1 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 st and Thursdays between 9.30am and 1pm, email: [email protected] Tuesday 31 October 2017 th Monday 29 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 www.kingsweston.bristol.sch.uk Tel:0117 9030400 2 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. www.kingsweston.bristol.sch.uk Tel:0117 9030400 3 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.