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March newsletter
Tue 12 Mar 2024Hello,
We hope this message finds you all well.
Our latest newsletter is now available online and can be accessed via our school website: www.stgilesceprimarymatlock.co.uk/newsletters/
Our newsletter includes information about:- Huge thanks to our PTFA for their support and generosity;
- Updates about events planned and past
- Information and advice around online safety (specifically about Whatsapp).
Thank you for your continued support for the children, staff and one another.
Many thanks,
Miss. Simpson and Mr. O'Connell
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Stay and Play / Book Look
Sat 02 Mar 2024🌟🤩CALLING ALL PARENTS AND CARERS🤩🌟
Every half term we would like to invite you to come along to our ‘Stay and Play’ sessions which are aimed at Class 1 and 2 parents and carers, and our ‘Book Look’ sessions which are aimed at Class 3 and 4 parents and carers.
We value the importance of parental involvement in school life and believe that by sharing your child's work and books and providing opportunities for you to come into school, it will allow you to gain a deeper understanding of their development and learning journey at our wonderful school.
Our next Stay and Play session will take place on Monday 11th March from 2:45pm until 3:15pm. This is an opportunity for your child to show you around their classroom, see their wonderful work and a chance to play with your child in their learning environment. On the day, please sign in at the school office and our friendly office staff will show you to class 1 and 2.
Our next book look session will take place on Wednesday 13th March after school from 3:15pm until 3:45pm. On the day, please collect your child as normal and then enter school through the main school entrance. Please allow time for teachers to dismiss the children safely at the end of the day before queuing at the front door. During the allocated time, you will be able to spend time in your child's classroom, where all of their work, books and displayed work will be available for you to share and celebrate with your child/ren.
Thank you,
Miss. Simpson, Mr O'Connell and The St Giles Team 🌟
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Matlock and Dales Football
Tue 06 Feb 2024⚽️🌟⚽️🌟⚽️🌟⚽️🌟⚽️🌟⚽️
Wow what a start to the Matlock and Dales football season!
Despite the damp and wet weather the children at both St Giles and South Darley performed amazingly, showing true commitment and determination.
🌟 The results are in:
St. Giles 7 - South Darley 0 🌟
As always, thank you to all the staff and parents for your support and providing our children with these opportunities. 🤩
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⭐ Kindness Spotlight ⭐
Thu 01 Feb 2024Kindness Spotlight
Our School Councillors are very proud to announce our 'Kindness Spotlight'. As a team, they have worked together to decide how this achievement would work at our school. The kindness spotlight links with our school aim: "achieving through kindness, compassion and perseverance" which is an area the school Councillors have focused on since September.
What is the kindness spotlight and how does it work?
Every week each class teacher will chose a member of their class. During circle time the children will share comments about that chosen member. We will then celebrate this as a whole school during our celebration worship on a Thursday. Today was of first time of introducing the 'kindness spotlight' during celebration worship; it was lovely to hear the children say such wonderful, inspiring and carefully thought about comments about our 4 children who have been chosen for the kindness spotlight this week.
Well done ⭐
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January newsletter
Fri 26 Jan 2024Hello,
We hope this message finds you all well.
Our latest newsletter is now available online and can be accessed via our school website: www.stgilesceprimarymatlock.co.uk/newsletters/
Our newsletter includes information about:- Lots of information and advice around online safety;
- Dates for parent workshops - we hope to see you on Monday 5th February!
- Feedback and next steps following our recent parents' survey.
- Dates! Please find attached a list of dates for the final month of the Autumn term
Thank you for your continued support for the children, staff and one another.
Many thanks,
Miss. Simpson and Mr. O'Connell -
NSPCC Number Day
Fri 26 Jan 2024NSPCC NUMBER DAY!
We are delighted to be supporting the NSPCC by taking part in Number Day on
Friday 2 February 2024.
