School Walk

^{UNCRC Article 29 & 31}

Thank you for supporting our biggest fundraiser of the year.  We are still receiving money but as of today we have raised a fantastic £2480.50, all of which will go to improving our nature garden so that all classes can use it regularly. 

Hot Lunch launch

^{UNCRC Article 3, 6 & 27}

The servery is almost finished and we would like to invite parents to a tasting afternoon, ahead of the first hot meals being served from Tuesday 12th November. On Wednesday 23rd October, you are invited to the hall at 2.30pm to hear from Apetito, the company providing the food.  Following this, you can collect your child at 3pm and return with them to the hall to sample the hot food.  This will be available until 4pm. Here is a link to the brochure for parents. 

Les Landes School - School Hot Lunches

The Government is also looking for catering assistants, for Les Landes and for other schools.  Please follow the link if this is something you might be interested in: Catering Assistant Job Details | Jersey Public Service (gov.je)

Honorary Police notice

St Ouen's Honorary Police have placed cones to prohibit parking on junctions and at narrow parts of the lanes. They have informed me that from next week, if cars are parked where the cones are, they will be booking cars. As a school, this is not what we want.  Please try to park safely, even if it takes you a few minutes to go round the block. 

Scholastic Book Club

Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! Go to https://schools.scholastic.co.uk/les-landes/digital-book-club to browse the latest books and order online. For every £1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 20p in Scholastic Rewards.

Please place your order online by November 6th, 2024.

As this will be our last order before Christmas all orders will be held in the school office once they arrive in case you would like them as Christmas Gifts.

House Reward

The pebbles have been counted for the first half term and the winners are  Grosnez, with 562 pebbles. The children in Grosnez house have voted for a non-uniform day as their house reward and this will be next Thursday 24th October.

Uniform reminder

There are several children wearing trainers instead of school shoes and coloured and branded sports socks with their school uniforms. After half term we will be sending parents an email to inform you that your child is not in correct uniform and asking you to rectify this.  As I explained at Meet the Teacher, uniform is a leveller. Please talk to your child's class teacher if there is a reason for non-compliance with uniform expectations. 

Girls Football Opportunity

Message from Julie Simon,  St Ouen's FC Girls

Earlier this year St Ouens Football Club started our first ever girls only football sessions and they have proved very popular. We now regularly have 20+ girls attending sessions, most of whom hadn’t tried football before joining us. We are looking to recruit girls in school years 4 – 7 and are especially keen to hear from girls in years 6 and 7 as we try to build a team in this age group. We are running some free open sessions at Les Quennevais School on Saturdays throughout November. We would love for any girls who might be interested to come along and give football a try. No previous football knowledge or experience necessary and we welcome players from all across the island. We understand that trying new things can be tricky, so why not bring a friend along too.

If you are interested, please email or WhatsApp Julie 07797767545

StOuenFCGirls@hotmail.com

One Tree thank you

^{UNCRC Article #29}

Thank you for signing up to support the One Tree initiative.  The children have supported the initiative by adding their thumb print to the large tree we have prepared.  This £185 raised will purchase trees in the rainforest, adding to the 815 we have already planted.

Lost property

We have a large amount of lost property which has accumulated this half term and none of it is named. Please come in if you are missing something, it will all go to the second hand uniform shed next month. If you buy something from the shed and it has the name of a child in it, please replace the name with your child's name.

Rights Respecting Reaccreditation 

^{UNCRC Article 42}

This week, the UK assessor visited us to look at our evidence for retaining Gold status.  It's a great opportunity to share our practice and reflect on our Rights Respecting journey and how it has progressed in the three years since achieving Gold status in 2021. It's a huge amount of work, coordinated superbly by Miss McMenamin and we will share the report with you once we receive it. 

Parent Forum

Our first Parent Forum of the school year will be held on Monday 18th November at 6pm. All parents are invited.  It is an opportunity to hear about whole school developments and  help shape the direction of the school. There will be items for information, clarification and discussion. There is also an opportunity for parents to add items to the agenda. Please contact Mrs Wiseman or your parent rep if you would like to add an item. Please also let us know if you are coming, via the admin email. I will send an agenda after half term.

If you would like more information about Parent Forum and see previous minutes, the link is here: Les Landes School - Parent Forum

Save the date

Our school has been invited to be part of the Jersey Hospice Carol Service on Sunday 8th December at 3pm at St Andrew's Church.  Our choir (Y4-6) will sing a number of carols and Y6 will lead the readings.  The children will also help to serve mince pies in the church hall after the service.  It's a privilege to be asked to support such an important charity in our community and we are already preparing for it!

Remembrance request

As part of the community's Remembrance events, we would like 6-8 children to attend a cross planting service at 9.30-10.15am at St Ouen's Church on Saturday 9th November, laying crosses on the graves of fallen soldiers from St Ouen. Please email admin@leslandes.sch.je if you would like your child to represent the school. 

NSPCC Online Safety Parent Group volunteers needed 

Jersey Safeguarding Partnership and NSPCC Jersey are inviting parents and carers to be part of a campaign development group to help shape a new online safety campaign addressing ‘self-generated’ image sharing among 9 to 11 year olds. The group will review what’s currently available for parents and carers and make key decisions on the approach, style and content of the campaign. The group will meet three times between November and April. Vouchers will be given to attendees and travel costs reimbursed if needed.

If you are interested in joining this group, please email admin@leslandes.sch.je by 30th October. 

First meeting: 6^th November: 6pm to 7.30pm. Venue TBC.

Neuro Focus Sessions (CAMHS)

Next month the first monthly Neuro Focus information and support sessions will be launched.  These are for parents/carers supporting neurodivergent children and young people.

The first one will be delivered by an Occupational Therapist and will focus on how to prepare and support neurodivergent children and young people during the festive season.

Tickets can be booked here:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neuro-focus-sensory-overload-tickets-1049488778187?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please contact Emma, Pastoral Lead, if you'd like to discuss this.