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Heads Up Our Wonderful Pupils Three key projects for the school are approaching completion and whilst it’s felt like a long We are extremely proud of Scott in The time in the planning, September should see us having access to new playground structures Keep for achieving a Gold level in his at both Shirehampton and at the Napier Miles site. This is in addition to the investment that ASDAN Personal Progress. governors have made in mobile playground equipment. September will also provide us with Scott has worked each day on our first opportunity to make use of the new hall and sensory integration studio at the Napier practical, physical, problem solving or Miles site, all very exciting! written tasks. It has been wonderful Governors have been planning for the next academic year and inset days. One of the to see him grow in confidence and challenges of being a special school is the number of statutory training obligations we have achieve so much. Well done Scott, you to accommodate each academic year as well did it!!! as planning for priorities emerging from our own self-evaluation. Governors have agreed a sixth inset day for next year to reflect this pressure – a decision not taken lightly and one which governors know will have a positive impact upon the learning of our pupils. The dates for next year can be found elsewhere in this newsletter. Best wishes, Neil Galloway

Parent Corner

Farm Holiday Club For young people aged 11-18 years with mild to moderate support needs. * young people with additional needs are welcome to bring support.

Animal care! Apple Pressing! Wood Work! Cookery! Crafts!Gardening! Make new friends! Build confidence!

Elm Tree Farm is a local farm with Dates: 24th July 2017—31st August 2017 free range & organic principles. We Times: Monday—Friday 8:30am—3pm. are also a care farm providing training to adults with learning Cost: £25 per day difficulties and autism. For info & bookings please call: 07464 670915 or email: Well done to Casey at our [email protected] Shirehampton site for having a wonderful attitude and behaviour towards school and work this term! Let’s Go Bristol! We are very proud of you. Short Break Transport Scheme BOOKING NOW for Summer 2017 onwards! Want to get out and about this summer? Bristol Parent Carers have funding for the next 12 months for the Let's Go Bristol! Short Breaks Transport Scheme, and are now taking bookings from Important Dates June 2017 onwards! The last day of this term is Friday 21st THIS SCHEME is for parent carers living in the city of Bristol who have children (0-25 years) with July when we break up for summer. disabilities, special educational needs and life-limiting conditions. It is designed to offer FREE Students return to school after the transport for those families who struggle to get out and about to fun activities. It is being run by summer break on Monday 4th Bristol Parent Carers and Bristol Community Transport. You can:- Use accessible cars with or without a driver. Use accessible minibuses with a driver. September 2017. Receive Minibus driver training (MIDAS) so in future you, a family member, can drive a minibus. Inset days for the next academic year, CONDITIONS: Vehicles are available during weekdays, evenings and weekends, all year round. 2017-2018 are as below: Each child has a financial limit that they can use: either for up to 6 local trips, 3 trips within neighbouring counties, or 1 trip further afield (depending on the distances involved). th BOOK NOW! To arrange your trip or ask questions, please telephone 07954 473953 on Tuesdays Monday 30 October 2017 and Thursdays between 9.30am and 1pm, email: [email protected] Tuesday 31st October 2017 Monday 29th January 2018 th Attendance Tuesday 30 January 2018 th Congratulations to the 56 students who have achieved 100% attendance Tuesday 8 May 2018 th for Term 6, what a great achievement! (See names on back page) Tuesday 24 July 2018

Sharon Hart; Pastoral & Safeguarding Lead. Monday 7th May 2018 – Early May Bank Holiday

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Parent Corner Bristol Family Cycling Centre are running ‘Disability Inclusive Cycling’ sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer holidays as well as some Wednesdays. For more information contact: 01275 832800 Work Experience (at busy times staff may be outside working so please leave a message) Liam and Muna from Napier Miles

Secondary did their work experience at The Bristol Family Cycling Centre Kingsweston House café, they served hot Old Whitchurch Athletics Track drinks, did some cleaning and helped to Entrance via the car park adjacent to Action Indoor sports take orders. Bamfield They both worked really hard as you can see: Bristol BS14 0FE. www.betterbybike.info

There are many festivals, open days, craft sessions and group day trips happening throughout the summer holidays, a list of lots of what’s

going on can be found on our school website under;

Whole School Information ; Parent/Carers & Families; Parent/Carer information.

