We hope you found this week’s Parents’ Evenings helpful and that you had the opportunity to share your child’s successes and areas for development. If you still have further questions, please arrange a follow up appointment with your child’s class teacher.

 

Thank You

Thank you to all the parents who accompanied their child’s class, to and from Church, on Tuesday morning. It was lovely to be able to celebrate the start of this term with our parish and family members. Visits like this wouldn’t be possible without the excellent support we get from our family members.

 

No ‘Maths Early Bird’ – Next Monday

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Mrs Sullivan’s RM Easimaths group will not take place next Monday 18^th January. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Year 5 Class Assembly

Year 5 will lead our first class assembly, for this term, on Tuesday 26^th January, at 3pm, in the school hall. All parents, carers and family members are most welcome to attend.

 

Lunch Boxes

Please see below, for a list of food items that should never be brought into school (in lunch boxes) and those that are allowed only on a Friday :

Never allowed in school
Fizzy drinks	Sweets or lollies	Chocolate bars
Chips	Burgers	Hot food or drinks
Nuts	Food on skewer sticks	Fruit Winders

Allowed only on a Friday
Crisps	Sweet Biscuits (including chocolate covered)
Cakes	Cereal bars, raisins & snacks covered in chocolate

 

Teaching School Courses

As a designated Teaching School (National College), we are continuing to work closely with universities and training providers to offer courses to our own staff and other local schools. We are hosting the following sessions this academic year:

KS1: Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling	Preparation for KS1 and 2 Maths SATs Tests	Programming and Coding with Scratch
Social, Emotional and Mental Health: Supporting Pupils	All about Language Link (Supporting Speech & Language Difficulties)	Senior Leaders courses (Ofsted & Outstanding School Websites)
Introduction to Autism and Advanced Autism courses	CEOP: Internet Safety National Accreditation	National Accreditation for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination
Coordinating English to Outstanding	Occupational Therapy: Activities to Support Gross/Fine Motor Control	Attachment Theory: Links to SEMH & Behaviour Difficulties

 

Brunel University – Action Research in School

We have been working closely with lecturers and students from Brunel University, to carry out research investigating effective strategies to challenge our very able pupils through problem solving and reasoning in mathematics lessons. This research will be published and available to view on our separate Teaching School website:

http://www.primarytsalliance.org/research

 

Diary Dates – Spring Term 2016 (First Half)

Please see below, for a summary of upcoming events:

Date	Time	Event
Tues 26th Jan	3pm	Year 5 Class Assembly
Fri 29th Jan	11am & 2.45pm	Early Years: Muffins with Mums & Dads
Mon 1st Feb	All day	Pupil Voice Day
Tues 2nd Feb	3pm	Year 1 Class Assembly
Tues 9th Feb	All day 3pm	Safer Internet Day Year 3 Class Assembly
Thur 11th Feb	1.30pm 2.30pm	Years 3 & 4 Internet Safety Assembly Years 5 & 6 Internet Safety Assembly
Fri 12th Feb	3.30pm	Finish for Half Term break
Mon 22nd Feb	8.40am	All pupils return to school