Invicta Blackheath Primary School Newsletter October 2018€¦ · bullying week with Tuesday 13th being dress as a superhero day ! Challenge Week - week commencing 26th November Friday

Invicta Blackheath Primary School Newsletter

October 2018

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Invicta Primary School Blackheath Newsletter

October 2018

Important Dates:

● Monday 29th October is an INSET day- first day back for children is Tuesday 30th October

● Monday 12th November- Anti bullying week with Tuesday 13th being dress as a superhero day!

● Challenge Week - week commencing 26th November

● Friday 30th November- Christmas Fair 3.30-5.15pm

● 6th December all KS2 classes going to Greenwich Theatre to see Robinson Crusoe- Parent Pay now open!

● 17th December KS1 classes to the Albany Theatre to see Pinocchio - Parent Pay now open

● Tuesday 18th December 9.30am SAILORS Christmas Performance

● Wednesday 19th December 9.30am SHIPS Christmas Performance

October 2018 Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to my first newsletter of this school year. It’s hard to believe it’s already half term and therefore a sixth of the way through the school year! It’s been a lovely start to the year, with our new Year 6 children proving themselves to be great role models for the rest of the school. It has also been wonderful to see our new children in Reception and Nursery settling into school so well and enjoying their learning every day.

We have a vacancy for a parent governor on our governing body and will be holding elections after half term. Being a governor is an important role and as parent governor one has the opportunity to make a difference, not only for your children, but for children in years to come. There is more information and a nomination form at the end of this newsletter and on the letters page of our website. The deadline for nominations is 5th November.

The children have been working hard on this year’s whole school Time Travellers Challenge, ”How can we share a historic moment in time?” We are looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible during our celebration week, which commences on Monday 26th November.

You might have noticed that the yellow zig zags have been repainted outside the main school gate, which along with our cones and parking notices give a very clear message about safe parking at the beginning and end of the school day. Thank you to all of you who have adapted their morning routine to make a safer start to our children’s day.

To the left of this page are some important dates, including next Monday’s INSET day. I can also confirm the last two INSET days this year are 3rd June (first day after May half term holiday) and 23rd July (last day of term).

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● Wednesday 19th December - Xmas Dinner

● Christmas holidays: 24th December - 4th January

● Back to school Monday 7th Jan

More dates to follow...watch the school calendar and texts

You will see we are also publishing some Christmas dates- more dates and information will be shared as we get closer to the time but I know many families appreciate as much notice as possible for seasonal events. As always, the dates are subject to change although we don’t anticipate any changes at the moment. Have a lovely half term everyone and I look forward to seeing you all again at 8.55 on Tuesday 30th October. Best wishes, Vicki Cuff Acting Executive Headteacher Achievement at Invicta I would like to give you some information about how well children are doing at our school. I am pleased to share with you our Early Years (EYFS), Key Stage 1 and 2 results from the end of last year which continue to be above the national results for the UK. Well done to all of our children and teachers, you did a fantastic job!

Key Stage/ Subject Invicta School National

EYFS Literacy 78% *73%

EYFS Numeracy 86% *78%

EYFS Good Level of Development 78% *71%

KS1 Reading at expected standard/greater depth 82%/29% 76%/25%

KS1 Writing at expected standard/greater depth 81%/30% 68%/16%

KS1 Maths at expected standard/greater depth 87%/ 34% 75%/ 21%

KS1 Science 92% 83%

KS2 Reading at expected standard/greater depth 82%/ 32% 75%/ 25%

KS2 Writing at expected standard/greater depth 84%/ 28% 78%/ 18%

KS2 Maths at expected standard/greater depth 77%/ 23% 76%/ 23%

KS2 R,W,M Combined at expected standard/greater depth 74%/ 12% 64%/ 5%

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KS2 Science 82% 82% *EYFS national results in comparison with 2017 until 2018 finalised

School Council You may have heard from your child that we have been voting for School Council. Two representatives from each class have been voted by their peers to represent their class. We have had our first meeting where the children are extremely keen to make the school even better. The children want to raise money for new equipment in the playground and organise playground buddies to help. They will also be involved in a recycling project.Their first task was lead the collection for the Harvest food bank and they have done a fantastic job! Food has been collected for the Trussell Trust for families in crisis. We look forward to sharing more news from the school council. Miss Gallagher, Deputy Head of School Parent reps A sincere thanks to those of you who have already pledged to be a Class Rep this year. Class Reps are a really important and effective way to communicate between each class group of parents and the class teacher and school. The class rep system gives parents a chance to have your say and ask questions (including working parents who may not have the chance to come in to school very often), support your classes through teacher liaison and help with occasional fundraising for the class so they can access fantastic learning opportunities. Using this system also enables our teachers to listen to the views and questions of the whole class, making it much easier to answer questions and queries and take on board suggestions. So far, we have the following reps confirmed and some vacancies which we would love to fill as soon as we can. Please let your child’s class teacher know (email address below) if you would be able to help where there is a vacancy, or if you would like more information