Findabilitybristol.org.uk is also a great website to see events and information for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, and their families in Bristol

Employability Event @ Brightstowe

This was a mixture of hands-on activities for pupils and an information event for pupils, staff Once again many thanks to the team at and families. Kingsweston House who always make In the first hour 15 pupils had a practice interview with a person they hadn’t met before for our pupils so welcome. a job they had chosen. A big thank you to the 6 interviewers who gave up their time to help, including two of our Governors. Richie and Ainsley from Napier Miles Secondary spent 3 days at Brandon 23 pupils also took part in one of three workshops, learning to work as a team, thinking Trust’s Elm Tree Farm. about jobs and decorating cup cakes. Many thanks to those who ran the workshops (Project Search/Bristol Supported Internships, Mencap and Into Catering). The pupils had great fun! They did lots of important jobs like egg collecting, mucking out, weeding, The second part of the morning was a chance to talk to organisations offering supported internships in Bristol. This included Mencap, Project Search, Into Catering and Bristol walking the horses, woodwork and Supported Internships. general helping around the farm. There was also a representative from Job Centre Plus and the Preparation For Adulthood They even helped take down a gazebo! Team (who explained how EHCP’s can be used to help get ready for paid work). We are planning to have far more links with employers and Job Centre Plus in the next year to help to prepare our pupils better for the employment market.

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Teaching and Learning Kingsweston Centre @ Brightstowe Yew class have had a busy term 6 finishing off exams. We have also been attending The Wheels Project which everyone has enjoyed so Work Experience much. Students have been working in teams Marcus from our Brightstowe site has taking apart a go kart, painting it and then been working as a teaching assistant at reassembling it. On the 20th July we will be Shirehampton Primary in the reception racing go karts at Avonmouth. A big thank you class once again to CJR property services for Here’s what he says about it:” It’s been a donating money to make this possible. blast, especially being climbed all over!” The Business Enterprise accredited course has been a real Marcus has been walking to and from his success this year and students made and sold their products placement independently, well done! at the Kingsweston Centre @ Brightstowe Summer Fair making a fantastic profit of £72.00. This will be reinvested Annie and Nathan from our Ashley Down for next year’s new Business Enterprise projects during term Post 16 class have been working as 5 and 6. Emily sold hand made sock kitties with adoption “meeters & greeters” at the Postcard certificates; Jordan sold chocolate and toffee popcorn as Exhibition organised by New Fosseway well as showing a movie; Marcus, Ruben and Zak sold herbs that were grown in Horticulture sessions; Jordan promoted his DJ business - School which was held at a local gallery. “Double Dex”; Gina sold her cool canvas bags and Maple Class sold their pop art and cup cakes.

Napier Miles Primary As part of sports week, some pupils from Napier Miles Primary went to Clip ‘N Climb. They were really brave climbing all the Meet and way to the top of up a Greet variety of different walls. involves They climbed super cleaning up quickly too! too!

They did themselves and Kingsweston School proud! Nick Rechter: Transitions Support Worker

Kingsweston Centre @ Shirehampton Our wonderful pupils This term Harriers class have continued to impress with their great team work and Ozi in Napier Miles Primary has been collaboration. We helped to make our sports day a huge success by planning, preparing amazing at using an iPad to communicate and running a sports fair after sports day. The class worked in 4 small groups to plan this term. He has learnt to answer a their different stalls and then create items to sell. It was a great afternoon, and Harriers variety of who, where and what questions proved to be very persuasive stall holders. Jordan’s water pistol game and Sonny’s independently. lemonade stand were huge hits on such a hot day, while the fantastic creative items Harriers had made at Casey’s stall were the talk of the centre. Well done Harriers you He has also been able to describe what he have impressed us all with your amazing team work. can see in photos. Well done Ozi!

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Teaching and Learning Post 16 @ Ashley Down College After last year's mixed results growing on the allotments, this years 'changeable' weather has certainly been much more successful. We are seeing, weekly, the changes as seeds turn Our wonderful pupils to seedlings before bursting forth in their race for the sun!

