Warden Hill Primary School Cheltenham

Events

Wellbeing Chat

Supporting Children to Develop Emotional Resilience

In this week’s conversation Mr Antonious and Mrs Chavasse discuss supporting children to develop emotional resilience, taking a guide from the 7 Cs of Resilience.

They look at the importance of real relational connection, positive modelling for character development, coping strategies and the importance of seeing competence as being part of a journey.

Top Tips for Supporting Children to Build Emotional Resilience
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Family Rules for Using Devices

In this week’s short video Mr Antonious and Mrs Chavasse discuss why we should all be, and how to go about, setting rules for devices and technology for everybody in the home. There are so many positives to technology, but there are also downsides, one of which is undoubtedly a loss of actively engaged family time. A whole family approach to when, where and for how long devices are available will help to reset that balance.

Tips for Creating Family Rules for Using Devices

Supporting Children to Manage Conflict

In a short video, Mrs Chavasse and Mr Antonious discuss managing conflict amongst family and friends. The conversation is based on the Well-Being poster and its top ten tips. As well as incorporating suggestions from the below poster, the conversation references how we manage conflict at Warden Hill. This includes creating a safe space, soothing the children, making sure they feel seen, heard and secure enough to engage positively with unpicking and adapting behaviour. After half-term, we will have a conversation about setting family rules for devices and another about supporting emotional resilience. If you have any suggestion for further conversations please let Mrs Chavasse or Mr Antonious know.

Supporting children to manage conflict effectively

Five Ways to Wellbeing

In a short 5-minute video, Mrs Chavasse and Mr Antonious discuss the 5 Ways to Well-Being, talking through how they incorporate them into family life.

This video is the first in a series of regular conversations between the Senior Mental Health Lead and the Well-being Lead about how best to support your family around everyday issues such as sleep, technology and managing conflict.

Alongside discussing strategies that they use at home, they will signpost useful resources and extra information such as family-friendly posters.

Parent Governor Vacancy

We have one vacancy for a parent governor which we need to fill as soon as possible.  Parent governors are elected by the parents of children currently attending our school.  They serve a four-year term of office and bring a very important and valued perspective to the work of the governing board. Governors work closely with the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team to develop and review the school’s strategic vision and goals. Governors agree on the school improvement plan and contribute to the creation of policies, oversee their implementation and ensure they align with the school’s ethos and values. By actively participating in strategic planning, governors help shape the direction of the school and help to ensure its long-term success.

DEADLINE for nominations: Friday 11 April 2025, 12:00 noon

Parent Governor Vacancy - Letter to Parents
Nomination Form
Summary of Disqualification Regulations

What an amazing season for Warden Hill

Winning all four of their games, Warden Hill have progressed into the next round.

How have this team had so much success?

Every Tuesday Warden Hill have a training session led by Mrs Andrews and Mrs Redman. We take part in drills, practice shooting and have a friendly practice match which helps us play with and against a different style of play.

We also started training in year 5, earlier than other schools, so we have more experience in playing netball. This also allows us to understand the rules better.

Players have voted for who they think fits into the following categories best:

PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE SEASON: Matilda

MOST IMPROVED: Radin

BEST DEFENDER: Jacob

BEST ATTACKER: Jack

COACHES’ PLAYERS OF THE SEASON: Matilda and Jack

A Spectacular Season for Warden Hill B Team

Every Tuesday after school, our netball team meets up and talks tactics for our upcoming matches. We also practice skills. We’ve won every match, even friendlies!

On Monday 10 February we played an exciting game against Leckhampton. At half time, we were losing 3-1. In the third quarter we were tying 5-5. And, in the nick of time Emily scored the winning goal, ending the game on 6-5.

We play really well as a team; communication plays a key part in our team environment. We adapt quickly to new  courts or even team members. This makes us a better team as a whole. We, as members of the warden Hill netball team, wear he logo with pride. We will move on as a team and hopefully succeed in our future matches.

Special mentions to the following players, as voted by players of the team:

PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE SEASON: Thomas

MOST IMPROVED: Amelie

BEST DEFENDER: Henri

BEST ATTACKER: Millie

COACHES’ PLAYERS OF THE SEASON: Amelie and Edward

Netball News

Netball News 

Umpiring four games in the past two weeks, has made us two incredibly proud netball coaches. 

From our non-competitive games, to our games that are contributing to the Cheltenham School’s Netball League, has shown that our players are incredibly talented, have such sportsmanship along with showing that Warden Hill is currently unbeatable. 

Thank you to you all our players’ parents for being extremely supportive to us and to your children when cheering them on from the side lines. 

Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Redman 


Please read below two match reports by our players


A Team report by Lylah and Jack 

Warden Hill Vs St. Mark’s: 13-0

In a tough third fixture of our league, the A team beat St. Mark’s 13-0.  In a dominant 1st quarter, Warden Hill led 3-0 with all 3 goals being scored by the incredible Lylah.

Throughout the rest of the game, the team maintained possession and kept on creating chances with Matilda scoring 5 goals and Lottie scoring 2.  Going into the final quarter, we were winning 10-0.  We scored a further 3 goals before full time.  We all had smiles on our faces, we all thoroughly enjoyed playing and we are currently keeping the title, ‘we haven’t lost a game…yet!”


B Team report by Thomas and Mille 

Warden Hill Vs St. Mark’s:  9-1

Warden Hill were off to strong start, with Poppy scoring 3 goals in the first quarter.  With St. Mark’s trying to gain possession, Edward scored a further goal, bringing the score to 4 – 0 to us. In the second quarter, we maintained our lead.  The third quarter was another success for Warden Hill.  Thomas had a chance; he missed.  He had another chance; he missed again.  A third chance; he scored!  In the final quarter, St. Mark’s looked determined and they scored a goal.  We also scored one as well, making the final score 9 -1.

Young Photographer of the Year Competition

We are delighted to inform you that the Gloucestershire Young Photographer of the Year competition will be running again this spring. Please see the details attached. 

If your child would like to apply, please email the photograph to Mrs Gowan at rgowan@wardenhill.gloucs.sch.uk 

All entries must include the name of the pupil and a title of the image. These should be received no later than Thursday 6th March in order for them to be submitted to the website in time for the judging to take place.

GYP Competition Rules
GYP Cheltenham Camera Club