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Herons Dale Primary School
Dear Parents and Carers,
JANUARY 2018 Ahoy there and welcome to the January Newsle er. I hope
you all had a good Christmas and New Year, it seems like
such a long me ago now.
Our Vision
Statement It’s been a great start to the New Year and pupils and staff
have really embraced the new topic of Islands and Oceans, the corridor
displays are looking fantas c and we had a very successful Pirate Day to
"Enabling,
launch the term —look out for some shi(y looking pirates as you turn the
valuing and pages and hold on to your treasure!
empowering
We also had a fantas c parents evening which
all, in our was really well a ended. We were joined by our
posi#ve, safe Speech and Language Therapists, our School
and happy Nurse, our Occupa onal Therapist from the
Therapies In School Project, our Parent Support
school. " Group, as well as, Schools Library Service, Homestart—the volunteer agency
and Corner House, our local Mental Health Resource centre. Thank you to
Le ers sent home: those of you who came. It is always lovely to see you all.
If you have not
received these le ers, The newsle er is packed as usual with lots of
please contact the
interes ng informa on about courses and
things going on outside of school. Look out in
school office
par cular for details of an exci ng compe on
being run by Friends Of Herons Dale involving
Wellbeing Award SOCKS!
Na onal Funding
Formula
‘Please
keep Federation update
your A(er consulta on with Herons Dale,
contact details Pala ne, Cornfield and Oak Grove Staff
up to date’ for ideas, we now have a Federa on
Name and Logo!
I am delighted to announce that we
are part of The Thrive Federa on—
Current a endance and this is exactly what we want all our
92.5 pupils and staff to do!
Target a endance
93%
Staffing News
We are pleased to welcome Steve back in to the fold as
Lifeguard on a Wednesday and Thursday!
School Council
This month the School Council have been collec ng ideas for future projects. We
discussed focusing on the playground, inside areas, clubs and trips. All members
are very excited to get going on a specific project, and we will let you know what is
decided.
School Councillors also have a day to day role in collec ng views from pupils
in their class and making sure these ideas and opinions are heard and fed back
to Senior Management. Their voice ma ers and here at Herons Dale we cannot
praise School Councillors highly enough for ensuring all pupils can impact on
their school.
E-safety
Mobile Phones in School May we please remind Parents/Carers/Drivers and Escorts that mobile phones should not be used whilst you are on school premises. This is in accordance with our school policy and is in the interests of safeguarding our pupils. Children should not be sent in with mobile phones, however we do understand that on rare occasions this may be necessary. Please ask you child to leave the phone in the school office for safe keeping during the day. Thank you for your co-opera on with this ma er. Information for Parents new to the school and General Reminders From September of this academic year, we became a Nut Free School. Can you please ensure that you do not send your child into school with any Nut products. Your telephone number will be used to contact you in case of an emergency. Please make sure this is up to date at all mes. Your mobile number is also used to text you with relevant informa on. Marvellous Me – app for parents. We will shortly be enrolling your child onto MarvellousMe. This is an app that you can download to receive good news about your child. This can be shared with all members of your family. You will receive a le er along with joining instruc ons very shortly. A endance – May we please remind you that if your child is absent then please call the school before 9:30am on the first day of absence. Please make sure that if your child comes on School Transport that you contact them also, but please do not ask the Drivers/Escorts to contact us, this is your responsibility. It is your responsibility to make sure you have the Driver/Escorts telephone number. At the beginning and end of the day, our Car Park becomes very busy. Please consider parking at the top of the drive, if you are able to. Minibuses and Parents with children in Wheelchairs will always take priority. Assemblies this month Stunning Start—Pirate Day World Religion Celebra on of children’s work Didgeridoos Class Assembly Socks a go-go
Family Fun Day at Herons Dale School
Sunday 4th March 2018
10am – 4pm
Suggested dona on of £5 per child
Arts & Cra(s
Bouncy Castle
Ani-mazing (animals and insects),
Tony the Magician with a Magic show at 1pm
Sensory room and ball pit
*NEW CHANGES AT EXTRATIME*
As you are aware, we are commi ed to the con nua on of the a(er school club. Unfortunately we did not
receive the uptake we had expected from both the local schools. Therefore we have had to reconsider the
number of days that Extra me will run during the term me week. We want to ensure the provision con nues
to be a fun, social and exci ng environment for children to enjoy with their friends. We have reviewed all the
consulta on feedback and worked closely with Herons Dale School and West Sussex County Council to make
an informed decision about which days the club will run. Based on parent/carer feedback we have made the
decision to run the a)er school club on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from January 2018.
