Newsletter – 22-Mar-24

Dear Parents and Carers

Key Stage 1 show – Rise & Shine

Next week on Wednesday, the pupils from Years 1 and 2 will perform a show called Rise & Shine to the school and to the Y1-2 families.  They have been working hard learning lines , directions and songs and we’re looking forward to watching this production.  The rest of the school will have the opportunity to watch the dress rehearsal, on Tuesday.  The two main performances are on Wednesday morning at 10.30am and afternoon at 2.15pm. 

PTA Easter event

We look forward to welcoming many families to the PTA Easter event at school from 1-3pm tomorrow (Saturday 23rd March). 

Roadworks – Pamber Road 4th -12th April

We have had notification of planned roadworks happening on Pamber Road (from the school up to Charter Alley) during the Easter break. This work is to repair the surface of the road. For our community members who use this road regularly, please take note of the diversion below. 

Rocksteady

The school was treated to a rock concert from the Rocksteady rockstars on Friday morning. These pupils, from Year R right up to Year 6 are all in smaller bands within the group and performed familiar songs like Seven Nation Army with impressive control and flair!

Assembly

Well done to Leonie and Elodie from Year 3 for presenting an interesting and entertaining assembly about St Patrick. 

The Athletics Team: – Congratulations for being awarded the “Small Schools” Trophy for the highest placed small school at the finals.

The year 5/6 athletics team had a great trip to the school area finals this week. They performed brilliantly both in qualifiers and at the finals to come 5th overall and win the Small Schools Trophy for the Basingstoke area – Go Priory athletics team! There were some fantastic individual performances and a supportive team spirit that ensured a fun trip out. As always the children were super ambassadors for the school; Mrs Adams and Mrs Selwood were proud to be part of the adventure. The children were pleased to notice their own improvements, with many of them registering Personal Best times or scores. It was a great experience and has inspired us to try and compete at this level next year. Thank you to Coach Sue for helping us prepare too!

The Rugby Team

A massive well done to our Rugby squad yet again.  On Thursday afternoon, we travelled to Bramley school to play another round in the rugby league.  With more impressive team performances, we came away with 2 great wins, a close fought draw and a loss.  As always, the team spirit of unity and support was strong, and they worked well. They are developing some lovely passing skills on the move and some great support running in attack.  Well done all. Our next tournament will be at home where we will host the final session of the season. Do come along to support our squad if you can. We’d love to make the most of the home advantage!

Thanks again to all of the parents who helped with transport and pitch side support.  A special thanks to Mr Candy who works hard with warm ups, last minute coaching advice and running the line in matches, your help is much appreciated by all.  We are loving rugby at The Priory!

Star of Wonder Awards

YEAR R: Harley, Hallie and George 

YEAR 1: Tansy, Olson, Thomas, Dylan, Olive and Jago

YEAR 2: Taimi, Nolan and Teddy

YEAR 3: Harrison, Emilia, Ben and Dhyanam

YEAR 4: Max, Toby, Isabella and Alannah

YEAR 5:  Robert, Cassidy and Poppy

YEAR 6: Annabelle, Casper, Evie and Isla

Piano Certificates 

Ese in Year R, and Darcy in Y5

Safeguarding and Wellbeing

Keeping Safe …… Online Safety Warning

🚨 Safeguarding Alert 🚨

Dangerous Challenge Raises Serious Safeguarding Concerns

You might have heard about a recent, tragic incident involving an 11-year-old boy in Lancashire who lost his life after reportedly taking part in a dangerous trend called ‘chroming’ during a sleepover.

 Click here to learn about the alarming rise of the chroming challenge, understand the associated dangers, and get expert tips for parents, caregivers and safeguarding professionals on protecting children and young people from these risks using the link above.

Your Guide to Group Chats 💬

Group chats are a great way to stay connected and share memorable moments with friends, family and loved ones. However, they can also serve as platforms for bullying and inappropriate content and behaviour. How well do you know these platforms and the risks of using group chats?

The shareable, Your Guide To Group Chats, is designed to help parents and carers gain an understanding of social media, gaming chats and how to protect children and young people in your care from potential risks.

Main Online Safety section from the NSPCC – https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/

Parent Guides – https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/#guides

Resources for parents with children with SEND – https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/#SEND

Reporting concerns

Key actions to take if you have a concern that a child is in danger, may suffer harm and maltreatment…

MAKE A REPORT IF…

• If you fear that a child is in immediate danger CALL 999 and report the concern
• IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS AND YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT YOU SHOULD DO – report your concerns to the DSL and team at school

Alternative options – as a member of the public you can report a concern to Hampshire’s Child Protection Services directly – information about the services is available here – this site provides useful information and learning about a range of abuse as well as what will happen when concerns are reported –

https://www.hants.gov.uk/socialcareandhealth/childrenandfamilies/safeguardingchildren/childprotection

If you are a member of the public and wish to report any welfare/safeguarding concerns DIRECTLY TO CHILDREN’S SERVICES:- you can complete Hampshire’s online form here: online enquiry form

You can report a concern over the telephone and via email –

Phone 0300 555 1384   
Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm
Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm

Email childrens.services@hants.gov.uk     Please note: Emails are dealt with during normal office hours Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. At other times phone our out of hours number.      

Out of hours – Out of hours contact telephone number for Children’s Services Phone 0300 555 1373 

REMEMBER – SAFEGUARDING IS  EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY