October 17

Serving God and others in Love, Faith and Hope

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Sporle Road, Swaffham, Norfolk. PE37 7HL

01760 721330 Email: info@sacredheartschool.co.uk

Headteachers Weekly Memo – 17th October 2025

Dear Parent/Carer

Behaviour

Teaching staff have identified the following students for demonstrating some of our core values this week:

Reception

Year 1/2

Year 3/4

Year 5/6

Ready

Evie

For helping others in phonics with writing the grapheme

Albie

For working hard to be responsible during play outside. Week done

Dominik

For getting his equipment out and being ready to learn.

Harvey

For persevering in his learning independently

Respectful

Lucas

For using his listening ears and engaging in phonics

Alex

For working hard, demonstrating respectful behaviours towards other children. Well done!

Erica

For listening to adults around school and participating fully in lessons.

Harrison

For listening to his peer's thoughts and ideas, then adding his own thoughtfully

Safest

Lottie

Reminding others to follow the school rules that keep our class safe

Riley

For demonstrating safe behaviours in class and outside. Well done!

Stevie

For talking to an adult about concerns and helping younger children stay safe.

Oakley

For reminding others of personal space

Secret Students

A student is chosen anonymously and randomly at the start of each school day. The class teacher will then monitor the positive behaviour of the secret student throughout the day and that student is named if they have demonstrated our school values throughout the day.

The secret students who were celebrated in our celebration assembly this week were:

Year 1/2 – Kendall, Luna and Delilah L

Year 3/4 – Rubee, Alannah, Lily, Dominik and Chrizette

Well done to you all for demonstrating good, positive behaviours.

Examples of good work from pupils in Reception and KS1

Attendance Matters

As you all know students strive when they are in school. Reception were this weeks’ best attenders - Well done!

Reception	Year 1/2	Year 3/4	Year 5/6
100%	91.25%	94.44%	86.46%

Black History Month

This week’s assembly focused on the invaluable contributions made by famous people from the Black community as we celebrate Black History Month. Year 5 and 6 have been looking at Maya Angelou who was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist.

Parents Evening

To assist parents in finding time to speak to teaching staff, we have assigned two days for the Autumn Parent’s Evening, the 22^nd and the 23^rd of October.

Parents will need to log into the app and sign up for an appointment slot. As this is a new system to the office staff, we hope that it works smoothly. If not, please do not hesitate to contact the class teacher to book your time. Further information can be found on this link: Pupil Asset: Parents Portal overview – Juniper Education (New)

Safeguarding

Online Safety

It has been brought to our attention that many pupils engage with games where they are exposed to violence and other players through chat facilities. This can pose a risk to both well-being and safety. Please see below the advice given to parents from the NSPCC:

Advice for parents of under 5s

Supervise use - We recommend this age group only have supervised access to technology. This means that they should only be using technology when fully supported by a parent or carer.
Use family devices, accounts and services – Use child friendly devices and services like children’s tablets and child versions of popular video sites.
Check content first – Check the content on apps and games each time before use and turn off features like ‘autoplay’ so you can be in control of what is shown next.
Set up your parental controls – make use of safety settings across your home Wi-Fi, devices and accounts. You can find out more by visiting our parental controls page.
Start safety conversations - it’s important to start talking about safety online as soon as your child is using technology. Visit our Techosaurus page for age-appropriate resources.
Establish healthy habits - Make technology use purposeful from a young age by making sure it’s playing a positive role in your family. You can do this by watching and enjoying age-appropriate online videos together.

Advice for parents of children under 10 years old

Enable access to devices with limited features - Device usage at this age is best kept to devices with limited capability. This could include tablets without data and non-smart phones that only allow calls and texts.
Keep tech use visible in the home - Try to keep tech use in shared family spaces or used with bedroom doors open. This will allow you to support your child and be more aware of what they are doing online.
Follow age ratings – Apps, sites and games come with age ratings which are important to follow. You can find out the age rating on the website for the platform or by visiting Common Sense Media’s reviews.
Use safety settings – Explore the in-app and device safety settings with your child and check them regularly to make sure they are still in place.
Revisit parental controls – as children grow up and need the internet more for schoolwork you may want to adjust your parental controls. Keep checking these regularly to make sure they are in place.
Have regular safety conversations – at this age online safety conversations should be happening regularly. Visit our advice on talking to your child about online safety.
Build healthy habits - acknowledge the positives it brings as part of your safety conversations and agree rules and boundaries together as a family.

Notices

Please can you be reminded that children bringing in scooters and bicycles should walk them when they pass the main school gates for safety reasons.
Please can you ensure that your child/ren come to school in full school uniform, if you need help with this, we have been donated lots of uniform or can assist in getting funds to help support you with this.
School photos Tuesday 11^th November
Flu Vaccinations Thursday 23^rd October @ 12.30-15.30