Acting Headteacher: Mr Peter Hyman
Head of Primary: Mrs Meg Drummond
Key Dates For Your Diary
Monday 7th October - Clubs Start Tuesday 8th October - Parent Reading Workshop for Year 1
(8:45am - 9:30am)Thursday 10th October - World Mental Health Day - Dress in YellowFriday 11th October - INSET Day
(School Closed to all Students)Tuesday 15th October - Reception Parent Workshop
(8:40am - 9:30am)Thursday 17th October - Reception Gallery of Work for Parents
3:00pm - 4:00pm Monday 21st October - Friday 25th October
Half Term Break Tuesday 29th October - Campaign Launch - SouthBank
(Letters have been emailed)Wednesday 30th October - Big Draw Event
3:00pm - 4:00pmMonday 4th November - Reception Parents Workshop (Maths)
(8:40am - 9:00am and 3:00pm - 3:30pm)Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th November -
Year 3 Bikeability Course (Limited spaces) Monday 11th November - Year 2 SATs Information Sessions
(8:40am - 9:00am and 3:00pm - 3:30pm)Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th November -
Parent Teacher Meetings (3:30pm - 6:00pm)Tuesday 12th November - Odd socks day (Anti bullying week) Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th November -
Year 3 Bikeability course (limited spaces) Friday 15th November - Year 4 Graduation Information Sessions
8:40am - 9:00am and 3:00pm - 3:30pm
NOTICES:
Important Notices: Due to the confidential nature of information shared in the front office we ask that parents wait outside if you are collecting from clubs. Parents should not be waiting in the Front Office reception area after 4:30pm without a staff member.
Break:
- All Snacks are to be Fruit only. All other items will be sent home.
Birthdays:
- Only Nut Free Treats
- All Cakes Pre-Cut and packaged
- Dropped at Classrooms before School
Late CollectionsDue to the increased amount of late collections after school, and the negative impact this is having on our students and staff, we will be introducing a late fee that will be applied to your Parent Pay account from Monday 19th September. Please see this letter for further details. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m71kAo5MJ9qZb-FEEYXaQ6gvQMOufH3z/view?usp=sharing
ReminderPlease do not allow your child to bring toys or games to school, as this can lead to items being lost or damaged and students getting upset.
Primary Attendance Winners
20/09/2019 - 26/09/2019Reception - Parks 92.1%Year 1 - Mandela 97.8%Year 2 - Edison 97.2%Year 3 - Einstein 97.1%Year 4 - Nightingale 99.6% - Primary School Winners Primary Attendance Winners
27/09/2019 - 03/10/2019Reception - Parks 97.1%Year 1 - Pankhurst 99.2%Year 2 - Edison 100% Joint Primary WinnersYear 3 - Einstein 98%Year 4 - Seacole 100% Joint Primary Winners
Mrs Drummond's Challenge Well done to all the students who solved the challenge last week! This week's challenge will definitely take some reasoning skills! You might need to draw a table to help you solve it! Good luck! Bring your answers to me on the gate on Monday!
Headteachers Award Well done to Sara, Marius, Jessica, Lisa and Iyiesha who were recognised this week for showing all of our values of openness, responsibility, humanity, community and excellence!
Spare ClothesIf your child has borrowed any clothes from our spare clothes box please bring them back as soon as possible as we have very little left. (eg if they have wet themselves)If you have any trousers, skirts or tights that you could donate that would be wonderful. Also if you would like to donate new children’s underwear that would be amazing.
Bikeability Cycle Training Programme If you would like your child to participate in this amazing opportunity, return the permission form that was emailed to you to the front office by Friday 18th October - no late permission forms will be accepted after this date. There will be a second round of lessons if you do not participate in the
initial lessons on the 6th and 7th. If you have misplaced the email, please ask for a copy of the letter at the front office.
First Aid UpdateAll First Aid Incidents will be reported online using Medical Tracker. Parents will be notified by email automatically when a First Aid Incident occurs. Please ensure that the School has your correct contact details.If your child comes home wearing a white wrist band this means they have had first aid related to a head bump. You would have been emailed with the information, but this will be a visual reminder for you to check your email. If the incident needed your immediate attention you would have had a call. The wrist band and email process will only be used for non-emergent incidents.
