in t e ll u B s r ia r f Black Volume 1 Issue 25 Students welcomed the Dougie Mac sunflower into school on Monday. Everyone heard about the work of the Hospice movement as an introduction to the work that some students will do as a collaborative project between RE and Art. As you can see, he was warmly welcomed. A family fun day is being held on Monday 4th May 12pm-5pm at Rookery Wood Fayre & Square Pub, Weston Road, Crewe. This is to raise funds for a desperately needed specialist bath for Lloyd Humphries (Class 5) Support for this worthy cause would be greatly appreciated by Lloyd and his Family. Scholar of the Week Scholar of the week: Georgia Fone. Georgia has been learning how to be increasingly independent by taking her class’s register to the office every morning. Each week, staff hold back a little longer to allow her to take those important steps on her own. The gaps are getting increasingly longer – well done Georgia. Please let the school know if you are interested in FREE tickets for Circus Starr. Wednesday 13th May 2015 at Tipkinder Park Crewe. CW2 7SE @ 7pm As I mentioned in a previous newsletter, we have been incredibly lucky in being able to work with Dr Juliet Shand, an educational psychologist. When we commissioned Juliet, we talked about the possibility of her doing some work with parents and carers as well as students and staff. We made this request because we have had an increasing number of parents and carers discuss with us some of their concerns about their children as they approach puberty. The difficulties raised include internet safety; healthy relationships; ‘ good touch/ bad touch’ ; personal hygiene and aggressive / angry behaviour. We were wondering if you would be interested in attending a parents’ support group that would run on occasional set dates within school hours. These groups would be instigated by Juliet and will then be for parents and run by parents, with the aim of giving you the chance to meet and talk to other parents who have a child at Blackfriars, about issues that affect you all. These groups have been run successfully in the past, allowing parents to share experiences and gain information and knowledge about dealing with issues. We are hoping that we will also be able to arrange some outside speakers to talk to you about issues that regularly emerge within school- such as managing transition into adulthood and managing and supporting your child through puberty. If you would be interested in attending these groups, there is a letter in your child’s school bag. Please return the slip with your signature and, if you would like to indicate on it any particular issues you would want raised. If we have enough interest and feel that this would be beneficial, we will arrange 2 or 3 dates for the summer term. The new website is going live tonight Let’s get social. You’ll soon be able to follow us on social media. We’ll let you know when we go live News and events from across the Newcastle and Bucknall Sites View the newsletters online Event reminders Academy Events with online galleries Events for parents and carers Can’t find it!!!! SEARCH Resources for parents News and events from across the Newcastle and Bucknall Sites Stay safe online