Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• World Book Day 2024

  Wed 21 Feb 2024

   

  World Book Day takes place on Thursday 7^th March, and we would like to invite you to join us in helping your child to make the most of this special occasion. World Book Day celebrates the joy and value of books and reading.

   

  Reception to Year 6 will celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 7^th March.

   

  Nursery will celebrate World Book Day on Monday 4^th March.

   

  We are inviting the children to come to school dressed up as any character from their favourite book. We are not following a particular theme so this can be anything you would like it to be! Please don’t feel the need to go out and buy an outfit for this – if you have a look on the World Book Day website, there are lots of ideas for creative costumes that make use of what you may already have at home.  https://www.worldbookday.com/resource/dressing-up-ideas-for-parents/

   

  Nurseries, schools and libraries across the UK celebrate World Book Day with a huge range of events and activities. Your child will also receive a £1 book token – sponsored by National Book Tokens. You can join us in building your child’s enthusiasm for books well beyond World Book Day by reading together regularly and joining your local library if you are not yet members. For more information about World Book Day and ideas on sharing books at home, visit worldbookday.com. Children are never too young to start their journey with books, and the benefits of reading are enormous - so we hope, like us, you will use World Book Day to celebrate it with your child.

  

• Reading Workshop for Parents- Wednesday 6th March 2.30pm

  Mon 19 Feb 2024

  Please join us for our Reading Workshop.

   

  We are really pleased to announce that we are holding a Reading Workshop for all parents and carers on:

   

  Wednesday 6^th March starting at 2.30pm – 3:00pm in the Junior hall.

   

  We would really like as many of our carers to attend as possible, so we can share our vision of how important it is for children to become great readers – for pleasure and as a future life skill. We want to explore with our parents and carers the important role you play in your children being successful readers.

   

  We are delighted that Sarah Tipler will lead the meeting. Sarah is the Development Officer with the Local Authority and is part of the North Lincolnshire ‘Words Count’ project. She always reflects on current research and trends and will use this to discuss how you can support your children. She has delivered workshops in over 90% of schools across North Lincolnshire and is extremely knowledgeable so we are sure that you will enjoy listening to her and will gain much from this meeting.

   

  Sarah has, earlier this academic year, delivered a well-attended workshop around Reading for Pleasure and phonics in KS1, which parents and carers found very informative. This workshop will focus more solely on Reading for Pleasure and the importance of fostering life-long readers, but all who attended the first are more than welcome to attend again.

   

  We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 6^th March at 2:30pm. Refreshments will be provided.

  

• Children's Mental Health Week

  Thu 01 Feb 2024

   

  Children's Mental Health Week

   

      5^th Feb- Non-uniform day

  To launch Children's mental health week, we are having a Non-uniform day on Monday 5^th February. The theme is 'Dress to express'. The idea is to use colour to express yourself by wearing a colourful outfit/ non-uniform.

   

   

  Friday 9^th Feb- Wear a scarf day

  On Friday 9^th February children can come to school wearing a scarf if they wish. This links in with SCARF mental health.

   

  Children will also be taking part in various activities during the week.

   

  Mental wellbeing describes your mental state – how you are feeling and how well you can cope with day-to-day life. There are lots of things you can do to support your mental wellbeing such as being active, seeing family and friends or challenging yourself to try something new.

   

  At Berkeley Primary we aim to promote positive mental health for every child, parent/carer and staff member. We pursue this aim using both universal, whole school approaches and specialised, targeted approaches aimed at identified vulnerable children and families.

   

  We are working collaboratively with ‘With Me in Mind’, who last year supported Year 6  children with workshops regarding worries around SATs. This will happen again this year. They will also be supporting the year 6 children with a transition workshop. They will be at the parents meeting on Wednesday 7th February for parents to ask any questions.

   

  There is an after school club called Peaceful Pals, that runs for 6 sessions to work on understanding feelings and learning a range of coping strategies to support your child to become a more mindful individual.

   

  Useful Websites to support mental wellbeing:

   

  https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/supporting-others/childrens-mental-health/

   

  https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

   

  Best wishes

  Faye Marshall & Teresa Suddaby

  PSHE Lead          SENDCO & Mental Wellbeing Lead