Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• COVID 19

  Wed 18 Mar 2020

  Dear Parents/Carers

  In light of the Covid-19 update and the announcement to close schools on Friday, we understand there will be lots of questions and anxious parents.
  
  There are lots of elements of the enforcements that we are unsure of. We don’t know all the answers or how long the closure will be for. The provision for ‘key workers and vulnerable children’ is something we will look at in due course and will provide information as soon as we have it.
  
  What we do know is that we will do our best to work together to ensure the children are happy for the rest of this week. We will make sure they know we as a school, are there for them and we will stay in touch throughout our closure.
  
  We have already sent out. educational packs and online resources to help the children learn at home. But more importantly, we want you all to stay safe. We appreciate your support with this very difficult situation and thank you for your understanding.
  
  Take care and God Bless
  
  St Stephen’s Tockholes

• Lent Foodbank Appeal

  Tue 03 Mar 2020
  

• Get Caught Reading

  Tue 11 Feb 2020

   

  World Book Day 2020 (Thursday 5^th March)

   

  To commemorate World Book Day this year we are organising the following events:

   

  Get Caught Reading Competition

   

  From now until World Book Day we will be running a ‘Get Caught Reading’ campaign to promote the fun of reading. We are challenging children to send in their most inventive photos of themselves reading in unconventional places. These could be places that inspire them, notable landmarks or just somewhere that lets them escape into their imagination, while reading a good book.

   

  Please e-mail in your entries with the subject: Get Caught Reading to office@tockholes.blackburn.sch.uk

   

  The deadline for entries is 9am Thursday 5^th of March. Please send your entries as soon as possible, as staff will also be sharing their entries on the school website and Twitter in the coming weeks.

   

  Entries will be judged by a team of children and adults for their creativity and winners will be announced and awarded with a small prize, on the next day in Friday Worship.

   

   

   

   

   

   

  

• Safer Internet Day - 11th February 2020

  Mon 10 Feb 2020

  Safer Internet Day – 11^th February 2020

   The 11th February 2020 is safer internet day. Safer Internet Day aims to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.  Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre the celebration sees hundreds of organisations get involved to help promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.  It calls upon young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers, and wider, to join together in helping to create a better internet.

   

  In 2019, safer internet day reached 46% of young people aged 8-17 and 26% of parents. Everyone is invited to join in Safer Internet Day with supporters across the globe, to help create a better internet on Tuesday 11th February 2020 and throughout the whole year for our children and young people.

   

  Please see below a list of websites:

  https://www.childnet.com/resources

  https://www.getsafeonline.org/safeguarding-children/

  www.ceop.police.uk

  www.thinkuknow.co.uk

• Non-Uniform Day

  Fri 07 Feb 2020
  On Friday 14th February 2020 we are inviting children to come to school in non-uniform for a voluntary donation of £1, to raise money for our nominated charity, The North West Air Ambulance.

• Coronavirus Advice from the Department for Education

  Tue 04 Feb 2020

  The government is closely monitoring the spread of the Coronavirus and is taking action at home and abroad. The overall risk of Coronavirus to the UK remains moderate. As a parent/carer you should not be unduly worried about the possibility of your child catching the virus. Children should continue to attend school as normal.  As with any virus, we need to promote basic hygiene practices, such as washing hands, always sneezing into a tissue and the use of antibacterial hand gel.

  https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/china

  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-and-avian-flu-advice-for-travel-to-china

  Latest information and advice can also be found at:

  https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

  You should not be unduly worried about the possibility of your children catching the Coronavirus.

  There is no reason why your children should not continue to attend their early years, school or further education setting as normal.

  We recognise that some families or children may be planning to travel to China during the forthcoming half term period. If so, please refer to the FCO’s latest travel advice via the link above.

  What action you can take

  A UK wide campaign has been launched to provide clear advice on how to slow the spread of Coronavirus.

  Please help to support the campaign which promotes basic hygiene practices, such as regularly washing hands and always sneezing into a tissue, to stem the spread of viruses.

• Children's Mental Health Week

  Mon 03 Feb 2020 Mrs Barnes & Mrs Riding

  Children's Mental Health Week runs from 3rd - 9th February 2020.

   

  The theme is 'Find your Brave' which has been introduced to the children in whole school worship.  

  Throughout the week children will be taking part in different activities; children will be bringing home a 'Show and Tell' activity sheet for them to record when they have been brave - this can then be brought back in to school for our whole school worship on Monday 10th February.

   

  We are supporting Place2Be Children's Mental Health Week and are kindly asking for donations of £1, to be sent in with the 'Show and Tell' activity, were all money raised will go to the charity Place2Be to help and support children with Mental Health needs.

  

• DFE - New scheme for schools to access free period products

  Fri 31 Jan 2020 Mrs Riding

  The Department for Education have a contract with Personnel Hygiene Services Limited (PHS) in order to provide free period products for Schools and Colleges in England.  We have accessed this scheme for any children in our school who might need them.

• Reception Admissions Application Deadline

  Tue 07 Jan 2020 Mrs Riding

  Just a reminder that the application deadline is 15th January 2020 for admission to Reception in September 2020.

  Applications should be made online via the Blackburn with Darwen website: www.blackburn.gov.uk/admissions

  Please do not hesitate to contact the School for any help or further information.

   

• Road Safety Week

  Tue 26 Nov 2019
  Our school council have been raising awareness of the need to park carefully at the beginning and end of the day.  Please remember to pull up to the kerb and drop children off without parking on the yellow zigzags.