14/02 Newsletter

Staffing

Today we say goodbye to Miss Fegan who has worked in the school office for two and a half years. She is leaving to move to Australia. We all wish her well.

Mrs Haley has joined us this week to take over from Miss Fegan.

Mrs S Daar will also be leaving today as she is leaving to have a baby. I look forward to sharing the news of her baby over the next few weeks.

Attendance

Parents should receive a text today notifying you of your child’s attendance from September to today. Please remember that we aim for at least 96% attendance for all children. If the attendance is below 90% then your child is classed as a persistent absentee.

Whole school attendance this week is 93.7%.

These four class had the highest attendance this week.

Punctuality

Y2S Swan Class had 0 children late this week.

They have only had 10 lates in the last 5 weeks and have will have their non uniform day on Friday 28^th February.

Sue Dean Writing Award

Every half term children are nominated by their teachers for contention to win the Sue Dean Writing Award. This half term, the award goes to Fatimah Abbas from Y6H.

Reading For Pleasure

Each half term we put the children’s names into a raffle if they are progressing through the Reading For Pleasure Awards. Two children’s names are pulled out and they each win a £10 book voucher. This half term the two winners are Kyme Hussain and Umaima Ihsaan.

Team Points Award

The Hodder Team won the team points award for this half term. They will have their treat after half term.

Road-safety

I have been really pleased to see that a lot more children have been holding hands this week when coming to and from school.

If your child arrives in a car, please ensure that they get out safely.

Some children get out in the middle of the road and into oncoming traffic.

They should get out onto a pavement. If this is not possible,

I would recommend that an adult stands in the road first to check that it is clear before the child gets out.

Medical tracker

We are now using Medical Tracker to notify you about your child’s illness, injuries, head bumps and any necessary administration of medicine.

To ensure you receive these important alerts/notifications, please make sure your email address is up to date. You will receive an email notification from noreply@medicaltracker.co.uk, if your child experiences an injury or illness. Obviously if it is urgent or serious, we will call you in addition to the notification.

At the top of the notification email, there will be a line about acknowledgment. By clicking the provided link, you must confirm that you have seen the email. Please make sure to click ‘Acknowledged’ once you have read the message.

On-Line Programmes

We will be holding a session in school for parents/carers to attend, so that you can become more familiar with the on-line programmes that we use. This will include Maths Whizz, Numbots, TT Rockstars and Purple Mash. We will show you how to log on and how to navigate your way around the software. Your child will join you for the session and you can explore the programmes together. you will also be able to ask questions about the programmes.

The session has been rescheduled for Thursday 27^th February from 2.30pm.

Please register for the session if you would like to attend.

You can send Mrs Iqbal a message on Whatsapp on 07973 543932 or you can send a note in on a piece of paper.

Please state your child’s name and year group/class clearly on the message.

Upcoming Events

When we return after half term, we are very excited to host a Quidditch event for the children from Y1 to Y6. They will get a chance to take part in this on Monday 24^th or Tuesday 25^th February.

This is a game played in Harry Potter books but we play it without magical broomsticks!

World Book Day - Thursday 6^th March

The children have brought home a World Book Day voucher (valid from 13th February to 23rd March) to the value of one pound that they will be able to spend in participating shops. Terms and conditions are on the tokens so please check them before you use them.

There are more activities that you can share at home with your child. Details can be found on the World Book Day website: https://www.worldbookday.com/families/

Don’t forget that you can visit your child’s class on Thursday 6^th March at the following times to take part in some book-related activities.

Recent Events

Thank you to the parents who attended the Y6 SATs meeting on Monday to discuss the tests in May.

Both of our Y3 classes had a trip to Bring Yer Wellies this week.

Evie from Y3E said "I loved being an archaeologist and digging up the artefacts, mine was a Stone Age axe head."

Art week

Thank you to the parents that were able to attend the art week sessions this week.

The Year 3 session will take place on Wednesday 26^th February at 2.45 – 3.15pm.

Half Term

School will be closed now for one week and will reopen on Monday 24^th February. There is a Soccer School running over half term and there are still places left. See the leaflet at the bottom of the newsletter for more details.

Key Dates

Parent/child Workshop for On-Line Learning – Thursday 27th February 2.30pm. Please notify us if you are able to attend.

World Book Day – Thursday 6^th March. Dress as a book character.

Parents are invited to come in during the day

during World Book Day.

Eid - School will be closed on Monday 31^st March and Tuesday 1^st April.

Easter – School will be closed from Monday 7^th April for the Easter break. It will reopen on Tuesday 22^nd April.

School Closure  - School will be closed to pupils on Thursday 1^st May as school is used as a polling station for local elections.

Y6 SATS test will take place from Monday 12^th May to Thursday 15^th May.

Y4 Times Table Check will take place between Monday 2^nd June to Friday 13^th June

Phonics Screening Check (for Y1 children and any Y2 children who didn’t meet the required pass mark last year) will take place from Monday 9^th June to Friday 13^th June.