‘All our children can achieve success’

Wootton Community Primary School Newsletter

20th December 2019

Wootton Community Primary School | Church Road | Wootton Bridge | Ryde | Isle of Wight | PO33 4PT

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Headteacher’s update

Dear Parents,

On behalf of all the staff at Wootton Primary

please, accept our heartfelt thanks for your kind

generosity of the many gifts and cards we have

received. We always feel very humble when we

receive gifts and cards from you as we all thor-

oughly enjoy our jobs, and seeing children pro-

gress and grow in confidence is the biggest re-

ward we can ask for. On a personal note, thank

you for your continued support this year, in par-

ticular during considerable staff absence. I am so

grateful to the staff team for their support and

commitment to the school, which is continuing to

improve week by week to ensure your children

get the best education they deserve.

Highlights of the term

We have had a fantastic term which seems to

have flown past. Far too often we get caught up

with the things that may not have gone so well; I

think it is so important to recap on the great

things this term. These are just some of the in-

credible things that have taken place this term:

Our sports teams have continued to demon-

strate both the talent and excellent teach-

ing they receive at school, winning many

tournaments and completing some ‘firsts’

for Wootton. Even this week our boys foot-

ball team won 6-0 against St Francis and

showed great sportsmanship.

Many Year 6 children took part in their

Bikeability courses.

School Council met with the Governors to

present our Anti-Bullying charter and we

have successfully appointed two new parent

Governors.

Fund raising has achieved an incredible

amount for the school, led by our PTA.

Year 6 planned and led a very informative

Remembrance Service.

The school was represented at the lantern

parade.

All classes have engaged with a range of

extra-curricular visits or experiences.

Our performers club represented the school

on a Wightlink ferry, raising money for the

school.

Thank you for continuing to support your chil-

dren with all the events and we look forward to

many more successes next term.

House Points

Children are given House Points throughout the

term for a range of reasons - some for good effort

with their work, others for supporting one anoth-

er or showing kindness to others and school prop-

erty. Once a child has filled their chart with 25

stickers, the points are added to the child’s House

to build the total across the school. For this half-

term the results are:

Simmonds Ennis Murray Wiggins

650 500 525 575

Jane Wilford

Headteacher

Well done Simmonds House for this term. We

then had a very exciting wait with great anticipa-

tion to see who the winning House for the term

was - we have never had it so close with just 50

points separating the winning House from all of

the others - congratulations to all the children

and in particular the children in Murray House.

Celebrations

The children have clearly enjoyed the celebra-

tions this week and had great fun at their parties

yesterday. Thank you for all the contributions

towards this. Also a big thank you to the parents

and grandparents who supported our walk to the

church and back for our Christingle service. De-

spite a few technical issues, the service was won-

derful and included a treat listening to three of

our very musically talented children perform

Christmas songs on their cello, viola and violin -

well done Alex, Katie and Laura.

Celebration assembly

In assembly this morning we heard from Dylan

in Year 4, who has been awarded a swimming

certificate, from George in Year 6 who has been

awarded a cup for sailing and Daniel in Year 6

who was awarded top striker at a football event -

well done to all of you!

Our top 5 Timetables Rockstars this week are

Ella in Year 3, Daniel in Year 6, Imogen in Year

4, Bailey also in Year 4 and Owen in Year 3. The

overall top 5 winners for this term are - Mrs Gil-

bert, Fergus in Year 6, Ella in Year 3, Mrs Fish

and Violet in Year 4. Well done to all the children

who have been using Rockstars to improve their

Timestables this term. Keep up the hard work as

it really does make a difference to your maths!

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you

back on Monday 6th January 2020 for another

full packed term.

Simmonds Ennis Murray Wiggins

1000 1000 1050 1000

Dates for your diary Mon 23rd Dec - Fri 3rd Jan ‘20 Christmas break

2020

Mon 17th - Fri 21st Feb Half-term

Weds 26th Feb - Mon 2nd March Book fair

Weds 18th - Fri 20th March Year 4 residential (see letter)

Tues 31st March 3-6.30pm Parents evening

Weds 1st March 3-6.30pm Parents evening

Fri 3rd April Staff Development day (School closed to children)

Mon 6th - Fri 17th April Easter Break

Mon 11th - Thurs 14th May Year 6 SATs

Mon 25th - Fri 29th May Half-term

Tues 16th - Fri 19th June Year 6 Residential (see letter)

Sat 27th June Mardi Gras parade

Thurs 9th & Fri 10th July Transition days

Mon 13th July End of year reports home

Weds 22nd July Year 6 Leavers treat

Thurs 23rd July Year 6 Leavers assembly at 10:30, family picnic at

12pm, school finishes at 1:30pm

Fri 24th July Development Day (School Closed to Children)

Attendance

Attendance Last

Week (%)

Rolling

Attendance since

Sept (%)

Yaverland 94.7 94.6

Carisbrooke 92.1 96.7

Bembridge 97.9 96.9

Calbourne 95.3 96.9

Newtown 96.1 96.6

Osborne 89 96.2

Appley 96.6 95.5

Whole

School 94.3 96.1

Lates Last Week Lates since Sept

Yaverland 2 24

Carisbrooke 2 11

Bembridge 2 11

Calbourne 1 516

Newtown 0 4

Osborne 0 12

Appley 0 23

Whole School 7 84

Total

Minutes 184 1495

Gates open 8.35am

Gates close 8.55am The class with the best attendance for the week

commencing 16th December is….

Newtown

Please keep the office

updated regarding absences

on a DAILY BASIS and

remember to provide us with

a written absence note on

the day your child returns to

school from an absence. If we

do not receive this within 2

weeks of the absence, it will

be classed as ‘unauthorised’..

Our school target is 96.5%

We are BELOW target for this

week, and aim for all our

children to be at school 100% of

the time!

Attendance

Menu Week 1

Monday

Cheese and tomato Pizza with

Wedges

Chickpea Curry with Rice

Sweetcorn

Coleslaw

Oaty Pear Crumble and Custard

Tuesday

Sausage Roll with Wedges

Vegan Sausage roll with Wedges

Cauliflower

Broccoli

Syrup Sponge with Custard

Wednesday

Roast Chicken with Stuffing,

Roast Potatoes and Gravy

Potato and Courgette Stack

with Roast Potatoes

Carrots

Green Beans

Apple, Cheese and Crackers

Thursday

Chicken with Rice

Tomato and Vegetable Pas-

ta with Garlic Bread

Sweetcorn

Broccoli

Yoghurt Station

Friday

Fish Fingers/Salmon Fish Fin-

gers with Chips

Homemade Vegetable Sausage

with Chips

Baked Beans

Peas

Pineapple Cake

Tuck

Milk

Toast (2 slices)

Portion of fruit

Slice of Fruit Loaf

School Dinners Cost £2.05. Please pay for these at the beginning or end of the week they are taken.

Jacket Potatoes and baguettes

are available to order from the

kitchen daily.

Achievements

Star Pupils

Carisbrooke Harley

Jacob Rebecca

Calbourne Owen

Newtown Dylan

Osborne Bridget

Appley Aston

Star Pupil Assembly is

every Friday morning at

9am. You are welcome to

come and watch your child

if they’re star pupil of the

week!