The students have also been working at developing the plot by helping with moving allotment fixtures, creating a new access slope, clearing and cutting back overgrowth and building some new simple fencing to reduce trespassers having access. All the students do their best, which is all we can ask. However, someone who thrives in this physical and practical setting is Jordan. He has shown himself a willing worker throughout the seasons. Give him a clear task with a definite outcome and he is straight to work! So next time you experience all four seasons in one day, don't be downcast but think of all the greenery and life you see around you. And remember the old saying to 'make hay while the sun (with a little bit of rain) shines’! Callum in Napier Miles Post 16, has been carrying out voluntary work in the school Brightstowe Summer Fair and wider community this term and is always enthusiastic and ready for any task We raised £159 for the Grenfell Tower Tragedy. Each class decided on activities or products they could prepare ahead of time to sell, and the stalls all looked brilliant! given to him. He has been supporting Kelly in the Secret Garden completing KS4 pupils had opportunities to research products, work out costs to make the products, maintenance tasks and has also been buy the necessary ingredients / items needed and then sell them for a profit. As part of involved in voluntary work at St. Mary’s this process they also found out more about market research and advertising their products. All pupils had opportunities to man the stalls, receive money and experience church in Shirehampton, where has been calculating change for their customers. We had good support from parents who visited helping with cleaning and setting up us and we had great feedback! It was an enjoyable afternoon, as always ending with chairs and tables for community group the highlight of throwing soaked sponges at the staff! meetings. Callum was apart of a group who grew marigolds from seed in Horticulture sessions and donated them to

St. Mary’s Church garden for their pots

outside.

Environments

We have been recognised by The National Safety Certification Scheme for Schools, known as SafetyMARK, as having ‘excellent’ safety standards. The SafetyMARK scheme aims to provide guidance for schools and to recognise and reward those schools that have gone the extra mile to create a safe environment for staff, pupils, visitors and contractors. After a rigorous independent audit the school was able to demonstrate that it has first class levels of safety management and compliance and, in doing so, achieved the SafetyMARK Shantay in Napier Miles Secondary has award for excellence. been making good choices when she has Justin Smith of SafetyMARK stated, “Kingsweston School has a really positive attitude been feeling upset this term & has really with regard to health and safety and it is clear to see that safety is taken extremely improved her attendance. Great work seriously and that it is very well managed. The staff have established a robust health Shantay, we’re all very proud of you! and safety system and culture that is amongst the best in the country and we are delighted to recognise that fact with this prestigious award”.

Funding Success We have been successful in an application to Learning through Landscapes’ new Local School Nature Grants Programme, which is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. We have been awarded a lovely bee hotel which will be situated in our wildflower meadow; students will be working together to make the hotel welcoming for bees. We also received a ’Get Growing’ kit full of Organic Seeds and useful information to develop our Horticulture sessions which were funded by Garden Organic UK.

www.kingsweston.bristol.sch.uk Tel:0117 9030400 5 Teaching and Learning The Keep Euan and Scott had an amazing time feeding the animals at Cattle Country! They were calm and gentle with the animals, feeding llamas, sheep and Guinea pigs. It was a well-deserved treat for all the hard work and effort they had put in throughout the year.

Napier Miles Secondary We have had great fun in our Sports Week. Pupils experienced a bungee run (chosen by the department school council) and pupils voted for an activity afternoon featuring egg and spoon race, welly throwing, skittles and basketball.

School Events Our wonderful pupils Great Get Together Kingsweston hosted a ‘Great Get Together’, in memory of the death of the MP Jo Cox, whose lifelong message that “we have more in common than that which divides us” is one we felt it was important to remember. Classes from all sites assembled at

Kingsweston House for a picnic and an afternoon of relaxed fun, with football, cricket, cakes and strawberries. We would like to thank all the parents and family members who joined us to celebrate this special occasion.

