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Online Safety Post - Supporting Children Deal With Upsetting...

ONLINE SAFETY POST - Supporting children deal with upsetting content Children will see a lot of online content which they do not fully understand. This might be inappropriate content but it also might...

World Mental Health Day 2023 (10.10.23)

This year, the theme of the World Mental Health Day is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’.Recognising mental health is so important because, just like our bodies, our minds need care too. This...

Starting School in September 2024? (6.10.23)

Is your child due to start school in September 2024? (This will mean your child was born between 01/09/2019 to 31/08/2020). If so, we are delighted to offer you the chance to come and have a tour of o...

Parking Safety Reminder (5.10.23)

Good morning. PARKING REMINDER I am sorry to write to you again asking that all parents and carers must park and drive safely, following the rules of the road, whilst dropping off and picking up outsi...

Diversity Day - Race, Racism & Anti-Racism (5.10.23)

Dear Parents & Carers, DIVERSITY DAY - RACE, RACISM, & BEING ANTI-RACIST This week in school, we have celebrated one of our 'Diversity Days'. Each half term, we celebrate our diversity, focussing on a...

Do you need support accessing school Apps? (5.10.23)

Do you have questions about Boom Reader, EdShed or TTRS? Whether you're struggling to get logged on or not sure how to use it, we are here to help! Come along to Raleigh classroom (next door to the sp...

Dyslexia Awareness Week (4.10.23)

What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty that changes the way the brain processes the written language. People with dyslexia can have difficulties recognising, spelling and decodin...

Online Safety Post - WhatsApp (4.10.23)

ONLINE SAFETY POST - WHATSAPP WhatsApp is the most widely used messaging platform on the planet, with over two billion users (forecast to become three billion by 2025), across more than 180 countries....

World Mental Health Day #HelloYellow (4.10.23)

Once again we are taking part in #HelloYellow, which is a fundraising and awareness day that takes place each year for World Mental Health Day. As part of this on Tuesday 10th October we are asking ch...

Road Safety & Safe Parking (3.10.23)

Dear Parent & Carers, ROAD SAFETY, PARKING AT DROP OFF & COLLECTION, & ARRIVING LATE. I am concerned about the safety of pedestrians at drop off and collection times as a result of inconsiderate, and ...

Picture News & The Big Debate Club (29.9.23)

Hello everybody, Each week your child takes part in a class discussion about what's happening in the world right now. Next week’s question is: Can anyone break a world record? The news story with this...

Weekly Attendance (29.9.23)

Attendance Update W/C 25.09.23 Another week of great effort on attendance. Congratulations to, Elephants, Lions PM, Zebras PM and Comets on 100% attendance this week. Larwood has 99.2% and Hedgehogs h...

Dear Parents & Carers, VAPES & VAPING Vaping is an increasing problem in schools across the country. If you or a family member uses vapes, please ensure that they are stored securely out of the reach ...

School Allotment (28.9.23)

ARE YOU GREEN FINGERED? DO YOU WANT TO HELP OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY? Over the summer, we had our school allotment's raised beds re-built and we are now planning to make this area a larger part of our sch...

Nottingham Primary Parliament (27.9.23)

Our three Year 6 school councillors have been working (and playing!) hard at the Council House today as part of the Nottingham Primary Parliament. They were tasked with creating and designing an urban...

Picture News & The Big Debate (22.9.23)

Hello everybody, Each week your child takes part in a class discussion about what's happening in the world right now. Next week’s question is: How important is space exploration? The news story with t...

Weekly Attendance (22.9.23)

Attendance Update W/C 18.09.23 We have 3 classes on 100% attendance this week. These are Lions, Zebra's and Zebra's PM. On 99.4% are Seahorses. Then on 99.1% are Lions, Lawrence and Darwin. We have a ...

Punctuality at School (21.9.23)

Dear Parents & Carers, ARRIVING LATE AT SCHOOL Being on time for school is very important. Positive habits around punctuality are essential for children as they grow up and move to secondary school an...

New Parent & Carers Coffee Morning (19.9.23)

CALLING ALL NEW STARTERS! Are you new to Southwark? Would you like to meet other new parents/carers? Then come and join us for a tea/coffee and cake morning on Monday 2nd October. It will be great to ...

Online Safety Post (15.9.23)

ONLINE SAFETY Dear Parents & Carers, Using online technology brings wonderful opportunities to have fun and learn. However, as you know, staying safe online is incredibly important and ensuring that y...

Weekly Attendance (15.9.23)

Attendance Update W/C 11.09.23 Wow, what a great week for attendance! Well done to all our classes for achieving 91% or above. A special well done to Elephants, Elephants PM, Lions PM and Zebra PM for...

We are a Music Mark school! (14.9.23)

Dear Parents & Carers, We are so proud here at Southwark for the musical opportunities we provide all of our children. The Nottingham Music School also agrees and has awarded us the Music Mark for pro...

A few important reminders (13.9.23)

Dear Parents & Carers, The school year has started very successfully - we are so proud of all of our children for settling to their new class and new routines so positively. Please read below for a fe...

Remembrance Day

REMEMBRANCE DAY This morning the whole school stopped to reflect on the sacrifice of those who lost their lives in World War One as well as in other wars since. We stop at this time to remember that, ...

Online Safety - Combatting Online Bullying

HOW TO COMBAT ONLINE BULLYING Defined as “ongoing hurtful behaviour towards someone online”, cyber-bullying makes its victims feel upset, uncomfortable and unsafe. In the digital world, it has numerou...

2023 - 2024 Term Dates

TERM DATES 2023 - 2024 Please see the term dates document attached to this Dojo post for 2023 - 2024 academic year term dates. (Please note that we have 4 additional INSET days which are yet to be fin...

ATTENDANCE: Leave of Absence Reminder

Termly reminders about taking a leave of absence during term time..... REMINDERS ABOUT LEAVE OF ABSENCE DURING TERM TIME We ask all parents to be mindful that taking a pupil on leave during term time ...

New School Rules

Good afternoon, everyone. We can now announce that we have updated our school rules! All the staff and children in school had input into these new set of rules. School Council worked closely with myse...

Attendance update w/c 31.10.22

Attendance update w/c 31.10.22 It has been nice to see so many children back after half term. Congratulations to Elephants PM and Lions PM for achieving 100% attendance this wk. All our classes hav...

Parent / Carer Meetings

Good morning, everyone. YEAR 1 - YEAR 6I am writing to inform you that your child's first parent/carer meeting of this academic year is due to take place between the dates of 14th November and 25th No...

Boom Reader - keep reading everyday if you can!

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to the Boom Reader App. It is a great way for us to see the amazing reading you are doing at home and an easy way for your child to earn lots of extra dojo poin...

Attendance Matters!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful half term and are ready for another busy term ahead of us with lots of exciting things to look forward to! A few reminders in terms of attendance...We know...

Southwark Values: Equality

SOUTHWARK VALUES: EQUALITY Dear Parents & Carers, This week we had an assembly about our Southwark Value of Equality. We discussed the importance of treating people fairly no matter what their differe...

School Lockdown Practise

SCHOOL LOCKDOWN DRILL PRACTISE Dear Parents / Carers, Today we practised our school 'lockdown' procedures. Please know that this was a practise and there was nothing to worry about. Just like our fire...

Latest PTA news

Here is the latest newsletter from the PTA. Don't forget they will be in the courtyard after school today if you have any ideas, are interested in being involved or just want to say hello. The PTA

United Against Bullying

Re: United Against Bullying programme At Southwark, we are pleased to announce that we are taking part in the United Against Bullying anti-bullying programme provided by the Anti-Bullying Alliance (AB...

Online Safety: Loneliness Online

ONLINE SAFETY: Loneliness Online - what causes it and ways to feel better Does a child you know ever feel lonely when they’re online? In a study by the UK’s Office for National Statistics, 14% of 10–1...

Weekly Attendance

Attendance w/c 09.05.22 A big well done to all our classes this week for achieving over 92%. Especially to Booth for again achieving 100% for the second week. Can you make it 3 in a row? Congratulatio...

Picture News: Should you always be able to choose your own b...

Good morning everyone, This week's Picture News is about how the Government is stepping in to try reduce sugar content in food. This raises many questions about whose responsibility it is to keep our ...

