ARK Swift Primary Academy
Australia Road, London W12 7TP
NEWSLETTER 6
Year 6 at their Junior Citizen Training
Message from Mr O’Grady
Dear Parents/Carers,
October 3rd 2014
Year 6 spent time learning about how to keep safe
period from 8.40 a.m. until 8.55 a.m. each weekday
morning; 3:05 until 3:30 every weekday evening. I
hope this has made life a little easier for those of you
who use it.
I am aware that we have had a busy and productive
start to the new school year with lots of change and
developments. I thought it might be helpful to
summarise many of these changes in this week’s
newsletter.
After School Clubs: We now have a range of extracurricular and Homework clubs every night after
school for all year groups from Year 1 upwards. I
hope you have signed your child up for any clubs that
he/she would like to attend. If you are uncertain
about any issues related to clubs, please ask your class
teacher or speak to a member of SLT.
Positive Playtime: We have had some great
feedback on our new approach to the lunchtime
Positive Playtime initiative. Our Peer Mentors are
working effectively and it is a delight to see the
children really joining in and enjoying the play. Next
week on Monday 6th October and Friday 10th October
we are inviting parents to take a guided tour of the of
the playground between 12 midday and 12.45pm to
see the Positive Lunchtime in action.
Gate Opening: The back gate to the Academy, also
known as the Tesco Gate, is now open on a trial
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Year 1 making Moons as part of their Space Topic.
It looks very exciting!
Workshops: To date we have held workshops on
SEN and phonics. Thank you to those parents and
carers who have been able to attend. I hope you have
found these helpful. Further workshops are planned
and I hope to see as many of you as possible at these
sessions. The session next week, linked to phonics,
will be Reading and will take place on Wednesday 8th
October.
Parent Representative Group: I have had a
number of forms back from parents who would like to
be the Parent Representative for their child’s class but
we still have some gaps and would love to hear from
you if you are interested in this role. Please complete
the form attached to the letter that I sent out on this
and return to me by Monday 6th October. If you need
a duplicate form please ask at reception
Parent Fundraising Group: Just a reminder that
the first meeting of this group will take place on
Tuesday 7th October at 9.05 am.
Michael O `Grady
Stars of the Week ARK Swift`s value of the week
is hard work. The stars of the week this week are
the pupils and staff from Y4 Exeter and Y4
Southampton classes who were very focused when
their visit plans were disrupted.
The childen went on a trip on Wednesday 1st Oct. to
the Thames Barrier.Sadly, the Central Line was closed,
so at the last moment Mr Beynon and Mr White rather than let the children miss out on the tripimmediately set to work organising a new route by
bus. The children took the change in their stride and
showed excellent behaviour throughout the day. Well
Done!
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Parent Questionnaires
We welcome your views about the work of the
academy. Thank you to everyone who has filled in and
returned the Parent Questionnaire. There is still time
to return your questionnaire. If you need a
replacement form please call in at the new Reception
area and we will be glad to provide a new form.
Happy Eid
This weekend many pupils and their families will be
celebrating Eid. The religious festival of Eid takes place
over the weekend of 3rd to 6th October. We wish all
our families celebrating a Happy Eid.
Very kindly, some of our families are helping organise
an Eid party and this will take place next Friday,
October 10th in the afternoon. More details will be
sent out at the beginning of next week
Key dates next week
Reading Workshop

Wednesday October 8th
Eid Party

Friday -10th October
Parent Funding Group

Tuesday 7th October at 9.05am.
Parent Representative Group

Thursday 9th October at 9.05am
Attendance this week
Please remember that our target for attendance is
100% for every child in the Academy. It is really
important that every child attends school on time
every day to get the best out of their lessons.
Registration starts 8:55a.m.
Pres
22/09/2014-28/09/2014
25
95.0
24
95.7
27
95.6
29
94.5
25
92.0
20
94.4
25
92.8
24
94.2
26
98.8
28
96.4
26
90.0
23
98.7
25
98.2
26
95.6
27
93.7
380
94.9
Class groups #
1GOLD
1SOUT
2PORT
2STAN
3BANG
3HULL
4BRIS
4TRIN
5EXET
5SOUT
6EDIN
6LEED
NIMPE
RCAMB
ROXFO
Total
This week the attendance cup goes to Exeter
class with 98.8% attendance. Well done!
Overall attendance this week: is 94.9%, which is
slightly below academy target. Thank you.
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