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Staff News
We will be saying goodbye and good luck to Mrs Kate Smith at the end of term as she leaves us to start her maternity leave. We wish her all the best and look forward to hearing her baby news soon. Going forward after Easter, 1S will be ably supported by Miss Palmer and Mr Richards who are already known to the children.
We recently held interviews and are delighted to let you know that Miss Hannah Skidmore, Miss Clarissa Ward and Mrs Amanda-Jane O’Brien were appointed as permanent members of the teaching team; we are all thrilled they will remain working at Corsham Primary. We also appointed Mr Tom Richards who will officially join our teaching team from September.
At the end of this academic year Mrs Lucy Jones has decided that the time will be right for her to leave Corsham Primary. Lucy’s children are older now and after a long teaching career, including 9 years at Corsham Primary working in our Foundation Stage classes, she feels it is time to focus on her own interests and has lots of new opportunities planned including a holiday out of term time! We will be sad to say goodbye to Lucy, she has played a crucial role in welcoming our new children and families to Corsham Primary over the years and I know you will join me in wishing her all the very best for the future. Easter Celebrations!
On Thursday 6 April we will be celebrating Easter by having our traditional Easter Hat competition.
Further Easter activities will take place on Friday 7 April which will include Egg Rolling and an Egg-vention competition.
Please look out for our Easter Celebration letter on the website and in your email inbox.
KS2 MUSIC CONCERT Transport to and from school Don’t forget our music concert on 22 June Please remember that riding bikes and from 6—7pm at the Pound Pill site. scooters to and from school is welcomed Some of our talented musicians will be and the bike sheds are available to house performing—if your child would like to them safely when children are in school. participate in the concert they will need to However, may we respectfully remind you that we do not allow use of get their piece ready and Mrs Cottrell, skateboards or pennyboards on school Miss Haines and Mrs Mason will grounds please. listen to them play. Please complete a permission slip (being sent home to those Thank you interested) and return it to the school office.
Message from Scholars (school uniform supplier) Parent and Carer contact details
We are pleased to announce that our Please remember how important it is that we are Chippenham shop will be moving from the Market able to get in contact with you. This is not only Place to larger premises on the Causeway from necessary in times of emergency, but sometimes 15 March 2017. for forgotten items or just to change picking up arrangements etc—it is vital that we have up to Scholars date mobile telephone numbers on our system so 3 The Causeway Chippenham that we don’t waste any time not being able to Wilts get hold of you! Please just jot down any SN15 3BT changes for us and we will update our system which can be done at any time very easily. Tel: 01249 656600 Thank you [email protected]
Lovely Learning Assemblies 2.30pm Cake Sales: 28 April Thursday 11 May—1A Tuesday 16 May—1T Broadwood Thursday 18 May—1S 1T Year Group Assembly 9.15am Pound Pill 3 May—Year 4 @ PP 5 May—4W @ BW 4L and 2W 24 May—Reception (Apples/Pears) @ PP 26 May—Reception (Strawberries) @ BW
SATs
Indhu Rani afternoon Just a quick reminder of SATs dates for Friday 26 May parents of children in Year 6. The children will Children are planning their annual be working on their SATs during the week fundraising event to support Chandra who commencing Monday 8 May 2017. lives in the Goodwill Village in India. Corsham Primary children have been Should any parent require further contributing to support the education of information about SATs, please do not children in this village for several years now. hesitate to pop in to school to see your child’s teacher.
Educational Jargon!
At this time each year we include a section in the Newsletter about “educational jargon” and we can hardly believe that more has appeared. We hope this information proves useful and helps you to understand what we are talking about at times!
FS or Foundation Stage Children aged 4 and 5 who are in Reception classes
KS1 or Key Stage One Children in Years 1 and 2
KS2 or Key Stage Two Children in Years 3 to 6
LA Local Authority
SATs Standard Assessment Tests
HMI Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Schools
OFSTED Office for Standards in Education
NQT Newly Qualified Teacher
RQT Recently Qualified Teacher
SDIP School Development and Improvement Plan
TA Teaching Assistant
EWO Educational Welfare Officer—monitors school attendance
NOR Number on Roll
SEN/SENCO Special Educational Needs/Special Ed. Needs Coordinator
PHSEE Personal Health and Social Economic Education
INSET In-Service Education and Training
TD Day Teacher Development Day
ICT Information and Communication Technology
TPA Teachers’ Personal Assistant
OTP Outstanding Teacher Programme
OTAP Outstanding Teaching Assistant Programme
PPA Planning, Preparation and Assessment
AfL Assessment for Learning
EGPS English, Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
ITT Initial Teacher Trainee
RTM Respond to Marking
PSP Pastoral Support Plan
ARE Age Related Expectation
Money raised by children who ran the United in Values Party on 9 February ...
