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听Here鈥檚 Sarah, and great news about reading with the Jolabokaflod!!!!! The inspectors last week LOVED all the literacy and English things we鈥檙e doing!

We are only a few days away from, 鈥楯olabokaflod鈥� here at school. The planning is well underway, and we are looking forward to next week when we can all enjoy and share a range of winter and festive stories

Jolabokaflod is the Icelandic tradition of giving and receiving of books on Christmas Eve often enjoyed drinking hot chocolate. Jolabokaflod is literally translated as 鈥楥hristmas book flood鈥�

If you are interested in finding out more about the tradition of Jolabokaflod see below for links to websites

New winter/festive releases

This week, MOVE-ing in a Winter Wonderland! Here鈥檚 Steph and the team!

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The MOVE-ing in a Winter Wonderland event is back and better than ever!!

One of our favourite MOVE events of the year has been happening this week and we can鈥檛 wait to hear all about it in lots of detail in next week’s blog! We even had a special guest, and his little helper visit us in the Grotto!听

These MOVE events are fantastic ways to support all our children to practise and develop their fine and gross motor skills whilst engaging in sensory filled festive fun! Look out for more info next week!!!

Look at Eileen and Rob!

Scroll to the end for lots more pictures! Well done to all!

Here鈥檚 Philip!

The Magpies of 3KH have had a brilliant Christmas Jumper Day! They have worked amazingly hard as a team, along with many other classes, to help create a Christmas Jumper collage.

Students and staff have being showing off their Christmas jumpers and showing their support for 鈥楽ave the Children鈥�; a worthy cause to support in the lead up to Christmas!听

Well done to the Magpies, and to all the other students and staff that contributed!

Great stuff there from Philip and The Magpies

Let鈥檚 hear from Andy and the Wellbeing Team about the latest in their Connect Challenge series

Hello again everyone. This week鈥檚 connect challenge was to “send an invitation to someone” – it was all about connecting with others and strengthening social networks.

Well done to those who took time to reach out to someone, like the pupils in Key Stage 4 who invited pupils from lower school to play air hockey in the social area, and the many staff who have been inviting colleagues to celebrate Christmas at various events throughout the week.

Reaching out to others is a great way to create shared experiences, develop relationships and communication skills and can also combat feelings of loneliness.

A MASSIVE thanks goes to Christian for sharing these lovely snaps of Santi who took up the invitation to visit Jay during lunchtime. They enjoyed watching a repeat of Match of the Day and talking football.

Lovely to see this, great connecting Santi and Jay!

Next week’s challenge is to听“Connect with yourself and treat yourself.”听鈥� With the Christmas break almost upon us we thought we might start that little bit early 鈥� so go on鈥�treat yourselves!

Behaviour for Learning (BfL) is a new team, and their work overlaps at times with Safeguarding, Wellbeing and Mental Health. BfL is an approach to understanding & developing children鈥檚 behaviour that focuses on their relationship with their self, others and the curriculum, and promotes readiness for education. The BfL team support staff and pupils.听The BfL approach is consistent with our values and compatible with systems such as PBS and NAPPI, that we also use

William has been exploring all things Christmas whilst lying on his tummy on a wedge. Postural changes are of great importance to our students in terms of posture, muscle, respiratory and digestive health. As part of this tummy time is extremely important as it helps provide a stretch, a change of position and an opportunity to develop head and posture control. It is also of great benefit to the respiratory system for William. William has shown some excellent head control and pushing through his arms and as you can see, he鈥檚 very pleased with himself!

Nat has been doing some great cross-legged sitting during his Christmas themed Move to Learn session. Move to learn sessions provide students with the opportunity to work on their gross motor skills, postural control and to have passive muscle stretches. Cross-legged sitting provides Nat the opportunity to develop his sitting balance, core and head control. Nat enjoys cross legged sitting as it increases his independence to participate in the activities around him – he enjoyed reaching to knock over the snowmen and putting on Santas hat!

麻豆社 Lower School attended the Bowling Panathlon event and came 2nd!

PfA is a priority for us this year and a really exciting way to think about our students鈥� futures. Hannah is leading on it

Can鈥檛 wait to see what they鈥檝e been doing with Kerry and the gang this week! The inspectors that came into the school last week LOVED Early Years, so well done the Ducklings!!!!! Let鈥檚 see some lovely pictures shall we?

In terms of ipay accounts and the increase in costs

Unless your child is in receipt of Free School Meals or Bursary, you should ensure your iPay account is topped up听before meals are taken

Please also note that from听6th January 2025, the cost of a two-course school meal will increase to听拢2.75. Thank you for your understanding and continued support in helping us to provide good quality and nutritious meals for our children and young people

If you have any questions or need support with your iPay account, please don鈥檛 hesitate to contact the school office

Safeguarding at Christmas

It’s common for extended families to come together over the Christmas period, and long-standing issues within families could be heightened.听 Children听may face difficult situations, and new safeguarding issues may听arise. Children might be exposed to:

• Domestic abuse
• Lack of basic care,听such as heat, shelter or food
• Eviction, moving around in temporary housing or homelessness
• Parents or carers with听mental health or addiction issues
• A generally stressful home environment

Families facing听financial听pressures may struggle to afford activities or childcare, so听pupils may spend听more time at home alone or without any/enough supervision over the holidays.听 Some might spend听more time:

• Online听(especially if they received new technology for Christmas), and听be exposed to more online risks, such as harmful content, cyberbullying, grooming (including child sexual exploitation or child criminal exploitation) and radicalisation.

