I am very pleased to share their full report with you all (attached below). We are really pleased to see such a positive report for them.

Kind regards

Mr. Westley

The workshop ‘Parenting in a Digital World’ aims to support parents/carers as you grapple with this tricky area of parenting and will focus on answering practical questions such as:

How are smartphones influencing our children and teens and what can we do about it?

• Why are they so addictive?

• When should my child be given a phone?

• What controls should we put in place and how do I implement them?

• What apps should they be allowed on?

• How can we find the right balance for our family?

This is a great opportunity to benefit from The Conversation’s research and experience in this area; we do hope you can join them at one of their workshops. You can sign up here: https://www.theconversationstamford.co.uk/signup.aspx

This will be an encouraging and supportive session. The workshop is aimed at parents and carers of children aged 0-16 regardless of whether your children have a phone yet or not.

This parent support workshop is part of the ‘Stamford Cyberwise Campaign’ encouraging schools, parents and children to evaluate young people’s digital habits and consider the impact mobile phones are having on mental health and well-being. More information about the campaign in general can be found at the link above.

Children can come to school dressed in their favourite outfits—whether it’s a cosy jumper, a football t-shirt, or something that makes them feel happy and confident!

To take part, we kindly ask each child to bring £1 to donate to the Friends of DSJ, helping us raise funds for exciting school projects.

Thank you for your support—we can’t wait to see all the fantastic outfits!

This event is brought to you by the Friends of DSJ- 

Monique, Rachel, Lauren, Victoria and Krystal

Children have the opportunity to celebrate themselves and come into school in clothes that make them unique. 

No donation is needed. However please remember that children should dress appropriately for the weather.

Thursday 13th February - Dragon Riders of Roar publication day.

Jenny will be doing a half hour virtual event with Our Bookshop at 10.30am

 BOOKING LINK

Saturday 15th February - 3:30pm - LINCOLN

Jenny will be visiting Lincoln and taking part in Waterstones Children's Festival.

 BOOKING LINK

Please see attached calendar of events so you can save the date. We will send out more details on each event nearer the time. 

Feel free to follow the friends facebook page where we will post the information too.   

From the Friends of DSJ

Monique, Rachel, Lauren, Victoria and Krystal

https://ttrockstars.com/

Please do support your child in accessing it, to help support their times tables work in school. It does make a BIG difference in building their confidence! i have asked your child's class teacher to re-share their password, so that they are able to access their own 'Rock Star'!

With thanks to the PTA for ensuring this valuable resource remains available to the children...

Providing emergency food to people in crisis.

Every day people in the UK go hungry for reasons ranging from redundancy to receiving an unexpected bill on a low income. A simple box of food makes a big difference, with foodbanks helping prevent crime, housing loss, family breakdown and mental health problems.

FOOD IS DONATED

Schools, churches, businesses and individuals donate non-perishable, in-date food to a foodbank. Large collections often take place as part of Harvest Festival celebrations and food is also collected at supermarkets.

FOOD IS SORTED AND STORED

Volunteers sort food to check that it’s in date and pack it into boxes ready to be given to people in need. Over 40,000 people give up their time to volunteer at foodbanks.

PROFESSIONALS IDENTIFY PEOPLE IN NEED

Foodbanks partner with a wide range of care professionals such as doctors, health visitors, social workers and police to identify people in crisis and issue them with a foodbank voucher.

CLIENTS RECEIVE FOOD

Foodbank clients bring their voucher to a foodbank centre where it can be redeemed for three days’ emergency food. Volunteers meet clients over a warm drink or free hot meal and are able to signpost people to agencies able to solve the longer-term problem.

Contact them on: 07516717346, or visit their website: https://deepings.foodbank.org.uk/

FOODBANK VOUCHERS

Our foodbank works using a voucher referral system. Find out more about how we work.

We know that anyone can find themselves at crisis point for a number of different reasons.

In order to provide the most appropriate help for the circumstances of your situation we work with local agencies. If they feel you are struggling to put food on the table, they will issue you with a foodbank voucher. The local agency can also provide long term support if needed to help address some of the issues behind the reasons for your crisis. 

Our foodbank works with a number of different agencies, such as Citizens Advice, children’s centres and health visitors. To find out more about the agencies that hold our vouchers and how you can get help, please contact us.

When you visit a referral agency they will take some basic details from you to complete the voucher. This will help them to identify the cause of your crisis and offer practical guidance. It also means we are able to prepare suitable emergency food for the right number of people.

Once you have been issued with a voucher, you can exchange this for a minimum of three days of emergency food at your nearest foodbank centre.

If you are a referral agency and would like to become a registered voucher holder for our foodbank, please contact us to find out more.

Please see the attached letter regarding the requirements for this and the nomination form to be completed.

Please note all nominations need to be received at the school office before midday on Friday 29th November.