The Hideaway

We were pleased to show some of the children the inside of the newly-painted shed, now known as The Hideaway at lunchtime today!

The children were very excited and had lots of great ideas about how to use this space- reading, colouring, relaxing, dancing, sensory activities, so we would like to ask for your help in bringing this space more alive.

If you have any spare packs of colouring pens or pencils, any little plastic boxes that could be used to store things, anything like Play-doh or kinetic sand, we would love to use these to support children across school. Thank you.

Top Table

Our Top Table initiative for Friday lunchtimes began today.

These children were nominated by staff for their polite manners and good behaviour in the hall during lunchtimes this week .

We will be looking and listening from Monday for next week’s invitees!

Girls Football

Both schools competed brilliantly in the Telford Schools Football Competition with great effort, teamwork and sportsmanship.

St Lawrence finished a very valiant 7th and Tibberton played amazingly well to finish in 3rd place with a bronze medal.

Well done everyone; we are very proud of you.

Dodgeball success

A combined St Lawrence and Tibberton team competed at the county final in dodgeball this week. Competing against another seven teams drawn from Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, the Federation teams competed with great skill and determination. The Year 4s made it through to the final unbeaten in the heats and only lost narrowly in a sudden-death round, ultimately gaining silver medals. Our older children then competed in the afternoon and again showed great tenacity, finishing in bronze medal position. What an incredible effort by all the children!

Lunchtimes

We are pleased to announce the introduction of our Top Table for Friday lunchtimes, starting this week.

Children will be chosen for their super manners and behaviour during lunchtime to sit on the Top Table on Friday, where they will be waited on by staff, have special crockery and a specially set up dinner table.

Not every child can be chosen each week, but staff will try to spot everyone being brilliant.

We hope the children will enjoy this gesture in recognition of their wonderful behaviour.

WhatsApp

WhatsApp is a popular app with adults and children, and can provide a free, easy to use way of communicating with others, but recently some of the children have been talking about feeling unsafe on this platform because their conversations are repeated to others, or screenshots are taken of them during conversations.

Please remember to talk to your children about their use of mobile technologies, so that we are working together to keep them safe. We will be doing some, age appropriate, work in school to support this part of the curriculum.

The following website has a great 6 minute read on the positives of WhatsApp, as well as the pitfalls to be aware of as we continue to work to keep all children safe: https://parentzone.org.uk/article/whatsapp#:~:text=WhatsApp’s%20main%20purpose%20is%20to,relatively%20safe%20social%20media%20app.

 

Lent

As we make our way through the special time of Lent, we wanted to share an approach you could try instead of giving something up.

Why not work as a family to try new things, or to do things for others? This way, we can have a positive impact on our communities, and enjoy the good feeling of making a difference.

Chinese Dragon Dance

This week we had a visit from a Chinese dragon dance expert who taught us how to perform this popular dance. We really enjoyed being the front of the dragon, and making the body twist and turn in time to the beat.

Can you find out more about dragon dances, and why the colour red is so popular?

Chinese Dragon Dance

This week we had a visit from a Chinese dancer who taught us how to perform a traditional Chinese dragon dance.

We enjoyed being the head of the dragon, and thinking about how to make the body bend and move in time to the beat.

Do you know why dragon dances are so popular, and why the colour red is so important? Ask us all about it!

 

Chinese Dragon Dance

This week we had a visit from a Chinese dancer who showed us how to do a traditional Chinese dragon dance!

It was lots of fun, we really liked the bright and colourful dragon head, and enjoyed taking turns to be the front of the dragon.

Ask us all about it, we’d love to tell you!

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