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1 Kirton Primary School Autumn Term 2019 Newsletter Welcome back to another exciting year at Kirton Primary School. We would like to extend a particularly warm welcome to all the new children and their families who have joined us, as well as new members of staff. As ever, the end of the summer term was extremely busy. Our hard-working staff managed to fit in a fabulous Y6 production, a Leavers’ Assembly, cup presentations, parties, year group trips, sporting events, a PTA Gala, sports days, and award ceremonies - all of which the children and staff enjoyed immensely. Thank you to everyone who made it all happen. Kirton Primary School wins STEM Award at the Education Business Awards 2019 Kirton Primary School is proud to announce that, in the summer term, we were shortlisted in the national Education Business Awards in two categories – ‘Outstanding Progress for a Primary School’ and the ‘STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Award. The Awards recognise and celebrate the significant successes enjoyed by schools across the UK. The ceremony was held in London in July and was hosted by Angellica Bell. The school is proud to announce that it was the overall winner in the STEM category. Miss West is awarded Inspirational Teacher of the Year 2019

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Kirton Primary School Autumn Term 2019 Newsletter

Welcome back to another exciting year at

Kirton Primary School. We would like to extend

a particularly warm welcome to all the new

children and their families who have joined us,

as well as new members of staff.

As ever, the end of the summer term was

extremely busy. Our hard-working staff

managed to fit in a fabulous Y6 production, a

Leavers’ Assembly, cup presentations, parties,

year group trips, sporting events, a PTA Gala,

sports days, and award ceremonies - all of

which the children and staff enjoyed

immensely.

Thank you to everyone who made it all happen.

Kirton Primary School wins STEM Award at the

Education Business Awards 2019

Kirton Primary School is proud to announce

that, in the summer term, we were shortlisted

in the national Education Business Awards in

two categories – ‘Outstanding Progress for a

Primary School’ and the ‘STEM (Science,

Technology, Engineering and Maths) Award.

The Awards recognise and celebrate the

significant successes enjoyed by schools across

the UK.

The ceremony was held in London in July and

was hosted by Angellica Bell.

The school is proud to announce that it was the

overall winner in the STEM category.

Miss West is awarded Inspirational Teacher of

the Year 2019

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Another proud moment for the school last term

was when Miss West was recognised as the

Most Inspirational Teacher of the Year in the

Free Press Education Awards.

This is the second time one of our teachers has

been shortlisted in this highly sought after

category. Last year, Mr Batterham was

shortlisted for this award.

We would also like to congratulate Mr

Slaughter who was shortlisted in this category,

and joins our school this September to teach in

Year 4.

Kirton Primary School was shortlisted for

Primary School of the Year on the same night –

this is an award we won last year.

It was an immensely proud evening for the

school!

Gold School Games Award 2019

We are delighted to announce that Kirton

Primary School has achieved the School Games

Gold Mark Award.

The School Games Mark is a Government-led

award scheme launched to reward schools for

their commitment to the development of

competition across the school and into the

community, and we are delighted to have been

recognised for our success.

It was recognised that the school had fulfilled

criteria in the areas of participation,

competition, workforce and clubs.

The school is delighted to have its hard work

rewarded. A special thank you to Mr Greaves

for steering staff and children through this

process, and for his never-ending enthusiasm

for raising the profile of sport and fitness

across our school.

tes School Awards – ‘Primary School of the

Year 2019’

Kirton Primary School was also shortlisted in

the national tes school awards for ‘Primary

School of the Year 2019’.

These national awards recognise the most

outstanding individuals and institutions that the

education sector has to offer.

Tes editor Ann Mroz said: We had a record

number of entries this year and the standard

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was very high, so all those shortlisted should be

very proud: it’s an extraordinary achievement

to be on this shortlist.

The award ceremony took place at the

Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London.

Golden Apples Awards 2019

We are also delighted to announce that Ms

Lewis made it to the final three teachers in the

Lincolnshire Golden Apples Awards in the

category ‘Primary School Teacher of the Year

2019’.

This is the third year running that one of our

teachers has reached the final three in this

category, which covers the whole of

Lincolnshire. Last year, Miss Whalley made it to

the final three, and in 2017 the title was taken

by Mr Greaves.

An amazing achievement for one school. Well

done Ms Lewis!

tes Award – ‘Maths Team of the Year 2019’

Kirton Primary School was shortlisted in the

the national tes school awards in the category

of ‘Maths Team of the Year’ for all the amazing

and inspirational work the school undertakes to

promote a love of maths and the high standards

which result from this work.

