Weekly Newsletter W/C 11th March 2024

There is so much that we can do online nowadays including playing games, chatting with others, watching TV or sharing our videos/photographs. One of the ways we can help keep our children safe online is by checking age restrictions/ratings as detailed below: • Films: The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) rate films. This page includes a link to a ‘Parents' Guide to Age Ratings’: <a href="https://www.cbbfc.co.uk/film-ratings/why-we-age-rate-films">https://www.cbbfc.co.uk/film-ratings/why-we-age-rate-films</a> • Video games: PEGI provides age classifications for video games. PEGI considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. It is important to note that PEGI do not take into consideration the chat facilities within games. • Apps: Check the individual age ratings within the relevant app store. We also recommend that you download any apps and use them yourself to check their suitability. • Social Media networks: All social media networks have a minimum age rating; they are all at least 13+

WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN ST.STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY?

This week in Crantock, we have enjoyed some afternoon sessions based around British Science Week, where we have conducted some investigations related to light and evolution.&nbsp; In maths, we have been looking at time and learning how to calculate time intervals and read timetables, which is a useful skill for their transition to secondary school.&nbsp; We have managed to get a few visits in to see the chicks and it's been wonderful for the children to talk about them with such enthusiasm.

A great week with so many exciting things, from Chicks hatching in the library to making step counter with our MicroBits and then testing them out.&nbsp; Reading The Mousehole Cat in English, a well know Cornish legend and discovering decimals in Maths, as ever the children have worked non-stop.&nbsp; We ended the week with Red Nose Day – great outfits everyone.&nbsp;

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Address: St Stephen Churchtown Academy, Creakavose, St Stephen, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 7NZ. Head of School: Miss L James. School Office: 01726 822568. Email: <a href="http://hello@ststephenchurchtown.org.uk">hello@ststephenchurchtown.org.uk</a> Twitter: @ststephenchtwn Facebook: St Stephen Churchtown Academy Website: <a href="http://www.ststephenchurchtown.org.uk/">www.ststephenchurchtown.org.uk</a>

Building resilience&nbsp;is of great importance towards children's mental health in both their younger years and going into their adult years. We, as&nbsp;St.Stephen Churchtown Academy&nbsp;and other organisations are here to support you in ensuring you know where to go for help &amp; advice. Please view the below links for help or call the school office on 01726 822568 where we can put you in touch with our trained members of staff or organisations close to us. We have a huge amount of information, well-being booklets &amp; printable journal diaries on our website. This can be found under the Parents Tab &amp; down to Supporting Well-being At Home or on the link &amp; QR code below.

<a href="https://www.ststephenchurchtown.org.uk/web/supporting_well-being_at_home/656991">St Stephen Churchtown Academy - Supporting Well-Being At Home</a>

SPORTS AT ST.STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY

St Stephen v Sandy Hill - the results! Football A - Sandy Hill won 2-1 Football B - Sandy Hill won 2-1 Football 3/4 - Sandy Hill won 6-0 Netball A - St Stephen won 12-0 Netball B - St Stephen won 12-1 Player of the match: Football A - Ethan Football B - Chester Football 3/4 - Miller Netball A - Samuel Netball B - Lillie That does conclude our league games for the season.&nbsp;We will let you know where we have placed when all the other schools have completed their fixtures.&nbsp; Thank you to all the staff, children and supporters! It’s been a fantastic season 💙 After Easter there will be no more football and netball club.&nbsp; If your child is interested in joining our school netball and football teams then we will trial again in September.&nbsp;Keep practising! 😉

In Polzeath nursery this week, we've been reading 'One Night in the Zoo' and learning about animals. We've practiced vocabulary related to size and compared animals in the small world area using that language. We've also strengthened our cutting skills by making jungle scenes and cages for our animals using ice lolly sticks and glue. This past week was British Science Week, so nursery had a chance to learn about the planets in our solar system with a very special visit into the space dome. We also spent some time learning about animal life cycles and observing the new chicks in the library tying in perfectly to science week's theme of time.

LUNCH AT ST STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY W/C 11th March

A school lunch costs £2.45. Please pay in advance via Parent-pay by midnight the night before. Meal selection is now required by all parents even if your child is entitled to free school meals.

Congratulations to POLZEATH with the highest attendance so far this school year at 97.5%

ATTENDANCE WITHIN ST.STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY

Our current whole school yearly attendance from September 2023 is 94.5%

REPORTING ABSENSES Please inform the office by leaving a message or speaking to us in person - before 9am - on 01726 822568 if your child is going to be absent due to illness, let us know their symptoms &amp; their date of return. Holiday forms can be found in the main reception - This ensures your child isn't marked as unauthorised.