Extra me always want your feedback, so please let us know your thoughts about the upcoming changes. I
would also love to hear if you have any other ques ons or comments about the a(er school club or holiday
schemes. You can reach us either at the club, by phone on 01273 420580, or by email at
hello@extra mebrighton.org.uk.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Holly Van der Kleij
Pantomime at the Ropetackle
Thank you once again to Adur East Lions Club for providing
ckets to this fantas c show. Great fun was had by all that
a ended.
Inset days—2017/2018
Spring Term—Friday 9th February
Summer Term—Monday 16th April
The wonderful Scope will be visi ng soon to do
a produc on of ‘The Scarecrow’s Wedding’, by
Julia Donaldson. We are forever grateful to
them for performing for us as the children
always enjoy these shows and I’m sure this will be no excep on.
You can see one of their performances and find an explana on of
their work here: h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZZs1v1DzO4
Training Roadshow
Winter 2018 Workshops
Registered Charity, No: 1150906
• Our Workshops are aimed at Parents and Carers of Children and Young People with addi onal needs and/or
disabili es
• We regret we cannot accommodate children at any of the workshops
• There is no charge for our workshops, however we welcome dona ons to contribute to the costs of running
the sessions. We suggest a dona on of £3
Making Sense of Transi on to Adulthood
An introduc on to the op ons available a(er school and suppor ng a young person to make choices about their future.
Tuesday 6th February 9.45am - 12.00pm
Bognor Regis Nursery, Children & Family Centre, Bognor Regis
Making Sense of E-Safety (Evening Workshop)
Addressing concerns around E-Safety - what we should say to our children - what helps, what may not, accessing safety
features; cyber bullying, sex ng, what they may be learning at school, resources you can access at home.
Monday 26th February 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Lancing Parish Hall
Making Sense of Sensory Processing Difficul es (Evening Workshop)
Find out about sensory processing difficul es and learn about ways to help your child/young person.
Tuesday 6th March 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Trafalgar Road Bap st Church, Horsham
Making Sense of Challenging Behaviour
Explore ways to respond to your child so that posi ve behaviour is encouraged and challenging behaviours are reduced.
Monday 12th March 9:45am - 12:30pm
New Park Centre, Chichester
Handling Stress and Building your own Resilience
Learn how to recognise stress in yourself, strategies to reduce it and how to become more resilient.
Wednesday 21st March 9.45am - 12.30pm
The Kings Church, Burgess Hill
To book on any of our workshops please go to Eventbrite
h ps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/ and search for Reaching Families.
School Lunches
The price of a school meal is s ll £2.30 a day or £11.50 a week for a 2
course lunch. There are always 2 choices of a hot meals plus a salad
op on.
Children in Recep on, Year 1 and Year 2 are en tled to a free lunch.
All other years will be the above price.
Why Choose a School Lunch?
There is moun#ng evidence in support of school meals, as they are more nutri#onally complete than a
packed lunch and provide just the right amount of energy for children.
Children having a school lunch are:
Encouraged to eat and enjoy a wider variety of foods.
More likely to eat fruit and vegetables every day.
Less likely to drink sweet drinks and have water instead.
Able to develop their social skills, siXng at the lunch table chaXng with friends and ea ng with
cutlery.
Served balanced meals that are more likely to reach the guideline amounts of vitamins and
minerals.
Able to enjoy food which has been freshly prepared.
Are you claiming your free school meals?
If you are in receipt of certain benefits your child may be en#tled to Free School Meals (FSM). Even if
your child does not wish to eat these meals, this will raise income for the school so please sign up.
For more informa#on contact the school office
All enquiries will be dealt with confiden#ally.
