SPLAT Small Change Challenge

Do you have any loose change lying around? If so, keep a hold of it because….

• 1,2,3,4 SPLAT declares a small change war!

In September, all classes at Parkhead will be named after a tree to reflect the outdoor learning philosophy and wonderful outdoor environment we have at school.  We have therefore decided to create a fun challenge to coincide with this

In a nutshell…….each class will be given an empty jar which has been labelled with their new class name.

The ‘aim of the game’ is to fill your class jar with as many 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins as you can!

You score a point for every coin that is added to the jar! The more coins you add, the more points you get!!

The class with the most points when the challenge is over will get to spend the contents of their jar on a little treat.

The money raised by the other classes will go directly to SPLAT to allow us to continue to support the installation of outdoor fixed play equipment.

The challenge will run throughout the whole of September and, of course, will begin the day we return from our summer break on Tuesday 6^th.

So, get collecting all your loose change over the next 6 weeks to send in with your child and let’s see how much we can raise whilst having a little bit of fun across school.

We are delighted to have successfully achieved the accreditation to become a National Online Safety Certified School. This is to certify that a whole school community approach in online safety is being undertaken at Parkhead through empowering its leaders, teachers, governors, all staff and parents/carers.

An effective community approach to online safety aims to protect and educate pupils in their safe use of the internet and technology, whilst enabling trusted adults with the essential information to identify online risks and escalate any incident where appropriate. A huge thank you to Mrs Miller; our Computing Lead, who has taken a lead role in the accreditation process.

We are delighted to be opening our re-use, reduce, recycle initiative next week in the form of our very own dedicated community room space called ‘Community Corner’.  It is located down the Nursery path and is the first door that you come to on your right.

It is with thanks to funding received from the Gateshead Household Support Fund that we have been able to convert and refurbish this space for our school community use.  

Opening times next week will be 8.15 – 9.15am and again from 2.45 – 3.45pm. You are welcome to call in to browse the wide selection of pre loved uniform items and take what you need.  There is also be a small food bank, which again, you can take from what you need.

At any point, should you be able to donate any of your child’s uniform items which they have outgrown, or you feel able to add an extra item to your weekly shopping to donate to our food bank, please just drop them in – all will be gratefully received.

WOW WOW WOW!

We are over the moon to reveal that our summer fayre raised a fantastic total of £1,860!

Thank you so much for everyone’s support in attending the fayre and making donations for the event. The grand total raised since we began fundraising at the turn of the year has reached a whopping £3,346, and will be put towards purchasing and installing new playground equipment in the form of a climbing frame for the children over the summer holidays. An absolutely fantastic start for Team SPLAT clearly showing the positive impact that we can have when we work together with the sole aim of ‘supporting Parkhead’s learners to achieve and thrive’.

If there are any local businesses who would like to make a contribution, however small, in an attempt to bring our summer fundraising total to £2,000 by the end of term we would be extremely grateful! Please share far and wide to all of your friends and family.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

What an absolutely fantastic afternoon we had on Thursday at SPLAT’s Summer Fayre fundraising event. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. Thank you so much to everyone for the donations, for attending the event, and a huge thanks to the brilliant SPLAT team for organisational excellence, setting up on the day and overall making it a huge success. Look out next week for the big reveal of the fundraising total!

A reminder that school is closed to staff and pupils tomorrow (1 July) and also on Monday 4 July 2022 for the following reasons:

• Friday 1 July 2022 – additional day allocated to all Gateshead schools due to the additional bank holiday for Queen’s Jubilee during May half term.
• Monday 4 July 2022 – Occasional Day.

Enjoy the long weekend.  School will re-open as normal on Tuesday 5 July 2022.

Summer Fayre Arrangements

With only one week to go until SPLAT’s Summer Fayre, please note the below arrangements:

• Our Summer Fayre will be taking place on the KS2 yard and field on Thursday 7 July 2022 from 2.30pm.
• There will be a selection of stalls, rides and refreshments available to purchase and enjoy so please bring your small change.
• Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles, Cousins and neighbours are all welcome to attend, even if they do not have a child on roll at Parkhead.  We are looking forward to making this an annual community event that is accessible for all.
• Gates will open at 2.20pm to allow you to collect your child.
• Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2 parents, please collect your children as normal by 2.30pm.
• Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 parents, please collect your children from the very left side of the yard by 2.30pm – children will be dismissed from their classroom doors on this day as follows to avoid congestion on the yard. Y3 from classroom fire exit door, Y4 from Y4 entrance, Y5 from Y5 entrance, Y6 from classroom fire door exit. A member of staff will be at each door to release the children to parents. 
• Once you have collected your child/ren, you are welcome to stay for the fayre and enjoy the various stalls, rides and refreshments on offer.
• If you are unable to collect your child to attend the fair, they will remain with a class teacher until the normal collection time of 3.15pm. Depending on the number of children that remain, there may be an opportunity for them to visit the fayre with the teacher.  You may therefore like to send some small change in to school with your child.
• After school club will be open as normal if required and places should be booked via the normal procedure on Lunchshop.

A reminder also, that the summer raffle is now open for purchasing of tickets – there are some fantastic prizes up for grabs.  Tickets will be available to purchase on the day of the fayre, and will be drawn towards the end of the fayre.

Any donations of cakes for our cake stall at the summer fayre would be gratefully received on the morning of Thursday 7 July 2022.  Thank you in advance.

We hope to see you there.

Robinwood Residential Visit

A reminder that we are holding a parent information session in school on Wednesday 6 July 2022 at 3.30pm.  Parents of children currently in Year 5 moving in to Year 6 in September, are welcome to come along to hear more about the residential visit and to ask any questions you may have.  The residential visit will take place from Monday 12 – Wednesday 14 September 2022 and will be a fantastic start to Year 6, providing the children and staff with an off site team building/bonding experience.

Our new character education programme ‘Commando Joes’ has been an absolute blast so far!  It is fantastic to see such brilliant team working, resilience and problem solving in some very thought-provoking challenges!  Well done everyone!  We look forward to continuing this and further embedding it in to our school curriculum next year.

We are thrilled to be able to invite parents in to school once again:

• Let’s Boogie with an Audience!

Year 5 children would like to welcome their parents/carers in to school to watch them show off their boogie bouncing skills that they have learned this term!

Thursday 14 July 2022 (9.00am – Class 5B, 2.30pm – Class 5MM)

• Help us make Habitats! 

Year 2 are inviting their grown-ups into school on Monday 11th July at 2.30pm in the KS1 hall.  We have learnt so much about habitats in our Science lessons and would love your help to make our own mini habitat and tell you lots about what we have found out.

• Sensational Singing

This term, our Year 3 and 4 children have been working with a singing teacher each Wednesday morning as part of their music lessons/curriculum.  They have been practising so hard and sound so fantastic that we would like to invite Year 3 and 4 parents/carers in to school on the morning of Wednesday 20 July 2022 for a singing showcase spectacular!  Singing will commence at 9.15am, but parents are welcome to join us straight after drop off for a cuppa.