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the school communicate with parents? Comprehensive website, Twitter account, monthly newsletter (e-mailed to parents/carers directly and posted onto the website.) Letters are also emailed directly to parents/carers and posted on our website.
Can my child attend school if I have treated for headlice? Yes, as long as you have treated your child, they may attend school the same day.
Can I send medicine into school with my child to self-administer? Absolutely not. This could put other children at risk and is not appropriate. If your child is needing regular medicine, you are welcome to come into school and administer yourself. If your child is ill and needing regular medicine, please consider whether they should be at home.
Can my child bring their iPad/Kindle/mobile phone into school? Yes – please fill in a consent form (available at school office).
How do I apply for a place at CPS? You do this through Wiltshire Council – forms for “In year transfers” are available on their website: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/schools-learning-admissions
(We are only able to inform you whether or not we have spaces available.)
When is the best time to speak to my child’s teacher? Teachers are always keen to operate an open-door policy. They will be able to see you at the start/end of the day and if not enough time then, an appointment can be made to suit. Additionally, regular parent’s evenings are opportunities to discuss your child’s progress.
What happens if I am unable to pick up my child on time at the end of the day? Please telephone the school office to let us know so that we can inform the class teacher and child. If you are able to organise another person to pick up, please let us know.
What is the finishing time at half term/full term? At half terms, school finishes at 3.10pm as normal. At the end of the full term (Christmas, Easter and Summer), school finishes at 2.30pm.
How do I play for school lunches? We operate a cashless system at school so you need to logon to your ParentPay account and pay online. School lunches cost £2.05 per day. If you have any questions, please contact Ursula Nimock at Pound Pill (01249 712387).
Where can I buy school uniform from? Our uniform is sold at Scholars (3 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wilts, SN15 3BT Tel: 01249 656600). There is no option to purchase online currently.
When can I come and have a look through the lost property? At the end of the school day in the Key Stage 2 cloakroom area.
What time do Lovely Learning Assemblies start? Lovely Learning Assemblies start at 2.30pm.
What happens if the school needs to close? As much information is given as possible – through local radio stations, noticeboards, by text and the website.
Has my child got a place at an after-school club? Please assume that if you do not hear from us, your child DOES have a space at the club they have registered interest in. (Most after school clubs are hosted by external organisations and not CPS.)
If my child is physically sick, when can he/she return to school? Your child can return to school no sooner than 24 hours after they were last sick but preferably after 48 hours or whenever after that, they feel better.
Will my child have the opportunity to have swimming lessons during school time? Yes – you will be informed in writing when your child is swimming. (Years 3 and 4.)
Am I able to drive and park on the school site? We have a shortage of space on the school sites. Please park away from school and walk in. For Pound Pill parents/ carers, a limited number of permits are available from the school office for parking in Corsham town.
Procedure for Children Uncollected After School Hours
We would like to remind all parents about the Wiltshire procedure for children uncollected after school hours. This procedure has been drawn up in collaboration with the Joint Consultative Committee, the Wiltshire Association of Secondary Headteachers, Primary Headteachers Forum, Wiltshire Education Welfare Service and colleagues in the Children and Families Division of Social Services.
School should make every effort to contact the parents/carers or emergency contacts for that child. The school will need to assess and record the situation from the child or young person’s perspective. The school will need to demonstrate that they have contacted or tried to contact any relevant agency already involved with the child or young person in relation to exploring avenues and alternative carers. If one hour after the end of school and at the latest by 4.45pm, the pupil is still at school and the assessment of the situation draws a blank, the school must contact their local Children & Families Team (Social Services). The Children and Families team will then take a decision on how best to proceed.
Can we remind parents and carers that the end of the day is an extremely busy time in the school office and it is helpful if children know what their end of day arrangements are.
SCHOOL LUNCHES Please may we remind you that your child’s lunches must be paid for in advance so that your ParentPay account is in credit at point of order. We cannot provide food that has not been paid for. If your child orders a school lunch and there is no money on their account, we will telephone parents/carers and ask for a packed lunch to be brought in.
Notice for Year 5 pupils Playground Craze of the Month from Sheldon School, Chippenham April’s crazes are :
Sheldon are offering a number of taster Where’s Wally, build a bear, French skipping, yo-yos, top trumps days open to Year 5 pupils who are considering applying for a secondary Please ensure that toys are clearly labelled place in September 2018. with your child’s name.
Details can be obtained from the Pound Pill school office.
Comic Relief
Red Nose Day
Corsham Primary turned a brighter shade of red on Friday 24 March when the whole school dressed up to celebrate and raise money for Comic Relief.
We had lots of fun and raised £288.68 for this Do you enjoy history and have three hours a great cause. month to spare? We have some sessions which would fit with school hours.
