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• World Book Day 2022

  Fri 25 Feb 2022

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  World Book Day 2022
  
  Reminder Thursday 3rd March is World Book Day. Pupils (and staff!) are invited to dress up as their favourite book character. If any pupils are feeling very creative, they are also invited to dress up as their favourite word. All costumes will be celebrated and judged, with the winning entries in each class receiving a prize of a book from Usbourne Books.
  
  Sofia Fernandes, who is a past pupil of Blessed Sacrament school, will be supporting, and leading an assembly on World Book Day and the importance of reading for pleasure. Sofia will also be organising the Usbourne Travelling Book Fair which will be in the playground after school for a week (dates to be confirmed).
  
  Pupils will also be encouraged to take part in a sponsored read- raising funds for much needed books for the school. More information to follow.
  
  Last but not least, as all the pupils in Key Stage 2 have been reading 'Anisha Accidental Detective', and really enjoying her adventures, we will be having a special visit from the author, Serena Patel, after Easter. She will be with us all day, talking about her book and leading workshops in each class. We are very excited about her visit!

  

• Children's Mental Health Week 2022

  Thu 10 Feb 2022

  
  Please see the below links for lovely videos to support mental health week with your children.
  
  Praise and rewards: https://youtu.be/RBbmTstLUqk
  
  Blue Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56c1uL_O8Jk

   

  For more resources to celebrate mental health and wellbeing, visit the National Literacy Trust's Children's Mental Health Week Page, and the Reading Agency's Reading Well site.
  
  Literacy Trust Resources
  
  https://reading-well.org.uk/

• Safer Internet Day Year 6 Assembly

  Thu 10 Feb 2022

  To celebrate Safer Internet Day this year, some children in Year 6 have put together an assembly to highlight the importance of staying safe whilst online. This year there is a strong focus on how to stay safe whilst gaming online.

• Safer Internet Day 2022

  Tue 08 Feb 2022

  About Safer Internet Day

  Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people, and to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively. Safer Internet Day 2022 is on 8th February and will be celebrated with the theme ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’.Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, Safer Internet Day is celebrated in over a hundred countries coordinated by the joint Insafe/INHOPE network, with the support of the European Commission, and national Safer Internet Centres across Europe

  

• Children's Mental Health Week 2022

  Tue 08 Feb 2022

  This week is Children's Mental Health Week
  About the Week
  Place2Be launched the first ever Children’s Mental Health Week in 2015 to shine a spotlight on the importance of children and young people’s mental health. Now in its eighth year, we hope to encourage more people than ever to get involved and spread the word.
  
  Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 - Growing Together
  From 7-13 February 2022, schools, youth groups, organisations and individuals across the UK will take part in Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is Growing Together.
  
  Growing Together is about growing emotionally and finding ways to help each other grow. Challenges and setbacks can help us to grow and adapt and trying new things can help us to move beyond our comfort zone into a new realm of possibility and potential. However, emotional growth is often a gradual process that happens over time, and sometimes we might feel a bit ‘stuck’.
  
  For Children's Mental Health Week 2022, we will be encouraging children (and adults) to consider how they have grown and how they can help others to grow.
  
  1 in 6 children and young people have a diagnosable mental health problem, and many more struggle with challenges from bullying to bereavement. Whether you’re someone who works with children, a parent or carer, passionate about spreading the word, or keen to raise vital funds for Place2Be, you can help us reach as many people as possible.