This is where you will find all of the information that will keep you up to date with our latest events!
| The International Day of Peace is observed around the world each year on 21 September. Established in 1981, Peace Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to peace above all differences and to contribute to building a culture of peace. Children in school spent time reflecting in our Peace Garden; look ing at our Peace Pole and stones with messages of peace and rec onciliation. |
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 below 90% this is a cause for concern for schools and local authorities– 10% absence equates to a child being absent for 1 day or more a fortnight across a full school year. DfE guidance also states that leave of absence should only be granted in exceptional circumstances, and as such holidays taken
during term time will not be authorised. If leave of absence is unauthorised by the school, the government requires the school to follow up such absences with a Penalty Notice Fine of £60 to each parent and for each child. (Collection of the fine is not administered by the school and the money collected is not given to the school.) If a parent thinks that their leave of absence request is due to exceptional circumstances, they should contact school without delay and before arrangements are entered
into or money is committed. A leave of absence request form is available from the school office or from the website
We are very proud of the children who have travelled to Japan and attended the UNESCO Peace Conference. The children have enjoyed many brilliant activities and experiences and have demonstrated amazing resilience in a new country and so far away from home. We wish them a very safe journey home and look forward to hearing all about their adventures next week
This week Year 5 and 6 have had their introduction to the Junior Leadership Team; the children who are interested have taken their application forms home to complete. We look forwarded to welcoming some new Junior Leaders and offering them important roles around our school
| The PTA are holding their AGM in school next Tuesday (19th September) at 6.30pm. Everyone is welcome- we hope you can join us! |
We have seen an increase in children wearing smartwatches and
watches with games on them to school. We would like to politely
request that the children leave their watches at home as they can
be distracting to them and their classmates and smartwatches, like
phones, provide additional safeguarding concerns in school
We have had a super week in school and are thrilled with the way the children have settled into their new classrooms and enjoyed getting to know their new teachers and year group staff.
Thank you for your support in preparing the children for their return to school– they all look very smart in their uniforms!
We are looking forward to the year ahead and all of the learning,
activities and school events we will enjoy. We are delighted to welcome Miss Weston to our staff team. Miss Weston will be teaching in the Reception team alongside Mrs Fennerty, Mrs Reilly, Mrs Senaux and Miss Lewis
| This Friday five of our pupils will travel with five pupils from Finham Park 2 School to Kyoto, Japan. They will be representing the UK at an international UNESCO Peace Conference. They will get the opportunity to work with students from around the world and they will share information about the important peace and reconciliation work that takes place in Coventry. We are grateful to sponsors including Coventry City Council, Coventry Rotary Club, the Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation, the Daiwa Foundation and the Saskawa Foundation for their generous support. Look out on Twitter for updates from Kyoto. |
| Thank you for supporting our new routines at the beginning and end of the school day. Next week we will be welcoming the new Reception children into school so routines will look slightly different as they will be arriving at 9am and being collected at 3pm. Please bear with us during this period of transition. Routines for the children in Year 1– Year 6 will remain the same; the school gate will open at 8.40am and close again at 8.55am and the children will be lined up on the play ground at 3.15pm for collection. We appreciate that the school site becomes very busy at the beginning and end of the day and would like to thank parents for continuing to use the well established one way system around the school building, across the playground to exit via the car park gate. Thank you for your ongoing support |
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Thank you to the parents who have attended the Welcome meetings this week for Year 6, Year 2 and Year 1– we hope you have found the sessions informative .
The Teams invites will be emailed to parents for the meetings |