December 2018 Whitmore Park Primary School Newsletter www.whitmorepark.org Dates for your diary Thursday 20th December 2018—Last day of term. Friday 21st December 2018—Teacher Training Day. School Closed to Pupils. Monday 7th January 2019—School reopens to pupils. Monday 7th January 2019— Governor Forum. Monday 14th January 2019—9am—10am Parents Coffee Morning. Wednesday 16th January 2019—Parent Partnership meeting at 5pm. Friday 25th January 2019—Young Voices. Monday 11th February 2019—9am—10am Parents Coffee Morning. Thursday 14th February 2019—Last day of half term. Friday 15th February 2019—Teacher Training Day. School Closed to Pupils. Monday 25th February 2019—Pupils return to school for second half of Spring Term. Dear Parents and Carers, The children have had a very successful Autumn term and have worked with passion and enthusiasm! Thank you for all of your continued support. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! Mrs J McGibney Head Teacher Christmas Round Up Christmas Assemblies Thank you to the many parents that attended the different assemblies over the past two weeks. The children have worked hard and they all looked and sounded absolutely amazing! A big thank you to Mrs Criminisi and the staff for all of their hard work putting these fantastic performances and assemblies together. Christmas Fair Thank you to everyone who supported the evening of festive fun. We raised a fantastic £1217.80! Everyone had an enjoyable evening. Children In Need On Friday 16th November children came to school dressed in their pyjamas to raise money for BBC Children In Need. We raised a fantastic £502.62. Thank your for your continued support. Save the Children Appeal On Friday 14th December children came to school in their Christmas Jumpers to raise money for the Save the Children Appeal. We raised a fantastic £222.83. Thank you for your support and generosity. Christmas Dinner Day On Thursday 6th and Friday 7th December Children from Reception to Year 6 enjoyed their Christmas dinner in school. It was fantastic to see so many children taking part in this wonderful event. Choir The choir have had a fantastic few weeks with lots of singing! They have been out in the community visiting many different places such as: Cottage Farm Lodge Holbrooks Evangelical Church St Luke’s Church Christmas Fayre The choir also went to sing at UHCW and whilst they were there singing raised an amazing £117.93. Well done to all those who took part in these events. Breakfast & After School Club With Mrs Hands Breakfast and After school club would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ESC at the Pantomime On Wednesday 5th December, children in our ESC class went to watch the pantomime ‘Cinderella’ at the Standard Triumph Club. A fantastic afternoon was had by all.
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December 2018
Whitmore Park Primary School Newsletter www.whitmorepark.org
Dates for your diary Thursday 20th December 2018—Last day of term. Friday 21st December 2018—Teacher Training Day. School Closed to Pupils. Monday 7th January 2019—School reopens to pupils. Monday 7th January 2019— Governor Forum. Monday 14th January 2019—9am—10am Parents Coffee Morning. Wednesday 16th January 2019—Parent Partnership meeting at 5pm. Friday 25th January 2019—Young Voices. Monday 11th February 2019—9am—10am Parents Coffee Morning. Thursday 14th February 2019—Last day of half term. Friday 15th February 2019—Teacher Training Day. School Closed to Pupils. Monday 25th February 2019—Pupils return to school for second half of Spring Term.
Dear Parents and Carers,
The children have had a very successful Autumn term and have worked with passion and enthusiasm! Thank you for all of your continued support.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Mrs J McGibney
Head Teacher
Christmas Round Up Christmas Assemblies
Thank you to the many parents that attended the different assemblies over the past two weeks. The children have worked hard and they all looked and sounded absolutely amazing! A big thank you to Mrs Criminisi and the staff for all of their hard work putting these fantastic performances and assemblies together.
Christmas Fair
Thank you to everyone who supported the evening of festive fun. We raised a fantastic £1217.80! Everyone had an enjoyable evening.
Children In Need
On Friday 16th November children came to school dressed in their pyjamas to raise money for BBC Children In Need. We raised a fantastic £502.62. Thank your for your continued support.
Save the Children Appeal
On Friday 14th December children came to school in their Christmas Jumpers to raise money for the Save the Children Appeal. We raised a fantastic £222.83. Thank you for your support and generosity.
Christmas Dinner Day On Thursday 6th and Friday 7th December Children from Reception to Year 6 enjoyed their Christmas dinner in school. It was fantastic to see so many children taking part in this wonderful event.
Choir The choir have had a fantastic few weeks with lots of singing! They have been out in the community visiting many different places such as:
Cottage Farm Lodge
Holbrooks Evangelical Church
St Luke’s Church Christmas Fayre
The choir also went to sing at UHCW and whilst they were there singing raised an amazing £117.93. Well done to all those who took part in these events.
Breakfast & After School Club With Mrs
Hands
Breakfast and After school club would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
ESC at the Pantomime
On Wednesday 5th December, children in our ESC class went to watch the pantomime ‘Cinderella’ at the Standard Triumph Club. A fantastic afternoon was had by all.
Awards Assembly Last week, we held our end of term Awards Assembly for pupils. During our Awards Assembly, we gave out certificates and prizes for achievements in Times Tables, Spelling, Reading and excellent behaviour.
Caught Being Gold Trip
The children had a lovely time on the 'Caught being Gold'
trip this week. One child from each class who had the
most Dojo’s or Caught Being Golds attended the trip.
Children earn rewards for following our Golden Values of
Honesty, Kindness, Respect, Community & Growth. They
picked a book from Waterstones and an ice-cream from
McDonalds.
1 Beta—Isla 4 Beta— Shanice
1 Delta— Krystal 4 Delta— Riley F
1 Gamma— Francesca 4 Gamma—Eliana
2 Beta— Erin 5 Beta— Manav
2 Delta— Fariha 5 Delta— Simone
2 Gamma— Kaiya 5 Gamma— Poppy
3 Beta—Rowan 6 Beta—Shiv
3 Delta— Anaya 6 Delta— Amelya
3 Gamma— Lola 6 Gamma— Liam
ESC —Karnal
Spelling Raffle
Congratulations to all of our spelling raffle winners who have tried hard with their spellings this term.
1 Beta— Ranya 4 Beta— Lawan
1 Delta— Olly 4 Delta— Tyler
1 Gamma— Kara 4 Gamma– Hafsa
2 Beta— Rico 5 Beta—Ruby
2 Delta— Amelia 5 Delta— Lewis
2 Gamma— Harris 5 Gamma— Aarav
3 Beta— Caitlin 6 Beta— Ismail
3 Delta— Sylvannus 6 Delta— Arjun
3 Gamma— Scarlet 6 Gamma— Anureet
ESC—Harry
Handwriting Awards
The following children received a handwriting award this term:
Book Awards
All of the children who earnt reading challenges/super readers or 100% on
Accelerated Reader were entered into a draw. One pupil from each class had the
opportunity to pick a book of their choice to enjoy! They are all Super Readers!
1 Beta— Ayesha 4 Beta— Lawan
1 Delta— Aryan 4 Delta— Tyler
1 Gamma— Paras 4 Gamma– Hafsa
2 Beta— Harleen 5 Beta—Ruby
2 Delta— Chloe 5 Delta— Lewis
2 Gamma— Harris 5 Gamma— Aarav
3 Beta— George 6 Beta— Ismail
3 Delta— Sylvannus 6 Delta— Arjun
3 Gamma— Scarlet 6 Gamma— Anureet
1 Beta— Asia 4 Beta— Shanice
1 Delta— Josiah 4 Delta— Eva
1 Gamma— Jake 4 Gamma– Mollie
2 Beta—Careese 5 Beta—Cristina
2 Delta— Ben 5 Delta— Finley
2 Gamma—Lucas 5 Gamma— Hema
3 Beta— Amelia 6 Beta— Lucas
3 Delta— Lureen 6 Delta— Rhys J
3 Gamma—Thomas 6 Gamma— Arjan
ESC—Tyler
Times Table Awards An amazing achievement for the following children who received the Blue times Table Award which is the end of year expectation in Year 2. They completed 100 facts for the 2s, 5s and 10s multiplication and divi-sion in 5 minutes! Very well done to:
2B—Samira and Zakariah 2D—David, Dahen and Kyron
Our Year 3 children that have received the Green Times Table Award for getting 85+ in their Times Tables tests for their 3s, 5s and 8 times tables. A big well done to the following children:
3B—Rowan and Fathima
3D—Adrian and Harleen 3G—Fynn and Brandon
Our Year 4s, 5s & 6s achieved the Red Times Table Award for knowing the multiplication and division facts for all of the times tables up to 12. They can complete 100 in 5 minutes – excellent work!
4B—Ryleigh, Lawan, Harrison and Charlie 4D—Hayden, Anea, Manas and Arjun 4G—Eliana, Anthony and Alfie 5B—Manav, Dylan, Serafina, Dominika 5D—Maliha, Oliver, Rithvic, Nicola, Srinithi, Eve, Simone, Inder and Srikar. 5G—Amrit, Mason, Mia, Shriya, Subirnna, Taylor, Yusuf, Kawshan, Aarav, Hema and Simrit 6B—Lucas, Eleanor, Lordrichie, Shiv, Borys, Ismail, Reece, Oscar, Sa-hiba, Sokaina, Jacob, Cassidy, Brandon, Nikita, Mya, Abit and German 6D—Aimee, Lara, Natalie, Daniil, Rhys B, Louise, Arun, Lianna, Alishba, Rhys J, Diwan, Amelya, Navyan, Kristina, Isaac, Arjun and Ameleigha 6G—Zakariya K and Ulmalkar.
All of the children were delighted with the books they chose and had a lovely morning.
Our whole school attendance to date is currently 95.9% Our target figure is 96%
I am pleased to say that there are 228 children receiving certificates for 100% attendance this term! 03.09.18 to 14.12.18
309 children will receive their 2nd badge for 100% attendance in the 2nd half of the Autumn Term from 29.10.18 to 14.12.18
We would like to thanks parents for their continued support regarding their children’s attendance. I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas and a well-earned rest; returning to school in the New Year fighting fit and ready to learn on
Monday 7th January 2019!
Family HUBs
Our local Family HUB is ‘Pathways’ (Radford). A family hub is a place where children, young people and their families can go when in need of help or support for a whole range of issues. The staff there are very friendly and it was a very welcoming environment. Further information about the hub can be found on our parent notice board, online at www.coventry.gov.uk/
familyhubs and you can also find them on Facebook.
Safeguarding, Attendance & Welfare Officers
As part of our School Welfare support, myself and Ms Caswell are available each morning from 8.30am for parents and carers to have a quick chat about any concerns regarding attendance or any other issues that you may be facing. We can arrange meetings to discuss things further in a confidential and impartial setting and we are able to offer a variety of support as required; such as parenting courses (perhaps to help with behaviour issues), School Nursing Service referrals (poor behaviour, poor sleep patterns, toileting issues, weight/
dietary concerns and emotional wellbeing), counselling and lots more.
Please do not hesitate to contact us; we are here to help and support our families.
Parent Partnership Group
The Parent Partnership Group will meet each half term.
The next Parent Partnership meeting is on Wednesday 16th January 2019 at 5pm.
SCHOOL CAR PARKS
The school car parks are for staff, visitors to the school site and disabled badge holders only. These regulations have been put in place for Health and Safety reasons and also to safeguard our children. We would appreciate your co-operation in this matter. Thank you.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Can all parents/carers ensure that they keep the school office up to date with any changes of contact numbers or email addresses in case your child is unwell during the school day or in case of an emergency.
GOVERNORS
There will be a governor forum on the first Monday of each month. A governor will be in the school reception area at 3:15pm to speak to parents. The next
session will be on Monday 7th January 2019. All welcome.
Goodbye and Hello!
We would like to say goodbye to our part time Office Manager Mrs Smedmore who we thank for all her support over the past 2 years. We would like to welcome our new full time Office Manager Mrs Clarke who will join
us from January 2019.
Year 5 Trip to Coventry Cathedral and Transport Museum
As part of our Humanities topic and continuing the theme of Remembrance, Year 5 went on a trip to Coventry Cathedral and the Transport Museum. At the Transport Museum, we experienced what it would be like to be in Coventry during the Blitz, as well as seeing some vehicles involved with World War 2.
At the Cathedral, we had a tour of the ruins and a talk about reconciliation before viewing the new cathedral and coming together in the Chapel of Unity.
