My Name is Dwight Williams, and I am reaching out to you on behalf of the local fire station here in Borehamwood. I am the Watch Commander of Green Watch at the station. As a firefighter dedicated to ensuring the safety of our community, I am excited to introduce a new initiative aimed at enhancing home fire safety.
We are actively seeking to build partnerships with local primary schools to raise awareness about the importance of fire detection in every home. As part of our home fire safety visits, we conduct thorough checks on existing detectors, to ensure they are functioning correctly and appropriately located. To further support the cause, we are offering a complimentary service of fitting brand new, tamperproof battery detectors with a 10-year lifespan.
Families interested in a home fire safety visit can reach out to schedule an appointment. To facilitate the process, we ask that they provide their names, address, and contact telephone number.
Your collaboration is crucial in making our community safer, and together, we can ensure that no home is without proper fire detection. I appreciate your support in this important endeavour.
Kind regards,
Dwight Williams Watch Commander Green Watch | Borehamwood Fire Station | Community Protection
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Today was the best day of my life! I’ll tell you why…It was because I went to an Athletics competition at Yavneh College. It was a really proud moment for me to be included and it was great to walk together as a team from Parkside with Miss Bowers, Mr Honour and Mr Wanless.
The morning consisted of track events: relay and obstacle races along and Field events: Javelin, chest push, long jump, 5 strides and speed jump.
We competed against a number of schools from around Hertfordshire, 7 in total and managed to finish in 6th place but the most important thing for us was that we competed as a team and gave each other lots of positive support even when we were not winning events.
I thoroughly enjoyed the morning and I can’t wait to represent Parkside again in other sports.
Thank you to Miss Bowers, Mr Honour and Mr Wanless for your encouragement and support, Miss Bowers especially was crucial in knowing which events we were taking part in and when each one was.
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I have chosen this song because no matter what is happening around us, it’s still a beautiful day and it shouldn’t be wasted “dont let it get away”.
Keep enjoying what you do and most importantly always keep trying to keep that smile on your face.
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Congratulations to 5 Ash for achieving the highest attendance this week.
On the whole it was a very promising week for the school with our average attendance being 96.1%, let’s aim to beat this in our final week before our half term break.
Reception Pine: 91.2%
Year 1 Maple: 96.2%
Year 2 Willow: 97.9%
Year 3 Birch: 97.5%
Year 3 Elm: 98.5%
Year 4 Aspen: 98.6%
Year 5 Ash: 99%
Year 5 Cedar: 93.5%
Year 6: 93.8%
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My Voice Matters is about empowering children and young people by providing them with the tools they need to express themselves.
When we feel empowered, there’s a positive impact on our wellbeing. Children who feel that their voices are heard and can make a difference have a greater sense of community and self-esteem. This year, we have tried to encourage all of our children, no matter their ages, backgrounds or academic abilities to be empowered to work together to create a positive change for their mental health and wellbeing.
During Children’s Mental Health Week, we want Parkside to be able to say – and believe – “My Voice Matters.”
I want to say a big thank you to our staff and children for embracing this week with enjoyment, flexibility and enthusiasm.
Another big thank you must go to Flip Theatre who did a number of drama workshops for our children based on having a voice and what it means. Miss Bowers deserves lots of praise for the work she has done to ensure our children are not only mentally healthy but physically healthy too, her fitness sessions and the organisation of the athletics competition were great for our children.
In the KS1 Hall, I am delighted to see our mental health and wellbeing board taking shape, and I hope children will look back and realise just how important and wonderful they all are in their own unique special way.
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On Thursday, Miss Bowers created a high energy fitness circuit with a focus on cardio.
The impact of physical education on young people’s mental health has been widely researched and has produced some profound findings. We know that physical activity reduces mental fatigue, increases motivation, lowers our risk of depression and enables children to express themselves through movement.
As well as this, it gives children the opportunity to work with others, understand how their strengths can impact a team and empower them to make decisions with confidence and the work we at Parkside do for our children is a proud moment for me as PE lead.