Well done Zak at our Brightstowe site for maintaining a positive mind-set, showing resilience, responsibility & staying focused Election on achieving his goals to the end. During the first week back Zak always shows kindness and Brightstowe site learnt about British democracy consideration to others and is a wonderful and why we were having a general election. On student to have around. June 8th Ash class acted as Polling Clerks while all of the pupils and staff voted. To mirror what was happening around the country, pupils were all given a polling card with which they identified themselves at the Polling Station. The Clerks then checked to see that they had not voted already, before issuing ballot cards and instructing them on how and where to vote. As for the results let’s just say there’s a new RED dawn approaching! Well done to Callum at our Brightstowe site for his growth in confidence and huge Thank you! developments with his communication this Thank you to the below companies who donated raffle prizes and funds for our fair. year. Callum is also always kind and Your support is really appreciated. This event will now take place in September and will considerate to others. be a good opportunity for us celebrate the building redevelopments at our Napier Miles site.

Thank you to all the parents that attended our ‘Make one, take one’ events. We have planted up some lovely containers with herbs to make what was a grey space that many students walk through every day, into a much greener and more inviting space.

We hope the flower pots you took home are looking good too!

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Students have been busy pulling up our harvest of onions and potatoes as well as keeping on top of the continual watering process for the beans, courgettes, tomatoes, lettuces, cauliflowers, squashes and soft fruit bushes that are all growing in the Secret Garden and Polytunnel.

We’ve been racing snails this term and have been going on worm hunts, we’ve also found some frogs, toads and newts during Forest School sessions which have caused much excitement! We have enjoyed making some dens and playing in the tents on the field.

Our wild flower meadow is looking beautiful, students have enjoyed going on bug hunts, relaxing in the quiet space and exploring the flowers as well as doing some yoga and mindfulness activities.

Governors Area Some more information about how we as governors organise what we do. So that we can carry out the responsibilities we have as governors effectively, in relation to Kingsweston, we divide our work between several committees. One of these, which I chair, is responsible for overseeing the teaching and learning of the pupils and their safeguarding. It meets once every term. The head teacher, deputy head teacher and the business manager of the school join a group of five governors, and a clerk attends to record what we discuss and the decisions we make. Most of the information we receive comes to us in the form of documents, as graphs or data tables. The senior staff who attend give extra information about these and answer our questions. But so that we can see exactly how all of this relates to the young people who are pupils in our school and what they learn, members of staff come along to our meetings from time to time and explain part of what they do. Most recently an Assistant Head teacher attended and gave us an account of how staff plan each individual pupil’s progress as they engage with different learning activities and record what they achieve as a result. These staff presentations are some of the most popular parts of our agendas, they are invaluable in giving us background to and context for what we read, bringing alive all those facts and figures! It is also very nice to meet the individual members of staff and share their enthusiasm for what they do. Mary Kear; Governor

Attendance 21. Nathanael 42. Jay 1. Ahmed 22. Lucas 43. Ruben 2. Kai 23. Lance 44. Daniel 3. Brenda 24. Benoit 45. Charlotte 4. Bobby 25. Bartosz 46. Roszina We are very sad to be saying goodbye to five long 5. Zachariah 26. Morgan 47. Mohammed L standing members of staff. 6. Cameron 27. Yug 48. Ibrahim O Sharon Hart has worked as our Pastoral & Safeguarding Lead for 7 years, supporting many 7. Ismail A 28. Brandon 49. S families and young people across all of our sites 8. Muna 29. Ethan 50. Georgie and departments. 9. Liam 30. Casey 51. Nasser Laura Pfister has worked as a Teaching Assistant in 10. Daniel 31. Ellie 52. K many departments throughout the school for over 11. Jack H 32. Tristan 53. Edith 13 years. 12. Sean 33. Isaac 54. Ibrahim H James Bessex has worked at Kingsweston School for 10 years, first as a Teaching Assistant and then 13. Hannah 34. K'olee 55. Ozi since qualifying as a teacher he has worked at 14. Nanaki 35. Oliver T 56. Lenny Napier Miles. 15. Cadwell 36. Alfred Vicky Ley has worked as a Teaching Assistant in 16. Rajah 37. Alexander Napier Miles Primary for 3 years. 17. Yasir 38. Sonny M Rachel West has worked as a Teaching Assistant at Brightstowe & Shirehampton sites for over 3 years. 18. Diaz 39. Marcin Thank you for all of your hard work and 19. Jessica 40. Adriane commitment to our school, you will all be greatly 20. Woody 41. Joseph M missed.

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