PARENT SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION &amp; HELPFUL CONTACTS

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CORNWALL / MIND In a crisis or know someone who needs to talk? Mental Health Cornwall are there 24/7. They listen &amp; determine how best to help you. Call them free on 0800 038 5300 <a href="https://cornwallmind.org/urgent-help/">https://cornwallmind.org/urgent-help/</a>		 	<a href="https://cornwallmind.org/">https://cornwallmind.org/</a>

FIRST LIGHT &amp; SAFER FUTURES CORNWALL Domestic abuse can be seen in all types of ways from controlling behaviour. physical assault, sexual violence and mental abuse. If you need help in any way or know of someone who needs this help - call them on 0300 777 4777. They help with any stage of your journey from first events to helping cope with life after. First Light is a charity run organisation and many advisors have been in these positions themselves. <a href="https://www.firstlight.org.uk/our-services/safer-futures/">https://www.firstlight.org.uk/our-services/safer-futures/</a>

CHILDLINE <a href="https://www.childline.org.uk/">https://www.childline.org.uk/</a> 0800 11 11 You can access a great range of tools &amp; help for children who need a helping hand with their emotions/feelings and also help for those children being targeted for bullying or witnessing &amp; involved in domestic violence or assault within their own homes. On the website they can access 1-2-1 counselling, get support, access mental first aid kits, log a mood journal, view coping kit, play games &amp; view their supportive calm zones. The calm zone has yoga videos, tools to express themselves and breathing exercises.

This week we enjoyed visiting the chicks and thinking of name. We have continued to learn about the Galapagos Islands and looked at the Physical features of the Islands. We all decided that we'd like to visit the biggest of the Islands: Isabela because we'd like to see all the 6 volcanoes on there, the biggest being Wolf!

<a href="https://parentingsmart.place2be.org.uk/">Place2Be: Parenting Smart: Articles</a> Visit the link to some short reads for guidance towards positive behaviour &amp; wellbeing. These include ''What to do if my child doesn't want to attend school", "I'm going through a break-up", How to help your child when going through a traumatic event &amp; helpful de-escalation techniques.

Upcoming dates for your diary

UPCOMING IMPORTANT INFORMATION &amp; DATES

Just sign up using the QR code or by the link provided

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Online Parent Classes Running from April to August

Parenting Courses April-August 24.pdf

What an eggciting opportunity to see the eggs hatch! Perranporth has joined the reception class to observe the lifecycle of a chicken. During the Science week, our class has explored the future farming. We designed farms of the future using different materials. Our farm models were 2D and 3D using blocks, Lego and other design craft materials.

POLKERRIS - CROOKLETS - FISTRAL - READYMONEY -

CARLYON BAY - LANSALLOS - PERRANPORTH - CAERHAYS - CRANTOCK -

We’ve had an egg-citing week in Crooklets class. We have been observing, predicting and recording the eggs hatching. We’ve been so excited every day to see if any eggs have hatched, we visited the baby chicks and discussed what we can see and hear. We’ve been reading Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs and The Odd Egg this week and have produced some amazing writing linked to these stories. A super week Crooklets.&nbsp;

'PURPLE CERTIFICATE' Head Teacher Award

On Monday 25th&nbsp;March, we will be welcoming Ed Buckingham- explorer and author from Cornwall to speak to us in assembly and to share his newly written children's book. Year 4 met him two years ago- we are sure they will remember his exciting talk about his travels to Antarctica.&nbsp; After school, Ed will be selling his book from the main entrance. If you are interested, please come along to meet him and look at his books, which can be purchased by card and cash. His book '7 Summits' costs £13, and his children's book 'Toby goes extreme in Antarctica' costs £9.&nbsp;

Please make sure all children have named raincoats in their bag &amp; Hats / Gloves / Scarves on the cold days

Polkerris class have had a super busy week, looking after their clutch of eggs, a total of three arrivals so far with four to go. There has been lots of work guessing when they will arrive, who will be first and how many chirps they do in 30 seconds. In addition, the children have also enjoyed the space dome visit learning all about the solar system, explored forces, thought about sound waves and visited the Phizz lab. Finally, they have all still managed to remain focused on their phonics reading words such as 'fantastic' and produced some beautiful writing. Well done Polkerris.&nbsp;

ST.STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY UNIFORM POLICY

Nursery Casual clothes with a school jumper or cardigan - please bring spare clothing / pants in your child's bag.

