Thurdays; 3.30pm - 4.20pm 
Starting date: Thursday 15th September 2022

Mr Johnson and Mr Palmer will be holding football practice sessions on Thursdays after school. This is to prepare for a tournament that will take place near the end of Autumn. (Details will be sent nearer the time)
If your child is attending football practice, could you please send your child to school in their PE kit. They will also need to bring shinpads, football socks and boots.
Please ensure your child brings a water bottle to school.
It is most important that every parent completes the permission form via ParentMail for their child to attend this event and provide us with emergency contact details. 

Inspire+ will be running a Sports Club for children in KS1.
This club is open to children in Y1 & Y2 and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. We will be limited to 16 places and we ask that if you are allocated a place you commit to all of the sessions.
The Club  will run from 3.30pm-4.30pm. The first session will be on Thursday 15th September 2022 until the end of term.
If it is not usually your child's PE day, please send your child to school in their PE Kit

It is most important that every parent completes the permission form via ParentMail for their child to attend this club and provide us with emergency contact details. 

Thank you

Over the next few weeks we are taking part in a programme to promote active lifestyles to the children.

From Monday 12th September to Friday 7th October we would like the children to come to school in an active way. This could include walking, jogging, scooting and biking.

We understand this is not possible for all children, but would encourage those who come to school by car to walk a little further from the car to school. 

For each morning the children come to school in an active way, they will be given an 'active point'. For every five times, the children will receive a school success point.

At the end of the programme, the class with the most points will be awarded five class credits and a class trophy.

Year 6 will be late in their return from Fantasy Island. The expected arrival time at school is now 5.15pm

Well done to everyone who has taken part in the daily mile in the mornings!

The challenge has finished for this term so please bring children to school for the normal time of 8.40am. We shall resume the mile in September, information will be sent nearer to the time.

Thank you

We are all looking forward to the trip on Wednesday, 20th July 2022. We will be leaving school at 8am so could all children arrive at 7:45am please. We are arriving back at school at 4:30pm.

All children can bring spending money if they wish (we recommend £10 maximum), we ask that they bring their spending money in a named envelope please.

Children will need to bring their lunch, hats, sun cream and a water bottle. Due to the weather, children can wear their PE kits and trainers for the day.

Thank you

We are constantly reviewing the school’s risk assessment regarding the Red Extreme Heatwave warning which is predicted for tomorrow and Tuesday.  According to my weather apps the hottest part of the day will be between 3-4pm which is when we send children home.  

Therefore, we would like to give you the option to collect your children at 1.10pm on Monday and Tuesday when it’s predicted to be a couple of degrees cooler.  Please email school at amy.parnham@gvsf.school if you would like to collect early so that we can have the children ready for collection from the normal exits.

Pirate Day/Treasure Hunt for the Pandas Class - unfortunately, we will have to postpone this until Wednesday afternoon 2.30-3.30pm so that we can avoid the heat outside.

Y6 Leavers Service in Church - With some children leaving early this service will be cancelled and the whole leavers event will take place on Thursday at 2pm  - as previously advertised all Y6 parents/carers are invited, we will confirm the venue tomorrow. (either school or church)

We will be following all government guidance over the next couple of days and ensuring we keep the children as comfortable as possible.  Please ensure that your child has a water bottle in school that they can refill, a hat and sun cream. 

Apologies for any inconvenience this has caused.

We have received some enquiries regarding the predicted heatwave next week and what we will be doing within school to protect our pupils. We have received guidance from the DFE and Local Authority which we will be implementing and have plans in place to adapt our days to make things as comfortable as possible for the children.  Also, the church have kindly allowed us the use of the building next week as this will provide a cool learning environment for the children.

Please feel free to send children in their PE kits on Monday and Tuesday.

We are delighted to announce that we, St Sebastian's Church of England School have achieved the

School Games Gold Mark Award

for the 2021/22 academic year.

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
 Our physical activity and school sport achievements this year include:

• Attending the Mini-Commonwealth Games.
• Having a 70%+ uptake in extracurricular sports clubs. 
• Having a colourful and varied PE curriculum, to give children wide experiences. 
• Attending SEND and pupil support sessions. 
• Hosting friendly matches at our school. 
• Holding an intra-school competition. 

We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our events possible.  We are committed to using the School Games to try and engage those young people who haven’t previously been active or represented our school and to try and ensure that all our students have a positive experience and want to try out new activities beyond school too in our community.  We believe in the power of physical activity and school sport as a school and give opportunities to those young people that need it most either as a participant, leader, official or volunteer.
 As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas linked to the five School Games outcomes and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.
 A special thanks to:

• The amazing children at our school.
• Our HLTA, Mrs Burton
• Our sports apprentice, Mr Parnham. 
• Our wonderful and supportive staff.
• Inspire+ and their invaluable support. 
   We look forward to applying once again in 2023