1. Carnival

2. Weekly Tweets...

3. Voicemail

4. Uniform/FAQs

5. Bardwell Workforce Summer Days

6. Year 6 Leavers' Supplement

7. Arbor Accounts

8. Lunch menus from September

9. Intestinal worms

10. Stained glass window

11. Summer holiday Free School Meals

12. Term Dates Reminder

13. Messy Church

14. Caterpillars

15. Reports

16. SCC Spare Seats (for Y6 pupils going on to high school)

17. Free family cycling sessions - information from SCC

18. Suffolk SENDIASS (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service) - information

19. School Nursing Update

20. Suffolk Libraries launches Summer Reading Challenge and appeals for volunteers

21. Step 4 of the Roadmap

22. Staycation

23. Broken Foot

24. Dates for the rest of the term

25. Safeguarding & Wellbeing

The Bardwell carnival/enterprise fair will continue all afternoon. Are you ready for the fun and games?!

Lexie has been our voicemail messenger for the last couple of weeks. From Monday and through the Summer holiday, it will be Edward.

From September the new Y6s will each take a turn on the voicemail greeting.

Thank you to all of this year’s Y6 pupils for taking part and making our voicemail greeting unique!

Thank you to all those who have provided us with comments regarding the new active school uniform. Each and every comment has been logged and taken on board. Please see the FAQs below:

1. Is safeguarding the main reason for the uniform change? No - the main reason for moving to an active school uniform is so children can access their curriculum more widely and comfortably.

2. Will there become a colour culture bred? No, children/parents can choose to purchase any colour and more than one colour if they choose. Similarly, the Bardwell bottle green colour will remain, therefore, the current sweatshirt can still be worn.

3. Why can't girls wear skirts and dresses? As reiterated, the active school uniform is exactly that - a uniform that allows all children full access and opportunity to engage with the school's heavily weighted outdoor curriculum in a practical manner.

4. What will happen on a school trip when you need to identify children? If required, children will be given a wristband and/or a coloured waistband of the same colour.

5. What is the colour of the polo shirt? The polo shirt is white, however, as this will be a transitional year, all those with green polo shirts can continue to wear these.

A huge thank you to those who have responded and are ready and able to help. We've got 8 helpers thus far. Please just turn up on the day - we'll be here and raring to go!

There is still time to commit a day or two, therefore, please click on the Google Form below and fill it in for us.

Huge thanks!

Please ensure that you clear any outstanding balances on Arbor before the summer holiday. Thank you.

Please see our new lunch menus (below), which will be on a two-week rotation from September.

Week 1

Week 2

The school’s cook will trial these for 2 full rotations at the start of term, then they will make amendments if any dishes don’t prove to be popular. Please note that, at Bardwell, the first lunch listed is our main course served to all children except those listed as vegetarian/vegan who will receive an alternative. On a Friday your child can have sausages instead of the fish option - please let the office staff know if you’d like this listed as a dietary preference. We always have jacket potatoes (with cheese/beans) or a School Packed lunch available as well.

Please be advised that we were made aware this week of a case of intestinal worms. NHS advice regarding threadworms is available here.

There may be a story in this week’s Bury Free Press about our stained glass window. If you have the paper and spot us in there, please bring it in. Thank you.

If you are in receipt of income-related Free School Meals please be advised that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced a £160 million extension to the Covid Local Support Grant for the period to Thursday 30 September 2021. Suffolk County Council’s (SCC) Free School Meals Team will receive a significant share of Suffolk’s £1.955 million Covid Local Support Grant to support families who are eligible for income-based free school meals, during the summer holidays. They have asked all schools to upload information to Edenred, which we have done. You should receive an electronic voucher on or after 21st July, to the value of £90 per eligible child (£15 per week for the 6 week holiday period).

SCC has asked us to remind all recipients of May half term vouchers to use these before their expiry date of 29/08/21.

Your child(ren)'s report will be sent out to you electronically, via Arbor, on Wednesday 13th July, giving you time to speak to your child’s teacher, if required.

