The Home/School Partnership Newsleer February 2014 CCS Primary Post CCS Primary Post Dear Parents It was good to see everyone at parents’ evening last term and thank you to everyone who aended the Mathemacs Informaon & Workshop sessions for parents at the end of the term. Overall, feedback was very posive and maths resource sales have enabled the school to purchase new books and acvies to support maths learning in school. We hope that you find your maths resource pack useful in helping your child’s maths learning at home. The Governing Body of CCS recognises the value of working in partnership with parents and as part of our 10th Anniversary Celebraon we have recently begun the process of seng up a Parent Council. A Parent Council aims to provide a forum for our school and parents to work more closely together in partnerships on a range of different topics. An inial meeng last term ascertained parental interest in this iniave, and it was agreed by those in aendance that the next step in the process will now be to set up a meeng with an external advisor to guide us through the process and protocols of an effecve Parent Council. If you would like to register your interest in being part of the whole school Parent Council, come along to our second meeng on the evening of Wednesday April 2nd, at 6.45 pm in the Sixth Form Centre. School council members are busy developing their skills as ‘Learning Detecves’ and are currently vising classes to find out how pupils can be the best learners they can be. We are also pleased to report that some of the work of our ‘Art Express’ club has been selected to be shown in The Naonal Gallery’s ‘Take One Picture’ Exhibion in May. More to follow on this project later in the year. Term 4 is off to a good start! Yours sincerely Katherine Paerson Vice Principal Indoor Athlecs Success for CCS! Our indoor athlecs squad gave an outstanding performance at the recent Caroline Chisholm Cluster Indoor Athlecs Tournament, resulng in overall first place. As cluster champions the squad qualified for the district compeon which was held in Daventry on February 4th. We are pleased to announce that our squad were runners-up and qualified for the county tournament which was held on Monday February 24th. Our team gave an impressive performance and we achieved 4th place in the county . We are very proud of our squad who all looked very smart in our new team kit. Well done to all our squad members! Wooldale Centre for Learning Car Park Code of Conduct As everyone is aware, the car park is extremely busy at peaks mes of the day, i.e., ‘drop-off’ and ‘pick up’ mes. MITIE allow parents to bring cars on-site to drop off primary age children and in doing so, we expect all drivers and car park users to abide by the parking rules and to behave courteously to one another at all mes. Recently, there have been some incidents where car park users have responded in ways that are inappropriate when dealing with any problems that occur, by using abusive language and gestures. This kind of behaviour is unacceptable in any circumstance, not least in an educaonal environment, where children are present. As adults, we are all role models for our children, so please bear this in mind at all mes. Car-park users are respecully reminded that any offensive behaviour may result in drivers being banned from bringing their vehicles into the car park. Thank you for your co-operaon
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The Home/School Partnership Newsletter February 2014
CCS Primary PostCCS Primary Post Dear Parents
It was good to see everyone at parents’ evening last term and thank you to everyone who attended the Mathematics Information & Workshop sessions for parents at the end of the term. Overall, feedback was very positive and maths resource sales have enabled the school to purchase new books and activities to support maths learning in school. We hope that you find your maths resource pack useful in helping your child’s maths learning at home. The Governing Body of CCS recognises the value of working in partnership with parents and as part of our 10th Anniversary Celebration we have recently begun the process of setting up a Parent Council. A Parent Council aims to provide a forum for our school and parents to work more closely together in partnerships on a range of different topics. An initial meeting last term ascertained parental interest in this initiative, and it was agreed by those in attendance that the next step in the process will now be to set up a meeting with an external advisor to guide us through the process and protocols of an effective Parent Council. If you would like to register your interest in being part of the whole school Parent Council, come along to our second meeting on the evening of Wednesday April 2nd, at 6.45 pm in the Sixth Form Centre. School council members are busy developing their skills as ‘Learning Detectives’ and are currently visiting classes to find out how pupils can be the best learners they can be. We are also pleased to report that some of the work of our ‘Art Express’ club has been selected to be shown in The National Gallery’s ‘Take One Picture’ Exhibition in May. More to follow on this project later in the year. Term 4 is off to a good start! Yours sincerely Katherine Patterson Vice Principal
Indoor Athletics Success for CCS!
