Nacton Church of England Primary Newsletter Summer 2 June 23rd 2017

Summer Fayre: A wonderful day was had by all and we raised a huge amount of money to go towards the school

for the next academic year. Many thanks to all the hard work to the NSA, who started planning the event months

ago. If you feel you have time to give to the school, please speak to one of the committee members or Miss Kidby.

Fire Risk Assessment Results: We recently had an assessment for fire safety. Our practice was commended and the

assessor said he was going to use our school as one of excellent practice to share with other schools. Our thanks go

to Mrs Byford (our Buildings and Premises Manager) and Mrs Whitman for all their hard work in ensuring the safety

for us all.

Nacton Cricket Club links: We are thrilled that we have established links with our

local Cricket Club, thanks to Dave Simmonds. Dave has played for Nacton for many

years and has been coaching our pupils in an afterschool club. We are very thankful

for his expertise. The children even entered the Ipswich schools cricket competition!

Aspirations: One of our parent governors, Mrs Angela Laithwaite, has a daughter

who is a barrister working in London. Miss Laithwaite kindly gave us her valuable

time this week and spoke to the pupils about her education (at Nacton Primary, then Kesgrave High School). We

especially enjoyed seeing her in her wig and gown and holding a mini court case with a jury. This visit inspired quite

a few of our young people.

Multi Academy Trust Sports day: As part of the St Edmundsbury and Ipswich MAT, we take part in the Year 6

sports day at St Mary’s in Woodbridge. Good luck to our pupils who are representing the school on Friday in

athletic events.

SEN enquiries: If you do have enquires relating to your child about Special Educational Needs, please direct these

to your child’s class teacher in the first instance and then Miss Smith, our SEN Co-ordinator (SENCo). It is not usually

appropriate to request information from teaching assistants (both on and off school premises) unless previously

agreed by Miss Smith.

Break a leg: To Charlie and Nathan in Year 1. They will be performing in the Stagecoach performance of "Tales of

the Unexpected” at the Ipswich Regent on July 1st. The performance will tell some well-known stories from

another perspective. "Pied Piper of Hamelin" from the view of the rats, "Oliver Twist" from Fagin’s side and some

nursery rhymes. The performance will be raising money for Macmillan.

Sports Day Arrangements: This year we will be holding Sports day on Wednesday 5th July on the playing field in

Nacton village, as there is much more room. We will be starting at 9.30am. We would advise parents to park safely

around the village, walk to the playing field and then join us back at school at 12noon (approx.) for a picnic lunch

with your child. Please bear in mind that there is very little shade on the playing field, so bring suncream, hats and

water for your own comfort. There are toilets in the pavilion. Please store your packed lunches in the annexe at

school. Also, if you could send your child to school wearing their PE kit and with sunblock/cream on we would be

grateful.

Well done: To all pupils and staff in Year 1, 2 and 6 who have now been assessed, marked and moderated in all

their recent tests. We will let parents know the results as soon as we can. Usually they are returned to us some

time in early July. To remind you, the pupils have statutory (must sit) tests at the following times:

Any questions please speak to your child’s class teacher or Miss Kidby.

Test When Assessment Type Threshold Next step

Phonics Screening End of Year 1 (June)

Verbal. One on one with the class teacher. Pass or fail.

32/40 Test retaken in Year 2 if not successful

Key Stage 1 Test Reading

End of Year 2 (May)

In the class room or in small groups. Reading a text and answering questions. One test is information retrieval and one is inference.

There is an expected standard set by the DfE each year. National average last year was 74% (school achieved 93%)

This is the baseline for progress to KS2

Key Stage 1 Test Writing

End of Year 2 (May)

Writing is assessed by school staff over the whole year. The assessment is then moderated to check consistency across the county.

There is an expected standard set by the DfE each year. National average last year was 66% (school achieved 71%)

This is the baseline for progress to KS2

Key Stage 1 Test Maths

End of Year 2 (May)

In the class room or in small groups. One mental arithmetic test and one problem solving test.

