Crestwood Park Primary School

We've ended the week with a fabulous assembly from Year 4 where we learnt all about the amazing Anglo-Saxons! This week we have been busy with anti-bullying week assemblies and activities which have shared the 'Reach Out' message...see if your children can tell you how they can 'reach out' if they have a worry or if someone is upsetting them.

From Monday to Thursday next week we will be running a series of NSPCC assemblies where we will be raising children's awareness of abuse, all delivered in a child-friendly way. There are lots of resources available for you to use at home with children- see below for more details. Also, next Friday we look forward to another class assembly- this time it is the turn of Year 5!

Wow.... Didn't the children look fab in their pyjamas and Pudsey outfits. Thank you to everybody for joining in and sending in your donations for BBC Children in Need. I'm sure Pudsey will be amazed when we announce how much we have collected.

Thank you to our Governor Mr Davies for drawing the raffle this morning. Well done to the raffle winners who enjoyed choosing their prizes. 

As promised, Molly in Year Four sold her homemade 'Children in Need' bookmarks and decorations at breaktime today- well done Molly, we look forward to announcing your total too, in next week's newsletter.

The NSPCC has developed an adapted version of their assembly for parents/carers to use at home with children.  This can be found here: www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/safety.  With the help of celebrities, the film focuses on how a child can get support if they have any worries or concerns.

To complement the assembly, there are some resources that can be used to enable further discussion whilst doing activities with your children.  These are hosted on the NSPCC website www.nspcc.org.uk/activities.  

Online safety hub You may also like to visit the NSPCC Online Safety Hub where you will find advice and information on a range of different online safety topics including gaming, social media, sharing nudes, parental controls and more.

You will also find online safety information for families of children with additional needs and disabilities. We have worked with Ambitious about Autism and parents and carers who have children with additional needs and disabilities to create activities to help talk about online safety which you can find at www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/online-safety-families-children-with-send.

Childline Under 12’s Website Childline also have a website with age appropriate advice for primary school children on topics such as bullying.  It also has games and other interactive tools. Your child can visit it at www.childline.org.uk/kids.

If you’d like to know more about the NSPCC’s work, or take a look at the wide range of information and advice which is available for parents and carers, please visit their website www.nspcc.org.uk/parents.

Talking PANTS with your children Talk PANTS is a simple conversation to help keep your child safe from sexual abuse. From P through to S, each letter of PANTS provides a simple but valuable rule that can help keep your child safe. You can find out more and download the free resources at www.nspcc.org.uk/pants.

Penguin and Ladybird have partnered with the NSPCC to create a brand new Pantosaurus book aimed at children ages 4 - 8. You can find copies of the new book on sale, either in Matalan’s selected stores and online, selected SPAR stores or at https://shop.nspcc.org.uk/. All profits from the sale of this book will support the NSPCC.

We would like to say a very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to... Eve, Alana and Asa who have celebrated their birthday this week, or will be celebrating over the weekend.

Reception Ella, Stanley, Jack, Alexander, Jacob, Travis, Archie, Ella, Tyler, Sophie, Roman, Elsie, Henry, Harry, Layna, Beatrice, Paisley, Kayden, Riley

Year 1 Theo, Harlen, Zachary, Emma, Eva, Archie, Billie, Arthur, Joey, Conor, Riley, Oliver, Lainey, Cody, Darcie, William, Nico, Kara, Jaylen, Harmonee, Jessica, Kayden, Violet-Rose, Lewis, Sienna-Rose

Year Two Betsy, Mason, Eve, Grace, Zach, Ava, Mason, Isabella, Fearne, Nathan, Heidi, Mihail, Delilah, Nahla, Ashley, Rose, Hassan, Cailen, Evan, Chloe, Emilie, Benjamin, Millie, Joshua, Frankie

Year Three Jayden, Xavier, Oceanna, Angel-Leigh, Jenson, Elsie, Isabella, Harper-Rose, Declan, Benjamin, Faith, Alesia, Isla, Rosie, Katya, Haidar-Ali, Ashleigh, Jasmine, Leila-Rae, Evelyn-Mae, Caelan, Amber, Renesmai

Year Four Lily, Molly, Rhys, Daisy, Kaiden, Harry, Lillie, Harrison, Ty, George, Annalise, Amber, Harvey, Daniel, Kyle, Nicholas, Rosie, Danielle, Faye, Teddy, Jack-James, Logan, Amelia, Isabella, Eden, Samuel, Ameliya, Leah

Year Five Harry, Savannah, Tiana, Rosie, Oliver, Max, Dannii, Jakob, Ian, Jack, Ava, Sara, Jamie, Alana, Elliot, Rhylee, Shannon, Jacob, Callum, Ethan, Dylan

Year Six Georgie, Harry, Scarlett, Daisy-Mae, Alyssia, Sophia, Daniel, Harper, Autumn, Joshua, Eva, Noah, Kyron, Asa, Molly, William, Lily, Cooper, Troy, Amelia-Rose, Darntai, Dakotah, Miley, Gordon, Grace, Daisy, Kayden, Dominic

We would like to say a HUGE thank you for all of the beautiful, creative, thoughtful tree decorations which you have been sent in for our tree festival at the church.  The Crestwood Park tree is going to look amazing.  We will begin dressing our tree and will share photos nearer the time.  If any of you would still like to make a decoration there is still time to bring them into school. We hope you are all safe and well and have a lovely weekend.  We look forward to seeing you all next week. Love from The Pastoral Team xxx

Every week we would like to celebrate a piece of work which has been created by our children. If you child produces work at home that you would like to share, please send it in to us at info@crestwood-p.dudley.sch.uk 

On Monday it was World Diabetes Day. Diabetes is very close to our hearts as one of our pupils has this challenging condition. Although we didn't mark this occasion as a whole school, we were reminded of the fact that last year's Year 6 class donated all the money they raised from their Enterprise Projects to Diabetes UK... an amazing total of £182.61! (You can see the letter from Diabetes UK, thanking the children for their donation, on our Community Board at the front of the hall.)

Locations have been identified based on a set of criteria, which include;

• Near residential properties with no off-street parking
• sufficient local power/grid capacity
• adequate footpath and road widths
• locations are free from other street furniture/overhanging trees
• having minimum impact on existing on-street parking practices

These are chargepoints which can charge a 40kW battery in 4 to 6 hours and are suited to residential areas where residents are more likely to leave their vehicles parked for a prolonged period, or overnight.

In order to safeguard bays for the use of charging only, it is the intention to introduce experimental Traffic Regulation Orders such that any necessary enforcement of the bays can be carried out if required.

This first phase of the scheme will see 53 chargepoint locations installed across the borough. Work to identify a second tranche of sites is already underway.

Useful information on using electric vehicles can be found via the Energy Saving Trust

For more information please email traffic.management@dudley.gov.uk 

If you prefer a paper questionnaire, please contact us at traffic.management@dudley.gov.uk or call 0300 555 2345.

To have your say, please respond tot he questionnaire regarding the proposed site using the link below.

This winter the pressures on residents across our borough are the toughest that they have ever faced.
The rising cost of energy is making it so hard for people to keep their homes warm, lit and safe.
Cost of living increases from all sides, food shopping to mortgages and rent, childcare costs to essentials like winter clothing and petrol are mounting up. We are here to support all residents of the Dudley Borough.

Referrals can be made by calling 01384 817086 or emailing winterwarmth@dudley.gov.uk with the residents contact details.
To keep it quick and simple we do not need lots of details and we have no referral form – however if there is information that you think may be useful to us please let us know, especially if the home gas or electric supply is off.

• We may be able to give residents an emergency top up voucher, usually sent by text message, which they can use to top up the energy on their pre-payment meter accounts if they are struggling to afford to top up or off supply.

• We may be able to give shopping vouchers, to ease pressure on other costs allowing some payment to be made towards monthly payment accounts.

• We give low cost heated throws to help residents to stay warm when they are not able to use their main heating systems.

• We can provide temporary heaters in the event of a system breakdown and possibly assist with repairs or replacements.

• We can contact suppliers and discuss payment plans, debt resolutions and make applications to charity trusts to attempt to clear debts. We also refer on for specialised debt support in the borough.

• We can help residents to improve their homes via funding and grants to help them hold on to the heat that they pay for and reduce energy waste and carbon emissions.

Thankyou for supporting another worthy cause today with your donations to the Children in Need raffle and with sending your children in to school in their PJs! We are always very appreciative of the support, especially in such tricky times.

Have a good weekend folks, we look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is the responsibility of everyone in our school and at all times we consider what is in our children's best interests. We work to ensure our children our safe and cared for and by doing this we are protecting their health and development and preventing them from harm.  If we are worried, we will raise concerns, share information and take prompt action with the aim of ensuring families receive the right help at the right time.