Dear Parents/Carers,
Time is flying by at a
ridiculous speed and we now have just 4 full school weeks through to the end of
another school year. Your teaching team are busy compiling end of year
assessments and putting the finishing touches to end of year reports which will
be with you soon. There is much to celebrate at the end of a school year and we
look forward to sharing that with you in the coming weeks…
Poetry Slam
Competition – Finals!
Sooooo – all week, children right across school
have been performing the poems they have learned ‘off by heart’ to their
classmates and peers in our first ever Poetry Slam. It has been a fantastic
event and we have been absolutely blown away with the quality of the
performances – it is SO very, very brave to stand up and perform in front of
all your friends! We now have a complete line up in our Summer Fair Grand Slam
event, which will be held at 3pm on Saturday. Grand finalists representing
their phases are:
Reception
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KS1
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LKS2
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UKS2
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Harriet Stanley
Callum Raven
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Arghavan
Afsharsi
Misk
Ismail
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Lexi Albentosa
Rebecca Harrison
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Willow Driscoll-Duke
Teisier Jabor
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Congratulations to
everyone who learned a poem, performed a poem or even just read a poem during
the last few weeks! You have all been amazing and we’ve enjoyed the competition
so far.. Good luck to all our finalists tomorrow – it will be a very hard one
to judge on the day!
Summer Fair
Don’t
forget – tomorrow is the event of the school calendar with our Summer Fair open
from 2pm. Please make some time to pop in and see us all – if only for half an
hour or so. My huge and grateful thanks to everyone who has contributed a
bottle, a toy, a book, a CD, some chocolate, gifts, cakes or buns throughout
the week – your contribution means that our Summer Fair will be the usual
magnificent affair and I cannot wait to see you there!
Extreme Readers
A bunch of intrepid readers set off to Waterstones
in Leeds on Monday to make a very fine selection of books that will be arriving
in our glorious library soon. Remember, all ‘Extreme Reader’ books are marked
with a special sticker on the inside front cover which declares who chose that
particular book for our library – what a lovely legacy to leave! Thank you to
all our readers who made very careful selections on Monday… And it’s not over
yet! On Monday, Miss Fowler will set off with another group of children
recognised for their brilliant efforts in reading to select their books. The
library – and our love of books – goes from strength to strength and no wonder:
these books are magnificent!
Garden News
We are having some very busy days up in the
allotment – if you haven’t seen it lately, be sure to walk past it and admire
the handiwork of the staff, the parents and the children. KS1 are tackling
digging, weeding, composting, sewing seeds and watering as part of their
‘Gardener’s World’ topic – as well as finding time to admire the beasts and
bugs up there! A wonderful group of parents have congregated and shown their
dedication in transforming the space into an area that the children can
cultivate for many years ahead – their enthusiasm is contagious and having a
magical effect on the area. There are photo updates on the blog and on twitter…
Keep abreast of things there and if you want to get involved during the summer
months, let us know!
The
Tesco Uniform Embroidery Service.
We
have sourced a different way for parents to buy our school uniform, so that you don’t
have to queue at the office any longer desperately trying to get your hands on
the necessary kit! We are now live on the Tesco website so that you can go online
and order all of our uniform including the sweatshirt, cardigan, polo shirt,
P.E. t-shirt, book bag and P.E. bag with the school logo on. The prices are
good (lower than our previous suppliers!), the quality is great (samples
available to see in the school office) and your uniform will be delivered
straight to your door, free of charge – easy! School will also receive 5% of
all sales donated back to school so everyone’s a winner!
All
parents have to do is go to tesco.com/ues
and order from there. We value your feedback so please let us know if anyone
requires assistance in placing their orders. My thanks to our wonderful Miss
Crabtree for sourcing this fantastic service for us!
Attendance
Next week we will finally reveal the complete list
of 100%ers who have earned their seat on the bus for their superb attendance.
In line with our policy, remember, there are 10 additional seats reserved.. Not
for the adults BUT for 10 children whose name will be pulled out of the Chancer
raffle. All those with attendance between our target 96% and 99.9% will be
entered – so good luck to you all! This week it’s Class 3 who have nailed it
again… Well done Class 3: Bourbon loves you all!
National Minimum ‘Good’ Expectation
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Target
2013-2014
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Attendance this week
12/06/2014 -18/06//2014
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Year to date
04/09/2013 – 18/06/2014
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95%
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96%
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94.7%
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96.2%
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Class attendance figures for the W/E 18/06/2014
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Rec A
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Rec B
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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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93.6%
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91.8%
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92.6%
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95.3%
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97.1%
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93.5%
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94.7%
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95.8%
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96.7%
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95.0%
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94.8%
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Summer
2 Events
Next week’s key events
include:
Monday 23rd June
Miss
Fowler’s “Extreme Readers”
trip
to Waterstones (am)
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Tuesday 24th June
Y6
Pirate Maths event @ RTHS.
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Wednesday 25th June
Y6
Bikeability
5.30
Little Sunshines
Annual
General
Meeting.
PARENTS
WELCOME.
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Thursday 26th June
Y6
Bikeability
1.15
OPAL afternoon tea - choir performance in school (+ Y6 catering)
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Friday 27th June
Y6
Bikeability
CLASS
ALLOCATION LETTERS OUT TO PARENTS.
100% ATTENDANCE LETTERS OUT TO
PARENTS.
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Next Friday, you will
be receiving lots of letters including your child’s class allocation letter
detailing which class your child will be in during the next phase of their
journey. There will also be an opportunity
to meet your child’s class teacher during an informal get-together at the end
of the ‘Class Swap’ day on the 8th July – so put the date in your
diary and come along, if you can.
Have a wonderful
weekend – I hope to see many of you on Saturday!
Mrs Bailey
