CAPTAIN SIR TOM MOORE

5th February 2021 Upton-upon-Severn CofE Primary, Nursery and Pre School and Riverboats SureStart

Children’s Centre, working together to support the local community Our School Vision is to offer inspiration to young lives

'Anything is possible, we can all succeed' 'To inspire … To aspire'

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (​Philippians 4:13)

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CAPTAIN SIR TOM MOORE

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hope and inspiration. He proved #AnythingisPossible​ and our community

sends condolences to all his family. We were clapping for Captain Tom at 6.00pm

on Wednesday evening, remembering fondly a man who shared hope and positivity.

An inspiration to us all.

HELPING TO STOP SPREAD COVID-19

Public Health England published new general guidance on Tuesday 2nd February about how to help stop the spread of COVID-19. We know how hard all of you are working to protect each other and it is vital that as a school community, that every single one of us works to support the government strategy in preventing the spread of this virus.

For further information please click on the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus-covid-19/how-to-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus-covid-19

WEEKLY BIBLE QUOTE

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

RIVERBOATS HOLIDAY CLUB

During this lockdown, the government has advised that schools are not expected to remain open to vulnerable/critical worker children over the February half-term week. We will therefore not be running our holiday club during the February half-term. There is also some maintenance work that has to be done to our building which has to be done over the Easter Holiday.

It is hopeful that our holiday club will be able to open back up from the Half Term week of 1st to 4th June and during the Summer. We look forward to a time when school is less impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

CONTACT TRACING

Can we please remind you if your child tests positive for COVID at any time during the weekend; please inform us via

the 'info@' email address. This will assist us in identifying any close contacts and advise of any self-isolation required,

in the event that your child may have been infectious whilst in school.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN

A good community spirit can bind families and friends together in safeguarding those who are most vulnerable in

society. It is the job of all adults to further that protection to children and make sure that no harm can ever come to any child.

By participating in a community, you are part of a larger support network that is naturally vigilant of any abuse or

neglect, ensuring that children are not put in harm’s way. If you ever find yourself in the position where you may

become concerned for a child’s welfare, please use the contact details below to report your concerns.

If you have reason to believe that a child, young person or adult is at immediate risk from harm contact the Police: 999​.

If you have any concerns about a child or young person living in Worcestershire and feel that they may be in need of

protection or safeguarding contact the Family Front Door. Staff are available Monday to Thursday from 9.00am to

5.00pm and Fridays from 9.00am to 4.30pm. Telephone: 01905 822666.

CELEBRATIONS OF LEARNING

The River Room has been exploring 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' this week. They have learned all about the caterpillar's exciting journey in becoming a beautiful butterfly!

RECEPTION - SPACE TOPIC

In Reception class we have been continuing our Space topic. We read 'Aliens Love Underpants', written by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, which we all found very funny.

We also practiced writing our names using our looped precursive handwriting style, and then wrote our names backwards to discover our alien names!, drawn pictures of

ourselves as aliens, designed our own planets and used adjectives to describe these, and

we​had a go at finding the rhyming words in the Aliens Love Underpants story. We also had a go at creating symmetrical underpants, made 2d rockets out of different shapes, and made our own solar systems after doing some research about the different planets.

YEAR ONE - SENSES

In Year one this week we have been working on James and the Giant Peach.

The children have been using their senses to describe the home within the

peach and came up with some fantastic adjectives. They thought about

whether they would like to live inside such a strange house and then

considered what strange places people could live in.

YEAR THREE - PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE

This week, Year three have been looking at persuasive language. They have focussed

on a film called 'The Little Shoe Maker'. Throughout the week, the children have

learnt about using different techniques like creating logos and slogans and using

emotive language, to sell things. They also really enjoyed recording their own TV and

radio adverts.

YEAR FOUR

Lauryn has created a fantastic non chronological report on Mount

Olympus. She has used an excellent layout, including subheadings,

paragraphs and some superb pictures. This report is filled with fabulous

facts and I really enjoyed reading it and learning all about this majestic mountain. Well done Lauryn!

YEAR TWO - FROZEN KINGDOM YEAR SIX

Evie complete this wonderful piece of work based on Frozen Earth

RARING2GO!

To help get families through this prolonged period of lock down and worry, Raring2Go have

produced a digital-only edition of their winter Hereford & Worcester magazine: https://magazines.raring2go.co.uk/herefordandworcester/winter/ Included within this magazine are plenty of activities, and features for you to take part in.

SEND LOANING LIBRARY

The Special Needs Support Centre (WMYDMYB SUPPORT CENTRE) in Malvern is offering a fantastic new loaning library of SEND resources, equipment and books. These resources are available via a click and collect service on Thursday mornings and items can be loaned for two weeks at a time.

Should you be interested in loaning any items, please contact the Support Centre either by telephone: 07484 541629 or email: ​[email protected] for further details.

THANK YOU

Mrs Moroni would like to say:

"Thank you very much for your kind messages to mark my anniversary of 25 years teaching at Upton. I was really touched by the videos that some of you sent in (as well as those by colleagues past and present, of course!) and I love reading and rereading the comments in the album given me last Friday. Thank you for your continued support, which means so much."

TWITTER FEED

We have continued to spread our school’s

message of positivity to the community by asking our children to take photos on their daily exercise. There have been some

great entries and we hope to continue this

into next week. Please keep liking, sharing

and retweeting our messages of positivity

to spread the joy.

WELLBEING BOOSTING CHALLENGE

All of the following activities link to the five ways to wellbeing, a research-based model for boosting wellbeing. Just taking part in one of these activities will give you a boost.

Can you reach:

● 20 points in week one (Complete four activities)

● 25 points in week two, (Complete five activities) and so on, until you get to week six, where you could reach 45

points!

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE - CHILD MENTAL HEALTH WEEK

To help your child express how they are feeling you can try using an emotions wheel, and these tips for teaching emotions words.

These resources and more are downloadable from the Speech and Language Therapy Resources page:

www.hacw.nhs.uk/childrens-speech-and-language-resources​ - look under the ‘Social skills’ tab.

If you have any concerns about your child’s communication skills please phone or email the school office on:

[email protected]_​. I will then call you back on my next visit into school. You can also contact me