Friday, 27 January 2017
Frettenham Primary School Newsletter
Frettenham Primary School
School Road
Frettenham
Norwich NR12 7LL
Head of School:
Mr Gyles Longhurst
Telephone/Fax. 01603 737405
email. [email protected]
Message from Gyles
Thank you to everyone who has signed up for the next Assertive Mentoring appointment. At this one you will be able to
look through some books and get a good idea of what learning they have been doing and the progress they are making. We
try to make the appointments as useful as possible and by having the child there they also get to hear first- hand about
successes they have achieved and also discuss future targets and how we and you as parents will support them.
Mathletics use seems to be going from strength to strength. We now have a Mathletic award for the class who earn the
highest average number of points over the week. With the children I work with at Mathletic club I have seen a huge
increase in their confidence and ability to apply their maths. Last term across the school the children answered a whopping
57590 questions. What is clear is repeating questions and activities help embed the concepts and learning. As little as 3
activities (about 20 minutes) a week has been shown to have a positive effect on a child’s overall maths ability.
Congratulations go to Mollie in class 1, Zara in class 2 and Louis in class 3 whose designs for our “Pupil of the day” badges
were chosen and are now being proudly worn around school.
Collections
If arrangements for collecting children are different from normal or change during the day, please ensure you contact the
office so we are aware at the earliest opportunity. On occasions we have had messages passed on to us by other parents,
which can delay handing over children as we need to be sure they are being collected by the correct adult.
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Celebration Assembly
At Frettenham Primary Partnership School we take a pride in recording and celebrating our children’s
successes and personal achievements. Each week a child from each class is chosen by the class
teacher to receive either a Values Award or Pupil of The Week in that week’s Celebration Assembly.
These assemblies take place every Friday morning and families of the children involved are warmly
welcome to share in their child’s special assembly. It is true to say that this is a highlight of the school
week for the whole school community.
Weekly Celebration Awards
Week ending: 27 January 2017
Star of the week
Values Award
Class 1
Ava
Eliza
Class
2
Class
3
Archie
Skye
Harry
Lily
Week ending:20 January 2017
Attendance
Whole School
1st
Class 2
98.44%
99.05%
2nd
Class 1
98.63%
3rd
Class 3
97.65%
Attendance
challenge: Let’s aim
to get our
attendance to 98%
in each class for
next week.
Assertive Mentoring/Parents Evening
In order to give you as much notice as possible, the next dates for Assertive Mentoring are:
∑ Monday, 6 February 3.15pm until 7pm
∑ Wednesday, 8 February 2017 until 5pm
Please sign up, adding your name against the time slot most convenient. The times are located on the friend’s
noticeboard.
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Dates for your diary
Spring Term:
February 2017
3 February 2017:
Storytelling workshop for Class 2 and Class 3, half day workshop by the cast
of The Sentence Snatchers
6 February 2017:
Assertive mentoring/ parents evening
8 February 2017:
The Sentence Snatchers production
8 February 2017:
Assertive mentoring/ parents evening
10 February 2017:
Valentine’s Day Desert, Norse menu special
10 February 2017:
School closes for school holiday at 3pm
20 February 2017:
School re-opens at 8.45am
22 February 2017:
Class 1, School trip to Fairhaven Woodland Garden (outdoor event: coat,
wellington boots, weather appropriate clothing required)
24 February 2017:
Cross Country, Valley
28 February 2017:
Pancake day, Norse Menu special desert: Pancake, peaches and cream
March 2017
10 March 2017:
22 March 2017:
31 March 2017:
Summer Term: April 2017
18 April 2017
19 April 2017
appropriate clothing required)
May 2017
Throughout May:
8-12 May 2017:
22 May 2017:
June 2017
5-7 June 2017:
Week of 26 June 2017:
15 June 2017 at 9.15am
November 2017:
7 November 2017:
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Cross Country, Old Catton
Norfolk wild Encounters School Visit, whole school.
School closes at 3pm for Easter holiday
School re-opens to pupils, registration at 8.45am
Catton Park, Class 2 trip (outdoor event: coat, wellington boots, weather
KS1 (Year 2) SATs tests to be taken
KS2 (Year 6) SATs Week
School and Year 6 leaver photographs
Class 3 residential trip to Whitwell Hall
Road safety cycle training (2 parent helpers required)
Reception hearing and vision check
Individual and sibling photographs
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