Southwark Value: COURAGE

SOUTHWARK VALUE: COURAGE Last week we explored what it means to have courage. We discussed what courage meant and when we might need to be courageous and what that feels like before and after we have ...

Online Safety: YOUTUBE KIDS

ONLINE SAFETYHere are 3 guides which are aimed at helping you to keep young children safe online at home. Please scroll across the images for more information. YOUTUBE KIDSYouTube Kids is a child-frie...

Weekly Attendance

Attendance w/c 02.05.22.Congratulations to Booth for achieving 100% this week. Also well done to Meteors and Sharks for over 98% attendance.Keep it up.

Nursery Places Available

If you know of anyone who has a child turning 3 soon and are looking for a part time or full time nursery place, please let them know about our up and coming stay and play sessions. In June and July w...

Family Learning Course

SEAL course is back!! This course is starting Wednesday 4th May at 1:00pm. During the session your child joins you to do activities and is a great way to work together. If you would like more informat...

Weekly Attendance

Attendance w/c 25/04/22A huge well done to all our Classes this week. Every class has achieved over 91% attendance.Congratulation to Rockets who for the second week running have had 100% attendance. A...

Online Safety: Group Chats

ONLINE SAFETY POST: GROUP CHATS This post is really important - please read the guidance as many of our children are in group chats on social media apps and online gaming. Occurring through messaging ...

Updated Covid-19 Guidance

CHANGES TO COVID-19 ARRANGEMENTS IN SCHOOL As you will be aware, the Covid-19 guidance has now changed. Please read the details below which outlines the main changes. The full guidance (Health Protect...

Year 5 started their new Project 'Sow, Grow, Farm' with a trip to the local allotments at Bulwell Forest Gardens. They had a great time pond dipping and learning about pond ecology, investigating the ...

Weekly Attendance

Attendance w/c 18.04.22 It has been lovely to see so many children return after the Easter holidays. A huge well done to Rockets for achieving 100% attendance this week. It is also amazing to see so m...

Online Safety: OFCOM REPORT 2022

ONLINE SAFETY: What Parents Need to Know about the Ofcom Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2022 Ofcom’s annual ‘Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes’ report offers a detail...

Year 2 'Wriggle & Crawl'

Year 2 had an exciting morning meeting some amazing creatures to kickstart their new project 'Wriggle and Crawl'. Zoolab brought along Sabrina the stick insect, Colin the hissing cockroach, Florence t...

Collection from School Arrangements

Good afternoon, everyone. It has been brilliant to welcome everyone back to start our summer term. I do hope that you have all enjoyed the Easter break and have managed to enjoy some time with your fa...

Southwark Value: EMPATHY

Good morning, everyone. I hope that you are well. The spring term has flown by - we can't quite believe that we are at the Easter break already! We have enjoyed so many excellent learning opportunitie...

Enrichment Day Spring Term

Today is the last day of term which also means it is Enrichment Day for our children! There have been so many wonderful activities happening around school including Skateboarding, trips to the library...

Autism Acceptance Week

Good morning, Today marks the first day of Autism ACCEPTANCE Week! Many children and adults, in our community, will have experience of Autism or know someone who has, and sothis week, we will be shari...

Picture News: If you keep trying, will you succeed?

Afternoon all, For this week's Picture News, we will be looking at when to know to move on or when to keep trying. Question: If you keep trying, will you always succeed? Story: The shipwreck of Sir Er...

New News Article

ONLINE SAFETY POST SUPPORTING CHILDREN DEAL WITH UPSETTING ONLINE CONTENT - PARENT GUIDE Raising children in the digital age seems to be getting tougher, with the world currently experiencing so many ...

Southwark News Update

Good afternoon, everyone. COMIC RELIEF FUNDRAISINGI am delighted to inform you that Southwark raised £408.83 which has been donated to Comic Relief to help support people to live free from poverty, vi...

Picture News: Is there still a place for letters in today's ...

Good afternoon all, This week for Picture News we are talking about whether sending letters still belongs in today's society. Question: Is there still a place for letters in today's world? Story: Roya...

Weekly Attendance

Attendance w/c 14.03.22.At Southwark we believe every minute of every school day matters.Well done to Comets this week.

Year 4 Dojo Trip

Comic Relief 2022

COMIC RELIEF 2022 Red Nose Day is TOMORROW! By raising money, we can help people live free from poverty, violence and discrimination. This includes funding organisations that are supporting people rig...

Online Safety Poster Competition

CONGRATULATIONS to Jahnaya and Chizoba in winning the Online Safety Poster competition. Great work girls!

The Great British School Clean

The Great British School Clean starts next week. The children in each year group will be taking part in litter picking in the school grounds. Please make sure your child is wearing suitable footwear n...

Picture News: How important is it to show bravery as a leade...

Good afternoon all, This week's picture news ties nicely with our value of the half term : COURAGE. We have been discussing the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and in particular the Ukrainian lead...

Pre-Loved Uniform Sale

PRE LOVED UNIFORM SALE! The PTA are holding a uniform sale after school today. You will find them in the courtyard area near your child's hub.

Weekly Attendance

Attendance w/c 07.03.22. How is your child's class doing this week?

Comic Relief 2022

COMIC RELIEF 2022 Red Nose Day is next Friday, 18th March. By raising money, we can help people live free from poverty, violence and discrimination. This includes funding organisations that are suppor...

World Down Syndrome Day 2022

As well as Red Nose day this Friday (the 18th) we also have World Down Syndrome Awareness Day on Monday 21st March. All you need to do is choose some socks that are going to get noticed - they might b...

Online Safety Post

ONLINE SAFETY - KEEPING YOUR CHILD SAFE ONLINE Good afternoon, everyone. Recently, we have seen an increase in the number of online incidents taking place outside of school involving children from our...

Pupil Voice - changes to our lunch menu!

Good afternoon, everyone! We have been working closely with our catering provider, Mellors, to make some changes to our lunchtime provision based on suggestions that the children have made. All the ch...

Do you have unwanted electrical and tech items are home that you don’t know what to do with? This year’s Waste Week activity from the Pod is on the theme of tech and electrical waste and is in partner...

Covid-19 Vaccinations (at risk 5 - 11 year olds)

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS /CARERS ON COVID-19 VACCINATION FOR AT RISK 5 - 11 YEAR OLDS Children aged 5 to 11 years who are in a clinical risk group or who live with someone who is immunosuppressed can g...

Nottinghamshire Online Safety Courses

Online Safety Course for parents. It is a 2 hour course on the 28th March at 9:30am. Please see poster for more details. Anyone that wants further information or would like to attend please message me...

Picture News: Whose responsibility is it to help endangered ...

Good morning all, Here is this week's Picture News:Story: Australia has announced that koalas are now listed as an endangered species across most of its east coast, after a huge drop in numbers.Questi...

Weekly Attendance

Attendance Post There are lots of prizes to be won this term for attendance. We have weekly prizes where all children with 100% attendance all week have the chance to win. We are also doing Family Cin...

Updates for School: Living with Covid

LIVING WITH COVID-19 GOVERNMENT GUIDANCEYou will have seen my previous post this week regarding the changes to national Covid-19 guidelines which have come into place today. The updated guidance for s...

World Book Day 2022

We will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 3rd March 2022. To mark the most exciting day in March (perhaps the year) we will be celebrating with the theme "Share a Story"! Children can dress up...

'Living with Covid' Plan

GOVERNMENT 'LIVING WITH COVID' PLAN The Prime Minister has confirmed domestic legal restrictions will end on 24 February (this Thursday). This means: - The remaining domestic restrictions in England w...

Southwark PTA Newsletter

Good afternoon, Here is your latest newsletter from Southwark PTA. It has more information about the sponsored read that has been organised over half term. We know how much effort our families have pu...

Picture News: Should Everyone Using Roads Learn The Highway ...

Good afternoon all, Here is this week's Picture News following the recent changes to the Highway Code. Story: An update to the Highway Code has introduced a hierarchy of road users, which creates ‘cle...

Safer Internet Day 2022

Today was Safer Internet Day at school. We looked at ways of staying safe whilst playing online. We reminded the children if someone is being disrespectful when they are online they can: Take a screen...

Children's Mental Health Week

Good morning, everyone. We are ready for another fantastic week of learning as well as some really important reflections about how we are developing and 'growing together'. Remember, the theme of this...

