On Monday 23 January we welcomed Chloe from Network Rail to  delivered some workshops across school on rail safety. She discussed some of the key dangers around the railway and ways we can keep safe. 

Year 3 have enjoyed a lovely afternoon with Julie from the Natural History Society of Northumbria. Maple class have been learning about the environment and the issues associated with it such as global warming and plastic pollution. After spending some time in our beautiful school grounds, the children were tasked with appreciating nature using their senses. They then made some art work based on nature and finally, made pledges on how they were going to help nature and the environment.

Anti-Bullying Week

This week in school, we have taken part in Anti-bullying week. We began the week by wearing odd socks to celebrate diversity and individuality. 

The children took part in a variety of activities exploring what bullying is and how we can ‘reach out’ to others and collectively stop bullying. 

On Wednesday, we welcomed parents and carers into school to share tips on how to keep children safe online and our progress towards achieving The Rainbow Flag Award. This was an opportunity for us to also share some fabulous online safety and LGBT+ support and information websites. These can be found in the Anti-bullying section of our school website. It was lovely for our Anti-bullying ambassadors to be able to introduce themselves and explain how they are getting involved in future projects too. 

Children in Need Day

Today is Children in Need Day and the children (and staff!) look ‘spotacular’ in their spotty themed clothing to raise awareness of this worthwhile charity.   Thank you so much for all of the donations which we will add together and submit as a whole school contribution to Children in Need.

 

The school council organised a joke competition with prizes in each class for the funniest joke!

Mrs Bailey challenged the children (and teachers) from Y1 to Y6 to work in complete silence for a specified amount of time!   The Y5 and Y6 children had the greatest challenge to stay silent for 30 minutes! Mrs Bailey donated an extra £20 to Children In Need in return for the silence!

On this #ArmisticeDay we remember the service and sacrifice of those who have defended our country.  #lestweforget2022 #wewillrememberthem #armedforces

 

There has been lots of Remembrance Day discussions and activities taking place across school today as well as taking part in the two minutes silence.  We hope you enjoy seeing our Remembrance  themed displays in and around school.

It is important that your child is in school regularly and on time to receive the best possible educational outcomes and reach their highest potential.

Next week is national Anti-Bullying Week - this year's theme is 'Reach Out'.

 

The week will begin with Odd Socks Day.  On Monday, children can come to school wearing odd socks to support the uniqueness of individuals and celebrate the diversity within our school community.

Throughout the week, children will be taking part in various activities and on Wednesday, we will be holding a coffee afternoon for parents/carers.  You are welcome to pop along to the KS2 hall on Wednesday 16 November from 2.30 – 3.00pm where Mrs Mordue, Mrs Miller and our anti-bullying ambassadors will share with you information about online safety and our journey so far towards gaining the Rainbow Flag Award.  We hope you are able to come along.

 

To summarise the week, we will be holding a whole school celebration assembly on Friday 18 November, which will be a chance for the children to showcase what they have been learning throughout the week with the rest of the school.

 

We will also be sending out a ‘Parent Pack’ full of ideas of activities you could do with your child at home and we look forward to sharing what we have been up with you at home via our school Facebook page.

📣We are hiring! 📣
The Head Teacher and Governors are currently seeking to appoint the following staff roles to our team:
- School Business Manager
- Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant
Please view the 'Vacancies' section of our school website by clicking the link below to find out more information:
https://www.parkheadprimary.org/vacancies/

Supporting Parkhead’s Learners to Achieve and Thrive are delighted to share that we have been selected to be part of the Co-op Local Community Fund!

 

To get the most from this fundraising activity, we need your help!

 

• Simply select us as your cause via this link: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/67843
• Each time you purchase co-op branded items and swipe your membership card, it will donate to our project! If you are not already a co-op member, it is really simple to join online!
• Please share with all your family and friends and encourage them to select SPLAT as their cause!

 

The more people who support us, the more money we will raise for our Parkhead children!

 

All monies raised from this project will be put towards developing our forest school area and Woodland Wellbeing project.

Monster Mash Parties

What a ball children (and staff!) had at the Monster Mash parties this week!  Costumes were incredible and lots of spooktacular fun was had by all!  A huge thank you to SPLAT volunteers for organising the event and for making it such a success.  The event raised £300 to add to SPLAT’s total for the development of our outdoor play area. DJ WKD’s debut with her terrifyingly terrific tunes went down a storm – bring on the next party!

 

 

Community Pumpkin Trail

We have had a fantastic response to the community pumpkin trail!  Thank you for taking part – we hope you enjoyed it.  SPLAT will be picking some winners out of a hat early next week who will each win a prize!