November Newsletter 10/11/14
Safeguarding
Dear parents,
I am
committed to parental involvement in the school. The Friends of Glenboi have
had three meetings so far this half term and have more exciting events planned
for the year ahead. However, your child’s safety is our main priority. Since
the completion of the new fence over the summer holidays we are now as secure a
site as any school in RCT. To maximise the safety of your children I must ask
you to leave your child with the class teacher at the door, and refrain from
entering the school building in the morning or afternoon, unless you are asked to enter by the class teacher. This
approach also improves the independence of your children E.g. Taking their
coats off, hanging clothing on their pegs etc.
If you enter any council or government
building there are strict boundaries where the public can or cannot enter and
as a school we must ensure
that we act to protect our children to the highest possible levels. We also
need to know exactly who is on our school grounds and particularly in the
building at any one time for health and safety reasons e.g. should we have a
fire.
From Tuesday 11/11/14 I ask all parents to
be aware of the following:
·
Please ensure that your child
arrives in school by 8.55am.
·
If you are with your child
please hand your child to the class teacher / teaching assistant at the class
door.
·
Mr. Robbins the caretaker will
lock the gate at 9.05am.
·
If you arrive later than 9 am
please take your child to the main office at the entrance of the school where
Mrs.Doolin will ask you to sign the late register.
·
Mrs.Doolin will then arrange
for your child to be taken to class.
In addition, please help
us keep your children safe by;
·
Avoiding driving your car into the school car park
·
Avoiding parking on the lines outside the school. I am sure that we would
all agreethat a minute extra to park safely is a small price to pay to ensure a
child’s safety.
Schools Priorities for 2013-14
TARGET 1: To ensure that formative and
summative assessment procedures are effective in raising pupil standards.
TARGET 2: To improve the quality of
teaching and learning in maths for all groups of pupils.
TARGET 3: To improve the quality of
teaching and learning in English for all
groups of pupils
Target 4. To improve pupil’s attendance to
at least 95% and 95% of pupils are punctual.
Attendance
Our aim is that at
five minutes past nine each morning, the yard is clear and the bottom gate is locked. There is nothing
worse for a child than walking into a class when everyone else is
working. We have a policy in school that learning starts at
9am. Therefore, it is important that everyone is here on
time. Please help us to achieve this aim. Thank you
Last year our
attendance rose to 94% and we are very grateful for your support in raising our
attendance figures. I am sure you have all read the letter from the Director of
Education about the new rules for holidays taken in term time. Nearly all of
you have made these changes already and consequently limited the time that
pupils are taken out of school.
Our attendance target
this year is 95%, if we can aim for and achieve 95%, it will be a fantastic
achievement and puts us up there with the best schools in Wales. It
is clear that high attendance supports high achievement and as a school we have
evidence which clearly supports this.
There are times
when you need to collect your child from school during the school day. If this
is for a medical/dental appointment please could you bring an appointment card
with you to evidence the absence. We can therefore put the appropriate absence
code against your child’s absence. If you do not bring the card, we have been
told by the authority that the absence must be labelled as an unauthorised
absence. The authority records the number of unauthorised absences and are looking
to fine parents when 10 occur (1 day is 2 absences – morning and afternoon). Please pick your child up from reception
not the class if your child has a medical appointment.
Attendance procedures
summarised:
·
Inform the school
by 9.30am if your child is not attending school.
·
All holidays in
term time are to be coded as unauthorised absences.
·
RCT requires all
illness to be evidenced by parents- doctors’ appointments, medicine bottles,
prescriptions, doctors letters can be used to evidence illness.
Children In Need
Friday 14th November is Children
IN Need, the theme of the day will be to dress as a super hero and bring a
donation of £1 for the privilege.
Head Lice
There have been reports of head lice
throughout the school. We would advise that you check your child’s hair
thoroughly and if you find any lice treat your child immediately. Please note
that head lice are not a reason for absence from school.
Value Of the Month
As a school we have identified 7 core values
that we want to ensure that our pupils understand and demonstrate. Our Value
for November is RESPECT, we are discussing this value and the importance of
showing respect for others and for yourself. We would appreciate your support
by talking to your children about showing respect for themselves and each other.
This will support all of the work we are doing in class and in assemblies.
PE Kit
Please ensure that your child brings shorts
and a t-shirt to school on the day that they have indoor PE. For outdoor PE we
ask the children to bring tracksuit bottoms and an appropriate top to wear for
PE. As the wet and cold weather approaches please ensure that all pupils come
to school wearing a coat, even if it’s not raining. This means that children
don’t get wet on the way home if it begins to rain in the afternoon.
From
tomorrow Tuesday 11th November, PE for class 5 will be Rugby-
outside. Mountain Ash RFC are coming into school to work with staff for the
session.
Rugby Club
All
junior pupils are invited to take part in rugby club. I will be taking it on a
Tuesday lunchtime starting tomorrow. Pupils can wear uniform to school and get
changed at break time.
New Website
We
are proud to direct you towards our new school website http://glenboiprimary.weebly.com You can also follow us on twitter @ primary_glenboi.
The
website keeps parents informed via our news blog and twitter feed, and keeps
you up to date on upcoming events via the school calendar. I would ask you to please
visit the site as this will allow it to be found on Google as soon as possible.
The more viewers we get the quicker Google will recognise it as the school
website.
I
appreciate that there is a lot of information in this newsletter however the school
is working hard to strive for excellence in all areas, safeguarding pupil’s safety
and wellbeing, teaching and learning and developing the whole child. Many
thanks for your support.
Thank
you and best wishes,
Mr.
Llewellyn
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