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• Out and about, making them more available and vulnerable for groomers, gang members or extremists to find and target.

If you need any advice or support please contact the safeguarding team here in school, we can help to signpost to several organisations for extra support and guidance

Everyone and anyone is always very welcome and actively encouraged to contact Aylisha at 听aylisha.holland@percyhedley.org.uk or Rebecca at R.Fletcher@percyhedley.org.uk or any of the DSL Team

It鈥檚 on the new Instagram feature – teen accounts! Lizzie felt that parents would benefit from knowing that teen accounts are available and how they can support their children in staying safe online听馃槉

Online Safety blogs – 麻豆社 School

Please do tell us what you feel would be helpful in the Online Safety blog, and Lizzie and Joel will look into it

Please do take a look at the latest version of the school鈥檚 Attendance Policy. The policy can be found here – 听Percy-Hedley-School-Attendance-Policy-v2-.pdf (percyhedley.org.uk). Please familiarise yourself with the Absence Reporting procedure in particular. This is the process that we follow daily for any same day or planned absences

I also wanted to share some exciting news for all you people that love planning ahead. Our school calendar for the next academic year is now available online. As we pass through the winter months our thoughts turn to booking our well-deserved holidays. Please look to plan ahead and schedule those exciting family moments together around the set school holidays avoiding any unauthorised periods of absence

Please be aware that as attendance was an area highlighted at our most recent Ofsted inspection. It鈥檚 discussed at our School Governors meetings where it has been suggested that it would be appropriate to notify the local authority of any unauthorised absences.

Any questions please feel free to contact the Attendance Officer 鈥� Kelly Richardson on听Kelly.richardson@percyhedley.org.uk鈥�

Thanks for your support and partnership in this area

We鈥檝e updated our Parent/Carer Code of Conduct for this year, which is also on the website here:听Parent and Carers Area – 麻豆社 School. Most schools have these now, so please do have a read 鈥� they aren鈥檛 used very often. Thanks for your support with it in general terms and in the vast majority of times and cases

A huge thank you to all of them for their time, commitment and support, with projects, ideas and all sorts. Great to have you guys on board, you鈥檙e an important part of the school.

Why don鈥檛 you join them! The Fabulous Friends are always looking for volunteers for events!听 If you can offer any support, please contact Eileen at听e.robinson@percyhedley.org.uk

Hello, I hope you are all well!

Students have changed/moved up to new classes and preparing for new lessons and subjects. For some, a qualification will be completely new, whilst others have already started on one and will continue to achieve more components for it this year

Best of luck – it鈥檚 great to see the achievements that are made

Certification for our candidates from the summer 2024 series have now arrived and will be added to the student鈥檚 folder of achievements

Training for staff that will support in this year鈥檚 examination series is underway. Data consent forms and information for candidates taking exams will be shared by teachers with those that require these completed (it is also accessible on the school website under the exam section)

The exam team is working with teachers to complete all required forms by deadlines, especially related to data consent and access arrangements to support the candidates鈥� needs in an examination 鈥� often such paperwork must be completed before the entry of a candidate for a qualification

The excitement of the festive season starting soon; it brings good mood and positivity to us 鈥� have a lovely time!

Kind regards, Kat

Please get in touch with Tracy via the email below and she will be happy to respond to any queries, suggestions about the LPPA and other issues for parents

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From Tracy and the LPPA team. Contact t.smithson@percyhedley.org.uk

That reflect our School Values!

ENGAGEMENT!

George!

Resilience!

George from 6 HF for fantastic work on getting back in his walker and working on his independence. STAR!!!

STAR George!!!

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ELTBA!

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Harry!

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Resilience!

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Harry in 3RC is our ELBTA star of the week for showing amazing resilience in Outdoor learning and having a go at balancing on the tree stump even though he was 鈥淲orried it was a bit wobbly鈥�

Well done, Harry 鈥� STAR!!!

KS4

What a great KS4 we have!!!

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Respect听听

Owen D for good sportsmanship during boys鈥� football!听

Josh LB for listening to staff during lessons and completing work and staying on task!听

Ellie holding doors open for pupils from other school when attending inter-schools football tournament!听

Nikhit always gets on with his work with no fuss at all!听

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Resilience听听

Dan Gi for excellent behaviour on the bus and for talking through issues at the boys鈥� football!听

Lucas K for taking part in cooking and doing an English assessment!听

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Teamwork听听

Upper School boys football team for representing 麻豆社 on Wednesday!听

Leon helping to get classmates鈥� coats when on cycling sessions!听

Jess for working well with other students!

POST-16!

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Here are some highlights from Lisa about who has impressed everyone! Post-16 have been very resilient this week

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Resilience

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Finlay for being amazing and working towards his independence.听Well done!!! STAR!!!

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Rosie for being incredibly brave and coping so well with her medical journey.听Well done!!! STAR!!!

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Ahmed simply for being himself and continuing to work really hard.听 Fantastic!!! STAR!!!

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Harrison for his steadfast dedication to writing his story. He is even working on it during lunch and break times.听 Brilliant!!! STAR!!!

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Kian for coping so well with his routine.听Good job! STAR, Kian!!!

Christmas Signs #2

Toy, reindeer, snowman, to sing and list

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Here are the signs

Happy Christmas signing!

Please ask if you need any help at all

Keep signing!

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