If you are a Black parent in Southwark and would like to get involved in a community initiative, please click on the link to find out more.
If you have a safeguarding concern outside of school hours and think that a child is being abused or neglected please contact the out of office hours Southwark Council Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and ask for the emergency duty team. If you think a child or young person is at IMMEDIATE risk, you should treat this as an emergency and call 999 to report your concerns to the Police.
If you have been suffering with mould , damp and / or chronic repairs issues, join us and Peckham & Southwark Citizens for a Housing Action.
We as a school community are aware that there is an acute shortage of housing, particularly social and genuinely affordable housing and that this has led to spiraling rents and house prices across the country. Many young people and families on low to middle incomes struggle to afford to rent or buy a decent home. As a result we will be holding a coffee morning Q & A session, with a housing representative, on Monday 27th March 2023 at the school. If you would like to attend please let Kamla or the school office know, so your place can be reserved.
Safer Internet Day 2023
‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’.
Make time to listen to your children today and make positive change together.
Safer Internet Day 2023 aims to answer the following questions:
- What issues really matter to children and young people?
- What changes do they want to see?
- How can we all work together to advocate for them moving forward?
Here are some tips from the National Online Safety for encouraging open discussions about digital lives:
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A few useful links for keeping children safe online:
- thinkuknow.co.uk – Online safety advice for parents
- childnet.com – Excellent free resources for educators and parents/carers
- theparentzone.co.uk – The Parent Zone
- vodaphone.com – Resources to support parents in making the right digital choices
- askaboutgames.com – Useful website offering answers to questions parents and players have about video games age ratings, and other tips to ensure children play safely and responsibly
- pegi.info – Pegi website to help parents make informed decisions when buying video games
Although this holiday has commonly been called “Chinese New Year” in the West, China is not the only country to observe it. Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most celebrated and longest of all Asian festivals, and is observed by millions of people around the world.
The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, which means that it is based on astronomical observations of the Sun’s position in the sky and the Moon’s phases. This ancient calendar dates back to 14th century BCE (whereas the Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582). The Chinese lunisolar calendar shares some similarities with the Hebrew calendar, which is also lunisolar, and it has influenced other East Asian calendars, such as those of Korea and Vietnam.
As with many winter solstice celebrations, the symbolic darkness of night is banished by the light of fireworks, lanterns, and candles. Man-made paper lanterns are hung by the hundreds in public areas, bringing good luck to the new year.
There are dragon dances, performances, and festival parades with music and acrobatics. The festivities continue for two weeks, finishing with a special lantern festival, which signals the end of the New Year celebration period.
The OGPS PTA will be selling Lucky Red Envelopes on Friday 27th Jan 2023, to celebrate Chinese New Year 2023.
Each envelope will have a wise proverb and a chocolate coin and 4 lucky envelopes will have £5 inside!! Each Envelope will be 50p – so try your luck and see if you get lucky!!
Wednesday 7th December 2022 marked the third annual Day of Hope in the UK, commemorating what would have been Damilola Taylor’s 33rd birthday.
Some members of Oliver Goldsmith Primary School, were honoured to be able to join this event to commemorate the kind of person Damilola was.
We look forward to working closely with the Damilola Taylor Trust campaign, which was founded to shine a light on the positive contribution young people make in society and keep Damilola’s legacy to ‘change the world‘, alive.
The cost of living is the amount of money needed to cover basic expenses such as housing, food, taxes, and healthcare in a certain place and time period.
Southwark Council has produced this booklet (click on link) to highlight the support services that you can access to help with the new changes to the cost of living.
Please come and speak to a member of staff, if you are struggling and need help.
As part of our ongoing commitment to Black History and Culture, we will be holding our annual Celebration of Black Culture Evening on Nov 8th 2022 at 3:45pm
If you or your child would like to take part, please contact Kamla for more info
This is a very successful and enjoyable evening and we look forward to seeing you there
Having a Coffee Morning is the perfect chance to catch up over a cuppa and a slice of something delicious for a great cause.
One in two of us will face cancer, and the money you raise at the Coffee Morning will be donated to help everyone with cancer to live life as fully as they can.
UPDATE: We raised £82.72 for this cause – thank you to all who contributed
