On Wednesday 26th, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th the children took part in the '100 Challenge' in memory of Sir Captain Tom Moore. The children were challenged with walking 100 miles as a year group some children decided to run the event!

It saw children completing at least 15 laps of the playground. The children really enjoyed the event and had a brilliant time fundraising for a local cause.

Thank you to all of you who sponsored the event; as a school we have raised the AMAZING amount of £3705.09. 

What a tremendous effort by everyone!

23 September 2021 (Thursday)
Greenshaw High School - 5.30pm to 8.30pm (last entry 8.00pm)

8 July 2021 (Thursday)
Nonsuch High School for Girls – This will be a virtual event. Please refer to the school’s website from 8 July for further information.

22 September 2021 (Wednesday)
Sutton Grammar School - 4.00pm-9.00pm

1 July 2021 (Thursday)
Wallington County Grammar School. This will be a virtual event. Please refer to the school’s website from 1 July for further information.

1 July 2021 (Thursday)
Wallington High School for Girls – This will be a virtual event. Please refer to the school’s website from 1 July for further information.

June 2021 (Various dates)
Wilson’s School –Short tour and Head’s talk (see school website to book)

The children at Tweeddale Primary are going to be taking part in the fundraising challenge which has been set up by The Captain Tom Foundation to celebrate Captain Tom's life, his generosity of spirit, the hope and joy he brought to millions and his sense of fun, by taking part in this fundraising challenge over what would have been his 101st birthday weekend. 

At Tweeddale, children are going to be walking 100 miles as a year group. Having measured the playground, 100 miles is the equivalent of 805laps! This is going to be made up from completing laps of the playground. Depending on the number of children in your child’s year group, children will be covering an average of 15 laps of the playground. 

Children will be able to walk, skip, jog or run to complete this challenge! Although this will have to still be done in a socially distanced manner, children will be encouraged to have fun and celebrate. 

This is a sponsored event to raise money for a chosen cause. Local schools in the area have been working with Sutton Schools Trust and it has been decided to raise money for Epsom and St Helier Trust with three main focus areas:

1. The Magic Carpet Appeal – to raise money for a resource for the Children’s Ward – a projection toy that can emerge ward children into an imaginary world

2. Staff Wellbeing committee for massage chairs, music and smart speakers in the staff rest areas.

3. Medical appeals that the hospital currently have: Bladder Scanner!

We appreciate the difficult times both financially and emotionally currently but would love it if you and others in the local area could sponsor your child either per lap or a total amount for being like Captain Sir Tom and raising money to thank the staff at St. Helier for their tireless  work during the Covid pandemic.  Sponsorship money will need to be brought into school (in a sealed, named) envelope by WEDNESDAY 5TH MAY 2021.

The children will be taking part in the sponsored walk on either Wednesday 28th, Thursday 29th or Friday 30th April - nearer the time the date for each class and year will be announced. On the day your child will be completing their sponsored walk, they will be allowed to bring in something bright and colourful to take on the walk with them (e.g a teddy/ a funny hat/ a tutu) as this is a celebration. On the day of the challenge, you child will come home with a certificate to let you know how many laps they completed. 

Dear Parents/Carers,

Please see the information from the DfE regarding what you are required to do regarding contact tracing during the Easter holidays:

For the purposes of contact tracing, parents/carers need only inform the education setting of a positive case if the symptoms develop within 2 days of being in their education setting or they have tested positive with a lateral flow device (LFD) test (and will subsequently need to book a confirmatory PCR test). You are asked to assist in identifying close contacts and advising self-isolation, as the individual may have been infectious whilst in their education setting. If symptoms develop after 2 days, they do not need to inform the setting.

Where pupils test positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) during the holidays using an LFD test more than 2 days since being in an education setting, they will only need to inform their education setting if they will still be self-isolating when settings return. Staff, students, parents and carers should follow contact tracing instructions provided by NHS Test and Trace.

Regards,

The Tweeddale Team

Dear Parents/Carers,

Please see the information from the DfE regarding what you are required to do regarding contact tracing during the Easter holidays:

For the purposes of contact tracing, parents/carers need only inform the education setting of a positive case if the symptoms develop within 2 days of being in their education setting or they have tested positive with a lateral flow device (LFD) test (and will subsequently need to book a confirmatory PCR test). You are asked to assist in identifying close contacts and advising self-isolation, as the individual may have been infectious whilst in their education setting. If symptoms develop after 2 days, they do not need to inform the setting.

Where pupils test positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) during the holidays using an LFD test more than 2 days since being in an education setting, they will only need to inform their education setting if they will still be self-isolating when settings return. Staff, students, parents and carers should follow contact tracing instructions provided by NHS Test and Trace.

Regards,

The Tweeddale Team

Break up for Easter times as follows on Wednesday 31st March;
Air-1.50PM
Earth-2.00pm
Fire-2.10pm
Water-2.20pm