Dear Parents and Carers,

Celebration Assembly

As you know we will now be having a Celebration Assembly every Monday morning at 9am in the school hall. Children will be presented with special Headteacher’s Awards, celebrating their success. We are very keen on involving parents and carers in this celebration and we will be inviting you to these assemblies.

Names of children receiving an award will be published each week in this newsletter and parents can access the hall through the entrance at the far end of the school by the lane, opposite the gate to Fr Michael’s house.

The next Celebration Assembly will be on Monday 25th January at 9am, where the following children will receive their Headteacher's Award: Ian (R), Isabel (Y1), Wiktoria (Y2), Bradley (Y3), Elly (Y4), Blaise (Y4), Dylan (Y5), Kaja (Y6) and Fiona (Y6).

Use of the Bike Shed – a reminder

Following a request from a parent, and to encourage children to come into school on time, we will now be opening the bike shed to all children.

The bike shed will be locked at the start of the school day (8.50am) so children need to be in school on time to lock up their bikes or scooters.

Attendance! Attendance! Attendance!

Thank you all for your support. Our attendance is improving.

Well done to the following classes who had attendance at over 97% attendance last week:

·         Year 1 again with 97%.

·         Year 2 with 98% attendance.

·         Year 5 with 100% attendance!

A big well done to Year 5 who, because of 100% attendance, will have a special non-uniform day on Friday 29^th January

Leave of absence during term time

We must remind all parents that the Headteacher CANNOT authorise any leave of absence during term time unless for exceptional circumstances.  Any requests must be made in writing on a form available from the school office and must be made at least ten days before leave is due to commence.  Any leave taken that has not been considered exceptional will be recorded as unauthorised.  There will be two unauthorised absences recorded for each day - morning and afternoon.  If there are eight or more unauthorised absences recorded within a ten week period, the school can issue a penalty notice.  This will be £60 per child for each parent, meaning a possible penalty charge of £120 per child.

We appreciate that holidays taken during term time can be much cheaper than those taken during the school holidays but we have a legal responsibility to ensure that every child is attending school and receiving their education.

Lateness

A big thank you to those who always arrive on time, or who have improved their punctuality this last week. Punctuality is getting better so keep it up!

School Uniform

Please can we remind you that children should be wearing the following school uniform:-

·         Grey / Black trousers or skirts

·         Red Sweatshirt or cardigan or fleece

·         White / red polo shirts

·         PLAIN BLACK SHOES

Parking

Please be considerate when parking your car to drop off or pick your child up from school and do not park in driveways of local residents.

Dates for Diaries

Tuesday 3^rd February                            -           Parent’s Evening (please return your slip ASAP)

Wednesday 4^th February                      -           Parent’s Evening (please return your slip ASAP)

Friday 5^th February                               -           End of Term 3

Monday 15^th February                         -           Start of Term 4

Monday 9^th May                                  -           Start of Y6 SATs week

Yours sincerely

Matt Condon

Headteacher