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about the role of a class rep. If you believe that you are already a rep but are not listed then please let the class teacher know.h

Class Class representative

Nursery: Jolly Roger and Buccaneer [email protected]

Vacancy

Rec: O’Malley [email protected] Vacancy

Rec: Galleon [email protected] Vacancy

Yr 1: Nelson [email protected] Vacancy

Yr 1: Victory [email protected] Cindy Maurla (Emily and Alexander’s mum) Claire Gardiner (Esme’s mum)

Yr 2: Deman [email protected] Vacancy

Yr 2: Cutty Sark [email protected] [email protected]

Naomi Lefebvre Sell (Seth’s mum)

Yr 3: Golden Hinde has [email protected]

Kelly Rosevear (Sam’s mum) Ayo Toma (Mischa’s mum)

Yr 3: Drake [email protected] Nathalie Golden (Rafferty’s mum)

Yr 4: Darwin [email protected] Vacancy

Yr 4: Beagle [email protected] Claire Duncombe (Emily’s mum)

Yr 5: MacArthur [email protected] Kathryn Shakespeare (Oliver’s mum) Georgia Blundell (Orla’s mum)

Yr 5: Trimaran [email protected] Samantha Lee (Harry’s mum)

Yr 6: Grainger [email protected] Vacancy

Yr 6: Scull [email protected] Rebecca Moore (Floyd’s mum) Edel Clarkson (Kaden’s mum)

Message from FOIS (Friends of Invicta School)

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Save the date - 30th November 3.30-5.15pm Christmas Fair!

Please come to our planning meeting!

Parents who would like to help plan the fair are very welcome to come to the first planning meeting on Thursday 1st November at 2.15 in the Studio Hall. The fair raises a lot of money for our children, and recently has helped with resourcing the library, theatre groups and playground equipment. The fair cannot happen without volunteers, even if you cannot make planning meetings please do consider helping on the day- no experience necessary, and it’s always good fun!! Finally, as always, donations of RAFFLE PRIZES are very much needed. The raffle is one of our biggest fundraisers so please drop any donations to the office. Year 2 messages: On the 12th November, Year 2 will be having a very special visit from the local historian, Steve Hunnisett. He will be coming into school to teach the year 2 children about how WW2 impacted our local area and school.. To make this day even better, the year 2 children from Invicta Deptford will be joining us so that the children will be able to meet their friends in the other Cutty Sark and Deman classes. On this occasion, to celebrate what the children have learnt this term, they are welcome to dress up as evacuees, wardens or soldiers (no guns please). - During the second Autumn half term, the children in year 2 will be learning about Christianity and will be visiting St George's Church for a Christmas journey. Deman class will be attending their Christmas journey on the 3rd December and Cutty Sark Class will be attending theirs on the 4th December. These experiences wouldn't happen without the help of parents. If you wish to attend the Christmas journey with your child's class, please contact Miss Perez, Miss Rutt or Miss Deighton. - On the 10th December, Miss Deighton, Miss Perez and Miss Rutt will be hosting KS1 SATS meetings for parents. This will be in Cutty Sark classroom at 3:45 and again at 5:00. - Also in November, the children will be visiting the Imperial War Museum to extend

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their learning of the history of WW2. More information about this will be given to the children nearer the time. Late Pick Up Charges Due to the increasing number of children being picked up late from school, from Monday 30th October, late pick up fees will apply from 3.30pm for children from Year 1 - Year 6, and from 3.15pm for reception children. Charge/Rate: £5 for every 15 minutes. If notification is received (call to the office) of a late collection (for example train delay, traffic jams etc) a 15 minute grace period will apply. Families who regularly collect their children late may consider applying for a place at the Let Me Play After School Club: Please contact our School Business Manager with any queries relating to this: [email protected]

Anti-bullying Week Takes place from Monday 12th November to Friday 16th November 2018 and we have lots of exciting things planned to mark and celebrate this important week. A letter will be published after half term but the week will kick off with this event:

Be a hero and stand up against bullying! Dress up as your favourite superhero on Tuesday 13th November! Donate £1 to help fund Anti-bullying workshops

Wellbeing Award Our Wellbeing page is now up and running on the school website. Please access to find out about the Wellbeing award. We also need a parent representative to be part of the ‘Change Team’. If you are interested please email Ms Crescenzo by Friday, 2nd November 2018. [email protected] ************************************************************************************

