HEADTEACHER’S NEWSLETTER TO PARENTS AND CARERS
Dear Parents,
Numeracy
OPEN EVENING
It was lovely to see so many Parents
touring the school, with their children
at Open Evening this week. I know that
the children were excited to show their
Parents the work they have completed
during the year and were keen to
participate in the various activities that
were in all the classrooms.
ALLERGIES/FOOD IN SCHOOL
We have a new pupil joining in
September, who has an allergy to nuts
including: Peanuts, peanut butter, nut
oils, nut flavourings, raw egg and peas.
Touching or eating these items will
provoke a severe allergic reaction. For
the safety of the children, we are
asking parents not to send any food
containing nut or nut based items to
school. Thank you for your co-operation
SCOOTERS
Please may I politely
remind parents that
Scooters are not to be
used on the School
premises either before or after school.
TEST RESULTS
YEAR 6 NCTs RESULTS
We have received the Year 6 NCTs
results and I am now able to share
Reading
Writing
SPaG
12/20
60%
1 pupil disapplied. Writing is teacher
assessed and the children did not sit an
informal exam.
Well done to everyone in Year 6 and to
Mr Christmas and Mrs Porter and the
rest of the Key Stage 2 team.
YEAR 2 STATUTORY ASSESSMENTS
During May, Year 2 undertake statutory
assessments and the results are listed
below.
KEY STAGE 1 RESULTS JULY 2016
Reading
Writing
Numeracy
Nos of
children
10/19
8/19
12/19
Percentage
53%
42%
63%
PHONICS TEST
Year 1
phonics
test
Year 2
retakes
Nos of
children
8/9
Percentage
6/6
100%
89%
Percentage
Well done to everyone in the Year 2 and
to Mrs Phillips and the rest of the Year
2 team.
60%
35%
55%
WELCOME
We welcome Mr
Shaw to the Staff
from September
these with you.
Nos of
children
12/20
7/20
11/20
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2016. He will be working four days per
week in Owl/Buzzard class. We also
welcome Miss Kristy Johnson as a
Teaching Assistant.
KEY 2 MUSIC
In September
Year 3 and
Year 4 will
continue to have School paid for music
lessons with West Sussex Music
Service. We have in the past paid for
lessons for the whole of Key Stage 2
but due to increasing costs and
significant changes in the music
curriculum, which now covers music
appreciation, improvisation and to
develop an understanding of the history
of music (including great composers and
musicians) it has been decided to give
the children a good grounding in reading
music and playing brass and woodwind in
Lower KS2 and use this to help with the
rest of the music curriculum in Upper
KS2.
Private lessons, with West Sussex
Music service will continue to be
available, please speak to the Office for
further details.
Band will continue as normal in
September and is open to anyone in Key
Stage 2
CLASSES FOR SEPTEMBER 2016
Please find below class teachers and
teaching assistants for September 2016
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Hedgehogs:
Teacher: Mrs L Donovan
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Francis
Owls
Teacher: Mrs J Phillips
Teacher: Mr Shaw
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs Scott
Mrs Valentine
Foxes
Teacher: Mrs A Porter
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs Jury
Mrs Scott
Mrs Dennis
Miss Johnson
Buzzards:
Teacher: Mr R Christmas
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs Jury
Mrs Scott
READING CHALLENGE 2016
The children have had an assembly
about the
Summer
Reading
challenge that
is being run in
West Sussex
libraries. I would like as many children
to participate in this during the
holidays. Please bring in certificates
for the reading challenge into the first
celebration assembly.
“It is the children’s chance to join in
with libraries everywhere as they
celebrate 100 years of one of the
world’s favourite storytellers – Roald
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Dahl. The aim is to keep children
reading over the summer holidays; the
challenge is for each child to read six
books between Saturday 16th July and
Saturday 17th September. For each
book they read they will be able to
collect special Big Friendly Read cards
all beautifully illustrated by Quentin
Blake. The Summer Reading Challenge is
free of charge - you simply need to visit
your local library.”
We will promoting this in school – please
do support us at home.