Weekly Attendance

Attendance w/c 31st January.100% to Raleigh and Lawrence - well done for coming into school everyday. Together we can help raise attendance again! Who will make 100% next week?

Late Arrival at School

Please ensure you are leaving yourself enough time in the mornings to arrive to school on time. The doors open at 8:40 and close at 8:55. A good bedtime routine will also help children get up feeling ...

Mental Health Week

Good evening, everyone! Next week is Children's Mental Health Week. It is vital that we all know the importance of keeping ourselves mentally healthy. See below for how we will be marking this importa...

Attendance & Punctuality

ATTENDANCE & PUNCTUALITY Good afternoon, everyone. Our school attendance is far lower than it should be. School is held accountable for this and we have a duty to do everything we can to improve this....

Local Mental Health Support - Nott Alone

CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH WEEKNext week we are supporting 'Children's Mental Health Week' across our school. There will be a wide range of activities taking place where children will be explore the imp...

Reading Competition!

It has been wonderful to see everyone’s enthusiasm towards our big Reading Record Competition. We only have 1 and a half weeks to go! Please continue to read with your child/encourage them to read at ...

Self Isolation Guidance

SELF ISOLATION GUIDANCE FLOW DIAGRAM Good afternoon, everyone. Please see the flow diagram attached which outlines the process for self-isolation under the current Covid-19 guidelines. Please be remin...

Spring Term Learning!

Spring 1 has been full of exciting learning opportunities for all of our children this half term. Nursery have started their new project 'Do Dragon's exist?' Having fun exploring fiery colours and mak...

Parent/Carer Meetings

Good afternoon, everyone. We have had an extremely successful start to the spring term. This half term has flown by and we have so much which we would like to share with you about your child's progres...

NSPCC Number Day 2022

Good afternoon, everyone We are pleased to announce that we are supporting NSPCC Number Day on Friday 4th February. Children are welcome to come to school dress up as a number or something mathematica...

Weekly Attendance

Attendance W/C 24.1.2022WELL DONE Darwin 98.3% attendance that is fantastic.

Online Safety Post

ONLINE SAFETY: YOUTUBEYouTube is a video-sharing social media platform that allows billions of people around the world to watch, share and upload their own videos with a vast range of content – includ...

Nottingham College Community Courses

Please find the latest course details for Nottingham North Community venues that may be of interest you. If you are interests please don't hesitate to contact Karen Burton on 07813856548.

School Council Assembly: MENTAL HEALTH

It's School Council assembly time again! This week, our School Council have been busy creating and delivering an assembly all linked to the upcoming 'Children's Mental Health Week'. Not only did our Y...

Attendance Update

Attendance this week at Southwark Reminders: If your child is too unwell to be in school you must ring and let us know. The number to call is 0115 915 0466 option 1. If you feel that you need any supp...

Southwark Value: TRUST

Good morning. Last week, we focussed on our Southwark Value 'TRUST'. In assemblies we discussed why trust is important, how it takes time to build trust and how sometimes we need to be brave in order ...

TOP 5 DOJO TRIPS

Our first Y4/5/6 Dojo trip of the year! Our top Dojo point earners in Year 6 enjoyed a trip to Ten Pin this afternoon - especially using the new cameras on the lanes. Year 4 and Year 5 have their trip...

Southwark News Update

Good afternoon, everyone. With another fantastic week of learning behind us, we are racing through the spring term. Please read a few important reminders below: ATTENDANCEAttendance is still an issue ...

The Uniform Project

Hi everyone, Here is some information on a great new opportunity to recycle any unwanted school uniform. Through this charity, local families can all have access to free school uniform for all ages. A...

Picture News: Is it ever fair to judge others on their appea...

Good afternoon all, Here is this week's Picture News to discuss at home. Story: Chinese authorities have banned footballers from getting tattoos and instructed national team players who already have t...

Updated Covid-19 Risk Assessment

Good afternoon, everyone. Please find our updated Covid-19 Risk Assessment. This can be found, alongside other important information about Covid-19, here: https://www.southwarkprimary.net/essential-i...

Online Safety: YouTube

ONLINE SAFETY: YOUTUBE I'm sure we all spend a great deal of time on YouTube. This might be for fun or, often, for vital information on how to fix something or do that DIY task which you have been put...

Reading Competition!

Thank you for your messages of support today - I hope you've enjoyed the fun! All the details you need are in the image that's attached. If you need a replacement Reading Record, please speak to your ...

Online Safety: Setting up new devices safely

ONLINE SAFETY: SAFE SET UP OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES If your child received a phone, tablet, computer or console this Christmas, it is really important that it is set up safely. In the rush to let young o...

Picture News: Do you think it is important for us to know th...

Good afternoon everyone, Here is this week's Picture News: Do you think it is important for us to know the history of our universe? Attached is some ideas to think about and discuss at home.

Picture News: Do we need to create a virtual universe?

This week's Picture News is discussing whether creating a virtual realities is a good thing or a bad thing? Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg has announced Meta, a new company brand for Facebook apps ...

Updated Remote Education Plan

UPDATED REMOTE EDUCATION PLANPlease find the updated Remote Education Plan attached to this Dojo message. STAFF ABSENCE CHALLENGESCurrently, we are experiencing high levels of staff absence due to Cov...

Covidd-19 Update to Guidance

COVID-19 UPDATE TO NATIONAL GUIDANCE TRAVELLING TO ENGLANDFrom 4am on 7 January you do not need to take a PCR test before you travel to England or self-isolate when you arrive. Take a rapid lateral fl...

Online Safety Workshop: Family Learning

Family Learning-Online Safety On the 10th January at 9:30 there is a free parent workshop aimed at keeping our children safe online. If you would like to come and join Family Cyberwise on Zoom, please...

Please read at least 3 times per week!

Hello and a happy new year to you all! I hope you’re all doing okay. As we get back into the swing of things, can I please remind you of the importance of hearing your child read 3+ times every week. ...

Welcome back to the spring term!

Happy New Year! Here is a reminder that we are back tomorrow! Please make sure your children arrive at school on time. There haven’t been any further changes to Covid-19 measures for primary schools a...

Change in Self-Isolation Guidance

Good morning, everyone. I hope you have had a relaxed start to the Christmas break. I’m sure you are already aware but there has been a change to the self isolation guidance for those testing positive...

Guidance for parents / carers on online sexual harassment an...

ONLINE SAFETY POST GUIDENCE FOR PARENTS/CARERS ON ONLINE SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE ONLINE The Children’s Commissioner is launching a guide for parents and carers on online sexual har...

Christmas Events & Attendance & Punctuality

CHRISTMAS EVENTSWe are absolutely delighted that we have been able to hold our Nursery 'Christmas Crackers' and Reception Christmas Nativities this year! Thank you for parents/carers understanding and...

Year 5 Virtual Christmas Concert

Merry Christmas, everyone! For the last few weeks, our Year 5 children have been practicing and performing some songs as part of Ellis Guilford's 'Virtual Christmas Concert', alongside 4 other local p...

Hi all, We have been donated some food hampers that include a Harry Potter Advent Calendar and some other goodies. If you are in need of one of these hampers and wish to have one they will be on a fir...

Santa Visits Southwark

Santa landed on Southwark’s roof this morning! It was great that he found the time to visit us in his busy schedule! Please remember that tomorrow is the last day of term for children as Friday is an ...

Governor Vacancy

SOUTHWARK LOCAL GOVERNING BODY COMMITTEE We are looking to appoint up to 4 Governors, appointed by the board, on our Local Governing Body Committee. These will be individuals who represent our communi...

Updated LFD Testing Guidance for Contacts

UPDATED LFD TESTING GUIDANCE FOR CONTACTS From Tuesday 14 December, a new national approach to daily testing for contacts of COVID-19 is being introduced (including until the end of this term). All ad...

Covid-19 Update

COVID-19 UPDATE Good morning, everyone. You may have watched the Government's briefing yesterday regarding the current Covid-19 variant and it's continued spread. Click the link below to read more: ht...

Attendance for W/C 6.12.2021. Well done to Sharks, Martians and Byron who had the best attendance in their hubs last week. Prizes and certificates to be given out this week to those children with exce...

Southwark Value: LOVE

Today in assembly, we talked about our Southwark Value of LOVE. We discussed the different ways in which we can show love to others. We talked about love for our family, love for others we don't know ...

