VV_December 2020

Village Voice December 2020/January 2021
SCHOOLS
NEWS ROUND UP
Tylers Green Middle School
Dear Village Voice,
Since the last edition, I am very pleased to say
that TGMS has continued to provide
uninterrupted education for our pupils. Despite
a second lockdown nationally, I am delighted
that the importance of school has been
recognised and we are able to remain open. The
role of schools in supporting families, and
especially the children, with mental health and
wellbeing has become very apparent and at TG
Middle School we have put this at the heart of
our recover, rejuvenate, relearn approach.
From the softer starts at the beginning of the
school day to the wellbeing time every day, our
curriculum is designed to allow some breathing
space for our children (and staff). With mental
health in mind (and having some fun!) on 9th
October I encouraged all of TGMS to wear
mufti, instead of school uniform to wear
something that makes you feel happy. This was
to mark World Mental Health Day (WMHD) on
Saturday 10th October. Voluntary donations
were collected for the local charity
Buckinghamshire Mind and TGMS Raised
£235.97. As a result of this fundraising we
arranged for Buckinghamshire Mind to deliver
a school assembly for our Year cohort.
Unfortunately, this was one of the events that
needed to be cancelled when lockdown 2 arose.
At TGMS, we love dressing up
and this year we took part in
Children In Need. We invited
the children and staff to
wear mufti, with a ‘bear’
theme. Various
competition and
activities were planned
which involve home, including decorating a
cupcake and designing a bear in class. We had a
selection of prizes with a Pudsey theme
awarded in our virtual assembly. Our Friday
assemblies are included on our school website,
should you wish to look.
In line with the national advice, we have not
been able to offer open days or face-to-face
parent consultations. We highly value
communication with parents and so have
offered virtual consultations this term with each
child’s class teacher through a system called
School Cloud. Feedback so far has indicated
that this has been really worthwhile.
If your child is due to move up to junior
school in September 2021, applications should
be made by parents by 15th January 2021, at the
latest. Instead of open days this year, we have
created a virtual tour and also would ask parents
to look at our website under admissions where
there is further information about joining Year 3
at TGMS. Vanessa Pinkney, Headteacher
Tylers Green First School
It was wonderful to welcome all of our children
into school full time in September and to be
re-united as a school family once more. Even
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