19th December 2018 Issue 14 Rawmarsh St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Parents Meeting on Tuesday 23rd January at 5:30 pm. If you cannot make this meeting, then please raise any concerns or questions via class dojo or alternatively, speak with Mrs Curran or Mrs Glossop. Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to seeing your all on Tuesday night Kind Regards Mrs Briggs School News Attendance/Late Arrivals Dear Parents/Carers We have had a really busy week in school, Year 5 have been on two school trips and represent- ed the school in a very ‘responsible’ manner. Year 4 had a great day at the CLC last Friday, and Family Learning started this week, thank you to Mrs Glossop for arranging this event and for parents and chil- dren who have taken part. You will hopefully all have now received a copy of the HMI letter following our recent visit and a covering letter from Mrs Ratcliffe our Chair of Governors. Please take the time to read this, and any questions or concerns you may have can be raised at the The Attendance panel will meet on Tuesday 23rd January, you will have been invited if your child’s attendance has fallen below 90% and we feel this could be improved. During the Autumn term there were 17 children recorded as Persistent Absentees (children with less than 90% (attendance) and 171 Lates!Attendance and Late arrivals is a key line of enquiry by Ofsted and can affect the schools judgement overall. To become a Good school Ofsted Inspectors judge the school using the following guidelines; Pupils value their education. Few are ab- sent or persistently absent. No groups of pupils are disadvantaged by low attendance. The attendance of pupils who have previously had exceptionally high rates of absence is showing a marked improvement. Important Dates to Remember Tuesday 23rd January Attendance/Late panel meeting for 1:30 pm onwards Tuesday 23rd January Parent meeting with governors, Mrs McLaughlin and Mrs Briggs 5:30 pm in the hall Wednesday 24th January Mountain Rescue afternoon for Key Stage 2 Thursday 25th January Family Learning—Rowdy Robots Inside this issue: School News 2 After School Clubs for next week 2 Vacancy for Parent Governor 2 Attendance and Lates 2 Year 5 3 Year 4 3 Attendance and Diary Dates 4 School Newsletter We therefore, all have a part to play in moving the school forward. The number of chil- dren arriving late (after 9:00 am), has not improved since the last inspection, despite our best efforts in offering break- fast club, introducing a late gate and attending the late panel. It is your responsibility as a parent to ensure your child arrives on time each morning. Being late not only affects your child’s learning but also the other children in class.
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19th December 2018
Issue 14
Rawmarsh St Joseph’s
Catholic Primary
School
Parents Meeting on Tuesday 23rd
January at 5:30 pm. If you cannot
make this meeting, then please
raise any concerns or questions
via class dojo or alternatively,
speak with Mrs Curran or Mrs
Glossop.
Thank you for your continued
support and I look forward to
seeing your all on Tuesday night
Kind Regards
Mrs Briggs
School News
Attendance/Late
Arrivals
Dear Parents/Carers
We have had a really busy week
in school, Year 5 have been on
two school trips and represent-
ed the school in a very
‘responsible’ manner. Year 4
had a great day at the CLC last
Friday, and Family Learning
started this week, thank you to
Mrs Glossop for arranging this
event and for parents and chil-
dren who have taken part.
You will hopefully all have now
received a copy of the HMI
letter following our recent
visit and a covering letter from
Mrs Ratcliffe our Chair of
Governors. Please take the
time to read this, and any
questions or concerns you
may have can be raised at the
The Attendance panel will meet on Tuesday 23rd January, you will have been invited if your child’s attendance has fallen below 90% and we feel this could be improved. During the Autumn term there were 17 children recorded as Persistent Absentees (children with less than 90% (attendance) and 171 Lates!Attendance
and Late arrivals is a key line of enquiry by Ofsted and can affect the schools judgement overall. To become a Good school Ofsted Inspectors judge the school using the following guidelines; Pupils
value their education. Few are ab-sent or persistently absent. No groups of pupils are disadvantaged by low attendance. The attendance of pupils who have previously had exceptionally high rates of absence
is showing a marked improvement.
