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Issues at home time - We need your support!

Thu 19 Oct 2023 Mr Beale

Dear Parents/ Carers,

We have had some issues recently at the end of the day with concerns about whether children are with their parents or not. It is extremely important for us to know that children are not released until their parents have arrived and that children leave school with their parents.

The way we organise dismissal in the playground and by the main entrance on Arthur Street is for parents to stand away from the classes and for children only to go to their parent when they have been seen by the class teacher. Unfortunately, some of the confusion is being caused because parents are not respecting the gap we have created between parents and classes at home time and are getting too close or are calling children from long distances away. In addition, some children are not always letting the teacher know and have run off without telling them.

Another issue we have is also that many parents are on their phones when collecting children and are distracted. Some children have been released to parents in the playground but parents have been talking on their phones and haven't been aware that their child has been left behind.

I have reminded all staff to be extra vigilant when releasing children and to make sure that they speak to children about this too.

However, I also need to ask ALL parents to support us and work together to keep children safe:

Please make sure that you keep a good distance from where the classes are being dismissed from and don't walk up to collect your children
Please make sure that you walk to where your child's class is being dismissed from and don't call them over from one side of the playground to the other
Please do not ask other children to run over to the class to collect their brothers or sisters
Please make sure that the member of staff dismissing your child has made eye contact with you before your child comes to you
Please do not use your mobile phone in the playground or on the school site whilst collecting children - it would be much better for your child to greet them and ask them about what they have learned during the day!

Let's work together to make sure that all children stay safe,

Mr Beale

Parents Evenings - Tuesday 24th & Wednesday 25th October from 3.15pm to 5.45pm

Wed 11 Oct 2023 Mr Beale

Dear Parents/ Carers,

I'm pleased to confirm that we are organising Parents' Evenings to take place before half term so parents can meet their child's new class teacher.

We are organising two after-school Parents' Evenings, one on Tuesday 24th October and the other on Wednesday 25th October. Parents' Evenings on both afternoons will begin at 3.15pm with the last appointment being at 5.45pm (4SA and 4N will begin at 3.05pm on Wednesday 25th October).

As before, parents will be asked to use an online booking system to book a 10 minute slot with their children's class teachers on one of the two Parents' Evenings.

We will have to be quite strict about the timings of the appointments so please don't be late and please don't be offended if the teacher has to end the appointment after 10 minutes to meet the next parent.

Guidelines for Parents' Evenings:

It's useful for children and parents to attend but please try to keep to a mimumum the number of other family members attending
Parents should arrive at school no earlier than 10 minutes before their first appointment
Entrance to the school site will be via Arthur Street or Dixon Road and entrance to the building will be via the outside door to the main hall under the canopy
Parents will be expected to sign in and then sign out as they leave

Booking appointments with your child's class teacher:

We are going to use an online system through the school website for booking appointments with class teachers
In order to book an appointment we will send an email to the email address of the parent who is listed as the First Contact on our school information system. This email will be sent at 7pm on Wednesday 11th October
The email will have a link to click on and you will then be able to choose which day and at which time you would like to book the appointment - please make a note of the date and time that you choose
You will receive an email for each of your children so you will need to open each one and book for each child
We would advise that you allow 10 minutes between the end of one meeting and the start of the next, e.g. if you book an appointment to start at 3.15pm which ends at 3.25pm, you should book the next appointment for 3.35pm to give you time to get to the next classroom
If you don't receive an email, this is because either we don't have an email address for you or the email you have given us is wrong. If you don't receive an email by Friday 13th October, then please contact the office with your updated email address and a link to book your appointment will be sent out to you
We are also happy to book separate appointments for parents who may not live together. Please contact the office if this situation applies to you
If you don't have an email address at all and don't wish to use one, then you can contact the office and they can assign you a date and time for your appointment

We're looking forward to welcoming all parents into school on either the 24th or 25th October. If anything changes, we will let you know so please look out for any messages we send via text.

We look forward to seeing you all,

Mr Beale

Parents' Evenings and Teacher Training Days in October

Mon 02 Oct 2023 Mr Beale

Dear Parents/ Carers,

We are already half way through the first half term and I hope you feel that your children are now settled back into school after the Summer holiday and enjoying learning in their new classes with their new teachers!

We have 4 more weeks until half term but I do want to give you lots of notice about when our Parents Evenings are and of two days when school will be closed for children due to staff training.

Parents Evenings - Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th October 2023

We will be holding Parents Evenings on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th October from 3.15 to 5.45pm and I'm sure you will be very keen to join us on one of these two dates to meet your children's new teachers and find out how your children are doing.

As before we will be organising an online booking system for you to make appointments and these will be sent out via email next week. Please make sure we have an up to date email for you on our system. We will send out a text message to let you know when the emails will be sent.

Staff Training Days - School CLOSED to pupils on Thursday 26th & Friday 27th October 2023

We have two Staff Training Days booked for Thursday 26th and Friday 27th October which means school will be CLOSED on these days to ALL pupils.

This means that school will CLOSE for half term holiday at 3.00pm on Wednesday 25th October. School will REOPEN for ALL pupils on Monday 6th November at 8.40am.

Schools are allowed to take 5 Staff Training Days per academic year. So far this year we have had two days on the 4th and 5th of September and these two days are booked on 26th and 27th of October. One more Staff Training Day is booked for Monday 22nd July meaning the last day of the summer term for children will be Friday 19th July. I have listed all the term dates below - please note that our school may be open on a day on which your other children's school are closed.

Wednesday 25th October 2023 at 3.00pm	School CLOSES for half term
Thursday 26th & Friday 27th October 2023	School CLOSED for Staff Training Days
Monday 6th November at 8.40am	School REOPENS for ALL pupils
Friday 22nd December at 1.00pm	School CLOSES for Christmas holidays
Monday 8th January 2024 at 8.40am	School REOPENS for ALL pupils
Friday 9th February at 3.00pm	School CLOSES for half term
Monday 19th February at 8.40am	School REOPENS for ALL pupils
Friday 22nd March at 3.00pm	School CLOSES for Easter holidays
Monday 8th April at 8.40am	School REOPENS for ALL pupils
Friday 24th May at 3.00pm	School CLOSES for half term
Monday 3rd June at 8.40am	School REOPENS for ALL pupils
Friday 19th July at 1.00pm	School CLOSES for Summer holidays
Monday 2nd September 2024	Autumn term begins

Harvest food donations

Thank you to families who have sent in food for our Harvest collection. We will continue to accept donations this week and will then organise for them to be collected by local foodbanks. Thank you again for your generosity.