Our indoor athletics squad gave an outstanding performance at the recent Caroline Chisholm Cluster Indoor Athletics Tournament, resulting in overall first place. As cluster champions the squad qualified for the district competition which was held in Daventry on February 4th. We are pleased to announce that our squad were runners-up and qualified for the county tournament which was held on Monday February 24th. Our team gave an impressive performance and we achieved 4th place in the county . We are very proud of our squad who all looked very smart in our new team kit. Well done to all our squad members!
Wooldale Centre for Learning Car Park Code of Conduct
As everyone is aware, the car park is extremely busy at peaks times of the day, i.e., ‘drop-off’ and ‘pick up’ times. MITIE allow parents to bring cars on-site to drop off primary age children and in doing so, we expect all drivers and car park users to abide by the parking rules and to behave courteously to one another at all times. Recently, there have been some incidents where car park users have responded in ways that are inappropriate when dealing with any problems that occur, by using abusive language and gestures. This kind of behaviour is unacceptable in any circumstance, not least in an educational environment, where children are present. As adults, we are all role models for our children, so please bear this in mind at all times. Car-park users are respectfully reminded that any offensive behaviour may result in drivers being banned from bringing their vehicles into the car park. Thank you for your co-operation
School opening time
As parents will be aware, the gates open at 08:35, when supervision begins, and children can come straight into their classrooms. All children should be in their classrooms for registration at 08:45 each morning.
For reasons of safety, please ensure that children are not arriving too early and using the area outside the nursery and bike racks as a playground, which has recently resulted in an accident occurring. Thank you.
Mr Tommy Top Hat came to visit Year 1.
He told us about life in Victorian times and brought with him lots of toys and games for us
to play with. We leaned about a range of toys from the past; how they worked and
what they were made from. We had a FANTASTIC time!
Visit from Northampton County Cricket Club ‘Steelbacks’
Key Stage 2 children all enjoyed a visit from the Steelbacks last term. The successful Steelbacks play ‘Twenty 20’ cricket (number of overs) which is a shorter and exciting game. Year 5 RMH are pictured here with the Captain, Alex Wakely.
Northamptonshire Festival of Music 2014 At the end of last term our three primary phase choirs took part in the annual music festival. Year 1 & 2 ‘Songbirds’ performed the ‘Nursery Rhyme Rap’ and ‘I’m a Giraffe’ with great enthusiasm and perfect pitch and were awarded joint 3rd place. Our ‘Junior Choir’ performed an impressive 4 -part piece called ‘Roundabout’ which they followed with a rendition of ‘Naughty’ from the musical, ‘Matilda’. This piece required excellent timing and some challenging harmony work which they nailed with precision. Whilst the choir were not placed, we thought they were excellent! On the last day of the festival the ‘Primary Choir’ performed at Christ Church in Abington. They sang ‘Inch Worm’ beautifully and their final piece, ‘Electricity’ was spine tingling, which earned them second place in the ‘Year 6 and Under’ category. Well done to everyone for all the hard work and practice. Thank you to Mrs Hussain, Mrs Murphy and Mrs Harle for leading our choirs and to all parents who supported the festival this year. We all love to sing at CCS!
Code of conduct for the taking of photos at CCS Event Parents are reminded that the school is happy for photographs to be taken at school events such as Class Spotlight Assemblies or Productions, but we do request that such photos are for personal use only and are not shared or posted on any social network sites such as ‘Facebook’ as this is an infringement of personal privacy rights when photos contains images of other children and/or staff. Thank you for your co-operation.
Learning Resource Centre News
The good news is that our new LRC is now ready to start lending books. Parents will have recently received information about the book loan system that is in place. The letter sets out the terms and conditions of book loan procedures and requires agreement from all parents. Please complete the agreement slip at the end of the letter and return it to school as soon as possible, as your child cannot borrow books form the LRC until the agreement slip has been signed and returned to school. Thank you.