Times Tables Rock Stars

Hello Everyone! Nothing says Christmas like a Times Table Rock Stars Battle! This time the children will be playing for the highest scoring class in each year group (Year 2-6) from Monday 13th Dec to ...

Good afternoon, Below is the first ever newsletter from the newly formed Southwark PTA. It has details of how you can purchase tickets for the amazing Christmas raffle, who is involved and how you can...

Dragons Den Pitch to our Local Councillors

As part of their 'Street Detectives' Project, Year 2 had to come up with some ideas on how to improve our local area. The children presented their ideas in a Dragon's Den event and the winning childre...

Free School Meals Vouchers & Holiday Clubs

FREE SCHOOL MEAL VOUCHERS & HOLIDAY CLUBS THIS CHRISTMAS Pupils entitled to Free School Meals (FSM) are set to benefit from extra support this Christmas holiday including: - Supermarket e-vouchers of ...

National Grief Awareness Week

This week is 'National Grief Awareness Week' (2 - 8 December) It is often extremely difficult for families and children to find ways of dealing with the loss of a loved one, even more so during the pa...

Attendance Update

What does attendance across school look like this week? Just a reminder if your child is too poorly to attend school, please ring us daily on 0115 915 0466 option 1 to keep us informed. Thank you. Att...

Children in Need Fundraising

CHILDREN IN NEED FUNDRAISING As a school, we raised £276.66 Thank you for your generous donations - these will go towards helping disadvantaged children across the UK. Thank you!

Online Safety: Age Inappropriate Content

ONLINE SAFETY: AGE INNAPROPRIATE CONTENT What Do Parents Need to Know About Age-Inappropriate Content? “Inappropriate” means different things to different people. What’s acceptable for one age group, ...

Face Coverings in School

Good morning, everyone. Hopefully, you have had the chance to read my Dojo message last night about the Omicron Covid-19 variant. If not, please make sure you do as it contains some very important inf...

Omicron Covid-19 Variant

OMICRON COVID VARIENT UPDATE Good afternoon, everyone. I hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing weekend (and managed to stay warm!). I apologise for the length of this message, but it is very impo...

It's good to grow project: Eco Committee

Wow! Thank you to all of the families who have helped us collect tokens as part of our Morrisons 'It's good to grow' project. We have collected 2,286 tokens! The Eco Committee will be getting together...

Our co-committee had their first meeting today and I must say that the children were very enthusiastic! We spoke about how we can help the world by becoming a more eco school. They had some fantastic ...

Attendance Update

Attendance this week at Southwark... Make sure you are attending school everyday and arriving on time!

Southwark Value: Patience

Southwark Value - PATIENCE Hi, everyone. Please take a look at our Year 456 assembly slides from this week. We have discussed our Southwark Value of patience. Children discussed what patience is and w...

Charitable Donations- We need your help!

Morning, all. A quick reminder of our clothing collections that are happening at the moment. Please give any unwanted uniform, Christmas jumpers or football kits to your child's class teacher or into ...

School Council Anti-bullying Assembly

Here are a few slides from the Anti-Bullying Week assembly created by our Year 4/5/6 School Council last week. We discussed the definition of bullying, how it makes people feel, why Odd Socks Day is i...

Online Safety: Be Kind Online

ONLINE SAFETY: 10 WAYS TO SHARE KINDNESS ONLINE Last year, around one in five children aged 10–15 in England and Wales admitted experiencing online bullying: most commonly being insulted or sworn at, ...

Attendance Update

Attendance Update... We know that it is that time of the year where children get poorly and COVID hasn't helped over the last year. However, the Government remains clear that schools and local authori...

Charitable Donations

Good morning, everyone. This year, we have organised a special clothing donation event and partnered with two charities to help re-use and re-cycle any unwanted clothing items before Christmas. Please...

Picture News: Should we be allowed to swim with dolphins?

In next week's Picture News we will be asking the important question: Should we be allowed to swim with dolphins? Travel company, Expedia, has banned the sale of holidays involving dolphins and whales...

Children in Need 2021

Tomorrow (Friday 19th November) it is children in need! To raise money for this great cause we will be holding a non-uniform day. Children can dress up as Pudsey, come in their pyjamas or just wear th...

Good morning, everyone. COMMUNICATION VIA CLASS DOJOCommunication is so important to us all here at Southwark. We want to keep everyone informed of the exciting things happening at school and ensure t...

Anti-bullying Week 2021

It’s Anti-Bullying week! Today we are celebrating diversity and being unique by taking part in ‘Odd Socks Day’! It’s ok to be different so show us your weirdest and wackiest sock combinations today

Picture News: Do we need to experience danger to learn how t...

Good afternoon all, Here is this next week's Picture News, where we will be discussing whether it is important to experience danger in order to understand safety. A German professor believes that secu...

Governor Vacancy

SOUTHWARK LOCAL GOVERNING BODY COMMITTEE We are looking to appoint up to 4 Governors, appointed by the board, on our Local Governing Body Committee. These will be individuals who represent our communi...

Online Safety: Netflix

ONLINE SAFETY: Netflix Netflix is a subscription-based streaming service that allows users to watch TV shows and movies on any internet-enabled device that supports the software, such as smart TVs, ph...

Change in Term Dates 2021 - 2022

Good afternoon, everyone. CHANGE OF TERM DATES 2021 - 2022 Due to the additional Bank Holiday in 2022 (Fri 3rd June) for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Nottingham City have changed their term dates for...

Spelling expectations at Southwark

Parent/carers of Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 children, Here we go then – it’s time to find out about our new approach to spelling at Southwark! Spelling Shed is an innovative online platform tha...

Sugar Awareness Week

Next week is Sugar Awareness Week. In school the children will have an opportunity to think about their own sugar intake and consider ways of reducing this by making healthy swaps. This also gives us ...

School Council Meets Local MP Alex Norris

Our School Council were very excited to meet our local MP Alex Norris. They got the opportunity to ask him questions about his life as MP and his opinion on many issues including COP 26, speaking at t...

Homework Expectations

Hi all, An important update on homework across all year groups here at Southwark. I cannot tell you how much we value your support with homework. As busy as family life is, we know that when our child...

Family Learning (Life Education Centre Nottinghamshire)

Feel Good Families - is back!! Starting 23rd November 9:30-11. If you are interested or have any questions please see the leaflet attached or DOJO Mrs Wattam on Class DOJO.

Online Safety Update: Child Abuse Imagery, Snapchat & Squid Game SELF GENERATED CHILD ABUSE IMAGERYThis is a very sad and worrying trend which affects a growing number of children. It mainly affects c...

Parent/Carer Maths Course

REMINDER OF MATHS COURSE FOR PARENTS / CARERS Would you like to improve your skills and confidence in maths? If so, Nottingham College is running a free* 10 week ‘Introduction to Functional Skills-mat...

COP26 CLIMATE CHANGE

The very important topic of COP26 is being discussed across the school this week. We will be discussing what we can do to help tackle climate change both in school and at home. Just in case you are un...

Community Tree Planting - Earthwatch Europe

Why not join Earthwatch Europe on Saturday 6th November for a community planting day? See the poster for more info. If you do go, take some photos and send them in, we'd love to see how you get on!

EQUALITY: New library books available

NEW BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY! We’ve carefully selected ground-breaking texts that will make sure every family in our Southwark community is represented. The photo contains just a small number of the...

October Southwark Value: Equality

This month, our Southwark Value is Equality. We choose this value each October to celebrate Black History Month. Today, we discussed the importance of Rosa Parks in the American civil rights moveme...

Online Safety Post: Squid Game

ONLINE SAFETY POST - NETFLIX TV SERIES 'SQUID GAME' You may well be aware of a Netflix TV series called 'Squid Game'. Released in mid-September, it is now the most popular series on Netflix. However, ...

Year 1 Curriculum News

This half term, Year 1 have been learning all about the Enchanted Woodland. As Scientists, they have learnt about trees, seasons, and the animals that you might find in our local woods. They even had ...

Year 2 Curriculum News

This half term, Year 2 became Geographers and have been learning all about 'Bright Lights, Big City', a topic all about London, the capital city of England. They had a tea party with 'The Queen', lear...

Year 3 Curriculum News

Year 3 have produced some wonderful written work all based on their project 'Rocks, Relics and Rumbles'. As scientists and geographers, they have learnt about he layers of all the earth, types of soil...

