WOW & Attendance Winners

Congratulations to all of our winners this week!

Attendance Matters

At our Academy and under the guidance of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, we emphasise the importance of regular school attendance to support your child's educational progress and future prospects. We urge all parents/carers to work collaboratively with the Academy and the Local Authority to ensure the best possible outcomes for their children's education.

Please refer to the following page on our school website 

School Attendance – Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

You can find our attendance information here. 

• Reminder: We Are a Nut‑Free School

To help keep all children and staff safe, please remember that our school is strictly nut‑free. Any food items found in lunchboxes that contain nuts will need to be removed.

We also ask parents to be mindful of other items placed in lunchboxes. Please ensure that anything with sharp or potentially unsafe components—such as skewers, cocktail sticks, or similar items—is removed before sending lunches into school.

Thank you very much for your continued support and cooperation.

• Kooth

https://www.kooth.com/

Kooth is the UK’s largest and longest established digital mental health service. We partner with NHS and local authority organisations to deliver game-changing mental health support to young people from age 10 and up. Kooth is for all young people - whatever background, whatever situation:

• Free - Kooth is funded in a local services partnership, so users never have to pay

• Private and confidential - Everyone can find help in absolute confidence

• Safe space - all content on our platform is checked by our safety team

• Flexible - available 365 days a year, with no waiting lists

  For Families: Anxiety & self care

  Please encourage families in your community to join Kooth for a free 45 minute webinar where they will hear from one of our community engagement team, alongside a clinician from Kooth, who will share expert tips on:

  - how to spot the signs of anxiety

  - how to offer support if their child is struggling

  - how Kooth can help.

  There are two dates available. Please share with families.

  Book 26th Jan            

  Book 28th Jan

• September Nursery Places Available

If your child turns 3 years old prior to September and you are looking for a nursery place, get in touch with us now to be added to our waiting list

We have tour dates available as well as stay and play sessions for children.

We can offer our families a relaxed classroom based learning environment, with teacher led activities and enrichment such as baking, a dedicated outdoor play area, in-school workshops and school trips

We currently have 15 and 30 hours places available, Monday to Friday, 8:45am – 3:15pm term time.

If you’d like more information or would like to book onto a tour, please contact us using the form below.

We’d love to welcome you and your child into our setting!

• Changes to ParentPay

Please see the letter here regarding changes to ordering school meals. 

The instructions on how to use ParentPay can be found below. 

• Fundraising

We are using a great website called EasyFundraising to help raise money for The Friends of Ravenfield. It turns your everyday online shopping into FREE donations when you use them to shop.​
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Please register using this link – just click sign up ​
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/support-a-good-cause/step-1/?char=386104&invite=gyqqa2&referral-campaign=c2s&utm_campaign=web-referral​
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There’s no catch or hidden charges!​

• Sickness & Diarrhoea

We continue to have students ill with the sickness bug. We follow HSC Public Health Agency guidance which states children should be kept off school for 48 hours from the last episode of either. If your child does have any sickness & diarrhoea, then we ask you to follow these guidelines and contact school as normal to report their absence. If your child is sent home from school, then this guidance will also apply. 

• PE

Please find the PE timetable for this half term. 

• Wraparound Care

  Wraparound Care is available before and after school each day.

  

• Sports Events

Here is the current list of all sports events for the rest of the year. All children in the appropriate year groups will have an opportunity to sign up for the various events. The selection process will be fair, and we will monitor who has been chosen for which event throughout the year. As always, dates and events are subject to change by the hosts. 

Please note we have 4 Subject in the Spotlight/Stay and Learn events this half term:

• 20th January – 2pm - Science – Subject In The Spotlight. Parents are invited to classes. It will start with a presentation from Miss Chantler (Science Lead) followed by an opportunity to see Science in action. For our Y2 families, it is also a more formal opportunity to meet Mrs Barber (new Y2 teacher). 

• 6th February – Maths – 8:45 - 10am - NSPCC Number Day – Stay and Learn event. Parents will sign in the hall and then join the child in class to complete maths themed activities. 

• 10th February - 2pm - Art Subject In the Spotlight. Parents are invited to classes. It will start with a presentation from Mrs Milner (Art Lead) followed by an opportunity to see Art  in action.

Here you can find out the information from our recent PE Subject In The Spotlight session. Read more.

Whats On This Week

Tuesday 20 - Subject In The Spotlight

Friday 23 - Jungle Jo (FS2, Y2 & Y3)

Activkids UK

Our school is excited to announce a special fundraising event taking place on 30th January. Children will have the fantastic opportunity to take part in a fun fitness circuit led by Lioness Jess Clarke, followed by an inspiring assembly with a question-and-answer session. To support the event, your child will be bringing home a sponsorship form today or on Friday. We look forward to a brilliant day that will motivate and encourage all our pupils!  

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