Dear Parents and Carers,

Following our visit to Beamish Museum, our school community has the opportunity to purchase reduced entry tickets for the museum during half term.

Please find attached the letter from the outreach team. If you would like a paper copy of the letter, please get in touch.

Letter to Parents Byers Green

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch,

Kind regards,

Miss Dodds

Child Toy Safety

The Child Accident Prevention Trust has published a list of eight gifts most likely to cause an accident this year. We thought this might be a useful article to raise awareness.

https://capt.org.uk/8-dangerous-gifts-to-avoid-this-christmas/

We will be having a non-uniform day on Friday 15^th November for Children in Need. Please could children bring a donation – we suggest £1, but any amount would be greatly appreciated. All coins will be placed on Pudsey Bear and we will see how much Team Byers Green can raise to support this super cause.

Dear Parents/ Carers

Nasal and Intramuscular Flu Vaccination Consent Form 

Your child’s flu vaccination is now due and the school session is booked for 5 November 2024.

This vaccination is recommended to help protect your child against flu. Flu can be an unpleasant illness and can cause serious complications. Vaccinating your child will also help protect more vulnerable family and friends by preventing the spread of flu.

Please complete the electronic consent form using the link below before 29 October 2024. (one for each child) to ensure your child receives their vaccination.

https://nhsImms.azurewebsites.net/session/18873b43

Once your child has received their flu vaccination, you will receive an email with our contact details and possible side effects listed.

‘The nasal spray is the preferred flu vaccine for children. It is quick, painless, easy to administer and may be better at reducing the spread of flu to others than an injected vaccine. There will be a small number of children in the school not able to have the nasal vaccine because of pre-existing medical conditions or treatments. They will be offered an injected vaccine. The injected vaccine is also available for children whose parents don’t want them to have the nasal spray because of the very small amount of porcine gelatine (used as a stabiliser)’ (NHS 2024).

If you have any queries, please contact the school age immunisation service on 0333 358 3397.

If your child has already had the Flu vaccine since September 2024 please complete a refusal form.

If you have any problems accessing the link, please telephone 0333 358 3397.

Kind Regards,

Immunisation Team

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.