Everything the NSPCC does protects children today and prevents
about tomorrowThe NSPCC need our support more than ever. By raising money, we can help to fund their
vital services such as Childline – the helpline that’s always there for children and young
people whatever their problem or concern.On average, a child contacts Childline every 45 seconds
Making maths meaningful
Number Day is a great way to make maths fun and bring about a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude
towards it.We are having a fun day of maths activities, and we will be taking part in Dress up for Digits. Pupils are asked to wear an item of clothing with a number on it (football shirt, cap, netball shirt or even a onesie!). Or get even more creative by dressing in a maths or numbers theme!
To help raise money for the NSPCC, we are asking for donations, and we’d love everyone in the school to take part in this special event. We’re really looking forward to all the fun of Number Day, and we really appreciate your support. All the money we raise at St Giles will make an enormous difference to children today and help the NSPCC be there for children tomorrow.
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Calling All Parents and Carers
Wed 29 Nov 2023Every half term we would like to invite you to come along to our ‘Stay and Play’ sessions which are aimed at Class 1 and 2 parents and carers, and our ‘Book Look’ sessions which are aimed at Class 3 and 4 parents and carers.
We value the importance of parental involvement in school life and believe that by sharing your child's work and books and providing opportunities for you to come and play in their learning environment, it will allow you to gain a deeper understanding of their development and learning journey at our wonderful school.
Our first Stay and Play session will take place on Wednesday 6th December from 2:45pm until 3:15pm. This is an opportunity for your child to show you around their classroom, see their wonderful work and a chance to play with your child in their learning environment. On the day, please sign in at the school office and our friendly office staff will show you to class 1 and 2.
Our first book look session will take place on Thursday 7th December after school from 3:15pm until 3:45pm. On the day, please collect your child as normal and then enter school through the main school entrance. Please allow time for teachers to dismiss the children safely at the end of the day before queuing at the front door. During the allocated time, you will be able to spend time in your child's classroom, where all of their work, books and displayed work will be available for you to share and celebrate with your child/ren.
Thank you,
Miss. Simpson, Mr O'Connell and the St Giles Team
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End of November newsletter
Wed 29 Nov 2023Hello,
We hope this message finds you all well.
Our latest newsletter is now available online and can be accessed via our school website: www.stgilesceprimarymatlock.co.uk/newsletters/
Our November newsletter includes information about:- Information about the planned Circle Time we provide in each class;
- Summary of our recent pupil survey;
- Parents' survey: we'd like to hear from you!
- Reminders of our opportunities to visit school next week!
- Dates! Please find attached a list of dates for the final month of the Autumn term
Thank you for your continued support for the children, staff and one another.
Many thanks,
Miss. Simpson and Mr. O'Connell -
Online safety advice: age ratings for apps and games
Mon 13 Nov 2023The staff in school would like to share some additional online safety guidance focused on the age ratings of games and apps.
Please find below some useful advice and guidance about age ratings for popular apps and for games.
You can find further information in our letter which is available online: Newsletters | St Giles C E Primary School (stgilesceprimarymatlock.co.uk).
Please remember that you can access advice via our website: Parents/Online Safety
Many thanks,
Mr. O'Connell and Miss. Simpson
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Mystery Reader
Wed 08 Nov 2023Mystery Reader!
As a school we want to welcome our parents, carers and grandparents into school at the end of the day to read to their child's/ grandchild's class.
The reason we have chosen ‘Mystery Reader’ is because we want to keep your identity a secret to build anticipation and excitement for our children! For this to work we ask for you to answer 3 simple questions so we can provide the class with clues about our ‘Mystery Reader’. You can either bring an age appropriate book of your choice (shared with staff in advance) or use one from our school library which is age appropriate for the children. ‘Mystery Reader’ is going to be introduced to our children during the first week of this term.
When - You have the choice of when you'd like to be a Mystery Reader. It can be any weekday from Monday to Thursday at 3pm over the course of the school year.
How - Please pop into the office with a date of your choice and they will confirm with you if the date is available. Remember it’s a mystery so please don’t tell your child/ren when you are going to come into school
We hope to welcome lots of mystery readers into school.
Thank you for your support,
Miss Simpson and the St Giles Team