DATES
Please find attached a list of provisional
dates for the Autumn term and a copy
of the WSCC school dates for 20162017.
INSET DAYS – 2016 -2017
Monday 5 September 2016
Friday 16 December 2016
Monday 27 February 2017
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Tuesday 25 July 2017
MONEY IN SCHOOL
If you need to send
cash into school,
PLEASE ensure
that it is in an
envelope and
clearly states the child’s name and what
the payment is for.
PACKED LUNCHES
Please may I remind you
that packed lunch
children must bring a
drink (non-fizzy) as part of their
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packed lunch. Chartwell meals do not
provide drinks for children who are not
using their service.
TEACHER AND PARENT
INFROMATION SESSIONS
We will be holding ‘Meet The Teacher’
sessions again in the
Autumn term.
Sessions will be in the
classrooms from 2.30
until 3.00pm. The
class teacher will talk
about the curriculum, expectations for
the year, how to help your child with
Literacy and Numeracy, planned trips.
For Years 2 and 6 it will also include
information about National tests. It
will also give you an opportunity to meet
the team who work with your child and
to ask questions
The sessions will be held as follows:
Tuesday 13th Sept – Hedgehog class
Wednesday 14th Sept – Owl class
Thursday 15th Sept – Buzzard class
Friday 16th Sept – Fox class
I appreciate that some Parents will not
be able to attend the session so a handout covering all the points discussed will
be sent home.
‘THE FRIENDS’
I would like to thank the Friends for all
of their hard work, often behind the
scenes, again this year. The Friends
raise a substantial amount of money to
enhance the work we undertake at
school including subsidising trips, paying
for special events and visitors. They
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also provide the ‘man power’ at school
events. Thank you for your continued
support.
AND FINALLY…YEAR 6
We say goodbye to our
Year 6 children, who will
move on to their new
stage of learning at Secondary School.
We have watched you grow in
confidence during your time with us and
have been very proud of your
achievements. All the staff, Governors
and I wish you all good luck for the next
stage of your learning. I would also like
to say thank you to their parents for
the support that they have given our
school over the last seven years.
The collection after the Leavers’
Service this morning raised £289.47
which will be going to The Rowans
Hospice in memory of Mrs Etherington.
May I take this opportunity to
emphasise that if you have any concerns
about your child’s progress, or any
aspect of their school life, please
contact firstly the class teacher, then
Mr Christmas/myself or pop into see
Mrs Crews who will be more than happy
to make an appointment.
Thank you for your continued support.
With best wishes
Mrs Claire Inskip
Headteacher
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Autumn Term 2016
Monday 5th September
INSET
Tuesday 6th September
Children return to School
Tuesday 13th September
Hedgehog class – Meet the teacher 2.30 – 3.00
Wednesday 14th September
Owl class - Meet the teacher 2.30 – 3.00
Thursday 15th September
Buzzard class - Meet the teacher 2.30 – 3.00
Friday 16th September
Fox class - Meet the teacher 2.30 – 3.00
Wednesday 12th October
Harvest Festival
Monday 24th October
Half term week
Tuesday 8th November
Parents’ evening
Thursday 10th November
Numeracy day
Thursday 10th November
Open Morning for Prospective parents
9.30am
9 -11.30
Friday 11th November
Remembrance day
Monday 14th November
Buzzard Parents meeting Re: Cobnor 3.30pm
Tuesday 15th November
Individual photos
Wednesday 16th November
Parents’ evening
Monday 5th December
Christmas post box
Friday 2nd December
Christingle service 2pm
Tuesday 6th December
Nativity dress rehearsal (Pre School)
Wednesday 7th December
Nativity performance (pm)
Thursday 8th December
Nativity performance (am)
Friday 9th December
Christmas jumper day
Tuesday 13th December
KS2 party (pm)
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Tuesday 13th December
KS2 party (pm)
Wednesday 14th December
KS1 party (pm) & Last day of Christmas post
Thursday 15th December
Last day of term/ End of term service
Friday 16th December
INSET