Newsletter Friday 25Th June 2021

Barton, Ravensworth, East Cowton

9 and Kirkby Fleetham CE Schools

Cornerstone Schools Newsletter Building Futures with Love Friday 25th June 2021

Dear Parents and Carers,

On Monday our schools celebrated World Music day by learning about music in many forms from different parts of the world. In my travels around the schools I’ve heard some lovely recorder playing, some interesting African instrumentals, Brazilian Sambas, I’ve seen street dance and a New Zealand Haka and learned about an amazing Ethiopian string instrument called a masinko. Well done everyone – what a talented bunch you are!

Coronavirus Sadly one of our schools had to close this week as a member of the school community tested positive for coronavirus. This means that all the children and staff are self-isolating for 10 days and are back to remote learning. It brings home the fact that the number of cases is rising in the area and that we still need to follow the guidance carefully and remain cautious. As you will all be aware, the government guidance states that: Pupils, staff and other adults must not come into the school if: • they have one or more COVID-19 symptoms • a member of their household (including someone in their support bubble or childcare bubble if they have one) has COVID-19 symptoms • they are legally required to quarantine, having recently visited countries outside the Common Travel Area • they have had a positive test • have been in close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19 If you or your child is unwell and you don’t know what to do you can contact 111.nhs.uk Please keep your child at home and arrange a test for them if they have symptoms. Thankyou for your support with this.

End of term events Normally at this time of year we would be inviting parents to a range of end of term events. Sadly it is looking increasingly unlikely that parents will be able to come on to the school site. We will send further confirmation at the start of next week. Y6 Transition days Unfortunately the latest government guidance makes it very difficult for secondary school transition days to go ahead and all the local secondary schools have cancelled their planned transition days. We will work closely with them to ensure a smooth start to Y7 for our pupils. We have also had to change our plans for transition into reception, and our reception starters will now be visiting at times when they will not be breaching the rules about ‘bubbles’.

Have a lovely weekend everyone, Kind regards,

Headteacher

Barton, Ravensworth, East Cowton and Kirkby Fleetham CE Primary Schools are members of Dales Academies Trust, company number 08372064, registered office at: Blair Avenue, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton on Tees, TS17 5BL

Ravensworth CE School

Ravensworth - Children celebrating achievements this week: Stars of the Week Writers of the Week Class 1: Freddie Art & Ellie Carpenters Cup Miss Pole Class 2: Chloe Dexter & Effie The Monkey Holly Class 3: Kim & Charlotte Callam, Alanna & Charlotte

News From Class 3 Life is pretty busy in Class 3 at the moment. We have just started reading our new class novel ‘The 1,000 year old boy’ by Ross Welford. We’ve only read a few chapters, but it is great and has inspired us to start planning a story based on taking some sort of magical potion which give us a special power. Our maths is working on shapes – reflecting, moving them on a grid and recognising their properties. We’ve started learning about the Vikings as part of our history and this week have looked at some evidence and how we can learn about their way of life from artefacts. We even found out about the Viking sword which was found in Gilling West in 1976. I think you may have Archaeological digging finds some archaeological digs in your garden this weekend! Although some of our end of term activities will be curtailed this year, there is still plenty happening for the children to enjoy. The annual tennis tournament starts next week – we cannot wait!

Another fantastic week at dodgeball club as we continued to practice our core skills and introduce the catching rule. We have been reminding ourselves of the most important rule – honesty – as well as remembering to stay focused and keep our eyes on the other team at all times! As we have improved, we have begun to talk about tactics in games and most importantly of all we have had an incredible amount of fun.

