quiz to complete after reading the story. Quizzes are similar to new online literacy National Tests which children will sit in the Summer term in year 2.

Quizzes are important feedback that tell parents and teachers how well a child has understood their book.

Encourage your child to read the text without the audio, but they will also enjoy listening to the story being read to them. Text tracking helps your child to follow the text.

Parents and Friends Meeting May 2019. What’s new?

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Minutes for PTFA: 8th May 2019

Next meeting: Friday 7th June 2019 at 9:00 in Main School

Confirmed attendances for fete;

  • Surf School (Nick Thomas)
  • Theatre School (idea for them to run taster sessions for the children to take part throughout the afternoon).
  • Fire Services
  • Police

 

Ideas:

  • Mascots from local business/ bizzy bees (friends of the school) 1st refusal bring their mascots and to charge 50p for a photo.
  • Chloe found a business online which has rides and mascots free of charge for schools. (I will msg Chloe to find out if she has contacted them).
  • Leanne’s friend Danielle to do stall for bows & to approach Aberavon Quinns to see if interested in doing taster session.

All very positive so far.

 

Beach Walk:

PTFA meeting was called to arrange & plan the beach walk which was a great success from feedback I have received. Good turn out and lots of fun. Slight negative- Little confusion in regards to donation/sponsorship and perhaps food for thought for future things we organise.

 

Other ideas:-

Louise Griffiths (Secretary)has been made aware of a parent learning group which is running at another school (Central Primary). Theirs is mainly aimed at the early years (nursery/reception) they run a block of sessions to aid learning/teaching at home. It could be run quite informally by PTFA with perhaps one off “guests”. We could do tasters of jolly phonics so there would be opportunity for the adults to learn. Ideas of games to play…. ideas perhaps parents already do/ input from teachers also. There could be tea and coffee at the sessions and perhaps charge £2 a session with a drink & biscuit included. Perhaps run a block of 6-8 sessions. If it worked & there was demand other sessions could be run. Also if the sessions alternated the day….. there may be more chance of a wider catchment coming (granted parents may only attend one or two sessions that way but depending on numbers that may work out better).

 

Perhaps a family event which could take place early evening with a performer of some kind. Something that both children and adults would enjoy? Pay so much on the door or sell tickets with the usual drinks and snacks for sale and raffle.

 

Action:-

1.We need to schedule the next PTFA in prep for the fete as that will be here before we know it.

2.Could reminders also be sent this Friday (tomorrow) in regards to book day as a lot of parents on our group had forgotten.

 

  • Kind Regards always
  • Louise Griffiths – Secretary for PTFA
  • Frankie Boucher’s Mum

Language and Play

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Calling all Parents, Grandparents and Carers.

You are all welcome to attend our Language and Play ‘Speech, language and communication’ drop-in session this February (date tbc).

This is a great opportunity to discuss any worries or concerns you may have about your pre- school child with both a qualified speech and language Therapist and the Nursery teacher/s.

Language and Play is run every Wednesday* from 1.45- 3.15pm

*(Spring term sessions beginning Wednesday 9th Jan)