The award ceremony took place at the

Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London.

Mr Warman MP took time out of his busy

schedule in Westminster to celebrate the

school’s recent success at an event hosted for

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the shortlisted schools at the Houses of

Parliament in London.

National Special Educational Needs and

Disability Awards 2019

Kirton Primary School is proud to announce that

it has been shortlisted in two award categories

in the National Special Educational Needs and

Disability Awards 2019.

We have been shortlisted for awards in the

categories of Most Inclusive Practice Across a

School and Most Innovative Special Needs

Intervention. The winners will be announced

later this month.

Lincolnshire Life Magazine

The school was delighted to appear in the May

edition of the Lincolnshire Life magazine,

featuring in a very complimentary three-page

spread.

Congratulations to all our children, staff,

governors and parents who have contributed as

a team to realise such amazing recognition on

both a local and national scale.

We have a lot to be proud of!

Passports to Achievement

Children from Reception to Y6 will shortly be

bringing home their personal Passport of

Achievement. Each passport lasts one year, and

encourages the children to take part in

challenges both at home and at school.

It would make a wonderful home-school link if

you were able to support your child in achieving

their challenges for the year. Each completed

passport earns your child a medal.

Please encourage your child to take care of

their passport and to treasure it as

replacement passports incur a charge of £4,

and the children would need to complete the

challenges again from scratch if misplaced.

Artsmark Award

Kirton Primary School has embarked on a

journey to achieve the nationally acclaimed

Artsmark Award, awarded by Arts Council

England. We are grateful to Ms Chandley and

Ms Lewis for spearheading this project across

the school.

Artsmark is designed to inspire young people to

create, experience and participate in the arts

and culture and, hence, enhance our school’s

already diverse curriculum.

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Please keep a look out for our ‘Virtual Art

Gallery’ which will be uploaded to our website

this term. It will feature some of the creations

of our very talented children. Here is a sneak

preview:

Year 6 Art Club

Year 3 Art Lesson

Mosaics

Our children have already been flexing their

creative muscle and honing their technology

skills in order to producs ten huge, and quite

stunning, mosaics which are displayed around

the school.

Please take the time to view these next time

you are in. We’re sure you will agree that the

children have done an amazing job.

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Clubs Available this Term (other than Sports

Clubs)

Clubs

Mon Y6 Portrait Club

Glee Club (KS2)

Card Making Craft Club

Tues Art Club

Recorder club (KS2)

Mindful Colouring Club (KS1)

Yoga (KS1)

Film Club

Wed School Council

Animation Club (KS2)

Creative writing Club (KS2)

Thurs Expressive Arts Club

Guitar Club (KS2)

Choir (KS2)

Fri Chess Club

Sewing Club (KS2)

We thank our dedicated staff who give up their

own time to put on these clubs for our children.

Visit from Matt Warman, MP

Matt Warman, MP, visited the school to

congratulate everyone on the school’s recent

successes, in particular, being rated the best

state-funded primary school in Lincolnshire for

four years running.

While visiting the school, Mr Warman couldn’t

resist testing out our newly installed gym

equipment - under the watchful eyes of our

pupils.

Duckling Update

Our ‘ducklings’ are now ‘ducks’ and are enjoying

their new lives with Ms Lewis. The children

receive regular duck updates.

New Multiplication Tables Test for all Y4 pupils

The Government has announced that all children

in Y4 are to have their multiplication skills

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formally tested, beginning in June 2020. This

means that our current Y4 cohort will be

amongst the first children in the country to

take part in this assessment.

If you have any questions or concerns about

this, please discuss them with your child’s class

teacher.

Support your Child’s Learning

Multiplication Tables: One of the challenges of

the national curriculum is that every child

should know their tables up to 12 X 12 by the

end of Y4. We have a Tables Challenge in school

and we teach tables regularly in class, but

learning tables is matter of constant repetition

so, whenever you get a moment, please practise

with or test your child. As an incentive, every

set of full marks in your child’s weekly tables

test earns them another Kirt to save in the

bank or spend in the shop.

We are keen for our children to know their

tables, but wish the learning of them to be as

much fun as possible. To this end, our website

contains useful resources to support your

child’s learning at home. These may be found in

the ‘Parents’’ section under ‘Support Your

Child’s Learning’, as well as in the ‘Children’s’

section.

You will find a tables’ grid and some practice

sheets to download should you wish to use them

with your child. You will also find songs and

videos made by our staff and children that you

might like to sing along to.

