Dear Parents and Carers,

Breakfast Klub is Back! 

We are pleased to announce that Breakfast Klub will start again, after the holiday, for children in Reception - Year 6.

However the way in which we are organising the club is changing as well as a moderate increase in costs:

• The cost is now £1.50, which includes breakfast (please note that children will not be given breakfast if they arrive after 8.20am)
• Parents and carers will need to pay using the School Gateway app - we cannot access cash payment.
• Due to the new system, we are asking for parents and carers to make a minimum payment of £7.50 (covering 5 sessions) which will avoid the school paying additional fees.
• To access the School Gateway App the office needs your email address on the system
• All sessions must be booked online using the School Gateway app by 7.30am at the latest, for each day being booked.

Unfortunately we cannot yet offer Breakfast Klub for nursery children. This is because of the need for a higher level of staff supervision needed. We are planning to welcome nursery children to a breakfast club as soon as possible.

Relationship and Sex Education Consultation 

Please see the previous newsletter regarding the Relationship and Sex Education consultation. 

Medical Appointments

The start and end of the school day is very important and it has become noticeable that children are being collected early for different appointments. Please can you make these appointments for out of school hours.

When there is an unavoidable appointment, we will request evidence to authorise the absence.

Unfounded Allegations

Recently, we have been made aware of an allegation that a member of staff ‘grabbed’ a child when dealing with a playground problem. Rather frustratingly, the allegation was not shared with myself, but was shared with parents at the end of the school day. There is no evidence that such an incident took place and the child involved is clear that it did not happen. 

It is very worrying when such allegations are made in public through hearsay and gossip, without the school being informed, or being able to respond.

Most of all, it is very upsetting for adults when such unfounded allegations are made without being able to directly respond.

Obviously, if any child or adult has legitimate concerns, we would investigate fully and treat all matters seriously.

Attendance

No classes managed above 96% attendance this week. 

Places Available

The school is almost full but we do have some space available in a number of year groups. If you know somebody who might need a school place, please ask them to contact the school office.

Filwood Library is now open!

We are now open for call and collect, as well as for reserving books via the Librarieswest app.

Opening hours are Mon, Wed and Fri 11am-3pm

Headteacher’s Awards

The following children will receive an award in next week’s Celebration Assembly. Videos of Celebration Assemblies are now shared on our Facebook page. 

Reception - 

• Zuzanna  for doing brilliant reading and for moving up a level for decoding longer words. 
• Jess for persevering with her writing  about dinosaurs, Jess did this independently as she used her sounds to write a sentence. 

Year 1 -  

• For all the children in year 1 for working tremendously hard throughout term 5. You’ve had a great first full term (since lockdown ended) back at school! 

Year 2 -  

• For all the children in Year 2 - For making full use of the fantastic resources sent to us from SS Great Britain.  We had lots of fun playing with the Victorian toys and trying on the Victorian dressing up costumes.

Year 3 - 

• Josiah- For his fantastic non-chronological report about earthquakes. Josiah has worked hard to respond to feedback and focus on his targets. The improvement in his writing has been wonderful! 
• Wilfred- For reading regularly at home and showing great determination to develop his reading skills in class. Wilfred has been a star this week and has blown us away with his incredible reading. Well done, Wilfred! 

Year 4 -

• Fidel- Fidel is top of our speed table leaderboard for the second week with a time of 4 minutes and 33 seconds! He is the boy to beat in Year 4! 
• Merit- For having a fantastic Term 5. Merit applies herself independently to all lessons and tasks and is always motivated to be the best that she can be.

Year 5 -  

• Frankie - for developing a systematic approach when finding fractions of amounts.
• Serenity - for carefully following the steps and using her times tables to successfully work out fractions of amounts.
• Lexi - for her resilience in maths today which lead to a break-through moment in finding fractions of amounts.

Year 6

• Gracie - for her resilience and persistence to do well in her maths assessments this week - great job!
• Anastasia - For her calm and hardworking attitudes towards her assessments, resulting in great results.
• Roxanne and Ruby for their poetic descriptions of the creatures from the Black Hat

Dates for Diaries

Start of Term 6         -     Monday 7 June 2021

INSET          -     Monday 14th June.

End of Term 6                         -                  Wednesday 21 July 2021. 

Start of 2021-22 school year -     Monday 6th September

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher