Courtlands School

Some great summer opportunities !

🌞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐃: 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒🌞
Are you looking for things to do in the Plymouth area over the school holidays including activities suitable for young people with special educational needs and disabilities?

If so, our latest SEND Newsletter is now available to download from our website and contains lots of activities, many of them ⭐️𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄!⭐️

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𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐃𝐅 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐬:
⬇️ https://www.plymouthias.org.uk/information-support/send-newsletter/

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Join our mailing list to receive notification of when our next SEND newsletters are published.

👉 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭: https://www.plymouthias.org.uk

Youth Wellbeing Walks

Please call/text to book Carin 07775545929
Jess 07522619076

The Rees Centre Wellbeing Hub

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 & 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
📅 Tuesday 16 July 2024, 12:30-2:30pm
📍 at Jan Cutting Healthy Living Centre, Beacon Park Road, Plymouth PL2 2PQ

This workshop will support parents in understanding the importance of preparing their child for everyday changes that may occur in their daily routine. We will discuss and explore strategies such as visuals that parents can use to manage these transitions smoothly.

👉 Book at: https://www.plymouthias.org.uk/workshops/how-to-understand-and-support-my-childs-transitions/

Join us for this free 2-hour parenting workshop.

Please note: This workshop is for parent/carers only (not professionals) and we are unable to offer crèche facilities.

Activities for the summer ! We will be sharing all we can with you over the coming days ….

What an amazing couple of days for our last transition sessions! A massive thank you to our friends at Pop Up Play Village - North Plymouth, Saltash and Tavistock it has been so lovely to see some beautiful interactions and memories being made 🌟

We are looking forward to welcoming Elephant, Panda and Turtle class parents in this afternoon for the Stay and Play! 🌟

We are looking forward to welcoming Hedgehog, Sea Lion and Llama parents today for a stay and play session! 👍🌟

Yesterday afternoon, during our whole school transition, we took our year 6’s to Super Tramp! All of the children (and staff) and lots of fun burning lots of energy! 🌟

This morning, our Girls Club went for a walk in Widey woods to hide pebbles that they have painted.
They had watermelon and strawberries while they listened to a story and shared friendship bracelets.
Such a beautiful morning! ☀️ 👯‍♀️

What a fantastic day today for sports day for some of our classes! Here’s a few sneak peek pictures of our class teams getting the hall set up! More pictures to follow 🤭💫

This morning, pupils from Mill Ford and Cann Bridge joined some of our pupils here at Courtlands on the field for an athletics event! All of our pupils were beautifully behaved and engaged well, despite the heat. Well done to all the children who took part today and a big thank you to the adults who supported with this😀

Otter class keeping cool today whilst fully engaged in their learning! ☀️🤗

Congratulations to Otter class (and additional helpers!) who have completed a collective 130+ laps of the playground in order to raise money the NHS, entirely inspired by Sir Captain Tom Moore walking 100 laps of his garden during lockdown which was the core of our learning last term. We aimed for 100 laps and exceeded it due to everyone’s support. A huge thank you to all the classes/staff/children who came out to support and cheer them on, it helped hugely and it was much appreciated! 😍

Otter class raised £300 for the NHS! Well done!

We are pleased to share with you the designs for the big and little playground! We are super excited for the children to have safe and fun playground to play in 💫

On Wednesday, some of our children went to Harpers Football Centre (was Goals) and took part in an Inclusion Football Competition against other primary schools. The children did so well and scored a few goals throughout the morning, but what was so special was the children were working as a team, sharing the ball and communicating with each other and then celebrating each others achievements. It was a fantastic morning and we are so proud of the 5 boys who went along.

Well done Courtlands! 👏

So with the “Summer” coming along and lots of you planning your activities don’t forget where we are when you are thinking about getting your resources for play & creativity! The Scrapstore was set up over 30 years ago for everyone to use so that there could be lots of affordable and amazing resources available ..If you need any help or advice we are here for that too .. Any questions? Give us a shout .. PS we can invoice if you bring a purchase order with you from your admin team …

Transforming Futures Trust is disappointed with the recent Ofsted report for Courtlands Special School. Despite this challenging outcome, we acknowledge the school needs improvement and have been making significant progress over the past year, ensuring a safe environment and sound governance. We believe the report does not accurately reflect the evidence and have raised this with Ofsted. Our commitment to rapid and sustainable improvement remains unwavering as we intensify our plans to address the issues. Thank you for your continued support.

Please see below link to our school website for more information

https://www.courtlands.transformingfutures.org.uk/page/?title=OFSTED&pid=32

We are pleased to share with you an exciting job opportunity we have available at the moment! If you’d like to join our team, check it out here 👇

Teaching and Pupil Support Assistant, Courtlands Courtlands is a friendly and ambitious school which is part of Transforming Futures Trust in Plymouth which caters for primary aged children (4-11) with Moderate Learning Difficulties and Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs.  Our innovative curriculum is based on meeting individual’s needs ...

We hope you’ve all had a restful half term! We look forward to welcoming the children back to school tomorrow! 😁

Good morning, we hope that everyone is having a restful break and would like to remind all parents and carers that the school is still closed on 3rd and 4th of June. Children will return on Wednesday 5th June. Thank you; we are looking forward to welcoming all our students back on Wednesday.

You are what you eat 🍎🥦 Supporting healthy food habits is especially important in early childhood, when our bodies and brains are in a vital phase of development 💪🧠 Our guide has expert advice for EYFS practitioners 👶

Download here >> https://bit.ly/3UUZjJI

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
With the May half term creeping up are you making plans for the family? On Course South West are running more FREE family fun workshops in the May half term holidays.

These are aimed at children aged 6+.

Book at: https://www.oncoursesouthwest.co.uk/coursesfamily-learning

From our friends at Kingsbridge Gym Club! 🤸‍♀️

This week in Forest School, we have been busy planting all the wonderful plants that have kindly been donated to us by Plymouth Garden Centre to celebrate their 60th Anniversary. We are so grateful for these lovely donations and our beds are looking much more lively, ready for summer harvests!

Thank you Plymouth Garden Centre!

A massive well done to the children that took place in representing Courtlands today at a local Boccia tournament at Plymouth Life Centre ❤️

As we’re going into the summer months, can we please remind parents to send your children with suncream, a sun hat and a drink! ☀️

Thank you to Panda class for making a beautiful banner 🐼❤️