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Well, what a busy half term....
Today, we say goodbye to Mrs Stevenson (our current SENDCo) as she takes up her promotion within the Derbyshire Local Authority. Mrs Stevenson has been an asset to the team over the years, and we wish her all the luck for the future. I know the families, staff and children will be sad to see her leave and wish her a fond farewell.
From the 31st of October, Miss Manson will be our new SENDCo, and we know that she will slip into this vital school role with professionalism and dedication. As a current Assistant Head, safeguarding, Early Help and ‘Looked After’ lead, she has a wealth of knowledge to bring to the table and she will no doubt thrive in this new role. She has been working alongside Mrs Stevenson this half term and already has started to work with the families and children on the Special Needs register.
With maternity leave in mind, we also say goodbye for a while to Mrs Branigan today. She will commence her journey into motherhood at the start of the next half term and we wish her well. We cannot wait to hear of the celebratory news of a new addition to Team GB! In her place, we welcome Miss Kennedy to the team, who will teach in Orange 2 until Mrs Branigan returns. Miss Kennedy has been into school a couple of times over the last few weeks, and she has already started to learn the ropes and get to know the children.
It was lovely this week to have so many parents attend our first parents' evening in three years. Seeing everyone in the corridors was just delightful and so many parents said they enjoyed face-to-face contact again and loved seeing the work in books. Just over 80% of the parents came along and we are hoping for even more next time :) Thank you to everyone that came along to support their child's learning journey.
Overall, it has been a great half term settling back into school life. Already, we have seen so many parents and carers in school on a Friday for Rainbow Rewards, at the ‘Meet the Teacher’ drop-in sessions at the start of the year and our reception families at the ‘Book and Buttie morning’.
I can't wait to see what Autumn Term 2 brings. Have a great holiday everyone and remember we return on the 31st October 2022.
Happy family time,
Mrs Bates
Head Teacher's Awards Update:
Alfie - Orange 2 - For trying his hardest to apply his super phonics knowledge to independently write his very own naughty bus story
Head Teacher's Awards Update:
Nomvula (Snow) - Red 2 - For trying so hard in phonics today, completing the whole lesson and showing pride in her work.
Head Teacher's Awards Update:
Harris - Green 2 - For working independently, using resources to help him find the answers to mathematical calculations. We are so impressed with his attitude to learning.
WOW...What a busy half term so far!
Well, what a busy start to the academic year of 2022-2023! I can't actually believe that we are approaching a half term holiday already and we are almost one 6th of the way through the year!
School continues to create a buzz of energy and everyone really is deep in learning and soaking up the knowledge. Lessons continue to be exciting and enthusiastic and the children are learning to become more independent, whilst being curious and asking great questions.
This week, I had the pleasure of witnessing first-hand the Stone Age day in year 3 and the Book & Buttie morning in Reception! :)
I have also been talking to some of our older children about how we might be able to engage our stakeholders more in school life and they asked, "What's a stakeholder?" I explained that stakeholders are very important to our school and consist of parents, staff, children, governors and members of our local community! We had some great conversations about how we could all work closer together and what we could maybe put on offer in school to support. I look forward to sharing more with you over the coming weeks.
Next week, remember we have Parents' evenings on Tuesday and Wednesday (our first one in person in a long time!) So, please get in touch if you do not yet have an appointment.
The wet and windy weather has started to arrive! Make sure you all have a great weekend
Take care,
Mrs Bates
Head Teacher's Awards Update:
Hector, Benjamin, Felix and Rio - Red 1 & Red 2 - For writing independently and really working hard to make marks on the paper, form letters and use their phonics so well. Well done, Boys! :)
Edward - Orange 1 - For fantastic effort with his writing. He carefully sounded out the words to write a letter to the Naughty Bus
Martha - Orange 1 - For fantastic work, writing a letter to the Naughty Bus to remind him of the rules. Beautiful presentation.