WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

w/e 10th January 2020 Head Teacher: Mrs Sharon Hillyard

Nursery

Star

Pre-School

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Ralph Madison

Tel: 02476 316 034

Trenance Rd, Exhall,

Coventry, CV7 9FJ

Please remember to report your child’s absence promptly via voicemail service on 02476316034 option 1. Any illness over the period of 3 days will require parent/carer to provide an evidence (doctors card, prescription, medication),

otherwise the absence will be marked as ‘unauthorised’.

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Teddy’s

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Good Work Certificates

Teddy has also returned to school after his Christmas holiday. He has had a trim and received a new bow-tie from Father Christmas. He now looks very smart!

He has been busy around the school the week

meeting the children, and even watched some of the Cinderella pantomime with

Mrs Hillyard!

Daffodil Rose Buttercup Sunflower Foxglove Daisy

Kavi

Lila

Jenson

Aaron

Akaalbir

Mitchell

Dyaal

Jacob

Dexter

Kyomie

Harley

Julia

Happy New Year & Census Day

Happy New Year and welcome back. The children have all come in ready for an exciting Spring Term and already enjoyed our postponed Cinderella pantomime.

CENSUS DAY

Thursday 16th

January 2020 You may already be aware through the press, school budgets are constantly being

reduced, meaning schools have less money to spend on their children.

One of the ways schools funding is determined is by the number of children taking a school lunch on census day. A school lunch is defined as “foods made available by

the school for consumption by the pupil”

This data is used to inform the allocation of universal infant free school meal funding based on average figures from census returns.

Therefore, it is important that YOUR child requests a school dinner on this day.

As a thank you, all those children that select a school lunch on 16th

January will receive a funky stretchy man.

Please encourage your child to have a school dinner on this day.

There is a special menu, a copy is at the back of the newsletter.

(They may still bring a packed lunch as a backup)

E-Safety Parent Workshop

Friday 31st January 9.15-11.15am

We are offering a free 2 hour workshop to learn how to help your child stay safe online. This will be delivered by the Local Authority and will include;

how young people are groomed on-line

signs to look out for

Apps & games that young people are using

an insight into the dark web

tips & security measures that you can put in place to protect your child

Risks to children on-line are changing all the time, so even if you’ve attended a previous workshop please come along to update your knowledge.

Pen Licence

Well done to:

None this week

SAT’s Books—Yr 2

We are already into the second term of Year 2 and we have been working super

hard to get your children ready for the end of Key Stage 1 Standard Attainment Tests

(SAT’s).

Although they seem a long time away it’s never too early to start preparing. After all,

‘practise makes perfect!’

We know that you are keen to help your children at home too, so as a school we

have arranged a special discount from CGP.

You can purchase:

‘New Complete KS1 Maths & English SAT Buster Bundle – including

answers’ (for tests in 2020 and beyond)’ for £6.00, which has a retail price of

£14.00.

All Yr2 children have received a letter, with details of how to order.

Everyone who purchased the bundle last year found the books very helpful

in preparation for their child’s SAT’s.

The closing date for the return of forms is Friday 7th February.

7th February Parent

Workshops

We are holding some Parent workshops at the beginning of February:

9.15am Parent Meeting in the hall followed by Class Workshops (Reception and New to School children)

9.15am Yr1 & Yr2 Parent Workshop, Reading for Enjoyment (Class-based).

More details to follow.

Please note our new Parent’s Evening dates for the Spring term. They are:-

Monday 10th February 4.30-6.30

And

Thursday 13th February 3.30-5.30.

Letters will be sent out shortly with further in-formation and appointments.

Pre-School Parent’s Evenings will be during the week beginning 24th February, staff will

arrange appointments over the next few weeks.

Parent’s Evening Dates

Admissions for

September 2020

If your child is due to start Reception or Year 3 in September 2020, you should have received

a letter from Warwickshire Admissions explaining the application process.

You can apply online www.warwickshire.gov.uk/applyforschool

Deadline for applications is 15th January 2020.

If you have not received your letter, you must contact Warwickshire Admissions as soon as

possible on

01926 414 143

Paper-free from Summer Term

2020

We are doing our bit for the environment, and trying to reduce the amount of letters and

flyers that we send home with the children. After the Easter Holiday in April 2020 we shall be posting all our flyers and reminders on our

Schudio App only.

Please make sure you have the App on your phone or tablet to keep upto date.

Christmas Jumper Day

A message from our School Council:

Hi everyone, we just wanted to say a huge thankyou for taking part in

Christmas Jumper Day on the last day before the holidays. We had so much fun and it was really nice to see so many different jumpers, We really loved the flashing ones! All your donations (£182.60) will go to Save the

Children. Keep an eye out for more exciting School Council events!

Best wishes for the New Year from your School Council.

DATE WHAT’S ON

January

20th Martin Luther King Day

24th Height & weight checks for Reception

28th Road Safety, Year 1 & Year 2

31st E-Safety, Parent Workshop 9.15am - 11.15am

February

4th Bring a Book to Life, dance workshops

7th

9.15am Parent Meeting, Reception and New to School children

9.15am Yr1 & 2 Parent Workshop, Reading for Enjoyment (Class-based)

Sport for All, whole school event (children only)

10th Parent’s Evening 4.30pm-6.30pm

11th Internet Safety Day

13th Parent’s Evening 3.30pm-5.30pm

17th - 21st Closed, Half term holiday

24th Children return to school

Week of 24th Pre-School Parent’s evenings

25th Pancake Races (Children only event)

March

5th World Book Day

10th Poetry Day, visiting poet Andy Tooze

13th Maths workshop for parents

18th Pre-School Mother’s Day Stay & Play @ 11am

April

2nd Pre-School Easter Craft Workshop @ 10.30am

3rd Easter Craft Workshop, Family Learning event

3rd Last day of Spring Term