Great Waltham C of E (VC) Primary School Parent Portal - Newsletter - Thursday 28th March 24

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Thursday 28th March 24 - Spring Term Issue 5

Headteacher Message

Dear all,

Well done to all of the children who received a Platinum Award in our celebration assembly today and a special mention to Bobby, who received the first ever Headteachers ASPIRE award for consistently demonstrating our ASPIRE values.

Thanks to the FOGWS for organising and judging the Easter egg competition, we had lots of creative entries and I’m so glad I didn’t have the tricky job of judging the winners!

Last Friday, the children shared their science experiments. As ever, the quality of work amazed me and I hope you were able to come into school and view the exhibits. Thank you for your support with this. We really appreciate it and recognise the importance of the home school partnership in achieving the best outcomes for our children.

As we approach the summer season, we are looking for some volunteers to lend a helping hand with tidying up and gardening in our lovely school grounds. Below are the details of this family event, which the FOGWS are supporting. I will be sending a letter with some more details and a form for you to complete, but for now, if you could save the date, we would really appreciate it.

Family Gardening Event:

Date: Saturday, 27th April 
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Location: GWPS Primary School Grounds 

As ever, it’s been a busy term and I am sure you are all looking forward to a rest. I would like to wish you all a Happy Easter and we look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday 15th April.

Justine Brooks

Awards

Platinum Awards

Well done to all of the children that received platinum awards for this half term.

	Platinum Awards 28/3/24
Australia	Winnie M & Bella W
Antarctica	Rosa C & Oscar J
Africa	Leonardo BW & James A
Europe	Emily H & Connie W-A
Asia	Aria S & Savannah W
North America	Holly L & Jack H
Headteachers Aspire Award	Bobby J

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Aspire

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

28/3/24
Kaiden F
Sadie D
Isabella F
Albert H
Harry C

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Hot Chocolate Friday

Well done to all of the 'Hot Chocolate Friday' winners for the last 3 weeks.

Class	15/3/24	22/3/24	28/3/24
Australia	Alfie L	Joshua C	Ellie B
Antarctica	George E	Isaac D	George E
Africa	Annabel K	Georgia S	George W
Europe	Jack H	Stanley G	Zara-Jayne J
Asia	Aria S	Charis A	Ayla A
North America	Emily H	Stuart M-B	Maisie G

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News

28 Mar 2024

Decorate an Egg Competition

Congratulations to our winners and runners up of the annual decorate an egg competition. The standard of the entries was fantastic and we hope you all enjoyed taking part. Thank you to the FOGWS for judging the competition and providing the prizes.

15 Mar 2024

Red Nose Day

Thank you to you all for dressing in red and sending in your donations for Comic Relief. We raised £139.80!

21 Mar 2024

World Down Syndrome Day

On Thursday 21st March we took part in the 'Lots of Socks Campaign' for World Down Syndrome Day. World Down Syndrome Day is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. We asked everyone to come into school in their brightest and bo...

27 Mar 2024

Easter Service

We hope you all enjoyed the Easter Service. The children did us proud with their readings.

Breakfast Club

What an amazing month we have had at breakfast club. The children have shown maturity and willingness to help others by listening to EYFS & KS1 children read on World Book Day. The children created the London skyline & places of interest using wooden bricks and connect toys. We got crafty and decorated Easter eggs from lots of different resources and to finish off the term we enjoyed delicious hot cross buns and an Easter egg hunt!

Have a wonderful Easter and see you all next term.

Jane and the breakfast club team

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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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Bikeability

Are you looking for something for your child to do over the holidays? Why not sign them up to one of our Bikeability Courses.

All different levels are available as well as our beginner course called Learn to Ride.

The courses are being held in the following locations:

Harlow
Chelmsford
Colchester

Please see below the link to book Easter holiday courses.

essex.cycleready.co.uk/publicbooking

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Online Safety & Mental Health

The National Online Safety have teamed up with the national college and will now be sharing guides on both online safety and mental health.

This week we are sharing this online safety guide:

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Clickbait

While scrolling online, you’ll almost inevitably have come across posts or links with headlines like “You Won’t Believe These 10 Crazy Facts about …”. Such lurid language – and the often-dubious nature of the content it promotes – has become something of a running joke on the internet. Yet while these articles are often laughed at by communities online, they can have an insidious side.

Clickbait, as it’s known, can frequently function as part of a trap: intended to draw users in for the sake of advertising revenue or, in worse cases, masking an attempting to collect their personal information. This #WakeUpWednesday guide explores the various risks of clickbait and offers some top tips for evading the pitfalls of this controversial marketing technique.

Guide to - Clickbait

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