CLARENDON PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Issue 17 Clarendon Primary School Newsletter 29 th June 2018 MESSAGE FROM MR NEALE DATES FOR THE DIARY JUNE Fri 29 th – NSPCC Sponsorship Collection Fri 29 th – Reception Assembly JULY Tues 3 rd (pm) – Nursery assembly Weds 4 th – Year 5M assembly Fri 6 th (pm) – Nursery assembly Sat 7 th – Summer Fair 12 – 3pm Weds 11 th – Celebration Evening Thurs 12 th –New Parents Evening Nursery Mon 16 th – KS2 Sport’s Day Tues 17 th – EYFS & KS1 Sport’s Day Tues 17 th - Full Gov Body Mtg 6.30 pm TBC - Pizza Night for Year 6 TBC - Leavers’ Assembly - 9am Friday 20 th – END OF TERM - 2pm Monday 23 rd – INSET day (Children not required to attend school) SEPT 2018 4 th & 5 th – INSET days – Children are not required to attend school. 6 th Sept – Children back to school The half term certainly seems to be flying by and it’s hard to believe that we are already into the last few weeks of this academic year. We have lots of exciting events before the end of term, including Sports Days and Celebration Evening, which we look forward to welcoming you to. NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR We are in the process of making final decisions about teaching arrangements for next year and we will be informing children and parents about these next week. HEATWAVE The weather this week has been extremely hot and the warm spell looks set to continue into next week. Can we remind parents to ensure that, whilst the weather continues to be warm, your child has had sun cream applied before school and that they bring in a clearly named hat and refillable water bottle. MESSAGE FROM GOVERNORS Parent Questionnaire Thank you to all those parents who have already completed the parents survey. We have had 105 so far which is fantastic but we’d love even more as we look forward to analysing your responses and using them to build on and develop the provision for you children’s education. The survey will remain open until the end of the weekend so if you’ve not yet had your say and would like to. Please follow the link below to complete the parent questionnaire: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=VgCpZGBld0mP5i-Y- YhdRwzdSeAGamlAmT3ZN-1yZs9UQ0o5V0dYUTBPVlA0TlVKMlJLM045RFM5SC4u School Dinners Please be aware that the price of a school dinner will be increasing to £2.30 per day, effective from September 2018. Please can parents remember that dinner money is payable in advance. Please could you make sure that payments are made promptly on Wisepay. May we also remind you that we are a CASHLESS school, and all payments to the school must be paid by Wisepay, not by cash. If you are experiencing any difficulties with making payments then please do not hesitate to contact the office.
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CLARENDON PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Issue 17 6
Clarendon Primary School
Newsletter
29th June 2018
MESSAGE FROM MR NEALE DATES FOR THE DIARY
JUNE Fri 29th – NSPCC Sponsorship Collection Fri 29th – Reception Assembly JULY Tues 3rd (pm) – Nursery assembly Weds 4th – Year 5M assembly Fri 6th (pm) – Nursery assembly Sat 7th – Summer Fair 12 – 3pm Weds 11th – Celebration Evening Thurs 12th –New Parents Evening Nursery Mon 16th – KS2 Sport’s Day Tues 17th – EYFS & KS1 Sport’s Day Tues 17th - Full Gov Body Mtg 6.30 pm TBC - Pizza Night for Year 6 TBC - Leavers’ Assembly - 9am Friday 20th – END OF TERM - 2pm
Monday 23rd – INSET day (Children not required to attend school) SEPT 2018 4th & 5th – INSET days – Children are not required to attend school. 6
th Sept – Children back to school
The half term certainly seems to be flying by and it’s hard to believe that we are already into the last few weeks of this academic year. We have lots of exciting events before the end of term, including Sports Days and Celebration Evening, which we look forward to welcoming you to.
NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR
We are in the process of making final decisions about teaching arrangements for next year and we will be informing children and parents about these next week.
HEATWAVE
The weather this week has been extremely hot and the warm spell looks set to continue into next week. Can we remind parents to ensure that, whilst the weather continues to be warm, your child has had sun cream applied before school and that they bring in a clearly named hat and refillable water bottle.
MESSAGE FROM GOVERNORS
Parent Questionnaire Thank you to all those parents who have already completed the parents survey. We have had 105 so far which is fantastic but we’d love even more as we look forward to analysing your responses and using them to build on and develop the provision for you children’s education. The survey will remain open until the end of the weekend so if you’ve not yet had your say and would like to. Please follow the link below to complete the parent questionnaire: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=VgCpZGBld0mP5i-Y-YhdRwzdSeAGamlAmT3ZN-1yZs9UQ0o5V0dYUTBPVlA0TlVKMlJLM045RFM5SC4u
School Dinners
Please be aware that the price of a school dinner will be increasing to £2.30 per day, effective from September 2018.
Please can parents remember that dinner money is payable in advance. Please could you make sure that payments are made promptly on Wisepay. May we also remind you that we are a CASHLESS school, and all payments to the school must be paid by Wisepay, not by cash.
If you are experiencing any difficulties with making payments then please do not hesitate to contact the office.
Well done to our weekly achievers who should have brought home their certificates to share with you at home after they were awarded them in our Achiever’s Assembly.
ATTENDANCE
Well done to the following classes for winning the weekly attendance awards:
Year Group Percentage Week Ending
YEAR 1 98.7% 15/06/2018
YEAR 5OS 99.3% 22/06/2018
Achievers during w/c 11th June 2018
Reception: All of Reception for their behaviour on their school trip
Year 1: All of Year 1 for their hard work during phonic screening
Year 2: Sasha, Gracie
Year 3: Merryn, Grayson
Year 4: Harvey, Alice
Year 5OS: Jai, Haruki
Year 5M: William, Daisy
Year 6: Ben, Sophie
Achievers during w/c 18th June 2018
Reception: All of Reception for a great 4-4 draw against the dads!
Year 1: Adam, Fin
Year 2: Alexia, Jess
Year 3: Keven, George
Year 4: Lucas, Imad
Year 5OS: Abbie, Harry
Year 5M: Emily, Zoya
Year 6: Ben, Eva
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CLARENDON NEWS…
Reception
The Daddies and Doughnut day was a roaring success. The game was fast moving and we saw lots of skills and collaboration from the dads/granddads. However, team Reception played some superb football and as the final whistle was blown it ended a very fair 4-4 draw. To celebrate the end of the match the dads came into reception to enjoy some juice and doughnuts, served by their children. Thank you to everyone who came and made wonderful memories for the children.
Year 6
Year 6 continued their off curricula learning on Monday, with a workshop provided by the Orange Tree theatre group. They
treated us to the Shakespearean story of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ which included some very moral lessons. The children
were given instructions on how to act in different scenes, so that they could participate in the final production.
On Wednesday, we travelled to Richmond where we continued our Shakespearian experience. In preparation for the
participation of the carnival scene, we sat on Richmond Green making our own Venetian masks. Richmond Green has never
looked so colourful! A quick game of rounders’ followed, then lunch, before the short walk to the Orange Tree Theatre.
The circular theatre provided the perfect stage to watch and take part in the performance, and the children were transfixed
by the performers, who brought the play alive.
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PARENT’S ASSOCIATION NEWS…
Saturday 7th July – Clarendon Primary School Summer Fair 12-3pm
The Summer Fair is almost here and the countdown is on! If you are able to offer any help during the day please email [email protected]
The more parents we have, the more stalls we can run and the more money we can raise so please let us know if you can offer any help at all!
GARDEN PROJECT NEWS
Tomorrow morning we will hold our first gardening morning. We would love to see lots of parents there to help (you don’t need to be a skilled gardener as we have a wide range of jobs to suit everyone!)
The morning will begin at 9.30am and finish at 11.30am. Tea, coffee and refreshments will be provided for all who come along. We look forward to seeing you there!
Please note that Clarendon Primary School is passing on information on behalf of outside agencies but this should not be seen as an endorsement by the school of any supplier/agent.
Attendance Policy regarding Fixed Penalty Notices
Please be aware that The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 state that Headteachers may not grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances. The Headteacher should determine the number of school days a child can be away from school if leave is granted.
In accordance with the above Regulations, requests for leave of absence are treated sympathetically, but only in exceptional circumstances can they be approved. The policy of the Government to which this school has agreed, states that parents who take their child out of school for five days or more during term time, without the authority of the Headteacher, will each be liable to receive a penalty notice. Penalty Notices will be issued by the Local Authority.
The penalty is £60 if paid within 21 days of receipt of the notice, rising to £120 if paid after 21 days but within 28 days of receipt of the notice. If the penalty is not paid in full by the end of the 28-day period the Local Authority must prosecute the recipient for failing to ensure regular school attendance under section 444 Education Act 1996. Please be aware that each parent is liable to receive a Penalty Notice for each child who incurs unauthorised absences, for example, if there are two parents and one child, each parent will receive one Penalty Notice. If there are two parents and two children incurring unauthorised absences, each parent will receive two Penalty Notices, which in this case would amount to £120 each if paid within 21 days.