Spelling: From Y2 to Y6, your child will bring

home a set of 10 weekly spellings to learn.

These will include words that support the

spelling rules your child is learning in class,

commonly misspelt words, or useful words

recommended by the National Curriculum.

If you want to take a look at the National

Curriculum spelling vocabulary for Key Stage 2,

it is on our website. They’re not as easy as you

might think!

Remember, we are running a Spelling

Championship in school with a top prize of 100

Kirts to spend at Kirton Stores, and every set

of full marks in your child’s weekly spelling test

earns them another Kirt.

Handwriting: We use a cursive script across

the school in order to improve handwriting and

presentation. Lower down the school, this may

result in a more ‘untidy’ style at first as

children get to grips with the joins. However,

with perseverance, your child’s handwriting will

improve. Visitors often praise our children’s

beautiful handwriting skills.

If you would like to practise handwriting with

your child at home (perhaps by writing out

spellings), please follow the exemplar below:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

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Kirton Nursery School

We have our own web page. Please come and

visit us at:

http://www.boston-nur.lincs.sch.uk/Kirton-

Nursery-Home

Put your child on the path to a first rate

education. At the end of the summer term, our

Nursery is often full and we have to begin a

waiting list for places. If you are thinking of

requesting a place for your child, we fully

recommend that you act early so as not to be

disappointed. We often have places at the

beginning of the year, but they are unlikely to

be free for long.

Our award winning provision for 3 and 4 year-

olds, which is led by a fully qualified school

teacher, provides seamless transition and

promotes excellent progress for every child

entering Kirton Primary School. Did you know,

for instance, that the children in Nursery begin

early phonics and number work that will give

them a head start when they begin school in

Reception?

We notice a marked difference in the starting

points of those children who have attended our

Nursery and those who have attended other

local settings.

As well as the 15 free hours a week to which all

three-year-olds are entitled, we offer

additional sessions over and above this. We also

offer flexibility when selecting sessions for

your child. You may choose mornings,

afternoons, or a mix of both - or even five full

days a week. We will do our best to

accommodate your request, but we are more

likely to be able to do this if you get your

child’s name down early.

Additional sessions, above the free entitlement

of 15 hours, may be purchased at a cost of

£12.00 for 3 hours. This is extremely

competitive locally. Eligible working parents may

be entitled to 30 free hours for their child.

The purchase of a lunch is also available if

required.

Please come and talk to us to discuss your

options and to see for yourself what one of the

best pre-schools in the county has to offer.

If you know anyone else who might benefit from

our excellent Nursery facilities, please let them

know.

Message from the Parliament Federation’s

Governing Body

Hello and welcome to all new parents - and

welcome back to all our parents with children

returning to a new school year. We hope you

have enjoyed the summer holidays.

We would like to start by saying

‘Congratulations’ to Kirton Primary School on

the shortlisting and awards received at the end

of last term.

We are particularly proud to be awarded the

‘Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths

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Award’ in the national Education Business

Awards.

We would also like to offer our congratulations

to Ms West who was awarded ‘Inspirational

Teacher of the Year 2019’.

These awards are testament to the amazing

staff, children and parents at our school, and

we all feel immensely proud to represent Kirton

Primary. Please see our website to view all the

awards received by Kirton Primary School.

‘What do Governors do?’

The Governing Body is an elected group,

including teachers, support staff, parents and

members of the local community. We work as a

voluntary team with the Executive Head

Teacher and the Heads of School for the

benefit of all the pupils and staff across the

Federation.

We’re here to give the school a strategic

direction and to act as ‘a critical friend’ –

helping to guide the school to improving the

standard of education for all our children. We

don’t get involved in the day-to-day operation

of the school, but set the criteria by which the

school is managed. We ensure that local and

national government legislation and targets are

met, that we spend our school budget wisely,

that the safety of everyone is paramount, and

that the curriculum is delivered to benefit all

children. Governors take an active role in the

school, not only attending meetings, but also

school functions, undertaking visits to

classrooms and helping out with school visits.

If you require any further information

regarding our Governing Body, please refer to

the school’s website.

Message from the PTA

The PTA wishes to thank everyone who

supported their most recent events: the

Sponsored Walk and the Summer Gala. Thanks

to your generosity, the Sponsored Walk raised

over £1 200, and the Gala made almost £2 100.

