We know that many schools have or are now being affected by Coronavirus. Vigilance and sound communication is required at this delicate stage. I am assessing the situation on a daily basis and I am including within this newsletter the advice provided by the NHS. Lock Down Today we practiced a partial lock down scenario. The children and the staff were amazing as ever. Our new lock down alarm signal worked well, the children stayed calm and quiet within their classrooms and senior teachers and Mr O’Connor patrolled the school to ensure the drill was effective. Let us hope that we never have to employ a real lock down. Prank Call Sadly, I have to report to you that on Saturday 15 th February at 6.30pm Atwood received a prank phone call from a group of children - both male and female - who had withheld their phone number. Furthermore, the children in question mentioned the name of an Atwood pupil as if to pretend that it was them who made the call. Whilst we do not know if it was Atwood pupils who made the call, please do remind your children that prank calls are not to be encouraged. Blankets or Single Duvet Mr Glenn requires around 3 blankets or 3 single duvets! Why? He wants to muffle the kick drums we have at school to improve their tone. If you can assist Mr Glenn, then please to pop them into the office. Any spares will be used in the medical room. Parents’ Evening I look forward to seeing you all for next week’s Parents’ Evenings. We hope that you gain useful information about your child’s academic and pastoral progress. Class Reps I really enjoyed meeting up with the class reps on Wednesday. We talked about the use of the School Voluntary Fund, Atwood’s results for 2019 and use of school resources. NEWSLETTER 28 FEBRUARY 2020 SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM’S WELCOME
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We know that many schools have or are now being affected by Coronavirus. Vigilance and sound
communication is required at this delicate stage. I am assessing the situation on a daily basis and I
am including within this newsletter the advice provided by the NHS.
Lock Down
Today we practiced a partial lock down scenario. The children and the staff were amazing as
ever. Our new lock down alarm signal worked well, the children stayed calm and quiet within their
classrooms and senior teachers and Mr O’Connor patrolled the school to ensure the drill was
effective. Let us hope that we never have to employ a real lock down.
Prank Call
Sadly, I have to report to you that on Saturday 15th February at 6.30pm Atwood received a prank
phone call from a group of children - both male and female - who had withheld their phone
number. Furthermore, the children in question mentioned the name of an Atwood pupil as if to
pretend that it was them who made the call. Whilst we do not know if it was Atwood pupils who
made the call, please do remind your children that prank calls are not to be encouraged.
Blankets or Single Duvet
Mr Glenn requires around 3 blankets or 3 single duvets! Why? He wants to muffle the kick drums
we have at school to improve their tone. If you can assist Mr Glenn, then please to pop them into
the office. Any spares will be used in the medical room.
Parents’ Evening
I look forward to seeing you all for next week’s Parents’ Evenings. We hope that you gain useful
information about your child’s academic and pastoral progress.
Class Reps
I really enjoyed meeting up with the class reps on Wednesday. We talked about the use of the
School Voluntary Fund, Atwood’s results for 2019 and use of school resources.
NEWSLETTER 28 FEBRUARY 2020
SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM’S WELCOME
Our next meeting is on Wednesday 29th April. My thanks to Mrs Alison Morgan and Mr Carl
Knightly who also attended on behalf of the Governing Board.
Yours faithfully,
Rob Veale, Kate Standing, Nina Gambier,
Matt Dench, Hannah Townsend & Michaela Groves
Senior Leadership Team
TEAM POINTS
Earth 167
Fire 157
Air 149
Water 124
We will be holding another of our popular Dads' Breakfast sessions on Wednesday 1st
April. The morning will start with a talk by Mr Dench on the positive impact of dads reading with
their children, followed by breakfast and games with the children. All dads, male carers, grandads,
uncles and older brothers are warmly invited to attend.
The session runs from 8:45am until 9:45am. Please drop off your child as normal, then make your
way to the side door of the Junior Hall (facing the car park) where staff will sign you in.
If you would like to attend, please email the school office with your child's name and class so we
have an idea of numbers.
We look forward to welcoming you to another successful Breakfast!
FOAP will be serving drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and snacks at the Year 3 & 4 productions
on Tuesday 17th and Thursday 19th March. Cash and card will be accepted.
DADS’ BREAKFAST
YEAR 3 & 4 PERFORMANCE
Public Health have released guidance on Coronovirus for parents and schools which you may find
useful.
CORONAVIRUS
We are running a workshop for parents on the topic of anti-anxiety. Led by Zoe Barkham, Croydon
Schools Improvement Officer, the workshop will give parents advice on coping with anxiety in their
children and tips on how to help.
The workshop will take place in the Junior Hall on Thursday 26th March from 1:30pm until
3:00pm and is open to all parents.
If you would be interested in attending, please email the office to confirm. If we do not get a good
number of parents, we may have to cancel the session, so do let us know as soon as possible if you
would like to come along.
World Book Day is fast approaching and at Atwood we are ready to
celebrate all things reading on Wednesday 4th March 2020. During
this day, every class will have a session with the award-winning author, John
Dougherty who is famous for titles such as the 'Stinkbomb & Ketchup-face
series', 'There's a pig up my nose' and many other titles. Teachers are also
busy planning a range of exciting and creative cross-curricular activities to
fill the day to celebrate and promote a love of reading.
In previous years, all children have been invited to dress up as a book
character for the day but this year we would like to do something different. We will not be dressing
up but instead will be creating a World Book Day potato character! Each child will need to bring in
a large raw potato which they will be decorating during the day to recreate their favourite book
character. To do this, we need your help! Class reps will be receiving a list of materials that each
class will need. If you can, please sign up to donate one of these items that your child's class will be
able to use.
We are really excited about World Book Day and thank you in advance for your continued support.
For information, ideas and activities for World Book Day, visit: https://www.worldbookday.com/