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Important safeguarding information for parents/carers

Fri 06 Nov 2015

Safeguarding Our Children - Child Line Assembly, Workshops and Website for Parents

I am pleased to be writing to tell you about the ChildLine Schools Service. This is a nationwide service for every child in the UK in Years 5 /6 (in England & Wales).

This service will visit our school on Friday 6^th November 2015 to work with years 5 and 6. The visit will consist of a 30 minute assembly followed by a 60 minute classroom based workshop a week later. It has been specifically designed for primary school age children and all deliveries are provided in a sensitive and child-friendly way. The assembly and workshop(s) are given by ChildLine staff or trained ChildLine volunteers and pupils will be supported by school staff throughout.

The ChildLine Schools Service aims to encourage the children to identify with their right to be happy and safe.

It strives to encourage the understanding that any problem or worry that they may have is legitimate, and to share their worries – big or small – with their trusted adult; at home, at school, or with ChildLine.

The ChildLine Schools Service aims to give children:

An understanding of different forms of abuse, including bullying, and an ability to recognise the signs of harm or abuse
Knowledge of how to protect themselves from all forms of abuse
An awareness of how to get help and sources of help, including ChildLine.

One important question that ChildLine is frequently asked is:

Is there any information to help me discuss keeping safe with my child?

The NSPCC has a wealth of resources for parents and carers to help keep their children safe from abuse. The Underwear Rule, for example, contains guidance on having simple conversations with children to keep them safe from sexual abuse.

More information and downloadable guides (in a variety of languages) are available at www.nspcc.org.uk/underwear.

There is also comprehensive guidance for parents and carers about how to help keep their children safe online, including a tool which gives information about the top social networking sites. This can be found at www.nspcc.org.uk/shareaware

Please make some time to look at these websites; they are invaluable resources.

We are delighted to be able to offer this valuable service to our pupils, from the safe, familiar and supportive environment of their primary school. If your child is in Years 5 or 6, please see ParentMail for further details.

Going green - New solar panels

Thu 05 Nov 2015

I am immensely proud to announce that Quilters Junior School has taken a huge step to becoming a ‘green school’, with solar panels now being stationed on our roof.

We will now produce enough energy to pay for our own consumption while being able to send some of this renewable energy back the grid, reducing the need for fossil fuels to be used.

Financially, the savings for the school will be in excess of over £200,000 over 20 years, with a net saving of over £150,000 for the school, once the panels have been paid for. There is no initial cost to the school as all payments are made in arrears of money being both saved and generated by the panels each year.

Just as significantly, with a new ‘savings app’ linked to our solar panels and with a display screen in reception, we are in a strong position to teach the children about the cost of leaving electrical items on and about the savings (both financial and environmental) to be made by turning them off! We can really educate them about the importance of being responsible at home with lights, consoles, TVs etc.

This project has taken three years to come to fruition as we needed to first persuade Essex County Council that our roof needed re-felting. Many, many hours have been spent making this 'dream' a reality.

This whole project simply wouldn’t have happened without Nick Christian, head of our Finance and Premises Committee. His energy and drive has been immense. Thanks Nick.

Assessment without levels workshop - 30.09.15

Tue 29 Sep 2015

Just a quick reminder that I will be running a 45 minute assessment update meeting tomorrow to explain the school's approach now that levels are no more.

Should you be able to attend, the first meeeting is at 9am and the second one is at 6.30pm.

Hope to see you there.

Best wishes,

Mr Mike Wade

QFM and QTV release dates confirmed.

Fri 18 Sep 2015

QFM http://www.phoenixfm.com/qfm		QTV
Recorded	Released at 6pm on…	Released on the
5^th October	16^th October	26^th October
2^nd November	13^th November	30^th November
7^th December	18^th December	1^st February
4^th January	15^th January	29^th February
1^st February	12^th February	28^th March
29^th February	11^th March	9^th May
11^th April	23^rd April	4^th July
2^nd May	13^th May	18^th July
6^th June	17^th June
4^th July	15^th July

The Quilters Quest has begun...

Fri 11 Sep 2015

Across Middle Earth and Billericay, the greatest quest of our time (the Quilters Quest) has begun today with the first 'Quest Stickers' being awarded! For more information and to see the 'Quest Book' itself, please go to the 'welcome' section of this website.

The website calendar is now full of info' and important dates!

Fri 11 Sep 2015

Check out all of the happenings at Quilters Junior on the calendar. More to follow including the Christmas Disco, Parents Consultation Evenings and Christmas dates!