The money raised will be spent directly on

improving learning opportunities and

experiences for the children in our school. In

the last twelve months, we have paid for a

theatre production, fish and chips for Y6,

recollection folders for our Y6 Leavers, stock

for the school shop, a Christmas entertainer,

and Santa’s candy and satsumas for our younger

children.

We look forward to your continuing support this

year.

Sport Update (by Mr Greaves):

Girls’ Kwik Cricket – County Finals

With the British weather teasing thunder

storms and showers all day, the Girls Kwik

Cricket final was an exciting adventure from

start to finish.

The tournament, held at Nettleham Cricket

Club in Lincoln, hosted seven qualifying teams,

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competing for the honour of being named

‘County Champions’.

Seventy one schools entered the initial round of

the competition so just to qualify for the final

was an incredible achievement!

Kirton Primary School played their six games

with true grit, determination and some very

impressive teamwork and fielding skills.

Having won four games, been well beaten (by

the champions) and just pipped in another

match, meant that Team Kirton finished in an

outstanding third place!

Such a great event. Such a wonderful effort

from the girls. Such a superb result. Very done

to the team!

Kwik Cricket - County Final

Seventy two teams entered the Lincolnshire, Y5

Kwik Cricket Tournament in 2019. Team Kirton

played their qualifying competition at Boston

Cricket Club. By winning this event, entry to the

County Finals was awarded.

Hartsholme Cricket Club, Lincoln was the host

for the annual competition which had seven

teams in from across the whole county.

Kirton won three of their matches and lost the

other three, losing out to the eventual winners

by a mere four runs - showing what a close

contest it was.

These results meant Y5 children from Kirton

achieved their highest ever County results with

a solid third place overall. Incredible!

As always, determination, fair play and never

giving up were attributes that shone in Team

Kirton children.

Here’s looking forward to the Y6 competition

next year... a little more over arm bowling

training and Kirton should be even higher in the

results table.

Well done to all involved. Fabulous!

Y5 Kwik Cricket - County Finalists

After rain stopped play on the original Year 5

Kwik Cricket, the rescheduled event got

underway with some cracking matches in late

June. Five quality teams showed up to try to

earn their place in the county finals, win a prize

for a “champagne moment” and compete for the

fair play trophy!

There was incredible bowling, fielding, batting

and sportsmanship throughout the day’s

contest.

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Kirton won their first two games with solid, all

round tactics. Game 3 looked like it was safe as

they were 33 runs up with 12 balls left but

Swineshead just kept hitting fours! Tom

(Kirton’s superstar bowler) launched himself

into the air on the boundary and got a hand to a

ball and stopped a six - simply outstanding,

game saving move!

With one ball left, Kirton needed to stop four

runs (to avoid a loss) so, with a little

encouragement from the boundary, he bowled a

really fast, low ball. Game saved!

The last game demonstrated superb cricket

played by both teams with the last 12 balls

containing the majority of the runs. Kirton lost

this match by 11, meaning two teams had the

same number of wins and losses! It all came

down to runs scored!

Kirton took the day by over 50 runs - and

breathed a huge sigh of relief! What a day!

Girls’ County Kwik Cricket – County Finalists

Team A

After rain delayed play, the Girls’ Kwik Cricket

Tournament finally got underway at Boston

Cricket Club.

Kirton Primary sent two teams to compete for

the chance to represent the Boston area at the

Lincolnshire County Finals. Both teams won all

their matches in the league section of the

competition which led them to the semi-finals.

Kirton B team played a fabulous game in which

Eboney was awarded with a ‘champagne moment’

for motivational teamwork (to both teams!).

Unfortunately, they lost the game by 4 runs to

come in 4th place.

Kirton’s other team whipped up an attacking

frenzy with superb catches, accurate fielding

and totally awesome run stealing. They managed

to win the game by over 40 runs to secure their

place in the county finals which are to be held

at Hartsholme Cricket Club in Lincoln.

As always, sportsmanship and determination

were in abundance. Well done to everyone

involved.

Team B

Danish Longball

Twenty enthusiastic, skilled athletes took a trip

to Holbeach Primary School for a Danish

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Longball Competition to compete in a league

style format.

Danish Longball is a cross between rounders,

cricket and dodgeball. It is a very strategic

game where teams need to choose where to hit

the ball, how hard and whether to run for two

points or to risk a five point move. Working as a

team, and occasionally sacrificing yourself for a

team mate to get more points, is a tough but

essential part of being in a winning team.

Kirton Primary School secured both 1st and 2nd

place with the teams they took.

