草榴社区

Welcome to the very first rehearsal of MOVERS & SHAKERS 鈥� our brand-new class rock band! Today we鈥檙e diving in with a powerful start, playing the iconic anthem 鈥榃e Will Rock You.鈥� You can see the energy building straight away as the band finds its rhythm, with stomp-and-clap beats driving the groove. Each member is finding their place 鈥� experimenting with tempo, dynamics, and stage presence.

There鈥檚 a real sense of teamwork: listening to each other, joining in with their parts, and making music together. It鈥檚 messy, it鈥檚 exciting, and it鈥檚 the first step in what鈥檚 sure to be a great musical journey

MOVERS & SHAKERS are ready to make some noise 鈥� and they鈥檙e just getting started

Capable Environments

What is a capable environment?

Capable Environments听within the context of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)听refer to settings that are intentionally designed to reduce the frequency and severity of behaviours that challenge, while enhancing the quality of life for individuals鈥攑articularly those with learning disabilities, autism, or complex needs

The BILD capable environments framework outlines 12 features divided across 4 areas and can be used within working practice.听 Creating a supportive and structured environment is something we prioritise every day to help our students feel safe, understood, and ready to learn

If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact the BfL Team

• [email protected]
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• 馃摓Call us:0191 216 1811

Some great Ducklings work!

A PfA date for your diary!

Parent Carer Forum, 22^nd听October, 9.30 鈥� 11am

As part of our PfA offer, we would like to invite parents of students from year 7 upwards to attend our first Parent Carer Forum of the year.听 The focus for our first meeting is 鈥楶lanning ahead:听 Post 16 and Post 19 transitions鈥�.听 We will be thinking about听

• Planning for post-PHS
• What is available to our young people?
• How do transitions work?
• Timelines 鈥� what to think about and when?
• Who can help with transitions?听

Transitions can be difficult for our students and it can be really helpful to know what the various options are for them as they move towards adulthood.听 This session will be led by Louise Finlay, our Careers Officer, and it鈥檚 an opportunity for you to meet and share information, discuss ideas and address any concerns in an informal, supportive environment

If you would like to speak to someone about something PfA-related, please feel free to contact

• Hannah Fuller – PfA Lead
• Eileen Robinson – Family Liaison Officer
• Louise Finlay – Careers Lead

We look forward to meeting and planning with you over the coming year

Unless your child is in receipt of Free School Meals or Bursary, you should ensure your iPay account is topped up听before meals are taken. Thank you for your understanding & continued support in helping us to provide good quality, safe & nutritious meals for our children

If you have any questions or need support with your iPay account, please don鈥檛 hesitate to contact the school office

This week we have been writing our training plan for our staff and governors to ensure that we have covered all area of our compulsory training across the year, as well as our contextual issues.听 This forms part of the safeguarding audit that we complete each year with our safeguarding partners Clennell

As part of this we have also been thinking about our training for parents and carers.听We have begun to develop a section of our website which features any past training we have complete, and where we will upload any future trainings for you to come back to or look at if you cannot make the live training sessions we offer

You can access this through the website or at the below link.听 We will be uploading new training to this across the year

We will also be letting you know about some in person and online drop-in sessions we will be putting on, closer to Christmas, to support you with any issues around devices, security settings or support you might need with Christmas presents or devices within the home

As always, if you need any support please get in touch with the team

As ever if there is anything that the DSL Team can help with, or if you have any queries or questions at all, then please don鈥檛 hesitate to contact [email protected] or [email protected] for anything like at all that you think is or even may be related to safeguarding

look into it. We know what a priority this is for many of you

We鈥檇 also like to remind families that we are a听no-spray school. This means pupils and staff should not wear perfumes or aerosol body sprays, as these can cause serious allergic reactions (including anaphylaxis) for some members of our community

Roll-on deodorants and water-based sprays are absolutely fine to use

Thank you for your support in keeping our school a safe place for everyone

We are still seeing a lot of requests for family holidays coming through. Please note these will be declined. It is only in exceptional rare circumstances any such requests will be approved. Taking time out of school for holidays detracts from valuable learning time. So far since the start of term 72 hours of learning has been missed. Please ensure your child only takes holidays in authorised holiday time

If any appointments can be planned in advance as much as possible and made for outside of school hours. Understandably some cannot. An absence request form and proof are required to be submitted. Forms can be emailed, posted, or collected from the school office