Key Stage 1 Grey or Black Pinafore / Shorts / Trousers / Skirt White cotton T-Shirt Black school Shoes Royal Blue School Jumper / Cardigan P.E - Royal Blue P.E top with logo, Blue / Black Shorts (leggings can be worn in periods of cold weather) Plimsolls or trainers.

Key Stage 2 Grey or Black Pinafore / Shorts / Trousers / Skirt White Shirt (short / long or 3/4 sleeves) Royal Blue School Jumper / Cardigan Tie Black School Shoes P.E - Royal Blue P.E top with logo, Blue / Black Shorts (leggings can be worn in periods of cold weather) Trainers.

KS1 / KS2 - BLUE SUMMER GINGHAM DRESSES / PLAYSUITS CAN BE WORN IN THE SUMMER TERM 

TIES / BOOKBAGS / P.E BAGS CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE OFFICE AND PAID FOR ON PARENTPAY

We use Cornwall Screenprint for our uniform. They can deliver to school or you can collect from their office. Order here on...<a href="https://www.cornwallscreenprint.co.uk/">Cornwall Screenprint &amp; Embroidery - St Austell</a>

Readymoney have been revisiting the Easter story in their RE lesson this week. The children produced some fabulous posters and story telling spinning wheels to help them retell the story independently. We have also explored the theme of 'time' in our science investigation this week to tie in with Bristish Science Week. The children made a pendulum and timed how it took to slow down when different sized card was attached to it. The children enjoyed timing the pendulum using a stop watch and then recording the time accurately. We found out that the largest paper almost stopped the pendulum instantly! In maths we have developed our understanding of partitioning numbers into tens and ones. The children used cubes and a part whole model to physically partition the numbers.

Tickets for the Disco will be for sale after school outside of the Elliot Hut on Monday, Wednesday &amp; Friday this week. £2 each - cash only please. A letter has also gone out with children asking for donations from each class towards our Bingo event.

<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neurodiversityweek.com%2Fevents&amp;data=05%7C02%7CZoe.Warne%40ststephenchurchtown.org.uk%7Cb771fcd6e26f4f2e788808dc3d50f981%7C199653adc1564a05bad3084c1a30b618%7C0%7C0%7C638452665183661456%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Uxm7u%2FEfS3v%2Bx%2BFPBypPeBJKsbchOYTo46WS5ceIRp0%3D&amp;reserved=0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/events</a> Neurodiversity Week 18th - 24th March

20th March - Farm to Food School Trip Carlyon Bay &amp; Lansallos 25th March - ASD Cafe - 2 until 3.15pm 27th March - School Disco 29th March - Bank Holiday 1st April - Start of Easter Holidays 15th April - Return to School 23rd April - Class &amp; Sports Teams Photos 6th May - Bank Holiday 27th May - Half Term 3rd June - Return to School 15th - 19th July - Year 6 Activities Week 23rd &amp; 24th July - INSET Days 25th July - Summer Holidays

Did you know you can walk into your local pharmacy and ask for ''ANI'' - or ask anywhere to access their safe place? They will then help you get away from a domestic abuse situation.

Download the App BRIGHT SKY to access a directory of support agencies &amp; help lines.

LOCAL SUPPORT ST AUSTELL FOOD BANK Light &amp; Life Centre Brunel Business PK PL25 4TJ We would like to draw your attention to the support they offer at the Foodbank. They run a drop in on Thursday's where you can talk to the team. They offer support for a range of things including financial advise &amp; mental health

<a href="https://www.ceop.police.uk/ceop-reporting/">https://www.ceop.police.uk/ceop-reporting/</a>

Fistral enjoyed experiments and new learning for Science week. They observed the baby chicks, investigated reaction speeds, researched changes to the North Pole over time and loved the space dome. In computing, they made sounds with the chrome books and experimented with pitch.&nbsp;

PORTH, POLZEATH, POLKERRIS &amp; CROOKLETS

PORTH &amp; POLZEATH <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkWq7smIBHA&amp;scrlybrkr=b4cd9a73">Big Mouth Bedtime Story | One Night in the Zoo by Judith Kerr (youtube.com)</a>

POLKERRIS &amp; CROOKLETS <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LKoji2i7Cw">The Odd Egg - YouTube</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWoopkMgLqM">Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs - Give Us A Story (youtube.com)</a>

KIND - RESPECTFUL - RESILIENT - RESPONSIBLE - POSITIVE - THOUGHTFUL -HARD WORKING - SPARKLE

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Last week was Science Week and the theme was time. Caerhays explored the extinction of the dinosaurs! RARGH!

This Week's Core Value SPARKLE

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