{"id":51699,"date":"2025-02-06T15:56:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/?post_type=weeklymailing&#038;p=51699"},"modified":"2025-02-06T15:56:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:56:35","slug":"weekly-mailing-6-february","status":"publish","type":"weeklymailing","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/weeklymailing\/weekly-mailing-6-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Mailing 6 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/about\/heads-letters\/\">Letter from the Head<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Heads-letter-6-February-2025.pdf\">PDF<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Notices<\/h3>\n<p><b>Message from Craig Williams, Children\u2019s Mental Health Awareness Week<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week is Children&#8217;s Mental Health Awareness week (3-9 February 2025). The initiative was launched by the children&#8217;s mental health charity <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place2Be<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the aim of giving a voice to all children and young people in the UK. This year&#8217;s theme is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some other support organisations for children\u2019s mental health include<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngminds.org.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young Minds<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.org.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mix<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nspcc.org.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NSPCC<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/here4you.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here4you<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/teach\/articles\/zk37bdm#zsby9ty\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC Teach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (teaching resources: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/teach\/articles\/zk37bdm#zsby9ty\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children&#8217;s Mental Health week 2025 and Mental Health Awareness week 2025 &#8211; BBC Teach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some resources that may be helpful:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngminds.org.uk\/parent\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young Minds Parent support<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nspcc.org.uk\/keeping-children-safe\/support-for-parents\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NSPCC Parent support<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/here4you.co.uk\/for-parents\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here4you Parent support<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you so much to one of our parent\u2019s who has kindly shared these resources with us. We hope having these links gathered in one place will be useful to any parent who wishes to explore this important topic. Mental health has been the theme of both our assemblies this week, so this is a good opportunity to start conversations with your children about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>February half term rugby now available to book &#8211; Elite Rugby Skills Camp<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based at Abingdon School. Welcoming boys and girls aged 8 to 15 years. 8.30am \u2013 4.00pm on each day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday 17 \u2013 Thursday 20 February &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/sports-and-leisure\/courses\/elite-rugby-skills-camp\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here to book<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us for our all-new Elite Rugby Skills Camp, designed to nurture young talents by helping them refine their existing rugby skills while teaching essential injury prevention techniques for a safe and enjoyable rugby journey. This comprehensive camp covers fundamental skills such as passing, catching, and kicking, as well as tactical strategies, set plays, and game management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The primary goal of this rugby camp is to instill in participants a drive for continuous self-improvement, both on and off the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Message from Elliot Birkbeck, Fixtures<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just a reminder that new sports teams will be updated on SOCs each week.\u00a0 You can log on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socscms.com\/login\/3734\/parent\">here<\/a> and it can also be synced to your phone calendar so you are able to have notifications pop up in your calendar when your child has been selected for a fixture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday Thought<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you swap your pet for a robot? Would you like to have a robot pet?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please have a think and discussion about this over the weekend. The children can then join Lenka on Monday at morning break to discuss. Ahead of this you might want to read this week\u2019s edition of First News which is available in the library.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b>News from the week:\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/exploring-moon-phases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/exploring-moon-phases\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1738940975858000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1jEPt8sfCu3m0IzwF0VxiQ\">Exploring moon phases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/paper-aeroplane-competition-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/paper-aeroplane-competition-2\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1738940975858000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38MP5xJ1gAggrmVql0IfDY\">Paper Aeroplane Competition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/eco-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/eco-talk\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1738940975858000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3r4X0bdVlEQwjeGe6b5zHV\">Eco Talk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/school-council-meeting-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/school-council-meeting-12\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1738940975858000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1g10nr8B_QkGUtkp4HNc-I\">School Council meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letter from the Head (PDF) &nbsp; 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