Just a brief reminder about how to contact the school for reporting an absence. Parents and carers have a crucial responsibility to notify the school if their child is going to be absent. Please note this is daily for each day the child is absent. This may be via

• Note in the school diary if the absence is known in advance (e.g. medical appointment)
• A telephone call to the school office听before 9.30on the first day of absence if the absence was unplanned (e.g. illness)
• Email to class teacher or听[email protected]before 9:30 on the day of the absence鈥�

As always, any queries feel free to reach out – [email protected]

Thanks for your support and partnership in this area

Our Parent/Carer Code of Conduct is on the website here:听Parent and Carers Area 鈥� 草榴社区 School. Most schools have these now, so please do have a read 鈥� they aren鈥檛 used very often. Thanks for your support with it 鈥� both in general terms and in most times and cases that arise every day

FoPHS is into its 12^th year since we launched as a PTA in 2013. All parents, carers and staff are members by default. The change to a Friends of was to enable us to involve extended family members and those in the community to support us

I am your Family Liaison Officer. I have worked here since 2011, am a former nurse and proud parent to a former student. I can support with non-class related matters and am here to provide a listening ear, share information and signpost you. I like to think my own journey means I see things from a parental perspective. I can support by email, telephone, TEAMS and face to face

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Your FoPHS committee is

Chair听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Ollie Teasdale (parent)

Vice Chair听听听听听听听听听听 Hannah Fuller (staff)

Secretary听听听听听听听听听听 Tracy Smithson (staff)

Treasurer听听听听听听听听听听 Ros Holden (parent)
School link听听听听听听听听 Eileen Robinson (staff) – school-specific appointment

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We also benefit in that our two parents are also Parent Governors for the school

We are members of Parentkind, which provides guidance and structure to ensure we operate correctly. Benefits include insurance for events, links with their partners and training for parents, carers and staff

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We meet half termly; dates of this year鈥檚 meetings will be shared once confirmed but we would like to invite you to join us on Wednesday 17^th September between 9.30-11.00 for our first meeting, which is also a social coffee morning

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Ways in which you can help

• Join the 100 club
• Attend meetings, share suggestions
• Volunteer at events
• Donate items which may be requested throughout the year

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If you would like to discuss anything related to FoPHS please get in contact with me on

[email protected] or phone 0191 2161811 ext. 3260

The Friends of 草榴社区 (FoPHS) would like to thank the school community for all of your support last year. Your support has meant that we have been able to contribute to lots of exciting, enriching opportunities in school.听All the money we raise goes directly to the students, and every single child and young person benefits from it.听We welcome you to join us this year to help us in continuing to support our students.听Until then, follow the link to find out more about the work we do.听Thanks!

ENGAGEMENT

Danny!

Teamwork!

LSTE star of the pathway is Danny for his amazing teamwork and engaging in morning routine. He has been able to say the right day of the week for 3 weeks now

ELTBA 鈥� 2 Fab ones this week!

Isaac!

Resilience!

Our ELBTA star of the is Isaac from 3LL/RM

During a STEM session making Bug Homes, Isaac was touching mud and leaves which he found difficult but with encouragement and some gloves he did a great job

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Scarlett!

Resilience!

Scarlett has greatly impressed all the staff in 3HB with her resilient attitude

She is coping well with the challenges of a new class team and going to lessons in a different classroom

She is developing some lovely friendships in her class

Well done Scarlett, you鈥檙e a STAR!!!

APPROPRIATE ACCREDITATION

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Ellie B!

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Respect

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Ellie B for helping out with听the听student interviews this week – she was fantastic! She came up with some great questions to ask and really tried to think whether each person would be a good fit for our school, including her peer in听the听conversation

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Ellie also had an encounter with a student that previously would have dysregulated her, but she handled it so well and was really mature

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Great work, Ellie 鈥� STAR!!!

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POST-16!

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Resilience

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Faith demonstrated a very professional delivery

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Harrison J has shown great resilience in returning to school and getting on with his work

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Finlay C S for his positive communication and continuing effort in ELS

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Teamwork

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Olivia C was careful to be quiet in ‘the radio studio’ and timed her contributions perfectly using her V.O.C.A.

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Matthew H provided perfect intonation during recording ‘in the radio studio’

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Lucas A and Daniel G for supporting 草榴社区 in the boys鈥� football team

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Respect

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James F S has been practicing using his positive manners within the wider community

Signs to support our Resilience Day on Friday 10^th听October

Mental听Health听Awareness Day

Mental听health, okay, talk, listen, feel, yellow