The Goresbrook Gazette
27th May 2016
Attendance & Punctuality
Welcome message
We hope you enjoyed the Fantastic Finish today, it was great to see children showing their
wonderful learning from the half-term.
We welcomed our new reception cohort on Wednesday evening. It was lovely to see some
of our current nursery children ready to start the
next part of their Goresbrook journey. We have
about 10 places for Reception 2016 remaining.
Please do spread the word, and put us in touch with
any families who don’t yet have a Reception place
for their child.
Attendance & Punctuality
I urge all parents to make a real effort to ensure
your child's attendance and punctuality is the best it
can be for the final term of the year. Being 5
minutes late every day means that over the course
of the year your child misses two and a half days of learning. Every minute matters! As you
know we are now rewarding 100% attendance and punctuality on a weekly basis which
gives every child a chance of a reward.
Parent Survey Feedback. You said – we did
Thank you to all of the parents who completed the pink forms, and attended the meeting
on Tuesday this week. It’s always great to hear your positive comments; we really appreciate your support.
In the spirit of Goresbrook, we also like to reflect and improve. So here are a few suggestions raised and our relevant actions.
It’s been a hugely successful first half-term in our new building. Many thanks for all of your
support as ever.
Have a lovely half term break,
Clare
Issue raised by parents
Home learning records:
Lack of comments about project work
at home
Lack of comments about reading in
class
Car parking and other access issues at
the front of school
Children’s items being taken by other
children and not returned to school
(often despite being labelled)
The outside area in Year 1 has a lack
of equipment
Edition 2.31
On return to school please bring in a handwritten note or complete the absence form at
the front reception. This is valid for genuine
illness of two days. More than two days absence requires medical proof e.g. a prescription
bottle or a copy of a prescription or even the
appointment card are acceptable.
If your child is up and about at home then they
are generally well enough to be at school. If
your child is too ill to attend school please ensure you phone 0203 597 6666 as soon as possible that morning and every day that they are
absent.
A reminder for collection in the afternoons: If
you collect your child more than 10 minutes
late on three occasions in a half term, we are
required to charge you £10.00. As per our policy, any further instances of lateness in that half
term will incur a charge of £10.00 per occasion.
Goresbrook Attendance Bears!
Pedestrian gate already in place this week
Our Goresbrook
Attendance Bears
are awarded to the
class with the best
attendance in each
year group. Please
try really hard to be here on time and be here
every day, don’t let your class down!
Crossings are being completed from the alley
to the footpath for September
Reception:
School to put cones out: parents to abide by
this at all times
Year 1:
Actions by school
Following every project, you will receive a
comment in the Home Learning Record
Once per half-term the comments will be completed by the phonics teacher and related to
reading specifically
INTEGRITY! Please could all parents check that
you do not have items belonging to other
children at home and return them immediately.
The surface of the play area will be complete
by September. We are launching a fundraising
target of £10,000 in order to get a range of
covers, picnic benches, games areas etc. Look
out for more details in the coming weeks in
the Gazette, and if you know of any local companies who might want to sponsor us, please
let Miss Darley or Miss Munday know. All
money raised at the Summer Fair and other
events next term will go to this fund.
Author class 96.1%
Engineer class 99.3%
Exciting attendance news
Well done to those children who received a
blue 100% attendance and punctuality
sticker for this week. Can you spot your
name on the wow board? If you didn’t
achieve 100% attendance and
punctuality this week make it
your aim next term!
The Goresbrook Gazette
27th May 2016
Word of the week from Miss Rix
Many thanks to the children who gave their sentences to me last week. My favourite
sentence was written by Zachary in reception. He wrote: "The cuttlefish is camouflaged
on top of the sea floor." What a fantastic sentence!
This week's word of the week is FEROCIOUS. Can you write a sentence using the word
ferocious? Bring your sentences to Miss Rix on Monday after half term. Will yours
feature in the newsletter ?
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Uniform
We understand how frustrating it is when your child loses their school uniform. Please
ensure all items including water bottles are labelled. Thank you for your help to keep
our children looking professional. Non-Goresbrook water bottles are not permitted, and
will be confiscated.
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Key Dates

Monday 6th June—first day of
term. Breakfast club as normal
from 8am, school starts at
8:30am, after-school clubs run
as normal.

Summer Fair Committee
meeting—Wednesday 8th June
3.45-4.45pm

Thursday 16th June—Friends of
Goresbrook 5-6pm

Friday 17th June—Family Friday
for Authors 3pm

Thursday 23rd June—Family
Thursday for Storytellers 3pm

Friday 24th June—school closed
INSET
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Friday 1st July—school closed
INSET
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Monday 4th July—school photos

Wednesday 6th July Parent
Afternoon school closes 1:10pm.
Nursery AM & PM as normal.

Friday 8th July—Seaside trip for
Reception and Year 1—more
details to follow

Tuesday 12th July Sports Day—
more details to follow

Friday 15th July—Family Friday
Year 1 3pm

Summer Fair—Saturday 16th
July 12-3pm.

Wednesday 20th July—last day
of term
Fundraising
Goresbrook school is currently up on ASDA’s Chosen By You, Given By Us scheme, this
means three charities are up on the board in the Dagenham store and customers vote
via their green token scheme. At the end of the voting period the three good causes
receive a cheque ranging from £50-£200 so please spread the word and get voting! The
green tokens can be obtained from the checkouts but you need to ask the cashier for
them.
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Sainsbury’s vouchers
As you know we are collecting the Sainsbury’s active kids coupons. Please ask family and
friends to collect these and pass to Miss Bone at the front reception. Once we have
collected all the vouchers we will allow children to choose from a range of sports
equipment which will enhance our outside areas and P.E.
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School entrance area & Scooters/Bikes
Thank you for your help this week keeping children safe on site; it is working much
better with no scooters or bikes being ridden near the gates.
A reminder that children must be supervised closely by parents whilst waiting outside
the school gates. The road area is a potential hazard, and the pathway is not part of
Goresbrook School. Please ensure your child gets off their scooter or bike as they pass
the grey security hut. After that point they need to walk alongside their scooter or bike.
On leaving school/nursery please do not allow
children to scoot until they reach the grey hut.
Please be mindful that scooters and bikes can travel
at speed and are exiting onto the main road near
Goals. Please keep your children close by and do not
let them go ahead of you. Children should be holding
your hand at all times. Parents must hand their
children directly to Nursery staff at the gate at drop
off.
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Business Manager Vacancy
With our growing school we are adding capacity to our Business Management team.
Miss Munday’s enormous role is getting even bigger! So the time has come to split it
into two roles. These two roles are: Business Manager and Office Manager/PA. Miss
Munday will be taking the Office Manager/PA role from September, and we are
therefore advertising for a Business Manager. More details on our website.