Dear Parents/Carers,
Y6 SATS are done and
dusted – great news all around! We couldn’t be more proud of the children for
the effort, determination and expertise, frankly, with which they faced the
challenge this week: well done guys you were awesome! Now you can look forward to
your final 7 weeks at Cookridge with a production, prom preparations and a
leaver’s assembly: unbelievable to think that it’s that time of year again!
Funtime Club and Little Sunshine’s Preschool
Yesterday, I attended the annual AGM for Funtime and Little
Sunshine’s Preschool. Our pre- and after- school facilities in school are
currently managed under a committee made up predominantly by parents of
children who use the facilities. The meeting was well attended and some very
useful suggestions were made for the services going forward. Thankfully, the AGM brought us volunteers to
fill the important roles and we are, therefore, able to continue in our current
form. After 10 years of service on the committee, Julie Turner will step down
from her role as Treasurer in the Summer term. Julie should be commended for
her long standing and selfless service on behalf of the community for all of
that time. Further news will follow on the developments discussed as part of
yesterday’s agenda: watch this space.
Thanks!
Mr Paul
Bird has been up to our allotment this week and fixed both our greenhouse doors
and popped our broken gate back on its hinges. Mr Bird offered his
services completely free of charge and so we owe him a big community thank you!
If any parents or grandparents would like to get involved in the work up on the
allotment, please do get in touch with Mrs Hawkins who would be very happy to
hear from you!
Friends
Next
Thursday, Friends will meet to make final plans for the Summer Fair. There will
be plenty of opportunities for you to get involved in this important aspect of
the school year in any school – whether by setting up on the day, manning a
stall, donating all manner of things OR simply turning up on the day and
agreeing to have fun. If you are able to come along to the Friends meeting on
Thursday @ 6.30 then please do – just come along to Funtime and get involved.
If you are not able to attend the meeting but are willing to offer support on
the day, notices have been posted on all classroom doors so sign up and we will
be in touch!
Over
the weekend, why not encourage your child to produce a poster advertising the
summer fair? There will be a suitably arty prize for the winning entry, and the
accolade of having your poster copied and posted all over school. Give it a
try.... It MIGHT be you!
Deputy Head teacher
On
Monday and Tuesday next week, a panel of Governors and our School Improvement
Partner will be in school for a rigorous 2 day interview process. We are
looking for our new Deputy Head Teacher and we have many challenges for the
candidates to face in search of the perfect person for Cookridge. Children
will, of course, be involved in the process and their voices will be heard!
There was a very strong field of candidates and, having shortlisted 6 of them,
we are very much looking forward to making a selection and welcoming this key
person to our school in September. I will let you know the outcome next week!
Sports
News
Y6 Cricket Trip- Next
Friday Year 6 are travelling down to Headingley Stadium to watch the first
day's play of the second test match against New Zealand. There are some
children who have still not handed in their permission slip or money. Please
ensure that this is done ASAP or you may miss out on the excitement!
Y5/6 Rugby Team- Next
Tuesday the Year 5/6 rugby team competes in the Leeds Regional Finals at John
Charles Sports Stadium. They will be competing against 19 other local primary
schools, with the top 4 progressing onto the stage of the competition and a
chance to play in the Yorkshire Regional Finals. Good luck team!!
Year 5/6 Football Team-
After competing so well in the league lately, the football team are at
Calverley Parkside Primary on Wednesday to compete in the Armitage Cup. Again,
good luck and let's try get some silverware.
After School Sports
Clubs for Summer 2- There are a few places left for the Key Stage 2 Street
Dance and Rugby clubs for next half-term. If your child is in either Y3/4/5 or
6 and are interested in joining the club, then please see Mr Gamble or Mrs Hyde
in the school office.
Attendance
Improving attendance
remains one of the city’s key ‘obsessions’ and certainly one of ours. Our whole
school attendance improved by an entire percentage point to 95.6% last year,
our best attendance figure for over 5 years. This year, we have fallen by
almost half a percent to 95.2%, due in part to the dreadful norovirus which
struck us in December and our current bout of chicken pox in school. Another
significant factor in our battle with attendance, however, remains holiday
absence in term time. In conjunction with many schools across the city, our
policy is to decline all requests for holiday absence in term time which we
routinely do. The number of school days lost to holiday absence so far this
school year, however, is 276 and accounts for 1% of all absences in school.
Please do make arrangements for holidays to be taken during the school holidays
for the year ahead and help us to achieve our goal of an improving attendance
profile. The school calendar and details of training days for 2013-14 is
available on the website http://www.cookridgeprimaryschool.org.uk/parents/school-calendar.php
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National
Minimum ‘Good’ Expectation
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Target
2012-13
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Attendance
this week
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Year to
date
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95%
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96%
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95.4%
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95.2%
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Class
attendance figures for this week are:-
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Rec
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Class 1
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Class 2
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Class 3
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Class 4
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Class 5
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Class 6
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Class 7
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Class 8
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Class 9
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A 93.8%
B 97.5%
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97.5%
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96.1%
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89.4%
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97.0%
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98.6%
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93.2%
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95.0%
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95.2%
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97.2%
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Have a wonderful
weekend,
Sam Bailey
