Pennyhill Primary School

Issue No: 22 Date: 06-03-2020

Website: www.pennyhill.sandwell.sch.uk

Tel: 0121 588 2230 Twitter: @PennyhillSchool for regular news and updates

Headteacher: Miss E Williams. Chair of Governors: Mr J Padam

Coronavirus

Some parents have been in touch because they are worried about the coronavirus. We would like to assure you that as a

school we are following all the information which the government and Public Health England send out. As a school we

receive a daily update from the Department for Education. Both the Department for Education and Public Health England

say that personal hygiene is the most important way we can tackle COVID-19, especially washing hands more; and the catch

it, bin it, kill it strategy for those with coughs and sneezes – also help in delaying the peak of the infection.

Please make sure that your child has their own water bottle so that they can drink freely throughout the day. We will of

course continue to provide cups at lunchtime and these are not shared during service.

We are teaching all the children to wash their hands thoroughly. Please reinforce this at home. We cannot allow children to

use alcohol sanitiser so please do not send this in. We have plenty of soap and water and this is advised for children to use.

Current advice remains in place: No school should close in response to a suspected (or confirmed) COVID-19 case unless

advised to do so by Public Health England.

If you require any more information or advice the Department for Education has launched a Coronavirus helpline to answer

questions about COVID-19 related to education. Parents/carers can contact the helpline as follows:

Phone: 0800 046 8687

Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk

Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)

Next week, we will begin our series of exciting

Olympics workshop competitions to tie in with Sport

Relief and start to build anticipation for the Tokyo 2020

Olympic Games. Every class from Years 1 - 6 will get to

try 4 different Olympic events and compete against the

other classes in their year groups to see who will

become our Olympic champions! There might even be

some prizes up for grabs. Year 5 and Year 1 will do

theirs next week, Year 3 and 4 the following week and

in the final week of workshops, Year 2 and Year 6 will

get their turn. Stay tuned to find out who our

champions will be!

It was fantastic to see all the children dressed up as their favourite

characters for world book day! They all looked amazing and had fun

showing each other their costumes!

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Pennyhill Primary School

Pupils of the week

1E-Keaton 4R –Whole Class!

1R –Rodina 4B –Mia

1A –Laila 4W –Leah

2E –Callie 4P –Whole Class!

2R –Daniel 5E –Ellie-Jay

2A –Ronnie 5R -Eloise

3E –Adam 5A –Amber-Mae

3A –Tommy-Jay 6E –Shiv

3R –Lacey 6R –Ryan

6A -Tatihanna

ATTENDANCE

Attendance is very important and the

Government target is for us to be above 96%.

Last week our attendance was: 94.9%

Friday Treat winners (squash and biscuits) in

Years 1-6 are: None this week

Reception attendance winners: Elephants –

Oliver, Giraffes – Laziah & Tigers - Musa

School Term Dates

Spring Term 2020

Mon 6th Jan – Teacher Day – no school for

children

Tues 7th Jan – Fri 14th Feb

Half term: Mon 17th Feb – Fri 21st Feb

Mon 24th Feb – Fri 3rd April

Easter break – Mon 6th Apr – Fri 17th April

Summer Term 2020

Mon 20th April – Thurs 21st May

Friday 22nd May is a Teacher Day – no

school for children

Half term: Mon 25th May – Fri 29th May

Mon 1st June – Fri 17th July – break up for

summer holidays

Picture News

In Picture News this week children found out that a

supercomputer is to be developed to support the Met

Office in a huge project to improve weather forecasting.

The new technology is to be funded by a £1.2 billion

investment from the government and will be managed

by the Met Office. It is expected the computer will be

the most powerful forecasting system in the world and

will be able to offer more precise weather and flood

updates.

Things to talk about at home…

Do you listen to or read about the weather

forecast?

Does knowing the weather forecast change any

of your daily activities?

Has there ever been any extreme weather near

where you live?

Announcement!

I am sure that most of you are familiar with Miss

Woolvin as she has been on the team here at

Pennyhill since it opened. We want to let you know

that Miss Woolvin will be leaving at the end of the

term. I know that you will want to join us in wishing

her well for the future.