Copdock Weekly Update 19/03/2021

Thank you so much for sharing your views on the return to school.  Head Pupils have produced a short report to share with Governors and they have agreed some next steps for consideration.  Their report can be seen on the letters page of the website.

One of the concerns raised was about how adults were wearing masks.  Head pupils agreed it would be good to remind everyone about the importance of wearing them when in closer contact with other people and to provide information about HOW to wear a mask properly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZK-GrUYgM - surgical mask

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tv2BVN_WTk - face covering

We will keep you updated on any further discussions in the coming weeks.

Art Exhibition

If you were on the sharing assembly you'll know the children have been working really hard this week to create some fabulous pieces of artwork to be included in our exhibition.  Next Thursday morning we will share with you a link to our exhibition to enable you to see all of the children's efforts, it will be during our assembly time of 10:25am.  Why not use the inspiration from the exhibition to create a fabulous Easter bonnet ready for our parade on Friday?

Chocolate Bingo

The PTA ran another successful event last week with Chocolate Bingo.  Prizes were quarantined and handed out from school this week.  Congratulations to all our winners, but especially to the PTA team who organised the event which raised around £100 for our school.

Uniform Order

Please see the attached order form for new uniform.  Please ensure all forms and payments are returned by Tuesday 23rd March.  We are trialling a new system for online payments via the Suffolk Partner Portal.  If you would like to pay online, please use this link https://connect.suffolk.gov.uk/tripsanduniforms/ and notify us on the order form that the payment has been made in this way.  If paying by cash or cheque please put the forms and money/cheque in a named envelope and either pop them into the post box or hand to one of the office staff on the gate.  Please note the tight turn around to enable the order to be placed before the Easter holidays - we apologise for this but we were only notified of a price increase at very late notice.

Supporting Pupils Returning to School

We hope that everyone has enjoyed returning to school, but we understand that it can be difficult for some.  There is some information on the website which is there to guide you in supporting your child, more information can be accessed via the Government Covid-19 site.  If you feel you would like to speak to someone in school for further advice, guidance or support, please do get in touch.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-supporting-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-wellbeing

Coffee & Chat

We will be hosting a 'coffee and chat' for parents to join Miss Cross with a cup of tea/coffee and a cake/biscuit to check in with school.  We will be starting at 2pm - you'll have just enough time to pop the kettle on after our sharing assembly, grab a cake or biscuit, and click on the link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ODYwMTYwMDItYzc4NC00MjVkLWFlODktMmQ0MzVjZWE0OGFj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2220a91e2a-5dae-4822-ae6b-6e162433e252%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22dc587daa-9620-4edf-b5b8-b99806329dd5%22%7d

Red Nose Day

Thank you for supporting our Comic Relief fundraiser today by wearing something red for 50p.  Across the school we have raised £47.80 for this charity which helps many people close to home.  Thank you for your donations.

Charity Chop

Another super charity is The Little Princess Trust.  One of our Foxes, Esme, is going to cut all her hair and donate it to the charity to make a wig for another child.  To find out more, please click on this link.

Learning Behaviour Certificates

This week's learning behaviour was push yourself and the certificates have gone to:

Dates For Your Diary

Don't forget to take a look at the website for any new information that's been shared with you.

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