New Age Kurling Competition

Early in Term 5, nine excited children made

their way to Giles Academy for a New Age

Kurling Competition.

New Age Kurling is a form of the original curling

game but adapted so that it can be played

indoors on any smooth, flat surface, such as a

sports hall, rather than on ice.

It is also a sport that can be easily adapted so

that everybody can play. At the event, there

were some superstar kurlers that competed in

wheel chairs and used adapted poles to move

their stones.

The game requires focus and is very tactical.

Needless to say, Kirton Primary School children

tried their best, behaved very sportingly and

had a great time. Nine teams competed and

Kirton managed a very respectable fourth place.

Another great sporting event.

Kwik Cricket Tournament

Kirton Primary School took part in a Kwik

Cricket Tournament at Boston Cricket Club.

The tournament was run in a league format and

then the winner of each league went through to

the final stages.

Team Kirton managed to win all the games in

their group playing some very thoughtful

cricket. They didn’t risk unnecessary run-outs

(as that would have lost the team 5 runs) and

they bowled with 100% focus because any wides

or no-balls gave the opposition 2 runs.

In the semi-finals, Kirton play St Thomas’

School. This was a cracking match and one in

which some of our team faced very quick, over

arm bowls for the first time ever.

Unfortunately, Kirton lost this game by only 9

runs. It was a cracking match though!

Rounders Tournament

Another wonderful result for Team Kirton.

Having been rescheduled due to a downpour in

May, the annual Boston Schools Sports

Partnership Rounders tournament took place at

St Giles academy (in very warm but blustery

conditions) in July.

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Kirton took two teams to the event which was

initially a round-robin (every team played every

other team) format.

Kirton’s A team lost their first game by half a

rounder but then went on to win the remaining 6

games. They batted fairly well but their

strength was fielding as they were so focused

on running out batters at first or second base.

Some epic catches also helped their winning

streak.

Kirton’s other 9 players needed a little more

warming up before securing a victory but they

were very encouraging of each other and made

some big improvements in their tactics to see

some wins.

Onto the finals and Kirton A played

outstandingly in the semi-final to make it

through to the final where they played St

Thomas’ - the team to whom they lost at the

start of the day.

Kirton fielded first, and ended up bowling,

throwing and catching to the highest level of

the day. St. Thomas’ were all out with balls to

spare and only managed to scored 1 rounder.

Overall finishing positions were 5th and 1st for

Team Kirton. Another memorable, hard fought

tournament that saw Kirton raising the winner’s

trophy once more.

Commentary

Such has been the school’s sporting successes

this year, we might need another display

cabinet to house all the new trophies.

Sports Clubs Available this Term

Monday BUFC

Multi Sports KS1

Tuesday Sport2Day

Football Academy

Wednesday Sport2Day

Girls’ Football

Thursday BUFC

Football

Friday Sport2Day

Multi Sports KS2

School Uniform

We are proud of the way our children present

themselves at our school and are thankful to

have parents who are supportive and sensible

about school uniform. We have very few

concerns and regularly get positive comments

from school visitors, or when we take our

children on trips, with regards to our children’s

presentation. Ofsted also commented positively

on the way our children dress for school and

the pride they show in their appearance.

Please take the time to remind your child that

jewellery should not be worn at school ie no

bracelets, chains, rings, wrist bands etc, We

make an exception for stud earrings, although

earrings should not be worn on PE days).

Hairstyles should be conservative.

Coloured/bleached hair, gel and close or

patterned shaves are clearly not appropriate in

a primary school. Nail polish and transfer

‘tattoos’ are also not appropriate.

For more information, please refer to our

website. As ever, we thank you for your good

sense and support.

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Health and Safety Reminders

If your child normally goes home on the school

bus, please let the office know if your

arrangements change so we may amend the bus

register. Failure to inform the office could hold

up the entire bus.

If anyone other than the usual adult is to

collect your child at the end of the day, please

ensure that the school has been made aware.

If you have moved house or have changed your

telephone number over the summer, please

make the office aware of your new contact

details.

Please remember that no images must be made

with recording devices, including mobile ‘phones,

anywhere on our school site without the

express permission of the Head of School or

the Executive Headteacher. Mobile phones

must not be used by parents or visitors

anywhere within the school building.

Please ensure that your children do not access

the gym equipment or the climbing frames

except under the direct supervision of staff.

With the exception of guide and hearing dogs,

no dogs are permitted on the school site at any

time. Please note, this includes puppies and

small dogs which are carried.

