This is where you will find all of the information that will keep you up to date with our latest events!
We are thrilled to announce that The After School Club Elf tree received the most votes and won first prize in the children's competition, closely followed by The Marvel tree created by Joshua and Clayton from Year 3 winning second prize and the Earlsdon Primary Plot tree won third prize. The children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this community event– well done everyone!
On Monday the children in Year 3– Year 6 will be participating in an international Christmas assembly with schools joining from around the world! We are also looking forward to Christ?mas dinner and Christmas jumper day on Wednesday. If your child does not have a Christmas jumper, they can wear clothes in Christmas colours or a party outfit they already have. On Thursday the children in Year 1– Year 6 will be walking to St Barbara's Church for their Christmas assembly. This assembly will be led by the children from Year 3 – Year 6 and is a lovely opportunity to celebrate together. Reception children will be going to Earlsdon Methodist Church for their assembly on Thursday also. We are looking forward to an action-packed last week of term!
We will be holding a parent’s workshop on Thursday 30th January at 5pm. The session will be led by West Midlands Police and will focus on raising parent’s 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 par?ents can use to make the online space a safer place for their children. Some of the topics included in the parent’s workshop are listed below:
•Apps and appropriate ages
• Children sharing inappropriate images
•Gaming
•Grooming and radicalisation
• The dark web
• Settings
•Digital footprint
Please put the date in your diary and book
Thank you very much to the members of a choir who performed Christmas songs at the Resource Centre for the Blind on Saturday. It was a great performance, and it was a highlight of the Winter Warmer event. We are very pleased to have been invited back to perform again on Monday.
As part of the national Kids in Museums Takeover Day, our Coventry Young Ambassadors were invited to the Transport Museum. They worked with four other schools to evaluate the exhibits and to consider how to make the STEM learning more interactive. The education officer was very impressed with the children's suggestions and will be using them to improve the museum.
School Attendance DfE guidance stresses the importance of good attendance for all children to support their attainment, wellbeing and wider life chances. When a child’s attendance falls to 90% this is a cause for concern for school and the local authority– 10% absence equates to a child being absent for 1 day or more a fortnight across a full school year. The National Framework for Penalty Notices, which was introduced this year, aims to improve consistency in the use of penalty notices across England. This framework includes a single consistent national threshold for when a penalty notice must be considered for 10 sessions (usually equivalent to 5 school days) for any unauthorised absence within a rolling 10 school week period. The 10 week period may span different terms or school years. The framework also includes an increase to the rate of the penalty from £60 to £80 if paid within 21 days and a national limit of 2 penalty notices that can be issued to a parent for the same child within a rolling 3 year period.
Some of our students enjoyed a day of sport at the AT7 Centre on Tuesday. They participated in goalball, judo, tennis, dance and boccia. One of the highlights was meeting a retired guide dog!
Christmas celebrations– 18th December Mr Kumar and our catering team will be serving Christmas dinner on Wednesday 18th December. More information about how to book a meal for your child will follow shortly (please note all Reception and KS1 children do not need to book as they are served school lunch each day). We will also be inviting the children to wear Christmas jumpers to school on this day, but would like to stress that we do not want this to be an expensive event for families– please don’t buy a jumper for this day. We welcome donations of Christmas jumpers that children have outgrown and will hang these on the preloved uniform rail in the main reception when we receive them. If your child does not have a Christmas jumper, they can wear clothes in Christmas colours or a party outfit they already have
During the last week of term (week beginning Monday 16th December) the PTA will be running an chocolate tombola at the end of the school day on the playground. To help collect chocolate for this event, they are inviting the children to enjoy a non– uniform day and donate a chocolate item on Friday 6th December. Thank you for your ongoing generosity and support for our PTA
Thank you to all the Year 1 parents who were able to attend our Mastering Number at Home events over the last two weeks. It was great to see the classroom full of children playing mathematical games with their parents. All parents and carers have been sent the slides from the event and the games homework pack for week 1. We hope you enjoying playing maths games at home!