Dear Parents,

Thank you to those that attended the parent Task Group yesterday afternoon. There were many positive comments, however there are a few areas that needed clarification. 

Homework

ICT and Written homework will be sent home on alternate weeks.

Within the children’s section on the school website, there is a section for each year group’s homework. This will state clearly the day that homework is set and when it is expected back.

After clicking on your year group’s homework, there will be a copy of the proforma stating clearly what is expected that the children complete; whether it is ICT or book based.

Each week a new document will be uploaded.

English and Maths work will not be open ended, it will be supporting work that has taken place in class.

Effort Club

Effort Club takes place daily and has a focus on presentation and handwriting; underlining titles, dates, LOs, basic errors including capital letters, full stops, spellings and basic errors that are expected of children at their age.

Effort Club will NOT be used for completing unfinished work or for not reading at home.

Email

As a school we do send out a lot of letters, all of which often do not make it home. I currently put copies of newsletters on the school’s website. From January, I would like all letters to be emailed to parents and for them to be uploaded to the school’s website.

Can you please complete the form below, printing clearly your email address.

Thank you for your continued support.

Name of Child _____________________________________ Class __________________

I would like to receive letters by email. My email address is __________________________

Signed _______________________________________

Christmas Project Homework

1 - Calling all children and parents! We are looking for some amazing ‘Christmas Themed Project Homework’. You continue to amaze us, with your creativity and innovative ideas, when completing project homework.

Again, you can use any medium of your choice; 3D, 2D, collage, ICT, performance …

We would like these brought into school during December.

2 - With this letter, is a green tube, I would like all the children to decorate this tube in whatever way they wish. My plan is for all the tubes to be collated and made into a Christmas Tree, in the style of the ‘Pringles Tree’.

Can all the tubes be returned to school no later than Friday 2^nd December.

18^TH November 2016

Dear Parent and Carers,

I am writing to advise all adults that our Safeguarding procedures are being updated and the following changes have been made.

• Parents that visit the school for any assembly must sign in at reception, where a sticker will be given. Parents will then be asked to wait in the entrance, until a member of staff takes you to the hall. After the assembly, you will be brought back to reception to sign out. This is to ensure your safety, in the event of a fire and the safety of your children.
• Anyone wishing to speak to a teacher must do this before morning bell or at the end of the school day. You will need to sign in at reception, and will be asked to wait there, until the member of staff arrives. We cannot ask teachers to come out of their classroom once the school day has started.
• We understand that you may speak to a member of staff on the playground. However, if you need a private conversation in school, we ask that you come in via reception where you can sign in. This is to ensure the safety of everyone in the building, in the event of a fire. No adults will be allowed into school through the children’s entrances.
• There is a disabled toilet in the entrance area, but we ask that parents don’t make a habit of this. If you need to use this facility, please ensure that you let staff in the office know when you are leaving the building.
• When after school clubs finish at 4.10pm, we ask that an adult is available to pick up a child. There are a number of children walking home alone and as the nights are getting darker, this is a safeguarding concern.

We continue as always to have an ‘open door’ policy and I am sure that you will all agree, the changes made are a positive move in ensuring the safety of your children, which remains our main priority.

Thank you for your continued support, 

Yours faithfully,

Mrs J Shorrocks

Headteacher

16^th November 2016

Dear Parents,

As previously announced, we are extremely happy and excited to be taking the whole school to The Lowry Theatre in Manchester, to watch the matinee performance of ‘Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang’, on Wednesday 21^stDecember 2016.

The planning for such a visit takes months and the tickets were purchased in May of this year.  The full cost for the visit, including theatre tickets, transport and insurance will be fully funded by Woodlea’s PTA.

As this is a matinee performance, we will be returning to school later than the end of a regular school day, at approximately 6pm.

Can all parents please send the reply slip below giving permission for your child to go on the Theatre visit. This slip must be returned to school no later than THURSDAY 8^th DECEMBER.

I am sure that you will agree that this is an amazing opportunity for our children.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs J Shorrocks and Woodlea’s PTA

I give permission that my child __________________________, class _____

Goes to watch Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang on Wednesday 21^st December.

Signed ___________________________ Date ___________________