Newsletter 30th November 2009

 

Jack Taylor School

NEWSLETTER

Week Beginning: Monday 30^th November

Blog http://jacktaylorschool.blogspot.com/

 

            AWARDS          

Well done to pupils who received STAR of the week for their efforts in class. 

 

Purple Class: Wahib Chentouf for walking independently

Yellow Class: Malachi Gayle for switch use during music

Blue Class: ikhram Shekh  for good phonics work.

Red Class:  Christian Ssozi for great participation in his movement class

Secondary 1: Thomas Mulugate for being independent around the school

Secondary 2: Shahidul Haque for good work in music

Secondary 3: The whole class received the award fro brilliant effort in art

Post 16: Omar Mattar for being very helpful

 

END OF YEAR SHOW

 

The school Christmas performance will take place this year on

Wednesday 16^th December.

 

Unfortunately only a small number of parent and carers attended last year’s performance so this year we want to increase the number of parents, carers, families and friends that attend.

This is a great way to celebrate together the end of the first term and the end of another year. The children have worked hard and are proud of their achievements and want to be able to share this with their families.

Please come and celebrate with us.

 

As we are eager to find out what would suit parents and carers the best,  we have attached a questionnaire to the newsletter to find out your preferences.

Please can you fill in the form and return to school tomorrow or soon after.

 

 

SEAL :        THE THEME FOR THIS WEEK IS: ‘What makes me Excited?’

 

Think about activities and events that make your child excited. Share those thoughts and feeling with your child using signs or symbols.

 

Absences

Please remember to send in a written appointment card or letter for any of your child’s medical appointments. Thank you.

 

 

The London Taxi Drivers’ Children’s Tea Party.

 

The annual TAXI DRIVERS Children’s Tea Party at the Grosvenor House is approaching once again. We have been invited to take a group of children and their parents and carers on Sunday 31^st January 2010.

Please let Lucia know if you are interested to avoid disappointment.

Letters will be sent home in the next week.

 

Parent Group Wednesday 2^nd December

The next Parent and Carer Group meeting will be in school on Wednesday 2^nd December.

The theme is “Accessing out of school activities’. We will have two speakers –Shelley Shieff – Disability Outreach Worker for the Family information Service and Rachel Bond –Short Breaks Coordinator for the Disabled Children’s Team.

Between them they will have information about relevant activities for 0-19 year olds as well as other relevant information about support networks for parents.  ALL WELCOME

 

MAKATON SIGNS OF THE WEEK – AUTUMN 2009

 

             Mum          Dad

 

If you would like to know more about Makaton signs or would like additional copies please contact your child’s class teacher.

 

 

SYMBOLS OF THE WEEK – Autumn 2009

 

            Mum               Dad

 

 

If you would like to know more about Symbols or would like additional copies please contact your child’s class teacher

 

 

Newsletter 23rd November 2009

 

Jack Taylor School

NEWSLETTER

Week Beginning: Monday 23rd November

Blog http://jacktaylorschool.blogspot.com/

 

            AWARDS          

Well done to pupils who received STAR of the week for their efforts in class. 

 

Purple Class: Reon Ali for excellent behaviour especially during circle time.

Yellow Class: Lascelle Farell for enjoying his swimming session.

Blue Class: Ruweyda Mohammed for good work.

Red Class:  Joy Khan for her effort in swimming and good attendance this week.

Secondary 1: Smith Mbetolo for good work.

Secondary 2: Darrell Morris for good maths work.

Secondary 3: A special award to the whole class for excellent efforts.

 

Education Welfare Officer Report.

 

We have had a visit by our Education Welfare Officer (EWO). Unfortunately the EWO has flagged up a problem with the number of children who miss school due to unscheduled appointments.

 

We will now require WRITTEN confirmation of any medical (or other) appointments that you attend with your child. This can be in the form of Medical Letters, Appointment Cards or Letters from the hospital or your GP.

 

School should be informed prior to the appointment or prior to your child being collected during the school day.

 

It is vitally important for school to ensure that all its pupils are accounted for during the school day and that we track individual pupil attendance.

 

We are sure that all parents and carers will fully support us to make certain that every pupil is accessing as much of the school day as possible and keep absences to a minimum. Thank you.

 

 

SEAL :        THE THEME FOR THIS WEEK IS: ‘What makes me Excited?’

 

Think about activities and events that make your child excited. Share those thoughts and feeling with your child using signs or symbols.

 

MUSIC PERFORMANCE – WEDNESDAY 25^th NOVEMBER

Come and join us at school for the Now Music Live Performance. Marimba Players will be performing in the hall at 2.15pm – ALL WELCOME.

 

 

Choices After School Club.

 

Is you child aged 13 or older? Are you looking for after school provision?

CHOICES AFTER SCHOOL CLUB has spaces for secondary aged students. Please contact Lucia or Gary at school if you are interested.

 

Training

Staff in the PMLD base will be taking part in training in Sherbourne Movement Training @ The Bridge School.

Dysphasia training will be running this week and next for Meal Supervisors at school by our Speech and Language Therapists.

Staff twilight training in Sensory Issues for Autism will be running on 1^st December from 3.30 – 5pm

 

Thursday 26^th November 10 -11.30am

Jody Levy will be continuing her Medical Training for Parents and Carers – In the Library.

 

 

MAKATON SIGNS OF THE WEEK – AUTUMN 2009

 

             FUN          BIRTHDAY

 

If you would like to know more about Makaton signs or would like additional copies please contact your child’s class teacher.

