The EllisChurch Of England Primary School

Dear Parent/Carer,

Your child’s class has been selected to represent the school in a Year 3 and 4 Multi Skills Competition at Netherwood School, on Thursday 4^th October 2018. The event will start at 1.30pm and will finish for 3.15pm. Children should arrive back at school no later than 3:30pm.

Your child will have their lunch before leaving for the venue at 1:10pm.

Children will travel to and from the venue via Beewise Coaches. Unfortunately due to space constraints, parents are not allowed to attend the event.

Your child will need to bring suitable trainers, their PE kit, a drink of water, a bag for their belongings and suitable clothing to wear when not participating. The event will be held indoors. If your child requires an inhaler they will need to bring this along with them. The cost of the trip will be funded using the Sports Premium Grant and therefore your child requires no money for the event.

As always, participation in this event is dependent on your child showing good behaviour in school.

An annual consent form will be sent home with your child tonight, which, once completed can be usedas consent for this trip and future similar trips of this nature.

If you have any questions or queries please contact me at school.

Yours faithfully,

Miss Cook

 

 

Dear Parents,

I will be running a free workshop for all parents / carers and grandparents of children within our Foundation Stage (F1 and F2).

The workshop will focus on ‘What to expect, when?’ and will offer you a valuable insight into how to support your child’s learning and development while they are in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

It will take place on Thursday, 27th September at 1.15pm and will be repeated again at 5pm.

The workshop will last for approximately half an hour and refreshments will be available free of charge.

I look forward to seeing you all there.

Mrs Pollard

 

 

September 2018

Attendance and Punctuality

Dear Parents and Carers,

These are the procedures in place to deal with attendance and punctuality.

Punctuality

In the morning doors open at 8.55am to enable children to get to their classrooms ready for a 9.00 am start.

Doors will close at 9.00 am and anyone arriving after this time must come in to school through the main entrance. The reason for the late arrival at school will be entered into the electronic registration system which the Education Welfare Officer sees at regular intervals throughout the year.

If your child is late 3 times in a half term you will receive a phone call from Mrs Gay. If your child is late more than 3 times then you will be invited to work with Mrs Gay to find a solution to enable your child to arrive at school on time.

School finishes at 3.20 pm. (F2 3.10pm). Parents should ensure that they are at school at 3.20 pm to collect their children. If parents are not able to collect their children at 3.20 pm then alternative arrangements must be made by the parents so that the children are picked up on time.

Please ensure that school are aware who will be collecting your children from school.

Parents are also asked that they ensure that their children are picked up on time from their after school activities.

In the interest of safeguarding your children, written consent is required if you are allowing your child to walk home unsupervised. A form will be sent out for you to sign at the start of each academic year. ( Year 4,5 and 6 only).

We accept that there are odd occasions when parents will be unavoidably delayed in picking up their children. If this happens you must telephone the school office as soon as you are aware that you will be delayed so that arrangements can be made to keep your child at school until you arrive. As pupils are of primary school age it is the parents’/carers’ responsibility to ensure that their children arrive at and are collected from school on time.

Absence from School­

From September the 1^st 2013 the DfES Statutory requirements states that parents do not have the right to take their child out of school for holidays during term time. Amendments to the Education(Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 make clear that headteachers may not grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances. If you wish to take your child out of school under these circumstances the ‘Leave of Absence in Term Time due to Exceptional circumstances’ form should be collected from Mrs Gay, completed and handed in to the office.

 Attendance and punctuality will be taken into account prior to a decision being made with regards to exceptional circumstances.

If your child is ill the school should be contacted as soon as possible, preferably on the first day of absence, to give the reason for your child’s absence and a possible return to school date.

If school have not received a phone call to give a reason for the absence by 10.15 am, you will be contacted by the Attendance Officer.

Please note that attendance and punctuality are monitored rigorously both by school and the Education Welfare Service. When a child’s attendance level drops below 96.7% parents will receive a phone call and may be asked for evidence of a doctor’s appointment regarding any further absences. Mrs Gay will work with parents to improve attendance as poor attendance at school can result in fines for the parents.

 If your child’s attendance drops below 90% it is classed as persistent absence and a letter will be sent home.

Medical/Dental Appointments

Wherever possible, medical/dental appointments must be made out of school hours.

It is important that children are present at registration to get their attendance mark. If your child arrives at school after 9.15am following a doctor or dental appointment they are marked in the register as ‘out for the whole morning’.

Please note. Children should be collected and returned to school by a parent/carer. This is for safeguarding and health and safety reasons. A telephone call, email or note should be sent in to school to inform the teacher that a child is to be collected for an appointment.

