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• HOPE Session - After School Restraint Collapse

  Mon 26 Feb 2024

  This month's virtial HOPE session is about After School Restraint Collapse, where your child(ren) holds in their feelings all day at school and only release their emotions, usually once they are home which can be extremely overwhelming for yourself and/or the siblings. There is a morning or an evening session offered to support you understand this behaviour.
  Keddie will offer you valuable advice and resources to help you manage your children's emotions
  It is a totally discreet platform for you to join and access. You can join with or without your camera on.

   

  Tuesday 27th and Thursday 29th Feb at 10am

   

  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsde6gqT0jG9Z1P-U0IckA4Y7KBzYDihxU

  

• Nominate our School to Win National Book Tokens

  Wed 07 Jun 2023

  When you nominate a school to win one of five £1,000 prizes, we'll also enter you into a draw to win a £100 National Book Token to spend in your favourite bookshop or online.

   

  Don't forget: get even more nominations for your school by sharing the competition with other parents, carers, school staff and your local community!  

   

  Click here to nominate our school

  

• HOPE - Parent Support Anxiety

  Tue 06 Jun 2023

  Worried about anxiety?

   

  Open to parents of children who attend our school
   

  VENUE: Victoria Community School Orchard site

  Thursday 15th June 2023 - 9.00 am to 10.30 am
   

  Please call 01283 247420 and ask to speak to Mrs Arif or Mrs Waheed (Hope Mentors)
  Please share this invite with other parents at our school.

  
  We look forward to welcoming you.

  

• Tesco Community Grant - please support us voting commences first week in July

  Thu 01 Jun 2023

  Grant to Victoria Community School for new Library Books - Providing our youngest children with the foundations of the most important life skill, reading, and sharing their love of books with all the community.

   

  We are in the customer vote for a Tesco Community Grant.  It is a scheme which gives community projects like us grants of up to £1,500.  Tesco customers will be able to vote in the following stores:

   

  • 5142    Woodville Express       DE11 7EA
  • 2650    Hearthcot Rd Swad Exp   DE11 9DU
  • 2367    Church Gresley Exp      DE11 9NW
  • 5067    Measham Express DE12 7HR
  • 2170    Burton On Trent DE14 3RJ
  • 3165    Stapenhill Burton Exp   DE15 9GU

   

  Voting will commence in store from the first week of July 2023 until the end of September 2023.  To determine how much funding we get, please support us next time you shop at Tesco!

   

  To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the Tesco website here: http://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk
   
  To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per transaction and it's not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token.

   

  For more information visit the Community Grants website: www.tesco.com/communitygrants

• HOPE Virtual Parent Support School Work and Exam Stress

  Thu 23 Mar 2023

  • Manage exam and assessment anxieties

  • Build resilience and calm negative thoughts

  • Manage expectation & disappointment

  

• Mental Health and Wellbeing

  Tue 26 Jul 2022

  The Wellbeing Team in Burton offer support for low mood, anxiety, stress and panic.  If we can help come along for a chat on Friday 29th July 2022 between 12.30 pm and 3.00 pm at York Street Masjid.  Full details can be found below.

  

• Burton Albion Community Trust Summer Activities

  Thu 14 Jul 2022

  Please see below flyers for dance and soccer camps being held by Burton Albion Community Trust (BACT) during the Summer holidays.

  

• Burton Ablion May Half Term Activities

  Thu 19 May 2022

  Please see leaflets below of the half term activities on offer with Burton Albion Community Trust

  

• Burton Albion Dance Camp

  Tue 29 Mar 2022

  Please see leaflet below for details of the Easter Dance Camp being organised by Burton Albion Community Trust.

  

• Promote Air Quality Campaign

  Thu 17 Mar 2022

  Reminder that today is the first day of the two week campaign to promote air quality.

   

  The campaign run by Staffordshire County Council’s Sustainability Team runs from 14^th March to 25^th March.

   

  Picture 1 - Walking

  Did you know that just by walking to school you will be reducing your exposure to air pollution?

  
  Air pollution inside the vehicle is often double what someone walking the same route will be exposed to. This is because the polluted air gets trapped inside the car with no dispersal factors such as sunlight and wind.

  
  You can improve that even more by walking quieter, less polluted routes that you could not take in the car such as footpaths and walking only routes. It is also a great way to help get your minimum requirement of daily exercise, making you even healthier.

   

  Picture 2 - Cycling

  Cycling to school is a pollution free way to travel to school. An idling car will produce around 150 balloons worth of polluted air every minute.

   

  By choosing to cycle instead of the car you will help reduce your own exposure to pollution and help improve air quality for the whole school community including parents, staff and pupils.

   

  Check if your school has cycle storage so your bike can be left at school.

   

  Picture 3 - Scooting

   

  By scooting to school instead of taking the car you are choosing a pollution free mode of transport.

  
  Cars will create around 150 balloons worth of pollution every minute. If we can remove just 10 cars from the school run then that’s 1,500 balloons of pollution saved every minute.

  
  Check if your school has scooter storage so you don’t have to take the scooter home with you. Scooting is also great for core strength and developing balance skills.

   

  Picture 4 - Idling

   

  Did you know that an idling vehicle around school will release around 150 balloons worth of pollution into the air every minute?

  
  Do your bit by choosing to switch off on the school run, or even better still, why not try an alternative active travel method of getting to school such as walking, cycling or scooting?

   

  For those that live too far away try to park and stride by walking the last bit of your journey. This will really help by reducing pollution around the school.

   

  Picture 5 - Asthma

  Did you know that around 1/3 of all asthma cases in children are due to breathing polluted air?

  
  This is rarely any higher than during the school run. Cars release poisonous gases and minute particles into the air which do head to toe harm to developing children. Asthma and other respiratory diseases are just two examples of medical conditions that can be a result of air pollution. Poor air quality is also linked to heart disease, cancers and even Alzheimer’s Disease in the elderly.