**Please Note: Parents, please ensure your children do not vandalize or damage any public property with their art. We are not encouraging use of spray paint or graffiti. If you would like clarification or ideas, please come to see Mr Santhanam at the end of the day at B11 (Einstein Class)
Mental Health Awareness On Thursday 10th October we are celebrating 'World Mental Health Day' by dressing in yellow. It is important for all of us, adults and chidlren alike, to practice self care and find ways to feel happy and supported. Below are links to websites for your child to access to help promote a healthy
lifestyle.
Repeating Patterns!This week in Maths, Reception have been learning how to describe, copy and create repeating patterns. We began by looking just at colours and now we have moved on to using shapes, size and objects to create our patterns and we are really enjoying finding patterns in the world around us!Reminder to parents: there is a workshop on October 15th for help and ideas with supporting your children at home.
I'll huff, and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!For Science in Year 1, we have been learning all about the properties of different materials and what their purpose is. We started with making a prediction about what material would be the best to build a house from plasticine, spaghetti, lolly sticks, straws or Lego. We then had the
chance to test our hypothesis ready for the big bad wolf to come and blow our house down!
The Lunch Menu Next Week is Week 2!
School Attendance - EVERY DAY MATTERS!The school target for attendance is 97% or better. As a guide the Education Welfare Service advises that if a parent would go to work with the same condition then the student should be in school. We ask that students returning to school following sickness observe good hygiene rules as an adult
would in the workplace.We are keen to support all our students to achieve their best and this must include ensuring that they attend school as often as possible. We will do the following to support students’ attendance:• Write to you if attendance falls below 95% or is we are concerned about a pattern of
absences.• Invite you into school to discuss any concerns/worries with the Attendance Officer, your child’s Coach/ Class Teacher, Key Stage Leader/Head of Year, or Head or Deputy Head of School if attendance continues to fall.• Where sickness absence occurs on 3 consecutive days or 3 different occasions
within a half term, the school will seek medical evidence, such as a letter from GP, an NHS appointment letter, a prescription from GP, prescribed medication labels etc, so that we are able to support your child in school. Additional days of absences may no longer be authorised.• Refer the student to our Education Welfare Officer if attendance falls to 90%.• Please contact the Attendance Officer or Head of School if you feel your child is well enough to be in school, but not well enough to go to all their lessons. We may be able to make special arrangements• If you believe your child is well enough to be in school, but is refusing, it is essential that you talk to the Attendance Officer, or the Safeguarding Leads. We can offer a variety of options to support you in getting your child back to school.• If required, prescribed medicines can be brought to school – including those needing refrigeration, and stored in the Medical Room. A form should accompany any medication, stating that the school has permission to administer it, along with the times that this should happen. This should also be signed off at the front office.What you can do to support your
child:• Never grant days off for birthdays, shopping trips or any other reason other than illness.• Lessons begin at 8.30am prompt. We ask that all students arrive at 8.25am to avoid them starting their first lesson late. Students who are ‘dropped off’ at 8.30am on a daily basis will be
late to their lessons and therefore late for the start of the day.• Please leave a message on each day of absence by 8.30am at the latest - please email attendance@school21.org.uk leaving the name of your child, their Coach or Class Teacher and the reason for absence. It is for school to decide if an absence is authorised or unauthorised. Stating ‘Unwell’ or
‘Poorly’ gives insufficient information for us to make that decision, and the absence could be unauthorised.• Please phone or email daily unless you have made alternative arrangements with school. We do not know if you have sent your child to school and need to know this in order to keep them safe. If we do not hear from you we will endeavour to contact you, but we must have at least two up-to-date emergency contact numbers on record to be able to do this.• Last/First Day of Term, Non-Uniform Days or ‘Off-Timetable’ days are full curriculum days with content that is required by the national curriculum. It is unacceptable, and against the law, to keep students off on such days for any reason other than illness that renders a student too ill to attend. Any absence on days such as these could be unauthorised unless medical evidence is received, or prior agreement has been reached with school.• We have adopted a pragmatic approach towards the authorisation of Leave of Absence for Exceptional Circumstances where other schools have imposed blanket bans. Each Head of School considers every case personally and may ask for additional information. Taking leave of Absence in Term Time without authorisation is against the law, and phoning-in daily stating a student is unwell causes a breakdown in trust between home and school.• We approve up to two days of religious observance over the course of the academic year that fall during term
time.We understand that the majority of parents and carers support us fully in terms of ensuring their children attend school regularly and that you may have received this message on more than one occasion. However, we share this letter with all as it is important that we all understand the responsibilities school has to uphold to avoid any misunderstanding.Attendance Team
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