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Dear
Parents and Friends,
July 7th 2010
2009/10 NEWSLETTER 7
CLASSES FOR 2010/11
This
morning the children have been told which classes they will be in next year
and spent the morning with their new teachers.
Once again this coming year all class teachers will have 10% Planning
Preparation and Assessment (PPA) time. This
effectively means that for one morning or afternoon a week the normal class
teacher will be having non-contact time with the class being taught by another
teacher. The exception to this are
those classes who already have two assigned teachers.
Classes for next year are:
|
Class |
Name of Teacher |
Year Group |
|
Class |
Name of Teacher |
Year Group |
|
Oak |
Mrs
G Peck |
Reception |
|
Badger |
Miss
N Neylon |
Year
3 |
|
Ash |
Mrs
C Reene Mon
to Wed Mrs
S Love Thurs
– Friday |
Reception |
|
Otter |
Miss
G Bishop |
Year
3 |
|
Fir
|
Miss
K Matthews |
Reception |
|
Mole |
Miss
A Mill |
Year
4 |
|
Elm |
Miss
R Wilson |
Year
1 |
|
Fox |
Ms
K Willing |
Year
4 |
|
Chestnut |
Mrs
A Martin – Mon
– Tues Mrs
H Edwards – Wed
– Friday |
Year
1 |
|
Lewes |
Mrs
I Bezencon |
Year
5 |
|
Maple |
Mrs
T Keates |
Oldest Year
1 And Youngest Year
2 |
|
Amberley |
Mrs
C Collins |
Year
5 |
|
Cherry |
Miss
V Silverlock |
Year
2 |
|
Bramber |
Ms
M Dark Mon
– Wed Ms
S Romney – Thurs
– Friday |
Year
6 |
|
|
Mrs
P Mack |
Year
2 |
|
Arundel |
Mr
I Shergold |
Year
6 |
Parents
of children in Maple Class, our only mixed age class, are invited in to school
for a meeting to explain the organisation of the class on Tuesday July 13th at 2.30pm.
A few children will be leaving us at the end of the school year and we expect a handful of children to join us in September in Years 1 to 6 to maintain our school roll at around 500.
STAFFING
I
am delighted to be able to tell you that we have appointed Mrs Clare Collins
to the post of Assistant Headteacher, replacing Mrs Brooking who left at
Christmas. Mrs Collins comes to us
as a senior teacher from another
You
will have already been notified that Mrs Cross and Mrs Jones will be leaving
at the end of the term. Mrs
Saunders who has worked for the last 13 years as a Teaching Assistant in the
Reception classes will be retiring this month.
I would like to wish them all well and thank them for many years of
faithful service.
PARENT CONSULTATION
We
had 154 questionnaires returned by parents in Years R to 5, following
Parents’ Consultation evenings. The
feedback was very positive with 98% of parents saying that overall they are
happy with their child’s experience at school and that they enjoy school.
One issue that was highlighted by a few parents was the size of the
Junior classes. The average size of classes in the school is 31 children, but
of course our Reception classes are not more than 24. Our Published Admission
Number is 70. Unless we
re-introduce mixed age classes across the school, which I feel will not be a
good move, we are always going to have around 35 children in the Junior
classes when full. The point I would like to make is that we employ many extra
teaching and classroom support staff in school to support children at every
level (those struggling and the very able) whereas many schools have no
classroom assistants in their Junior classes.
At the beginning of next term we will be looking at ways in which we
can improve the school further as part of our School Development Planning day
and will be again seeking parents’ views.
AWARDS
The
school has successfully had its Artsmark Silver Award re-validated for another
3 years in recognition of our dynamic arts education programme.
Artsmark is more than simply a mark of distinction to us; taking part
in the scheme has enabled us to develop our arts provision, and see the
children who take part become more self-confident, engaged and excited about
learning.
We
have recently been assessed for the Dyslexia Friendly Award, which we are
likely to receive before the end of term.
REPORTS AND ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATES
By
the end of this week we will have sent out to you a copy of your child’s
Annual Report, a comment sheet for you and/or your child to complete as well
as a summary of your child’s attendance this year up to July 2nd.
For children in Years 2 and 6 there will be a copy of their end of key
stage teacher assessments. I have
read through all of the reports, most of which state how hard the children
have worked this year and outline their achievements.
The teaching staff have once again this year spent hours writing the
reports and we trust that you will find them useful summaries of how the
children have performed in the school across the curriculum.
If
the reports or SATs assessments raise any issues, please don’t hesitate to
contact the class teacher now or at our Open
Afternoon on Monday July 19th between
3.30 and 4.15 when you will also have the opportunity of visiting your
child’s next classroom, although not all teachers will be in school.
At
the end of the term we will be giving certificates to those children (usually
about 20) who have had 100% attendance throughout the year, as well as those
who have managed full attendance this term.
SCHOOL PROMOTIONS
One
of our longest serving volunteers in the school, Edwina Sanders, has devoted
many hours to sorting, counting and bundling our Tesco and Sainsbury vouchers.
