Newsletter 8th February 2010

 

 

 

Jack Taylor School

NEWSLETTER

Week Beginning: Monday 8^th February

Blog http://jacktaylorschool.blogspot.com/

 

STAR OF THE WEEK AWARDS

                                        

 

 

PURPLE CLASS: Christina Ajimotokin for excellent sensory work

YELLOW CLASS: Uma Rahmanfor good work using PECs

BLUE CLASS: Godwin Lukembisa for good work in PE

RED CLASS: Elton Ramadani for exploring textures with his feet and Ismail Mohammed  for using his switch independently

SECONDARY 1: Samira Gamra for her good art work at college

SECONDARY 2: Darrell Morris for fantastic PECs work

SECONDARY3  Hadi Debouk for participating positively in PE

POST 16: Catherine Moore for her effort with the gardening project

 

 

SCHOOL DATES

Just a reminder to all parents and carers that this Friday, 12^th February, school will be finishing for the half term break. School will start again on Monday 22^nd February.

INSET TRAINING

On Monday 19^th and Tuesday 20^th APRIL the school will be closed for pupils due to staff INSET training.

 

ATTENDANCE AND SICKNESS / EMERGENCYI NFORMATION

 

We are under Camden's directive to ensure that every absence that occurs is monitored and the reason for absence is recorded. Parents/Carers cannot come into school and remove children from class without prior notice or by providing evidence or reason e.g. appointment card.

When we call an ambulance for a pupil, we are following medical guidelines.

When your child is sick or had an accident, it is ours and every school in Camden's expectation that you respond promptly by coming to collect them or to meet them at the hospital.

 

Can we remind you that by contacting you the school office staff are only carrying out their duties and should never be subject to any verbal abuse. Many thanks for you support with this.

 

Kilburn Grange Project

We are delighted to be involved in the Kilburn Grange ‘Explore Adventure’ Project to redevelop the adventure playground. Artists will be visiting the school on Wednesday to work with pupils across the school to create plaques that will be mounted and displayed in the new playground. We are part of a local initiative to involve children in the local area to input into the design and development of the project

 

 CONNECT    Are you aged between 12-14? Are you a young carer for someone you live with or a close family member? The Roundhouse and Camden’s Out of School Learning Service is offering you the chance to take part in a series of exciting monthly workshops at the Roundhouse. Every month you will be able to try out something new-writing a song, making a radio show, producing your own TV show, acting in front of a camera and much more.

The project runs for one year, once a month, between 10am-3pm on a Saturday at the Roundhouse Studios in Chalk Farm.

Come along to the first session on February 20^th

The project will then run 13^th March, 24^th April, 15^th May, 14^th June, 10^th July and each month through January 2011. All the workshops are free and lunch will be provided.

If you are interested please contact school THIS WEEK and we will send you a registration form.

 

Camden Parent Partnership Service

Camden Parent Partnership Service offers an impartial, free and confidential service to families of children and young people who may have special educational needs (SEN) or are experiencing difficulty in school.

The service: provides information and support, enabling families to become partners with professionals; ensures that parents and carers’ views are heard and understood and inform and influence the development of local SEN policy and practice; recruits and trains volunteers to work directly with families; encourages schools, CSF staff and other agencies to develop positive relationships with parents and carers; and is increasingly in demand by parents and carers seeking help and support. For further information please contact Victor Baldock on 020 7974 6325 or email victor.baldock@camden.gov.uk

 

February Fun! Disability Advocacy Project is having an Open Day!

On Friday 26 February 2010 (9.30am – 12 noon), we invite you to come meet the team and find out more about our work with disabled children and young people.  Don’t miss out!

At the event you will: Have an opportunity to learn more about our different areas of work and the exciting projects we have within the team. Opportunity to meet our staff. Information about creative approaches, methods and resources for involving disabled young people in participation.

Practical and cost effective guidance to improve practice. Opportunities to try out a range of methods and approaches. The event will be held near our office in Bethnal Green at Oxford House,

Derbyshire Street, London

E2 6HG.   Register to reserve your place by contacting Tina on 020 7613 2886 and / or email Disability-Advocacy-Project@childrenssociety.org.uk, on or before Friday 19 February 2010.

 

JUVE JUMP.UP –

A Club Night for young people aged 14 – 25 with a learning difficultly.

Live DJ’s, Video Pod, Radio Broadcasting, Painting with sound and refreshments.

Friday 19^th February £2 on the door 6pm till 10pm.

Paddington Arts,

32 Woodfiled Road, London W9 2BE

– 020 8286 2722

www.paddingtonarts.org.uk or gemma@paddingtonarts.org.uk

 

 RECIPE BOOK – School Fundraising Project           

Please send in any recipes you have that we can put into a school recipe book.

 

SEAL :        THE THEME FOR THIS HALF TERM IS: ‘FRIENDSHIPS’

What do I enjoying doing with my friends?

