ROSSETT ACRE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Pannal Ash Road, Harrogate HG2 9PH Telephone: 01423 561579 Fax: 01423 502860 e-mail: admin@rossettacre.n-yorks.sch.uk website: www.rossettacre.n-yorks.sch.uk

Headteacher: Corrine Penhale Deputy Headteacher: Catriona Salisbury

Our school: ‘Excellence and happiness for all’

Charity No.1048680

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NEWSLETTER FOR ROSSETT ACRE – 28 September 2017

Forthcoming dates for your diary

Fri 29 Sept Rossett Nature Reserve Pond Dipping Event – 5.45-6.45pm.

Thurs 5 Oct Individual Pupil & Sibling Photos (siblings from 8.15am).

Fri 6 Oct Y6 – Police Visit - Internet Safety Talk.

Thurs 12 Oct EYFS Information Evening 6pm.

Fri 13 Oct Y6 - Sif The Viking Lady Visit.

Sun 15 Oct Steph Simmons Photo Session.

Mon 16 Oct Years 1-6 - Harvest Festival at St Mark’s Church (Leave from school 9.15am).

Tue 17 Oct Open Day for prospective parents.

Tue 17 Oct Parent’s Evening for EY – Year 6. 4-7pm 10 minute appointments.

Thurs 19 Oct Parent’s Evening for EY – Year 6. 4-7pm 10 minute appointments.

Fri 20 Oct EY & Year 1 – Fire Service Visit.

Fri 20 Oct School closes for half term 3.30pm. Casual Day Brin g £1. Cake bake.

Mon 30 Oct School opens 8.50am.

Wed 8 Nov Y5 – Planetarium visit – Details to follow.

Thurs 9 Nov Open Day for prospective parents.

Tues 21 Nov -Fri 24 Nov

Book Fair Week

Thurs 14 Dec Christmas Dinner – Whole school – details to follow.

Just a reminder that our training days for the rest of this year are: Monday 8 January 2018, Friday 6 July

2018, Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 July 2018.

This week we waved goodbye to our Y6 children as they embarked on their residential visit to East Barnby. They have been having a marvellous time. They will re-join us tomorrow and I expect they will need a well earned rest over the weekend, as will the staff who accompanied them. I look forward to hearing all about their adventures. A huge thank you to Mrs Salisbury, Mr Marshall, Mrs Williams, Mrs Hannam, Mrs Nunns, Mrs Lang and Mr Latty for spending the last five days with the children and giving up their own personal time to supervise them. Residentials couldn’t take place without their generosity and commitment to the school.

On Monday I led a Child Protection assembly. The children were informed that I am the Designated Safeguarding Lead in school and Mrs Salisbury is the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead. We discussed who children could speak to if they had a worry or concern – any adult in school, a parent, grandparent or another adult they can trust. The children also identified that they could speak to a friend, a Peer Listener and our Learning Mentor – Laura Henry. We are very lucky as Laura has worked for Childline in the past and she shared some of her knowledge with the children and they learned the Childline number: 0800 1111.

I showed the children a game based website that I had seen Miss Matthews’ class playing last week that supports learning about being safe online, including from Cyberbullying. ‘Interland’ is a Google website page and is an interesting way for children to learn about staying safe online. Miss Matthews class thoroughly enjoyed playing it.

I also saw Mr Marshall’s class learning about keeping safe online last week and they were making posters linked to this. We now live in a society of advancing technology and we feel it is so important that children learn about safety linked to the internet and what to do if they encounter a concern or worry.

On Tuesday Y2 took part in a Life Long Ago workshop. They carried out fossil hunts for carnivores, herbivores and other life from long ago. They learned all about the dinosaurs and had lots of their questions answered. It was a super information packed visit and the children thoroughly enjoyed it.

CONGRATULATIONS - ACHIEVEMENT ASSEMBLY Congratulations to the children who were on the Sunshine Board last week: Emily, Oliver (SK/CN), Catrin, Thomas Y (AC). Congratulations to all the children who received certificates in last week’s assembly. CITIZENSHIP PROJECT - FUNDRAISING FOR CANCER RESEAR CH Last term some of Miss Matthews’ children took part in a citizenship project, following on from that on Monday 2nd October , Orla, Angharad, Olia and Sophie from Year 5 will be holding a jumble sale with books, teddies and lots more, to raise money for Cancer Research. The sale will take place straight after school in Miss Matthews' classroom or on the top playground if the weather is nice and everyone is invited to attend. As it is for charity, there will be no specific prices set . The girls are only asking for a sensible donation for items, meaning everyone has a chance to buy something, even if they can only contribute a little money. The girls have worked hard to organise this event for a very good cause, so please come along and show your support.

INDIVIDUAL CLASS PHOTOS On Thursday 5 October children will have their individual photographs taken. Please ensure your children have a jumper or cardigan with them. If you have a non-Rossett Acre school child and you would like them to have their photograph taken with their sibling, the photographer will be available from 8.15am in the Sports Hall (access from the front of the school building). PARENTS’ EVENING Parents’ Evening this term will be held on Tuesday October 17th and Thursday 19 October. Letters have been sent out with instructions of how to make an appointment online. If you have any problems booking your appointment, please speak to the school staff in the office who will be happy to help. The booking system goes live on Monday 2 October at 9am and appointments are booked on a first come, first served basis, so please ensure you book early. Thank you. NEW STARTERS SEPTEMBER 2018 We have two Open Days this year: Tuesday 17 October and Thursday 9 November 2017. If your child is due to start school in September 2018, please do come and join us and take a look around our school on a normal working day. We will be delighted to see you. Please note the deadline to apply for a Primary School place is 15 January 2018. All the information to apply is at www.northyorks.gov.uk/schooladmissions HIGH SCHOOL APPLICATIONS Please note the deadline to apply for a High School place is 31 October 2017. Again, the information can be found at www.northyorks.gov.uk/schooladmissions PARENT FORUMS Each term the Senior Leadership Team/Governors put on a Parent Forum event to share information about how our school works and to discuss a range of themes with parents. Our most recent Forum was all about keeping children safe online, how we teach it in school and where parents can gain support to ensure children are safe online at home too. The feedback from this Forum was very positive – thank you to everyone who attended. This year we will be running our Parent Forums again and wondered if you had any suggestions about the themes you would like us to cover. It could be how we teach phonics, reading, writing or grammar in school, how we teach Mastery Maths, how we deliver a creative curriculum or something else. We are keen to hear your suggestions, so please do complete the slip at the bottom of this newsletter and return it to the School Office if you have an idea. Thank you. NAME TAGS The PTA have arranged partnerships with both Stikins and My Name Tags - if you enter the schools number when you order, the PTA will get 20-30% cash back on your order. www.mynametags.com - school ID 29054 www.stikins.co.uk - school ID 17096 COMMUNITY NEWS Please find attached a poster advertising a poetry workshop in October. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SEND PROVISION - NYCC The events for parents/carers for the cognition and learning strand of the strategic plan have now been arranged and can be found at https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/parentscandlevent

SUGGESTIONS It’s always good to hear from you as parents/carers and members of the local community, about your opinions and suggestions regarding any aspect of school life. Please use the red suggestion box in the main office or e-mail your suggestions to suggestions@rossettacre.n-yorks.sch.uk

Have a fantastic weekend.

Corrine Penhale Headteacher

Parent Forum Suggestions

Parent’s Name: ________________________________ Chi ld(ren)’s class(es): _________________

My suggestion(s) for one of the Parent Forum’s this year is:

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