Newsletters
Friday, 01 December 2023
Dear Parents/Carers,
Punctuality
We had 6 hours and 55 minutes of lates this week, meaning learning is still being missed by some children.
Please ensure that your child is in school before the gates closes at 8.50am each day.
There are five classes in school where all of the children have been in school on time this week.
-Squirrel Class Y1K
-Golden Eagle Y3H
-Kingfisher Y4R
-Martes Martes Y5H
-Felis Silvestris Class
Attendance
Our overall attendance for this week is 94.28%.
The five classes with the best attendance this week are:
- Squirrel Class Y1K 98.67%
- Red Squirrel Class Y6E 98.47%
- Martes Martes Y5H 97.62%
- Kingfisher Class Y4R 97.04%
- Starling Class Y4P 96.67%
WELL DONE!
Cold Weather
As the weather has turned colder this week, there may be some days that we need your children to enter through different entrances. Our aim is to keep the school open for the children as long as it is safe to do so. Please check your messages before you set off if you think the weather is snowy. We will aim to send any messages to you as soon as we have made a decision in a morning.
Please take extra care on the roads and pavements when it is snowy and icy. Please also ask all drivers to ensure that they abide by the law with regard to parking, especially when the weather is poor.
Events This Week
- Thank your for all your very generous donations of sweets and chocolates for the Christmas Fair.
- Some Year 2 children attended a sporting event at Colne Sport’s Centre
- Year 6 children made and sold some delicious biscuits as part of their enterprise project. Well done Year 6, I know you had to work hard to plan and create your biscuits.
- 24 children have received awards for their times tables this week. This is an amazing achievement, especially from children in Year 5.
Tickets will be available to buy on Friday 8th December for the Meet The Elves event, taking place at the Christmas Fair on Thursday 14th December.
Wraparound Care
I wrote to you yesterday and asked you to use the QR code below to give your views on wraparound care. (Before and after school provision). Please complete this if you haven’t yet done so.
New for 2024, we will be putting new provision in place for wraparound care. This will be a breakfast club and a new daily after-school club. It will not be run by school staff anymore, as we are finding it hard to meet the requirements that you need.
Instead, we have found a fantastic and experienced lady who will be running an Ofsted-registered club. She has lots of exciting ideas for different activities that she will be providing for the children, along with her staff.
We will provide you with more information over the next couple of weeks in relation to the timings, the costs of the sessions and the activities that will be available, along with the date that this will start.
COMPETITION TIME
We would like our children to help us come up with a name and logo for our new care club.
The logos can be done on any paper and must be brought into school no later than Monday 11th December. The winning logo/name will be rewarded with a cinema voucher for up to 4 people.
Until we can get some new provision in place, I would ask that you only send your child between 8.15am and 8.25am if you want them to arrive before school starts. We do not have provision to look after them if they arrive before this time, or if they arrive after 8.25am. I am concerned that some children are waiting outside school on their own for up to 20 minutes.
Nativity
Our nativity shows for Reception and Year 1 will take place on Monday 11th December at 2pm
Tuesday 12th December at 9.30am.
The Year 1 children will be performing the nativity and the Reception children will be singing festive songs.
Year 1/Reception parents, if you haven’t requested tickets yet for the Nativity show, then please speak to your child’s classteacher.
Key Dates
- Reception/Year 1 Nativity
Monday 11th December at 2pm
Tuesday 12th December at 9.30am
- Online Safety Session for parents/carers
Wednesday 13th December 9am – 10am
Your children can also join for part of the session if parents/carers are present
This will be a very useful session where you will learn how to put parental controls on any devices at home.
Thursday 14th December from 3.40 – 4.40pm Christmas Fair
- Christmas Dinner and non-uniform day
Friday 22nd December
- School closes for Christmas break
School closes after school on Friday 22nd December and reopens on Monday 8th January.
Thank you for your support,
Mrs Sarah Bell
Headteacher
Files to Download
01 12 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Cold Weather Wraparond Care Dates.pdf 24 11 23 Attendance Punctuality Events YouTube Nativity Tickets.pdf 17 11 23 Fundraising Punctuality Attendance Events Future Events 03.11.23 Newsletter 30 10 23 Peace Day Clubs Events School Photos 20 10 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Awards Conlift in Gaza Halloween Events Coffee and Chat Year 6 school places Family fun. 13 10 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Maths Policy Parent meetings 29 9 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Trips Reminders Applying for School Places Online Safety what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-ipads 22 9 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Trips Applying for School Places Online Safety setting-boundaries-around-gaming 15.09.23 Newsletter Attendance Punctuality Events Trips Applying for School Places Online Safety tiktok-2022 11.09.23 Newsletter Attendance Punctuality Events Trips New Starters for Sept 2024 Clubs TikTok 14.07.23 Newsletter Attendance Punctuality StudyBugs Events Sports Days Clubs for September Eid Card winners Online safety summer 7 7 23 Attendance Punctuality StudyBugs Events Sports Days End of Swimming Parent Questionnaire 3 7 23 Sports Days Teacher Strikes Holiday Dates 23 6 23 Attendance Punctuality New Teachers Events Holiday Dates 20 6 23 End of Clubs Teacher Strike Days Sports Days Eid Transition 16.06.23 Newsletter Attendance, Punctuality, New Teachers, Events, Eid Card Competition and Holiday Dates Eid card competition 12.06.23 Attendance, Punctuality, Events, Eid Card Competition and Holiday Dates 26.05.23 Attendance Punctuality Names in Clothes Art Week Events School Closure Dates Awards Online safety Lolly Sale influencers Wellbeing Online 19 05 23 Attendance, Punctuality, Ofsted Report, Art Week, School Closure Dates, Online safety 12.05.23 Newsletter Attendance, Punctuality , Ofsted Report, Art Week, School Closure Dates and Online safety 05 05 23 Attendance Punctuality Ofsted Polling Station Eid Fair SATs Trips School Closure 28 4 23 Attendance Punctuality Eid Fair Trips School Closure Dates Y6 SATs 24 4 23 Eid Mubarak Attendance Punctuality Events Non Uniform day Lunch Assembly 31 03 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Parent Meetings Spelling Bee End of Year Awards 27 03 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Online Safety Ramadan Ofsted Parent Meetings Stronger Passwords TikTok 17 03 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Online Safety Ramadan 10 03 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Red Nose Day Online Safety Teacher Strike Non Uniform iPads Group Chats Safety 03 03 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Online Safety 10.02.23 Newsletter Attendance, Punctuality, Events ,Book Fair,World Book Day, Art Week,Clubs,Sue Dean Award,Safety in Cars,TTRockstars and Half Term date 20 01 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Parking Author Visit How to combat online bullying 13 01 23 Attendance Punctuality Events Non Uniform Day Online Safety Session for Parents and Carers 06.01.23 Online safety Guide 06.01.23 Newsletter Attendance Punctuality and Online Safety Online safety guide 16 12 22 Attendance Punctuality Events Interim Reports Writing Award Winners from the Fair Eco friendly Tech 12 12 22 Cold weather attendance punctuality events Christmas Fair Christmas Holiday Online Information 07.12.22 Newsletter Cold Weather Preparation Be aware of Strep A. 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