Important Dates to
Remember
Tuesday 23rd January
Attendance/Late panel meeting
for 1:30 pm onwards
Tuesday 23rd January
Parent meeting with governors,
Mrs McLaughlin and Mrs Briggs
5:30 pm in the hall
Wednesday 24th January
Mountain Rescue afternoon for
Key Stage 2
Thursday 25th January
Family Learning—Rowdy Robots
Inside this issue:
School News 2
After School Clubs for
next week
2
Vacancy for Parent
Governor
2
Attendance and Lates 2
Year 5 3
Year 4 3
Attendance and Diary
Dates
4
School Newsletter
We therefore, all have a part to play in moving the school forward. The number of chil-dren arriving late (after 9:00 am), has not improved since the last inspection, despite our best efforts in offering break-fast club, introducing a late gate and attending the late panel. It is your responsibility as a parent to ensure your child arrives on time each morning. Being late not only affects your child’s learning but also the other children in class.
St Joseph’s Cup Winner
After School Club
Please note there is an inset day
on the first day back after Feb-
ruary half term—Monday 19th
February, this is for First Aid
Training thank you
I am delighted to announce
the winner of St Joseph’s
cup this week, which goes to
Evie Shaw in Year 6, for
showing responsibility for
her own learning, asking for
additional homework, asking
for help and putting in that
extra effort to ensure she is
being the best she can be.
Well done Evie, this is a re-
ally important time for Year
6 and you are rising to the
challenge. Remember the
more you put in, the more
you get out! Well done we
are all very proud of you.
Year 1 Parents
A big thank you to all
Year 1 parents who
have been dropping
their children off at
the door in a morning,
this has been a big
help to ensure the
children are settled
and ready to move
into their Read Write
Inc. Learning at 9:00
am . Your continued
support with this is
most appreciated.
Thursday
Stay and Play—Miss
Cooper
Friday
Basketball—Mr Rocket—
years 1 to 6
After School clubs started
this week, and have proved
very popular.
Due to the oversubscrip-
tion of most of the clubs, if
your child is allocated a
place and does not attend
for three weeks, then their
place will be given to
somebody else on the
waiting list and you will be
informed accordingly.
Monday
Sewing Club—Mrs Potts
and Mrs Chadfield
Tuesday
Football—Mr Rockett
Wednesday
Choir—Mrs Beckett
Parent Governor Vacancy
The governing body is the
strategic leader of the
school and has a vital role
to play in making sure that
every child receives the
best possible education.
This is reflected in the law,
which states that the pur-
pose of maintained school
governing bodies is to
‘conduct the school with a
view to promoting high
standards of educational
achievement.
If you have:
• An interest in chil-
dren’s futures
• A desire to make a
difference
• A willingness to ac-
cept responsibility
• An ability to work as a
team and ask ques-
tions, list and learn
Then please consider if this is
a role you could undertake
Page 2 School Newsletter
After School Boosters
Monday
Year 6—Maths
Wednesday
Year 6—Reading
Year 5—Maths (Mrs
Boden)
Year 5—Maths (Mr
Searson
Letters for these will
be sent out separately
Focus for this half
term is:
‘Being Responsible’
For further information con-
tact Mrs McLaughlin, Mrs
Briggs or Cath Ratcliffe
(Chair of Governors)
If you would like to be
considered then please
put this in writing with a
brief overview about
yourself and what you
would bring to the role.
All letters will be passed
to the Chair, closing date
29th January 2018
Home Reading/Books and Beyond
Keep Reading!
Year 4 visited the CLC
Year 5 have had a busy week!
.It’s not too late to
catch up with the
reading—60 times by
27th January, keep
reading, if you missed
out on the cinema
afternoon this week,
you might make the
next milestone.