Parents can now apply for a spare seat on SCC school buses. Parents of children who are not eligible for funded school travel may wish to buy a spare seat for their child to travel to and from school on a vehicle that has been arranged specifically for children eligible for funded school travel.

We cannot guarantee that a spare seat will continue to be available as this will depend on the number of seats needed for children who are eligible for funded school travel. We re-assess school travel capacity every school term. However, this may mean that we have to withdraw the offer of a spare seat if more children become eligible for funded school travel.

Parents can now apply for a spare seat on SCC school buses. Seats will be sold on a first-come first-served basis.

We are now delivering sessions for families who want to cycle more regularly, whether to keep fit, to commute to work or school, or to go and visit friends! We can work with you to support your efforts by making sure that your riding skills are refreshed, and you have strategies for dealing with road situations that might concern you.

The session will be about 3 hours long and free of charge. We will come to you, chat about what you are trying to achieve, and then work on your route or specific challenges that you have.

Based on the National Standards for Cycling, and appropriate content from the Bikeability scheme, our fully qualified National Standard Cyclist Trainers will:

• show you how to ride with your children so that you can help them gain confidence;

• teach you a simple system for remembering how to deal with different road scenarios;

• work with you to improve your safety at any junctions you use;

• guide you in using your road position to control other road users and enhance your safety.

Priority will initially be given to families who want to cycle with their children, but whatever you require we will endeavour to make it happen!

Please note: To ensure maximum safety during the sessions, we have had to limit the age at which we can allow youngsters to be on the road. If you have children of 8 years old and above, we can ride with you and them on the roads. For children 7 and below, we will ride with parents and tell you how to ride correctly and how to protect the children as they cycle.

To book your free session, please email CyclistTraining@suffolkhighways.org, and John Showell - Road Safety Officer (Bikeability) - will arrange for a trainer to contact you.

For more information please visit - Family cycling sessions

Please also see the flyer, below.

Our recent training survey shows families want more information and help around their child’s transition from primary to secondary school. We want to make sure that the training and information we put together matches what families want to find out, to help them feel more confident.

We are therefore offering two informal online sessions to gather the questions parents and carers have around transition to secondary school so they can tell us what kind of information would help them most, and in what form.

They can just pop in to one of the sessions for ten or fifteen minutes to share their thoughts or stay for the whole session.

Practitioners who work with families are welcome too.

15th July 2021 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Click here to register for the evening session

Or

19th July 2021 10am – 11am

Click here to register for the morning session

We would be pleased to hear from you with any further development ideas.

Please continue to guide families to use our impartial service. We have lots of information on our website and we can talk through any specific questions or concerns about SEND. Our friendly team are here to advise and support families in Suffolk.

We are a self-referral service. Parents, carers, children and young people can contact us directly by phone, email or text. Here are our various publicity leaflets as PDF’s, which explain our service and how to reach us:

• Our impartiality explained

• Our service leaflet for parents and carers

• Contact card (credit card sized)

• Young person leaflet

• Child/young person postcard style leaflet

Helpline: 01473 265210

Email: enquiries@suffolksendiass.co.uk

Text: ADVICE4ME to 87007

Suffolk SENDIASS (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service)

Following the COVID 19 lockdowns, the School Nursing service has seen a significant increase in referrals to support the needs of children and young people. A robust action plan is in place to manage this increase in demand, and we remain committed to supporting children and young people to access our service. However, it is important to advise you that we are currently unable to see the children and young people who have been referred to our service as swiftly as we would like and the service operates during term time only. We will be in contact with the children, young people and their families that are on our waiting list as soon as possible, to provide a holistic assessment and support as appropriate. However, in the meantime, if interim support is needed, please access the following sources of assistance below:

• ChatHealth is a confidential texting services for parents, carers, children and young people living in Suffolk. Messages sent to the service’s dedicated number are delivered to a secure website and text messages are responded to by a member of the school nursing team between 9am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). This service operates during school holidays. You can text ChatHealth on 07507 333356.

