The Russett School

🧩💙 Today is World Autism Awareness Day! 💙🧩

April marks Autism Acceptance Month, a time to celebrate, recognise and embrace neurodiversity and promote understanding. as we collectively work to create a society where all children, young people and adults flourish.

On Friday we would like to invite pupils to 'Light It Up Blue' by wearing their favourite blue clothes to raise awareness and show their support.

More information about the Day, and Autism Acceptance Month, is available online including from the National Autistic Society and Ambitious About Autism.

Good morning,

Unfortunately we are still having problems with our telephone lines.
If you need to contact school you can email: [email protected] or telephone 07769 216663.

**Reminder** Tomorrow we will host our 'Spring Baking Bun-anza' Charity Bake Sale at The Russett School. Lots of yummy treats will be on offer in The Orchard between 10.00am -11.30am. All proceeds will go towards The Ellie Hunter Foundation, whose first project will be a sensory garden here at Russett. If you are unable to join us in person but would still like to support this event you could:
-donate raffle prizes
-provide your child with a small amount of money to buy a cake
-donate directly to the Ellie Hunter Foundation here: https://donorbox.org/ellie-hunter-foundation

Thank you all for your support- we look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Friday is World Down Syndrome Day. Pupils (and staff) are invited to wear odd socks and bring £1 to purchase a gingerbread sock biscuit. The biscuits are sold by Down Syndrome Cheshire to fundraise some of their activities. We thank you in advance for your support.

Join us for our 'Reading with Your Child' workshop on Thursday from 13:30 to 14:30. This session will focus on supporting your child's reading journey using Twinkl Phonics. We'll explore key concepts such as phonemes (the sounds within words) and graphemes (the letters that represent those sounds), helping you understand how to reinforce these skills at home. We'll also provide a guided walkthrough on how to access and use Twinkl's Rhino Readers, a fantastic online resource packed with engaging reading materials tailored to different reading levels.

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The Russett School Newsletter Good afternoon to all of our parents and carers

Pine class have had a great time at Frodsham park today.

Self-Regulation Training Session
Join us for an engaging one-hour training session on Self-Regulation, where we will explore strategies to manage emotions, behaviours, and reactions effectively. This session will introduce the Zones of Regulation, a widely used framework that helps individuals recognize and regulate their emotional states through four colour-coded zones.
This session is suitable for parents/carers looking to improve their understanding of how to develop self-regulation skills as caregivers. We look forward to seeing you there!
📅 Date & Time: Wed 5th March @ 09:30 - 10:30
📍 Location: The Orchard

Brooke and Andrew were very excited to hear they had won the SET competition for their friendship presentation. Over a number of weeks, with some support from their peers in Beech class and the student council, they interviewed pupils around school, wrote poems and thought about what friendship means at The Russett. They then collated all this information into a presentation which they then presented.

In the words of some of our pupil's friendship is,

"Kindness and glitter."

"You feel loved and safe with your close friends."

"You play and enjoy each other"

Well done Andy and Brooke, you did a fantastic job and we are very proud of you.

Travel Training for Oak Students
Students from Oak class planned the journey and got the number 49 bus from Forsters Ave into Northwich. They paid the bus fare, knowing they needed a ticket. One student, used his bus pass confidently. Another student was thrilled to see his sister in town! The group then went to Greggs, where they used vouchers that had been kindly donated, to choose and pay for food and drink. The sun was shining and the class decided to sit outside to enjoy the food before returning to school.

Have a wonderful half term everyone and we will see you all back to school on Monday 24th February.

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The Russett School Newsletter Good afternoon Parents & Carers

It's Wednesday and that can mean only one thing, The Russett School litter pickers will be out and about this morning keeping our village looking lovely - A huge thank you from us all

Since the New Year, some of the amazing students at The Russett School have been doing a weekly litter pick on Keepers Lane towards their The Duke of Edinburgh's Award supported by the Weaverham Trust

Not only have they shown fantastic teamwork and dedication but they are also making a real difference to our local environment. Every piece of litter picked up is a step toward a cleaner, greener village, and the students have embraced this challenge with enthusiasm and positivity.

Following the litter pick the students always head to the The Hub at The Stronghold on Forsters Avenue for a very well deserved soft drink or hot chocolate and a slice of cake.

A huge congratulations to all involved for your hard work commitment and the kindness you are showing to our village. You're proving that small actions can create a big impact, and we, the community of Weaverham are so inspired by your efforts.

Keep up the great work to continue making our community a better place, one step at a time.

Below is the link for the Holiday Fun programme at Northwich Brio, they offer disability swimming sessions for families every Sunday 1:30 – 2:30pm and in the holiday on Wednesday 19th February 10:30am – 12:00pm.

https://www.brioleisure.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/KIDS.0125_Holiday_Fun_Feb_HT_NMC_Leaflet_A5_V2.pdf

February Half Term holiday fun programme at Winsford Brio. They also have a Sensory Fun and Floats Session on Wednesday 19th February at 2:30 – 3:30pm.

https://www.brioleisure.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/KIDS.0125_Holiday_Fun_Feb_HT_WLC_V2.pdf

https://kindtoyourmind.org/

Home Welcome to the Kind to Your Mind website, built exclusively to support people living and working in Cheshire and Merseyside with their mental health and wellbeing.