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Withernsea

Primary School ‘All- Aspire and Love Learning ’

March 2016

Newsletter World Book Day

Don’t forget – as mentioned in the February newsletter children can dress

up as a book character of their choice on Thursday 3 March to help us

celebrate reading, enjoying stories and World Book Day.

Happy Easter!

This is our last newsletter for this term – so

although it is a few weeks away yet we would

like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a

very Happy Easter break and to thank you for

your support during this Spring term.

Healthy Schools Page

Dining Hall Updates We have been focusing on the dining

halls this term to look at how we can

further enhance the lunchtime

experience.

We have re-positioned the plate

collection area in the north hall and

introduced clearer lunchtime

expectations and house points for

lunchtimes. We also have a

noiseometer to ensure it doesn’t get

too noisy. Lunchtime stickers are

awarded for those eating all their

lunches and we have more pupil

volunteers at lunchtime to help each

other. We have also introduced an

active play club, updated the golden

table and children will be given

certificates if they are chosen for the

golden table on Fridays. Hopefully

all these changes will enhance

lunchtimes.

Please can we remind parents no

sweets or fizzy drinks in packed

lunches – thank you.

Buses Some children at the end of the day

travel on the service bus home.

We have had reports that a small

minority of pupils are not behaving

in an appropriate manner on the bus.

We liaise with the bus drivers and the

bus company and as a result we have

had to issue some children with

warning letters about their behaviour.

If they continue to make poor

behaviour choices, they will be

banned from the bus.

E safety – we have worked with the children on

internet safety as there was a special week nationally in

February. But the work needs to be ongoing and we can

work in partnership together to keep children safe.

One of the ways to keep children safe is to use parental

settings on pupils' devices, internet service providers,

and phone networks. However, technology moves fast

and some parents and guardians are unsure of where to

start.

The settings have varied functions, from blocking

inappropriate content to ensuring they don't spend your

money online!

The website Internetmatters.org has developed an

interactive guide that tells you which settings are

available and how to activate them. It covers a huge

range of devices and services and the information can

be printed. It is really easy, clear and helpful.

Here is the link:

http://www.internetmatters.org

Headlice – ‘Once a week take a peek’ Please please can everyone check their child’s hair once

a week. We do not send out ‘warning letters’ as these

have proved ineffective as people only then check when

they get a letter and by this point there probably is a

major outbreak. Please presume there is always the

possibility of the presence of headlice in children’s hair

and get into a habit of weekly checking. Please also

check in the school holidays as well as headlice in hair

is not exclusive to school but wherever children get

together. If we notice or suspect your child has a

problem in school, we will telephone and ask you to

treat your child. Often the problem has got severe if it

this noticeable. Parents also need to treat again a week

later – please look on our website for further

information. This problem can be beaten but it does

need everyone to work together and make regular

checks - thank you.

Welcome new addition to the tuck shop menu The tuck shop in the North building has now started to sell cereals at morning

break.

The cereals available are: Rice Crispies, porridge or cornflakes at 35p per serving.

Parents’ Evening - Spring Term

A huge, thank you for a good turnout for Parents’ Evening; 86% of parents were able to talk to

their child’s class teacher and discuss their learning and progress. It really helps when we can

work together to support your child – thank you.

Attendance for February - we have a school target of 95% overall to reach.

Thank you for good attendance and congratulations to Mrs Todd’s class - 2HT (97.6%) for very

impressive attendance during the month of February.

Staffing updates

We would like to send our congratulations Miss D Nelson, Teaching Assistant, who is getting

married later this month and will return to us after the Easter holiday as Mrs Heap. We also

would like to wish Miss E Smith, Y1 Teacher, all the best as she commences her maternity

leave after Easter and wish her well. Mr N Ingleby will be teaching Miss Smith’s class.

Mrs S Hopkinson, Teaching Assistant, will be retiring at the end of the spring term; we would

like to take this opportunity to wish her a long, happy and healthy retirement and thank her for

her dedication and contribution to the school over the years.

