Weekly News 23.06.23
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 6th July. This is due to potential industrial action on 5th and 7th which may affect our school.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Johnson x
Safer School Parent Survey
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.
sQuid Catering Purse
Please remember to top up your child’s catering purse on sQuid. Our school administrators are having to phone / email on a daily basis when children do not have sufficient funds available to order their lunch. Thank you.
Attendance and Punctuality 23.06.23
This was our first ‘On Time’ week – our new initiative to improve punctuality. Each time a child has been in school by 8:45 am a ticket with their name on has gone into a box e.g. if they have been on time every day, they will have had 5 tickets in the box.
The raffle was drawn at the end of the day in our Friday worship and the winner was Isaac S in Birch class. Isaac will receive a £10 gift card for The Works next week and we will repeat this each half term.
Well done to Birch class who had the highest attendance for the second week in a row!
Willow 96.5%
Birch 97.9%
Maple 93.3%
Rowan 92.1%
Oak 91%
Willow and Birch classes had the least number of ‘lates’ this week.