SNOW PLAN
We are approaching that me of year when the fluffy white stuff may fall from the
heavens above. Closing the school is never an easy decision to make and not one I take
lightly. I have to take several factors in to account; we have many children travelling
from a large area on a variety of transport, also that staff have to travel from a wide area as well and I
need to be sure that we will have enough staff on site to ensure that the children are kept safe.
Just to clarify with you the arrangements for closing the school, should the need arise.
I will endeavour to make the decision at approximately 7:00am having spoken to key school personnel
including one of our co-chairs, Rebecca Dunne or Ian Porri , however, due to deteriora ng weather
condi ons some mes it may be later
If the decision to close the school is made, I will inform West Sussex County Council and the following
radio sta ons; Heart FM (102.4 & 103.5) & Splash FM (107.7)
A text will be sent to those parents who have registered with our tex ng service and an announcement
will also appear on our website www.heronsdale.co.uk
Dates for the Diary
Please see the calendar below for significant dates for February
◄Jan 2018 February 2018 Mar 2018 ►
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4 World Cancer Day
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Parent Support Group Inset Day
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Half Term Half Term Half Term Half Term Half Term
Shrove Tuesday Valentine's Day Chinese New Year
(Pancake Day)
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Parent Support Group
26 27 28
Parent Support Group
MarvellousMe
74% of pupils have at least one family member signed
up to Marvellous Me, which is terrific! Thank you so, so
much for your engagement!
Please consider downloading the App to receive good news about your child.
Teachers have started sending out good news about achievements your child has made and will
con nue to do so. If you have not yet signed up or have lost your code, please contact the school
and we will re-send to you.
It would be really fantas c if 100% of parents could sign up to this app, as this would make the sharing
of good news so much more enjoyable.
Islands and Oceans
Stunning Start
At the start of term, we kicked off our new topic,
Islands and Oceans, with a wonderful Pirate Day! The
children and staff came in dressed as pirates and each
class spent the morning building a vessel from junk
modelling materials. These
are now on display in the
corridor, as you
walk down to the
classrooms and
they are amazing!
In the a(ernoon,
each class had to
'row' their vessel
to the Hall and
were met by
Pirate Pearl who gave each class a challenge.
These were either sensory-based explora on or a team-building exercise
depending on the needs of each class.
Staff worked really hard to set up the dinner hall as a forest, complete
with Christmas Trees, leaves, a campfire circle and a shelter. The light
room was transformed into an ocean with blue material, so( toys, ocean
drums, water beads and an ocean-projected floor. Maracas playground
became an island with sand, noisy seagulls, palm tree, treasure chest and
a walk the plank! When the challenges were complete, each class
collected their treasure (chocolate gold coins) and a cer ficate. It was a
brilliant day, made all the be er by the fantas c costumes. Thank you so
much to parents / carers for your support with this and for the junk
modelling materials and thank you to all the staff who made a huge
effort to make this so successful.
Group Triple P (Children Under 10) - Takes the guesswork out of paren#ng!
New posi#ve paren#ng course star#ng - Tuesday 27th February 2018
At:- Footprints C&FC, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing
TRIPLE P TEEN PARENTING GROUP
Worried about your Child?
Fed up with the arguments and shou ng?