 

 

 

 

MAKATON SIGNS OF THE WEEK – SPRING 2010

  SHOPPING        WALKING  

 

 

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 – SPRING 2010    

                      

   SHOPPING         WALKING  

 

 

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

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Gathering Parent and Carer Views.

In order to support our school improvement we would appreciate it if you could take a little time to respond to the questions below.

Please tick under the heading(s) you most agree with and return to Lucia or Julie at school

 

Adopting a healthy lifestyle.	Disagree	Agree	Don’t Know
The school encourages my child to follow a healthy diet.
The school provides wide opportunities for my child to have regular physical exercise.
The school supports my child in their personal, social and health education

 

Newsletter 1st February 2010

 

 

 

 

Jack Taylor School

NEWSLETTER

Week Beginning: Monday 1^st February

Blog http://jacktaylorschool.blogspot.com/

 

STAR OF THE WEEK AWARDS

                                        

 

 

PURPLE CLASS: Salman Egal  for excellent sensory work

YELLOW CLASS: Lascelle Farell for rolling independently

BLUE CLASS: Rubel Shah for good communication responding using yes and no

RED CLASS: Joy Khan and Catalina Banol  for independent walking around the British Museum

SECONDARY 1: Mizan Rahman  for good attendance at school

SECONDARY 2: Shaidul Haque for his good dancing during Step into dance

SECONDARY3  Nazia Begum for indicating a like and dislike

POST 16: Omar Mattar for for good counting in numeracy

 

 

SEAL :        THE THEME FOR THIS HALF TERM IS: ‘FRIENDSHIPS’

Who are my friends?

 

Parental Views – new section of the newsletter

Unfortunately we had a limited response last week to our questions about how safe parents and carers feel their child is in school.

Your views are really important to us. Please take the time to fill in the parental views section of the newsletter and return to school as this helps us to make informed decisions about school improvement and working in partnerships with families.

 

 

Finger Nails

We have had some incidents of pupils being scratched by others. We would appreciate your support with ensuring that your child’s finger nails are cut short regularly.

 

Parent Support Group Meeting – Wednesday 3^rd February 2010

The next meeting will focus on “Support Services for Siblings”. There will be 2 guest

speakers; Suzy Mullay (manager of the Disabled Children’s Team at Mosaic) and

Shelly Sheiff (family Information Service). The meeting will be at school.

9.30 – 11.30am – ALL WELCOME

 

 

 

 

Classroom Observations

In order to monitor teaching and learning we are carrying out classroom observations this week. Each class will be observed delivering a lesson and the senior leadership team will feedback and report on good practice. These observations form an important part of our school improvement cycle.

 

WAC

Some pupils attend WAC after school club and holiday club.  Some of the students from WAC have put together a website. Please take a look @

www.wacwonderweb.co.uk

 

 

Providers meeting at Jack Taylor School

Last week saw all the youth service providers meeting at school to discuss the extended services and support that we offer to our pupils. We hope that as a result we will be able to offer more opportunities to pupils to access after school and holiday provision.

 

Camden Information Day

An event for parents and carers of children and young people with disabilities or special needs

 

March 16^th 2010  10.00am – 16.00pm

Inter-Change Studios Hampstead Town Hall Centre 213 Haverstock Hill NW3 4QP

 

 A flyer will be available at the parent meeting on Wednesday and sent home shortly.

 

 

British Museum Project

As part of the engaging places project Red Class are working in partnership with the British Museum to encourage pupils with sensory difficulties to explore sounds, sights, textures and smells at the British Museum. This project is running this half term.

 

TAXI DRIVERS TEA PARTY Sunday 31^st January 2010

We would like to extend a big thank you to all parents, carers and families who came to the taxi driver’s tea party on Sunday. A fabulous time was had by all!

 

 

 ££££££££             RECIPE BOOK – School Fundraising Project            £££££££££

We are going to put together the Jack Taylor School Recipe Book which we hope to sell in order to fundraise for the school. We want the recipe book to reflect the cultural diversity of our school. We would like every parent, carer, professional or friend to contribute their favourite recipes that they would like to share. If you have a recipe that you would like to share please send it into school either copied out or marked in a book which we can photocopy and return to you.

Many Thanks

 

 

MAKATON SIGNS OF THE WEEK – SPRING 2010

 CINEMA            SWIMMING  

 

 

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 – SPRING 2010    

                      

   CINEMA            SWIMMING  

 

 

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

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Gathering Parent and Carer Views.

 

In order to support our school improvement we would appreciate it if you could take a little time to respond to the questions below.

 

 Please tick under the heading(s) you most agree with and return to Lucia at school

	Disagree	Agree	Don’t Know
High standards of good behaviour is encouraged at the school
There is support available for parents and carers to find out more about behaviour strategies
My child is recognised and praised for good behaviour