Year 4 Curriculum News

Year 4 have had a busy half term becoming historians and learning about their project 'I am Warrior'. They had a visit from a Roman Soldier, made 'Peasant Vegetable Soup' and also created mod-rock scu...

Year 5 Curriculum News

Year 5 have had a rollercoaster time becoming scientists learning about their project 'Scream Machine'. They visited a theme park, used maps in Geography to locate parks around the world, learnt about...

Year 6 Curriculum News

Our Year 6 children have been historians, scientists and geographers this half term learning all about Charles Darwin in their project 'Darwin's Delights'. They have mapped his journey, explored his d...

Parent / Carer Meetings

PARENT / CARER MEETINGS AFTER HALF TERM Good afternoon, everyone. We have had an extremely successful start to the academic year. This first half term has flown by and we have so much which we would l...

Earrings & Healthy Snacks

EARRINGS & SNACKS Good morning, everyone. EARRINGSPlease be reminded that earrings are not allowed in school. This is due to health & safety reasons. Please make sure that you remove your child's earr...

World Mental Health Day 2021

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2021 Good afternoon, everyone. As it is World Mental Health Day on Sunday, this afternoon we have come together to celebrate the importance of our mental health. Children read ...

Picture News: What does a good role model look like?

Next week's Picture News asks the question, "Who are our role models?" Children’s TV channel CBeebies has hired George Webster as its first ever presenter with Down's syndrome. The 20-year-old, from L...

Year 6 Football

We are delighted to have our sports teams and competitions up and running again after 2 years of missing these brilliant events. Yesterday, 15 of our Year 6s went out to Eastwood CFC for a football to...

It's Good to Grow: Morrisons

Help us collect FREE gardening equipment for children to use at school. For every £10 you spend (in store or online) at Morrison’s, you’ll get a Grow Token to help us get everything we need to get gro...

Late Arrival at School

ARRIVING LATE AT SCHOOL Good morning, everyone. Thank you to everyone who arrives on time every day at school. Unfortunately, we have a growing number of families arriving late at school. I appreciate...

Good afternoon everyone, Southwark are interested in working alongside families to create a PTA (parent/teacher association). You might also have heard this being called a 'friends of the school assoc...

Online Safety: How to set up parental controls for apps

ONLINE SAFETY POST - HOW TO SET UP PARENTAL CONTROLS FOR APPS Most smartphones allow parents and carers to choose which apps and features appear on their child’s device and which ones don’t – also pre...

Flu Spray Available 12th October

Good morning, everyone. FREE FLU SPRAY AVAILABLE - 12th OCTOBER The free seasonal flu spray is offered to all children and young people in primary school (Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Ye...

Library Back Open

THE LIBRARY IS BACK OPEN! From this week, all children, from Nursery up to Year 6, are welcome to visit the library in these slots: Mondays after school Thursdays after school We have a huge selection...

Wrap-Around Provision

Good afternoon, everyone. BREAKFAST CLUB NURSERY CHILDRENI am pleased to be able to open up Breakfast Club to Nursery children. If you wish your Nursery child to attend Breakfast Club, please call the...

School Council 2021 2022

Say hello to our brilliant new Southwark School Council! Today, we met with our elected School Councillors to talk about the year ahead. They are an amazing group and had some really interesting ideas...

Updated Remote Education Offer

**Remote Education for pupils absent due to Covid** Good Afternoon, Government guidance in relation to self-isolation changed over the summer meaning that If you are a contact of someone who has teste...

Forest ladies opportunity

For all football, Forest and Derby fans. Please see the poster below to inquire for tickets for the women's game on Sunday 3rd October.

Area Band Music Camp at University of Nottingham

Some of our talented Year 5 guitarists visited the University of Nottingham for Music Camp today. What a fabulous showcase of musical talent! We are so proud of how they represented Southwark. W...

Year 6 Space Odyssey - Darwin's Delights

Year 6 had a visit from Space Odyssey and the interactive dome as part of their 'Darwin's Delights' project. Inside the dome the children watched Darwin’s Mystery of Mysteries: A breath-taking film fo...

Early Collection From School

EARLY COLLECTIONS FROM SCHOOL Good afternoon, everyone. Please can I ask parents/carers to NOT collect your child early from the school office unless in exceptional circumstances. This week, we have h...

Changes to drop off and collection arrangements

Good afternoon. IMPORTANT CHANGES TO DROP OFF & COLLECTION ARRANGEMENTS Please read the following information very carefully. As we have started back, we are aware that there has been a bit of confusi...

It’s time to re-start our School Council! In Years 2-6 this week, School Council representatives will be chosen in each class. Those children who are interested in becoming a school council member wil...

Reading Records

SOUTHWARK NEWS! Today is National Read a Book Day 2021 and to mark the occasion here at Southwark, we have a big announcement to make! EVERY CHILD IN THE SCHOOL WILL BE RECEIVING A SOUTHWARK READING R...

Online Safety: Back to School Safety Tips

ONLINE SAFETY GUIDE - BACK TO SCHOOL It’s September - the month when autumn officially starts and we all begin a new school year. A new year means new friends to make and lots of new things to learn. ...

Year 2 Bright Lights, Big City

Year 2 started their new project 'Bright Lights Big City' by hosting a tea party for the Queen! They danced and ate cake and had a wonderful time. They will be learning all about our capital city Lond...

Year 4 Roman Centurion Visitor

What a great day Year 4 have had! Today they have been learning all about the life of a Roman Warrior as part of their new project. They've learnt battle formations, how the Romans defended themselves...

FREE SCHOOL MEAL APPLICATIONS

Dear Parent/Carer, VERY IMPORTANT - APPLICATIONS FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS The government has recently changed the date used for counting numbers of pupils eligible for free school meals for the purposes ...

Medication in School

MEDICATION IN SCHOOL If your child has a new medical condition, or any changes to an existing medical condition, which school need to be aware of please inform your child's class teacher as soon as po...

Child Collection Arrangements 2021 2022

Good morning, everyone. CHILDREN COLLECTION ARRANGEMENTS 2021 - 2022Please find important information on the attached letter. This letter outlines our collection arrangements for this year. In the int...

SCHOOL DINNERS & SANDWICHES Please be aware of some changes we have made to improve dinner times: - All dinners will eat in the dinner hall and not in classrooms - If your child has school dinners, p...

Parent Guide to September school opening

Good afternoon, everyone. We are excited to welcome everyone back into school tomorrow! Please find a parent/carer guide which will give you all the information you need in preparation for the return ...

Good afternoon, everyone. I hope you have had a wonderful summer! We are back in school next week! We are really looking forward to having everyone back in school for the new academic year. Just a qui...

Free Food and Holiday Clubs

Good morning, everyone. FREE SCHOOL MEAL VOUCHERS OVER THE SUMMER HOLIDAYIf your child is entitled to a means tested, free school meal, supermarket e-vouchers will be emailed to you as per previous ho...

Picture News: Are we all reflected in the books we read?

Good afternoon, We hope you all enjoyed the football yesterday and aren't too disappointed with the result! Here is this week's Picture News: New research has shown that fewer than 1% of authors that ...

Positive Covid-19 Case

Good morning, everyone. We have been made aware of a positive case of Covid-19 in our school community. We have worked with Public Health England to identify close contacts of the individual who teste...

End of Year Reports

END OF YEAR REPORTS Good morning, everyone. Your child's school report will be sent home with your child tonight. We have asked your child not to open it as it is addressed to you, their parents and c...

European Championships Final - school opening at usual time.

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL I do hope many of you are getting excited about the final of the European Football Championships on Sunday evening. It is a momentous occasion and one which will be enjoye...

Breakfast Club & After School Club in September

BREAKFAST CLUB & AFTER SCHOOL CLUB IN SEPTEMBER Thank you to everyone who has already completed this form. You do not need to do this again if you have already completed it. If you haven't done so alr...

Positive Covid-19 Case

Good morning, everyone. We have been made aware of a positive case of Covid-19 in our school community. We have worked with Public Health England to identify close contacts of the individual who teste...

DfE Announcement: Bubbles

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENT Good afternoon, everyone. You may have heard the announcement from the Department for Education this afternoon regarding changes to 'bubbles' in schools. (I have ...

Tomorrow is another very important date in our Summer term calendar! It is Class Swap day! In the afternoon tomorrow, children across the school will move up to their next year group to meet their new...

