Autumn Term 2015 Newsletter 3

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Page | 1 Cheshire Academies Trust Limited trading as Mill View Primary School. Registered in England and Wales 08108086. Registered office Kelsall Primary School, Flat Lane, Kelsall, Cheshire CW6 0PU.

Cheshire Academies Trust Good Things Grow Here

Multi use games areaThere was great excitement at school last week when installation of the long anticipated multi use gamesarea began. Sport England awarded Cheshire Academies Trust this grant which replaced the original grantin June 2014 to Mill View Primary School. The grant has been used to provide a 12m x 7m games spacewith safety flooring and floor markings; markings on the playground and activity surfacing in the Receptionoutdoor area.

Thank you to the children and families for your patience last week when we were unable to use theplayground but I am sure you will agree the multi-use games area is an excellent sporting provision for usand will improve our PE and sport teaching.

The school will be dedicating the multi-use games area to the memory of Danny Jones. Danny, father of achild who used to attend Mill View and a former football coach forChester FCAcademydied of a brain

tumour in March. Dannys mother Debbie was a governor at Mill Viewand we are delighted that Debbieand Tara, Dannys wife, have given us permission to dedicate the multi-use games area to his memory.There will be an official opening of the multi-use games area later in the term.

Mathematics through artMrs Telford led two workshops with the key stage 2 classes focussed upon teaching mathematics through

art. Can you guess the artist who provided the inspiration? The childrens work has been displayed as largecollages in the key stage 2 corridor. Please pop into school when you collect your child to look at the work.

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Plant it, grow it and eat it

Year 2 Soup

Year 2 Making Soup

Our Reception children also collected produce from the kitchen garden with Heather,our regular kitchen garden volunteer, and each child took home a tub of goodies.

Assessment without levelsThe government introduced a new curriculum in September 2014 and new forms of assessment weredeveloped to align its content and principles. Last academic year we continued to report to you in terms ofnational curriculum levels (e.g. Level 2b); however, from September 2015 national curriculum levels will nolonger be used. In removing curriculum levels the government has given schools the freedom to developtheir own approaches to assessment linked into their own curriculum. At Mill View senior leaders, alongsideleaders at Boughton Heath and Kelsall, researched new practice models of assessment to consider how wecan best use assessment for teaching and learning, and all 3 schools have agreed to use an online pupiltracking system. During the next few weeks all teachers will receive training in how to use the onlinetracking system. This term teachers have continued to evaluate your childs knowledge and understanding


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on a day to day basis and to tailor their teaching accordingly. There will be an information evening forparents early in the spring term to share our new assessment tracking system.

Welcome toSam and Sebastian who have joined our Year 2 and 5 classes respectively. We hope bothchildren and their families will soon feel part of our school family.

Christmas FairSaturday 28 November 11am3pm

Stallholders are needed for the PTA Christmas Fair 20 per stall. [email protected]

Local governing body at Mill View Primary SchoolAs we start a new academic year I would like to share the constitution of our local governing body for ournew families. The local governing body consists of 11 members

Headteacher of the school- Mrs Susan Walters 2 Staff governors- Mrs Sarah White (Learning Mentor) and Miss Emma Cottrell (Year 3 teacher) 3 parent governors- Dr Laura Edwards (Vice Chair of governors and Chair of Health & Safety

committee), Mrs Zoe Lee and Mrs Joanne Wraige (Safeguarding governor)

5 co-opted governors- Ms Maura Connolly (Chair of governors), Mrs Ceri Lloyd (Chair of finance

committee), Mrs Liz Tudor (Chair of curriculum committee & SEN governor), Mrs Lesley Hershaw(Vice chair of Health & Safety) and Mrs Sarah Parr (Vice chair of finance)

Each academic year there is one full local governing body meeting each term. There are 3 committees(Premises, Health & Safety; Policy & Curriculum; and Finance and Staffing) and each committee meetseach term. The governor role is a voluntary one and we are extremely fortunate to have governors whoplay an active role in making a positive contribution to your children'seducation.

