Tor Bank School

A big thank you to everyone who has supported our coffee mornings over the past week - we are delighted to have raised £452.65 for Macmillan Cancer Support 🥰

On World Teachers' Day we want to give a massive shout out to our brilliant and creative teaching staff. We are incredibly lucky to have such a diverse team who all bring such passion, skills, knowledge and fun to the classroom ❤️

Please scan the QR code below to access some free videos from Public Health in relation to the areas listed

In between training sessions yesterday we were able to come together in support of Macmillan Cancer Support by hosting a staff coffee morning. Thank you to all of our star bakers and to our well being team for setting up. We are continuing our support for this special cause next week with our parent/carer department coffee mornings and would love to see as many of you there as possible 🙂

On National Classroom Assistants day we want to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to our amazing staff in Tor Bank - we are very lucky to have such a great team 😀

We are very grateful to the East Belfast Scooter Club who are running this event to raise funds for school 🙂

We are looking forward to welcoming back our Tor Bank Tots sessions on Monday 2nd October, 2-3pm. No booking is required for this session which will be held in our Family Centre. Please note that we are unfortunately unable to run our Friday morning Tots this year

The first of our parent and carer coffee mornings will be on Wednesday 4th October in the Family Centre...looking forward to seeing you 🙂☕️

Please see information below from Barnardos Family Connections who will be starting their Elevate women's programme on 19th September.

A huge big thank you to Emily's Granny, Nancy Orr for her very kind donation to school funds. Nancy kindly donated this money in lieu of gifts for her 80th birthday 🎂

A big shout out to our fab Physio team on world Physiotherapy Day 🙂

We are so proud of these three young men who had their first visit to Priory College today to begin an Occupational Studies course in Carpentry and Joinery 🙂

What better way to end our first full week back than with a fun day Friday 😀

Self-care isn't selfish, it's essential 💕 Join us for Self-Care September and find ways to be kind to yourself as well as others

https://actionforhappiness.org/self-care-september

The rooms are ready and the training is done, the countdown to school has already begun! We can't wait to welcome our pupils back to school tomorrow...please be patient with transport and Teams as we embark on a few changes this year 🙂 See you all soon!

Please find the dinner menus attached which will start on Week 1 for Friday 1st September. Please remember to book dinners via the app 🙂

** Please don't panic if your Teams access changes over the coming days - we are currently setting it up for the new school year :)

At the end of term we delivered a card and flowers to say a huge thank you to these lovely ladies from Greggs who ordered and supplied our weekly bread (we love toast in Tor Bank!) 🙂

Spotted by little Blaine today in Victoria Square, Belfast - BSL fingerspelling 👌

Blaine asked Mummy to take a photo of this and send it to us so we thought we'd let everyone know 😍

It's hard to believe that Summer Scheme is over for another year! A huge thank you to all our staff who helped make it such a success over the 2 weeks, and to everyone who joined us for activities - the photos show lots of happy faces 😀
We hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summer holidays - see you again soon!

We have been having lots of fun again this week during Summer Scheme despite the rain! Here is a snapshot of week 2 for you - again some very brave pupils (not so much some staff who were spotted hiding from the snakes!!)

That's a wrap for week 1 of Summer Scheme - we hope everyone had lots of fun! Looking forward to seeing Primary and Secondary pupils next week 😀

✨FIVE in Belfast are recruiting ✨
We are recruiting for 10-18 year olds to join the next group of the FIVE Project based in the Mencap Centre, Newtownbreda.
Please fill in the interest form below or contact Amy (email on poster) for more information.

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=UNBN7Z7jDk6pmUCX-a-xZVA6cxUVj61PogT6W-SxbvdUNjkzRDJOQ0NETTY1M1hUR1g1MVVXSzExSi4u&fbclid=IwAR2fH5bKfv_VG3Qz1SBDOCmWQmc-mzQpDxS7AQIJXdRihvDnb12LPA7B5S4

Mencap in Northern Ireland

Please see information below regarding the next Play Day with Eastside Early Learning Community 🙂

It's almost time for Summer Scheme 😀 Week 1 commences on Monday (Foundation, Sixth Form and MS3). Teams will not be used during this time so please contact the main office if you need anything over the next two weeks. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Apply for Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance before 28 July 2023 to ensure eligibility for the new school term: https://ow.ly/uvUa50PgzMy

➡️ If you were in receipt of Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance in previous years, you MUST apply again for all children for whom you have parental responsibility and who are attending full-time school or Regional/FE College.

The Go ON NI team is also available to offer help with grant applications through free Digital Clinics held in Libraries NI sites across NI. Remaining clinics are open from 10am to 4pm.

📍 Armagh Library - 24 July
📍 Enniskillen Library - 25 July
📍 Coleraine Libray - 1 August
📍 Suffolk Library - 1 August
📍 Ballycastle Library - 4 August

These sessions do not require bookings and anyone can drop in and avail of support during the designated timeslots.

When applying for Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance for the 2023/24 academic year, you may need to provide additional supporting documentation.

If you receive one of the following then you must upload a Proof of Benefits letter with your application:

➡️ Income Related Employment and Support Allowance
➡️ Income Support
➡️ Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance
➡️ Guarantee Element of State Pension Credit

Then you must upload a Proof of Benefits letter with your application.

You can request a Proof of Benefits letter now by clicking here 👉 bit.ly/3NFNuni. It will take at least five days to be sent to you.

💻 Once you receive the letter, keep it securely and upload a copy when you submit your Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance application.

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Thanks for the interest. Emma

We can't believe it is the end of June! Wishing all our pupils, staff and families a happy and healthy summer break and thank you to everyone involved in our Tor Bank Community for your support this year 🥰

One of Dexter's first jobs has been to check out the campaign posters ahead of our Head Boy and Head Girl elections...Good luck everyone!

HUDDLE SUMMER SCHEME Carew Family Centre!
This summer scheme is for children with ASD, social and/or behavioural difficulties.

Age 5 to 7: Tues & Thurs @ 10:15AM - 11:45AM for 5 weeks
Age 8 to 11: Tues & Thurs @ 12:45PM - 2:15PM for 5 weeks
Both groups start on Tues 18.07.23
There will also be a trip to W5 included for all groups on Tuesday 15.08.23.

To sign up please fill out this form asap as spaces are limited to 8 per group. If your child cannot attend all sessions we would discourage you from booking as this may take the space of a child who can attend and benefit from all sessions.

https://forms.gle/mAx6G7viaV8iJSPSA

He has arrived! We are delighted to welcome Dexter to our Tor Bank Community and can't wait to follow him on his NI adventures

Happy Father's Day to all our amazing Tor Bank dads and thinking of all those dads who will find today hard 💙

Well done to our pupils and staff who completed a very warm DoE day walk in Delamont today 👏 🌞