• If you would like to find out more about our school nursing service, please visit School nursing | Suffolk County Council. If you would like any further information, advice or support, please contact us at our Health Business Centre on 0345 6078866 or email childrenshealth@suffolk.gov.uk.

• The NHS First Response Helpline is available for people of all ages in Norfolk and Suffolk who need urgent mental health support. If families or young people feel unsafe, distressed, or worried regarding a child, young person or their own mental health, please telephone 0808 196 3494. A trained mental health professional will answer the call and listen to the concerns and help get the caller the support that they need. This helpline is available all day, every day.

• The Mental Health Support Team are available to support children and young people in a number of schools. Please contact the East Suffolk Team via MHST.East@nsft.nhs.uk or the West Suffolk Team via MHST.West@nsft.nhs.uk

• We recommend visiting The Source for young people in Suffolk which provides information and advice for young people in Suffolk.

• We also suggest visiting The Parent Hub | Suffolk County Council which is a website for Suffolk’s parents or carers to find evidence based parenting advice and support.

• Kooth offers emotional and mental health support for children and young people aged between 11 – 24 years and this service is available until 10 pm everyday Home - Kooth.

• The Suffolk Local Offer website gives information and guidance about local services to families with children who have special educational needs and disabilities Suffolk SEND Local Offer | Community Directory.

We look forward to continuing to work with you, from the Suffolk School Nursing Service.

Suffolk Libraries has launched this year’s Summer Reading Challenge which is a fantastic and fun way of encouraging children to keep up their reading over the holidays. It’s also a great volunteering opportunity for high school students!

The Summer Reading Challenge is back in 2021!

More important than ever, it gets children reading over the long summer holidays while also having fun. It’s been proven to help maintain literacy levels.

This year’s theme is Wild World Heroes – a group of friends making their town even better for the people and animals that live there.

Wild World Heroes will feature amazing books, awesome rewards, and plenty of ideas for taking care of our environment.

The challenge is aimed at children aged 4-11. You sign up, read six books over the summer holidays and collect a prize for each one from the library. If you complete the challenge, you’ll also get a certificate. The challenge opens on 17 July and you can then sign up for free at your library.

All primary schools have been sent posters and bookmarks to give to pupils.

You can also sign up for a special children’s newsletter and Suffolk Libraries will keep you posted on events and reading ideas over the summer, as well as send Summer Reading Challenge reminders.

We’ll also enter you into a draw for an annual family pass at Suffolk Owl Sanctuary!

Every year hundreds of volunteers also help children complete the challenge. It’s open to any young people over 12. It’s fun, rewarding, and looks good on your CV!

You can find out more about the reading challenge on the Suffolk Libraries website and also apply to be a volunteer.

Summer Reading Challenge 2021 | Suffolk Libraries

New evidence summary for Step 4 of the roadmap in education and childcare settings (from the UK Government)

As part of the Step 4 guidance updates, we have published an

Evidence Summary: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – children, young people, and education settings.

This summary sets out the evidence relevant to and in support of, the government’s decision to revise the guidance on the COVID-19 safe working and protective measures that have been used within schools, colleges, and early years settings in England during the pandemic.

In making this decision, the government has balanced education and public health considerations – weighing the impact of these measures on teaching, educational attainment, the health and wellbeing of children, pupils, students, and staff, and the functioning of schools, colleges and early years settings, against the COVID-19 risks in a context that has now fundamentally changed due to the success of the vaccination programme.

If you have not yet paid your final balance for the recent Staycation, please could you do so on Arbor?!

• Wednesday 14th: School reports;

• Thursday 15th July: September 2021 YR pupils transition morning and lunch, 9.30 in Rowan Class, pick up at 13.00;
  

• Thursday 15th July, 2 pm: Leavers’ & Achievement Collective Worship, St Peter & St Paul Church;

• Friday 16th July: Carnival from 10.30 am approximate. Year 6 leavers photos in Bury Free Press;

• Monday 19th July: Last day for pupils in school. No After School Club on this day, Breakfast Club will run;

• Tuesday 20th July: PD Day, staff only in school;

• 21-22nd July and 26th-28th July - School Workforce Summer Days.