 

 

SYMBOLS OF THE WEEK – Autumn 2009

 

             FUN               BIRTHDAY

 

 

If you would like to know more about Symbols or would like additional copies please contact your child’s class teacher.

 

THANK YOU to the NW3 Hampstead Christmas Festival who raised approximately £5000 for Jack Taylor School on Sunday.

Thank you to parents, cares, pupils and staff who attended the event.

Newsletter- 16th November 2009

 

Jack Taylor School

NEWSLETTER

Week Beginning: Monday 16th November

Blog http://jacktaylorschool.blogspot.com/

 

            AWARDS          

Well done to pupils who received STAR of the week for their efforts in class. 

 

Purple Class: Salman Egal for good swimming, Physio and standing in the pool

Yellow Class: Faiza Islam for excellent efforts using her walking frame

Blue Class: Ruweyda Mohammed for good swimming and communication work

Red Class:  Iklhas Mohammed for good effort in class

Secondary 1: Aaron Ford for good independence – getting out of the ball pool independently

Secondary 2: Sabia Begum for good work with communication switches

Secondary 3: Hadi Dbouk for excellent behaviour and Joshua Brown for good travel training and crossing the road safely

 

Dates for the Diary.

 

Wednesday 25^th November 2.15pm Live Music Now Marimba Players – ALL WELCOME

Wednesday 9^th December 11am – 12pm Step into Dance Performance – ALL WELCOME

Tuesday 15^th December – Christmas Show Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday 16^th December – Christmas Show – ALL WELCOME

Thursday 17^th December – School Christmas Lunch

Friday 18^th December – Father Christmas Presentation – END OF TERM

 

 

NEW END THEATRE PRODUCTION

A rehearsed reading of a new play about educating children with special needs

DEATH OF A NIGHTINGALE:  Written by Alan Share. AND Directed by Ninon Jerome

With: Anna Doolan, Liz Elvin, Grace Kingsland, Fran Marston, James Pearse, Jos Vantyler,

Sunday 22 November 2009 at 7:30pm AND Monday 23 November 2009 at 7:30pm

What happens when your school is threatened with closure? It is a special school for children with varying disabilities. Alan Share writes a thought provoking play in passionate defence of such schools and questions the validity of the government policy for inclusion.

ALAN SHARE educated at Merton College, Oxford as a barrister, was active in the Liberal party with Jo Grimond before heading a successful retail company. For many years he has been the chair of a residential care home in Newcastle and for seventeen years has acted as the governor for a special school for children with a physical difficulty and an associated learning difficulty.

Tickets £5  Call the Box Office: 0870 033 2733 or www.newendtheatre.co.uk

New End Theatre, 27 New End, Hampstead, London NW3 1JD (5 minutes from Hampstead tube)

 

Hopscotch Presents Stepping Stone Triple P

Positive Parenting Programme For Bangladeshi Parents with a child who has a disability aged between 2-8 years

 

Venue: The programme can be delivered at Home or at Hopscotch, depending on the families’

needs.

Hopscotch Asian Women's Centre,  

4 2 Phoenix Road London NW1 1TA

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If you are interested please contact the school or to Hopscotch directly; details below.

Lina Begum Family Assessment & Support Worker: Tel: 020 7388 6200

Lina.Begum@hopscotchawc.org.uk  

 

Free crèche is available; please request this on the referral form.

Confidentiality: Anything discussed in the sessions will be kept confidential, unless there is disclosure of yourself or a child being at risk.

 

 

SEAL :        THE THEME FOR THIS WEEK IS: ‘What makes me sad?’

 

 

Support on dealing with Challenging Behaviours

 

Does your child present challenging behaviours? Do you need some practical advice?

 

Parents and carers at Jack Taylor School are invited to Question and Answer Sessions at the Bridge Special School,

251 Hungerford Road

, Off York Way, N7 9LD

Wednesday 9^th December 2009 @ 10.00am – 12.00pm

Wednesday 20^th January 2010 @ 10.00am – 12.00pm

 

 

Parent Governor.

We are still trying to recruit a Parent / carer to the Governing Body. If you are interested please contact the school. Funds are available to support childcare.

Next meeting is 16^th November.

 

NW3 HAMPSTEAD CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL FUNDRAISING FOR JACK TAYLOR

SCHOOL

 

We are proud to be the chosen charity by NW3 Hampstead – which is a group of traders, local businesses and the community.

All proceeds from the Hampstead Christmas Festival will go to Jack Taylor. The day will be full of exciting events and activities for children and families to enjoy finishing with the Christmas Lights being switched on. Activities start at 1pm and go on until 5pm.

Pupils, Staff, Parents, Carers, Governors and friends of JTS are all invited to come along and support this event. It would be lovely to see our school represented there by you.

 

We have been offered a stall in the main Marquee and would like volunteers to be there to help give out flyers and brochures to help raise the profile of the school.

 

Parking is free in Hampstead on Sunday and the area is pedestrianised with some road closures. We are sending a separate flyer home with information about the event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Hampstead Christmas Festival

   2009

 

    Sunday 22^nd November 1 – 5pm

 

       All proceeds go to Jack Taylor School.

 

 

MAKATON SIGNS OF THE WEEK – AUTUMN 2009

 

               WHICH        WHO

 

If you would like to know more about Makaton signs or would like additional copies please contact your child’s class teacher.

 

 

 

 

SYMBOLS OF THE WEEK – Autumn 2009

 

             WHICH ONE     who

 

 

If you would like to know more about Symbols or would like additional copies please contact your child’s class teacher.