At Byers Green, we are linked to nefirst credit union who have simple, straight forward saving accounts for adults and children. It also operates an inclusive and ethical approach to family loans.

You or your child can join the community bank and make regular savings. Banking day at school is Thursday.

I have attached the posters and leaflets detailing further information about the Credit Union:

NE First family Loans

nefirst Credit Union

beware of loan sharks

If you want further information please contact:

nefistcu.co.uk or phone 0330 055 3666 or Mrs Blenkiron will be happy to help.

 

At Byers Green we wish to promote a love of reading.

Every week we run a book club on a Friday afternoon, starting on 27^th September

The children can choose a book they would love to read and reserve it. We are encouraging a weekly savings card where the children can bring some money per week to save up for their book. By doing this, it will help to develop an understanding of saving money and help to promote a sense of delayed gratification. Once your child has saved enough money, they can bring their book home and choose a new one to start saving for. Alternatively, if you wish for them to buy a book in full, this is no problem. Books tend to cost approximately £2 or £3.

In school, the children receive house point tickets for many positive reasons such as helping others or showing a fantastic attitude to learning. During praise assembly on a Friday, one house point ticket will be chosen out of each class’s golden box. The lucky winner will receive a £1 voucher for book club.

Any money raised from book club goes back towards purchasing new books.

Research from Oxford University Press shows that:

Reading for pleasure opens up new worlds for children. It gives them the opportunity to use their imagination to explore new ideas, visit new places and meet new characters.

Reading for pleasure also improves children’s well-being and empathy. It helps them to understand their own identity, and gives them an insight into the world and the views of others. Research shows that reading for pleasure can be directly linked to children’s success throughout their time at school and even into adulthood.

Please find below a range of training offered to parents by CAMHS in the Autumn term:

Parent workshops September – December 2024

Please find some photos of our amazing Colour Run!

 

Thank you for everyone who attended and took part. We are still gathering in the sponsor money. We will tell you our grand total soon!

Our Colour Run is on Friday 7^th June at the School Field. The children will practise before-hand and then parents are invited to join in with their children as follows:

Class 4 (+ parents) will run at 2:05

Class 3 (+ parents) will run at 2:20

Class 1 and 2 (+ parents) will run at 2:35

Please can children come to school on Friday in the kit they wish to take part in. The organisers re-iterated the need for old clothes and how effective it looks in a plain white t-shirt. If you have any old plain white t-shirts you could donate, we would really appreciate it. If you need a plain t-shirt, please get in touch with Mrs Blenkiron.

You are welcome to take your child(ren) home at the end of the event (approximately 2:55) and we will dismiss them from the top field. At the end of the event, we will sit the children in their class areas and school staff must hand the children over to their adult. If you are unable to attend, children will be taken back to school and dismissed at the end of the school day at 3:15 as usual.

Parents are invited to bring camping chairs and picnic blankets along to sit at the side to watch.

We are making this a sponsored event to raise money for the Team Solan Connor Fawcett Cancer Trust. Mark Solan will be joining us during the course of the afternoon and following this up with an assembly to tell the children about their work.

Please can all children bring a water bottle. In case of sunny weather, can children bring sun cream to school or put a long-lasting cream on in the morning.

If the weather forecast is poor, we will let you know on the morning if the event will be cancelled.

Any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch,

Kind regards,

Miss Dodds

The theme of Anti-bullying week is ‘Make a Noise About Bullying’.

The children have completed assemblies and discussions in class about bullying. Mrs King has set the children the challenge of making a poster to encourage kind behaviour and promote good choices.

In-line with the theme of ‘Make a Noise About Bullying,’ we have reminded the children to speak up if they are unhappy about anything at school and speak to trusted adults.

To finish the theme week, we ask that everyone comes to school tomorrow wearing odd socks to celebrate that everyone is different and unique.

Tomorrow (Friday 17th November) is Children in Need day. As Friday is PE day for some classes, we will not be asking children to dress up because some of them will need to be in their PE kits. However, all children are welcome to wear any Children in Need accessories they may have.

If you wish to donate to Children in Need, please follow the donation link below:

Donate to BBC Children in Need

 

Thank you once again to our school community for their contributions towards the local foodbank. Please see below the letter we received from them, thanking us for our support:

Letter from Spennymoor Foodbank