Great Waltham C of E (VC) Primary School Parent Portal - Newsletter - Friday 30th June 23

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Friday 30th June 23 - Summer Term Issue 5

Headteacher Message

Well done to Class Antarctica for their excellent class assembly today, I’m always amazed by how much they have learnt. Please see the news item below for some photos.

It has been very busy this week with KS2 district field and track events, Y5 Schools Gotta Dance, Year 6 transition day, Class Australia maths afternoon as well as KS2 trying to squeeze in ‘Pirates of the Curry Bean’ rehearsals! We are ending the week on a high with the FOGWS party in the playground after school today. We are looking forward to seeing many of you there to support the FOGWS with their fundraising efforts.

We are saying goodbye to Miss Byford today as she starts her maternity leave. Miss Byford will be greatly missed by us all. We wish her well and look forward to meeting baby Byford soon!

Have a lovely weekend.

Justine Brooks

Awards

Aspire

Well done to our ASPIRE award winners for the last 2 weeks.

23/6/23	30/6/23
Faye W	Elsie H
Hatty B	Bella G
Joshua A	Maddie M
River W	Mollie P-T
Betty T	Louie T
Louis R
Felix M
Alice E
Harry K

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Hot Chocolate Friday

Well done to all of the 'Hot Chocolate Friday' winners for the last 2 weeks.

Class	23/6/23	30/6/23
Australia	George E	Annie W-A
Antarctica	Matilda B	Nelly S
Africa	Jacob S	River W
Europe	Seth W	Louie T
Asia	Elisabeth A	Jacob H
North America	Lily B	Lily M

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News

30 Jun 2023

Class Antarctica Assembly

Well done to class Antarctica on a fantastic assembly this morning. It was great to hear your songs about the seaside, continents and oceans. Your counting in 2s, 5s & 10s was very impressive. Well done to all of the children that read out their English writing.

29 Jun 2023

RCP Quiz

Well done to Aria, Finley, Leo and Lily who did a grand job representing GWPS at the RCP quiz this week at Boreham Primary School. The children were picked for their excellent general knowledge and I was very proud of the team. Thank you to parents for their support on the day.

27 Jun 2023

Schools Gotta Dance

Well done to the group of year 5's that attended this years 'Schools Gotta Dance' at the civic theatre. They put on an excellent show and we felt very proud! Well done to all of the children for spending many lunchtimes rehearsing their routine!

26 Jun 2023

District Sports

District Sports - Track & Field events Children from KS2 represented our school on the 19th & 26th June at the District Sport Events. The children who took part were an absolute credit to our school. The team spirit was second to none. The children cheered each other on and suppor...

Notices

School Lottery - Thank you to all of you that support our lottery.

Did you know that by taking part, not only do you support the school but you could win a local prize or even the main £25,000 pot!

Lottery tickets can be purchased here - School Lottery - Please do let family members and friends know that they too can purchase Lottery tickets and help support the school. Each ticket costs £1 and 40p of this comes directly to the school.

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National Online Safety

What Parents and Carers Need to Know about AI Virtual Friends

Artificial intelligence is probably the hot topic in technology circles right now, with questions being raised worldwide about how AI might conceivably affect the very future of the human race. In the short term, however – definitely as far as its impact on young people is concerned – the clearest risk is almost certainly the AI-powered ‘virtual friends’ which are springing up all over the internet.

There’s Replika and Kuki, for instance, while Snapchat has recently got in on the act with My AI – and search engines like Bing and Google have developed their own versions. Are these machine intelligences suitable online companions for young people? What are their limitations and weak spots?

Guide to - AI virtual friends

What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Amino

A sprawling online discussion forum with incentives for checking in each day and the facility to follow certain users, Amino bears comparison to Reddit – but with an added sprinkle of Snapchat and a Twitter twist. It may not be radically original, but’s proving popular: there are now more than a million communities of fans exchanging views on topics from anime to zombies.

The concept is to recreate the passion and excitement of live conventions in the online world: from behind their screens and keyboards, however, not everyone behaves as well as they might in person. From hurtful comments to age-inappropriate images and predatory messaging, our guide highlights some potential hazards to protect young users from.

Guide to - Amino

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