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We are holding a parents workshop on Thursday 30th January at 5pm. The session will be led by West Midlands Police and will focus on raising parents awareness of the dangers and possible consequences of children accessing the internet if appropriate safety measures and monitoring are not put in place. The session is extremely relevant and important for all primary school parents as school and West Midlands Police are seeing an increase in primary school age children getting involved with things online or accessing things they shouldn’t. Throughout the session PCSO Chater will give tips and strategies that parents can use to make the online space a safer place for their children. This workshop is open to all parents. Please let us know if you wish to attend (and if both parents will be attending) by emailing the school office by 3pm on Monday 27th January.
We are very excited to be launching a city-wide initiative for Rail200 - a celebration of 200 years of the railway. Pupils in Year 4 will be joined by the CEOs of both West Midlands Trains and Avanti when they travel by train to the Harry Potter Studios in Watford for a creative writing workshop based on magical creatures
We would like to thank volunteers from UNICEF who ran sessions in Year 5 this week to help us learn about human rights in a global context. Well done to the Year 5 children who participated well and shared their knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Our four robotics teams took part in a regional tournament this week. They had a great day and were very successful. One of our teams is now ranked 5th nationally for skills which is a combination of coding and driving
PTA Discos It was great to see so many children at the discos on Thursday evening– they enjoyed showing us their dance moves and spending time with their friends! Thank you to the PTA for organising this activity for the children and thank you also to the parent helpers who supported the PTA during the discos
Keeping children safe online-workshop for parents We are holding a parents workshop on Thursday 30th January at 5pm. The session will be led by West Midlands Police and will focus on raising parents awareness of the dangers and possible consequences of children accessing the internet if appropriate safety measures and monitoring are not put in place. The session is extremely relevant and important for all primary school parents as school and West Midlands Police are seeing an increase in primary school age children getting involved with things online or accessing things they shouldn’t. Throughout the session PCSO Chater will give tips and strategies that parents can use to make the online space a safer place for their children. This workshop is open to all parents. Please let us know if you wish to attend (and if both parents will be attending) by emailing the school office by 3pm on Monday 27th January -
We were very pleased to welcome West Midlands Police Community Support Officers in school last week to work with our newly recruited Junior PCSOs. They will be learning about how to keep our community safe and the role that the police play in this.
We are delighted that Earlsdon Library has invited us to display an exhibition linked to the one year anniversary of our community allotment. This will be on show during British Science Week from 7-16 March. Our allotment leaders will be running some workshops at the library on Saturday 8th March. More news coming soon
As you are aware, in line with DfE guidance, Governors have updated the Attendance Policy. (A copy is available on the school website). We know that sometimes our pupils cannot come to school because they are really unwell - and that's the right thing to do for them and other students.
However, medical advice is clear that children with mild illness will often be well enough to attend school- for example if they have a cough, or cold, without a temperature. The NHS guidance Is my child too ill for school? - NHS (www.nhs.uk) is designed to support parents in their decision making about mild illness. Children fall behind their friends and classmates when they miss school- we want the amount of missed education to be reduced as much as possible.
We are keen to support families to ensure children are in school ready for their learning. As a reminder we have listed below the key attendance pro?cedures:
What YOU must do:
• Telephone the school before 8.30am each day of your child’s absence.
• Tell the school in advance, of any medical appointments and bring in appointment cards/letters. (Where possible book these after school.)
• If you are not sure whether your child is well enough to attend school, send them in anyway as they often perk up on arrival.
• Have a back up plan if you are unable to bring your child to school e.g. call on a family member, neighbour or friend.
• If you and your child are experiencing difficulties with school attendance then talk to us so we can help.
What WE will do:
• Check your child’s attendance every day.
• Phone home to discuss your child’s attendance with you.
• Write to you and/ or invite you into school for an attendance meeting if we are concerned.
• If we cannot establish a reason for absence, then we will make a welfare home visit.
Last weekend our two table tennis teams competed in the Area Finals where they fought off strong opposition and came in first and second place. This means that our A team is now in the top eight teams in the country and they will be competing in the national semi-finals in March. Good luck with your training!