We continue to support fundraising for Ukrainian refugees and have a sale on   Monday after school in the playground. Mrs de Vine will be selling knitted badges (see right) and two of our children in Year 6, Romi and Olivia, will be selling a mix of books, soft toys and jigsaws. Please send a little money into school with your child (up to £2.00 should be sufficient) if you would to give them a chance to buy  something. Money should be in a sealed envelope with their name on it.  Alternatively, you could give them this after school.  Of course, parents and carers are welcome to browse and make purchases too. Please be aware that children who come home unaccompanied may be five to ten minutes later than usual if they are coming to the sale on their way home. 

Congratulations to our Year 3 football team for participating in their first ever tournament at Yattendon School. The whole team worked well   together scoring a goal from a free kick and making some excellent saves. On this occasion, despite a fantastic effort, we were unfortunately defeated by Langshott who won the tournament. It was a great  experience for all the players and it was brilliant to see all our players showing great sporting behaviours by congratulating the other teams who played. We hope to see all these children representing the school again in the future. 
 

An expert in online safety, Ian McGraw, will be delivering a live webinar for Horley parents on 15th March at 7:00pm via Teams. Ian worked for the police for much of his career and then worked in safeguarding at Surrey Council Council and currently works for Merton Council in a similar capacity. His experience and expertise is therefore significant. Please join this webinar and feel free to ask questions via the Q&A function. Details to enable you join the webinar are here:  https://www.yattendon.org/safeguarding-and-online-safety/  
 

We have started to receive donations from the list I sent out on Wednesday. Thank you very much. Another copy of the items needed by refugees can be found on page 2. Today I spoke to the children about the Ukraine conflict and the   older children (Years 5 and 6) were shown the Newsround clip that can be found here:   https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60554258    It is clear that the children are talking about Ukraine and some have some more personal experience of its affects. For instance, some have relatives in Poland taking in refugees.  In assembly, children were shown a map of Europe to locate Ukraine and I briefly explained what a conflict was and our hopes for a speedy resolution. The main focus of the assembly was how we could help the huge numbers of refugees arriving in the countries neighbouring Ukraine. Please note that the last date for accepting donations (for the current   Yattendon appeal) is Friday 11th March.

The items that are needed are as follows: 

Nappies (in sealed manufacturer’s packaging)

Baby milk and food (in date and sealed)

Feminine sanitary products 

Protein and energy bars

Medicines like calpol, anti-flu, lemsips and pain killers (new, complete packets)

Power banks for charging phones 

Colouring books/crayons/colouring pencils  Sleeping bags (ideally new, but otherwise washed and in good condition)

Camping mats 

Blankets (ideally new, but otherwise washed and in good condition)

Clothing - thermals/base layers (new in packaging ideally, but washed and in good condition if not)

Male socks Backpacks (large and medium-sized)

First aid kits

Hot water bottles 

Insulated flasks