VE Day

Friday 8th May 

This year in honour of VE day The British Legion have put together information and resources for pupils to access. 

Please follow the link below for more details:

https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/remembrance/teaching-remembrance

Photos from School

Over the Easter break the children that have been in have created banners for our Appreciation and Gratitude theme week that starts next week. 

We have posted some images for you to see. 

School Update

Friday 17th April 

On Monday we enter the third phase of Remote Learning, following on from what would of been our Easter break, we return and begin our whole school theme week. 

Each term we gather all pupils into house groups and create different learning opportunities over the week following a theme. During the Autumn term our focus was Blooms and British Icons, this term our focus is Appreciation and Gratitude. 

You will find, on our website, located under the tab 'Pupils' a new page called 'Wonder Days and Theme Weeks'. On this page each member of staff has created tasks that you can carry out at home with your family. You can start on any area and work through each one over the week. 

We hope this will provide a transition from 'Holiday mode' to 'School mode' just as we would if in school. 

During next week your child's teacher will be in touch to share the new topic for your child's class that will begin from Monday 27th April. Each teacher will provide your preferred method of working - online, social media or prepared resources. We are here to help so please let us know how we can over the next three weeks. 

There are staff on site each day so you can also call us on 01562 850268 if you need any advice or support. 

As always stay safe and we look forward to the time when we can all be back together. 

Who can apply for free school meals?

Free School Meals can only be awarded if you or your partner are claiming either;

• Universal Credit provided they have an annual net earned income not exceeding £7,400 (616.67 per month)
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guarantee element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit, provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax  Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190, as assessed by HMRC
• Working Tax Credit run-on-paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax

If you think you may be eligible for free school meals, please complete the online form on www.gov.uk. Go to ‘schools and education’ then ‘apply for free school meals’. Complete and submit the online form. The necessary checks will then be made and you will be contacted to confirm your eligibility.  

If you are eligible, the school will be contacted and you will receive a free school meal voucher for your child / ren up to the value of £11.50 per week per child (£2.30 per day) to spend in a supermarket of your choice. Even if you are not certain whether you may be eligible, I would impress upon you to complete the form anyway then your eligibility can be determined.

Please note that this also applies to children in years Reception, 1 and 2 who already receive meals free of charge via ‘universal free school meals’. Even though, during this time, parents of pupils who receive universal free school meals are not eligible to receive a voucher, if the above criteria applies to you (ie. Benefits received etc) you may be eligible for free school meals and thus receive a voucher.

If you have any queries or questions, please email Mrs Hackett on office@wolverleysebright.worcs.sch.uk. Many thanks 

School Update

2nd April 2020

Firstly, I hope everyone is staying safe and well. 

As we draw closer to the end of the Spring Term our attention turns to Easter. Our plans to hold the annual Easter Service were cancelled and life beyond the Easter break is very uncertain. 

However, we will continue to develop ways in which we can stay in contact and support all our families at this time. 

If you follow us on Twitter or Instagram you will be able to see daily updates of celebrations from pupils across the school. 

Each child has access to Wonde, Google classroom and the class pages on our website. Remote learning is constantly being evaluated and updated to meet the needs of our pupils. 

Staff are currently reviewing how this will look after Easter and if any changes or enhancements need to be made - we will do so!

Communication is key and maintaining this in anyway we can. School is open over the Easter break for the children of critical workers but if you need any advice or support please call us on 01562 850268 (9.30am - 2.30pm)

Staff are planning our whole school theme week which will start on Monday 20th April - more on that soon! The aim is for all pupils to 'Have a Go - Just like Joe' and try some of the tasks we will post on the class pages. We will also try to send links via text messages to websites that maybe useful too. 

We hope you are feel supported and if you need us please email your child's teacher, me or call School. 

Stay Safe xx

Message from Kidderminster Food Bank:-

During this current Coronavirus crisis, we are having to close the foodbank for face to face collections as from this Friday 27th March. Referral agents will have to contact us by email to kiddyfb188@gmail.com. 

If you have voucher you can email, we would be glad to receive them, otherwise if you can give us their full names and addresses, including post code, family size details and their present situation, we will endeavour to fulfill their needs as far as is humanly possible. 

Pre-packed parcels will be delivered to their address sometime between  12.30 and 2.30pm on a Wednesday or Friday. The volunteers will be observing the mandatory social distances and if no response is received to their call the pack will be taken back. 

We value your support during this crisis and thank you for helping those in need. 

Many thanks 

WHP LInk Worker

Our priority is to help keep everyone, including our staff, safe and healthy while also continuing to provide help and support to local children and families during this challenging time.

We are here to help. WHP Link Workers are at the end of the phone, email and text. All our staff are now only working from home and doing things differently. We are not school or home visiting. We are working flexible hours and still here to help. Familiar routines are changing for us all as we work together to reduce the spread of the virus.

For now, our office is not being manned and we have cancelled Summer term courses for parents and our drop-ins.

Your child’s primary school website provides information about the WHP support service so that you can contact your Link Worker direct.

You can also email us at whp@continu.org.uk or call 01562 851292 and we will pass your message on to the right Link Worker.

WHP Link Workers can help with things like putting new routines into practice at home, tips and strategies for managing children’s behaviour, helping siblings to co-operate more, working together better as parents and much more…

If you need help and support for your family then contact your WHP Link Worker

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I hope you are coping, as best you can, with the changes to everyday life which we are all now experiencing. And I hope that your children are, too. There is a real value in routine in a young person’s life. Routine will now take on a bigger importance as we make sense of working differently as we get to the other side.

Pupils need to get into the routine of using their learning packs and accessing their class page on the school website.  They are becoming more familiar with the online portal of Wonde and Google classroom, as you know. Teachers have posted resources, tasks and exercises which will enable our pupils to follow their curriculum.

Our Twitter and Instagram accounts @Wolverley_SAET will also contain regular updates about new resources, school updates and key messages.

If your child is having difficulties understanding the work then you can message their teacher through it or email the teacher direct to get advice on what to do next.

At the same time, there are fewer better things than a good book to read or listen to. 

Here are ten pointers which you might want to discuss with your child:

1. It’s OK to find all of this difficult. It’s a change, so it will take time to get used to. But you are also more resilient that you know. Despite occasional irritation with the work set and all that’s going on around you, you can do this.

2. You’ll work more slowly at home and online because it’s not your usual way of working. So, you will be less productive at home than at school. But that’s OK, and another good reason to stick at it. If you feel you are making slow progress don’t worry.

3. And you’ll need to take regular breaks. Studying will make you feel tired, so go outside and get some fresh air, go and get a glass of water or do 20-star jumps.

4. Do stay off the sugar. You’ll only get a big sugar rush and then feel rubbish after about 20 minutes. If you find you’re getting tired at a certain part of the day, have a piece of toast or a banana (or bananas on toast) about 40 minutes beforehand. Then you’ll get a healthy energy release at the right time.

5. Think about each study session as having a beginning, a middle and an end. The beginning: spend five minutes telling yourself what you are going to do. Make sure you understand the instructions. Read them out loud. The middle bit: spend 45 minutes working. The end: spend ten minutes talking yourself through what you just did. Consolidate.

6. If you do (5) then you’re actually doing 45 minutes work with a beginning and an end on either side, so it’s not really an hour. 45 minutes is much more manageable! Just do make sure that on either side of the 45 minutes you have a beginning (5 minutes) and an end (10 minutes).

7. Get some exercise when you can. It is as important as your work. It is also as important as a good night’s sleep.

8. Try and limit screen time if you can. If you have had a big chunk of time using your computer to get  tasks then stay off the PS4 or Xbox in the evening. Equally, if you’ve had a day away from the screen, then access to screens for games is not as bad. 

9. Give yourself little rewards once you have finished your planned work for the day.

10. We cannot expect parents to transform themselves into teachers they are there to encourage and support. Asking questions is key: what went well? What can you remember? What did you enjoy? And offering praise. 

We’ll get some feedback from pupils about how they have found things this week and next week and report back to you. They are quite good at finding their own way, with a little guidance of course.

In the meantime I will continue to be based at school and will provide updates on a regular basis. 

Best wishes to you all,

Shelley 

Message from the PTA:-

During these uncertain and scary times we, as your PTA, want to try and offer the parents of our lovely school a place of comfort and support. Please use this facebook group as a place to share ideas for activities, arrange with your children's classmates mum's/dad's opportunities for them to have video chats so they can keep in touch. If you are feeling sad or stressed use this group to reach out for support, we will all be going through the same emotions and difficulties.

If you can't get out and about and need anything, someone in this group may be able to help.

A little chat on the playground or a kind word sometimes means so much in a person's day - let's try and keep that going here.