S4

Welcome back to school - We hope that you all had a restful half-term break.

Term 4&5 Theme

For this term and next our theme is Classtonbury. This is a fun filled theme where we explore festivals with lots of music and arts related activities. We will be enjoying pampering in ‘the healing fields’ and dancing our socks off in the dance tent and of course getting muddy!! We will hopefully be inviting you in to join in some festival fun at the end of next term.

RSE

We will be covering the area of “Life cycles” this term.

This term in our assemblies we will be covering: Ramadan, Holi, Shrove Tuesday, World Book Day, Easter and Eid ul Fitr

Swimming

Swimming will be on Tuesdays this year. Please send a costume, 2 towels, tegaderms and continence pants into school at the start of the week and we will return it for washing when we have used it.

Reminder of what’s needed in school

Change of clothes kept in school, useful for any messy days.
A supply of pads (nappies) , wet wipes and creams if needed. (We will write in your diary if these are running low.)
Clothes that are appropriate for the weather, especially during outdoor learning sessions.
Emergency medication and spare buttons, daily medication as well as occasional medication (eg. paracetamol) - Please check medication and button dates.

Home-school contact

Please use the home-school diary or email either of us with any questions and updates. If you need to speak to us for any reason please phone the school office on 01173533450 (Redland campus) If your child is going to be absent for any reason we really appreciate an early morning phone call to the office by 8.30am and a message left on the answering machine, as this greatly helps us plan our staffing. Thank you.

Earwig

We will be continuing to add photos and comments about what your child gets up to at school If you have any access issues do let us know. We would love to see what your child has been getting up to over the summer if you could send us some photos! Apologies that we have been having some technical issues with the Earwig App on our class iPads meaning we have not been able to upload the lovely learning your child has been doing. We believe this issue has now been rectified.

Sirona information

As you are aware there have been many changes with the way Sirona are organising their services. Below is a list of the various contact details for you to contact the relevant services directly. If you could also let us know of any issues you are experiencing, we will then be aware if the relevant specialist arrives at school or contacts us about your query.

Email address for all queries/concerns related to Sirona - sirona.otptclaremontschool@nhs.net
The wheelchair service - Wheelchairs@nbt.nhs.uk
Medequip for equipment maintenance issues (seating and standing frames, usually will have a medequip sticker and barcode label – bnssg@medequip-uk.com or 0330 0533655
CYPS OT’s – Bristol Social Care OT’s – who assess for and provide slings and home seating and other home adaptation and equipment – DCSOT@bristol.gov.uk or 0117 9038250
Bristol orthotics service – if orthotics are rubbing, marking, changing colour of limbs or broken , contact orthotics direct to let them know asap and also cc therapy email address in - Orthotics@nbt.nhs.uk

Dates for your diary

Careers week begins 3rd March

World Book Day - Thursday 6th March - Please dress up as your favourite book character and bring in your favourite book to share with the class.

Comic relief - Thursday 20th March (more information to follow)

End of term: Friday 4th April

Inset dates: Monday 23rd June 2025

Please do contact us if you have any further questions.

Thank you for your continued support.

Michelle Coe and Rachel Hawkins

Class S4 Teachers