The entire school site, including outdoor areas,

is a no smoking zone. This ban includes e-

cigarettes as we anticipate that all adults will

be positive role models while on site.

Bikes and scooters are a fabulous way for our

children to get to school, being both speedy and

active.

The children are aware that they should not

cycle or scoot on the school grounds as this

could cause an accident. We remind our children

regularly in class and in assemblies to dismount

while on paths and playgrounds. Please remind

your child should they forget.

Some of our children risk suffering a life-

threatening reaction to nuts – even by simply

being in the vicinity of a nut. For this reason,

we ask that no child bring any food items into

school that contain nuts, even for their own

consumption.

Out of respect for our neighbours, please take

care not to block people’s driveways when

parking.

Oversubscribed

Many of our year groups are currently

oversubscribed, despite the extra classes we

have opened. Although it may seem a long way

off, if you are aware of friends or neighbours

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who have children who are due to start school in

September 2020, please remind them to apply

in good time in order to be in a better position

of securing a place at our increasingly popular

school.

School admissions are handled by Lincolnshire

County Council for a September start in

Reception. However, we organise our own

admissions to our Nursery, and you may register

your interest for 2020 at the office now.

We are usually able to admit children midyear

into all other year groups directly through the

school office.

Bug Busting

Every school has to deal with head lice and we

are no exception. The problem is often more

prevalent when children start back at school

after a holiday. Although we will never

eradicate head lice, there are things that we

can do to alleviate the problem. This Saturday,

7th September, we ask that every child’s hair is

checked at home for lice.

The following advice comes from the school

nursing team:

A fine tooth plastic comb is best for detecting

head lice and you should check school children

and family members at least once a week. Young

lice are the size of a full stop and adults the

size of a sesame seed. Treatments are available

from your GP and are free for children. You

should only treat those people with lice living in

their hair.

Keeping Children Safe Online

Families often think they know exactly what

their children get up to online, and that they

understand all the apps and sites their children

use. But with technology changing every day,

that's not always the case.

The NSPCC has an online safety helpline:

0808 800 5002 and a website:

https://www.o2.co.uk/help/nspcc that offers

support and advice to parents and carers.

Healthy School

We are proud recipients of the Healthy School

Award, but there are certain conditions to

which we must adhere in order to maintain this

status.

Please be aware that the only snack children

should bring in for break-time is fruit.

Children should only have water in their water

bottles.

Facebook and other Social Media

We thank our whole community, especially

parents and carers, for their vigilance over

negative or inappropriate comments made on

Facebook or other social media sites about the

school or its staff. Please be assured that all

information received, which is thankfully very

little considering the size of our school, is

treated in the strictest confidence in terms of

its source.

Negative comments can have an impact on staff

morale and, in turn, on the children in our

school. Parents and volunteers have also

expressed their distress and despair at reading

comments that have been made in the past. We

take upset such as this extremely seriously, and

engage the support of the police and legal

services where necessary. Indeed, we are

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grateful to the police for their robust stance

on such damaging activity.

We also ask that any photographs or filming,

undertaken by family members at school, is of

your own child and for your own personal use.

Children’s images taken at school should not be

shared on social media sites – even images of

your own children. This is to ensure that we can

continue to invite parents to photograph their

children at school events.

We thank you again for your understanding, and

welcome your continuing support

Term Dates for 2019 – 2020:

Term Dates for 2020 – 2021:

Dates for your Diary

The following dates may be subject to change,

but we know it is often useful to have advance

warning. Further information will be available

for many events.

7.9.19 ‘Bug Busting’ Day

13.9.19 11+ test in school for Y6

16.9.19 School photographer YR-Y6

18.9.19 Theatre production for Y2-Y6

18.9.19 Phonics Workshop for parents 2.30pm

20.9.19 11+ test in school for Y6

27.9.19 Harvest Festival at church at 2.15pm

for Y4-Y6 – all welcome

7.10.19 Enterprise Week for Y3-Y4

15.10.19 Parents’ evening 3.30-6.30pm

16.10.19 Parents’ evening 3.30-5pm

18.10.19 Last day of term

4.11.19 First day of term

10.12.19 Reception Christmas performance 2pm

11.12.19 Y1 Christmas performance 2pm

12.12.19 Y2 Christmas performance 2pm

16.12.19 Carol Service at church at 2.15pm for

Y4-Y6 – all welcome

18.12.19 Children’s Christmas dinner

19.12.19 Last day of term

6.1.20 First day of term