Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

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• Families struggling to pay heating bills can get help to heat their home

  Mon 24 May 2021

  Families in Staffordshire who claim benefits or free school meals can get help to heat their home or make it more energy efficient for free by accessing the Staffordshire Warmer Homes scheme.

   

  The scheme is being delivered by Staffordshire County Council and is expected to benefit a further 445 households. Measures including cavity wall and loft insulation, solar thermal and PV panels, air source heat pumps, as well as double glazing windows and doors could be installed free of charge in eligible households.

   

  The scheme is available to eligible families with low, or no income, those who claim benefits, or are elderly, disabled or have very young children living in the home.

   

  Applications can be made by either homeowners or private tenants by visiting the Staffordshire Web.

• Sunflower Growing Competition

  Tue 18 May 2021
  

• Teachers and pupils 'distraught' as vandals trash shed in memory of much-loved school volunteer

  Wed 28 Apr 2021

  As published Monday 26th April in the Burton Mail:

   

  "Staff and pupils at a Burton school have been left "distraught" after vandals trashed a shed built in memory of a volunteer, damaged toys and stole scooters.

  The damage happened on two occasions at Victoria Community School, in Victoria Road as vandals targeted the reception pupils’ outside area, scattering and damaging equipment and toys, breaking into an outside cupboard, stealing two scooters and a balance bike, and emptying the contents of the rubbish bins across the playground."

   

  For the full story please follow the link below:

   

  Teachers and pupils 'distraught' as vandals trash shed in memory of much-loved school volunteer - Staffordshire Live (staffordshire-live.co.uk)

  

• LoveInSpire -Free Community Events

  Wed 31 Mar 2021
  Information regarding the LoveInspire - Community Events.  Please see flyers below for more information.

  

• Do you Qualify for Financial Help?

  Mon 29 Mar 2021

  Staffordshire County Council are giving residents up to £200 financial help to pay their heating bills. This money does not need to be paid back.

   

  This support is available to families who claim free school meals for their children, or anyone who has lost their jobs due to covid, have low or no income or claim benefits.

   

  Check the full eligibility criteria and apply online now.

   

  This offer is only available until the end of March 2021.

• Celebrating World Book Day

  Mon 15 Mar 2021

  On Thursday 4^th March, we celebrated World Book Day. We enjoyed carrying out lots of different activities linked to authors and books. As part of our celebrations for World Book Day, many classes dressed up as their favourite book characters or characters from the books they had been learning about in class. Here are some of the activities we carried out on the day. We all had a great day sharing and enjoying our favourite books together! 

  

• Are you struggling with IT in lockdown?

  Thu 25 Feb 2021
  

• Helping Our Parents' Emotions (HOPE)

  Wed 24 Feb 2021

  Join HOPE zoom parent support sessions; a safe place to find information, chat and learn from each other through shared experience.

   

  When: Wednesday 3rd March 2021

  Time: 10.00 am and 7.00 pm

   

  Please see flyer below for more information and link to meeting.

  

• Signs of Spring...

  Mon 22 Feb 2021

  In Autumn term, Year 2 planted some daffodil bulbs in the school planters. We headed onto the playground for our break and were very excited to see that they had started to bloom over the holidays. We hope that the rest of the school will enjoy these flowers as a little sign of Spring. 

  

• Half Term Fun with Burton Albion Community Trust

  Fri 12 Feb 2021

  You will see we are putting some free sessions on our YouTube channel over half term (some live, some pre-recorded) for children and families to join in with.  Also we have a virtual junior youth club that runs every Monday evening that children can join in with some fun online activities, again for free.  (Contact details for this are on the flyer below.