Safer Internet Day – Whole school
On Wednesday, we spent time thinking about how to safe online. We marked Safer Internet day in school worship where the children learned about being SMART (Safe, Meet, Accept, Reliable, Tell) when using the internet. We even created a song about what to do to stay safe. You can find out more information about the meaning behind the acronym here.
Children aged between 3 and 7 are at the beginning of their journey through life with technology. It’s through these formative years that they learn to understand what they can access online, how they can access it and how it can benefit them, so it's essential parents take an active interest in their children’s safety online. By starting conversations at a young age, children become accustomed to having them as they grow up. ChildNet has some useful resources for parents and carers. Their toolkit can be found here.
As you may be aware, we use a range of sources to teach children about online safety. National College provides us with some resources that we use in lessons, and we use the platform for training staff about online safety. They offer parents and carers who have children at Marlow Infants access to free training and updates about staying safe online. This takes the form of webinars and #WakeUpWednesday guides. There is a particularly useful webinar entitled Online Safety for parents & carers of children aged 3-7. You can access it via the web address:
https://nationalcollege.com/enrol/marlow-c-of-e-infant-school
You will need to set up an account first and then search for the webinar.
Each week the #WakeUpWednesday guides are shared on the National Online Safety Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn profiles. You can also sign up to recieve them via email or listen to them as a podcast. The guides provide expert advice on the latest platforms and online risks that parents and carers need to know about - a brand-new guide every Wednesday.
Spring 2 term club sign-ups
- Dates: Clubs will resume again w/c 23rd February
All school-run clubs will continue with the same children for next half-term. Should your child wish to join a school-run club, please see the list below of clubs with availability.
The school-run clubs with availability for KS1 are:
- Book Club
- Tidy Up Team
- Sandygate Singers
Please register here
We will let you know if your child is given a place and will try our best to offer all children at least one club. If your child has not been given a place in a club, they will be added to a waiting list and will be contacted should a place become available for them.
To book clubs run by external companies, you can find the list on our website here. Please contact them directly.
Class-led Worship
We have been holding class-led worships over the last few weeks. Each class is basing their worship on their class value, and we would like to invite parents/carers to join in with the worship. Each class worship will be from 9am-9.30am. We are limiting 2 tickets per family. Please book your tickets below if you haven't already.
Bee Class: Thankfulness – Thursday 12th March Book Tickets
Ant Class: Kindness – Thursday 19th March Book Tickets
World Book Day
Dressing up
As you may know, World Book Day is just around the corner. We are thrilled to celebrate this special day and encourage all children to join in the fun by dressing up as a character from a book they love.
Making the day meaningful
We kindly ask that children bring along a copy of the book featuring their chosen character, if possible. This will give them the chance to share the story behind their costume with their classmates.
Children will have the opportunity to:
- Share who they’ve dressed up as and explain why they chose that character.
- Show their book to a friend and discuss their favourite parts.
We hope this day sparks creativity, inspires a love of reading and brings stories to life in a fun and engaging way!
Thank you for your support, and we can’t wait to see the wonderful characters brought to life on World Book Day!
Click here for costume inspiration
PE Day Changes
As a reminder, there will be changes to PE days starting after half-term, for spring 2 only. Please see below the amended PE days when your child will be required to come to school in their PE kit.
Reception: Tuesdays
Year 1: Mondays and Wednesdays
Year 2: Thursdays and Fridays
Outdoor learning
Outdoor learning days will revert to normal after half-term. Please see below. Children will continue to wear normal school uniform (unless a PE day) and wear the waterproof trousers and willies that are kept in school.
Reception: Wednesdays
Year 1: Thursdays
Year 2: Tuesdays
School Lunches – important reminder
Lunches for next half-term are now open to book. The cut-off date for school lunches for the week commencing Monday 23rd February will be at midday on Friday 20th February.
Polite notices
- Unless otherwise agreed, please could we ask that children use the school water bottles for water.
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Children should be wearing black school shoes in line with the School Uniform Policy.
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Only show and tell items should be brought into school (unless agreed with Mrs Reynolds or the Senior Team), all other toys and personal items should remain safe at home.
Thank you for your understanding.
