4th February 2016

Contents

Next Week Events

Learning Powers

Attendance

Tidy Classroom Award

LSA news

Thank you

Governor of the Month

School Council News

Assistant cook vacancy

Reading information meetings

Reading workshops

School Improvement Review letter

Next week’s menu

Diary Dates

Tidy Classroom Award

Congratulations to Rowan Class

who won the Tidy Classroom

Award last week.

Next Week’s Events

Tuesday - Parent/Carer meetings

Wednesday - Parent/Carer meetings

Thursday - Pick and Mix due in; Dance for Macmillan; end of term 3 at 3.05pm

Friday - SCHOOL CLOSED

Governor of the Month for February Hello, my name is Karen Manders. I started my role as a parent governor in September. I have always had an interest in the school and doing my part to help my local community. I don't get much spare time as I am a single parent to Ellie in Elm Class and Alex in Lime, as well as working. When I do get any spare time (!), I run. I run for my health but also for my sanity. I'm currently training to run my first marathon in April in Brighton. My background is healthcare; I'm a nurse practitioner and am involved in developing health provision in my surgery's community. I also coordinate the schools second hand uniform 'shop'. So if you have any school uniforms that can be reused please hand them to reception. Also if you need any uniform, prices for items range between 50p and £3. All money goes back into the school. Win, win! I look forward to seeing the classes in action in Feb-ruary and attending as many events as possible. Thank you, Karen.

Learning Powers In last Friday’s Celebration Assembly, these children were awarded Sapphire Learning Power

certificates for concentrating and keeping focus on their learning.

Finlay Mitchell, Mary-Kate Bruce, Marco Nunes, Marshall Bevan, Barnaby Smith, (Elm Class Elliot

Bayton, Lauren Belchamber, Calum Carey, Jake Davey, Ellason Hunter, Toya Jefferies, Isaac

Johnson, Isaac Lovesey, Shekina Miller, Harvey Morrissey, Christopher Notman, Ethan Onslow,

Isaac Peaker-Stevens, Natalie Pokorna, Arlen Frapwell, Kacey Ramos, Chloe Randell, Harvey

Robertson, Ellie Manders, Kajanan Sivakumaran, Lydia Smith, Krystal Stephenson, Layton Stepp,

Holly Taylor), Riley Oram, Cameron Dallaway, Ethan Dyer, Owen Marchment, Phoebe Eslick, Jonny

Albisteanu, Jed Moody, Megan Anderson-Davies, Mihana Oba, Lottie Johnson, and Daisy Yendle.

Congratulations!

Attendance

Congratulations to Lime Class who won the Attendance Cup last week, and to Rowan,

Beech and Ash classes who had the least number of minutes lost from learning.

Class Attendance Lates Minutes

Acorn 92.21% 4 30

Oak 95.63% 3 188

Lime 97.72% 2 18

Chestnut 97.78% 3 33

Elm 92.44% 3 190

Ash 90.25% 0 0

Rowan 95.22% 0 0

Beech 97.33% 0 0

Silver Birch 91.28% 7 163

LSA News

LSA AGM postponed, further details to follow.

Florence and Franklin are visiting Longleaze pupils,

keep an eye out in your gardens!

The target for ‘good’

attendance is set

by the DfE at 97%.

Congratulations to Carol Robinson who is our new Catering Manager. Her promotion

leaves a vacancy for an Assistant Cook.

This post is for 39 weeks of the year (which is term time and the 5 days when the school

is closed for the children), working 8.30am-1.30pm each day. The rate of pay is £7.43 per

hour.

For further information including the Job Description and the application form please vis-

it the school website.

Applications (including a letter setting out what you can offer the position and our

school) need to be in the school office by 15.00pm 17th February.

Reading Workshop at Longleaze

- February 2016

“For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long

words bother me.”

Winnie the Pooh was the very first book I ever read to my eldest daughter

(twenty-five years ago!), and we still share snippets from the stories that she

loved. However, as Pooh Bear himself says, words can be tricky and for some

children reading does not come easily. However, it is an essential skill for our

children, opening up a whole new world of enjoyment and learning.