In order to be able to keep the Master’s house and schoolroom at the Almshouse open to the public we need the help of more volunteers.
To find out more, please phone:
Lyn Adams on 01225 810415
Please note …
The old paper £5 note is no longer going to be in circulation from May 2017. Although we don’t accept lunch money in cash, we do still ask for trips to be paid in cash and for donations, PTA payments etc. We will not accept paper £5 notes from 1 May 2017. Please see the attached website for further information: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/ banknotes/Pages/withdrawn/ default.aspx
Miss Palmer’s Recommended Reads
KS1 KS2 Twelve-year-old Nell Perkins knows there is magic at work that she can’t yet understand. Her mother has been taken by witches and turned into a bird. Nell must journey to get her mother back, even if it takes her deep into the Wicked Places — the frightening realm where Nightmares reside. There she must break the spell and stop the witches from turning our world into a living nightmare. The Fearless Travellers’ Guide to Wicked Places transports readers to an intimately familiar yet completely original world – the world of dreams and nightmares. This surreal and unexpected land is presented in a way never A feelgood rhyming story about one little seen before. Dreamlands is at turns beautiful, terrifying mouse trying to make himself heard and and comic. As richly and complex as the fantasy world is, discovering along the way that even the the book is rooted in an emotional story about a seemingly smallest of us has the heart of a lion. quiet and timid daughter who has to become the protector of her brothers and a fearless mother.
Non-Fiction Doing exactly what it says on the tin, this book is indeed packed with things for kids to do with science and the great news is that all 101 of them are fun and generally easy to do, and that they can be created from craft materials or items that all of us will have readily to hand. The instructions are straightforward and written in a conspiratorial style that positively encourages children to ‘create mayhem’ while on each page a paragraph called ‘The Sciencey Bit’ explains the scientific process behind each experiment. Diagrams and colour photos make it more accessible and attractive to look at too. With activities that can be carried out indoors and outdoors, this will be great for the Easter and summer holidays
Please look out for these books in our class libraries, Corsham Library, The Corsham Book Shop or online.
Recently CPS Broadwood attended a tag rugby tournament at the Corsham Campus. They played three games against Colerne, Box and St Patricks, narrowly losing on all three occasions. The children did exceptionally well considering some of them had never played tag rugby before and scored three great, team-worked tries! Their work rate and enthusiasm from start to finish was something they should all be very proud of. The team represented the school fantastically well, ensuring they played fairly, to the rules and always being the first team to shake hands at the end of the games.
Rugby Tournament against Neston Primary and Corsham Regis
On Tuesday 16 March boys from Year 5 and 6 took part in a Rugby tournament at the Corsham School Astro turf playing against Neston Primary School and Corsham Regis. We all had an amazing time, everybody played in a friendly and fair way—the team were very happy with the scores at the end of the matches. Corsham Primary fought hard and it paid off with a win in both matches. We all had lots of fun, enjoyed the opportunity and are proud of our achievement. We want to say a big thank you to Tash from In2Sport Coaching, who coached us well through the tournament. Written by Jacob P
On Wednesday 15 January, a team of Year 5 and 6 pupils from Pound Pill and Broadwood entered the Calder House Cross-Country Festival. All of the children who competed did really well and had a great time.
I finished third overall in the year 5 boys race and received a medal in front of all the other competitors. I am looking forward to hopefully competing again next year.
Written by Sam D
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
BREAKFAST Gym Gym Judo Yrs 1, 2 3 Yrs 4,5 6 Yrs 1 + 8am—8.45am
LUNCHTIME Fencing Years 1,2 POUND PILL
AFTER Warrior Athletics Football In2Sports High Attainers SCHOOL Academy Yrs 1-3 Yrs 1 + competitions in P.E. CLUBS Yrs 1 + and fixtures Yrs 3-6 Fencing By invite only 3.15pm— Dodgeball Yrs 3-6 4.15pm In2Sport Yrs 3—6
BREAKFAST Judo Years 1 + 8am—8.45am
LUNCHTIME BROADWOOD
AFTER Sports Leaders Cricket Athletics Football SCHOOL Fun4Sport Yrs 3-6 Yrs 1,2,3 Yrs 1 + CLUBS (5 weeks) In2Sports 3.15pm— competitions 4.15pm and fixtures
Children’s News
Harvey M has achieved his Green Tag belt at Susie S has received a certificate from Trinity Warrior Academy. College London Musical Theatre/Production and a cricket trophy for being Player of the Week. Louis T has completed his 2nd grading at Warrior
Academy and is now a yellow belt. Daisy B has achieved Mini Orange Level 4 from Harry and Edward O have achieved their 100m Chippenham Tennis Club. swimming certificate and badge. Faye G has received a Hockey medal for being a Bobby H has run 20 miles with the One Mile Club. runner up in the Junior Hockey Plate.
George D has achieved a drama award for being a very entertaining hare! Cody F has received a certificate for swimming 10m and a 5m front crawl award. Oliver B has achieved his Level 7 National Swim Award. Oscar S has received a Player of the Week
William S has achieved his Grade 3 Musical Award from Corsham Hockey Club. Theatre certificate and received a medal for being runner up in the Junior Hockey Plate. Hannah W has achieved her Stage 4 Swimming Award. Adam T has received a certificate and trophy for running 150 miles with the One Mile Club. Jack W has received a medal for the Rugby
Wooden Spoon Event Under 9’s. Dexter I was Man of the Match for AFC Corsham.
Elsie B has received a Tennis Club certificate Mason B has achieved his Stage 2 Swimming “Mini Red 6”. Award.
Dylan G has received a medal for completing the Zachary C and Grace B have achieved their 5m 1 mile Calne Fun Run. Swimming Awards. Dylan P has received a signed photograph from Harry Kane, a football player for Tottenham Imogen H and Henry D have achieved their 10m Hotspur. Swimming Awards.
Charlotte A, James M, Emily E and Olivia M have Evie W and Faye G have been runners up in a all achieved their Level 5 Gymnastics Proficiency Junior Hockey Plate and received medals. Awards.
Grace C sang 2 songs in the Bath and Somerset Emily S has achieved her Girls Club Badge 4 Festival and took an exam in Bath—she was placed certificate.
2nd with a distinction. Ginny H-B has received her Modern Dance Award Rosey Lee A has won four Judo medals. and medal from the Pound Ballet Studio.
Noah C has won a gymnastics trophy for brilliant Susie S, Ryan G-W and Imogen M have achieved headstands. their Level 6 British Gymnastics certificates.
Krishan H has achieved his brown belt in Judo. Jude F and Bertie F have received a Martial Arts certificate each and have the belt grading Orange.
Congratulations
Connie-M W and Charlotte D who will be entered into the Golden Book for completing 6 merit cards.
Congratulations
Tyler K, Sophia-May S, Scarlett Q, Luke G, Edward O, Oliver T, Alex J, Amelia J, Billy B, Harry P, Archie E, Hannah W, Harry S and Leyton S
who will receive a Peacock Award for completing 9 merit cards.
Congratulations
Rosie W, Kassie D, Marcie W, Will S, Susie S and Sean G who have received achievement pens for completing 12 merit cards.
Congratulations
Mackenzie S, Devon P, Ginny H-B, Olivia H, Tamsin M, Holly D and Jake R
who have received their Roll of Honour for completing 15 merit cards.
Congratulations
Casey A, Alfie G, Grace M, Milly L, Bunny N, Charlie M-R, Noah L, Megan W, Elena G and Caitlin B,
who have received golden badges for completing 18 merit cards.
Congratulations
Poppy L, Elena G and Abbie T who have received book tokens for completing 21 merit cards.
Dates for your Diary
April
Thursday 6 Easter Celebrations—Easter Hat Competition and Parade Friday 7 Easter Events—Spring Mufti, Egg Rolling and Egg-ventions School finishes at 2.30pm for the Easter Holiday Monday 24 Parent/Carer Open Day Tuesday 25 Year 4 New Barn Parents Meeting 6pm at Broadwood Year 4 New Barn Parents Meeting 7.15pm at Pound Pill Thursday 27 PTA Meeting at Pound Pill—7.30pm Pears—Forest Schools Friday 28 Cake Sales 4L and 2W at Pound Pill Cake Sale 1T at Broadwood Strawberries—Forest Schools
May
Tuesday 2 Pears trip to Warleigh Lodge Farm Wednesday 3 Apples trip to Warleigh Lodge Farm Year 4 Class Assembly at PP 9.15am Thursday 4 Strawberries trip to Warleigh Lodge Farm Apples—Forest Schools Friday 5 Class Assembly 4W at BW 9.15am Strawberries—Forest Schools Monday 8 Year 6 SATs week starts Thursday 11 Lovely Learning 1A at 2.30pm Pears—Forest Schools New Barn Residential Trip—Year 4 Friday 12 New Barn Residential Trip—Year 4 Apples—Forest Schools Tuesday 16 PTA Summer Disco at PP Lovely Learning 1T at 2.30pm Thursday 18 Lovely Learning 1S at 2.30pm Friday 19 School Photographer in school—Class Photos Tuesday 23 PTA Summer Disco at BW Wednesday 24 Class Assembly—Apples/Pears 9.15am Friday 26 Class Assembly—Strawberries 9.15am Indhu Rani afternoon 1.45pm—3pm School closes at 3.10pm for half term
Monday 29 HALF TERM
Gina Cooke Lindsay Fry Kerry Parker Senior Headteacher Head of School Pound Pill Head of School Broadwood