Dear Parents and Carers,

I am thrilled to be writing to you to let you know we have gained the Wellbeing Award for Schools. This award reflects the hard work that staff have put in to helping develop a school environment where everyone’s emotional health and well being is valued and supported.

I have enclosed a copy of the full report for your information (click on the blue link at the end of this letter) but have highlighted the key findings for you below:

• St George’s C of E Primary School offers a safe and nurturing environment for the children, staff, parents and the whole school community. Their school motto is ‘Everyone Matters, Everyone Achieves’ and this ethos is at the centre of everything they do.
• They need to be praised for the work they have done in embedding positive structures and developing strong relationships that support mental health and wellbeing and enable children to learn, flourish and achieve their full potential.
• Parents recognise the work of the school in supporting both the children and the wider family. They value the approachability of all staff and feel confident in voicing any worries or concerns. Moreover, they know that any issues will be addressed and resolved.
• Pupils talked about the different strategies they have used to help them keep mentally healthy which included talking about their feelings. Pupils know that they can turn to adults in school but also their friends.

• Pupils clearly enjoy learning and during the tour of the school, there was clear evidence of strong relationships between staff and pupils.

• Staff relationships with students are excellent, they go the extra mile, meeting the needs of students emotionally and educationally.
• It was wonderful to meet such confident, polite and self-assured children.

• As a result of the development of positive behaviours for learning and excellent relationships throughout the school community, behaviour is outstanding.

As a school we will continue to develop how we support staff, children and our families in this area and always welcome any ideas from the school community so please do get in touch if you have any suggestions. We are in the process of getting our pupil School Council back up and running (we had been unable to run it during lockdowns) so I am sure the children will also be bursting with ideas on how to continue to improve our school!

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all parents and carers who took the time to respond to the surveys we sent out when we started this award and then during the process itself. We were given many excellent ideas and suggestions which we have been able to implement in school and that are already having a positive impact. Thank you- your support is so very much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Sally Sixsmith, Head Teacher

Parent email WAS Final Verification Report St Georges Primary School Final Copy

Hi everyone,

Hope you had a lovely Easter break!

Please take a look at our newly updated SEND section of our website which includes lots of useful links, resources and advice for parents/carers.

Parents’ Evenings are coming up soon – this will be an opportunity for you to talk to your child’s class teacher about their Individual Learning Plan and set targets. Letters on how to access your child’s online learning plan via Edukey Provision Map were sent home on March 8th. If you haven’t done so already, please do sign up – you’ll be able to see what support your child is receiving in school and what their current targets are. Let your child’s class teacher know if you need a new letter.

Telford and Wrekin have also updated their Parent/Carer news of their website – you can find that here. You are also able to sign up so the updates are directly emailed to you.

Thanks,

Mrs Evans
(SENDCo)