Poor school a endance
Anger issues
Low mood
This is the course for you…
Triple P will run on :- Tuesdays from 9:30am—12 noon on … 27th February, 6th, 20th,
27th March, 3rd and 10th April
For more informa on please contact:-
sarah.field@westsussex.gov.uk
07540 672009Shoreham Beach Clean There will be a beach clean on Sunday 4th March in Shoreham (from 10-12 noon) – The World's Biggest Beach Clean - and they are hoping to break a world record (in terms of numbers of volunteers a ending). Given the heightened awareness of the issue just now we are very excited about this! The beach clean is being run in conjunc on with the launch of a children's picture book, Finn the Fortunate Tiger Shark and his Fantas c Friends, wri en by a local author Georgina Stevens, which raises awareness of the issue of ocean plas c and its terrible impact on our marine life. It should be really fun with lots of other ac vi es for the children such as a treasure hunt, some monitoring of seaweed species and goody bags for the children a ending (with lots of items that save / reduce the use of plas c). They will also have talks from the local council on what happens to plas c once it's recycled / how we can ensure that what we do use does get recycled, and from Kids Against Plas c - two amazing teenage girls who are brilliant about geXng young people engaged on the issue. The book is beau fully wri en and illustrated (see h p://www.bethechangebooks.org/) and accompanied by the audiobook narrated by Jeremy Irons and featuring Joss Stone's song Oceans. 100% of the profits from the book will be split between Greenpeace UK and the Social Plas c Founda on. We've had some wonderful endorsements for the book so are hoping for a number of celebri es also to be a ending the beach clean! They would love as many of the children from the local area to be involved as possible – and help us set a new record! Please could the parents let us know (via the email address on the website) if they are hoping to a end so we can plan numbers of bags etc required! We will also be circula ng the informa on on Facebook (h ps://www.facebook.com/bethechangebooks/) Management Committee Update The Management Commi ee have made visits to the school to observe ‘What goes on’. Rebecca Dunne, Co-chair of the Management Commi ee, would like to congratulate everyone for a fantas c Ofsted result. “The commitment and hard work really shone through. Well done everyone”
Family Support Service Individual Support and Advice Sessions Loca on: Herons Dale School, Hawkins Crescent, Shoreham-by-Sea, From 9am to 11am Monday 12th March Monday 9th April Monday 14th May Monday 11th June Au sm Specialist – Cathryn Tinker Email: familysupport@au smsussex.org.uk Exploring Parenting Would you like to learn more about parenting children aged 0-13? Come to any or all of the sessions below - No booking required—10.00am-12.00pm on Tuesdays 20th February – Building strong bonds with your child Tuning in together Lancing Children and Family Centre, 42 North Road, Lancing 27th February - The importance of play How it supports children’s development and behaviour Lancing Children and Family Centre, 42 North Road, Lancing 6th March - Improving communication Positive responses, positive behaviours Footprints Children and Family Centre, Crescent Road, Worthing 13th March – Managing behaviour Find out what works for you and your child Footprints Children and Family Centre, Lyndhurst Rd 20th March - Parenting 11 – 13 year olds Prepare for the roller coaster years Lancing Children and Family Centre, 42 North Road, Lancing 27th March - Understanding special educational needs & disabilities Q&A Where to go for help Footprints Children and Family Centre, Lyndhurst Rd To enable everyone to get the most out of the sessions we respectfully ask you to find alternative childcare for young children.
Can you help with :
Children’s Dressing Gowns.
We are always looking for volunteers for trips and to help with reading. If
you have any spare me, and would be willing to help, please contact the
school office.
Your generosity is amazing, thank you
so much for sending in items from our
last wanted list!
PUPIL VOICE
What I thought of Pirate Day at School:
Zach—"I loved the boats!"
'Arghhh
hh, pira
te' Mya
Freddie - "I
liked the w
ater in the
light room!
"
'Arghhh, I'm a pirate with
a parrot' - Rayhan
'I a pirate and I can do anything' - Kaiden
When asked what the pirates like to drink,
Sophie replied ‘Apple Juice’Please see below the signs to support our School Values
Strategy Section—Colourful Semantics What is Colourful Seman cs? Colourful seman cs is an approach aimed at helping children to develop their grammar but it is rooted in the meaning of words (seman cs). Colourful seman cs reassembles sentences by cuXng them up into their thema c roles and then colour codes them. The approach has 4 key colour coded stages. There are further stages for adverbs, adjec ves, conjunc ons and nega ves. 1. WHO – Orange 2. WHAT DOING – Yellow 3. WHAT – Green 4. WHERE – Blue The approach helps children to organise their sentences into key levels. The approach is used in stages and helps children develop language and vocabulary in addi on to gramma cal structure. It can be used to help children who are star ng to develop language and have limited vocabulary to confident talkers who struggle to organise the gramma cal content of their sentences. Who can use Colourful Seman cs? The approach can be used with children with a range of Speech, Language and Communica on Needs including: • Specific Language Impairment • Developmental Delay or Disorder • Au s c Spectrum Condi on • Downs Syndrome • Literacy difficul es Why use Colourful Seman cs? There are a range of benefits to using this approach, including but not limited to; • Encouraging wider vocabulary • Making sentences longer • Helps children to answer ques ons or generate responses to ques ons • Developing use of nouns, verbs, preposi ons and adjec ves • Improves story telling skills • Can be transferred to wri en sentences and wri en language comprehension • Can be carried out individually or in small groups Many of our pupils use this strategy and it also supports our delivery of Literacy to all learners.
