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Davidson Primary Academy

Dartnell Road Croydon CR0 6JA Tel. 020 8654 1460 office@davidsonprimary.com www.davidsonprimary.com

Davidson Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Dear Parents/Carers

As we come to the end of a very busy term and approach the Christmas holidays I wanted to thank you for your continued support throughout 2017. As you are aware at Davidson we have experienced a high turn over of staff during the past twelve months but I want to offer reassurance that we are all extremely determined and passionate about the journey we have embarked upon. We are all committed to take the school from its current Ofsted grade to “Good” within the next year. The parent questionnaires were very positive and having spoken to individual parents who wrote comments on the questionnaires I am positive that we are addressing any concerns that were raised. Results from the 2017 Parent Questionnaires (Percentage)

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Questions Strongly

Agree Agree

1. My child is happy at this school 60 39

2. My child feels safe at this school 57 42

3. My child makes good progress at this school 60 37

4. My child is well looked after at this school 57 41

5. My child is taught well at this school 62 36

6. My child receives appropriate homework for their age 46 42

7. This school makes sure its pupils are well behaved 45 44

8. This school deals effectively with bullying 36 37

9. This school is well led and managed 36 37

10. This school responds well to any concerns I raise 43 43

11. I receive valuable information from the school about my child's progress 50 44

12. Would you recommend this school to another parent? 44 37

Message from the Principal

This Issue: Message from the Principal Christmas Shows Christmas Jumper Day EYFS Winter Wonderland Class Christmas Parties Santa’s Post Box Nut Free School PE Kits Head lice and Nits PTA Christmas Discos Head Boy & Head Girl Medication in School. Attendance and Punctuality Clubs Clubs update

“Where Every Child Counts”

P A G E 2

The success of our work can be seen already in terms of attainments with our KS1, KS2 and Phonics screening test results from 2017, which I have summarised for you below.

Key GPS- Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling EXP- Expected GDP-Greater Depth

This year there has been a transformation in the Early Years provision with Ms Campbell who is providing outstanding leadership. The curriculum is engaging with a clear pathway towards excellence. Other areas that we have focussed on include ensuring all children feel proud to be part of the Davidson Community. It was an honour to lead our first special achievement assembly this week where children had the opportunity to shine through their individual achievements. The new “Breakfast with the Principal” has also allowed children to be recognised for their positive attitude. The new uniform has also helped to raise aspirations in the school and the children look extremely smart. We have high expectations of the quality of our teaching staff and the turn over of staff is not unusual of a school when it is coming out of an Ofsted category. However I am confident with the current staffing structure that we now have the strongest teaching team that the school has seen for many years. Personally I am extremely proud to be the Principal of Davidson and know that with the support of the Senior Leadership team and the committed teaching staff we will continue our journey to ensure Davidson continues to shine. Once again thank you for your support throughout 2017 and I wish you all a very safe and festive Christmas. Yours faithfully

Ms Dando Principal

Reading Writing Maths

EXP GDP EXP GDP EXP GDP

KS1 82% 27% 78% 12% 83% 21%

KS2 69% 25% 81% 8% 81% 52%

EXP GDP

KS2 GPS 85% 67%

2017 Result Increase from 2016

Year 1 Phonics Test

80% +11%

News

News

EYFS WINTER WONDERLAND

EYFS had a wonderful Winter Wonderland afternoon and managed to

raise £285 for their class. This money will contribute towards purchasing

items for class activities. Thank you to everyone who supported them.

YEAR 3 TRIP TO MARY MAGDALENE’S CHURCH

Year 3 had a wonderful visit to Mary Magdalene's church where they watched a Nativity play and

joined in activities.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT ASSEMBLY

Congratulations to the following pupils who received certificates at the Special Achievement

assembly this week:

Dawid – Palm Nia—Sycamore

Ronnie-Ray – Holly Elin—Silver Birch

Tymoteusz – Maple Mannt—Oak

Connor – Cherry Cerys—Elder

Ruby – Rowan Abdullah—Pine

Karina—Ash Sabeeha—Ivy

Leo—Chestnut

REMINDER: WE ARE A NUT FREE SCHOOL

There are children in our school who has a severe, life-threatening allergy to nuts including: Peanuts, Pecans , Walnuts , Hazelnuts , Cashew, Macadamia, Brazil nuts and other nuts and nut flavourings. Items that may contain one or more of these are Kinder Bueno, Happy Hippo, Nutella, peanut butter, etc. To children with nut allergies, touching, eating or being in close proximity of someone who has eaten some of these items may provoke a severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) and in some cases death. For the safety of our pupils we are asking all parents not to send any food containing these items to school.

News

NITS AND HEADLICE

Information about head lice Anyone can get head lice…mainly through direct head-to-head contact but also from sharing hats, brushes and other personal items. Head lice are a problem in many communities and do not reflect poor hygiene or social status. Please do your part to prevent the spread of this communicable condition by checking your child(ren) daily for the next few weeks, and on a regular basis thereafter. Lice infestation is much easier to treat if caught early. If you should discover a case of head lice, please notify the office. Notify the parents of your child’s playmates. This is the best way to protect your family and community. For further information please contact the National Pediculosis Associa-tion at npa@headlice.org or visit www.headlice.org.

CLASS CHRISTMAS

PARTIES

All classes had a wonderful

time at their class Christmas

parties on Wednesday. Thank

you to all parents who

contributed to the party food.

CHRISTMAS DINNER

Thank you to the kitchen staff who made a delicious Christmas Dinner for everyone!