There is an expected standard set by the DfE each year. National average last year was 73% (school achieved 93%)

This is the baseline for progress to KS2

Key Stage 2 Reading

End of Year 6 (May)

Written test answering questions from text. Mixture of long/short, retrieval, inference, tick boxes and understanding of text.

There is an expected standard set by the DfE each year. National average last year was 66% (school achieved 92%)

Given to the receiving high school.

Key Stage 2 Writing

End of Year 6 (May)

School staff assess writing over a range of genres over the year. This is moderated.

There is an expected standard set by the DfE each year. National average last year was 74% (school achieved 83%)

Given to the receiving high school.

Key Stage 2 Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

End of Year 6 (May)

Written tests including a spelling test (out of 20) and a Punctuation and Grammar written test.

There is an expected standard set by the DfE each year. National average last year was 72% (school achieved 100%)

Given to the receiving high school.

Key Stage 2 Maths

End of Year 6 (May)

3 tests consisting of arithmetic and mathematical reasoning.

There is an expected standard set by the DfE each year. National average last year was 70% (school achieved 100%)

Given to the receiving high school.

Uniform orders: Please see the following message from our supplier, School Trends - "Need to place your uniform order and wanting FREE delivery to school? Last day to place your order for FREE delivery to school is 26th June 2017 at schooltrends.co.uk, allowing 21 days for your order to arrive at school and a few days for school to organise collection. Orders placed after this date will be delivered to your chosen address. Please allow 21 days for delivery to home during our peak summer season."

OUT OF SCHOOL NOTICES

New Wolsey Theatre: We are now booking places on our Youth Theatre taster sessions to be held on September 9th 2017, if you have students who may be interested could you please pass on the following information? Dates and times are: Junior Youth Theatre (7 – 11 years) 2pm – 3.30pm on Saturday 9 September Senior Youth Theatre (11-16 years) 4pm – 6pm on Saturday 9 September To register a place at any of these sessions please email sjackson@wolseytheatre.co.uk or telephone 01473 295930

Not the Chelsea Flower Show

(The Nacton Village Summer Event)

Sports Field. Saturday 15th

July 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Combining all that was best about the village flower show with the village family fun day, this event will be an enjoyable afternoon

for all the family.

In addition to lots of games and activities for children, there is the display of entries for the various classes – so why don’t you

enter for as many classes as you would like? Who knows – you might win! Entry sheets can be obtained from Orwell Stores or

you can find the list of classes here: nacton.suffolk.cloud

There will be stalls selling many different items as well as traditional competitions. This year there will be a decorated bicycle

competition for children and adults. Just decorate your bike in any way you like and bring it along. If you would like to hold a

table-top sale or run a stall then please let us know at Orwell Stores.

We are also looking for donations of bottles for the bottle stall or prizes for the tombola please. If you have any to donate then

please bring them to Orwell Stores or bring them along on the day. Support your village and make this a day to remember.

ITV - Little Big Shots: My name is Frankie and I am a Producer on the new series of the hit ITV show - Little Big Shots hosted by the simply

lovely Dawn French. The first series peaked with over 5 million viewers and we are delighted to be back shining the spotlight on more amazing

kids. The programme simply celebrates young talent and funny, entertaining children – from teeny tap dancers to dinosaur experts, from viral

superstars to acrobats, impressionists to comedians, from superb singers to Rubik’s Cube speed champions, mathematicians to sensational

spellers. It is not a competition or game show. Whether individuals, duos or groups of youngsters, the only rule is that the child is between the

ages of 3 and 13.

We are looking for performers and skills of all kinds and would love to know if you think there might be someone in your school that knows a

potential Little Big Shot! The direct link to our applications page is: https://www.walltowall.co.uk/casting/little-big-shots_1019.aspx Our YouTube

channel has clips from the first series and the link can be found below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0SFwkGlQonlP69Lb9Gdb-w

The inclusion of details of extra-curricular, local and out-of-school activities in this newsletter in no way implies that they are

supported or endorsed by Nacton CECVP school, its Governors or any member of Staff. Parents are advised to make the

appropriate enquiries regarding supervision, insurance and other matters.