Socks a Go-Go
As you may be aware, the friends of Herons Dale are
raising funds for a new school vehicle—a Kia Carens (7
seater), which will enable more staff to drive and
facilitate more trips to enhance the curriculum.
Star ng on February 1st and running through ll end of
term, Friends are asking the children (and anyone else
who would like to) to take part in a compe on to
collect loose change in a sock!
Pupils have chosen the following categories for which
prizes will be awarded:
Most Money Collected
Fluffiest Sock
Heaviest Sock
Most Stripy Sock
Tiniest Sock
Most Colourful Sock
Longest Sock
Most Pa erned Sock
We are hoping that all children
will take part and help to raise
vital funds for the school. We
will keep you posted!FRIENDS OF HERONS DALE
The next Friends of Herons Dale mee ng will be on 13 March 2018 at 1.15 in the Community
Room at school..
Thank you to everyone who entered this Month’s Cake Raffle. A total of 22 ckets were sold.
The cake was made by Mrs Wainwright and The winner was Danni in Maracas Class. Well
Done Danni, we hope you enjoyed it. Next Month’s Raffle will be on Friday 23rd February.
Please feel free to send in any dona ons of items for car boot
sales, as we will be a ending these on a regular basis in 2018
to try and bring extra funds in.
If you would like to consider becoming a part of the Friends of Herons Dale CommiJee but would like
more informa#on, have an idea for fundraising you would like to share or for any ques#ons you would
like to ask; please do not hesitate to get in touch with our Chair of Friends, Sam Evans
fohd@heronsdale.co.uk
Do you know of any companies who take animals into schools for FREE
or for a very small charge?
Thank you to Josh Chignell’s Grandma for selling kni ed items she made and raising
over £500 for the school.
Thank you to everyone who a ended the Christmas Performance. Refreshments,
raffle and Tombola made £719.27
Please let all your friends and family know! Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch
its community funding scheme, which sees grants of up to £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – all
raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco stores – being awarded to local community projects.
Bags of Help offers community groups and projects across the UK a share of revenue gen-
erated from carrier bag sales in Tesco store. Our project, the crea on of a tyre park and
purchase of adapted play equipment, along with two others will now go to the public vote
between Tuesday 2nd January 2018 and Wednesday 28th February 2018!
Please see below a list of stores taking part in the vo ng on
our project.
3178 Tesco Extra Superstore, Holmbush Centre, Shore-
ham BN43 6TD.
6687 Tesco Express, Upper Shoreham Road, BN43 6BE
To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per trans-
ac on and it's not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token. MAKE SURE YOU ASK
FOR THE TOKENS and fingers crossed!!Term Dates 2017 / 2018 / 2019
Spring Term 2018
Back to School Thursday 4 January 2018
Inset Day Friday 9 February
Half term: Monday 12 February to Friday 16 February
Finish School Thursday 29 March 2018
Summer Term 2018
Inset Day Monday 16 April 2018
Back to school Tuesday 17 April 2018
Bank Holiday Monday 7 May 2018—School Closed
Finish School Friday 25 May 2018
Half term: Monday 28 May 2018 to Friday 1 June 2018
Back to School Monday 4 June 2018
Break up for Summer Tuesday 24 July 2018
Autumn Term 2018 / 2019
Inset Day Monday 3 September 2018
Back to school Tuesday 4 September 2018
Half-Term Monday 22 October to Friday 26 October 2018
Break up for Christmas Friday 19 December 2018
There will be a further 4 Inset Days this academic yearYou can also read
