As your time at school changes…

As you leave your school today,
know that you go with our love and our blessing.

When you have the chance,
go outside and enjoy the rain or the sunshine.
 

Smile and wave, do a little jig, or sing a song to those who can’t leave their homes.
 

When you eat, pause and remember those who may be eating less, or having to eat things they don’t really enjoy.

 

All those things we learn about and practice at school, our PRAISE values (Perseverance, Respect, Acceptance and friendship, Independence, Selflessness, Empathy and Compassion) well, here’s your chance to really do them.

Be forgiving - people are feeling a bit stressed.

Be patient - sometimes you won’t be able to do the things you want to

Be generous - share something if you can, even if it’s just a smile.

Show respect - everyone is precious and valuable, even when they are being difficult.

Encourage one another - we are all feeling a bit wobbly.

Try not to moan or fight or say things which might hurt. And keep on trying.

Look out for Rainbows and daffodils; they are signs of hope and promise when times are hard.

Store up your stories and smiles until we are back together again.

 

Hug those people you can and above all show love to one another, over and over again.

Remember, above everything else, that you are valued, and you are loved.

Rev Dan and all at St John’s Church, Highbridge

As part of Book Week, Year 5 enjoyed a visit on Tuesday from the amazing author Fleur Hitchcock. It was a wonderful opportunity and a once in lifetime experience.  Fleur writes amazing books you would love to read!  In the assembly Fleur talked to the children about how she had the idea of being an author and kindly signed copies of her book. 

 

“It was fantastic to hear that Fleur used a praise value in one of her books.” -  Mr Sharp

“It shows that we can write books even if we feel like we can’t.”  -  Oona

“It was very inspiring and interesting.”  -  Maddison

“It was very inspiring, educational and interesting.”  -  Florence

“A very inspiring experience.”   -  Mrs Barnard

Thank you to all the children who made so many amazing book characters from potatoes! It was absolutely lovely to hear about how you made the potato characters at home with lots of talking to your parents about the characters! We had such a variety of characters - Harry Potter (often called Harry Pot-at-ter!), lots of Mr Men and some Disney characters too. They were all really good, but we asked Rev. Dan to choose the three he liked best and the creators will receive a special prize!

 

It was great to show off the potato characters at the end of the day and lots of parents came to see them. A great World Book Day!. 

Working together to support young peoples wellbeing

 

King Alfred School are holding an event which might be useful, particularly for Year 6 Parents.

 

'Come along and see how we support our students at King Alfred School Academy and the agencies we work with'.

 

Please follow the link below for more information:

 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-together-to-support-young-peoples-wellbeing-mental-health-tickets-95357840869  

Mr. Philcox has made his potato character for World Book Day based on a character he liked in a book when he was at primary school many, many, years ago! How's yours coming along?

This year's theme for the Safer Internet Day is 'Together for a better internet'. In school we shall be organising a series of events for children in class and Mr. Milum will lead worship on Monday 9th February looking at how we use the internet. 

 

You can find lots more information at:

 https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2020.

 

There is a separate page for parents and carers which is well worth looking at! Click on

 https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers for more information.

 

 

 

The results of the 2019 school election are now in! Bucking the national trend, Labour were the run away winners on 135 votes.  Children from across the school were invited to vote at the Polling Station in the library. Mr Anderson and Mr Armstrong talked to the children about why we hold an election and how it is part of our democratic process in the country! The children were particularly interested in the Labour promise of free internet for all!

 

Labour: 135

Liberal Democrats: 77

Green Party: 67

Conservative: 63

Brexit: 13