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Greenways Primary School Newsletter

21st October 2016

Aim high and be a Star”

What's on ...

Friday 21st October Break up for Half Term

Monday 31st October School Re-opens

Tuesday 1st November PTFA—all welcome 7pm

Wednesday 2nd November Cross Country at Haywood Academy.

Thursday 3rd November Y5 Individual, families and

siblings photos from 9:15am Monday

7th November Influenza Programme vaccines

Y1,2&3.

Friday 11th November Y5 Showcase Assembly

WW2 (time tbc)

Thursday 17th November Reception visit to The Snowdome

Friday 18th November Y1 Trip to Sudbury Hall

Y3 Showcase Assembly

Potty about The Potteries.


21st October 2016


Dear Parents and Carers,

Well we cannot believe that the first half term is already over, but in school we couldn’t be happi-er with how the children have settled into their new classes and the progress that is already begin-

ning made in class.

This week the year 3 and 4 cross-country children got us off to a flying start when they competed at

the Haywood Academy after school on Monday. All of the children who attended put 100% effort into

their race and overall, out of 11 schools, Greenways came 3rd, which is a fantastic achievement. Evie

Kirkham from year 3 had her own personal success as she came runner up in the year 3 girls race, so a

huge congratulations to her.

Monday also brought a fun day for year 5 who dressed as evacuees and visited Churnet Valley Railway

to support their WW2 topic. The children came to school full of excitement and had a fantastic day

learning about WW2 and also being lucky enough to speak to men and women who were actually evacu-

ated as children during the Blitz. They have followed up by doing some recount writing in class and I

know that Mr Cowan, Miss Brough and Miss Nixon were very impressed with the classes behaviour and

maturity, especially when asking questions. So well done year 5!

Year 6 have had an important visitor into school this week, Kirsty Williams from the Local Police Ser-

vice, who came to speak them about the importance of staying safe online. The children were very

grown up, especially when some of the messages were quite thought provoking. The children all learnt

a lot of important messages and we would like to thank Kirsty for delivering the session.

To end the week we have been ‘Showing Racism the Red Card’ and it has been lovely to see so many children wearing red to support the charity. In assembly this morning we listened to some footballers

experiences of Racism and I think the children understand how important it is to treat all people

equally regardless of skin colour, religion or back ground. So thank you to you as parents for support-

ing the event today, we have raised £172.40p which will all go to helping other children in the UK.

A quick reminder about the Nursery and Reception Prospective Parents evening on Wednesday 16th

November. If you know anybody whose child will be looking for a placement for next September,

please pass on the Greenways flyer so that they can attend.

All that is left for me to say is that I hope you and your children have a relaxing half term. The chil-

dren have worked extremely hard and they thoroughly deserve the week to reboot ready for the sec-

ond part of the autumn term which promises to be as fun as this one has been.

Have a fantastic weekend and lovely half term.

Kind regards,

Miss Garside


21st October 2016


Attendance awards

Nursery 86.22%

Reception 95.97%

Year 1 99.19% - Class Award—Well Done!

Year 2 93.95%

Year 3 94.88%

Year 4 96.67%

Year 5 94.32%

Year 6 98.33%

Whole School 95.15%

Star of the week awards

Nursery Jotham Harrison

Reception Finley Beech and Lola Mothershaw

Year 1 Elijah Dodd

Year 2 Alex Marshall

Year 3 Max Loton

Year 4 Phoebe Ashworth

Year 5 Whole Class

Year 6 Amber Fox

Thinking outside of the box

Make a list of the things you might find in a cinema.


21st October 2016


This is this weeks inspirational ‘saying’ or ‘slogan’. These all link to the Big 5 and what we talk to the children about in every lesson, linking to

our school moto of ‘Aim High and Be a Star’.

This was shared with the pupils in Golden Assembly this afternoon and

will be displayed in Classrooms all next week. Please support us by using

this saying at home when working with your child or when you need to

encourage them in any area of their life. Each week the saying will

change and the sayings will all be appearing around the school in the

corridors too.

Many thanks


21st October 2016


Parking—Important

Please could all parents take care whilst driving and parking in the surrounding area of the school.

We understand that there is limited parking for parents and we are doing our best to find a solution.

Remember children are encouraged through our walk to school campaign and badges are given for

those that walk on a regular basis, even if the children walk from a parked vehicle 10 minutes away

from the school.

Beware ‘the CCTV Camera Car is often around the school and will issue fines. We also have regular visits from Traffic Enforcement Officers and the PCSO too.

