10th January 2025
As a school, we continue to work to help children to understand their feelings and behaviours. This includes what might trigger certain feelings and behaviours, how to regulate their emotions, understanding the impact their actions may have on others and how to repair relationships when things go wrong.
During the academic year 2022 / 2023, we introduced additional approaches to support this work. These included:
- Emotion Coaching
- Zones of Regulation
- Restorative Practice
Each academic year we have held a meeting for our families to share the approaches and strategies we are teaching the children. We hope sharing these strategies will benefit our community as a whole and parents have told us they find using shared approaches and language useful at home.
You may have already spotted the date in the calendar, as we invite all our new Reception families to a meeting on Tuesday 14th January at 4.30pm. If you have missed the meetings in the past, or would like to come again, you are very welcome to join us.
For those families attending the meeting, we will be offering childcare for school age children. We will sadly not be able to provide childcare for pre-school children. You may however bring younger siblings with you, on the understanding that if your child becomes restless, you will leave the meeting so as not to disturb others.
If you would like to join us to learn more, we ask Reception families to please complete the form we sent to confirm your attendance. All other families are welcome to contact us on 01789 293412 or email us via parents3002@welearn365.com. We will then be able to ensure we have the right number of seats for you and adult supervision for your children.
Being a parent is exciting and rewarding but there are also times when children behave in ways that are a challenge for us. This 2-hour workshop looks at some reasons why children behave the way they do and offers insight and strategies to help guide their behaviour.
This workshop is for parents/carers of children of all ages. It will focus on:
• How and why boundaries support children’s development
• Parenting strategies that can be used to support boundaries such as rules, praise, routines.
• Identify different parenting styles
• Build an awareness of positive parenting and how to implement this in day to day life
• Looking after our selves as parents and carers
This workshop is a general overview and if further support and advice is identified, contacts and referral pathways will be available at the end of the workshop.
You will find more information about this workshop here.
- PE kit is plain black and green. No grey, navy, stripes, logos etc. We have noticed a lot of children are coming into school on PE days wearing a slightly different version of our PE kit, or indeed any PE kit and this is beginning to look like a non-uniform day. Children should still look clean, tidy and smart on their PE days.
- All children should have an Alveston school uniform, green coat.
- Toys, fidgets, items from home should not come into school unless there is an agreement for one small item that has been made with the SENDCO and class teacher.
- Hair, longer than shoulder length, should be tied up.
- Hair styles should remain conventional - no shaved tram lines, etc.
- Hair accessories should be school colours – green, black, white, grey.
- Children should bring their books in a bookbag. No rucksacks in school unless children are going on a trip, swimming or taking part in an additional sports club where they need a change of clothes, etc.
- Children should not wear jewellery apart from small 3mm stud earrings.
- Black shoes or trainers – plain black, again, no stripes, white soles or colour.
- Please ensure children have hats, scarves and gloves in school every day when the weather is cold. Unfortunately, we don’t have spares and lunchtime is a long time to be outside in the cold without these items.
- Finally, please name everything.
King Edward VI School in Stratford will be setting up their second big public display of Lego sets in their School hall, an event that will raise money for their chosen charity.
It should prove another fun afternoon! There will be a live build of a 6,500 piece Lego City display for people to get involved with, local Lego traders will be in attendance and refreshments will be served by one of our Parents Associations.
The event will be raising funds for the Battle Back Centre at Lilleshall (Shropshire). They provide support to injured (physically and mentally) service personnel, giving them a week's residential course and helping them to overcome great difficulties. KES work with their staff every year whilst on their Year 7 residential and have seen first-hand what a difference their work makes.
I have some inside information (from a member of our office staff) that this event is really good fun - peoples' displays are amazing and with stalls selling unique Lego gifts - it is a must for all Lego fans!
Click here for more information.
Medicines in School
We cannot accept medicines in school without a prescription label and a medical form completed by a parent or carer. Please ask the school office for more information and/or a form via:
Below are Forest School dates for your diary. The children will need to wear PE kit to school with tracksuit bottoms or leggings and have a long sleeve top such as a hoodie. Wellies and a rain coat / school coat will also be required:
Spring Term 1
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Date |
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Year Group |
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Fri 10th Jan |
Year 5 | |
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Fri 17th Jan |
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Year 6 |
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Fri 24th Jan |
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Year 4 |
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Fri 31st Jan |
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Year 3 |
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Fri 7th Feb |
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Year 2 |
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Fri 14th Feb |
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Year 1 |
Spring Term 2
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Date |
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Year Group |
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Fri 28th Feb |
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Reception |
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Fri 7th Mar |
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Year 6 |
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Fri 14th Mar |
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Year 5 |
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Fri 21st Mar |
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Year 4 |
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Fri 28th Mar |
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Year 3 |
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Fri 4th Apr |
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Year 2 |
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Fri 11th Apr |
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Year 1 |
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Spring Term (1) |
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Celebration / Star of the Week Assemblies |
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17/1, 24/1, 31/1, 7/2 |
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Teacher-Led Clubs – 4 weeks |
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13th January to 7th February |
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14/1 |
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Parent Meeting – Emotional Regulation (4:30-5:30pm) |
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15/1 |
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Free Parent Workshop - Boundaries and Rules (12:30-2:30pm) |
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21/1 |
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FOA Bag-2-School collection |
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22/1 |
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Year 6 trip to Coventry Cathedral [event sheet sent on 7.1.25] |
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3 - 6/2 |
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Year 5 Bikeability |
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10/2 |
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Half-Term Cup Assembly |
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11/2 |
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Parents’ Evening |
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13/2 |
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Parents’ Evening |
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14/2 |
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FOA Express Yourself Day |
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HALF-TERM 17th-21st February 2025 |
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Spring Term (2) |
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Celebration / Star of the Week Assemblies |
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28/2, 7/3, 14/3, 21/3, 28/3 |
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Teacher-Led Clubs – 4 weeks |
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10th March to 4th April |
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24/2 |
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Everyone back to school! |
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27/2 |
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Young Voices 2025 |
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3/3 |
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Learning Together Time (2:30pm) |
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4/3 |
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Year 6 trip to Parliament |
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5/3 |
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FOA Bag-2-School |
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6/3 |
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World Book Day |
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3/4 |
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FOA Easter Bingo |
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7/4 |
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Half-Term Cup assembly |
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7/4 |
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Easter Service at St James’ church |
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10/4 |
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FOA Easter Bake Off/Sale |
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Easter Break 14th-25th April 2025 Everyone back in school Monday 28th April. |
