Our Year 6 children all have different responsibilities

this year which encourage them to be involved in the

day to day running of our school. The positions of

responsibility include Prefects, Librarians, Eco

Warriors, House Captains, Deputy Head Girl and

Deputy Head Boy. It is our pleasure to introduce our

Head Girl and Head Boy for the 2017 - 2018 school

year, Izzy Taylor-Whyman and Bradley McGouran.

This September has seen 44 new Reception children

starting full time school at Ormesby. The children in

Foxes and Owls have made an excellent start to the

new school year. The teaching staff are very

pleased with how quickly the children have settled

into their new school routines. The children must be

enjoying school, as their attendance has been pretty

good over the first 4 weeks!

Above, you can see our two Reception classes posing

for their first class photographs, don’t they look

gorgeous!?! If you would like to purchase a copy of

your child’s class photograph, which is displayed in

the main reception area, you can order a copy from

the school office. An A4 laminated photograph costs

just £1.

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL

YYEAR 6

RESPONSIBILITIES

Just to remind you, our uniform is as follows: red

or grey jumper/cardigan, white shirt, grey or black

trousers/skirt and sensible black leather shoes. If

children wear trainer type shoes they must be

completely black. Children may wear a watch and

stud earrings, but no other jewellery may be worn.

Prior to P.E. lessons the children will be asked to

remove all jewellery themselves. I would suggest

that on P.E. days the children do not wear earrings

to school as this avoids hassle and saves time! May

we also remind you that our school P.E. kit is

red shorts and a white t – shirt or polo shirt

(not football strips).

SCHOOL UNIFORM

OUR BRILLIANT BUDDIES

A group of children from Year 5 act as lunchtime

buddies on the KS1 playground. The older children

ensure that our younger children are safe at

lunchtimes by playing games with them and generally

keeping a very close eye on them. Each day, there are

up to 7 buddies supporting the 5 lunchtime supervisors

on the KS1 playground.

You will have noticed some significant changes to site

security since September. The Ormesby Bank and

Church Lane entrances are locked at 9:10am and are

not unlocked until 2:45pm. Any arrivals or departures

between these times, must be through the Henry

Taylor Court entrance. Furthermore, additional

security fencing has been installed to restrict access

to the KS1 and KS2 playgrounds.

Wednesday 4th October - School Photograph Day

Thursday 5th October - Afternoon Tea Fundraiser

5th - 12th October - School Book Fair

Tuesday 10th October - Tazebe collection day

Wednesday 11th October - Autumn Term Open Day

Thursday 19th October - Parent Consultation Evening (3.15pm - 5.00pm)

Friday 20th October - Break up for half term

Monday 30th October - Back to school

Tuesday 31st October - Parent Consultation Evening (3.15pm - 6.00pm)

Tuesday 7th November - Tazebe collection day

Tuesday 7th November - Hunchback of Notredame Pantomime in school

13th to 15th November - Y6 Residential to Robinwood

Tuesday 5th December - Tazebe collection day

UPCOMING DATES & REMINDERS

On the first day back you will have received a copy of

Ironstone Academy Trust’s new Attendance Policy. It

is extremely robust. Leave of Absence in term time

will only be granted in exceptional circumstances and if

your child’s attendance is below 96%, you will receive a

letter from the trust’s Attendance Officer, Mrs Jill

Benson. Our overall school attendance for September

is 96.4%. Our target is above 97%, so we need to

improve! Mr Watson’s class has the best attendance

this month with an attendance rate of 99.4%.

KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL

We are very happy for children to come to school

on their bicycles and scooters, but please can we

ask that you don’t ride them inside the school

grounds and lock them securely to the racks

provided.

Also, please can we remind children that they are

not allowed to play ball games before or after

school, as there are too many people waiting on

the playground and it is dangerous.

In addition, children are not allowed to play on the

Trim Trail to the side of the KS2 playground, even

if supervised by an adult. It is a ‘NO GO’ zone!

Finally, please do not bring dogs onto the school

site, they must remain outside the school gates.

Thank you for your co-operation.

ATTENDANCE ALERT