12th May 2010
Dear Parents/Carers,
Pupil Achievements It is a pleasure to congratulate the following pupils for being awarded the Gold Award for their success in class: Qasim Sheikh, Tamanna Begum and Tahir Omar in Yr 2 Red.
Attendance Last week’s overall school attendance percentage was 92.5% which remains below the national average of 95%. I would urge all classes that are below that to make every effort to attend regularly and I would remind all parents to inform the school of the reason for their child’s absence.
The class with the highest percentage – 98.3% - was Year 1 Red – Well done!
Percentages for other classes were as follows:
Rec Blue 93.5% Rec Green 93.8% Rec Red 96.7% Rec Yellow 86.3%
Yr1 Blue 94.8% Yr 1 Green 97.1% Yr 1 Red 98.3% Yr 1 Yellow 96.3%
Yr2 Blue 91.4% Yr 2 Green 91.3% Yr 2 Red 91.8% Yr 2 Yellow 98.2%
Yr3 Green 94.2% Yr 3 Red 92.9% Yr 4 Blue 87.9% Yr 4 Yellow 95.8%
Yr5 Red 84.5% Yr 6 Yellow 95.7%
Wellgate Farm Visit The children in Year 1 and Reception very much enjoyed the visit by Wellgate Farm on Friday. I’m sure they will have told you all about it.
Reading Scheme Meeting for Parents It was lovely to see so many of you at this meeting.
Open School Session The date of the Open School Session has been changed to 10th June and will run from 3:30 – 4:15pm. This is an opportunity for your child to take you through the school and to share their class books with you. This is not an Open Evening. It is an informal visit to look at the school and your child’s work.
Parent Volunteers Meeting I would like to invite all parents with enhanced CRBs already in place to attend a meeting on 26th May at 9:15am if you are interested in helping within the school.
Parking Please be considerate of our neighbours by the Pavilion Building. The small car park is not for parents, so please do not use it through the day to drop off your children. It is for visitors and staff only.
Zebra Crossing In order to improve road safety for Cranbrook pupils, a new zebra crossing will be installed by the double gates to the car park.
Lining Up in the Mornings The new signs (which will be relevant from September and beyond) have caused some confusion. Please continue using the old system for the remainder of this term.
SATS Update You may be aware through the media that over 70% of schools across the country have not participated in SATS as part of an industrial dispute. We are one of those schools. However, as a school we are committed to assessing pupil progress and providing relevant information to parents on progress. This means that children at Cranbrook Primary will continue to be tested each term.
School Priorities As indicated in previous newsletters, I would like to report that our curriculum priorities over the coming 3 years will be focused on the following core subjects: Reading, Writing and ICT. Plans are in place to add to our provision and we will be organising further meetings to update parents.
GroupCall Our new text message system is now live and you will be receiving texts about school closure, dinner arrears, events, attendance, trips and clubs. If your mobile number has changed please let the School Office know so that you can receive these important messages.
Telephone System You may have noticed when calling the school that the answerphone message system is no longer in place. As a Primary School, I feel it is important that you are able to speak to someone personally and promptly. I hope that parental queries will be processed more quickly in future.
Yours faithfully
Jas Leverton
Head teacher
Dates for your diary:
Open School – Children’s Books Session 10th June, 3:30-4:15pm
Parent Volunteers Meeting 26th May, 9:15am
Skip Hop Session for Yr 3&4 27th May
Kenneth Moore Pantomime for KS2 27th May
Staff training day school closed 28th May
Half term break 29th May - 6th June
School re-opens 7th June
School Photographs 16th June
Wellgate Farn Visit 16th June
Night Owls Visit 24th June (KS1) and 25th June (KS2)
Share our Gifts & Talents Assembly 28th June
Barnardo’s Assembly 1st July
Year 6 Performance 7th July
Summer Fair 9th July
Year 2 Multi Skills Tournament 13th July, 1:45-2:45pm
Sports Day 14th July
Open Exhibition 19th July, 2:30-4pm
Musical Afternoon Tea for local old people 21st July
Year 6 Final Assembly & Drinks Reception 22nd July
Last day of the school year 23rd July
Staff training days 2nd & 3rd September
School re-opens for pupils 6th September
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