Helping your child in mathematicsIn previous newsletters this term we have provided you with links tocurriculum information on the website and we have uploaded other additionaldocuments you may find useful in supporting your child at home. The latestdocument is calledWritten calculation phases in mathematicsand thisprovides examples of written methods of calculations you child will be using inmathematics.

Personal development, behaviour and welfareThere is a rigorous monitoring programme within our school to ensure thatleaders have an excellent understanding of the strengths and areas fordevelopment. Since September one of the areas leaders have been evaluatingis personal development, behaviour and welfare. In particular leaders have evaluated how well childrenbehave, cooperate and share with each other, make friends, respect each others differences, and theextent to which children behave in ways that are safe, understand how to stay safe and show that theyfeel safe. This has been done by observing the children at the start of the school day, during playtimes andin lessons; and talking to groups of children from each class about behaviour, including bullying.

The questions we asked the children included How do you get to and from school? How do you make sure you are safe on your journey? Do you feel safe at school? How do staff help you feel safe? What do you enjoy about playtimes? What would you do if you had no-one to play with? What

would you do if you saw someone else on their own at playtime?

Do you find our school Value of the month useful? How do you know how to behave at school? How do staff promote good behaviour? Have you ever experienced bullying at school? If someone bullied you what would you do?
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In summary the childrens conduct is impeccable in school evidencing that the schools strategies areeffective in promoting high standards in behaviour. The children told us they feel safe at all times andknow who to talk to if they needed to. The children had a good understanding of how the staff help themto keep safe. A couple of children said that they had experienced bullying (others being mean) but it hadbeen sorted out immediately by teachers and they trusted the teachers to do this. All the children told usthey know how to behave in school and the class contract helps them to do this. All the children told usthey enjoyed playtimes and knew what to do if they had no-one to play with. They told us some wonderfulways in which we could improve playtimes for them

Build a football pitch Decorate the playground with ribbons Build an obstacle course Put up tents Have blankets and mats

Throughout the school day the pupils behaviour is excellent. It is an orderly environment in which pupilsrespond very positively to staff, allowing the teaching and learning to flow smoothly and withoutinterruption.

A copy of our school behaviour and discipline policy is available on the school websitewww.millviewschool.co.ukschool informationschool policies

Below are some of the childrens comments about the Value of the month

Bullying has to stop right nowThe school does not tolerate bullying of any kind. If we discover that an act of bullying or intimidation hastaken place, we act immediately to prevent further occurrences of such behaviour. While it is very difficultto eradicate bullying, we do everything in our power to ensure that all children attend school free fromfear. Our Year 5 children have been working really hard in writing their own lyrics to a well-known songThe best day of my lifeto express their views on anti-bullying. They have renamed the song asBullyinghas to stop right now!The video of the whole song singing the song led by our Year 5 children will beuploaded onto the school website this week.

Diary Dates

Tuesday 29 SeptemberCheshire Academies Trust videoTuesday 13 and Thursday 15 OctoberParents eveningsfor Reception to Year 5Tuesday 13, Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 OctoberYear 6 Parent ConsultationsThursday 15 OctoberVegetable Workshop (further details to follow)Tuesday 20 OctoberTempest to take individual and siblings photographsHalf termMonday 26 October to Tuesday 03 November (school closed on Monday 02 November for staff INSET)Saturday 28 NovemberPTA Christmas Fair 11am to 3pmWednesday 09 DecemberYear 5 bag packing at Marks and Spencer, Cheshire Oaks

Thursday 10 DecemberKey Stage 2 Carol Service at the Holy Ascension Church 1.30pm and 6.30pmFriday 11 DecemberWhole school visit to Sleeping Beauty, The Floral Pavilion, New Brighton 1.30pm to 5pmWednesday 16 DecemberWhole school Christmas lunch in the Windmill CafFriday 18 DecemberSchool closes for Christmas break until Wednesday 06 January 2016 (school closed on Monday 04& Tuesday 05 January 2016 for staff INSET)

Very helpful

It wasreall ood

Yes, they reallyhelp us to be kind

to each other

The Value assembliesare really good

I like hearing aboutwhat the other classes

have been doingNot useful but

very usefulHelps us learn

about be a

good friendHelps you to bea better person
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