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As you will be aware from recent correspondence, the school commissioned a film to be made, to try and showcase all the wonderful things we do, here at Coton-in-the-Elms Primary School.

We are pleased to say that we received the final film yesterday evening, which we would love to share with you.  Please click on the link below

Coton-in-the-Elms Primary School

We are incredibly proud of our school and it’s pupils and we hope you feel the same after watching the film.

Finally, we intend to put the film on our school Facebook site.  If you are a follower of our site, or regularly check what’s posted, we’d kindly ask that you share the post, so it can reach other prospective parents and families.

Thank you.

This week, the paint, paper, tissue paper and glitter have been used in abundance as part of the Multi-Faith week activities in the Reception class, based on the theme of ‘light’.

On Monday, the children created candles  as part of their learning of the Christian faith, where Jesus is ‘the light of the world’.

 

Tuesday got a little messier in the creative department, as they  were making splatter paintings (with much fun and hilarity) to represent the firework celebrations which take place as part of the Hindu festival, Diwali – festival of light.

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival, was the focus for Wednesday’s activities.  The children got their hands dirty by turning handprints into beautiful pictures of a Menorah, a nine-branched candelabrum.

 

Today, the children had circle time where they created a Christingle Candle, talking through all the elements and what they represented.  The children then worked in teams to create a Christingle collage, which looks fantastic – well done!

The school now has a vacancy for a Parent Governor.  If you are interested in becoming a Governor of our school, please take time to read the Nomination Letter and supporting information below.

PG1a Nomination Letter

PG1b Information Sheet

PG1c Declaration of Eligibility

PG1d Nomination Form

Please note that the deadline for nominations is
12 noon, 30th November 2020.

Should you require a paper copy of the above information, please speak with the school office.

Thank you

In these strange times we continue to find ourselves in, mental health and wellbeing has never been more important.

As previously communicated and as part of our school focus on Mental Health and Wellbeing, we are working with the company ‘Brilliant Schools’ to improve the mental wealth of both our pupils and staff.

In order to show how we have grown and improved our school mental wealth and resilience through this support, we need to have a starting point.  With this in mind, we are asking both students and staff to complete a questionnaire so we can obtain a ‘snapshot’ of where the school’s wellbeing level currently is.

The questionnaire is online and is completely anonymous – please see the link below.

Pupil Questionnaire

Please take time with your child to go through the pupil questionnaire.  The information you provide will go directly to Brilliant Schools, who will in turn generate a report for the school to show what our current strengths are and also areas of potential strengths.

If you would like to know more about Brilliant Schools and the work they do, please click on the link below:

Brilliant Schools

Through working with Brilliant Schools we hope to support each child develop the skills to manage their individual mental wealth by having the coping mechanisms to face life’s challenges, no matter how large or small.

Our Reception children in the Farmers class had great fun earlier this week, designing their very own Anti-bullying Superheroes.

They came up with some great names for their superheroes, ranging from ‘Mr Bold’ and ‘Moustache Man’, through to ‘Dinger’, ‘Sparkle’ and ‘Haxell’.  We have to say that one of our favourite superhero names that a child came up with was ‘Mrs Mailer’!

The children had obviously given a lot of thought to the powers they wished their superhero to have – here’s some of the superpowers they chose

–  Shares toys
–  Looks after people to make sure they’re okay
–  Helps those that are feeling sad
–  Helps people when they fall over
–  Helps children who don’t have any parents
–  Saves bullies by turning them good
–  Protects the whole world

I think our future is in safe hands!

We are currently working behind the scenes to make our wraparound service more accessible for families, and also more appealing to the children.  We are keen to improve the activities which are offered and also the level of service from external providers.

Please help us by taking a short moment to complete the following questionnaire:

https://progsportsderby.typeform.com/to/xg5Ved

 

To finish off our Anti-bullying Week of activities, we celebrated our uniqueness by having an ‘odd socks day’.  Staff and children alike embraced the theme, which gave much joy to all.

On Tuesday 24th November we will be hosting a virtual session for all parents & carers on how they can support their child’s reading at home.  Reading is a really important skill and we find that once children are able to decode words and read with some degree of fluency, keeping them motivated and interested in books takes on a whole new challenge. The workshop is particularly aimed at parents who have children in YEAR 2, YEAR 3 AND YEAR 4.

For parents – it is always difficult to know what to look for when reading a book with your child at home.  What makes a good reader?  If they are still on the same colour band as they were previously – does that mean that they are not making progress? If they have moved up a colour band – does that mean they are doing well with their reading?  Is it a bad thing for my children to have the same reading book as the day before? Does my child need to read all the books in a colour band?  These are questions that go through the mind of a busy parent – just trying to do their best.

JOIN MRS SMITH FROM 2PM ON TUESDAY – AN EMAIL LINK WILL BE SENT TO YOUR SCHOOL FAMILY EMAIL ADDRESS – CLICK ON THE LINK WHEN YOU RECEIVE TO JOIN!

The school now has a vacancy for a Parent Governor.  If you are interested in becoming a Governor of our school, please take time to read the Nomination Letter and supporting information below.

PG1a Nomination Letter

PG1b Information Sheet

PG1c Declaration of Eligibility

PG1d Nomination Form

Please note that the deadline for nominations is
12 noon, 30th November 2020.

Should you require a paper copy of the above information, please speak with the school office.

Thank you

To kick-start Anti-bullying Week, the children had some great discussions today in their Collective Worship as to ‘what is bullying?’.

As you may know, at the start of each academic year, our pupils sign up to the Anti-bullying Charter, and this week’s activities continues to be an extension of the good work taking place in school.

Our School Parliament MP’s for Anti-bullying will also be announced this week, supporting the many ways you can ask for help and support if you feel someone is being unkind.

Throughout the week, there will be various activities and discussions happening in the classrooms.  On Friday, we will have ‘Odd Socks Day’, where children can come in to school wearing odd socks, whatever colour and style they choose – this celebrates that we are all individually unique.