Campsbourne Newsletter

Dear Parent / Carers,

Tomorrow is our annual summer fair between 12 and 3pm which is a vital fun raiser for the school. I hope you are able to come and enjoy the afternoon with the Campsbourne community. If you see me in some stocks next to a bucket of sponges please feel free to walk past!

Gardening Club 

Over the past two weeks, Gardening Club have been busy making delicious food from the vegetables they have been growing and looking after in the Eco Garden for the last year.

• Year 1 made Kale Crisps. This is the vegetable they chose to grow from seeds and look after. Everyone enjoyed making these and eating these, especially Mr Smith!
• Year 2 made Rainbow Rolls from the carrots they have grown from seeds over the last year. The kids thoroughly enjoyed this process.
• Year 3 made Simply Lemony Spring Greens Pasta. They enjoyed trying something new and using the vegetables they had looked after in doing this. Scarlet enjoyed it so much she was caught licking the bowl!
• Year 4 made Crunchy Fruity Coleslaw. They had a fun time mixing the onions they had grown alongside other ingredients in order to make this.
• Year 5 made Courgette and Onion Fritters from the courgettes they had been growing in the garden. They got the Mr Smith seal of approval and he even asked for more!
• Year 6 will be making Rhubarb Messy Tart and look forward to using the rhubarb they have been growing to create this.

Each year group had thoroughly enjoyed their time in the Eco Garden. We all look forward to doing the same next year! If you would like the recipes, they can be found in ‘The Little Grower’s Cookbook’ by Ghillie James and Julia Parker.

Year 6 Canoe at West Reservoir Centre

This week Year 6 went on our end of year canoeing trip. We journeyed to the West Reservoir Centre, where we were joined by water sports specialists who helped us get into our gear ready to canoe. We learned lot’s of new things about canoeing, how to steer in different directions and techniques to canoe faster. Once we got the hang of it we played some games on the water and by the end of it we were canoeing experts! To top it off the children had a much anticipated dip in the water – which they loved!

NEU Strikes

The NEU have called for 2 more strikes which will take place on Wednesday 5^th and Friday 7^th July. These strikes are part of the NEU’s campaign for fairer pay rises for teaching staff and for increased funding for schools. You should assume that your child’s class will be closed on both of these days. If a teacher decides not to strike on one or both of these days we will contact you directly.

Zones of Regulation Parent Workshop – 9am Thursday 6th July

Parents are invited to join us to learn more about the Zones of Regulation approach and how this can be tailored to home, taking place here at 9am Thursday 6th July with Morgan Currie (DHT/SENCO), Wendy Fitt (Pastoral Manager) and Jade Best (Community Lead). We will be discussing how this is used at school and how this can be supported at home as well as provide parents with resources and tools they may find useful to put into practise. ​We will also be taking questions about the new Behaviour Policy.

Stationers Park Festival, part of the Crouch End Festival is on Saturday 8th July. All free.
9.30-5pm there is big stage with music, dance, performance and some clowning. Sing-a-longs for tots with Ali’s Little Singer and the Beatle Bugs, Hornsey School for Girls Steel Pans. Live bands, and loads of activities – arts, crafts, make a bug box with Woodcraft Folk, nature hunt, assault course, Just Play Football Academy, MyGym, The Crouch End Olympics games. And watch out for the dinosaur!
Also, lots of activities in the HVCC – Singing Mamas, Rap Yoga, Story Massage, Lingotots, Little Roots and Camp Kidboza. Drinks, food (hot and cold and snack), bar for adults.
7pm – 9pm Free open air film – GHOSTBUSTERS. Popcorn and bar.
For listings of events go to www.CrouchEndFestival.org

Online Safety Bill
There is currently an Online Harms bill going through parliament, with urgent calls for the internet to be made safer for children – the NSPCC calls the internet the Wild West! Despite age ratings of13+ and 16+ online and social media platforms including YouTube, WhatsApp and TikTok are the daily diet for many children and include dares and challenges that can encourage children to share explicit content and to be unkind.

Managing screen time on these platforms is challenging because of the addictive design features and extreme & dangerous content easily accessed, including violent and scary video content masked by child friendly titles such as Huggy Wuggy. We encourage you to stay very involved with your child’s life online and carefully consider the risks if you allow them to use social media.

A new and highly acclaimed 15-minute short drama starring Jodie Whittaker (Dr Who), Paul Ready (Motherland) looks at online harm, regulation and responsibility.

https://www.ft.com/video/ea39f3a9-8993-477d-a763-317ba51c2e75

• Along with parental controls, parents and carers should stay actively involved in their child’s online world
• Helping choose safe child age apps and sites, having regular conversations and setting firm boundaries.
• Common boundaries used by families for both children and adults include:
• Screen free mealtimes and bedtimes (other times inc. “before school”)
• No tech in bedrooms and books at bedtime
• Gaming only at weekends and educational games in the week
• Choosing quality programmes and films to watch together such as CBBC and enjoying TV on a large TV screen rather than phone or iPad.
• Parents and carers actively involved in choosing apps and online games, with regular monitoring of devices and parental controls.

Parental control and monitoring tools including Google Family Link, Apple ScreenTime and Microsoft Family Safety https://parentsafe.lgfl.net and https://www.internetmatters.org

Free phone helpline for families 7-9pm school nights https://thesleepcharity.org.uk

Summer Holiday Camp

Our summer holiday camp will be running for the first 3 weeks of the summer holidays. This is from Monday 24^th July to Friday 11^th August. You can find the timetable of activities below and you can book places now on https://www.scopay.com/login

Weekly Attendance and Punctuality

Congratulations to Gwen John Class in the Infants and Thompson Class in the Juniors for registering the highest attendance for the week ending 23^rd June! Well done to Gainsborough and Hepworth for 99% punctuality and Himid for 100% punctuality.

​I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Jonathan Smith
Head Teacher

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