HEAD BOY AND HEAD GIRL

Kye, Head Boy, Oliver, Deputy Head Boy, Anika, Head Girl and Aria, Deputy

Head Girl

We had a spectacular Christmas disco along with the mouth-

watering Christmas Lunch. In adition to that we had an extremely

festive Christmas Jumper day all in one. On Wednesday everyone

enjoyed the Christmas spirit while watching movies, playing games

and munching on delicious snacks. Other than that we have been

working very hard on our tests and had some very impressive

scores!

Please remember we finish at 1.30pm on Wednesday 20th

December!

Merry Christmas to you all and have a Happy New Year!

P A G E 5

Attendance & Punctuality

ATTENDACE REPORTING

Whole school attendance for week commencing 4th December 2017

93.95% Our Target is 97%

Congratulations to Maple for KS1 and Ivy for KS2 for the

best attendance last week!

Class Attendance %

Palm EYFS 94.93

Holly Y1 91.69

Maple Y1 92.98

Rowan Y2 94.4

Cherry Y2 88.1

Ash Y3 95.42

Sycamore Y4 93.25

Silver Birch Y4 94.96

Oak Y5 90.56

Elder Y5 96.13

Ivy Y6 96.81

Chestnut Y6 94.4

Pine Y6 96.35

Year Group

Attendance %

0 94.93

1 92.33

2 91.29

3 95.42

4 94.19

5 93.11

6 95.88

MEDICATION IN SCHOOL If your child has medication

in school, due to our new

procedures we require

duplicate medication to be

held in their classroom. If

you have not done so

already, please request the

duplicate medication from

your doctors and supply to

the school asap.

It is the parents

responsibility to ensure the

school has as necessary

medication and that it is in

date.

P A G E 6

REMINDER Please be reminded that pupils should be kept home from school for 48 hours following a bout of vomiting or diarrhoea. You must phone the school on the morning of each day of absence.

PTA CORNER

It’s been an exciting week, getting everything ready for the disco, it was a big success and was enjoyed by all the children who attended. A very special thanks to all the volunteers who helped supervise the event, it is very important that we all work together so that we can organise events in the future. We would like to thank everyone who has supported us this term with the fundraising, you can still help by registering at www.easyfundraising.co.uk and choosing Davidson Academy PTA, every time you shop online, the company you are buying from will donate to us and it won’t cost you anything. Please contact us at pta@davidsonprimary.com ,we welcome your ideas, suggestions, support or any kind of help you can provide or maybe you would like to join our team and become part of the committee? We would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a happy New Year, have a good holiday!

HOUSE POINTS

1st Place: EAGLE

2nd Place: HARRIER

3rd Place: NIGHTHAWK

4th Place: FALCON

GOLDEN BOOK NAMES

Congratulations to the following pupils who’s names

were in the golden book this week:

Year 1 Maple Alex

Holly Marcel

Year 2 Rowan Aaraf

Cherry Peter

Year 3 Ash Charlie

Year 4 Sycamore Peter

Silver Birch Malia

Year 5 Elder Hayden & Louise

Oak Hannah & Chalone

Year 6 Ivy Yoana & NIkija

Chestnut Oliver

Pine Zahra

CLASS FOCUS—CHERRY

Well done to Araaf in Cherry class for

this fantastic poem about a Magic

Carpet!

Activity Open to Years

Cost of the club

Day Time From

Time To Location Providers Dates Note

Football Years 5—6 £20 per term Monday 3.15pm 4.15pm Field (all weather)

Mr Taylor PE Coach

Start: 15/1 End: 26/3

Street Dance Years 1-6 £40 per term Tuesday 3.15pm 4.15pm KS1 Hall TeamGet-Involved (TGI)

Start: 16/1 End: 27/3

Football Years 1—4 £20 per term Tuesday 3.15pm 4.15pm Field (all weather)

Mr Taylor PE Coach

Start: 16/1 End: 27/3

Gymnastics Year 1– 3 £40 per term Wednesday 3.15pm 4.15pm KS1 Hall TeamGeInvolved (TGI)

Start: 17/1 End: 28/3

Dodge Ball Year 1—2 £20 per term Thursday 3.15pm 4.15pm KS1 Hall Mr Taylor PE Coach

Board Games Reception, Y1, Y2 and Y3

£3 for 6 weeks

Thursday 3.15pm 4pm Reception Class Room

Mrs Campbell Start: 18/1 End: 1/3

Gymnastics Year 4– 6 £40 per term Friday 3.15pm 4.15pm KS1 Hall TeamGet-Involved (TGI)

Start: 12/1 End: 23/3

CLUBS UPDATE Letters for our clubs starting in January are going out next week! Please check your childs book bag!

Clubs

Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 20th December 2017 The school finishes at 1.30pm

Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd January 2018 INSET DAYS—School closed to pupils

Tuesday 9th January 2018 Phonics Workshop for Parents

Tuesday 9th January 2018 Open Day—Reception 2018/2019

Wednesday 17th January 2018 Soundsteps KS1 Assembly (pupils only)

Thursday 18th January 2018 Soundsteps KS2 Assembly (pupils only)

Friday 19th January 2018 Breakfast with Principal

Wednesday 7th February 2018 Safer Internet Day

Thursday 1st March 2018 World Book Day

Friday 2nd March 2018 Breakfast with Principal

Wednesday 7th March and Thursday 8th March 2018 Parents Evening EYFS, Y1, Y2 and Y3

Wednesday 14th March and Thursday 15th March 2018 Parents Evening Y4, Y5 and Y6

Tuesday 20th March 2018 World Story Telling Day

Thursday 22nd March 2018 Special Achievement Assembly

Friday 23rd March 2018 Class Photos

Thursday 29th March 2018 End of Spring Term. 1.30pm finish for all pupils

Friday 30th March 2018—Sunday 15th April 2018 Easter Holidays

Monday 16th April 2018 Summer Term starts

Monday 23rd April 2018 St.George’s Day