Dear Families,
We hope all our Muslim families had a wonderful time celebrating Eid over the weekend – Eid Mubarak!
We continued the celebrations in school on Tuesday with a special Eid Day. Children were invited to come in wearing Eid clothes, cultural dress or clothes that represent who they are.
After an informative assembly, led by Megan and the children, there was an Eid lunch served by Uldson and his team in the pavilion. This was a lovely opportunity for us to live out our values of community and respect by sharing and listening to one another’s experiences.
Don’t forget to donate to our appeal for toiletries in support of Southwark Day Care for Asylum seekers – more information in Fi’s section below.
A reminder that our final Visit Your Child in Class Morning of the year is today. We look forward to seeing you in the bottom hall at 9am, before heading up to classrooms – a great chance to see your child’s learning in action.
There are also a couple of brilliant community events coming up: The OKRFZ Summer party and the famous SSq Summer Festival – all the information about these is below.
Enjoy the rest of the week!
Matt
I am available in school from Monday to Wednesday – do get in touch ([email protected]) if you have any questions in the meantime.
Last week I was so proud of our students who went to Downing Street with housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa to deliver a petition for safe and healthy homes. This issue affects many in our community and we will continue to campaign for our families here at SSq. The children loved every minute of their time in Westminster and even got to see the goings on in the houses of parliament thanks to local MP Joe Powell. Look out for more information about this trip and our campaign work on our website in the coming weeks.
Don’t forget, we have a housing expert coming in once a month, specialising in supporting people in Temporary Accommodation or facing other housing challenges. If you would like an appointment for the next drop-in session, please let me know asap, so I can give you the self-referral form to complete – [email protected]
As part of Refugee Week which is coming up soon, we are taking donations for Southwark Day Care for Asylum Seekers.
The kind of items needed are: shower gel, shampoo, deodorant etc. If you can donate any items like this then please leave them in the box in the main office.
In partnership with the Caring Family Foundation, we have freshly-cooked weekly takeaway meals for any parent to collect from school on a Wednesday morning. If you would like to sign up for this, please email Chef Kam on [email protected] or Abbi on [email protected] to add your name.
There are lots of free courses available at the Thomas Carlton Centre in Peckham – see their website for more information.
For information about local employment opportunities and support in job-seeking, see https://southwarkworks.com/ and https://www.pecan.org.uk/employment-support/
If you are interested in English classes, here is information about our friends at English for Action https://efalondon.org/esol-2/.
Keep an eye on my information page outlining advice from me about various issues that may concern you plus many opportunities that are available to you and your family here in Southwark, also check out the numerous opportunities in and around our area at the bottom of this page!
Fi
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR CORE VALUE CHAMPIONS FROM LAST WEEK!
NEWS – SSq FESTIVAL WRISTBANDS ON SALE NOW!
Don’t miss out on the event of the year! Festival wristbands are on sale after school from the JLT and via Arbor online.
Expect LIVE MUSIC, FOOD & DRINK, FUN & GAMES plus new for 2025: Year 2’s Calm Zone.
A wristband entitles some free food/drink and games but please bring extra coins for other stalls. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
If you know anyone who would be keen to sponsor part of this event or provide a prize for our raffle then please email Chris ([email protected])
NEWS – OKRFZ Street Party Coming Soon!
On Saturday 21st June, The Old Kent Road Family Zone will be closing the road and collaborating with a few local organisations such as Pembroke House, The Almshouse, Fat Studios, and many more to celebrate Walworth and shine a spotlight on the wonderful Old Kent Road community. ALL FREE and on our doorstep – share the word!
NEWS – A message from Jade
Welcome Frances
We're excited to introduce Frances, our new Speech and Language Therapist! Frances will be working at our school primarily on Wednesdays, focusing on supporting children with EHCPs.
She'll be at the EYFS gate on the morning of Wednesday, June 12th, so please say hello and introduce yourselves if you see her!
Wednesday Word on the Gate!
Get ready for a new linguistic challenge! Starting Wednesday, June 12th, we'll be displaying a new word on the EYFS gate every Wednesday. We'd love for you to translate it into your home language with your child. It's a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the diverse languages spoken within our school community and encourage language learning at home! The First word will be Welcome.
Summer Term Homework
Marcia has launched this term’s Science Selfie Challenge. Click here for more ideas and information or see the poster below!
Science News – A message from Marcia
The judge will be in on Monday 16th June in the afternoon to judge the Summer Flower Competition.
Children can still bring in their entries labelled with their name and class and age.
Please provide drainage for the pot – a small saucer would do.
STILL WANTED – Multilingual Story Books
We are still looking to build up our collection of multilingual story books. Do you have any books at home in your own language that you would be willing to donate to the school? If so please leave them in the office. Thank you!
Key Dates including next academic year
Please see our updated Key Dates summary for the rest of 2025 PLUS next academic year.
Attendance Last Week
Well done to Year 1 Breen Class who had 91.4% attendance last week. Keep it up folks!
Please contact us daily if your child is off ill or for another reason.
Email [email protected] or phone 0207 7033049 (option 1)
MENU for next week:
Week beginning Monday 16th June (Scroll to week 2 Menu)
THIS WEEK @The Walworth Living Room!
Follow @pembrokehouse on Instagram to stay up to date with everything happening at The Walworth Living Room – just over the road from us at SSq! Also, discover more from Pembroke House and the Walworth Living Room here!
THIS WEEK @Burgess Sports
