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St Andrews CE Primary School Autumn Term 1 Newsletter 22 September 2017 NEW ITALIAN EDUCATIONAL LINKS IN THE MAKING A Message from To cut a very long story short …. A and a journalist who proceeded to meeting was arranged for my interview and publish an article on the Mrs Kime … husband and me to meet with visit. Thomas, which was delightful. Welcome back to school! I do Collaboration has grown from these hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing Also from this chance meeting, I met events and our school is helping the summer holiday. with the headmaster of the Cristofaro educational establishments on Ischia Mennella Institute, the delegate to the to develop links with other I would like to say how much we Public Education of the Municipality educational institutions and encourage your active participation in of Casamicciola Terme, lawyer universities in England to encourage the education of your child/children so Nunzia Prio, a paediatrician, engineer students to visit Ischia and study if you have any queries or Italian and other training concerns, please do contact activities. either your child’s class teacher or myself straight away. Appeal If anybody knows of Thomas Italian Connection David Whitehead or any of his During the summer holidays, relatives who may still be in the whilst on holiday on the island Ashton area, we would love to of Ischia in Italy, I had the good hear from you so we can pass fortune to meet with a former the information on to Thomas pupil of St Andrew’s CE and his family. Primary School. Mrs Kime Ninety three year old Thomas David Whitehead attended St Andrew’s during the early 1930’s and it so happened his daughter had emailed school the week prior to my holiday to For your information, newsletters or ask for photographs and a brief update are published on our information about St Andrew’s school website: School – a pure coincidence www.standrewscofe.net A text will that I was just about to visit the be sent out when they are published. island! Therefore, I arranged to meet up and from that a series of very fortunate events occurred! exceptional circumstances only approximately 08.50 and the children (not holidays). will then be supervised onto the Head Boy and Head Girl: Introduction of Penalty Notices premises. for unauthorised holidays, etc. We are very pleased to announce Religious absence reduced to 1 Appointments/Late Arrivals: day per festival (max 3 per that we have appointed our Y6 Head If, for any reason, your child/(ren) academic year). Boy and Y6 Head Girl. For Autumn arrive late for school, please could Term our Head Boy is Albie Taylor We hope all parents will acknowledge they report to the school office before and our Head Girl is Sasha Pollock. going to class. All children with Congratulations to you both and to all and understand the limitations placed on schools in granting any leave in appointments in school time must be appointed prefects. signed in or out, collected and term time. Therefore, we need parents to support the school in our returned to school via the school efforts to reduce unnecessary office. Parent Presentation Sessions: absence and thus minimise the impact on the education of our pupils. Pupil Absences: It is most Thank you to all parents and carers important that we receive a telephone who attended our Year Group Parent Attendance & Appointments: call before 09.30 on the first day of Meetings. All presentations can be absence to indicate that your child is Congratulations to the 13 pupils who found on the school website under ill or will be absent from school for achieved 100% attendance last year. ‘Information for Parents’. some other pressing reason. On their We would like to see more students return to school, please send in a achieving 100% attendance and a Primary School Admissions letter to explain their absence. barrier to this has been 2017: medical/dentist appointments during school time. We realise it can be If you have a child whose fourth difficult to arrange some of these Collection of Children: birthday is between 1 September appointments out of school time, but 2017 and the 31 August 2018 would urge parents/carers to do this It is important to inform your child’s inclusive, then your child will start wherever possible so that it does not class teacher should someone school in September 2018. affect their child’s attendance. different than usual be collecting Applications can now be made online them from school. at www.lancashire.gov.uk/schools This year we are awarding certificates search admissions. Closing date for for 100% attendance each term in If, for any reason, you are unable to applications for September 2018 is 15 assembly time. To qualify for this, collect your child promptly at the January 2018. pupils must: close of school, please inform school before 15:00 to enable us to make Data Collection Forms: Have no late marks in the appropriate arrangements for these register. exceptional circumstances. This is A multiple permission sheet and a Have no authorised especially important for the younger data collection sheet will have been absences. children who can easily become sent home with your child. Please Not be collected early. distressed if a parent is late arriving. could you help us by completing and returning the multiple permission form Thank you. Please also note that beyond 15:40 and data collection sheet as soon as children who have not been collected possible or this could potentially Pre-school supervision: will be with the duty teacher. Parents exclude your child from off site visits. should collect their children from the Just a reminder about school opening school site and not make times. The rear doors and classroom arrangements to meet them in doors to the Junior building will be Newton Road or the Church car park Leave in Term Time open from 08.50 so Juniors can come as they will be distressed if you are straight into school. Unfortunately, not there to meet them. Please note Four years ago the Government other than in exceptional that once your child has left the amended legislation relating to circumstances, it is not possible for school premises, we are no longer authorisation of leave in term time. the school to provide supervision for responsible for them. As a result the following changes children prior to 08.50 so we would Safe Car Parking: were made to our school attendance be most grateful if you could ensure policy and procedures: that children do not arrive before this time. When dropping off/collecting your All requests for leave of absence Infant children should not arrive prior to child/(ren) from must be made in advance. 08.45. Parents need to wait with their school, we would Absence is granted for child until the school doors open at be grateful if parents and carers could adhere to Uniform: Year 6 SATS 2017/18: the following: The following items can be ordered We will be sending home additional Please do not park on the yellow from Parent Pay: ideas as to how parents/carers could lines or across residents’ drives. help their child for the National Tests PARKWISE are aware of the Ties (Elasticated) £2.70 that are due in May 2018. We will parking problems and will be also send home suggestions of Ties (Traditional) £2.70 regularly patrolling the area. commercially available material that The staff car park is solely for Reading Book Bags £4.80 would complement the work the staff use and cannot be used for children will be undertaking in school. dropping children at any time. PE Bags £3.80 Access to the car park must be There will be a meeting for Year 6 kept clear at all times. We have some Red/white & black parents/carers to ask any questions rucksacks for sale at £1.50. that they may have regarding the School Site regulations: tests, once they have read the material we have sent home. This will Thank you for adhering to our ‘No be held on Monday, 25 September at Smoking’ policy on Medical Conditions: 18:30, after the Robin Wood meeting the school site. Also scheduled for 18:00. thank you to dog owners for not The meeting is to answer questions bringing your pets or concerns regarding the tests onto the school site – Information regarding Y6 SATs can some children are scared of dogs so we be found on the school website. appreciate your co- Nuts and sesame seeds in School Bank: operation. This also school: If your child is allergic to applies to weekends nuts, sesame seeds, dairy products, The school bank is running on and holidays. eggs or sticking plasters used for Thursday mornings at 08:30-08:45 in minor cuts and grazes, or has any Mrs Burrill’s classroom located in the other allergies could you please let us Infant building. know in writing. Healthcare plans UNIFORM: can, if necessary, be devised If any Juniors wish to open an Summer uniform can be worn up until between parents and the School account, it is necessary to visit the October half-term. After that, children Nursing Team. local branch of the NatWest where should wear their winter uniform. The they will open an account. Once this It is important for parents to note that is set up, deposits can be made at correct uniform can be found at the we have children in both infants and end of this newsletter. the school bank. Mrs Mitchell & Mrs juniors who have a very severe life Burrill.

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