Newsletter February 2007

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School Reports & Parents Evenings

Many parents expressed a desire to have more information about how to help their child with their learning. In order to address this, school reports for children in Reception to Year 5 will now be sent out just after Easter. (Year 6 reports will be sent out before Easter in order to give parents information on how to prepare your child for SATs.) This will give you the opportunity to work with your child on their targets for the rest of the academic year. Previous school reports in July have focused on telling you how well your child has done in the past year. By bringing the reports forwards I hope you will find them more useful and informative. These will replace the end of year reports.

Parents evening will be held on Tuesday 8th May from 3.45-6pm and Wednesday 9th May from 6-7.30pm. You will be sent a form on which you can indicate any particular areas of concern you wish to discuss at you appointment. There will also be an opportunity to look at you child's work before your appointment. Please put these dates in your diary.

School Photographs

School photos will be taken on Wednesday 7th March.

Celebration assembly

Celebration assembly will take place on Friday 16th February at 2.45pm. Please come along and join us as we celebrate our children's achievements this half term.

Batley Bulldogs

Well done to the children who have completed their weekly sessions at the Batley Bulldogs study centre. This is the second group of children who have attended from 3-6pm on Wednesdays, working on their ICT skills. Thank you also to Miss Callaghan for accompanying them.

Jewellery

A number of girls have recently begun wearing jewellery for school. Only stud earrings are allowed. Any other items of jewellery will be removed and returned to the child at the end of the school day. This is for safety reasons.

Brain Awareness Week

We will be holding brain awareness week from the 12th to the 16th of March. The children will be learning about their brains and their preferred learning style. Parents are invited to come to a meeting about this special week to find out all about it on Thursday 8th March at 6pm in the Hall. Parents will also be invited into school to take part in some activities during this special week.

Come and join us

Following the success of our KS1 parent mornings we would like to invite you to come and join us in school after the holidays. Parents of KS2 children are invited on Monday 5th March KS1 parents on Thursday 29th March in the morning. You will have the chance to join your child in their classroom as they take part in their ordinary lessons. This will help you to see the pace and level at which your child (and their teacher) works each day. I hope you will come along and join us.

Book Fair

The book fair will be in school during the week beginning 26th February. You will be able to buy books from 3.30-4pm. World Book Day will be March 1st and our theme this year will be 'the rainforest'. Children may dress up as explorers that day if they wish and will be doing focused work on the rainforest.

Dinner Money

Please can I remind you that dinner money must be sent on Mondays in a sealed envelope or purse with your child's name on. Late money should be brought directly to the office. Please send the correct money or a cheque. This will greatly help the Office Staff.

Retirement

Mrs Brown has retired. We wish her all the best for the future.

I hope you all have a safe and a happy holiday. See you Monday 26th February!

J Hopwood

Headteacher