Newsletter 1st March 2010

 

 

 

 

Jack Taylor School

NEWSLETTER

Week Beginning: Monday 1^st March 2010 

Blog http://jacktaylorschool.blogspot.com/

 

STAR OF THE WEEK AWARDS

                                        

PURPLE CLASS: Corey Bond for good switch work and using body cues to sign ‘more’

YELLOW CLASS: Sameha Begum for floating on her back in the swimming pool

BLUE CLASS: Keith Phil Omoqui for excellent behaviour

RED CLASS: Catalina Banol for independently pulling up her trousers

SECONDARY 1: Aaron Ford for remaining on task with his independent work

SECONDARY 2: Shahidul Haque for good swimming

SECONDARY3: Joshua Brown, Hadi Dbouk and Sean Martin for their efforts in the Regional Panathalon event.

POST 16: Paul Ferdinand  for good art work

 

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

What emotions do we feel when we think about our friends?

 

New Staff

We are please to welcome new staff to the school that will be joining the therapy teams.

Patrick Carpenter is joining us as the new Physiotherapy assistant. Patrick has worked at the school before so is knows the children and staff. He will be starting the post full time.

We have a new Occupational Therapist joining our school called Emily Matthews.   

 

YOGA

We are please to say that a yoga club has started on Friday lunchtimes. We are also fortunate to have primary and secondary workshops in Yoga running on Mondays. We hope to develop staff skills from this and be able to carry this on at a regular basis.

 

Trampoline.

We are thrilled to have an indoor trampoline at school. The physiotherapists have introduced Rebound therapy sessions to develop pupils’ balance, reflex and gross motor skills. Their work has started in the primary department and has initially been received positively and with great enthusiasm.

 

Grants

We are please to have won some funding from the Aiming High and Extended services. The money will be used to develop parent / carer facilities and information services and we hope to set up a sensory and sensory integration borrowing service for pupils and their families and after school clubs.

Watch this space! ………………..

 

 

MAKATON SIGNS OF THE WEEK – SPRING 2010

 

      CLOTHES     GET DRESSED

 

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

 

 

           CLOTHES                    T-SHIRT

 

 

      TROUSERS                           TRAINERS                            DRESS

                                   

 

 

       UNDERWEAR                             UNDERWEAR                            SHOES

 

                                    

 

 

 

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

 

The Wider Community	Disagree	Agree	Don’t Know
My child has opportunities to work and interact with the local community
The school offers opportunities for my child to be involved in the wider community.
I am kept informed about the work the school does in the local community.
The school should do more to include parents and carers in the wider school community.

 

Additional Comments.

If you would like to have you say on ways we could improved access to the wider school community please add you comments below.

Many thanks

 

 

 

 

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