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https://invictaprimaryschool.org.uk/Parents/Clubs-and-Enrichment/




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Mr Waller’s Sports Report This half term Invicta has taken part in two competitions, the High 5 Netball competition at St Paul’s Academy and the Tag Rugby Competition at Old Colfeians Rugby Club. The netball team played extremely well showing fantastic sportsmanship and team spirit as well as playing some excellent netball, the team of Daniel Elliss-Wood, Sacha Stewart, Kira Bogan, Harrison Miller, Natalie Somers, Marwan Froukhi and Orla O’Shaughnessy finished the tournament in 5th place. Invicta took two teams to the tag rugby competition with the B team of Alfie Hobin-Burston, Martin Stoyanov, Emily Collinson, Daniel Elliss-Wood, Natalie Somers Henry Warren, Marwan Froukhi and Lily Bogan performed fantastically well managing to win one game, draw two and only lose one. The A team consisting of Oliver Lewis, Henry Lines, Sacha Stewart, Marmalade Renouf, Kira Bogan, Yasmin Hart-Robertson, Alfie Hudson, Stelios Kyriakakis and Oliver Weeks played some awesome rugby managing to beat Morden Mount, James Wolfe, Timbercroft and Plumcroft on their way to becoming Greenwich champions! The team will now represent Greenwich at tag rugby at the London Youth Games in Crystal Palace, well done!

After School Clubs:

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Morning and after school sports clubs will be happening again next year with a variety of different activities happening every half term. From September our sports clubs will be priced at £12 per activity per half term and will be payable via parent pay. Please keep looking out for the sports clubs letter which will be handed out when the children return in September. Swimming Lessons Swimming lesson will continue as usual next year, please see the timetable below to find out when your child’s lesson will be.

Monday Swimming

Tuesday Swimming

Wednesday Swimming

Thursday Swimming

Friday Swimming

4A Darwin Class 4B Beagle Class

2A Deman Class

3B Golden Hinde Class

2B Cutty Sark Class

3A Drake Class

5B Trimaran Class

5A MacArthur Class

6A Grainger Class

6B Scull Class

PE Kit should consist of Black/Dark Blue shorts or tracksuit bottoms, a White T-shirt and suitable trainers. Swimming kit should consist of a one piece suit for girls and tight swimming trunks for boys, those children with long hair should wear a swimming cap and goggles are allowed. If your child has a verruca please provide a verruca sock for them to wear. Healthy Travel Invicta Primary School and Royal Greenwich Borough are always looking at ways to improve the health and wellbeing of the children in our community. One of the best ways of doing this is to walk, scoot or cycle to and from school, not only is it healthier but by making less car journeys we reduce the pollution in the surrounding areas. Royal Greenwich Borough have produced a map of the area surrounding the school that includes a suggested walking boundary. The idea being if you live within this boundary

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you don’t drive to school. Hopefully you will find this useful and it may persuade more families to walk, scoot or cycle to school.

Parent Governor Election Autumn 2018 invitation of nominationParent Governor Election Autumn 2018 invitation of nomination We have a vacancy for a parent governor on our school’s governing body and I am now inviting nominations to fill the vacancy.

Parent governors play an important role as members of the governing body, which is responsible for:

● ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction of our School ● holding me as the headteacher to account for the educational performance of Invicta,

and the performance management of our staff ● overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure our money is

well spent.

What Skills and Experience do we need?What Skills and Experience do we need? A Governing Body needs a mix of skills, experiences and perspective to perform well. All Governors are required to uphold the 7 principles of public life and the National Governance Association suggests a list of 8 principles of effective governance to work by. The term of office for parent governors is 4 years. Training is available for all governors and those new to being a governor are encouraged to attend induction training. To support Invicta’s priority areas, we are particularly seeking governors with experience of one or more of the following:

● Human Resources/People development ● Experience of working in an educational setting ● Mental Health/Wellbeing expertise ● Safeguarding/digital safeguarding ● Financial/premises management expertise

If you would like to stand for election please arrange for the enclosed nomination form to be completed and returned to the school not later than FRIDAY 2nd NOVEMBER Who is eligible?Who is eligible? Nominations must be from parents or carers with children at the school on the day that nominations close. Parents/carers putting their names forward are invited to provide some brief biographical details and information of how your skills and experience would add value to the Governing Body limited to not more than 150 words. This will be included in the ballot paper. Parents/carers who have paid employment in the school for 500 hours per academic year or more or who are elected members of the Local Authority are not eligible to stand in these elections. The enclosed sheet summarises the qualifications to serve as a governor. Anyone standing for election must certify that he/she is not disqualified for any reason.

