Good afternoon

We have made it through another busy week - with special thanks to Mrs Hergest for collecting donations towards the Ukraine Appeal and thank you to all of you for your kind and generous donations.  We have extended to accept donations Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week – there will be a table under the shelters.  Once again, thank you for your generosity.

Within school, we look forward to Red Nose Day / Comic Relief next Friday where children are invited in non-uniform to wear something red and enter our joke competition (details of this have already been sent out).

Next week is Science week and there will be all sorts taking place in and out of the classrooms so watch for some interesting photographs in the next newsletter.

Finally, I look forward to the return of ‘Hot Chocolate Friday’ for those children who have earnt Star of the Week in their class.

With best wishes

Lucy Collins

As you may be aware, one of our parents, Mrs Hergest is collecting items for a supply convoy that will be leaving for the Ukraine.  They will have a table on the front playground between 8.45am – 9.15am Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as a collection point. 

The following items have been requested. If you are able to donate any items from the list we would be very grateful (please no teddy bears, but colouring, activity books and colouring pencils etc very welcome).

Medical equipment:

Bandages
Micropore/adhesive tape
Plasters
Savlon liquid / antiseptic solution
Gauze dressings
Dressing packs
Dressing pads
Steristrips
Normal saline to irrigate wounds
Normal saline eye drops
Triangle slings
Scissors
Disposable gloves and aprons
Milton solution to strerilise

Medication:

Paracetamol
Ibuprofen anti inflammatory drugs
Calpol
Lemsip
Anti histamine
Gaviscon
Sanitary items
Soap tablet bars
Shampoo
Razors
Shaving gel
Liquid soap
Shower gel
Hand wipes
Feminine products.

Babies:

Nappies
Bottles/ Teats
Milton steriliser
Soothers 
Milk formula

Food:

Spread
Dried milk 
Dried egg
Flour
Yeast
Sunflower oil
Lard
Dried veg
Dried pulses
Dried soup mix
Oats
Barley grains
Tinned fish/ Tuna
Tinned meat / corned beef etc
Tinned veg
Bread
Tomato paste
Salt /herbs/pepper
Stock cubes
Tomato ketchup
Mayonaise
Sugar 
Condensed milk
Sweeteners
Tea 
Coffee
Uht milk
Dried Pasta eg vermicelli 
Rice
Instant mash potato
Noodles 
High energy bars
Energy Gels

The Stars of the Week for week ending 4th March:

The Stars of the Week for week ending 11th March:

Half term, Stay and Play sessions are always full of laughter and being crafty:

Half term, Forest School, exploring, building, cooking the opportunities are endless:

Year 4 are finding their novel study extremely inspiring:

EYFS and Key Stage 1 have made some discoveries:

Class 9 made a magic potion:

The children made a potion with bats blood, slug slime, hair and nail clippings, then decided what they were going to use it for. 

• Some of them wanted to be invisible
• Some wanted to read others minds 
• Some wanted to turn themselves into an animal. 

Multi-Skills Festival

Some children from Years 3 and 4 represented Linden at a multi-skills festival. They took part in many exciting activities such as throwing, bowling and balancing. Great work Team Linden! 

Author Visit

Local author and illustrator Hannah Shaw visited Linden in celebration of World Book Day. She spent the day with the children, sharing her many books and leading hands-on workshops.

Class 11

Class 9

Year 1

These are some comments that the children made about their favourite books today for the newsletter.

"I like my book because the bear in the story gets fixed at the end by the little girl. It is a happy ending".

"The hungry caterpillar eats so much that he gets bigger and bigger. In the end he is a butterfly".

"I like it when the duck tricks the rat in the Highway Rat".

"This book is funny because Norman the slug has a silly shell made out of a doughnut".

Class 5

We spent the morning in Class 5 in our own little book nooks/ dens, reading to each other and really getting into our favourite books.

Miss White even came down to join us.

Class 10 made Harry Potter bookmarks.

An email has now been sent to advise you that face to face parent’s evening meetings with your child’s class teacher will be available on:

Monday 4^th April (3:30pm-5:30pm)

Tuesday 5^th April (3:30pm–6:30pm)

Bookings will open 6pm on Monday 14^th March and closing on Monday 25^th at 12midday.

Bookings can only be taken via the SZapp, so please do ensure you have this downloaded on your chosen device.

Instructions on how to download the SZapp:

SZapp Install Instructions 

Please see below for details of some great courses online which are designed especially for parents/carers. All of the courses are open to all and free* to many.

Upgrade Your Maths is a 6 week course running on Thursday mornings from 10-12. This course is designed especially for parents who are anxious about maths. Parents work in a small group online and are supported so that they soon feeling comfortable tackling a range of maths questions and develop confidence to support their children with their homework. Starting on Thursday 3 March. You can enrol by clicking on this link Upgrade Your Maths

Help Your Child with Reading for ESOL Parents runs on Wednesday afternoons online. The focus of the class is to improve parents English skills and look at the techniques schools use to support children to learn to read in the UK.  This class runs weekly in term time from 2 March. You can enrol by clicking on this link English class- Help Your Child with Reading

Calm Kids, Calm Home is a 6 week course running on Friday mornings. The course look at ways of making the home environment calmer, including discussing effective co-parenting, family routines, parents as role models and self care.

Starting on Friday 4 March  from 9:30- 11:00. You can enrol by clicking on this link Calm Kids, Calm Home

Calming the Mind is a 6 week introduction to mindfulness. Parents who attended this course last year have noticed a real change in their lives, and a greatly improved relationship with their children.

Starting on  Tuesday 1 March from 7:30-8:30. You can enrol by clicking on this link Calming the Mind

* The courses are free if you are over 19 years old, have lived in the UK for 3 or more years, or have a valid Residence Permit, and are one of the following: Unemployed or earning below £17,374 per year; Qualified below a Level 2 ( less than 5 GCSEs); Have mental health challenges, Have a learning difficulty or disability.

Parents can enrol online through the links on this email or by contacting Fay:

Fay Tucker

Adult Education Family Learning Coordinator

07760 171477

[email protected]

http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/adult-education-in-gloucestershire/

KS2 (WAC) showed they care to the ones they love:

Pancakes!

Spring is around the corner - we have so much planned - take a look at next term's plans!

Key Stage 1: