Burrowmoor Parents Meeting

14 July 2015

Staffing for September What’s happening in the classrooms?

What’s happening in the wider school?

Questions and Answers

STAFFING - TEACHERS Year 6 – Rebecca Watson and Jenny Todd

Year 5 – Laura Walker/Michelle Barnes and Sharon Tuffnell

Year 4 – Jo Mills/Jo Bradford and Charlotte Norman

Year 3 – Marie Lucca and Michelle Littrell

Year 2 – Lucy Baxter and Sophie Wilding/Ben Whipps

Year 1 – Chloe Broomfield and Emma Harlow

Reception - Helen Fletcher and Carolyn Davies/Stella Shannon

Nursery - Mandy McClenaghan

STAFFING - LEADERSHIP Executive Head Teacher – Jason Wing

Head of School – Carrie Henderson

Assistant Heads - Mandy McClenaghan and Jo Mills

Phase Leaders Carolyn Davies – Early Years

Sophie Wilding – Lower School*

Marie Lucca – Middle School

Jenny Todd – Upper School

Achievement for All/SENCo – Stella Shannon

School Business Manager – Wendy Thulbourn

STAFFING – EXTERNAL SUPPORT

Consultant Heads– Jenny Russon and Jenny Jones

Challenge Partner/Critical Friend - Hazel Spinks and Claire Wise (Fairstead Primary)

Staffing Mentors - Jan Clark And Rob Glozier

Mel Henman – KS2/3 Maths Leader – looking at transition of mathematical skills and knowledge across the schools and challenging the more able.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOMS?

Curriculum – what the children are learning and how they are learning?

Deployment of TAs Marking and Feedback

MARKING AND FEEDBACK

Next Steps - Improving work already completed.

- Adding additional content to improve the work.

MARKING AND FEEDBACK

MOVE IT!

PROVE IT!

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE WIDER SCHOOL?

Presentation – work (children and staff) - Classrooms and wider school

Behaviour policy Governing Body Parents Forum

BEHAVIOUR ZONE BOARD

Fantastic!

Well done!

A good day as expected.

Need to try a bit harder.

Think and be careful!!!!

Need to improve. Parents informed

GOVERNORS Andrew Smith – Chair

Jacqui Drewery – Vice Chair

Jason Wing – Executive Head Teacher

Emma Liversedge – Parent Governor

Lisa Robinson – Parent Governor

Andrew Pugh – Trust Governor

David Hilton – Trust Governor

Elaine Graham - Trust Governor

Rachel Howsam – Trust Governor

Susan Baxter – Trust Governor

Kirsten Lofts – Staff Governor

Stella Shannon – Staff Governor

Burrowmoor Parents’ Forum

Who are we?

• Parent Volunteers – Jeremy Kimberlin, Annie Barnes, Catherine Jolley, Pam Goodge, Mel Lewis, Harriet James.

• Parent Governors – Lisa Robinson & Emma Liversedge

• Chair of Governors – Andrew Smith

• Academy Consultants – Jenny Russon & Jenny Jones

Aims of the Parent Forum

• To strengthen the partnership between all parents and the school

• Better communication via many routes e.g. email, text, letter, social media

• To work in partnership with the school to build a positive working relationship, thereby enhancing our children’s learning

• To utilise parent skills in school

• To represent parent’s views and to be heard!

• Help to raise the school’s profile in the community and the Fenland area

What does the school do well?

• Enriches happy children that feel cared for

• Inclusion & Equality

• Library is a place of community spirit within the school

• Extra – curricular activities

What should the school offer to make it better?

• Review of the behaviour policy – consistency

• Better communication between school and parents

• Increased community cohesion – across the wider community and Fenland.

Moving Forward

• Drop in sessions – once a term

• Parents Forum added to website, social media

• Variety of people to approach

• Email address :

Parentforum@burrowmoorprimary.org