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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Rainbow Value of the Month
Fri 22 Sep 2023 -
September 2023
Tue 05 Sep 2023September drop off and pick up points
School times are 8:50am – 3:30pm for children in school, 8:40am-11:40am and 12:40pm -3:40pm for children in Caterpillar Nursery.
The two main entrances to school eg via the main drive and the gate by SNA, which will be accessible until 8.55am. Late arrivals must be brought through the school office to be signed in separately, (you will be asked for a reason for lateness).
Children in Owl, Kingfisher, Robin and Hedgehog Class will be collected from the main school drive. The teachers and teaching assistants will collect the classes from the drive and Hedgehog class will go through the main school reception entrance and into their class, whilst Kingfisher, Robin and Owl will go through the green gate round to their classrooms. At the end of the day, we would like parents to line up in their class lines so we can safely hand over the children promptly.
For children in Fox class they will be using the yellow ramps opposite the Reception unit. Children in Badger class will line up outside the staffroom, opposite the Nursery entrance. Children will be met by class teachers and teaching assistants at the yellow doors.
Children in Bumblebee and Ladybird classes will congregate in the Foundation unit playground.
We will make sure entrances are clearly signposted for the first couple of days so please do not worry if you are not sure where to go.
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School Photos
Mon 04 Sep 2023Individual school photos will take Wednesday 13th September in the morning.
If you have siblings you would like to photograph together, please come to the school hall for 8.15am
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Whole School Trip - Conkers
Wed 05 Jul 2023We are so excited to go as a whole school, plus nursery, to Conkers on Friday 14th July!
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Photography Competition - WINNERS
Fri 30 Jun 2023 -
Photography Competition - "Finding a View"
Fri 26 May 2023 -
Opal
Wed 17 May 2023Dear parents,
Your children's school is about to start a programme to improve opportunities for physical activity, socialisation, cooperation, coordination, resilience, creativity, imagination and enjoyment through improved play.
In what ways, if any, do you think you benefited from playtime? Thinking about your own childhood, what did you like playing at school or at home? Children today don’t have the same freedoms we once did, so we want to give children back time to really enjoy and learn from play. After all, it’s a child’s basic human right.
The Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) Primary Programme is the result of over 20 years of testing and development in over 800 schools and has been used in Spain, Canada, France and New Zealand. The programme has also been adapted and used in schools in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Austria under the Play Friendly Schools project. In 2018, OPAL won first prize in an EU-funded award for the best active school’s programme in Europe and two UK national playwork awards. In 2019, OPAL was awarded a quarter of a million pounds by Sport England to bring the programme to many more schools.
OPAL is based on the idea that, as well as learning through good teaching, your children also learn when they play. As 20% of their time in school is playtime, we want to make sure that this amount of time (equivalent to 1.4 years of primary school) is as good as possible.
One reason the school is carrying out this programme is that childhood has changed, and many children no longer get their play needs met out of school.
● Average screen time per day is six hours.
● Average outdoor play time per week is five hours.
● Percentage of UK children who only play outdoors with other children at school is 56%.
There are many proven benefits for schools that carry out the OPAL Primary Programme. They usually include: more enjoyment of school, less teaching time lost to disputes between children, fewer accidents and greatly improved behaviour.
Play is not messing about. It is the process evolution has come up with to enable children to learn all of the things that cannot be taught, while also having so much 2 fun. There are certain things children must have in order to be able to play. These include:
● Having clothes that they can play in.
● Having things to play with.
● Having a certain amount of freedom.
As the school improves play opportunities for your children, you may find the school is asking you for resources and is making changes about how the children use the school grounds. They may use more of the grounds, for more of the year. Your children may get a bit messier, be exposed to more challenges and have greater freedoms to play where, with whom and how they like. The experiences the school is fostering are essential for children’s physical and mental wellbeing and are in line with all current good practice advice on health and safety, wellbeing and development.
The school will be supported by OPAL for 18 months and there will be an opportunity to come and talk to the OPAL mentor at your child’s school. If you would like to learn more about the OPAL Primary Programme, please have a look at the OPAL website (www.outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk), where you will find lots of useful information and several videos about the programme.
In the coming 18 months you will be invited to events where you can come and see for yourselves what is happening and have the opportunity to join in too.
We are really excited about this project and hope that you will support us in our efforts to improve playtime for all children.
Best wishes Kate Geary Headteacher
Bobby Beaumont OPAL mentor
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Wellbeing Award for Schools 2023
Tue 09 May 2023I am delighted to inform you that we have successfully gained the Wellbeing Award we have been working towards.
Focusing on achieving this has been a very positive experience which has allowed us to showcase all of the strategies we have embedded to promote the wellbeing of all. Achieving the wellbeing award status is a great recognition and we are thrilled it recognises our vision and Rainbow Values. Thank you to all staff and parents who contributed to the award. We will continue to focus on the health and wellbeing of all, through all that we do.
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RAINS Spring Fair 13th May 2-4pm
Wed 03 May 2023 -
Egg Competition
Fri 31 Mar 2023Everyone who entered showed fantastic creativity and imagination. We can see how hard you have worked and how much fun was had in the process!
Egg Competition Winners!
Nursery - Daisy and Emma
Bumblebee - Isobel and Jake
Dragonfly - Ella and Hugo
Ladybird Rosalee and Phoebe
Fox? -Juliette and Phoebe
Badger - Issy and Amelia
Hedgehog - Elliott and Keira
Owl - Harry and Mia
Kingfisher - Toby and Jesse
Robin - Sofia and Beatrix