Summer 2026 Newsletter 3

Water Bottles

Please remember that only still, plain water should be in the children's water bottles. Juice will be replaced with water by the school staff.

Thank you for your support with this.

A Blue Peter Award

Well done S for this fabulous letter and badge for all of your hard work! We are very proud of you!!!

Online Safety

The Department for Education have launched a new website on 16 February 2026 to support families and encourage regular conversations about what they’re seeing online, asking simple questions, like “who shared this” and “why?”. Based on parents’ main concerns and needs, it provides:

• tips for parents’ conversations with their children
• actions to support each stage of their child’s life
• parental controls information

It also signposts to trusted resources from charities and third parties, where parents can access other forms of support (like speaking to an expert). The website will continue to grow and be developed this year, supporting the Online Safety Act and wider government aims.

Polite Reminders

BIKES AND SCOOTERS IN SCHOOL: It has been lovely to see so many bikes and scooters coming to school - let's keep going with the active travel! Please remember to dismount any bikes or scooters before the main gate and walk them on to the school site to avoid any bumps or accidents. Please also remind children to walk them out of the school site; no cycling or scooting in the yard at anytime please.

PARKING: If it is essential that you use the car to travel to/from school, please park away from Archibald Street. Archibald Street is permit parking only from 9am and from after 3pm. If you do park on the street, please do not idle, park on pavements or block our neighbour's driveways.

Safeguarding

The Different Forms of Neglect

1. Physical Neglect This occurs when a caregiver fails to provide for a child's fundamental physical needs. Basic Needs: Failing to provide adequate food, clean water, or appropriate clothing (e.g., inadequate winter clothing). Living Environment: Failing to provide safe, sanitary shelter, or abandoning the child entirely. 2. Emotional Neglect This involves depriving a child of the essential emotional support, love, and psychological nurturing required for healthy development. Rejection & Isolation: Ignoring a child’s distress, intentionally isolating them, or making them feel unloved or worthless. Failure to Stimulate: Failing to provide the positive interactions and encouragement a child needs to thrive. 3. Medical & Dental Neglect Failing to provide necessary and appropriate healthcare, including physical and mental health treatment. Ignoring Recommendations: Refusing or failing to take a child to the doctor, ignoring medical advice, or refusing prescribed treatments and necessary therapies. Dental Care: Ignoring routine dental checkups or urgent dental care needs. 4. Educational Neglect Failing to ensure a child receives adequate education and intellectual stimulation. Non-Attendance: Keeping a child out of school without a valid reason, or failing to register them. Ignoring Needs: Failing to respond to a child’s known special educational needs or learning difficulties. 5. Lack of Supervision and Guidance Leaving a child in unsafe situations or failing to protect them from avoidable dangers. Unsafe Caregivers: Leaving a child with inappropriate, unsafe, or inadequate caregivers. Exposure to Hazards: Failing to adequately supervise the child, which exposes them to physical dangers or harmful environments. 6. Nutritional Neglect A child does not receive adequate calories or nutritional intake for normal growth. At its most extreme, nutritional neglect can take the form of malnutrition or obesity. 7. Passive Neglect Passive neglect is where parents can be ground down and exhausted by previous and current circumstances. In this situation the parents can be overwhelmed and/or can have a lack of awareness of the lived experience of their child. 8. Chaotic Neglect Chaotic neglect is where parents may have limited understanding or focus on the needs of their child. They are not lacking in energy, and may be very active, but may focus more so on themselves than their children. For example, their child’s shoes may be two sizes too small, they may be left unsupervised and their eczema may be left untreated for months, but it is left to professionals each time to highlight these and other issues to the parent in order to get them addressed. 9. Affluent Neglect This refers to the emotional, supervisory, and psychological neglect of children who come from wealthier families. Some of these families may be 'cash rich, time poor', which can lead to parents working long hours and not spending a lot of quality time with their children, often 'leaving them to their own devices' and not readily providing the love, care and attention needed for healthy attachments to develop. Because these children are materially provided for— often presenting as well-dressed, clean, and educated—their struggles with emotional detachment and toxic pressure can sometimes go unnoticed. If any members of our school community have any concerns or worries that they may know a child who is suffering from any of these types of neglect, please do get in touch with one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads as soon as possible.