Dear Parents and Carers 11/01/2024
Happy New Year! I hope that you all had a lovely Christmas break. It has been wonderful seeing the children back in
school this week, pleased to see their friends and keen to learn.
If you won and have not yet collected a raffle prize or something that you bid for in the Silent Auction, do please come
to collect it from the school office as soon as possible and at the latest by the end of next week.
Deadline for applying for Reception Class for September 2024 entry
The deadline to apply for entry into Reception in September 2024 is Monday 15th January. Parents of children born
between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020 should apply on the eAdmissions website.
https://www.eadmissions.org.uk/
School Lunches
Whilst all children are entitled to free school lunches, a number of families still choose to provide packed lunches. May
I remind you that for the safety of some of our children, we are a strictly nut free school. As we have gained Healthy
School status we must also insist that no chocolate, sweets or fizzy drinks are permitted. Crisps should also not be
included unless they are baked rather than fried. Thank you for your support with this.
Dates for your diary
Parent Consultation Meetings will take place between 2pm-7pm on Wednesday 7th February. We then break up for
half term on Friday 9th February at the usual time.
Values Champions
Amayra, Elsie, Ailbe, Lucas, James, Nazli, Bodhi, Morgan, Catarina, Nylah, Belle, Patrick, Jesse, Lucienne, Edward,
Jonalyn, Emily, Abigail, Josh, Leila, Maya, Alex, Luis, Lara, Elliott and Theo.
Attendance: Final week of Autumn term – Overall 89.67%; Badger Class 98.75% House points: Pankhurst
MHST workshop: Helping children with screen time
All of the links below should be copy and pasted into a new tab.
The ‘Helping Children with screen time’ webinar discusses the positive and negative impact of screen time and gaming
on a child's mental wellbeing. Recommendations for screen time based on age will be shared, how to have this
conversation with your child in a positive and effective manner and a simple and effective way to manage screen time.
What will the ‘Helping Children with screen time’ webinar cover?
● What the positive and negative impacts of screen time and gaming are
● Setting age appropriate limits for children

● Positive and effective ways to speak to children about screen time
When will the webinar take place?
23 January 2024 @ 6pm – 75 minutes https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0ESNpHJIYhRg7aRsjfodKxe9C4c2jRq6_iqMqp6F-JD6qEw/viewform
25 January 2024 @ 9am – 75 minutes https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKQF6rOubylZFK-SmXO1e4kXdavb_4R996QyITKLXEFZ3fRA/viewform
MHST Virtual Coffee Afternoon

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2s_vV0So9BGqIPP68gLlbqeHMZNbowA_y9kLs2eRlNAq4yQ/viewform