Weekly Newsletter
Friday 16th October 2020
This week
Phew! What a busy 'making friends, falling out and making up' kind of week!
It has been another really enjoyable week at school.
We have a school full of young human beings. Mostly, these children get along surprisingly well and are very tolerant of each other's mistakes and actions. However - children are not fully formed angels and their consciences and applications of self control are not 100% foolproof successful yet. Some days they just wind each other up and bicker like cats and dogs and answer back and forget their manners. Being in a bubble is exactly like being in a family - they truly love each other but sometimes just don't get along.
That's why we use every incident as an opportunity to teach the children to behave well towards each other. Our behaviour management system is based on rewarding the positive and rejecting the negative. We encourage and model how to explain our behaviours. We expect them to accept apologies and move on without holding a grudge. We insist that they try not to repeat the negative and respect other people's feelings.
We take the rough with the smooth and come to work every day accepting that there will be negative experiences to deal with as well as positive ones. However, we have many, many, many examples of children getting on beautifully every day. We have kind actions and words flying about our school like pixie dust in the ether.....
Like the Y5/6 child who gave his friend some money for their class tuck shop because he had forgotten it. Like the Y3 girl who invited the boy to join in with her friends because he was lonely on the playground and like the FS children who automatically went to the aid of a boy who had fallen over outside.
I saw all these things happen recently with my own eyes at our wonderful, human, not always perfect, filled with love, trying hard to keep safe and keep open school.
No wonder I'm the proudest Headteacher in North Yorkshire.
Message from St Wilf's
The beginning of November is traditionally a time when the Church across the world gives thanks for the Christian Saints and all who have died.
Under normal circumstances we would be organising a Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for All Saints Day this year, Sunday 1st November at 3pm. At this service we would normally remember by name all those whose funerals have been held at St. Wilfrid’s, Brayton or at St.Francis, Thorpe Willoughby from September 2019 until August this year, as well as those whose funeral services have been conducted at a crematorium or cemetery during this period.
It is also an opportunity to remember any loved ones who have died, whether connected to the parish or not.
Sadly, the current Covid related restrictions in place mean the service this year is not possible. However, St Wilfrid’s Church will be open from 2-4pm on 1st November, and you would be most welcome to come and use the space for a time of quiet reflection and prayer, if you want to. There will also be the opportunity to light a candle in loving memory of any loved ones who have died.
Our prayer would be that you would find comfort and strength in this commemoration.
May you know God’s blessing and peace.
Don't forget to check out Pete in Touch
YouTube account: BraytonParishSelby
Or search Pete in Touch on YouTube
Schools Music Service
Visit the link below for more information
Superstar Awards
Ruby Corbally, Hazel Smith, Joshua Littlewood, Oscar O'Driscoll, Isabel Harris, Eryn Mansell, Evelyn Hare, Theo Hutchinson, Lucy Harper, Sadie Scott, Joey Foster Amie-Leigh Stewart, Freya Chilvers.
Extra bee points
The blue and yellow hives had the best attendance this week and were given 10 extra bees.
Stars, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Earth classes were given extra bee points for their outstanding attendance of 99% or over.
Bee Points
Green Hive = 8142
Red Hive = 7109
Yellow Hive = 6890
For the fourth week running - congratulations to Mr Wheeler who is the Blue Hive Queen (King) Bee. (Come on you green hive!)
Emotional Literacy
Some ideas to help your children
If you'd like to have a go, here's something to help you. Try showing your child the photo below and use the following questions as prompts for discussion points:
- How old do you think the boy is?
- Look at his face and body language - how is he feeling? How do you know that?
- What do you think might have happened to make him feel that way?
- What do you think should happen next?
- Who could help this boy to feel better?
- Do you ever feel like this boy? When? Tell me about it.
Please let me know how you got on.
However - if you find that although your child completes this activity willingly with you, the answers you get to the questions surprise you or concern you in any way, please get in touch.
Some children struggle with recognising, acknowledging and responding to other people's needs or emotions. In addition, they don't relate their own needs and feelings to those other people may have. They cannot explain how their behaviours may affect other people. This can make relationships difficult. Sometimes this is down to a child's age or stage of development, but usually even the very young child can at least recognise basic needs in others.
If you believe your child has issues in this way or this activity triggers an extreme response please get in touch. There are lots of things your child's classteacher and Mrs Stubbs our Inclusion Manager can do to help.
School Starters for next year
Please click on the link below to make an application. Please note that parents of children in our stars class still have to apply for a place.
Year 6 children who will transfer to Y7 next september
Phazers out of school club has availability this october half term.
If you would like your child to join in the
fun contact us on 07432532899 or email abbey.fields@btconnect.com
Finally
Eg
not
Also, please check in your spam folders for links sent by school before assuming that they haven't been sent.
Thank you