Watch out for a Digital Parenting guide coming home this week featuring excellent advice on issues such as setting the right boundaries, how to speak digital with your child and how to get a better digital-life balance for your family.
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Sports Days...
Our first Sports day begins next week – check the newsletter or Events page for all of the dates for the different year groups.
Wishing You a Wonderful Easter Holiday...
We hope that you all have a fun filled Easter break and look forward to seeing you again on Tuesday 23rd April.
Online Safety Guidance...
Watch out for our online safety leaflets coming home this week via email on Friday. These contain essential guidance for users of Xbox, FIFA and YouTube.
Mother’s Day Sales...
Message from The Friends of St Philip’s:
The children will be invited to come and buy from a display of Mother’s Day gifts on:
• Friday 22nd March – Year 4, 5 and 6
• Monday 25th March – Year 2 and 3
• Tuesday 26th March – Rec. and Year 1
The gifts will cost from just £1 up to £4. Payment will be needed on the DAY.
So, if you would like to support this initiative, please place your child’s money in a labelled envelope, and send it into school on the day of their sale. This year children will not be able to reserve gifts if they don’t have any money, however they may be able to attend a sale on a following day. The Friends of St Philip’s are working on reducing the plastic they use in these sales, please help them by sending in a named carrier bag for your child’s purchases.
Thank you in anticipation of your help in raising funds to support and enrich our children’s education. We hope you enjoy your special day.
Comic Relief...
Remember that is Comic Relief next Friday – come in your own clothes for a £1 donation. Don’t forget to wear your Red Nose Day accessories!
Half Term...
Wishing you all a wonderful half term holiday. We look forward to seeing you on Monday 25th February.
Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS)...
A Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) took place on February 7th. Our assigned inspector, Ann Lock, was tasked with grading the school on the following question: How effective is the school’s distinctive Christian vision, established and promoted by leadership at all levels, in enabling pupils and adults to flourish? Ann spent the whole day with us exploring this question through seven strands. A huge thank you to all the pupils, staff, governors and parents who met and worked with the inspector. We had a very positive day and we eagerly await the inspector’s report which will be shared with parents when it arrives.
Thank you!...
A huge thank you for all of your generous donations of toiletries for Room at the Inn. These donations will make such a difference to many, many people. Thank you to the choir for requesting this fundraising event – what a truly wonderful thing to do.
Perseverance...
Our Christian value this week has been perseverance. As part of health week, children were set the challenge to partake in an extra 30 minutes exercise a day, and aim to walk 10 miles by the end of the week. The children have showed great determination to achieve this pledge!