Cleadon News
OPAL Play 'GOLD' Award
Last week, Andrea Caine from OPAL Play came into school to complete our final assessment following a year-long programme of work. Andrea was extremely impressed with the investment and commitment that the school has in high quality play for the children at break time and lunchtime. Following, a lengthy audit, she was delighted to award us GOLD which we were delighted to receive. As a school, we have been thrilled with the impact of OPAL and the benefits it has had for the children. Break times and lunchtimes are now a joyous occasion for children and staff with a wide range of areas to play in. We will continue our working relationship with OPAL over the next two years with the aim of achieving Platinum at the next assessment point. A huge thank you must go to the whole OPAL Play team who have spearheaded the initiative, especially Mrs Adams and Mrs Cryer who have gone that extra mile to set up the areas and source the resources. I would also like to thank the PTFA for their wonderful support with purchasing items and also to everyone who has donated items to make this work. A wonderful team effort!
Macmillan Coffee Afternoon
Thank you for your wonderful support on Friday at the Macmillan Coffee Afternoon. We are pleased to share that we raised £560.80 for Macmillan Cancer Support, which is an exceptional amount. Thank you to everyone who brought their own cups to the event. The Eco Team were very impressed!
Y6 RAP Event
Last week, Year 6 walked to South Shields Fire Station for their annual RAP event provided by South Tyneside Council. The children were split into groups and worked with a number of professionals on safety related activities. These included Northumbria Police, Tyne and Wear Fire & Rescue, Nexus, RNLI, South Tyneside Road Safety Team and Northern Power Grid. The children enjoyed the activities whilst learning some very valuable safety messages and tips. It was pleasing to hear some wonderful positive comments from the professionals on the children’s behaviour, knowledge and engagement. Well done, Year 6!
Safeguarding Alert for Parents/Carers
We have been informed of an issue with the popular children's book series 'Spy Dogs.' Some of these books contain a QR code that directs readers to a website/domain,. Unfortunately, it has been taken over by a malicious third party that is now hosting harmful/adult content.
The publishers have stated that only specific editions of the Spy Dog book series contain QR codes or URLs that originally led to a safe website. However, this is now compromised. The harmful/adult content is not affiliated with the author or publisher. As a result, the publisher Puffin and author, Andrew Cope have ceased the sales and distribution of these books and are taking legal action to have the site removed. More information can be found on:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cder1klxjxjo
Safeguarding / Fraud notification
We would like to reshare the following notification that we have received from ParentPay:
A fraudulent ParentPay app has been identified on one of the widely used app stores.This app uses the ParentPay logo and mimics our look and feel, but it is not an official release from ourselves. We do not currently have a ParentPay app available for download. The official ParentPay app is due to be released later this year. Any app currently available is not endorsed or supported by ParentPay. We must discourage schools and parents from downloading or using this app. This is a fraudulent listing, and you are advised not to download it or use.
