Weekly Newsletter W/C 8th January 2023

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?

The new term in Crantock began with a very successful DT day based on our new topic, 'The Cornish Rebellion.'&nbsp; The children researched traditional Cornish cuisine and made saffron buns.&nbsp; Our new English module focuses on persuasive writing through advertising.&nbsp;The children have begun to develop their own products which they will eventually pitch to our class, 'Dragon's Den.'&nbsp; In maths, we have looked at prime numbers and recapped the learning on fractions, decimals and percentages.&nbsp;It's been a great start to 2024!&nbsp;

Lansallos are back and have successfully started lots of new topics.&nbsp; Including investigating Changing States in Science, The Cornish Rebellion in History and using MicroBits in Computing.&nbsp; They have all come back ready to learn and we are super proud of the start they have made.&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 a 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>

LUNCH AT ST STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY W/C 15th January

A school lunch costs £2:45. Please pay in advance via Parentpay 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 Lansallos with the highest attendance so far this school year at 97%

ATTENDANCE WITHIN ST.STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY

Our current whole school yearly attendance from September 2023 is 94%

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.

SPORTS AT ST.STEPHEN CHURCHTOWN ACADEMY

What a great afternoon we have had at Brannel for Cross country - Years 3, 4, 5 &amp; 6 - boys and girls.&nbsp; Thank you to all the children that participated, thank you to the parents that helped and thank you to Brannel for hosting.&nbsp;

What a busy week we've had in nursery! Our class story was 'The Jolly Postman' so we practised our fine motor skills by cutting out stamps to glue on envelopes, recreated the class story in the small world area using stick puppets, and made postman routes outside with chalk that we could follow around the outside area. We had a lot of fun outside this week and started exploring some of our other outdoor resources such as the tyres. We even discovered ice in the water area! How exciting!&nbsp;

This week we have finished our writing; we wrote a diary entry from a lighthouse keeper and applied all the grammar skills learnt over the past 2 weeks. Great work Carlyon Bay. it's your best writing yet! Our DT project is underway, so far we have measured and cut the wood needed and decorated the laminating. Pouches ready for our finished project, the children cannot wait for you to see them. We finished the week with a wonderful carol service in the church and everyone was brilliant showing real enthusiasm. What a fantastic week.

What an amazing, immersive start to our Spring term learning about Cornish Rebellion in Perranporth class. Our day began watching documentary, then we researched the facts about the Henry VII, rebellion, Stannary towns, Perking Warbeck, Michael An GOf and Thomas Flammank. We played Cornish Rebellion card game to learn all important facts. The exciting part was to design, make and play our own board games all about our new topic. All costumes looked fantastic too!; English lessons hooked the children into a frosty, snowy mountains where the Yeti appears without warning! We described the characters and settings using figurative language and lots of descriptive vocabulary.

PERRANPORTH - Taylor, Miller, Isla R, Harrison

CAERHAYS - Alanis &amp; Taylor E

CRANTOCK - Victoria, Sapphire, Daisy &amp; Eden

POLKERRIS - CROOKLETS - FISTRAL - READYMONEY -

CARLYON BAY - LANSALLOS - PERRANPORTH - CAERHAYS - CRANTOCK -

Crooklets class have started our topic 'What adventures can we go on?' by going on our own adventures. We have been reading 'Mr Gumpys Outing and learning to re-tell the story through play. We have created journeys outside using blocks, crates and tyres to develop our gross motor skills. We have been telling stories of our travels on the boat and making our own vehicles in our creative area to take us on our travels. We also had a visit from Ted Bear who has been on his travels and is now going home with the children to continue his adventures, he has had so much fun and can't wait to continue next week.

'PURPLE CERTIFICATE' Head Teacher Award

Wow, what a busy week Polkerris had, the children have been busy creating their own adventures in the outdoor area, using their imaginations and resources to travel to far off lands. They learnt about the Creation story, listened to some African music, Thula Baba by Hlabalela Ensemble which created lots of laughter and smiles when the children tried to find the beat. They have also thought about what is safe to go inside their bodies thinking about medicines and foods, the children showed fantastic knowledge in what is safe and what isn't safe. In addition, as well as all their phonics, reading, writing, numeracy and PE the children were also tasked with using their fine motor skills in different ways manipulating scissors, boxes and tape with some magnificent imaginative creations be made. Finally, Ted arrived from Scotland and has begun to enjoy some sleepovers. Thank you for all your support at home.&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 learning all about numbers to 20 this week. We have been making different numbers using lots of resources such a cubes and numicon. We started by making 10 and then adding on more to make a new number. Such as 10 and 7 to make 17. In our science lesson this week, we went on a winter walk and spotted different signs of winter, including berries, brown leaves and bare trees. We talked about frosty morning, ice and snow being part of wintery weather. And finally, Eddie the teddy has arrived in our class! Thank you to the children and families who have already taken him home for the night and looked after him so well.

Upcoming dates for your diary

UPCOMING IMPORTANT INFORMATION &amp; DATES

18th January - Census Day Menu change - Burger or Veggie Burger &amp; Wedges 9th February - Inset Day 12th - 16th Feb - Half Term

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

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>

The children have continued investigating with coins this week. They have found different ways to make the same amount and practised counting on in different amount. We have also loved finding out more about penguins and linked an interesting text to most of our learning this week, from penguin adventure stories to a story about a little girl moving through pictures by Monet.&nbsp;

EARLY YEARS POLZEATH, POLKERRIS &amp; CROOKLETS

Polzeath Our book of the week this week has been ‘The Jolly Postman' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpeo_0yoD0k">How to Generate Creative Ideas and Drafts with Grammarly's Generative AI (youtube.com)</a>

POLKERRIS &amp; CROOKLETS Our book of the week this week has been ‘Mr Grumpy's outing' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h23yQOafu4Y">NEW + My Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham Read Aloud Books for Childrens NEW AUDIO (youtube.com)</a>

Please book your space by contacting the school office

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

Support our Parent Code of Conduct By working in harmony together, we create a positive learning experience for all. We are fortunate to have a dedicated and supportive community who recognise that at the heart of each and every school's success, is a valued and trusted home/school partnership. The Aspire Parent Code of Conduct supports your child(ren) during their time in an Aspire academy/school and sits on every website under the PARENTS heading. The Parent Code of Conduct can also be obtained by visiting www.aspireacademytrust.org/policies and a copy will be emailed to all parents/carers. Thank you for your continued support.

<a href="https://www.ststephenchurchtown.org.uk/web/aspire_policies/309518">https://www.ststephenchurchtown.org.uk/web/aspire_policies/309518</a>

<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.

Caerhays have had a super first week back. In writing, we've been developing our own inventions in preparation for a Dragon's Den style speech and, in science, we've finished our topic on Earth and Space. Students particularly enjoyed our new P.E. subject, which is badminton.

This Week's Core Value Kindness

Kaylem Lacey Victoria Phoenix

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