www.npt.gov.uk/schoolbasedcounselling

The purpose of this service is to support parents in supporting the emotional wellbeing of their children during this time. Things you may wish to discuss about your child could include:

• their general emotional wellbeing at this time
• how they are coping with social distancing and lack of contact with family and friends
• family concerns
• concerns around school work/returning to school
• feelings of anxiety

You will speak to a School Based Counsellor who will be able to guide you in supporting the emotional wellbeing of your child.

You will be offered an initial telephone consultation of 30 minutes, dependent upon you and your child’s needs, and a potential follow-up of another 30 minute telephone consultation at a later date.

Please see new information from the Local Authority regarding the wearing of face-coverings during pupil drop-off and pick-up.

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The theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2020 is: United Against Bullying. Anti-Bullying Week will happen from Monday 16th – Friday 20th November and will start with Odd Socks Day to mark the first day of Anti-Bullying Week.

Odd Socks Day is designed to be fun! It’s an opportunity to encourage people to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique!

Throughout this week, pupils will be undertaking various activities.

Documents and other helpful resources for parents and pupils.  Click on the link below.

https://hwb.gov.wales/go/1rfmcz

In September, Foundation Phase teachers usually hold a meeting with parents informing them of important information for the year.  Due to current restrictions, we have been unable to do so.  The teachers have therefore put together a document containing all of the important information that would usually be covered.  This includes:

• Staffing
• School Day Timings
• Twitter
• Uniform & PE
• Food
• Dinner Money
• Class Fund
• Health
• Home Learning

Please click on the following link to read this information: Welcome to Foundation Phase 2020

As a result of the current situation, homework will now be paperless.  Every teacher will be uploading homework to “J2Homework” which is accessed via the HWB platform.

We appreciate that many parents, particularly those with children in the younger classes, will be unfamiliar with HWB.  We have therefore put together a parent’s guide to using HWB and accessing J2Homework.  We encourage everyone to familiarise themselves with this system as, should any form of school closure occur in the future, this is also how home learning tasks will be set.

In addition to J2Homework, there are also guides for parents on the use of JIT.  JIT is the main program used in the Foundation Phase (Nursery-Year 2).  We would encourage you to sit with your child and explore this system if you have not used it before.  There are many programs available including write, paint, turtle (coding) and graphing programs.

Every child has been allocated a HWB username and password.  If you have lost your child’s information, please contact your child’s class teacher.

Please click the link below for the parent guide:

HWB Guide For Parents

In September, KS2 teachers usually hold a meeting with parents informing them of important information for the year.  Due to current restrictions, we have been unable to do so.  The teachers have therefore put together a document containing all of the important information that would usually be covered.  This includes:

• Staffing
• Schoop
• Twitter
• PE
• School Trips
• Consent Forms
• Music lessons
• Reading (Bug Club)
• B-Link Book
• Spelling
• Times Tables
• Attendance
• HWB
• Homework
• This term’s topic (Destination Diversity)
• Contact Information

Please click on the following link to read this information: Meet The Teacher

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