We have another update from our Thurston-ites today!
Take a look below at what the children have been up to today:
Yewdale: “we went down to the stream and did ghyll scrambling. We floated in the water. After lunch we went to the caves, made echoes and walked in the dark.”
Langdale: “this morning we went out in the mini van to cathedral quarry. We took candles and lit them in the quarry caves. After lunch we went ghyll scrambling. At one point there was a pool and we were allowed float and swim.”
Grizdale: “We went on canoe boats across the lake. We stopped for a small break with a cup of hot chocolate and a flapjack. We came back and jumped off the jetth (Everyone was freezing). After lunch we went on a blind monkey trail. We has to use our senses to find out way across as we had blindfolds on. This meant to communicate effectively with each other. Just before dinner, we ended our day with orienteering.
We are all looking forward to our roast dinner tonight.
Take a look at our photos from Children in Need Day!
Congratulations to our attendance winners.
Zara won a £25 Amazon Voucher as her name was drawn from all of the pupils who had 100% attendance for the first half term.
Also well done April who attended every school day in October! 
This morning, Year 4SJ were lucky enough to experience a virtual visit from the author Jacqueline Wilson!
She talked to us about her book ‘The Primrose Railway Children’ and gave us some fantastic advice about reading and writing.
We were also able to see how the illustrator, Rachael Dean, drew the characters within the book.
Year 3 had a brilliant time celebrating Divali last week. We have been learning about Hinduism in our R.E lessons and it was lovely to bring our learning to life with Jayamini, creating our own Rangoli pictures.
Squid Game (Netflix)
There has been a lot of media reports this week about Netflix’s Squid Game. This is currently the most watched show in 90 countries and nearly all episodes of the ’15’ rated show contain violent and gruesome scenes. The Safeguarding Partnership has received some important information around the potential risks posed to children and young people from this show and some top tips to keeping children and young people safe. In addition, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command (CEOP) have produced some information for parents/carers that maybe useful to share or have uploaded onto your school websites.
In addition there is further information about managing specific websites and challenges from here:
More information from CEOP: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/theres-a-viral-scare-online-what-should-i-do/
You may be aware of a new series on Netflix named Squid Game which has been trending online recently. Please find attached some information about the series if you are concerned.
Please remember that parental controls can be set up on accounts such as Netflix to limit the content available to children. Information on this is also attached below:
