6B Beech’s Base tomorrow

Dear parents of 6B,

A quick message to remind you that the class have Beech’s Base tomorrow afternoon and need to come to school with their forest school clothes in their bags.

We have school photos in the morning and so the children need to come to school dressed in their uniform.

Thanks!

Mrs B

PARENTS OPENING DOORS (PODS) coffee afternoon 7th October

PODS (Parents Opening Doors) is a parent carer/peer led charity that supports parent carers who have children/young people (0-25 years old) with a disability and/or additional need. All PODS staff and volunteers have the ‘lived experience’ which helps to support the parent carers. PODS is attending the Coffee Afternoon at  School on 7th October 2024 at 1.45pm. We are integral to the delivery of the PINS project in schools with aims to:

  • give opportunities to ensure that parent carers have their voices heard by the school,
  • bringing families together to share their experiences
  • work in co-production.

Our first session will introduce PODS Parent Carer Forum and discuss how we will run the sessions over this academic year and the focus of these sessions.

Residential Visits 2025!

Evening all,

Residential visits for 2025 will go onto ParentPay today.  I have copied the details below that were shared earlier in the term on the website and in ‘Meet the Teacher Meetings’.

IF you are entitled to Free School Meals please pay half of the deposit.  If you aren’t able to get a place please email njs.admin@taw.org.uk to be put on the waiting list.

We are really looking forward to our 2025 adventures and as always I am incredibly grateful to the NJS team for making these visits possible.

Mrs M

Club spaces still available!

There are spaces at clubs still available: have a look on ParentPay, you are welcome to sign your child up if they would like to attend.

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR ALL… PARENTPAY

Finally!  We’re on!  Whoop!

We can only apologise for the delay which was out of our hands.

Year 3 families and new starters in Years 4, 5 and 6 your activation letters (in envelopes) will be sent home with your children this evening.  Your letter contains your unique log in and instructions to get started.

Please can we ask that you urgently activate your ParentPay account because….

Clubs will go live tomorrow afternoon and residentials on Tuesday.

Just a reminder ahead of clubs going live tomorrow…

Clubs at NJS are FREE and run by our own amazing team of staff.  They volunteer their time to pursue an interest with the children and I am very grateful for this.  In return we ask:

*Parents/carers are punctual to collect children from after school clubs at 4pm from the main green gates onto the main playground.

*If parents/carers sign children up to a club they are expected to attend: two occasions of non attendance we will contact you to discuss removing your child from the register to enable another child to attend.

*We ask that the children sign up to a maximum of two clubs that have limited numbers (you could sign up to choir and drama in addition) so that everyone has chance to join.  If we find you have signed up to three we will sadly have to remove you from the registers.

*Clubs will NEVER be cancelled on the day: if a staff member is unwell or the weather makes the activity difficult to complete we will arrange an alternative in school so we don’t disrupt your collection arrangements.

*IMPORTANT: clubs may be cancelled with a weeks notice, we avoid this but sometimes it isn’t possible.  Please ensure you check the weekly newsletter that your child’s club will be on the following week.

REMEMBER:

If a club isn’t showing on ParentPay this means no places are remaining.

If a club is showing and you ‘checkout’ for this club then you have a place and your child will be expected to start next week.

 

Please note children in Years 5 and 6 can go to Maths Club on a Wednesday.

Calling New Global Avengers

Mr Jones is on the hunt for his new team of Global Avengers!

This is a club set up for children who want to make a difference to the world around them; be the voice for those who can’t speak for themselves.

In recent years, Global Avengers spearheaded a campaign for Toilet Twinning, where we managed to put toilets in 5 of the poorest parts of the world: Shropshire Star Link.

This year, we are hoping to embark on a new global project, where the children will lead the way in being advocates of change and making a difference to those most in need.

This club meet every Thursday lunch time in 6J. If you think it is something you would be interested in, please sign up on Parent Pay or speak to Mr Jones for more information!

Menu Change: Friday 13th September

There are NO fish fingers on Friday.

This Friday the option will be fishcakes or battered fish with the usual chips, beans, salad.