Autumn term dates for your diary September 2022

Our Ref: LS.CS

16 September 2022

Parent/Carer of Year 6 children

Dear Parent/Carer

We would like to take the Year 6 children on an activity based residential trip in either June orJuly next year.

We are conscious of the current economic climate and the impact this may have on parents being able to pay for this.

Therefore we are taking expressions of interest in respect of the amount of money you are willing to pay for such a trip before exploring where we can go.

Once we collate the responses we will contact companies and let you know what has been booked.

At the time of booking we will require a deposit – but we will give you as much notice as we can.

Please return this slip to school by Tuesday 20 September.

Name of child: ………………………………………………………………………………………

My child is interested in attending the residential trip and I would be willing to pay the following amount:

Between    £100 and £200

Between £200 and £300

Between £300 and £400

15 September 2022

School Photos – Monday 3rd October 2022

ALL children will have their photograph taken individually – but there is no obligation to purchase them.

If you wish your child to have their photos taken with other family members who attend our school – please write the name and class of all the children you wish to have on the photo.  Please ensure you put the right registration class as this helps.

Return this form by Friday 23 September.  Thank you

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School photos – Monday 3rd October 2022

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PLEASE NOTE: We will not be doing group photos of children who don’t attend our school.

Celebrating Excellent Attendance and Punctuality

A massive welcome back! I hope you’ve all had a lovely summer break with your children. It was lovely to see the children back, going into to their new classes and looking smart in their uniforms.

Over the summer holidays, I have been busy with setting up new measures to celebrate and promote children’s attendance and improve punctuality.

The reason for this is that, for our children to gain the greatest benefit from their education it is important that they are in school, on time, every day that school is open, unless the reason for the absence is unavoidable.

We believe that regular attendance is of the greatest importance so that children:

• Have full access to the curriculum and are more likely to achieve well and leave school with the vital skills and knowledge they need for their future lives.
• Are able to build positive relationships and develop social skills which prepare them for the next phase in their education.
• Are able to develop their self-esteem, their sense of worth and sense of belonging.
• Are able to develop a positive attitude to school and the world of work, understanding how important it is to be punctual and reliable.

Therefore, in accordance with the UK Government’s expectation that good attendance is regarded as 96% or above, we will be monitoring attendance closely and communicating regularly with families with poor attendance. However, we do understand that some absences cannot be helped for a number of personal reasons and always take this into consideration when looking at your child’s attendance level.

Most importantly though, we want to focus heavily on pupils with good or improved attendance. As a result, I’ve reviewed and updated the School’s Attendance & Punctuality Policy to help us keep up to date with the latest laws and regulations, as well as being more consistent with the school’s best practices, which is important in keeping our children safe.

We now have many initiatives to support and celebrate attendance and punctuality to ensure it remains a high profile in school with our staff, children and their families.

I want to share with the ways in which we are going to celebrate excellent attendance and punctuality at our school, as well as how we plan to improve attendance and punctuality too, so as soon as the School’s Governors have authorised the Policy, we will be uploading it to our School’s website.

We will have weekly, half termly rewards and a “Grand Prize Draw” at the end of the year for children achieving 96% and above attendance and who have been punctual throughout the year, so watch this space for further details.

Starting from today, we have also kicked off with our ‘Perfect Punctuality Pizza Party’ challenge, which involves getting all the children in school on time.

We are hoping that the much more positive approach to our new systems discourages any rewards which single out any pupils for low attendance.

The reason being is that at a primary stage, pupils’ attendance is parent lead and therefore want to encourage pupils to develop healthy attendance habits and want to come to school every day.

We want all children to understand the value of good attendance and to strive to have this through developing or maintaining healthy attendance habits which when learnt young will stand them in good stead for the rest of their school career and working life.

Thank you for your continued support with improving attendance and punctuality.

Queen’s funeral – School will be closed on Monday 19 September

Dartmoor (Miss Brady) will be swimming each Monday – commencing Monday 12 September until the October half term.

Stonehenge (Mrs Dickenson) will be swimming each Tuesday – commencing Tuesday 13 September until the October half term.

Please look out for the following paper work sent home this week:

Data collection sheets for academic year 2022-23

School lunch menu order form – deadline for return 01.07.22

Tea Time club provision – deadline for booking places 08.07.22