Picture News: Are some places around the world more importan...

Good morning all. We hope you have had a wonderful weekend! This week's Picture News is about special places in our world. UNESCO (the United Nations cultural body) has said that the Great Barrier Ree...

Online Safety Post: Tik Tok

ONLINE SAFETY POST A free online safety guide on TikTok. Age Limit: 12+ TikTok is a video-sharing social media app available on iOS and Android which lets users create, share, and view user created vi...

Picture News: What life skills should we learn in school?

Good afternoon everyone! This week's Picture News is about footballer Christian Eriksen. Players, teams and fans have sent messages of support to him after he collapsed just before half-time in Denmar...

Picture News: Should e-scooters be allowed on roads?

Good evening, We hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are ready for the week ahead! This week's Picture News is about electric scooters. The topic talks about the use of these in London but we h...

Online Safety Post: Let's Tackle Online Hate

ONLINE SAFETY POST - LET'S TACKLE ONLINE HATE Please see below for an online safety guide on how to tackle hate online. Online hate can affect anyone. Sharing hateful messages about individuals, group...

Life Education: Online Safety Course

Cyber Hero Course starting Friday 18th June at 9:30. This is a four week course which will help you to keep your child safe online. If interested please message Mrs Wattam on Dojo with your name and e...

Picture News: Should sports stars be expected to give interv...

Good morning, I hope you have all had a fantastic weekend in the sunshine! This week's Picture News is about female tennis player, Naomi Osaka. Naomi has withdrawn from the French Open tennis tourname...

Positive case of Covid-19

Good afternoon, everyone. We have had a confirmed positive case of Covid-19 in school. We have worked closely with Public Health England to quickly identify the close contacts of this positive case. A...

Good morning, everyone. I hope you had a wonderful half term break last week and enjoyed the sunshine together with friends and family. Please read this post carefully as it contains some important re...

Picture News: How important is the role of farmers?

Good morning, We hope you have had a fabulous half-term and are ready to get back to school tomorrow :) This week's Picture News is all about farmers. The government is trying to encourage greener far...

Dear parents/carers, What a busy and successful half term we have had - there has been so much exciting learning taking place across the school! I wish you all a restful and enjoyable half term break ...

What do I do if my child tests positive over half term?

WHAT DO I DO IF MY CHILD TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 OVER HALF TERM? Please read the instructions below – it is important that everyone understands the reporting arrangements. It is possible that any ...

Southwark Value EMPATHY

Southwark Values Assembly: EMPATHY Yesterday, in our assemblies across school, we focussed on our Southwark Value of EMPATHY. We learnt that empathy is about trying to understand how others feel. When...

Stay Updated in Nottingham City

NOTTINGHAM CITY EMAIL UPDATES Nottingham City Council are trying to ensure that they keep parents up to date with support on offer across the city as well as opportunities and events. Please click on ...

Picture News: Is there a place for sensory toys in the class...

Good morning, This week's Picture News is all about the newest toy craze sweeping schools called Pop-Its. These have replaced the fidget spinner as the must have item in the hands of both young and ol...

ONLINE SAFETY POST: Scam emails

WEEKLY ONLINE SAFETY POST: SCAM EMAILS This is a really important reminder to us all. I don't know about you, but I find it hard to always remember that an email I receive in my inbox might not always...

Road Safety & Parking

ROAD SAFETY & PARKING As it is 'National Walk to School Week', I want to take this opportunity to remind our whole school community to think carefully about your drop off and collection arrangements a...

COVID-19 Testing

COVID-19 TESTING REMINDER We haven't had any positive Covid-19 cases in our school since we returned in March. We really hope this continues to be the case. We continue to follow national guidance car...

Nut Allergy in School

SEVERE NUT ALLERGY IN SCHOOL We have some pupils and staff in school with a severe nut allergy and we would greatly appreciate your support in ensuring that we can keep them safe and healthy in school...

Picture News: Does music have to power to change our behavio...

Sing2G7, an ambitious project aiming to give children a voice ahead of the upcoming G7 Summit, have recorded a song at Truro cathedral. The song, titled Gee Seven has been written by Sir Tim Rice and ...

WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK

It is Walk to School week! This means we can travel to school in so many exciting ways, such as: walking, running, cycling or even coming on your scooter! All this exercise will help to make us strong...

Updated Covid-19 School Risk Assessment

WHOLE SCHOOL COVID RISK ASSESSMENT In the light of the updated guidance for schools, I have updated our Covid-19 risk assessment. You can view the latest version by clicking on the link below: https:/...

Support your mental health and wellbeing

MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING - 10 TOP TIPS FOR PARENTS As it is Mental Heath Awareness Week, why not click on the link below to access a video designed to offer practical advice on how parents can safegu...

Mental Health Awareness Week 2021

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK This week is mental health awareness week. This year the focus is on nature. There is lots of research that supports the role that nature can play in protecting and suppor...

Picture News: What role does sport play in our lives? 10.5.2...

This week's Picture News is about the importance of sport and exercise in our lives today. BRITISH VALUE: INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY UN RIGHTS OF A CHILD: Article 31 - Rest, Play, Culture, Arts European Super...

NSPCC Number Day 2021

What a great day we had on Friday celebrating NSPCC Number Day! Children and teachers were encouraged to dress up as their TTRS avatar or a number! The children had a fun filled number day in school t...

ONLINE SAFETY POST

WEEKLY ONLINE SAFETY POST Good morning, everyone. PARENTAL CONTROLS ON SMARTPHONESThe parental controls on smartphones allow you to block or restrict certain apps, features, content, downloads or purc...

DON'T WORRY Assembly (mental health and wellbeing)

DON'T WORRY ASSEMBLY (mental health and wellbeing) This week, our children are discussing how best to deal with worries and anxiety. Here are some assembly slides for you to look through with your chi...

Picture News - Should all schools have libraries?

This week's Picture News for you to share at home is all about Cressida Cowell who has written a letter asking the prime minister to allocate £100m a year to help school libraries. She had said she wo...

WE GO GREEN - World Earth Day 2021 This year we are working alongside the international charity called WE.ORG. An important part of this charity's work is supporting schools across the world to bring ...

Uniform and Jewellery

Good afternoon, everyone. SCHOOL UNIFORMPlease can I remind everyone about our expectations for school uniform. I understand that during the school closure many children have grown taller and I apprec...

Online Safety - Social Media Support

STAY SAFE ONLINE Social Media and Cyber-advice Posters Police Digital Security Centre (PDSC) is a not-for-profit organisation, owned by the police, who believe that the majority of cyber crime can be ...

Test & Trace and Easter

WHAT DO I DO IF MY CHILD TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID19 IN THE EASTER HOLIDAY? Please read the instructions below – it is important that everyone understands the reporting arrangements. It is possible tha...

Southwark News Update

Good morning, everyone. We have reached the end of a hugely successful finish to the spring term. We have all worked hard to ensure that the children returned to school safely and have settled smoothl...

Weekly Online Safety Post - WhatsApp

WEEKLY ONLINE SAFETY POST WHATSAPP (Age restriction: 16 Years and upwards) WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging service, with around two billion users exchanging texts, photos, videos and do...

Term Dates 2021 2022

Good afternoon, everyone. TERM DATES (2021 - 2022) Please click the link below to view next academic year's term dates. https://www.southwarkprimary.net/our-school/term-dates/ Obviously, booking holid...

Parent / Carer Meetings

Good afternoon, everyone. After Easter, we will be holding parent and carer meetings with your child's class teacher. The meetings will be held flexibly over a 2 week window between 26th April and 7th...

THURSDAY LAST DAY OF TERMOur last day in school for the spring term is this Thursday. Therefore, children are expected in school, on time on Thursday. The Easter break is two weeks. Children are expec...

Picture News: Red Phone Boxes

Picture News: Red Phone Boxes Our final Picture News for this term is about the thousands of traditional red telephone boxes that are being revived by local communities and could be transformed into m...

Test & Trace during Easter

WHAT DO I DO IF MY CHILD TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID19 IN THE EASTER HOLIDAY? Please read the instructions below – it is important that everyone understands the reporting arrangements. It is possible tha...

