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Dear North Tawton Families and Friends, It’s been a very busy two weeks! I was very impressed with the way in which the pupils thought about Remembrance in assembly and how they stood respectfully in silence on Armistice Day. Thank you for your generous donations to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. We had fun wearing odd socks on Tuesday for Anti Bullying Week and pyjamas on Friday for Children in Need. Wearing odd socks for Anti Bullying Week is metaphor to reinforce our message of accepting difference. We spoke of the role of the bystander and how it is up to all of us to stand up to prejudice, bullying and all unkind behaviour.  Children in Need is a long standing charity who do excellent work supporting children across the UK. We marvelled Paddy McGuinness and his huge feat raising an outstanding amount of money (£7,000,000 and rising!) for the charity riding a Chopper (I remember those!) 300 miles from Wales through North England to Scotland. We will count our donations and let you know how much we have raised for this worthy cause. The Bookery Thank you to Karen and Cathie from The Bookery in Crediton who delivered their selection of new titles kindly funded by Friends of North Tawton. They showed us the books and read the blurbs, we can’t wait to borrow them from our school library. Not only that, they also brought a car load of extra books so we could take some home! Thank you so much! Please support our local bookshops! Calling our keen singers! We have been asked to sing at two community events! Sunday 8th December for the turning on of the North Tawton Lights - meet at the square at 5.30pm Sunday 15th December for the annual Christmas Carols at the church – starts at 6pm Year Six Residential I am delighted to let you know that we have secured accommodation and transport for a Foundry Y6 residential to Cambridge. Our aim is to provide lots of exciting educational opportunities, as well as a few treats! Cambridge has a whole host of places to visit including museums, galleries, places of worship, gardens and walks and boat trips on the river. The aim will be to experience city life, compare the city to our rural Devon towns and villages, and add to the learning the children have been doing in school in history, RE and science. Also of course, a wonderful opportunity to experience time away from our familiar environment, build independence and confidence and make friendships across the schools. We will have a meeting Wednesday 8th January at 5.30pm at North Tawton to share the details and for Y6 families to ask questions. Why do we go on a Year Six residential? Residential school trips allow children to build independence, experience a different place, improve teamwork and enhance their social skills. Going with the other Foundry Y6 classes (Exbourne, South Tawton and Chagford) , not only reduces costs, it gives our classes the opportunity to meet up with other pupils their age. By interacting with their peers in a different setting, students learn to communicate more effectively, collaborate, and appreciate the value of teamwork. It helps them to build resilience, independence and problem-solving skills. Being away from home and around other children helps them to navigate unfamiliar situations and make decisions on their own. Going to a different place, such as a city, enables our pupils go to art galleries and museums and have diverse cultural experiences.  There has been a significant improvement in attendance this week, well done everyone who has been in every day. Only one class has maintained the goal of 97% well done Sycamore. It’s the time of year when we do expect a drop in attendance due to colder weather colds and we know there have been some nasty bugs around.
This is helpful advice from the NHS Is my child too ill for school? - NHS (www.nhs.uk) Holidays are unauthorised and can result in a fine from Devon County Council. Reminders Please do not park or drop off children, outside the school. It is incredibly busy and dangerous. Children need a coat every day! Please put names in jumpers! We have a growing collection of lost property by the office. Parent Forum Thank you to those who attended the parent forum. The minutes can be read here All the very best Tara Penny Principal Comments are closed.
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