❤️ WRITE A LOVE LETTER ❤️

The Love Spoon Bakery is doing a community project at the bakery and we’ll be taking part as a House Competition.

The Bakery is collecting love letters – notes about who or what you love.
It can be anything: a person, a pet, a moment, a memory, or something tiny like the way the light hits the fields on a frosty morning.
It can be a single sentence, a full letter, or even a poem.

The letters will be turned into a growing installation in the bakery window for everyone walking past.

Winners will receive a box of cakes on Valentine’s Day and House points.

The deadline for entries is next Friday so we would like to encourage children to create their entry at home! Please submit these to Mr Hughes in Leopards who will choose a House winner before dropping them at the bakery.

SOCIAL MEDIA & SMARTPHONES

We have held a couple of parent evenings to discuss smartphones and children this term for parents navigating the world of smartphones and social media use.  We recommend delaying access to smartphones for primary-aged children for many reasons around access to damaging online material from explicit material to violence and psychologically damaging content.  Below is a link from the Children’s Commissioner called “What I Wish My Parents or Carers Knew” which has been written with children who have grown up using smartphones:

What I Wish My Parents Knew – A Guide For Parents & Carers on Managing Children’s Online Lives

AI USE & DEEPFAKE IMAGES

A worrying trend developing nationally is the use of AI by young people to manipulate or create explicit images of staff, each other, or anyone else.  It is important that all families are aware that not only do these images create significant emotional harm to others, but is a serious criminal offence and can result in serious criminal consequences according to The Protection of Children Act 1978 and the Online Safety Act 2023.  Please speak to your children about the use of AI if they have access.  Again, we recommend that primary-aged children do not have access to these tools without direct supervision.

SCREENTIME ADVICE

Something for us all to think about for ourselves and our children, concerns are growing about the amount of screen time young children are receiving.

Digital devices are part of everyday life for many young people 📱 but how do they really impact wellbeing? The guide below explores how screen use can affect sleep, emotional regulation, physical health, and online experiences, and why concerns about wellbeing are growing.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have any queries or concerns around your children’s use of digital technology, or are not sure what to do for the best.

Coleham Safeguarding Team

Get Ahead with

• Outfit ideas for the day (cultural dress, national sports kits or own clothes in a colour of a flag)
• Save the Date for our after school International Food Market!
• Could you cook a cultural dish for the food market?

WANTED Parent volunteers to talk to a class about a country or culture you know well.

Please speak with your child’s class teacher or email the school office to arrange.

Coming Soon, a fun after school event!

Learn about snakes and exotic creatures at a live show.

Tickets can be purchased on Arbor School shop costing £5.

If your child is attending, teachers will take them to the hall after school and families should collect at 4.30pm from the front of school.

Reduced tickets of £1 are available for those families eligible for Free School Meal Children.

If your Year 2 or 3 child normally attends After School Club on a Tuesday they will also have access to attend.  Parents will not need to purchase a ticket or do anything.  Miss Nash will ask the children if they would like to attend and you can pick up either at 4.30pm or from After School at normal collection times.

NEW YEAR, NEW JOB!

Check out our website HERE for more info and please spread the word!