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Summer Water Safety

The Health Protection Hub at Telford & Wrekin Council have asked us send out some information to you on summer water safety.  With the current hot weather, children, particularly older children, may look to go swimming in open water to cool down and have fun.  This comes with various risks – cold water shock, currents, hidden underwater dangers and diseases such as Weil’s disease. 46% of drownings occur in the summer months and this rises to 75% amongst 13–17 year olds. Educating children on these dangers is important in preventing tragic incidents.

The Royal Life Saving Society and the Canal & River Trust have some good resources with more information on this to discuss with your children:

General: https://www.rlss.org.uk/Pages/Category/water-safety-information

For secondary school and primary junior-age children:  https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/safety-on-our-waterways/summer-water-safety

For early years and primary infants: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/safety-on-our-waterways/water-safety-tips-for-parents

 

Technology in Sport for Sports Week

As it’s our Sports Week this week, some of our KS2 classes are taking part in a webinar all about technology that is used in sport. From VAR to GPS vests, technology is EVERYWHERE! The children also found out about how technology can help make sport more inclusive, including in wheelchairs and blades for runners. It was a really interesting session and the children got a lot out of it.

Rothesay Classic Birmingham Tennis Tournament Trip

We bought some tickets for the Rothesay Classic Birmingham Tennis Tournament, to take some of our Year 4/5 children to experience a large professional sporting event. Many of the world’s top players were in the draw, including Caroline Wozniaki and Heather Watson. The children were able to watch the matches on the 2,500 seater main stadium court, join in with some sporting activities and watch some of the players practise on the surrounding courts. We had many comments about how well the children were behaving and we hope they enjoyed their experience! They were even able to take away a ball that had been used on the courts by the players!

Nursery Open Day Wednesday 19th June 3:30-4:15pm

Come and visit our nursery this week!

We have 15 and 30 hour flexible places for 2-3 year olds from September 2024.

We will be taking ‘Rising Threes’. This means if your child is 3 already, or turns 3 between now and December 20th, they qualify for a place in our nursery.

We look forward to meeting and playing with you soon!

More Recommendations from Our Reading Ambassadors

Emilia recommends Kay’s Marvellous Medicine by Adam Kay

” I love Adam Kay books and this one does not disappoint!

If you like books which have interesting and funny illustrations in and you like all things gory, this is for you!

You can learn lots from this book; Things that happened in the past and the history of medicine. It also gives facts about the human body.”

 

Elisha recommends Dog Man by Dav Pilker

“This book is hilarious! If you like books that make you laugh, this is the one for you!

It is written like a comic, which I really like because it makes it easier to read.

Some serious things happen like a father leaving and turning into a criminal. But  there’s also lots of action and adventure too.”

 

Zuwayna recommends Ashley the Dragon Fairy by Daisy Meadows

“This book has a map at the start to help you imagine the places within the book.

It’s an adventure book that is magical.”

 

Grab these books in our library today!

 

Fun at SAF Playgroup!

Miss Matthews had a wonderful time today at SAF Playgroup.

It is an opportunity for parents to get together and chat, while their little ones socialise and play in our lovely school.

Miss Matthews is a lovely mummy herself and will always ‘lend an ear’ to our families to chat about life with youngsters!

She looks forward to meeting lots more of you soon and building an even bigger, supportive community of parents.

Our playgroup runs every Wednesday 2-3pm.

My Job as an Engineer Webinar

KS2 joined in with a live lesson on Wednesday this week, exploring what it was like to be an engineer. Exposing children to ambitious careers is crucial, and we hope all our children grow up to be ambitious and aspirational. Highlighting careers in STEM subjects is a focus for all schools and we hope our children learnt some of the highlights of being an engineer during the webinar

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Story Time with Local Author Sarah Corkill

Pupils in KS1 had story time with a difference today! Local author Sarah Corkill visited them and read her amazing story Maggie Magazine Gets Recycled.

This story enabled the children to make predictions about what Maggie Magazine would be turned into next. We know that learners need to recap on ideas in order to store knowledge into their long term memory and Sarah’s book was all about materials so they were able to draw on their scientific knowledge in this area, while also learning about recycling and how we can take care of our world.

The children listened and made thoughtful comments and asked questions about where Sarah’s inspiration had come from in writing the book. It left the children feeling enthused about stories, junk modelling and recycling!