Dear Parents and Carers, 

Welcome back… a short newsletter this week

Parents Evening

Thankyou for attending our recent parents evenings. They were well attended as always.

Domestic Violence

We are pleased to share with you that our school has been given the opportunity to take part in a new Home Office approved project. It is being led by Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Dame Vera Baird and Northumbria Police in partnership with Barnados and Operation Encompass. The project, named Operation Encompass The Next Steps, aims to form part of a wider strategy to break the cycle of Domestic Abuse through education and support.

The project will help all children in the North East to learn about friendships, relationships, emotions and rules so that they can live and work together safely.

Our school will also benefit from having one of twelve School Safeguarding Liaison Officers who will:

• Work with our teachers to deliver an age appropriate session exploring aspects of Domestic Abuse/friendships /relationships/emotions 
• Be available in school at specified times so that children and parents can talk about issues that they may have around relationships and Domestic Abuse.

 We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our pupils and we believe this will be extremely beneficial for children and the whole school community.

Good News

Well done to one of our Y3 pupils who successfully auditioned for a Royal Ballet School and will be performing in The Nutcracker at Newcastle Theatre.

Our Year 6 girls are through to the Gymnastic final in the North East and will be representing Sunderland.

Attendance

This weeks attendance is 97%

Miss Knoxs’ and Mr Mullick’s class won the attendance award with 100%  Well done everyone!

Behaviour

Well done to Darling House who won the cup this week by collecting so many Class Dojo’s!