World Book Day—March 6th 2014 http://www.worldbookday.com/
We will be celebrating this special day by inviting all primary phase children to come to school dressed as a character from a book. It might be your favourite book character or a character that interests you. We are looking forward to a great day of all things books and reading! All the children will be visiting the LRC and Y1-Y4 will have the exciting opportunity of meeting the children’s author/illustrator, Erica Jane Waters. Children can also purchase a signed copy of one of her books if they wish. Primary parents are also invited to visit the new LRC with their children on either Wednesday 5th or Thursday 6th March between 3.30 pm and 4.30 pm. During this time you can browse our new book collection and visit the Book Fayre which will be in the LRC on these days. Please see the recent World Book Day letter which gives further details about book purchasing and visiting the LRC after school. Do visit the official WBD website to find out more. Each child will receive a £1.00 National Book Token.
Well dressed for PE Every PE lesson counts to ensure children develop physical skills including stamina, strength, flexibility and resilience. We go outside as much as possible and kit may get muddy.
All children in YR-Y6 require fully named: Indoor PE Kit
White T-shirt
Navy shorts
Plimsolls (preferably black)
Long hair tied back
No jewellery Outdoor PE Kit
Navy joggers
Yellow sweatshirt YR-Y2
Rugby Shirt Y3-Y6
PE Socks : Navy & yellow Y3-Y6 or a change of normal socks in PE bag YR-Y6
Training Shoes
Plastic bag to keep trainers in when muddy
Woolly hat & gloves for cold weather
No jewellery
Physical Education Curriculum This year, physical education and sport provision are a priority for improvement on our school development plan. So far we are pleased with the developments and improvements that we have made to PE lessons and opportunities to participate in non-competitive and competitive sport. The new House System is having a very positive impact on pupil engagement and enjoyment of sport; the children look forward to the termly sporting tournaments and there is great sense of excitement and encouragement during each event. Last term the cross country tournament was very exciting and we were so impressed with every child from Y1-Y6 who had chosen to represent their house. Well done everyone!
Y5/6 Winners Melbourne House
Y1/2 Winners Melbourne House
Y3/4 Winners Perth House
forthcoming events diary - details will be confirmed in due course
World Book Day Celebration—Come dressed as your favourite book character 6th March
Y4 York Residential 10th - 12th March
National Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM) Day 19th March
KS1 Production of ‘The Chocolate Shop’ Tuesday 25th March (afternoon) & Wednesday 26th March (evening)
Cluster Evening of Dance at Spinney Hill Theatre (Year 5) 1st April 2014
School closes for Easter : last day of term 4th April
School opens for Term 5 : first day of term 23rd April
YR visit to Birmingham Sealife Centre 1st May
Class Photos 2nd May
Bank Holiday 5th May
School re-opens 6th May
Parents’ Evenings 7th & 8th May
KS2 SATS Week 12th - 16th May
School closes : last day of term 23rd May
School opens for Term 6 : first day of term 2nd June
Y6 Wales Residential 23rd - 27th June
Transition Day - all children spend the day in their new classes for Sept. 2014 7th July
10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DAY A special day to celebrate the work of CCS & the Wooldale Centre for Learning
SATURDAY 12TH JULY
School closes for the Summer : last day of term 18th July
Snacks in school
As a member of the ‘Healthy Schools’ programme, our snack policy aims to ensure that all children have access to a healthy mid-morning snack to help maintain concentration and energy levels.
Fresh fruit is available, free of charge, to all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children each day. In KS2 children may bring either a fresh fruit and/or vegetable snack to school; this can include dried fruit such as raisins. Children may also bring a wrapped biscuit or cereal bar. Children should not bring sweets, confectionery or crisps in to school for mid-morning snack.
You could visit the Change4Life Smart Swaps website for ideas on healthy snack options.
Packed lunches
We also encourage the provision a healthy, balanced packed lunch. We request that lunchboxes do not contain fizzy drinks, sweets and/or confectionery type products.
PLAYGROUND SAFETY– USE OF CLIMBING EQUIPMENT
For reasons of safety, children should not be playing on either the climbing frame or the adventure trail, before school or at the end of the school day. Parents are requested to ensure that pre-school children are not on the equipment either. Thank you.
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