The headteacher shares highlights from the first half term including pupils' enthusiasm for learning and success in topics like history. Pupils celebrated at a ball and will fundraise at a harvest supper. Reminders are given about PE kits and after school care bookings. Excellent school attendance is praised and the importance of maintaining above 90% attendance is stressed. Upcoming events are noted including Year 5 attending an art festival and an INSET day for staff development.
The headteacher shares highlights from the first half term including pupils' enthusiasm for learning and success in topics like history. Pupils celebrated at a ball and will fundraise at a harvest supper. Reminders are given about PE kits and after school care bookings. Excellent school attendance is praised and the importance of maintaining above 90% attendance is stressed. Upcoming events are noted including Year 5 attending an art festival and an INSET day for staff development.
The headteacher shares highlights from the first half term including pupils' enthusiasm for learning and success in topics like history. Pupils celebrated at a ball and will fundraise at a harvest supper. Reminders are given about PE kits and after school care bookings. Excellent school attendance is praised and the importance of maintaining above 90% attendance is stressed. Upcoming events are noted including Year 5 attending an art festival and an INSET day for staff development.
The headteacher shares highlights from the first half term including pupils' enthusiasm for learning and success in topics like history. Pupils celebrated at a ball and will fundraise at a harvest supper. Reminders are given about PE kits and after school care bookings. Excellent school attendance is praised and the importance of maintaining above 90% attendance is stressed. Upcoming events are noted including Year 5 attending an art festival and an INSET day for staff development.
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upils enjoying reading in the EYFS reading den!
15th October 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, As the end of the first half-term approaches, I would like to share some of the highlights of the start of the academic year with you! It has certainly been a very busy time in school, the pace of learning has continued to be rapid and it has been wonderful to have experienced a few first time evers as well! Most importantly, I would like to praise the fabulous learning attitudes of your children. Their enthusiasm and perseverance to be the best me that I can be is evident every day in all that they do. They have seamlessly adapted to the New Primary curriculum and talk about their progress against the new stages and age related expectations (ARE) with determination to constantly improve. Their ability to self-assess their work with red pens shows a high level of reflection in their learning as does their ability to help others to improve too. Great teamwork, team Wheatley! Topic work successes Pupils throughout school have been truly inspired by their topics for this term, the two residentials in KS2 have given pupils the opportunity to really develop and embed their learning. Their love of fun and meaningful learning linked with personal growth and development was evident throughout the stays in London and Hathersage, we were so proud of them all for all they achieved and learned. In KS1, pupils ability to recall historical facts and to recount them with such empathy and personal understanding were evident in their Class assembly on Wednesday. Personally, I loved their models of Tudor houses which they displayed with pride and their ability to bake in the role play area without covering the class with flour showed their understanding of our high expectations. In EYFS, children have been learning why leaves are crispy. They have experienced some inspirational tactile play in the tuff spot and hearing them discuss the place value of digits to 20 shows the progress they have made already this term. Great learning and great learning attitudes everyone! The Ball in the Hall Pupils celebrated in style on Tuesday evening at our first ever, Ball in the Hall. It was wonderful to see them dressed in their finest attire, dancing and talking with their friends. What a fabulous evening, thank you everyone! Harvest Supper The School Council would like to fund raise to buy another cow for a third world country during our Harvest Supper on Tuesday afternoon. They will be collecting in their milk bucket at the start of the supper and while they sing for their supper! The harvest supper starts at 2.30pm and will be hosted by the School Council, if you havent returned your reply slip please do so you can come along and hear our harvest songs and messages. We look forward to sharing in the harvest with you all! Housekeeping reminders! To help ensure the smooth running and organisation of school, we would really appreciate it if parents could ensure that their childrens PE kits, including trainers are fully named. A considerable amount of time has been lost recently trying to find missing bits of kit or rehoming found items with possible owners! We encourage all pupils to be organised and independent learners, having their kit named really helps them to achieve this. They love PE and it is really sad when they have to miss it if part of their kit isnt either in school or is lost. PE is a highly valued part of our curriculum, so it is important that all pupils have their full kit in schools on the days that it is needed, any missing items will be needed to be replaced as soon as possible to ensure pupils can make good progress and reach their targets. PE kit is needed every Wednesday and Thursday for KS2 pupils and every Wednesday and Friday for KS1 pupils. A big thank you to everyone who ensures that their child is properly kitted out, they are often the ones first changed, ready and eager to get going!
Night owls and Early birds are getting increasingly popular both with pupils, who are loving the space in the school hall, and with families for before and after school care. Can we remind parents that bookings for the following week must be made by email to the school office office@northwheatley.notts.sch.uk or by telephone by the Friday of the previous week. Due to our increase numbers, we are unable to take last minute bookings unless it is a family emergency. To ensure the safety of pupils, we need to be notified if someone different is collecting your child after school. If you need to telephone school to notify that someone else will be collecting please can you telephone before 1pm to ensure that the message can get to your childs teacher. Answer phone messages left after this time wont always be picked up which can cause confusion for your child, and for staff, at the end of a school day. Your help and support in all of these reminders is much appreciated as it will ensure that we have pupils and happy staff too! Thank you. School Attendance Pupils, staff and governors are really proud of the excellent attendance in school. Last years attendance was 97.3%, one of the highest in Bassetlaw! This is a huge achievement, thank you so much! It was great to speak to a parent recently who commented that her child was feeling a bit under the weather but really wanted to come to school and she knew that being with her friends would perk her up and help her to feel better. It is this level of appreciation and partnership work that makes a big difference to your childs learning. Under new national government regulations which came into force in September 2015, any child with less than 90% school attendance is now defined as a persistent absentee. 90% absence means 19 school days are lost during the academic year which means that children are likely to fall behind in Maths and English and will find it very difficult to achieve their best. If your childs attendance starts falling below 92%, we will contact you to see how we can work together to help to improve it. Year 5 Art day On Wednesday 21st October, Year 5 pupils accompanied by a member of staff from school, will be taking part in an art festival at the Elizabethan Academy. They will be transported by coach to and from the event where they will meet with pupils from other local schools to further develop their art skills. This will further build on their current topic work, Gallery Rebels. All Year 5 pupils will need a disposable packed lunch for the day and school uniform will need to be worn. The programme for the day includes, optical art work; nature inspired art, contemporary art working with cars, a study of Van Gogh and an art detective workshop which our pupils should excel at! INSET Monday 2nd November School will be closed to pupils for INSET on 02/11/2015. Staff will be using the day to discuss ways that we can, Extend Outstanding. We have been busy reading a wide range of educational literature to help us research and discuss ways to further improve as a school. Our focus for the day will be looking at ways we can really inspire pupils to always be fully engaged with their learning through the starters that hook their interest, differentiation, questioning and effective plenaries. Up and coming events 16th October Parents forum 8.30am. 20th October - Harvest Supper 2.30pm RSVP for up to two members of your family. 21st October Y5 art day at the Elizabethan Academy 22nd October Class two assembly (a selection of unclaimed items of clothing from Hathersage will also be on display so that they can be reunited with their owners!) 23rd October school closes for half term and reopens for pupils on Tuesday 3rd November. With my best wishes for a relaxing half term break with your families. Any questions about school life, please dont hesitate to ask!