Easter FSM Vouchers and Activities

NOTTINGHAM CITY LOCAL AUTHORITY UPDATE: FREE FUN AND FOOD THIS EASTER Support is available for FREE Fun and Food this Easter – both for families receiving Free School Meals and families in receipt of ...

RSHE Parent Consultation

RSHE Parent Consultation Don't forget you have one week left to give your feedback on our RSHE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education) curriculum. Our new, draft RSHE policy and a curriculum overvie...

Online Safety Post 24.3.21

ONLINE SAFETY POST YOUTUBE PARENT CONTROLSNew controls have been released by YouTube to give parents better filtering management. Previously the only filtering option was 'Restricted Mode' which basic...

Lateral Flow Tests

Good morning, everyone. Rapid Lateral Flow Tests, to test for Covid-19, are available to collect from Asymptomatic Testing Sites across Nottingham. As pupils and students return to the classroom, the ...

Spring / Summer Dinner Menu

SCHOOL DINNER MENU Please see our school dinner menu attached to this post. It rolls over a 2 week cycle and will continue into the summer term, after Easter. Please select your child's dinner choice ...

Picture News: Why do we need a census? 22.3.21

Good morning, Sunday 21st March was census day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The survey provides a glimpse of life, which can be used by organisations to help make sure they provide the righ...

World Down Syndrome Day 2021

Today is World Down Syndrome Day! We would like all children (and staff) to come in tomorrow (Monday 22nd) with 'Lots of Socks'. Wear odd socks, funky stocks, stripy socks, two pairs of socks. For mor...

Love Reading? FREE Books available from school

Free books available to be collected from outside of school We have a large collection of books to give away for you to enjoy. Why not come along and have a look?! There are a range of authors, genres...

Good afternoon, everyone. We have had such a positive and successful week of learning in school! It was great to see all of the Comic Relief outfits today in school - some of the jokes shared by the c...

Red Nose Day 2021

Today we celebrated Red Nose Day 2021. Across the school all children and staff wore something red or funny to make us all laugh. We shared jokes in classes and learnt the importance of EMPATHY (one ...

Online Safety Post: Emergency SOS calls

HOW TO MAKE EMERGENCY SOS CALLS ON SMARTPHONES Hopefully, neither you nor your children will ever have the need to use a phone’s SOS features. But it’s not something that ought to be left to chance. I...

Mental Health: Young Minds Supporting Parents Helpfinder

MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING Since we have returned to school last week, we have been focussing on wellbeing and supporting children emotionally as well as working hard to meet the learning needs of each...

Regular testing for asymptomatic adults and their families/b...

REGULAR TESTING FOR PARENTS AND HOUSEHOLDS AND BUBBLES Regular rapid testing is now available for parents, their households and bubbles. Regular rapid testing is a fast and easy way to find out if you...

Picture News: Protesting - how far would you go to stand up ...

In the news this week: A group of protesters in Euston Square Gardens, who built a 100ft (30m) tunnel under the gardens to protest against the HS2 high-speed railway line, have all now been evicted. T...

Free Lateral Flow Testing

FREE LATERAL FLOW TESTING FOR PARENTS & ADULTS IN BUBBLES Please see the information posters attached for more information on how you can collect free lateral flow tests for yourselves or other adults...

Waste Week 2021

Get involved in the Great Busta Bake! Our school is joining hundreds of other schools and taking part in Waste Week – a campaign organised by the Pod, to tackle the BIG problem of food waste! Did you ...

Mindful moments #BeKind

We are extremely excited about our #BeKind displays that are popping up around school ready for our #BeKind relaunch tomorrow! Each Thursday’s Mindful Moment will now be an opportunity for children to...

RSE Consultation

RSE CONSULTATIONAs you may already be aware, the Department for Education has announced changes to Relationships and Sex Education following nationwide consultation. Please read the attached letter ca...

Picture News: Mission to Mars

This week's Picture News is all about Nasa's mission to Mars. It has been incredible to watch and keep up to date with what they have found so far. Things to talk about at home… Do you think it is imp...

What a fantastic return to school!

It is absolutely fantastic to see so many children back in school this morning! The children have settled really well and are busy with their first learning activities of the week. THANK YOU - SMOOTH ...

School re-opening March 8th

PARENT/CARER RE-OPENING GUIDE - Please see the attached parent guide for the whole school re-opening on Monday, 8th March. Please read the guidance carefully as, although many of the systems in school...

UPDATED REMOTE EDUCATION PLAN

REMOTE EDUCATION PLANPlease find the updated version of our Remote Education Plan which now includes information on our move to use Microsoft Teams to set and respond to work completed if your child i...

Online Safety Post: Safer Internet Day 2021

Today on Safer Internet Day the UK Safer Internet Centre is inviting everyone to play their part in making the internet a better place. https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2021 Celebra...

Nottingham College Parent Courses

FREE, ONLINE COURSES FROM NOTTINGHAM COLLEGENottingham College is pleased to be able to offer FREE, online courses to parents and carers at Southwark. These courses are aimed at adults who do not have...

Nottingham City Educational Psychology Service - Covid19 adv...

The Nottingham City Educational Psychology Service have put together some resources to support parents and children's mental health during the pandemic. We know there remains a lot of uncertainty arou...

Remote Education - Microsoft Teams Parent Guide

Good afternoon, everyone. REMOTE EDUCATION UPDATEThank you so much for your considered feedback on the remote education provision we offer. It was great to read so many positives about aspects we are ...

Mental Health Support

SUPPORTING PARENTS HELPFINDER (YOUNG MINDS) Times are tough for many people right now. Parents find themselves pulled in many different direction and children may be struggling being in the house for ...

Travel to Tokyo

Here is this week's Travel to Tokyo leader board! Well done to Year 6 who have overtaken Year 1 and reached 1st place this week. I have seen so many sports challenges and fun ways of keeping active be...

WE FEEL GOOD: Children's Mental Health

WE FEEL GOOD This year, we are working with WE.org who are an international charity who support children and young people to 'create change for good' within their local communities. Just before Christ...

Remote Education Parent Feedback

Dear Parents/Carers, We are working hard to ensure that every child at Southwark is receiving the best possible education during this current school closure. We aim to ensure that we offer children wo...

School is OPEN today

Good morning. School remains open to children of critical workers and vulnerable children today. Please be very careful on the roads and pavements this morning in the snow. Please leave yourself a lon...

Picture news: What makes a good leader?

What's going on this week? With Joe Biden becoming the 46th President of the US this week, this week's Picture News is all about leaders! On 20th January, Joe Biden became the 46th President of the Un...

Updated Remote Education Plan

UPDATED REMOTE EDUCATION PLAN Please find our updated Remote Education Plan by clicking the following link: https://www.southwarkprimary.net/essential-information/covid-19-information/ This outlines o...

Reach Out Resource Room

The Reach Out Resource Room and Catalogue is an exciting online learning portal for local school children in Nottingham city and county. The service is completely free of charge and available for all ...

Travel To Tokyo!

WHAT IS TRAVEL TO TOKYO?Travel to Tokyo is a programme for schools and local communities designed to help children and their families to get active together, try new things and most importantly: have ...

Southwark Value: Empathy

SOUTHWARK VALUE: EMPATHY Today, we had an assembly about the importance of showing empathy to others. To see the PowerPoint, see the values section of our school website! Empathy is the ability to un...

Online Safety App Guide

WEEKLY ONLINE SAFETY POST Lockdown has sent children’s screen time soaring again. We understand that making sure that young people stay safe online can be tough when there are new apps, games and site...

You Tube Safety Guide

Good morning, everyone. WEEKLY ONLINE SAFETY POST - YOUTUBE SAFETY GUIDE YouTube is an online platform – owned by Google – where anyone can upload & watch video content. All different types of informa...

Anti-Bullying at Southwark

WEEKLY ANTI-BULLYING POST! Today we introduced Kindness Jars to each classroom! Every day, children can write post it notes about acts of kindness from their friends and each class teacher will celebr...

WE SCARE HUNGER

Good afternoon, everyone. WE SCARE HUNGER SOCIAL ACTION PROJECTAs you saw on my Dojo messages earlier this week, we are all taking part in a social action project to help support families and individu...

END OF TERM As you may have heard in the news, the Department for Education announced yesterday that schools can use Friday 18th December as an INSET day, even when they had not previously planned to ...

