End of term dates

School will close for Summer on Wednesday 23^rd July at 3.05pm. It will re-open for the autumn term on Wednesday 3^rd September. Staff will return to school on Tuesday 2^nd September for training day.

New teacher

Mrs Jones has been appointed to the school as a Year 4 teacher and will start in September.

Sports Day

Just a reminder that (subject to the weather) sports day due to take place on the afternoon of Thursday 26^th June starting at  1.15pm.

Transition day/s

On Thursday 3^rd July, all children will be spending the day with their new teacher. This is an opportunity to find out who their new teacher is and for the year 2 children to get used to the routines of our school.

The year 6 children will be going to their designated secondary school for 2 transition days, Thursday 3^rd and Friday 4^th July.

Summer Fayre

The summer fayre will take place on 17^th July at 1.15pm and will include events such as wellie  wanging, bouncy castle, cow pat sweep stake! And much more.  Any donations will be gratefully received. 

Rounders

Some of our year 6 children have earned a place in a national rounders competition in Birmingham. The event is to take place on 11^th July 2008.

Fund raising

Our pupils have raised £216.33 for Campama school in The Gambia. A very big thank you to everyone.

Open afternoon

Open afternoon will take place on Thursday 10^th July. This is an informal afternoon event where parents are able to come into school and have a look at their child’s work. School will be open to parents between 1pm and 3.05pm.

C Lacey                                     Headteacher

Dear Parent,

As part of a rolling programme of reviewing and updating policies, we have recently appraised the sanctions in our behaviour policy. The rewards part of the policy will remain the same because we value and understand the importance of rewarding good behaviour.

The sanctions at lunchtime will be as follows:

If a child breaks a rule whilst on the playground, they receive a yellow card. The yellow card can be given for any one of the following reasons:

• rudeness
• being in school without permission
• swearing
• upsetting other children deliberately
• arguing
• refusing to do as a lunchtime supervisor asks
• inappropriate use of the playground equipment

Should a child get two yellow cards in one week, they will automatically be given an after school detention. The detention will last for one hour (3.10 – 4.10pm) and will be supervised by a member of the senior management team. Parents will be informed of the detention and given 24 hours notice.

In severe cases, for example violence or running out of school, a child could be given a red card. Should a child be given two red cards in one week, they will automatically be given two after school detentions over two consecutive days. Each detention will last for one hour.

Should a child continue to receive red cards, at the Headteacher’s discretion, they will be excluded from school at lunchtime. This means the child will receive a fixed term exclusion for half a day. This is kept on record by the Local Authority.

The consequences of a child deciding to break the established rules of the classroom are as follows:

ü                                                                  1 minute in a break time

üü                              5 minutes out of class

üüü                           20 minutes in another class

üüüü                        telephone call home/letter

üüüüü                     internal exclusion until parents are seen

In the case of a severe clause – same as üüüüü telephone call and detention.

Severe clause:

• fighting in class
• foul language
• refusal to obey
• throwing objects
• hitting staff
• abusive talk back

A detention will last for one hour (3.10 – 4.10pm). The child will be supervised by a member of the senior management team and classwork will be provided for the child to complete during the detention. Parents will be given 24 hours notice of the detention.

Should a child receive üüüüü on two occasions in one week, they will be given two after school detentions over two consecutive days. Parents will be given 24 hours notice of the detention.

If you have any comments regarding the changes to the behaviour policy, please let me know by e-mail or by letter.

The changes to the sanctions will start on Monday 5^th February.

Yours Sincerely

C Lacey