Headteacher: Mr Oli de Botton
Head of Primary: Mrs Meg Drummond
Dates For Your Diary
Return Date for Academic Year 2019/2020 - Monday 9th September All clubs have finished for the term Monday 1st April - Friday 5th April
World Autism Awareness WeekMonday 1st April - Reception parent community workshop
3:15pm - 4:00pm
Tuesday 2nd April - Charity Bake Sale from 3:10pm
(Outside the Primary Gates)Wednesday 3rd April - Reception parent community workshop
8:40am - 9:30am
Thursday 4th April - Puzzle Piece Treasure Hunt
(Lunchtime)Thursday 4th April - Equality celebration exhibition event
3:20pm
Friday 5th April - Spectrum Non - Uniform Day
Wear your favourite block colour to school for £1
(No patterns and mixed colours allowed)Friday 5th April - Last day of Term
School finishes at 1:00pmSummer Term 1 Starts - Tuesday 23rd April
NOTICES:
Important Notices: From Monday 12th November, the Primary gates will not be opened until 2:55pm ready for a 3:00pm collection. This is due to the fact that many lessons are still taking place at this time and children may be working in the playground. Thank you for your co-operation and understanding.
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. Morning break snacks are to be fruit (fresh, dried etc) not biscuits or cereal bars. Please leave these items for lunch or after school clubs snacks. Reminder: Football shoes are not to be worn to school, they are dangerous as they do not allow the students to have a good grip when running on hard surfaces and could lead to an accident. Any student who wears them to school will not be allowed to participate in PE lessons or use the playground at break and lunch times.
Break Time Snacks: All children can bring a snack from home to have at break time. This snack MUST be fruit. If any child brings a snack that is not fruit, they will be asked to put it back in their bags to eat after school. Birthdays - If you wish to celebrate your child's birthday by sharing a cake with the class, can we
please ask that it is brought to the classroom the morning of the celebration and that it is already cut up and packaged. Our teachers do not have the time or equipment to be able to cut up sheet cakes and distribute to the children. We ask that you do not drop birthday cakes or party bags to the front office during the day as they are not always guaranteed to have the time to take them to the classroom, and this can lead to disappointment for your child. Lost Property - We currently have an abundance of lost property in the front office, including winter coats. Can all parents please come
and check if any of the items belong to your children. We will be donating all remaining goods to a local charity before half term due to space restrictions.
It is important that parents model good behaviour for children. Please do not swear or use insulting language in the playground. If a member of staff hears this you will be asked to leave the premises and may be banned.Please also remember that our staff are always working for the best interests of the children. If you would like to discuss
anything regarding your child please speak to the class teacher, Mrs Drummond or Miss Dilger. Please do not shout or be rude to a member of staff as this makes the situation very difficult.
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
Mrs Drummond's Challenge Thank you to everyone who took part in last week's challenge. What number could be put in the middle circle to link all the outer numbers?
Primary Attendance Winners W.C 18/03/2019Reception De Coubertin 98.8% Overall Primary WinnersYear 1 Mandela 95.6%Year 2 Edison and Monet 97.2%Year 3 Einstein 96.4%Year 4 Seacole 98.0%
First Aid UpdateAll First Aid Incidents will now be reported online using Medical Tracker. Parents will be notified by email automatically when a First Aid Incident occurs. Phone calls will only be made for more serious incidents. Please ensure that the School is notified immediately of any change of Personal
Details.Medicines If you have any medicines that have finished or you have been asked to collect by Ms Pancho please make sure you do so before half term. We cannot dispose of these at school so need all parents to collect. Thank you for your support and understanding. World Autism Awareness Week!Next week is Autism Awareness Week (Monday 1st April - Friday 5th April)Throughout the week, School 21 will be running exciting events to raise awareness and fund raise for the National Autistic Society, including: - A charity bake sale on Tuesday 2nd April from 3:10pm
(outside the Primary gates).- Puzzle Piece Treasure Hunt on Thursday 4th April, Lunchtime
(this event is free) - 'Spectrum' Non-uniform Day on Friday 5th April - wear your favourite block colour to school for £1 (no patterns allowed!)Phonic Screening Workshop for Year 1 Parents and CarersWe will be holding a Phonic Workshop for Year 1 Parents and Carers, on Wednesday 24th April 2019, which will provide you with important information relating to the forthcoming phonic screening check. This check will take place week beginning Monday 10th June. We feel that this is an essential meeting for you to attend, offering practical details for how to best support your child for the test.
Up, Up and AwayLast week Reception had a brilliant time visiting the London City Airport and having a trip on the Emirates Airline. Children learnt all about the key people who work at the airport, watched some passengers preparing for their journeys and also saw some planes take off and land. Later we travelled to the Royal Victoria Docks and
took a journey on the cable car. Children (and the adults!) really enjoyed the experience of travelling so high above the River Thames. We were able to see a lot of different vehicles and interesting buildings.Thanks again to all the adults who supported on the trip.
Calling all Reception parents!We have been invited to take part in an exciting project run by Eastside Community Heritage. The project focuses on empowering parents to plan fun activities with their children, based on sharing their cultures through songs, stories and games. Please see the flyer below to find out more details and to see when the
first workshop takes place. We would love to see as many of you there as possible and we think that this could be a lovely experience for you and your children.For more information on Eastside Community Heritage, please visit:
Learning from Our CommunityWe have spent time making new friends from both Age UK and Ruscoe Road community centre. Visits were arranged for the Year 1 children to go to the elders and some opportunities were given for the seniors to come to school. Together we talked a lot and found out so many interesting facts about the past. We focused on
toys and how they have changed over time. We made games to play with our friends, including snakes and ladders, bingo and pick up sticks!This week this terms project culminated in a great tea party. We would like to thank all Year 1 Parents and Carers for your generous contributions, which helped make the party a huge success.
Spark Certificate WinnersWell done to all the students who went above and beyond in Spark, asking what if? April, Stephanie, Gracie, Bishshoy, Jasiu, Sarah, Kai, Jase, Aubrey, Julia, Minhami and Muhammad.
Overdue Library BooksPlease return your overdue library books! We currently have over 500 books overdue. This means that students are unable to borrow popular books. Students are allowed to borrow up to three books for a loan period of one month and can be renewed after this period should the need arise. Any books that are lost or damaged must be replaced. Mrs Fisher
Librarian
Next Week's Lunch Menu is Week 3!
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