Dear parents and carers

What a week! Thank you to everyone who sent kind messages regarding our inspection, and to those of you who responded to Parent View. Any comments you made were taken into account during the inspection. We now await our report to share the outcome with you – this could take between 5 and 7 weeks.

This week we have looked at the power of ‘yet’ and talked to the children about growth mindset. They have challenged me to learn to ride a skateboard and to perform a trick in assembly, and I have challenged them to embrace every learning opportunity by giving it a go!

Today, we have also welcomed back whole school assemblies. It feels so good to be one whole community again. I think the younger children were surprised to see so many others!

Lost Property

We have a phenomenal amount of lost property in school. We can only return items if they are named, so please make every effort to put your child’s name in jumpers, coats, hoodies and cardigans in particular. Thank you.

Water bottles

We do encourage children to have water bottles in school, and are really pleased that you make sure your children have them. However, there is a small number of bottles which are made of glass, which can easily break (and have done so). Please can you make sure that the water bottle your child brings in isn’t made of glass, and that it has a suitable ‘top’ to just sip from. Thank you!

We will be holding a speech and language therapy session in school on Wednesday 4th May from 9.00 to 10.00 am. If you would like to book a session, please contact the school office. Sessions run for 15 minutes. Please see the attached poster for more information.

https://thetynings.schoolzineplus.co.uk/_file/media/5703/s_l_drop_in_sessions_20.1.22.ppt

Very exciting news!

We are thrilled that our Reading Cafes will re-open again for the summer term.

Classrooms will be transformed into a cafe full of a range of reading materials (books, comics, non-fiction, phonics games etc.) to share with your child. 

You are invited in at the start of the day until 9:10

Dates for rest of this term will be:

Friday 6th May

Friday 10th June 

Friday 1st July

We hope to see lots of you there!

Please see the attached list for details of after school clubs running in Terms 5 & 6.

https://thetynings.schoolzineplus.co.uk/_file/media/5704/term_5_and_6_clubs.docx

Please see the attached letter from Tiger Martial Arts, regarding classes at school.

https://thetynings.schoolzineplus.co.uk/_file/media/5700/tiger_month_free_club_letter_tynings.pdf

Christ Church Downend have the following free events taking place shortly, which may be of interest.

On Saturday 30th April there will be a cream tea for seniors from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm and on Monday 2nd May, there will be a family fun afternoon from 2.00 pm until 4.00 pm.

 TV company, Five Mile Films make the Channel 4 series The Dog House. They are currently making a brand-new prime time series for Channel 4 called The Dog Academy which is all about misbehaving dogs and their owners. 

They’re looking to hear from people who might be struggling with their dog’s behaviour and need help to overcome their dog’s issues. From small quirks to life impacting behaviour, they’ve assembled a team of the very best trainers in Britain to help owners transform their dogs once and for all. 

The series will be filmed later this year, but they’d love to start hearing from people now.

The South Gloucestershire Music Hub are currently working with the nationally renowned Inclusive Choir charity Soundabout.

The new West of England Inclusive Choir, One Voice, was launched in January and is open to anyone under the age of 25 and is completely FREE to attend!

Sessions are hosted fortnightly via Zoom so are accessible for all, and each term a face-to-face session gives members the chance to catch-up and perform together live.  

We welcome all abilities and aim to remove barriers for those with profound and multiple difficulties. For more information visit https://www.soundabout.org.uk/inclusive-choir-west-of-england/

Congratulations to the following children who have received the "Champion of the Week" certificate this week:

Hedgehogs - Blake,  Squirrels - Tommy,  Owls - Elsie,  Robins -Willow,  Deer - Kieran,  Foxes - Jamie,  Bats - Dylan,  Badgers - Kain,  Kingfishers - Erin, Woodpeckers - Sonny,  Otters - Katie,  Pine Martens - Paige,  Falcons - Robert,  Kestrels - Will.

Congratulations to the following children who have received "Hot Chocolate Friday" packs:

Hedgehogs - Jessica,  Squirrels - Hiba,  Owls - Isabel,  Robins - Jim,  Deer - Zane,   Fox - Will,  Bats - Maddison,  Badgers - Ismaeel,  Kingfishers - Jack,   Woodpeckers - Jacob,  Otters - Megan,  Pine Martens - Norina,  Falcons - Kai,  Kestrels - Elliot.

Upcoming dates for the diary:

Monday 2nd May: May Bank Holiday, school closed to pupils

Wednesday 4th May: Speech & Language therapy, 9.00-10.00 am

Friday 6th May: Reading cafe, 8.50 - 9.10 am

Monday 9th - Thursday 12th May: Year 6 SATs week