School admin information May we please remind everyone to send details of any appointments, bus changes etc straight to the office and not via dojo as all changes have to be logged via Administrators. As Teaching staff are really busy, there is an opportunity for messages sent via dojo to be inadvertently missed. Milk & juice orders for September will be prepared soon. All current orders for pupils will continue unless we are advised in the next couple of weeks that your child wishes to change their order. Many thanks

Ravensworth – Dates for your diary Mon 28th June Virtual Meet Tutor evening Richmond School also Wed 30th June & Thurs 1st July for tour video, please click here: https://www.explorerichmond.org/ Mon 5th July Independence Day school lunch– all pupils are welcome to have a meal Mon12th – Wed 14thJuly Proposed Richmond School transition days. Cancelled Fri 23rd July School closes for summer holidays 3.10pm - no after school club available Mon 6th Sept Teacher Training Day – school closed

Tues 7th Sept School re-opens at usual time

Quick Links for Each School

BARTON KIRKBY FLEETHAM School Lunch Menu: School Lunch information School Admin email: [email protected]

School Holidays/Term Dates: Term Dates 2020-2021 School Lunch Menu: School Lunch Information Term-Dates-2021-2022 School Holidays/Term Dates: Term Dates 2020-2021 The Friends of Barton School easy fundraising at no Term Dates 2021-2022 cost to you: Easy Fundraising https://smile.amazon.co.uk Wraparound care: Breakfast and Afterschool Club

Wraparound care: Breakfast and Afterschool Club Friends of the School Facebook link: Friends

Parentpay: https://www.parentpay.com/ ParentPay: ParentPay login

Cool Milk: https://www.coolmilk.com/ Uniform: Uniform order form

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Covid 19 Risk Assessments: click here Covid 19 Risk Assessments: click here

EAST COWTON RAVENSWORTH Admin email address: [email protected] School Lunch Menu: School Lunch Information

School Lunch Menu: School Lunch Information School Holidays/Term Dates:Term Dates 2020-2021 Term-Dates-2021-2022. School Holidays/Term Dates: Term Dates 2020-2021 Term Dates 2021-2022 Wraparound care: Afterschool Club

Friends of the school link: Friends Ravensworth School Friends quick fundraising:- smile.amazon.co.uk Wraparound care: Afterschool Club www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/rsfarichmond/ ParentPay: ParentPay Login Please ensure that your ParentPay accounts are in Uniform: school/uniform/ credit each week – Thankyou Parent pay: click Uniform Order: Order direct from School trends via Newsletter: 4 school newsletters link this link: School Trends.

Newsletter: 4 school newsletters link Covid 19 Risk Assessments: click here Covid 19 Risk Assessments: click here

Useful Contacts and Links for Parents

County Music service Is your child interested in playing a musical instrument? North Yorkshire County Music Service offer a wide variety of lessons for pupils. For more information on the type of lessons available and costs, please visit www.northyorkshiremusichub.co.uk to register your interest.

SENCO: If your child is struggling and you would like some advice, please contact their class teacher in the first instance, or you can contact Miss Crisp our SENCO on [email protected]

Keeping Children Safe Online Whilst children are spending so much time online, we need to make sure we keep them as safe as possible. If you would like some advice on this, please see guidance for parents below: https://www.net-aware.org.uk/networks/?page=7 https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/ https://www.net-aware.org.uk/news/getting-to-know-what-your-child-is-doing-online/ https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents http://www.net-aware.org.uk/send-online-safety-hub/

Free School meals If your circumstances have changed and you think you may be eligible for free school meals, please contact the school office or follow this link: Apply for Free School Meals

Links to Free online books: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/download-e-books-e-magazines-and-digital-audiobooks

Turn on the subtitles: Help your child to learn to read whilst they watch television https://turnonthesubtitles.org/

Sports links: North Yorkshire Club Finder A great way for schools to 'signpost' their pupils (parents/guardians) to their local clubs. The link can be found here - North Yorkshire Sport - Activity Finder

Junior Parkrun Northallerton Leisure Centre fields, at present for 4-10 year olds. It is a free weekly 2km event and to take part a child needs to be registered with parkrun. website https://www.parkrun.org.uk/northallerton-juniors

Cricket for all Happening at a local club near you! Find your local cricket club at: https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/dynamoscricket”

Facebook pages Please help us to promote our schools by liking and sharing out Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/Barton-CE-Primary-School-107161734680028 https://www.facebook.com/East-Cowton-CE-School-101930341769707 https://www.facebook.com/Kirkby-Fleetham-CE-School-102216125067240 https://www.facebook.com/Ravensworth-CE-Primary-school-100240412148195