Newsletter Spring 5 2013

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Helping children be the best they can beDear Parents, Governors and Children,

OUR NEXT HOLIDAYWe break for half term on Friday 15th February at 3.30 p.m. and re-open on Monday 25th February at

8.45a.m. There are NO training days attached to this holiday.

WELL DONEWell Done to Guraaj Kaur for completing her Stage 1 in swimming.

MOBILE PHONESThe school has a clear policy relating to mobile phones being brought to school by pupils. Themain point it makes is that school will take no responsibility whatsoever for the safekeeping ofany devices. There are no circumstances when a child would need to have a phone turned onat school. The school office is staffed from 7.45 until 4.45 every day so messages can easily becommunicated if urgent. In line with our policy, if your child brings their phone to school it needs to beturned off and left in their bag out of sight . If children are seen with a mobile phone it will beconfiscated and will then remain in the school office until it is collected by an adult . School will accept noresponsibility for any phones damaged or stolen. A full copy of the policy is available on our schoolwebsite. Thank you for your co-operation

MEDICINEThe school has a clear policy on the administration of medicines at school. Medicine will onlybe administered if it would prevent the child from attending school if it could not beadministered during school time. The policy is based on recommendations from healthprofessionals. Only medication prescribed by a doctor clearly labelled with the childs name

and detailing that it needs administering four times a day will be given to a child at school. Medicinerequired 3 times daily can be managed outside school hours. There is a consent form which will needcompleting for any medication which is requested four times daily. A full copy of the administration ofmedicine policy is available on the school website

CORNERSTONES MORNING NO BREAKFAST CLUBPlease come along to our Cornerstones Express morning on Thursday 14 th February in the

school hall. You are welcome to just pop in and look at the childrens work or stay longer forcomplimentary tea and coffee. We look forward to seeing you there.We are also having to cancel Breakfast Club for the morning of Thursday 14 th February in

order to set up for the Cornerstones morning. We apologise for any inconvenience.

YEAR 1 CARNIVALYear 1 would like to invite you to their Carnival, starting at 9.00 in the school hall on Friday15 th February . Please come along, have a biscuit and watch our colourful Carnival.

GATE SUPERVISIONWe are supervising the gates at the Main Entrance and Stevens Road at the end of each day

there are concerns regarding safety when children are allowed to run on aheadunaccompanied. It is important that when you collect your child from their classroom yousupervise them until they leave the school premises - especially our younger children. Ifyoung children are seen leaving without an adult then they will be stopped and asked to waitat the gate until an accompanying adult arrives.


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NEW NOTICE BOARDAs you will have noticed, we have a super new notice board at the main entrance of school,complete with a current newsletter on display and the menu for the week, as well as notices

about different events in and around school. If you have any suggestions regarding what else youwould like to see included on the notice board, please call in at the school office with yoursuggestions. Thank you.

HOLIDAYS IN TERM TIMEPlease be aware that holidays in term time of up to 10 days can only be authorised when aholiday form has been completed. For a holiday in term time to be approved, your childsattendance must be 95% or higher. The Local Authority requires schools to issue FixedPenalty Notices (fines) to parents if they take their children out of school on holidays that havenot been authorised. If you would like to know what percentage attendance your child currentlyhas, please contact Natalie Smith (Attendance Assistant).

ABSENCE DUE TO ILLNESSComing to school on time, every single day means that no important lessons are missed;

therefore your child will have the greatest opportunity to learn. Regular attendance andpunctuality are essential. Not only will they help your child to be successful,but they are also important lifelong skills.

You can help by sending your child to school every single day unless they are reallypoorly. If your child is going to be away due to illness, it is important that you contact schoolto let us know as early as possible.

Please support the school in its efforts to raise standards and improve attendance.

SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD MEETINGThe Balby Safer Neighbourhood team are holding a meeting on Thursday 28 th February atBalby Library, starting at 6.30 p.m. If you want to go along and share your opinions about yourarea, the team will be happy to see you. For further details please contact them on Doncaster385339.

PARENT-GOVERNOR ELECTIONYour child has brought home a letter about the election of a new Parent Governor. The datefor the close of nominations should read Thursday 28 th February 2013 , not January asstated. Nomination forms are available from the school office.

CROSSING LITTLEMOOR LANE AND PARKINGWe now have a Crossing Patrol Warden, so please impress on your

children that they should use the warden when they try to cross theroad. Again we are asking that you park sensitively when you bringand collect your children, bearing in mind not blocking ourneighbours drives or double parking and causing problems forchildren trying to cross the roads. Additionally, please do not park ON the

pavement, as buggies and wheelchairs need the space on the footpath, as well as it being dangerous forchildren if you try to drive on the path. Thank you for your co-operation.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NEWSLETTERWe are encouraging the children to contribute to our weekly newsletter withstories, pictures and items of interest they have done in the classroom ouroutside school. The contributions this week are from Year 2 .


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Year 2: Scarlet and Crimson Class

In year 2 we have been doing lots of work about shape inmaths!

We went on a shape hunt in the playground and found loadsof 2D and 3D shapes hidden everywhere!

The next day we had a challenge

We had to use lots of 2D and 3D shapes to create and makerockets!

Some of us had to draw our rockets.


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Some of us had to build a 3D rocket

Some of us had the challenge of making our rocket designssymmetrical! Some of us made ours from 2D shapes

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Newsletter Spring 5 2013