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Dear Parents,
A huge thank you to everyone who has been working so hard this week to facilitate the remote learning. We have had some fantastic feedback from both parents and children about what is working well. I appreciate that we are still getting used to working in this way but I have been impressed by the maturity that the children have shown and also their resilience when facing the challenges. Please do let us know if you have any particular concerns or issues and we will endeavour to support you in the best way.
The teachers and learning support assistants have adapted brilliantly to this new way of working, and I am incredibly proud of them too. They have been planning for , delivering to, and supporting all the children in their classes, whilst retaining their sunny smiles and positive outlooks. I won't say anymore or their heads will get too big!
We are continually seeking to refine and improve our offer, and will be adding to the provision, as we are able. Badgers and Foxes have additional live lessons in French and some 1:1 teaching with Mrs Bottle. Please make sure that your children attend these, since Mrs Bottle has planned each session and is on line waiting for you!
The virtual challenge- Race across Europe is now underway. You can walk, run, skate, scoot, cycle , swim or horse ride your distances. Please read the e-mail to see how to get involved.
We have been notified that as of 25th January all teachers will be tested for COVID on a weekly basis- can't wait for that!! We will keep you up to date with how this goes, and who is the biggest baby about it all!
We miss you all and I look forward to catching the next glimpse of the children on the screen.
Have a lovely weekend
Lucy Macey
Dear Parents,
I hope that you are all well, I am so impressed with all the work that the children have been producing this week. Today I saw their faces on Google Classrooms too- it was so lovely!
We are starting our new fitness challenge- The race down Europe.
Please read the information below, for how to get involved....
This time it is Broughton KS1 and West Tytherley KS1 racing against Broughton KS2 and West Tytherley KS2. Who will reach Gibraltar first?
Mrs Hudgell, Mrs Meron. Miss Morris and Mrs Martyn will be supporting KS1
Miss Lee, Mrs Baker, Mrs Pearson and Miss Ayers will be supporting KS2
I shall remain neutral, but Sherpa's miles will count in KS1 and Basil's KS2 - ( they do the same as each other!)
With best regards
Lucy Macey
A message from Mrs Devereux:
The challenge will start on Monday 11th January and finish on Sunday 7th February, so a full 4 weeks of school, weekend mileages will be added in on the Monday each week.
It will be a race between KS1 Broughton and West Tytherley home schoolers and KS2 Broughton and West Tytherely home schoolers, with each KS1 km counting for double that of a KS2.
The key rules of the competition are as follows:
This group can be joined by going to the Lions in the Community Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LITCsoccer/ from there you will see the option to join the group Broughton/West Tytherley Race Down Europe 2021. If you ask to join, I will then add you.
Regards,
Cathy
Dear Parents/Carers,
As we are passionate about maintaining the progress that your children are making with their reading and encouraging reading for pleasure, we thought it would be helpful to point you in the direction of some reading activities and resources that will prove useful during remote learning.
With children at home looking for new kinds of entertainment, lockdown seems like the perfect opportunity to get more children reading for pleasure. In school, we encourage the children to read wide range of both fiction and non-fiction and in a variety of ways e.g. books, magazines and newspapers and we would love you to do the same at home. The ideas below will hopefully provide you some guidance and support to help support your children’s reading whilst also making it a fun experience for all of you involved!
We hope that these resources prove useful during this time. Happy reading!
Dear Parents,
We are very sorry that we will not be welcoming all the children back on Wednesday as we had originally intended. In line with the National Lock Down we will be closed. I wanted to reassure you that on Wednesday virtual learning will be ready to take off and the teachers will be using Google Classroom as the platform. We will be in touch tomorrow with details and timings of how this will work and I know that both teachers and children will make the best of this situation.
We will send out an e-mail to parents of children who may still attend school and we would be grateful if you could confirm if your child will be attending.
The school will be open for children whose parents are keyworkers- please be aware that due to the severity of the situation at the moment we would advise that both care-givers need to be keyworkers (critical to the Covid response) and that if children can be cared for and access remote learning at home, this is the preferred option. Please e-mail school if you require a place for your child/ren.
If you have any questions about this e-mail, please do not hesitate to contact me.
With kind regards
Lucy Macey - Headteacher
November 2020
A most significant event in the last month has been the award to the school of the Silver level of Rights Respecting Accreditation. The UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Award puts children’s rights at the heart of schools in the UK. To quote from the UNICEF website:
“UNICEF works with schools in the UK to create safe and inspiring places to learn, where children are respected, their talents are nurtured and they are able to thrive. Our Rights Respecting Schools Award embeds these values in daily school life and gives children the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens. Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as our guide, we are working with more UK schools than almost any other organisation. Over 1.6 million children in the UK go to a Rights Respecting School and nearly 5,000 schools up and down the country are working through the Award.”
In the Silver level evaluation, the moderator looked at all the examples of work that we have done, sampled lessons, examined portfolios, and looked at our school improvement plans. She also spoke at length to Mrs Bottle and a number of children from the steering group. She was full of praise for the amount and quality of the work that has gone in to our Rights Respecting journey to Silver but above all else commended the knowledge and passion demonstrated by the children who spoke to her. Everyone in the school has contributed to this achievement, but particular thanks go to the following children, who spoke so eloquently and whose commitment to this work inspires us all. Well done James, Flossie, Jemima, and Annabel. And, of course, to Mrs Bottle, who has worked very hard to embed this ethos across the school and lead our work in this area. We now begin our journey towards the Gold accreditation!
Hampshire County Council has asked us to share the following important public health message with you all:
Coronavirus infections are continuing to rise, and Hampshire is on ‘Medium’ COVID alert level.
We need your help to stop the spread of the virus, so please continue following national public health guidance this half term.
Remember ‘hands, face, space’ and the Rule of 6: which means no large gatherings indoors or outdoors.
Let’s all work together to Keep Hampshire Safe.