In order to improve children’s
engagement in reading and to
increase the amount of reading
your child does at home, we
are re-launching ‘Books and
Beyond’. All children from
Years 1-6 will take part. The
following incentives will be
available:
• Read 60 times by
27.1.18 shown in your
home reading diary and
be invited to a party/
certificate and move to
the green planet
• Read 75 times by
17.3.18 as shown in
your reading diary and
be invited for tea with
the governors/
certificate and move to
the Gold Planet
• Read 100 times by
5.5.18 as shown in your
reading diary receive a
special award and a
gold certificate
This week Year Five had two wonderful educational visits which they thoroughly enjoyed. Firstly, they visited St Pius where they had the oppor-tunity to receive coaching in athletic skills, which included running, jumping, throwing and small team games. The children demon-strated a great deal of posi-tive sportsmanship as well as great individual and team ef-fort. Later in the afternoon they were very privileged to watch the St Pius performing arts class' production, which was an amazing spectacular
of song, dance and dra-ma. Our second educational visit was a pilgrimage to St Marie's Catholic Cathedral in Sheffield.
Where the children ex-plored the history of the Cathedral, found-out about the day to day life of the building as well as doing learning tasks related to the liturgical year and the sacraments
Last Friday, Year 4 had a
technology filled day at the
City Learning Centre
(CLC). They started the
day learning about Compu-
tational Thinking and how
they could use this to make
code, which they then
wrote to manipulate a char-
acter in the app 'Box Is-
land'. After they had com-
pleted the twenty levels - in
record time - we moved on
to looking at robots and
how we could use code to
give instructions to a Super-
hero to make it move and
even talk! After a picnic
lunch we went on to use
Apple Macs with iMovie
software to create a short
film of our story mountain,
Mark the Mountain
Guide. 4. The children
were polite, enthusiastic and
represented our school bril-
liantly. Well done Year 4.
Page 3
Who to see in
School
If you would like to
discuss anything about
your child then your
first port of call is the
class teacher, please
see them either first
thing in the morning or
after school and
arrange a convenient
time to meet or speak
via dojo.
Alternatively you can
speak with Mrs Curran
or Mrs Glossop our
pastoral team who
will be able to offer
support or advice. If
you then need to
speak with either Mrs
McLaughlin or Mrs
Briggs, then Mrs
Curran or the class
teacher can make an
appointment for you.
If you would like to
make an appointment
rather than speak with
the class teacher or
our pastoral care
team, please see Mrs
Firth on reception to
arrange an
appointment.
Half Term End on Fri-
day 9th February at 3pm
Spring Term ends on
Thursday 29th March at
3:15 pm.
They were very lucky to hear the first playing of the organ after its six year restoration. The children were impecca-bly behaved. They demonstrated a great deal of reverence during their time there. A Big thank you goes to Anne Reyn-olds our shared chaplain who organised this.
Diary Dates Tuesday 23rd January
Attendance/Late panel meeting
for 1:30 pm onwards
Tuesday 23rd January
Parent meeting with governors,
Mrs McLaughlin and Mrs Briggs
5:30 pm in the hall
Wednesday 24th January
Mountain Rescue afternoon for
Key Stage 2
Thursday 25th January
Family Learning—Rowdy Robots
9:15 to 11:15 in the hall
Monday 29th January
Full Governors meeting 6pm in
school
Thursday 8th February
Ash Wednesday Liturgy in the hall
9:15 am—Year 6 leading—parents
welcome
Friday 9th February
School closes for half term 3:15
pm
Monday 19th February
Inset day—Staff First Aid Training
Tuesday 20th February
School Opens for children
Attendance/Lates—18th—22nd December 2017
Please remember school starts at 8:50 am. You are classed as being late from 9:00 am when the register closes.
We now have a late gate in operation at the school entrance, parents who bring their child into school late, will need to speak with Mrs Devine, this is being monitored more closely and any consistent lates will result in a request to attend the Late Panel with the Chair of Gov-ernors and a referral to our EWO (Educational Welfare Officer)
Hospital/Dentist or Doctor’s Appointments
If your child has an appointment in school time, please ensure that a copy of the letter or record card is brought into school, so we can copy this for our register, if the appointment is sent via a phone message please show this to
