The deadline for ordering your Year 6 Leavers Hoody is this Wednesday 29th March – don’t miss out! Please order on Weduc.
Please see previous posts for ordering details.
Europe Bulletin
Year 6 Leavers Hoodies now available for purchase
Ordering a Leavers Hoody Instructions:
As per Mrs Andrew’s Weduc post with picture of the design and pdf colour chart attached – a year 6 ‘Leavers Hoody’ is now available to buy in the ‘Offers’ section of Weduc. Please order by Wednesday 29th March.
To order one, please click on the ‘Leavers Hoody’ offer (in the Weduc app), add it to your basket, and then as you go through the payment pages, you will be asked what size and colour you wish to purchase before completing the payment.
If you would like to buy a second hoody in a different colour for your year 6 child, please contact the office and we will add you to the separate ‘Second Leavers Hoody’ payment (the ordering process is exactly the same as for the first hoody).
These are the colours (the order form is to show colours etc only and not to be used for placing an order):
Year 6 and social media
Dear Parents,
I am writing to you with regards growing concerns surrounding pupils in Year 6 using social media (at this time Snapchat) and the use of inappropriate and threatening behaviour. Whilst this is happening out of school, our ultimate concern is the wellbeing and safety of all our pupils with the added fact that this is spilling over into school life.
Going forward, our goal is to ensure that pupils are respectful and safe at all times. In school, this is underpinned through teaching a rigorous PSHE and computing programme which also includes e-safety and ‘getting on/falling out’/maintaining healthy relationships.
The minimum age for using Snapchat is 13 years old (which no Year 6 child is). As a school, safeguarding our children is of paramount importance. Children using their phones unregulated on age inappropriate apps/social media is a significant safeguarding concern. We are bound to investigate any concerns which would lead to other agency involvement.
With this in mind, I would appreciate your support through the following actions:
- Discuss with your child how and when they are using their devices.
- Talk openly with your child regarding the benefits and risks associated with social media.
- Review apps that are being used and their age ratings.
- Follow guidance on parental controls that can be put in place to further support monitoring and usage of devices and apps (if required).
- Discuss with your child about how they conduct themselves online and the lasting impressions this can give.
Please visit our Internet Safety Page. In addition, please visit the NSPCC website which provides details of age ratings etc.
If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Mr Lowrie-Herz
Year 6 parents – Carol Service form (leaving church permissions)
Year 6 parents, please fill in the following form as soon as possible to indicate how your year 6 child will be getting home after the KS2 Carol Service this week – Wed 7th Dec (2pm-3pm at St George’s CE Church) – Year 6 Form
(A text has also been sent out so please only fill the form in once for your child)!
Applications to transfer to secondary school in September 2023 – deadline Monday 31st October
A message from Shropshire Council Admissions Team for all year 6 parents:
Your child is due to transfer to secondary school in September 2023. It is therefore essential that you make an application before the closing date of 31st October 2022. Applications can easily be made through the Shropshire Council website here – School admissions | Shropshire Council
National Offer Day is 1st March 2023 when parents will be informed of their allocated school.
A printable copy of the letter that was sent home with your child last month is here – Secondary School Applic letter Sept 2022
Year 6 – Mary Webb are running their fab STEAM Club again this Autumn
Letters are coming home tonight. If your child would like to go to the club, please fill in the reply slip and return it direct to the Mary Webb school office.
Parents are to collect their child from outside the Science Labs at Mary Webb at 4.30pm each week (Thursdays). Please note: the club will not be running on Thursday 24th November.
A printable copy of the letter is here – Mary Webb y6 STEAM 2022-23
Year 6 and social media
Dear Parents,
I am writing to you with regards growing concerns surrounding pupils in Year 6 using social media (at this time Snapchat) and the use of inappropriate and threatening behaviour. Whilst this is happening out of school, our ultimate concern is the wellbeing and safety of all our pupils with the added fact that this may spill over into school life.
Going forward, our goal is to ensure that pupils are respectful and safe at all times. In school, this is underpinned through teaching a rigorous PSHE and computing programme which also includes e-safety and ‘getting on/falling out’/maintaining healthy relationships.
The minimum age for using Snapchat is 13 years old (which no Year 6 child is). As a school, safeguarding our children is of paramount importance. Children using their phones unregulated on age inappropriate apps/social media is a significant safeguarding concern. We are bound to investigate any concerns which would lead to other agency involvement.
With this in mind, I would appreciate your support through the following actions:
- Discuss with your child how and when they are using their devices.
- Talk openly with your child regarding the benefits and risks associated with social media.
- Review apps that are being used and their age ratings.
- Follow guidance on parental controls that can be put in place to further support monitoring and usage of devices and apps (if required).
- Discuss with your child about how they conduct themselves online and the lasting impressions this can give.
Please visit our Internet Safety Page. In addition, please visit the NSPCC website which provides details of age ratings etc.
If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Mr Lowrie-Herz
Mary Webb School & Science College Open Evening for year 6 pupils and parents – Thursday 29th September 2022
Please note, these open school events are being held this Autumn 2022 (not 2023 as incorrectly stated on the flyer above).
Applications to transfer to secondary school in September 2023 are now OPEN
A message from Shropshire Council Admissions Team for all year 6 parents:
Your child is due to transfer to secondary school in September 2023. It is therefore essential that you make an application before the closing date of 31st October 2022. Applications can easily be made through the Shropshire Council website here – School admissions | Shropshire Council
National Offer Day is 1st March 2023 when parents will be informed of their allocated school.
A named letter will be sent home from school today, a generic copy of it is here – Secondary School Applic letter Sept 2022
Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly update – 17/7/22
Dear Year 6 parents,
It is with great regret that I write to inform you that tomorrow’s 6pm performance of the Year 6 leavers’ assembly will not take place. This is due to the forecast of extremely high temperatures and us ensuring the health and safety of your children and yourselves is at the forefront of this decision.
However, I can offer that you attend the Monday morning performance, at 9:30am, where temperatures should be lower. Further to this, and with technology allowing, we hope to record the performance and deliver a digital copy to all Year 6 parents (possibly via YouTube). In addition, we will look to host another performance on Wednesday morning at 9:30am.
I can only apologise for this inconvenience and ask that you consider that the health and safety of the children here at Pontesbury CE Primary School is our main concern.
Tom Lowrie-Herz (Acting Headteacher)
