Monday 11th December, 9 am: Come and meet the governors

and share your ideas about school—Kingsley Hall

Thursday 14th December: Christmas Dinner

Friday 15th December: Christmas Jumper Day—

Make the world better with a sweater—donate £1 to Save the

Children Fund

Friday 15th December: Early Years’ Christmas Show

Monday 18th December: Reception classes Christmas Ball

Tuesday 19th December: Christmas year group parties

Wednesday 20th December: Christmas Assemblies; school

closes at 1.50 pm at Wyvenhoe and 2 pm at Kingsley for

Christmas break

Welldon Park Primary School

Newsletter

Inside this Issue

Topics

Meet our

Governors 2

Park & Stride 2

Behaviour

Mr Rogers 3

Christmas

Parties and Ball 3

Staff News 4

Behaviour Chart 5

Reminders and

Routines 6

Issue 6 6 December 2017

Gifted Musicians Bring Christmas Joy Yesterday, the musicians and choir members treated the school

community to a magical musical concert. Over 40 pupils took

part: playing instruments and singing songs. It was very moving

to see the joy on the children’s faces and hearing them sing lyr-

ics such as:

We want our chil-

dren to be self-

confident individu-

als who love learn-

ing and enjoy work-

ing together to give to others. The chil-

dren certainly achieved this aspiration.

Thank you to Mrs Gemmill and Mr Mullaghy

for their inspirational music teaching.

I love my life

I am powerful

I am beautiful

I am free

I love my life

I am wonderful

I am magical

I am me

I love my life

Page 2 Welldon Park Primary School

Meet our Governors

The entrance to the Kingsley site is a very small cul-de-sac. We strongly

urge our car drivers to ‘Park and Stride’. To ease congestion and to make

the entrance a safer place, please find a parking space away from the en-

trance and walk instead. We strongly discourage car drivers reversing in

the school entrance. We will all be healthier and safer as a result.

Come and meet our Governors on Monday

11th December at 9 am in the Kingsley

Hall. Find out about what is happening at

school including the latest plans for our

new hall. We welcome hearing your ideas

and thoughts about our school

Would you like to help us organise a Spring Fair? If so, come along to our

meeting on Monday 11th or let the office know so that we can start plan-

ning.

We have introduced a new ‘Sanctions Poster’ in assembly with all the chil-

dren earlier this week and last. This poster is displayed in every classroom

within the school. If a child makes a poor behaviour choice the sanction

poster details the sanction they can expect, which will be consistently ap-

plied across the school. We are having a big push on behavioural standards

across the school and would be grateful if you could ask your child how the

poster works! We have attached a copy of the Behaviour Sanctions poster

to this newsletter. Most children will never have to worry about this, but

being aware of the rules and consequences makes Welldon Park Primary a

happier place to be for everyone!

Behaviour Update

Page 3

Reception Christmas Ball on Monday 18th December. Chil-

dren may dress up on a costume or smart clothes. Shoes

and clothes need to be suitable for outdoor play.

Christmas Parties for all year groups on Tuesday afternoon,

19th December. Children may come dressed for the party in

sensible clothes and shoes. Contributions of snacks and

drinks are welcome. Teachers will let you know what is

needed.

A Welcome to Mr Rogers! Those of you with a keen eye may have noticed a new adult , Mr Rogers,

working within the school with a particular focus on KS2. Mr Rogers is

the Deputy Head Teacher of Priestmead Primary School in Kenton and is

working with us a day or two a week focussing on behaviour standards,

assessment, teaching and learning in Key Stage 2. Mr Rogers is really en-

joying working with us getting to know the children and our community.

Please help Mr Rogers feel welcome at the school, the children have al-

ready made a very positive impression on him.

Ms Evelyn, our office Manager, is moving on to

pastures new. We are very grateful to Ms Eve-

lyn for the hard work that she has done behind

the scenes with our finances and administration.

We wish her well for her new role and thank her

for all that has been achieved.

Congratulations to

Mrs Sealey and her

family on the birth of

Elijah. We wish her

and her family all the

very best at this joy-

ful time.

Kingsley Road

South Harrow

Middlesex

HA2 8LT

Reminders and Routines

Wyvenhoe Site

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6

8.50 am to 3.20 pm

Telephone: 020 8864 9378

Email: office@welldonparkprimary.harrow.sch.uk

Website: www.welldonparkprimary.harrow.sch.uk

There is a lot of information on our website and

it can be translated in over 50 languages with

one click.

Respect

Excellence

Achievement

Commitment

Helpfulness

Just 3 Rules to Follow Follow instructions;

Keep hands, feet and objects

to yourself;

Use positive words and actions.

Kingsley Site

Reception, Year 1 and 2

9.00 am to 3.30 pm

Harrow Council has updated its policy on School Attendance and Education Penalty Notices. If your child is ab-sent from school without satisfactory reason, you may be issued with a Penalty Notice. Harrow Council will be issuing one EPN per parent per child where a child is absent from school without authorisation from the Head teacher and where the child has:

At least 20 sessions (10 school days) of unauthorised absences within a period of no more than 12 weeks (term time).

A leave of absence of at least 10 consecutive sessions (5 school days) not approved by head teacher as exceptional.

In cases where a child persistently arrives at school after the register has closed and has received at least eight (8) unauthorised late marks within a period of ten (10) weeks (term time).

Where the child has attendance below 90% and at least 5% absences are unauthorised. Please note that it is the Head teacher who must determine whether an absence can be authorised in line with

the statutory regulations and guidance. Head teachers are not permitted to authorise leave of absence for holi-

days during term time.

Free School Meal Entitlement

Checking Services for Parents

Help obtain government funding for Welldon Park

Primary!

Did you know the government gives additional

funding to schools for those children entitled to

free school meals (even if they don't have a school

meal)?

Welldon Park Primary will use this money to obtain

additional staff and resources that help improve

the quality of education.

To find out whether your child qualifies for free

school meals, and hence whether Welldon Park Pri-

mary will receive additional funding, please click on

the link below.

www.fsm.lgfl.net

If you would like to know more about government

funding and how to apply, Miss Karwal is able to

support you. Please ask at the office to make an

appointment.