Attendance statistics are collected regularly throughout the year by the DfES and in order for school to achieve a good attendance record we rely on the support of parents/carers.

Thank you for your support in ensuring that we have good attendance and punctuality rates.

Yours sincerely

Mrs T. Gay

PSA / Attendance Officer

 

 

Dear F2-Y6 Parent/Carer,

We would love for your child to use Spelling Shed as part of their school work and home learning.

We are excited to introduce the programme across school, we have trialled Spelling Shed with past pupils and found that it raised standards, the pupils enjoyed the games and were more engaged with spelling in school.

The Spelling Shed helps children to practise spelling via a simple game. The game gives four different degrees of support in the form of difficulty modes; Easy, Medium, Hard and Extreme. Higher levels allow a higher score to be achieved but children can practise as much as they like on lower levels before trying to gain high scores.

Spelling Shed also allows for homework and whole-class “Hive” games as a more fun and interactive form of a spelling test. Your child’s teacher will set lists of words that your child should practise and will monitor their progress.

Once your child has their login information they can access the online games via https://play.spellingshed.com.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask your child’s class teacher.

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss A Saunders

English Lead/Class Teacher

The Ellis C of E Primary School

01226 753383

 

 

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Year 5 Educational Visit to Cannon Hall 21st November 2018, Y6 19th November As part of our Victorians topic this half term we have arranged a school visit to Cannon Hall to experience ‘life below stairs’. The purpose of this trip is to enrich our curriculum and give children an experience of what it was like to work for Mrs Spencer Stanhope during the Victorian period. Children will be experiencing life as kitchen staff, laundry maids, kitchen maids, under butlers and footman.

The total cost per pupil for the trip is £17.50 (including lunch) and can be paid through Parent Pay.  Children will travel via coach which will leave school no later than 9:05am and return before home time.  Your child will not need to bring a packed lunch as they will be cooking their own Victorian lunch.

I would be extremely grateful if you could send your child in Victorian clothes, ideas include:

 

Girls                                                                                                     Boys:

Mop cap                                                                                             flat cap

Plain light blouse or shirt                                                             light coloured plain shirt

Plain dark long skirt                                                                       large colourful hanky

Shawl (optional)                                                                             long dark trousers

Dark boots or shoes                                                                      black boots or shoes

Please could you complete the permission slip below and send with your child to school at the earliest possible opportunity.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me, I am available before and after school. Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Saunders

Year 5 Class Teacher

 

 

Dear Y5,6, Parents/Guardians,

I would like to explain below the expectations of Y5,Y6 and what will be sent out each half term and each week.

Home Learning Projects

Thank you for the projects that have been brought in so far, they are fantastic. Every half term I will send out a sheet with some home learning project ideas on them relating to our topic. These are open ended tasks which will allow children to be creative in the way they want to present their learning. This half term our topic is ‘The Tudors’ and therefore our activities are based around this. There are some ideas on the sheet but please feel free to be creative and allow your child to present their learning in whichever way they want to. Your child may want to complete one longer task over the half term however they are welcome to complete more than one activity.  Please do not feel obliged to complete them all though, I have just listed various starting points as ideas! When your child has fully completed their project, please bring them into school so we can celebrate their learning together. If it is something which cannot be transported to school (or has been eaten if it is food-related!) it would be lovely if you could send in a photograph of it or email a photograph to school using theellisprimary@gmail.com

Reading

Thank you to everyone for your support in reading during Year 4, some children have really impressed me, remembering their reading diary every day. As a school we encourage children to continue reading at home as it is a vital part of developing all areas of English- including writing. If your child doesn’t enjoy reading books allow them to read using technology, it still counts! Newspapers and magazines as well as other non-fiction texts (like football programmes) also provide great opportunities for potentially reluctant readers.  Please ensure that your child’s reading diary has been signed and that it is in school every day. We expect children in Years 5 and 6 to read at least three times per week.

Spellings

Spellings will be given out every Friday, children will have a week to practise and will be tested the following Friday, this is in preparation for SATS in Y6. A good strategy for learning spellings is to use the strategy ‘LOOK – COVER – WRITE – CHECK’. This follows the simple process of LOOK (allow your child the chance to look at the word), COVER (as it says cover it up, no peeking!), WRITE (write the word down), CHECK (check the spelling against the word, discussing what errors have been made if any). Repeat the process as they practise the word again. There are also some amazing interactive games on Spelling Shed- your child has a log on in the front of their spelling journal and reading record. I will set weekly tasks on Spelling Shed, these will be related to the spellings allocated on a Friday.

Maths

Rapid recall of times tables is essential in Y5, therefore I would like to ask children to continue to practise their times tables at home, at least weekly, as part of their home learning. They can use Times Table Rockstars or other iPad/web games to do this.

