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Online Safety

Tue 05 Dec 2023 The School Office

Dear Parent/Carer

As an i vengers school we have access to many resources to help us to keep our children safe on line. As we know many children will be receiving electronic gifts this Christmas we want to share with you a video with lots of hints and tips for parents.

Please try and find 5 minutes to watch the video by clicking the link below.

i-vengers Christmas on Vimeo

As always, if you want any support or advice or you are concerned about the safety of a child please contact us.

The designated safeguarding lead in school is Mrs Fox. The deputy safeguarding leads are Mr Norcross and Mrs Rimmer. The governor responsible for safeguarding is Nicky Watson.

Wishing all our children a safe online Christmas!

School Visit Dates for Reception New Starters 2024

Fri 17 Nov 2023 The School Office

If you would like to visit Findern Primary School to consider it for your child starting school in September 2024, please call the school office on 01283 702150 to arrange a visit on one of the following dates:

Friday 17th November 2023 1:30pm

Tuesday 21st November 2023 10am

Wednesday 6th December 2023 10am

Eco-Garden Green Flag Award

Thu 07 Sep 2023 The School Office

We are delighted to announce that we have received the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award with distinction. This is a result of our school's hard work to make our Eco Garden bigger and better, with the help of East Midlands Airport.

Heather Wheeler's visit to our Eco Garden

Tue 13 Jun 2023 The School Office

Heather Wheeler MP, on Monday morning, visited Findern Primary School to meet the Headteacher, Mrs Fox and to be shown the newly opened Eco-Garden by the lead teacher, Mrs Preston and the students who are members of the Eco Committee team.

Heather Wheeler MP says:

“On my Tour of schools I visited another lovely primary school, we are lucky in South Derbyshire! I really enjoyed meeting the students in the Eco Committee team – who are eagerly awaiting the arrival of frogs and newts in the pond they built with volunteer workers from East Midlands Airport. We looked thoroughly but none to be seen yet.

“My congratulations to Findern School for applying for the East Midland Airport grant; for successfully winning it; and, for putting it to such good use - a charming environment to learn how to take care of the environment. I was particularly fascinated by the ‘Bug Hotel’ which is one of the ways the school spent the grant. A lovely morning visit before rushing down on the train to Westminster.”

Bronze BERT Award

Thu 06 Oct 2022 The School Office

Findern Primary School have recently received the Bronze standard for the Building Effective Relationships Together (BERT) Award! This have been awarded to us due to our commitment and hard work to quality RSE!

The bronze web badge, can be seen below and will be added to our official Findern letter headed paper.

School Visit dates for reception children starting in September 2023

Tue 06 Sep 2022

If you would like to visit Findern Primary School to consider it for your child starting school in September 2023, please call the school office on 01283 702150 to arrange a visit on one of the following dates:

Wednesday 28th September 2022 2pm

Wednesday 12th October 2022 2pm

Thursday 3rd November 2022 10.30am

Tuesday 15th November 2022 10.30am

Ukraine Fundraising

Fri 11 Mar 2022 The School Office

To support the Ukrainian families, we are raising funds to donate to The Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC). We are holding a yellow and blue non-uniform day on Friday 18^th March 2022 at school for a contribution of £1 to pay on our School Money platform.

You are able to donate other items like dried food and toiletries for The Ukraine Club in Weston on Trent. Boxes will be around school for those who want to give. A full list is featured at the bottom of the poster with additional information. Thank you for your support.

I-Vengers Survey Link

Tue 08 Mar 2022 The School Office

We are asking parents to take the i vengers anonymous survey so that we can compare what the children are doing and what you think they are doing at school.

The children have now completed the i venger programme in school which means this could be the last chance to complete the survey before they collate the data.

The results will be shared with you as soon as we have it so that we can work together to keep our children safe online with relevant resources and information for parents and carers.

Please click the link below to access the survey. It will only take a minute to complete and mirrors the one children are doing in school. This needs to be opened in google chrome if you are struggling to access the survey.

Parents Online Safety Survey (google.com)

If you are struggling to access this link, please get in touch.

INSET days for next academic year

Mon 31 Jan 2022 The School Office

The INSET days for the next academic year are as follows:

1st September 2022

2nd September 2022

27th February 2023

5th June 2023

21st July 2023

Free School Meals

Fri 28 Jan 2022 The School Office

8 out of 10 pupils have their free meal, do you?

All children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to a free meal at school.

It could save you over £400 a year and benefits the school too.

To find out more visit

www.derbyshire.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals

or call

01629 536400

Poster can be found under 'Lunch Menus' on this website