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If there are more nominations than vacancies the election will be by secret ballot. If that is necessary, voting papers will be sent to all parents together with details of the ballot procedure during week beginning 5th November.

Qualifications to serve as a governor;Qualifications to serve as a governor; A governor must be aged 18 or over at the time of his/her election or appointment and cannot hold more than one governorship at the same school. A person is disqualified from holding or continuing to hold office as a governor or associate member if he or she:

● is subject to a bankruptcy restriction order, an interim bankruptcy restrictions order, a debt relief restrictions order or an interim debt relief restrictions order;

● has had his/her estate sequestrated and the sequestration has not been discharged, annulled or reduced;

● is subject to:

- a disqualification order or disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Act 1986 - a disqualification order under the Companies Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 - a disqualification undertaking accepted under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 - an order made under section 429(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (failure to pay under a county court administration order); - has been removed from the office of charity trustee or trustee for a charity by an order made by the Charity Commission or Commissioners or High Court on the grounds of any misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of the charity, or under section 34 of the Charities and Trustees Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 from being concerned in the management or control of any body;

● is included in the list of people considered by the Secretary of State as unsuitable to work with children;

● is disqualified from working with children or subject to a direction under section 142 of the Education Act 2002;

● is disqualified from working with children under sections 28,29, or 29A od the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;

● is disqualified from registration under Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 for child minding or providing day care;

● is disqualified from registration under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006;

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● has received a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than 3 months (without the option of a fine) in the 5 years before or since becoming a governor;

● has received a prison sentence of 2½ years or more in the 20 years before becoming a governor;

● has at any time received a prison sentence of 5 years or more; ● has been convicted under section 547 of EA 1996 (nuisance or disturbance on

school premises) or under section 85A of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (nuisance or disturbance on educational premise) during the 5 years prior to or since appointment or election as a governor;

● is employed at the school for more than 500 hours per academic year if wishing to stand for parent governor at the same school;

● is an elected member of the Local Authority (applies to parent governors only); ● has refused a request by the clerk to the governing body to make an application

under section 113B of the Police Act 1997 for a criminal records certificate ● has been disqualified from holding office as a governor of this school due to

failure to attend governing body meetings for a continuous period of six months

The nomination form is below. Please either copy and paste the

text into the software of your choice or access the Word document on the letters page of our website.

Invicta Primary Parent Governor Election Autumn 2018

NOMINATION FORM FOR THE ELECTION OF PARENT GOVERNORNOMINATION FORM FOR THE ELECTION OF PARENT GOVERNOR Name: Address: Telephone:

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Pen Portrait (maximum 150 words) I wish to submit my nomination for the election of Parent/Staff Governor I confirm (i) that I am willing to stand as a candidate for election as a parent governor and (ii) that I am not disqualified from holding office for any of the reasons set out in the School Governance Regulations. Signature (Date) Completed nomination forms must be returned in a sealed envelope addressed to Kate Fry, School Business Manager to the Blackheath or Deptford School Office by 3.30pm Friday 2 November. Mr Waller’s Healthy School Top Tips: Healthy Snacking Recently we have noticed the children in the school have been bringing in increasing unhealthy snacks for their playtimes. Items such as chocolate and crisps should not be brought in as a playtime snack below are some ideas for healthier snacking:

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Ideas for snacks:

● whole /pieces of fresh fruit: banana, apple, pear, satsuma, raspberries, strawberries etc

● fruit pots or fruit kebabs of sliced/chopped fresh fruit e.g. melon, berries apple ● Canned fruit in natural juice e.g. peaches, pears, pineapple ● Dried fruit without added fat, sugar or salt e.g. apricots, sultanas ● Salad pots ● Crudites, vegetable sticks with dips ● Vegetable accompaniments:tomatoes, raw vegetables such as carrots, peppers,

cucumber and celery ● Yoghurt or fromage frais (plain or fruit) ● English muffins ● Plain currant/raisin bread ● toast , bread rolls with spread, jam, marmalade etc ● Toasted bagels, crumpets ● Sandwiches, bagels, rolls, pitta bread, baguettes with fillings ● fillings/toppings: cheese, hard boiled egg, houmous, tahini, sliced meat

(unprocessed), bacon, meat or fish paste, tinned fish ● Wraps e.g. mexican bean ● Pasta salads

Ideas for drinks:

● Tap water ● Skimmed or semi-skimmed milk ● Fruit juice or vegetable juice ● Plain yoghurt drinks ● Plain soya, rice or oat drinks enriched with calcium ● Fruit and/or vegetable smoothies

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Invicta Blackheath Primary School Newsletter October 2018€¦ · bullying week with Tuesday 13th being dress as a superhero day ! Challenge Week - week commencing 26th November Friday