Friday 7th July 2017

Reports
School reports are in today’s Friday Bag. Please return the slip provided to acknowledge receipt of your child’s report and add any comments as you wish.

A Message from the Chair of Governors
It is difficult to believe that the end of another school year is upon us. What I do know about school years is that they are always busy but some, this one most definitely included, are busier than others. We have, of course, undergone inspection from Ofsted this term and as you will have read in the letter that has been sent to you our school did splendidly. There are recommendations for further development and Mr Stafford-Roberts and his staff will attend to these in the months to come.  We should be thankful that the school has such a hardworking and dedicated staff who provide such a wonderfully rich and varied education for all our children.
Your continuing support is vital to the success of the school. Your views and opinions are important to us as we look to continuously improve the experiences we give each and every pupil. I would like to thank you for completing the parent and carer questionnaire sent out earlier in the year. It was really helpful to us and results were seriously considered by the governors of the school. The vast majority of comments were positive in nature but there were suggestions to help us make improvements for the future. Surveys such as these help us to know what it is that you value from the school that serves your family. The pupils too have had their opportunity provide feedback – equally informative and perceptive and equally valued.  A special thanks to those of you who contributed to the Ofsted process by expressing your views to the inspector. This was very helpful in determining the final outcome.
Thanks too from the governors to the PTFA who have worked hard to fund raise on behalf of the school and who have organised all sorts of events through the year. I’m sure they would welcome further recruits if you are interested. The governing body would also always welcome interest from anyone from the school community wishing to be involved in their work to support the school.
Finally a huge thanks to all of the pupils, your sons and daughters, who are simply fantastic – a real credit both to you and to our school.

Regards,

Stuart Hemingway on behalf of the Governing Body .

Farewell
We will be saying goodbye to our year 6 leavers next week. Our very best wishes go with you all to your new high schools- we shall miss you all!

End of Year Bills
If you have any outstanding bills please can you ensure they are settled by Monday 10th July, in order for us to bank in time. You will have received bills today for Early Morning and After School Clubs which are up to and including this morning. Any attendance at clubs after this time will require pre-payment please. These will be:

Early Morning Club                                        £1.00 per child per session.

After School Club                                           £2.50   3.15-4.00pm

£3.00   4.00-5.00pm

£7.50   3.15-6.00pm (incl snack)

£7.00   3.15-6.00pm sibling (incl snack)

£2.50   late fee

After School Bird Club
REMINDER: There will be no Bird Club after school on Tuesday 11th July.

Sports Day
We all have our fingers crossed for good weather on Wednesday 12th July, so that sports day can go ahead as planned at 1.15pm.  Everyone is welcome to come along and cheer the children on!  If your child has a t-shirt in the colour of their house please could they bring it to wear, we have Saturn Green, Jupiter Yellow, Mars Red and Earth Blue.  After sports day the PTFA will be serving scones, tea & coffee and biscuits for the children. Any contributions of scones on the day would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Leavers’ Service
All families are invited to join us in church for the end of year service on Thursday 13th July at 6.30pm to say a final farewell to our Year 6 children and families.

End of Term
Please can all children bring in a labelled carrier bag for next week to put in end of term items they wish to bring home. . Infants Please could infant children also bring in a yogurt pot to make cress heads on Monday as part of our science project about plants.

Summer Holiday Homework
We’d like all children to write, draw or type about their summer holidays please, and return their homework when they come back in September, they can do anything from writing, drawing, photos, a card, PowerPoint presentation, poster – let their imagination run free!

Junior Swimming
Please could those who haven’t returned the swimming questionnaire, complete the questions and return by Monday.  Thank you.

Welfare Assistant We are currently looking for a welfare assistant, are you or anyone you know interested? We need someone to help serve meals and supervise the children during their midday break.  The vacancy is term time only covering Friday from 11.45am – 1.15pm.  Please contact either Mr Stafford-Roberts or the office for more details.
In this week’s bag                                                                                    

Dates to the end of term

Finally, we wish you and your families a happy and enjoyable summer break and we will see you when we return on Monday 4th September!