Weekly Update – 12 July 2024
Our annual SLUGG Fest takes place on Wednesday 17 July – see this letter for details. The ELSA team have prepared a social story to help support students with Slugg Fest, see this link.
Sports Day last week was very successful – see this link on the website for a review of the day.
We have had our last set of Year 7 Library lessons this week – the students will be back in as Year 8s with more reading activities and opportunities. To bridge the gap over the summer, this week all the Year 7 students were told about our Summer Reading Challenge. Copies have been offered to students in the library lesson, but a digital copy will be shared with students and Year 7 parents via Edulink. It’s a way to keep reading over the break and earn some rewards as all participating students that return their postcards will earn achievement points, with prizes and rewards on offer for the best efforts. Please support our Year 7 students in this reading challenge. Students can borrow books over the summer from our library or make use of our digital app, Sora, with audio books included.
Looking for a convenient and user-friendly way to access a vast collection of age-appropriate books from the comfort of home or school? Look no further than Sora, the virtual library app! All CPS students have access to this app, which can be easily downloaded and accessed on any device. Whether at home or in school, Sora provides an extensive collection of books, audiobooks, graphic novels and magazine for readers of all ages and interests. Sora makes browsing and searching for books easy with various filters and categories to help find the next favourite read, and support tools such as a dyslexic font option to make reading accessible for all.
Setting Up: Download the Sora app from Apple App Store or Google Play. If you are using a browser navigate to soraapp.com.
- Enter the setup code: hampshiresls
- Find your school in the dropdown list.
- Log in using your usual school log in details:
- Username (Enter your school’s username)
- Password (Enter your school’s password)
- Browse the Explore tab to find and borrow a book or magazine
Lillie-Mae (Y11), Lola (Y9) and Isla (Y8) competed in their last cheerleading competition of the season at Future Cheer International in Bournemouth at the weekend. See this link to read about their latest success!
Immy R (Y10), Megan F (Y10) and Georgia M (Y7) travelled to the Czech Republic last week to represent England in a number of dances at the 2024 Dance World Cup held at the Prague Congress Centre. See this link to see their results.
Luna has turned 3! A big thank you to the Year 6s who sang happy birthday to her and for all the birthday strokes! She loved her birthday bunting which the ELSA Craft club made for her.