To help your children make progress with their reading, we would like to invite

you to a Reading Parent/Carer information session, where we will offer tips

and strategies to support decoding and comprehension and to help your child

enjoy reading for pleasure.

This will run on the Tuesday 23rd February from 2.00pm to 3.00pm and will

be repeated at 5.30pm-6.30pm in the school hall. Please come in to school

through the main entrance.

Please contact Mrs Radford in the office and let her know which session you

are able to attend or use the school’s online booking system. As usual, there

will be a free Raffle to thank you for coming along.

Please note this is a different information session to the Reading Rangers

morning workshop on 11th February, which is for members of our community

who already volunteer to help with reading in school.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Lise James

28th January 2016

Dear Parents and Carers

As part of our on-going commitment to raising standards, the school regularly evaluates its own

performance during a School Improvement Review (SIR). These are carried out by members of the

school’s Senior Leadership Team and a Head Teacher from another school or a school advisor from

the Local Authority. They take place three times a year. Evidence collected during SIRs includes

observations of teaching, the opinions of children and parents, performance data and evidence of

progress in exercise books. We are pleased to report the findings of our latest School Review,

which was carried out in Term 2.

The school has judged itself Good in all areas.

Some of the areas of strength included:

The use of the Chilli Challenge together with other effective teaching strategies allows children

to make good progress during lessons.

Adults use open ended questions to deepen children’s understanding.

The relationships between adults/ children, and children/ children are very positive. As a result,

children feel safe to have a go at answering questions.

Children have a good attitude to learning and are keen to improve themselves.

Children are interested in their learning because teachers give them a reason to learn.

We could be even better if we:

consider ways of recording more evidence in children’s books.

use lolly sticks more consistently throughout the school, when asking questions to the class.

display more subject specific vocabulary.

Our next School Review will take place in Term 4. We aim to build on the successes of the first half

of this year and continue to improve the standards within our school.

Kind regards

Mrs Pickard

Next week’s school lunch menu (week 1)

WEEK

Monday 8th February

Tuesday 9th February

Wednesday 10th February

Thursday 11th February

Friday

Pork sausages Roast chicken breast Beef Bolognese Roast pork loin

School closed

Cheese and tomato pasta bake

Vegetarian ravioli Quorn chilli Vegetarian sausages

Jacket potato with baked beans

Jacket potato with cheese and

coleslaw

Jacket potato with savoury mince

Jacket potato with tuna mayo

Potato choice and vegetables

Roast potatoes and vegetables

Pasta or rice Vegetables

Roast potatoes and vegetables

Fruity flapjack Fresh fruit salad Syrup sponge and

custard Raisin chocolate

crispy cake

The small print… All meals ordered must be accompanied by the correct payment. The school

kitchen does not offer credit terms and will not provide a meal without payment.

Available daily :- fresh fruit and salad from our salad bar, freshly made bread, home-

made fruit yoghurt and two choices of vegetables, fresh water. Please feel free to talk

to Carol for any special dietary needs on 01793 849251.

£2.30 for a

child per day

Remember!

Once a week - take a peek!

Together we can beat head

lice.

For advice and support, ring

our School Nurse on

01793 605418

Please let the Office know if

your child has head lice so

that we can let other parents/

carers in the class know to

check their children.

Dates for your Diary

February 2016

4th - Harry Potter night—5.00pm-6.30pm

5th - Family Friday morning; Last Elm Class swimming

9th & 10th - Parent/Carer evenings

11th - End of Term

12th - Professional Development Day - school closed

15th-19th - Half Term

22nd - Term 4 begins

23rd - Reading information session for Parents and Carers - 2.00-3.00 and

repeated 5.30-6.30pm

26th - First Ash Class swimming

March

3rd—Y6 Transitional meeting at RWBA for parents

4th - Family Friday afternoon at 1.15pm. Please sign in at the main en-

trance

10th - GB sub-committees

21st - Full Governing Body meeting

24th - End of Term 4 at 1.30 pm

The popular school bookshop

(which is open for children dur-

ing Wednesday lunchtimes) will

be opening once a month on

Mondays at 2.30pm – 3.30pm

on the following dates:

21st March, 25th April, 23rd May,

20th June and 18th July.