For the safety of the pupils, we are naming vehicles that we spot parking illegally or dropping

off in inappropriate places.

If you see some poor parking behaviour, email or contact the office and we will include it on the next

newsletter.

City Catering Information

Booking System For School Meals

Please could you ensure you book your child’s food choice before Midnight, the

evening before. We encourage you to book to ensure that your child gets the meal

that they would enjoy the most.

If your child is off ill or is attending a school trip you will need to cancel their

booking or contact the office to do so. If you are having issues, please contact the

School Office for us to resolve them for you.

Many thanks


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21st October 2016


Greenways Toddler

Group For parents & carers with babies

and young children aged from birth

to 5 years.

Wednesdays 9am- 10:30am In the school canteen

£1 per adult and 50p per child Come and have a chat whilst your children play!


21st October 2016


SafeguardingSafeguardingSafeguarding

InformationInformationInformation

As an educational establishment, we have a duty of care to pro-

tect children and young people in the city.

The landscape of Safeguarding is forever changing, and as such,

we are always evolving in the way we can protect the children in our

care. This means that we will continue to ensure that our staff are

fully trained and ready to spot any signs of neglect or abuse.

As an organisation within the city, we have to audit our provi-

sion and safeguarding arrangements and produce an Action Plan,

based on the initiatives and priorities that the City Council has iden-

tified. For this reason, you will now see a Safeguarding News Page,

each week on the newsletter as well as getting updates on any safe-

guarding work we do with the children to ensure they keep them-

selves safe (for example E Safety)

Stoke on Trent Safeguarding Board

Please see the Stoke on Trent Safeguarding Children Board

website for further information, advice and priorities for the city.

On this website you can also get details of who to contact, if you

think a child or young person is at risk.

http://www.safeguardingchildren.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/portal/

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Weekly Safeguarding NewsWeekly Safeguarding NewsWeekly Safeguarding News Policy

Our safeguarding lead staff have had Level 2 Safeguarding

Training, which is a three day course covering the 4 areas of abuse,

preparing for a child protection conference and formulating and im-

plementing child protection plans. All of our other staff are trained

to Level 1.

Over the last term all of the staff have received Prevent

Training, this training has given professional’s the skills to identify individuals that show signs of vulnerability and to help and support

individuals not to become radicalised by persons or groups supporting

violent extremism or acts of terrorism.

Last term, our teaching staff have received training on Female

Genital Mutilation (FGM). This is another priority for the city. The

rest of our staff will be receiving training on this as part of our on-

going Safeguarding work.

Stoke on Trent Safeguarding Board

Please see the Stoke on Trent Safeguarding Children Board website

for further information, advice and priorities for the city. The key

priorities for Stoke on Trent 2015-2016 are Child Sexual Abuse and

Neglect including the Toxic Trio.


21st October 2016


As you are aware, we have advertised and appointed two Parent Gov-

ernors recently. These two people are your voice on the Governing

body and are there to represent the ideas and views of you as par-

ents.

Your first Governor is Helen Meigh, who is the parent of Ben Meigh

in Reception Class. Helen works for the Local Authority in the Fi-

nance Department. Helen is not often on the playground, but she is

very happy to share your ideas and suggestions, and will reply to any

emails or letters that she receives. If you wish to contact her,

please email the school at [email protected] and we will happily

pass your email onto her. Alternatively, you can send a letter into

school and we will ensure she gets it.

Your second Governor is Peter Bostock. He has one boy in the school,

Toby in Class 2. Peter has his own business and as a result, he is of-

ten on the school playground and will happily chat to you as parents

on a one to one basis and bring any of your thoughts and suggestions

to the Governing body. Alternatively, you can email him through the

school email address above or send him a letter.

Many thanks

Governors Information Page


21st October 2016


Greenways conversion will hopefully happen on 1st November

2016..

From your votes and ideas the academy now has this moto:

The Learning Village Academy Trust :

Inspiring minds of the future.

This is the logo for the Trust – the stripes

represent a “V” for village, a symbol for work-

ing together and we have chosen primary colours for a primary

school.

As you should also have seen from the letter sent recently, it

has been agreed by the DFE that Greenways is a suitable school to

sponsor and support another academy. This is fantastic news for us

as a school and for The Learning Village Academy Trust. It is also

fantastic news that the first school that ‘The Trust’ will sponsor is as you know, Milton Primary, which we have very strong links with.

Academy Information

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