I have sent home some mathematical problems and puzzles for your child to have a go at (if they would like to). I will be awarding Class Dojos to the children for any completed tasks. They can be done weekly or, alternatively, they can save them and bring them in before the end of the half term. I intend to discuss the solutions in the final week of the half term. If your child does not complete them that is fine, this is completely optional.

 

Thank you for your continued support. I can’t wait to see some of their fantastic projects!

Miss A Saunders

Class Teacher

 

Tudor Project Ideas-

Make a model of a Tudor house.

• Write a story about a passenger on the Mary Rose.
• Write a poem about the Spanish Armada.
• Research and create a Tudor meal.
• Research the style of clothing from the era.
• Find out about Henry VIII/ Mary Queen of Scots and which castles/places they visited (Gainsborough Old House, Sheffield Castle, Manor House, Bishops House)

 

The list is by no means exhaustive, please feel free to be creative and go with your own interests

Miss A Saunders

Class Teacher

The Ellis C of E Primary School

01226 753383

 

 

Dear F2 Parents,

If your child will be attending the F2 Footy Stars club next week please go straight to the hall using the office entrance and staff will bring your child to you.

Thank you

 

11^th September 2018

Dear Parents / Carer

I’m writing to inform you that our year 5 children will be taking part in the Young Leaders Award this year. We’re really excited to be involved in this programme which has been designed and written by the Archbishop of York Youth Trust. For more information visit www.abyyt.com.

The Young Leaders Award aims to equip young people to be the change they want to see in their local communities, and through a number of interactive lessons and practical challenges our pupils will be involved in serving their community and making a difference. The award is currently available at Key stage 2, 3 and 4, and there are thousands of students across the North of England all taking part in changing their communities for the better.

We have started the programme today and look forward to all that our pupils will do to serve the local community. There may be opportunities for parents and family members to get involved in the community action projects that will take place later in the year, and we will be in touch with more details nearer the time.

At the end of the award each student will receive a certificate in our whole school award’s assembly to celebrate and share their success.

Thank you in anticipation for your support with this venture.

Yours sincerely

Mrs M Brinkley

HLTA KS2

 

 

Dear F2 Parents,

Thank you for your interest in the Footy Stars After School Club. Everyone who expressed an interest has been able to receive a place and there are 3 more places if anybody else would like to join.

I have the following names down:

Noah D, Ethan D, Oscar W, Jenson L, Henry B, Luke S and Ellis W.

The club will start on Tuesday and run initially up to the end of half term and we can re-assess it then. Your child can wear any kit, either football or PE kit.

If you have any further questions regarding this new club please contact me.  I will attach the original email at the bottom for you to look back on if you feel the need.

Thank you

Hayley Fiddes

 

 

Dear F2 Parents,

We have a new club for F2 boys and girls called Footy Stars which will be run by a fully qualified and insured coach.

The club is for children to learn and develop football skills and techniques in a safe and fun environment. Places are limited to 10 and an adult will need to accompany your child.

The club will start on Tuesday, 11th September from 3.15pm – 3.45pm and will cost £2.50 per week, payable directly to the coach, Adrian.

If you think your child would be interested in joining this club please reply by email and I will put your child’s name down on the register.

Thank you

Hayley Fiddes

 

 

Dear Parents,

The following children have received a place at the after school clubs below:

Monday KS1 Multiskills – Caitlin R, Isla P, Jenson T, Sam W, Millie B, Oscar B, Matilda Sh, Zac C, Tallulah S, Matilda S, Oliver P, Seth B, Lucas I, Charlotte R, Jude M and Frankie W.

Wednesday KS2 Multiskills – Holly C, Isla S, Holly T, Callum S, Harry TF, Lukas B, Emilia A, Jacob W, Mia B, Eliza A, Hazel G, Oliver B, Darcie F, Noah Sh, Alfie B, Lucca C, Demi W, Delaney B, Erin K, Isaac K, Ruby B, Aidan C, Ben R, Lottie F and Elliott Mills.

The clubs start at 3.20pm and finish at 4.20pm and are free of charge.

Children will be taken into the hall to get changed and collection after the club is from the main office entrance door. The sports coach will let the children out as their parents arrive.

If your child no longer wishes to join the club, please email me. Likewise, if you feel your child should have received a place and their name is not on the list please let me know.

Thank you

Hayley Fiddes

 

 

Dear KS2 Parents,

Just to let you know that the 48 spaces for Young Voices filled very quickly this year. The children have been given a set of words to bring home and we will send ticket and order forms out in September.

There are a lot of words to learn, so have a look at them over the holidays and we will start rehearsing when we return in September.

 

Kind Regards

Mrs C Trotter