Rock Challenge

Miss T Harrison would like to thank all staff and parents for their help and support for this year’s

forthcoming Rock Challenge which is due to take place at 6.00 pm on Wednesday 9 March at the

Bridlington Spa. The Children are really excited and we wish them good luck for their

performance.

Easter Activities

We look forward to Easter at the end of this term and taking part in a variety of

Easter activities.

Class Percentage Percentage

F2CG – Miss C Good 91.3% 3BH – Mrs C Bagnall / Mrs L Hilton 95.0%

F2SA –Mrs E Sansam / Mrs K Appleton 95.3% 4CC – Mr C Cundy 96.7%

F2SN – Mrs S Noble 96.4% 4CW – Mrs C Wright 94.0%

1ES – Miss E Smith 97.4% 4FS – Miss F Seager 95.0%

1TT – Mrs D Thomson / Ms E Tague 92.5% 5ML – Mr M Lindgren 95.5%

1JT – Miss J Teall 93.6% 5SC – Mrs H Peachey 95.0%

2HT – Mrs H Todd 97.6% 5KB – Mrs K Banks 95.1%

2TH – Miss T Harrison 90.3% 6CN – Mrs C Neale 96.2%

3RE – Mrs R Egan 93.0% 6RL – Mrs R Lindgren 89.5%

3LF – Mrs L Feeney 94.2% 6LH – Miss L Harrison 94.7%

Foundation and Key Stage One (Years 1 and 2)

Our Easter Activity mornings which parents/carers are invited to attend are as follows:-

Foundation Stage Easter crafts on Monday 21 March – 9.15 – 10.15 in the South hall for - F1

morning children plus Miss Good’s class.

Foundation Stage Easter crafts on Monday 21 March – 1.30 – 2.30 in the South hall for F1

afternoon children plus Mrs Sansam/Mrs Appleton and Mrs Noble’s class

Y2 Easter Crafts Wednesday 23 March – 1.15 – 2.45 pm in Year 2 classrooms

Key Stage Two (Years 3 - 6)

Years 3 to Year 6 will be having a decorated egg competition with the theme of -

‘Popstars’. There is plenty of time to get some good ideas - there will be prizes for each

year group. The eggs should be created at home and brought into school in the morning

on Wednesday 23 March to be judged.

Easter egg raffle (Years 2 - 6)

We have started collecting Easter eggs for our annual Easter egg raffle where the children can buy

raffle tickets to win the eggs. The tickets will go on sale on Monday 7 March priced 20p per

ticket. Any donations of eggs will be much appreciated and can be taken to either the office in

the North building or the office in the South building – many thanks.

The draw takes place during an assembly on the last day before the Easter break.

Year 1

The children in Year 1 will be taking part in an Easter egg hunt.

Sport Relief

The school will be raising money again this year for Sport Relief on Friday 18 March. Children

can pay a £1 to come to school wearing red clothing and take part in the Mile Run for charity.

Wristbands will be on sale from 2 March, £1 each – first come first served.

March Dates

Thursday 3 March – World Book Day – come dressed as a Book character

Tuesday 15 – Y6 visit to Hull

Wednesday 16 March – Y5/6 Aspirations Day

Friday 18 March – Sport Relief fundraising – Dress in red / Run a Mile

around the school

Friday 18 March – Archbishop Sentamu to visit – Q&A session with Y5/6 – 2.00 pm

Monday 21 March – Foundation Stage Easter crafts

Tuesday 22 March – Y1 play ‘Neil Armstrong’ – pm (letter to follow with more details)

Wednesday 23 March – Y1 play ‘Neil Armstrong’ – am (letter to follow with more details)

Wednesday 23 March Y2 Easter Crafts – 1.15 – 2.45 pm in Year 2 classrooms

Year 6 SATS - week commencing 9 May 2016

Year 6 will be the first Year group nationally to sit the SATs tests that are based on

the new 2015 National Curriculum. This new National Curriculum has higher

expectations than the old National Curriculum and a change in how the results are

reported.

