Hello everyone,

There are a few reminders in this week’s newsletter.

Parking issues

Please refrain from parking in the bus lay-by on our school car park. Thank you

Sports Day – Change of date

Further to my earlier email this week, we have taken the early decision to move Sports Day to Thursday 6^th July. This is due to potential industrial action on 5th and 7th which may affect our school.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Johnson x

The Safer School initiative is a school security initiative that encompasses personal safety. It was created by West Mercia Police with the support of Shropshire Council, and virtually all Shropshire schools are following the process.

The initiative is a practical and realistic risk management approach to the security/safety of school staff, pupils, property and the premises. Following the satisfactory completion of the process, schools receive the Safer School accreditation, and this accreditation is reviewed every two years.  Our school was accredited in 2017. No two schools are the same and therefore, it is site specific to individual schools. The process involves annual Safer School meetings, with representatives of the school following a comprehensive package.

The essential elements of the package are as follows:

1. Implement basic security measures applicable at all schools i.e. property marking, and visitor passes etc.

2. Consider pro-active security/safety measures for the site/building and protecting assets.

3. Establish a procedure for recording incidents i.e. anti social behaviour, vandalism etc. Any recorded information can then be analysed. In addition, the same recording procedure can be used for surveying a problem i.e. an unauthorised thoroughfare.

4. If there are any projects to be undertaken, they are prioritised. Following the implementation of a project, the success of it is reviewed.

5. PSHE or education of pupils as per the Safer School pack.

As part of the process, we would appreciate your views. Please could you complete the online survey by 9:00 am on Tuesday 27th June and forward any particular views/concerns, including any positive observations.  The focus of the survey is the school grounds/site. Your responses will be reviewed at our Safer School meeting next week and we thank you in advance for your time.

Well done to Birch class who had the highest attendance this week.

Willow  98.3%

Birch  100%

Maple   92.6%

Rowan  93.6%

Oak      94.5%

We monitor attendance rigorously and, where we have concerns about a child’s attendance, parents will be contacted to offer support. Where attendance does not improve, parents may be contacted by the Education Welfare Officer at Shropshire Council. Please try to avoid arranging non-urgent medical appointments for your child during term-time; there are 190 school days leaving 175 days when children are not in school. Thank you.

Next week, we are introducing our new ‘On Time’ punctuality initiative. Every child who is in school by 8:45 am will receive a raffle ticket. All tickets (with children’s names on) will go into a draw to win a voucher. If children arrive on time all 5 days, they will receive 5 raffle tickets so the better their punctuality the more chance they have of winning a prize at the end of the week. 

Hi everyone,

We’ve had another very busy week in school.

Well done to the KS1 children who completed their phonics screening test this week. Thank you for all your support at home with reading and phonics.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Year 6 bake sale. They raised over £150 which will go towards the Year 6 leavers’ treat. I heard the cakes were delicious but sadly I was out of school that day so missed tasting them!

Remember…it is school photos day on Tuesday 20th. All children will need to come to school in uniform. If they have PE on Tuesday, they should bring their PE kit to change into after their photos.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Johnson x

The photographers are in school on Tuesday 20th June. Younger siblings who do not attend nursery can have their photo taken with siblings who attend our school and nursery.  This will be before the start of the school day in the Hall from 8:15 onwards – please do not arrive earlier.

Children in school and nursery will be taken to the Hall during the morning to have individual and class photos, as well as with their siblings who are in school/nursery.

If you have a child in nursery but they do not attend on Tuesdays, you can bring them to the Hall before the start of the day to have their photo taken.

We are aware that this is the same date as the Year 5 open morning at The Corbet School. We will do our very best to make sure that your child has their photo taken if they are out at The Corbet during the morning.

The school office have sent a message out on Class Dojo about parents needing to pre-register to view photos.

Dear Parent,

IMPORTANT – REGISTER TO VIEW SCHOOL PHOTOS

Carmel Jane Photography will be visiting our school on 20th June, to take the Individual & Class Group Photos.

All Parents are requested to pre-register before the photography date above to enable access to your child’s photographs. Pre-registration is required for every photo shoot.

Registration only takes a minute. Please visit:
https://www.carmeljaneshop.co.uk/

and enter the following code:

JRMRN2M

You will then be asked to pre-register with your child’s full school register name.

Once registered, as soon as the photos are available you will receive an automatic email notification to inform you that your child’s photos are now ready to be viewed and can be purchased.

Don’t miss out pre-register today!