Handling Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Over Christmas

Good morning, everyone. CHANGE TO SELF-ISOLATION GUIDANCE On Friday, the government announced that there would be changes made to self-isolation guidance. From today, anyone who is required to self-is...

Food Bank Donations - empathy in action

Good afternoon, everyone! WE SCARE HUNGER! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Wow! Your generosity is incredible! As part of our social action project this autumn term, we have collected food donations ...

Southwark Value: EQUALITY October 2020

In October we explored the importance of Equality. We explored issues about discrimination, linked to Black History Month. We learnt about the life of Rosa Parks and how her courageous actions helpe...

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NEW CHILD FRIENDLY TOOL AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH - Meet 'OLLEE'... Funded by BBC Children in Need, this early-intervention tool will help 8-11 year olds with their emotional wellbeing and en...

Children in Need Fireworks

Children In Need Fireworks Evening Thank you so much for your generosity last week at our Children In Need Fireworks Evening! We hope you all had a brilliant time with your friends and families. We ra...

World Book Day!

We celebrated World Book Day on 7th March 2019 in style! Each class performed a poem by Michael Rosen which was performed in front of the whole school in the afternoon. We were all blown away by the...

October Southwark Value: Equality

October Southwark Value: EQUALITY This month, we are learning all about the importance of equality. We have looked at what makes us the same and what makes us different. We have discussed that our d...

July Southwark Value: HONESTY

Our Value for July is HONESTY. We have discussed what it means to be honest and how to build trust with others. We have also thought about why we might be tempted to lie and the negative impact this c...

Refugee Week 'Taste of Southwark' 2018

What a wonderful way to celebrate International Refugee Week 2018! This week, the whole school have been reflecting on the many challenges refugees face around the world. We have demonstrated our s...

May Southwark Value: LOVE

We have been discussing the importance of love in our lives. We have been learning about different types of love and how we can love both ourselves and others. What will you do this month to show your...

Year 5/6 Athletics Team 2nd best in Nottinghamshire!

Congratulations to the Year 5/6 Athletics Team who represented Nottingham City in the County Athletics Competition at the end of February. The team trained so hard for the event and won silver medals ...

2018 - 2019 Nursery Places Available

2018 - 2019 Southwark nursery places available now! All children are entitled to our 15 hours free provision. 30 hours provision is available if your child is entitled to it. If you do not qualify, pa...

March Southwark Value: TRUST

This month we will be focussing on TRUST. We have discussed what trust means as well as what we need to do to be trustworthy. We also discussed when we should trust others and the benefits of this. ...

February Value: RESPECT

Our shared value for February is RESPECT. We have been discussing what respect means and how we can treat ourselves, others as well as our local and national environment with respect. Read the scenari...

Year 6 Dance Competition

Congratulations to our Year 6 dance group who performed so well at the Nottingham City dance competition at Ellis Guilford this week. We are so proud of the team for their outstanding dance skills b...

Safer Internet Day 2018

Here at Southwark we take internet safety extremely seriously. We understand that the internet brings about endless opportunities to learn new knowledge and acquire new skills and offers us the chanc...

NSPCC Number Day 2018

NSPCC Number Day was another huge success this week. Our children worked together, using our Southwark Value of collaboration, to design and make maths games and apply our maths skills to solve real ...

Southwark Value: Positivity

In January, we have been focussing on our Southwark Value of POSITIVITY. We have found out that being positive can make us learn more easily and make better progress in our work. We have also found ...

Year 5 Mini Police Launch

What a fantastic morning at Southwark! Our Year 5 children enjoyed a visit from Nottinghamshire Police as well as the High Sherrif of Nottingham and the Nottingham Police and Crime Commissioner! The e...

Christmas Enterprise Fair

It was fantastic to see so much support for our Christmas Enterprise Fair after school today. Our children have been planning, designing, making and advertising all week in preparation for the big eve...

Year 5/6 Athletics City Champions

Congratulations to our Year 5 and Year 6 Athletics Team who competed so well at yesterday's Nottingham City Athletics Finals. We are incredibly proud of the whole team for their dedication, attitude...

Thank you to all the parents who supported our Art Showcase yesterday; it was wonderful to celebrate such creativity from children across the school. The high quality work on show was produced in our ...

December Value: Co-operation

Our value for December is CO-OPERATION. In assembly, we introduced our new Southwark Value and discussed what it meant to work together and co-operate with others. We discussed times when we have co...

Handball City Champions!

Congratulations to our handball team who won every match on their way to becoming Nottingham City champions! Southwark edged a very close match in the final against Whitemoor! Behaviour and sportsmans...

Year 3 visit Creswell Crags

Last week, Year 3 visited Creswell Crags as part of their history topic on the Stone Age. The children built Stone Age shelters, learnt about hunting skills and explored the caves, learning about how ...

Spark Sensory visit Nursery

Nursery enjoyed a fabulous visit from Spark Sensory on Friday. Our youngest children here at Southwark were immersed in a wide range of sensory stimulating activities inside the exciting inflatable do...

School Attendance Prizes

High attendance is vital for children's academic progress & wellbeing. Being in school everyday and on time makes it easier for our children to make progress in their learning and also ensures that t...

Children In Need Fireworks Evening

Thank you to everyone who attended our Children In Need fireworks night on Friday! It was great to see the whole community coming together to raise money for such an important cause. Thank you for you...

Sport For All Festival at Harvey Hadden

Well done to our fantastic children who represented Team Southwark so well at yesterday's sports festival at Harvey Hadden Stadium. Children took part in a range of exciting sporting events including...

Anti-Bullying Week

Today brings us to the end of Anti-Bullying week at Southwark. Throughout the week, lessons and assemblies have revolved around the theme 'All Different, All Equal'. Children have discussed what it ...

Nursery & Reception Number November

Number November in Nursery and Reception was a huge success on Friday! Thank you to the100 parents who joined us in school to explore number and learn how we are teaching mastery in school. Nursery an...

Remembrance Day 2017

Today, we reflected on the courage and bravery of the people who laid down their lives for us in WWI, WWII, as well as more recent conflicts so that we may live in peace. Children across the whole sc...

November Value: COURAGE

Our November Value is COURAGE. We have discussed what courage means and how we can be courageous. This week, we are reflecting on the courage shown by those who have sacrificed their lives for us. Thr...

Reception Open Event

Will your child be entering Reception in September 2018? We are extremely excited to share our excellent Reception facilities with parents and carers! Why not come along to attend our Open Event on ...

Sharewear Partnership

We are pleased to be working closely with the fantastic charity, Sharewear, this year. Sharewear is a self-funded charity based in Nottingham who provide emergency clothing, shoes and bedding to peop...

Year 6 London Trip

Yesterday, our Year 6 children visited The British Museum in London. The children explored the Ancient Egyptian artifacts before heading out into London for a sightseeing tour of a lifetime! We were ...

Maths pupil/parent session a huge success!

Thank you to everyone who attended the parent and pupil maths session yesterday! It was fantastic to see so many parents here in school supporting their children become maths superstars! Feedback has...

Speed Kick Challenge

We have put our shooting boots on this week for our Speed Kick Challenge! Children have had the speed of their penalty kicks measured by the speed sensor and have raised money for both school as well...

Year 1 Sherwood Forest trip

The Year 1 Sherwood Forest trip was a huge success! Children explored Robin Hood's hideout, the Major Oak, and enjoyed orienteering in teams! Thank you to all the staff and volunteers for making this...

Year 6 Football Karnival

Congratulations to the Year 6 boys who took part in 'The Zone' football Karnival yesterday. Twenty schools took part and our boys won bronze medals, losing on penalties in the semi-finals! We are v...

Year 5 Jorvik Trip

Year 5 travelled back in time to Jorvik on Wednesday, in preparation for their upcoming Vikings topic. The children took part in three activities during the day including: a battle tactics workshop, ...

Cross Country Success!

We are extremely proud of our Year 5/6 girl's cross country team who became Nottingham City champions on Thursday by winning gold at the cross country event at Colwick Park! Well done to the Year 5/6 ...

Year 5/6 Girls Football

A huge congratulations to the Southwark Year 5/6 girls who won silver medals in the Nottingham City football tournament last Thursday. The girls came second out of ten teams! Thank you to all the sta...

New Southwark Website

Good Morning! Welcome to the new Southwark website. I hope you enjoy the changes that have been made! We would appreciate your feedback so that we can ensure that the website is informative, easy to...

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