Samples of the new SATs papers were available at parents evening; the Year 6

teachers are happy to show parents at the end of the day if you would like to see

how the requirements of the papers have changed from previous years.

In previous years an average expectation for a Year 6 child would have been Level

4 (4C, 4B, 4A). This year, results will be reported as a scaled score (a number

between 70 and 130).

The average will be 100 and this will equate to around the old Level 4A.

There will no longer be a level 6 paper but instead harder questions within the main

paper to take account of this and test the most able. Some children previously

working above average may now be working at around average and those at

average may now be slightly below.

Obviously we are working really hard with the children to ensure they have the

necessary knowledge, skills and understanding to feel confident with these new

tests. Other year groups are also working towards the new expectations as well.

Key Stage One SATS

These too are based around the new national curriculum and have higher

expectations. These too no longer report scores as levels but children will get a

scaled score from between 70- 130 with 100 being the national average, again this

will equate to higher than the old Level 2C- 2A range. There will be a test week for

Year 2 pupils later in the year.

All exam papers will be marked and given marks but the table which converts the

marks to scaled scores will not be available until July so children will receive their

results in their school reports at the end of the year. If you are not sure about the

results, which will be new to everyone, there will be an end of year open evening

and an opportunity to chat to the teacher about them.

Term Dates – 2015/2016

Spring Term 2016

Close – Thursday 24 March at 2.20 pm

Please note the school will be closed in the afternoon to F1 (pm) children on

Thursday 24 March.

Summer Term 2016

Open - Tuesday 12 April

Close for May Day - Monday 2 May

Close for half term - Friday 27 May

Re-open - Monday 6 June

Close - Friday 22 July at 2.20 pm Please note the school will be closed in the afternoon to F1 (pm) children on Friday 22 July.

Term Dates – Academic Year 2016/2017

Autumn Term 2016

Open – Wednesday 7 September

Close for half term - Friday 21 October

Re-open - Monday 31 October

Close - Friday 16 December at 2.20 pm

Spring Term 2017

Re-open – Wednesday 4 January

Close for half term – Friday 17 February

Re-open Monday 27 February

Close Friday 7 April at 2.20 pm Please note the school will be closed in the afternoon to F1 (pm) children on Friday 7 April.

Summer Term 2017

Open - Tuesday 25 April

Close for May Day - Monday 1 May

Close for half term - Friday 26 May

Re-open - Monday 5 June

Close - Tuesday 25 July at 2.20 pm Please note the school will be closed in the afternoon to F1 (pm) children on Tuesday25 July.

Please note there will be one more training day to be allocated in line with Withernsea High

School.

INTER SCHOOL FOOTBALL 2016

Withernsea Primary School took part in the annual cluster 6 a side

football tournament at the Pavilion Leisure Centre. Five of the six schools

took part and was run over four consecutive Thursdays after school.

Each school played each other twice over the four weeks and the top two

teams in the league played off to be crowned overall champions.

It was a hard fought competition and was neck and neck with Patrington

Primary School right until the last game. With some great team work and

bits of individual skill Withernsea Primary School beat Patrington two

goals to one.

Charlie Bristow, Kai Fisk, Billy Fincham, Ellis Hall, Kurt Hauber,

Thomas Tukoroa and Charlotte Bacon all deserve congratulations for

their hard work and commitment.

Blogs

You can now follow our main blog updates via twitter.

Just search for @wps_academy or Withernsea Primary.

We will put children’s work on our year group Blogs

please look at what they have been doing and enjoy

their work.

Main school blog -

http://withernseaprimaryblog.blogspot.com/

Foundation stage blog –

http://wpsfoundationblog.blogspot.com

Year 1 blog - http://wpsyear1blog.blogspot.com/

Year 2 blog - http://wpsyear2blog.blogspot.com/

Year 3 blog - http://wpsyear3blog.blogspot.com/

Year 4 blog - http://wpsyear4blog.blogspot.com/

Year 5 blog - http://wpsyear5blog.blogspot.com/

Year 6 blog – http://wpsyear6blog.blogspot.com/