Wednesday 22nd November, 2023

KS1 Spelling Bee! 🐝

St. George’s had its very first Spelling Bee today, and it was a big success!

All of the children have worked so hard over recent weeks learning a range of age appropriate words.

The children in KS1 had so much fun and kept everyone on the edge of their seats! A HUGE well done to those who took part—they did a fantastic job standing up in front of their friends, and we couldn’t be prouder! Everyone in the audience had a great time cheering them on!

A special congratulations to our top 3 finalists who demonstrated exceptional spelling skills, they each received a prize for their fantastic efforts!

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Thursday 16th November, 2023

Non-Uniform Day- Friday 17th for Children in Need

Don’t forget it is Children in Need non-uniform day in school tomorrow. Children can wear whatever makes them happy and are asked if they can bring £1 in for the charity, if possible. Thank you!

Friday 10th November, 2023

School Council Event

On Thursday, a small group of our school councillors went to Southwater Library to feature in Councillor, Shaun Davies’ Christmas video. The children got to ask Shaun a series of festive ‘This or That’ questions and talked about some of their own Christmas traditions. While they were there, they enjoyed reading some books too!

The video will be aired mid-December and used widely across the council’s digital channels to wish borough residents a Merry Christmas!

Friday 10th November, 2023

Odd Sock Day Monday 13th November

Don’t forget it’s odd sock day in school on Monday as part of Anti-Bullying week. We will be celebrating what makes us all unique! Children to wear normal school uniform but with odd socks please.

Tuesday 7th November, 2023

Spelling Bee at St George’s! 🐝

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We are very excited to announce our first ever Spelling Bee at St George’s!

On Wednesday 22^nd November, we will be holding a Spelling Bee for children in KS1 (years 1 and 2), lower key stage 2 (years 3 and 4) and upper key stage 2 (years 5 and 6).

The event was introduced to the children on Monday and it is completely optional, but it would be fantastic to have lots of children take part! All of the children taking part will receive a certificate and the top 3 winners will receive a prize! Anyone that does not want to participate will still get to enjoy the event by being part of the audience!

If your child has expressed an interest in taking part, a copy of their words will be sent home so that they can practise. The words are also attached below. Please note that children will need to spell the words using letter names not sounds.

Good luck!

Spelling words to practise at home

Sunday 5th November, 2023

Phonics and Early Reading Workshop for Parents

Thank you to all of the parents that took the time to attend the Phonics and Early Reading workshops before half term! We hope that you found it useful.

For further information about the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised Programme go to https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/. Here you will be able to access videos which show you how to pronounce the sounds and how we teach your child specific aspects of phonics in class. There is also downloadable information to support your child at home.

On Thursday 16^th November, we will be holding an Early Phonics drop in session from 8.45-9.15 and 2.30-3.00 for parents of children in our Foundation Stage (Reception and Nursery). Pop in and look at our resources and ask any questions about how you can help your child to acquire key phonic skills and begin their reading journey. There is no need to book, just turn up at any time for either session!

If you have any further questions about Phonics or Early Reading please don’t hesitate to talk to your child’s class teacher.

Thank you again for your continued support.

Tuesday 17th October, 2023

Phonics and Early Reading Workshop for Parents

We are holding sessions for this at 2:30pm and 5:30pm on Thursday 26th October.

During these sessions we will be sharing how we teach early reading and spelling in reception and key stage 1. We will also discuss how you can support your child at home with reading.

If you are interested in attending one of these sessions, please sign up through ParentPay.

Monday 16th October, 2023

Non-Uniform Day 20th October

Don’t forget that Friday 20th October is a non-uniform day to help raise money to repair the Church roof. Rev Evans and the Church wardens do so much for us here in school that we would love to help them! Children are invited to wear whatever makes them happy on Friday and we kindly ask that they can bring in £1. Thanks for your support.

Tuesday 10th October, 2023

Library Activities for Half Term

Tuesday 26th September, 2023

Beam Workshops

Please see information below received from BEAM detailing their workshops for September and October which are FREE to join for both parents/carers and professionals.

Shropshire Beam are pleased to provide Virtual workshops for Parents & Professionals from September 2023. All virtual workshops will take around an hour.

All details below in the chart, you need to click on Link at the appropriate time of chosen Workshop. All workshops will be done via M S Teams Video call, we are unable to record sessions. The Workshops are derived to be informative and engaging sessions, please be willing to participate during the sessions.

There are four Workshops which will be rolled out at 4pm to enable more people to attend, please see the following details of content:-

Managing Anxiety – aims & Objectives are to pass over psycho – education within the topic followed by practical suggestions of methods & techniques to help support the youth experience issues with anxiety.

Understanding & Responding to Self–Harm – – aims & Objectives are to pass over psycho – education within the topic followed by practical suggestions of methods & techniques to help support the youth experiencing issues with self-harm.

Wellbeing Planning – a workshop which explains & provides a tool for Children & Young people to support their general Emotional Health & Wellbeing, it recognises triggers and promotes self-awareness, his can also be used as a relapse tool to support resilience.

Sleep Support – aims to pass over psycho – education within the topic followed by practical suggestions & advise of methods & techniques to help support the children & young people having difficulties with getting to sleep and staying asleep. This workshop will be rolled out twice over the four weeks, due to popular demand.

Wednesday 27^th September

4pm for approx. one hour

Sleep Support

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Wednesday 4^th October at pm for approx. 1.5 hour.	Supporting and understanding Self-harm	Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 323 149 966 230 Passcode: 6Bz9Wb Download Teams \| Join on the web Learn More \| Meeting options
Wednesday 11^th October at 4pm for approx. one hour	Wellbeing Planning	Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 358 779 627 563 Passcode: rQ34MT Download Teams \| Join on the web Learn More \| Meeting options
Wednesday 18^th October at 4pm for approx. one hour.	Managing Anxiety	Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 374 630 923 115 Passcode: 6MwEJp Download Teams \| Join on the web Learn More \| Meeting options
Wednesday 25^th October 4pm for approx. one hour.	Sleep Support	Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 377 925 976 349 Passcode: T2766o Download Teams \| Join on the web Learn More \| Meeting options