I believe Parkside is blazing a trail in providing opportunities for young people to take part in physical education and offer a well-rounded, holistic approach to mental health. By offering children the chance to take part in PE, take part in competitive sports both in and out of school we are providing them with sustainable and healthy skills that they can continue to use for years after their education.
Moki Health Bands: The children are continuing to become more active and have entered the top 15% of Moki Schools.
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This week I have arranged different activities for children from year 1 to year 6.
Including lunchtime tournaments for school football week for KS2 and blind football for year 4. Children designed football shirts for a in school competition and the PE ambassadors chose winners.
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It has been another fantastic week at Parkside as we get closer to our half-term break.
Next week is an extremely busy week, with the main focus being Mental Health Week 2024, this year the theme is ‘My Voice Matters’ Also it is National Schools’ Football week and I know Miss Bowers has a lot of football sessions/matches planned for each class. Finally, next week sees the start of class assemblies returning with 2 Willow. Being the first class to showcase their wonderful learning.
Reception Friday 26th April
Year 1 Friday 22nd March
Year 2 Friday 8th February
Year 3 Friday 15th March
Year 4 Friday 16th February
Year 5 Friday 1st March
Year 6 Friday 8th March
Times Table Rockstars:
It was great to see all the children in KS2 excited about their latest battle. During assembly this morning 6 Cherry was presented with the Battle of the Bands trophy as they finished top of all the classes.
We look forward to the battles happening next week which opens tomorrow (Saturday 3 rd February
2024) at 8:00am and will finish on Friday 9 th February 2024 at 9:00am.
Year 5 vs Year 6
Year 3 vs Year 4
Good luck everyone
I also must thank Miss Moon, Mrs Knowles and Miss Bowers for their efforts in creating a superb TT Rockstars display located in the Hall. We will be able to track battles and the fastest players across the school and in each class from Year 1 – Year 6.
PE AMBASSADORS:
Congratulations to Amira, Hunni, Georgey and Barney who are my first ever Parkside PE Ambassadors. Their role will be to support me in the observing and improving of PE across the school. They will join me for learning walks, they will speak to children regrading their lessons and they will ensure all our equipment is fit for purpose as well as offer suggestions as to what we can do to improve PE.
Girls commitment to Football:
This week members of our Girls’ football team – Christabel, Hunni, Amira, and Alexus shared a presentation with me all about how we can improve the provision of football for girls Their arguments were very persuasive and I do understand the need to provide more opportunities for them. Therefore, with the support of Miss Bowers, we will now run a lunch time training session for our girls after half term every Friday and I have also entered the girls into a whole day tournament on the 27 th February 2024 which will be held at Watford FC’s training ground – The Dome!
Girls, thank you for your dedication and effort to create and share this presentation in your own time, we are a school that takes equal opportunities very seriously and we hope you will see the benefits of your hard work on football for girls at Parkside.
29th January – 2nd February 2024
Thank you to everyone who shared their learning during Friday’s assembly, it was great to listen to examples of work from a range of curriculum subjects. I have also attached other photos from this week to showcase children’s learning.
High Flyers and Hot Chocolate
Congratulations to everyone who were awarded their wings and received Hot Chocolate this week for being true ambassadors of the school’s vision and mission.
Thank you, children, for being such a great example for others to follow.
Moki Health and Fitness
This week a big congratulations to 4 Aspen who achieved the highest AVERAGE of steps this week with a great score of 7,885.
Attendance: Congratulations to Year 2 Willow who had the best attendance this week. Overall it was a much better week with the average of the week for the school being 94.5%. Let’s finish this half
Reception Pine: 93.1%
Year 1 Maple: 97.9%
Year 2 Willow: 98.6%
Year 3 Birch: 93%
Year 3 Elm: 90.5%
Year 4 Aspen: 94.8%
Year 5 Ash: 96%
Year 5 Cedar: 93%
Year 6 Cherry: 91.7%
Song of the Weekend: Extraordinary by Natalie Williams
Whether it’s being a musician, an athlete, an accountant, a teacher, a shop keeper or a stay-at-home parent. The people that give it that little bit extra will always stand out! So, let’s teach our children and the future generations to think BIG, be CONFIDENT and be EXTRAORDINARY in whatever they want to achieve!
Have a lovely weekend.
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