She has processed over 37,000 Tesco vouchers and 66,000 Sainsbury
vouchers. We have already ordered
10 digital cameras using our Tesco vouchers and have banked the ones which
have come in recently. The
Sainsbury vouchers we still have a couple of weeks in which to collect them
and then we will be putting in a significant order for sports and cooking
equipment. We still are collecting
Nestle Box tops in school and recently exchanged them for a cheque for £237.
Thank
you to everyone for collecting vouchers for the Flora Cooking Scheme over the
past three years. We have been
able to order a significant amount of cooking equipment to supplement our
existing resources.
LIBRARY BOOKS
Ms
Dark has asked me to remind you that all library books should be returned well
before the end of term so that stock taking may take place.
It is particularly important that anything that belongs to the school
in possession of Year 6 children is returned before they move on to their High
School.
THEMED WEEK
The
children thoroughly enjoyed “Protection Planet Safety Week”, with all our
visitors and many activities taking place.
A special thanks must go to Mrs Edwards who organised this very
successful week.
CYCLING PROFICIENCY
A
very big thank you to all those adults who helped with cycling proficiency
last month, with record numbers of children taking part.
SUMMER FETE
It
was good to see so many people attend our Summer Fete on Friday.
I know that the children enjoyed all of the attractions and appreciated
the arena events. It is likely
that we will have made in the region of £3,200 profit.
A huge thank you to Amanda Bishop and her willing team of helpers who
put on such a splendid evening of fun and entertainment.
LUNCHTIME FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Mr Gent has been running a football tournament at lunchtimes over the past month. Congratulation to T-ownage who won in the final against Bramber Blades; 4 : 2.
CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
The
choir and orchestra had a fantastic evening on Monday performing a Rock
‘n’ Roll Medley to a really enthusiastic audience.
Thank you to all parents whose continuous support has enabled the
children to do this. If you missed
our performance, the choir will be singing a selection of those songs in our
music assembly on Thursday 22nd
July at 2.00pm.
At
11am on Monday 19th July the peripatetic teachers are putting on
a concert for the children. If
your child is thinking of starting or already plays a string instrument you
are invited to come along and enjoy the performance.
MILK
Milk
for September 2010 can be ordered on the Cool Milk at School Ltd website:
www.CoolMilk.com.
HOT SCHOOL MEALS
Around
100 children at any one time have taken a hot school meal and we would like to
encourage as many as possible to consider having a hot meal, particularly in
the Autumn Term when the weather gets colder.
Menus are available from school and children can opt in to having a
meal every day or on certain days of the week.
If you wish to order a meal or find out more about the service please
access the following site:- www.mealselector.co.uk.
or ring 0845 6037998.
RESIDENTIAL TRIPS IN 2011
Year
4 children had a fantastic time at Dalesdown last month.
We have booked to go next year with Year 4 between June
7th – 10th 2011.
I am very grateful to the staff and parents who accompanied them on
this visit.
SCHOOL CLOSURE
During
2010/11 the school will be closed for 6 INSET days, the dates for four of
them are:-
Thursday October 7th 2010,
Friday October 8th 2010, Thursday May 26th 2011
and Friday May 27th 2011.
Parents will be notified of the other two days in due course.
LOST PROPERTY
All
unclaimed lost property will be disposed of by Friday July 16th. Please
check our lost property trolley in the reception area as soon as possible to
re-unite items with their rightful owners.
SPORTS DAYS
As
previously notified at the beginning of term Year 3 and 4 Sports Day will be held on Tuesday July 13th at 10.00am on the school field; Year
5 and 6 on Tuesday July 20th at 10.00am and the Infants
on Friday July 16th at 10.00am.
Parents and friends of the school are very welcome to attend to cheer
on the children. All children will
need to have a sun hat and have with them a plastic container of drink to sip
between events. Children who
suffer from asthma need to ensure that they have their puffers accessible.
All sports days will be activity based to ensure maximum participation,
with a few traditional events.
FRIENDS’ CHILDREN’S SOCIAL EVENTS
INFANTS:
The Infants will be having a party on Tuesday
July 20th between 5.00 and 6.30pm and will be entertained by
Robbie the Magician. Tickets are
priced £2.00 to include light refreshments.
YEARS 3 AND 4:
All children in Years 3 and 4 are invited to an end of school year
disco on Wednesday July 21st
between 5.00 – 6.30pm. Tickets
cost £2.00 and include light refreshments.
Teachers would be pleased to receive offers of help from parents.
YEARS 5 AND 6:
Children in Years 5 and 6 are invited to the “Leavers” Disco and
BBQ (tickets £2.00) to be held on Wednesday
July 21st between 7.30 – 9.00pm.
All
tickets for these parties will go on sale from Wednesday July 14th.
If you would like to volunteer your help at any of these events then I
am sure class teachers would be willing to hear from you.
Please
note that school finishes for all children at 3.05pm on Friday July 23rd.
School begins on Wednesday September 1st – doors open at 8.35am for a punctual
start at 8.45am.
Headteacher