Newsletter 6.7.18
Date: 6th Jul 2018 @ 9:57am
06 July 2018
Newsletter
Maths / World of Work Evening Wednesday 11th July 4.30 – 6.30pm
As previously indicated this will take place on Wednesday 11th July. However we have decided to modify the times slightly just in case England qualify for the semi-final of the World Cup which will start at 7.00pm on the same evening. The evening in school will now start at 4.30pm and run to 6.30pm to give people time to get home to watch the game should they wish to do so. During the evening you will see an array of different maths activities which are used to promote learning together with some mini enterprise projects, which the children will run to raise funds for the school. As with last year, proceeds raised by the classes will be used to pay for additional playground equipment.
Class Structure 2018-19
The following class structure has been put in place for the coming academic year. From the list you will notice that we have managed to secure the finances to enable us to move to 3 class bases in Y4 – Y6 to correspond with the rest of the school.
Nursery (EYFS 1): Miss J Garnett
Miss C Williams
Reception (EYFS2) Mrs Robbins
Mr Allen
Miss Fox
Year 1 Miss Price
Mr Owen
Miss Bebbington
Year 2 Mrs Ferguson
Mrs Coleman / Mr Wright
Miss Page
Year 3 Miss Barwick
Miss Toomer
Miss Phillips
Year 4 Mrs Bullen / Miss Guppy
Miss Warrell
Miss McCabe
Year 5 Mrs Moorhouse / Miss Stanway
Mrs Andrews
Mr Thorburn
Year 6 Mr Askey
Miss Levis
Miss Baker
Due to a number of teachers returning from maternity leave on a part time basis, three classes will involve job shares during the coming year. This is a model well used nationally and has been very effective in Y3 this year.
In addition teacher’s non-contact time (PPA) will be covered by the following members of staff:
Mrs Taylor, Mrs Brook, Mr Bratt and Mrs Lawton
From September, Mrs Lowe (Deputy Head teacher) will support in the leadership of the school, by working with me on monitoring the quality of teaching and learning. In addition she will also provide booster support where required.
End of Year Reports
We are currently in the process of verifying and printing the end of year reports. These will be distributed on Tuesday 10th July. Together with your child’s report you will also receive notification of the class your son / daughter will move to next year. We are currently finalising our lists based on the choices made by the children of who they work well with. Please note that the children will visit their new classes on the morning of 17th July.
Year 2/ 6 SATs Results
These will be received and verified early next week. As we have always done, the Y6 children will be given their results personally before they are added to their school reports. The Y2 SAT results will be added directly to the school reports for parents to see and discuss with their children if appropriate.
Sports Week
Last week we had children from across the school participating in a variety of sports including Tag Rugby, New age Kurling, athletics, swimming, tri-it, dodgeball, golf, football and multi skills. Our children performed really well in all activities with our New Age Kurling team excelling and going to represent Vale Royal in the Cheshire Championships this week and our three swimming teams finishing joint first out of the nine teams competing. Well done to all concerned!
Edge Hill Visit / Barclays
Next week our Y6 children will be visiting Edge Hill University as part of the raising aspirations programme. They also recently visited Barclays to review options for the world of work and to learn about finances.
Year 1 Grosvenor Museum
This week our Y1 children visited the Grosvenor Museum, Chester as part of their topic work; they had a great day looking at toys from the past and creating their own. It was lovely to receive compliments from the museum staff and members of the public regarding the positive behaviour displayed by the children. Well done to all concerned!
EYFS Reception: Rease Heath College
This will take place on Friday 13th July and will involve the children visiting the zoo animals and participating in a workshop. I am sure that they are all looking forward to this!
Leavers’ Evening
This year our leavers’ evening will take place on Thursday 19th July from 6.00pm, parents of our Y6 children are invited to attend, but sadly due to space limitations we cannot accommodate other family members and can only allocate 2 seats per child. During the evening the children will perform a short play which will be followed by a presentation and drinks / refreshments. Please note that the Y6 will perform their play for other children in the school beforehand so siblings will not need to attend the evening.
Non Uniform Days
On behalf of the School and PTA I would like to thank all concerned for providing bottles and sweets / stationery for the tombola stalls for next week’s Maths / World of Work Evening. Without your support this would not be possible.
Should you have any concerns or wish to discuss any points raised in this letter, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
Mark Joule
Head teacher