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Welcome back to Term 2 - Link New staff recently appointed - Link Baby News! - Link Consultation Evening - Link Children's Targets - Link Update from 'The Friends' - Link SATs Evening this week - Link Parent Council Meeting - Link Headlice / Nits! - Link Zumba Fitness - Innsworth Community Hall - Link Celebrating Bonfire Night - Firework Display - Link Tonight 31st October - Link |
Info for new parents - Christmas Parties - Link Info for new parents - School website - Link Christmas Productions
- Link School Choir - Cathedral - Link Year 3 and 4 Parents - Link The Poppy Appeal - Link Parent Governor Vacancy - Link Christmas Shoe Boxes - Link Swimming - Link Breaktime Snacks - Link Thought for the day - Link |
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We are pleased to welcome all our learners and parents back to school for what will invariably be a very busy term: past experience tells us that this will be the case! Hopefully everyone enjoyed their week's break and is raring to go as we start to plan ahead for our Christmas activities. There are many things happening in the coming weeks so please make sure you put the important dates on your family calendar. (See diary.)
We are delighted to welcome Miss Amanda Gabriel-Clarke, who will be job-sharing with Mr Jones in Class 3. Besides teaching Class 3 on Mondays and Tuesdays, Miss Gabriel-Clarke will be covering other teachers during the week so she will be teaching all children across the school. Mrs Joanne Ridley has been appointed [from 8th November] as a Teaching Assistant to support our pupils with English as an additional language [EAL]. Miss Lauren Naulls, a Teaching Assistant, has been appointed to support a Year 6 pupil for 10 hours each week. We are delighted to welcome all three new staff members to Innsworth Junior and know that together we can deliver a quality education to all of our learners. A big 'Thank You' goes to the four Year 6 school reps, Harry, Jamie, Rosie and Katie, together with Zorzet [Year 5] and Sveva [Year 3] who were the Children's Panel in the interview process. They did a fantastic job for us and impressed all the adults with their insight as they reported back to the main interviewing panel. Well done to you all.
We are delighted
to announce that Mrs Samson has had a baby boy! Jasper Zeal Samson
arrived on Saturday evening weighing in at 7lbs 10oz. Both mother
and baby are doing well and we send them all our congratulations. Thank you
to all the parents who came along to the October Consultation Evenings.
Please accept our apologies if you were kept waiting; hopefully you
thought it was worth the wait when you finally met up with the class
or Maths teacher. Attendance to see the class teacher was at a low
of 79% so those parents who did not come along will be receiving letters
this week, inviting you to make a further appointment. Please take
the opportunity to do so as it is vital that home and school are working
together to ensure maximum progress is made. Classes Attendance as a
percentage:
In order for you to support your child's progress, all teachers will be making sure that children's targets in Reading, Writing and Maths will be copied into either the red Reading Record or the homework books [by the end of this week]. Please take time to discuss these with your child as we are committed to all children making the best possible progress during the year.
The Friends
of Innsworth would like to thank all parents and supporters at the
recent Bingo Evening and cake stall events. Our next fundraising
event is our Family Xmas Disco on Friday 9th December from 6.30 pm.
All family members are welcome and there will be a licenced bar for
adults. Watch this space for a further update, but put the date in
your diary now so you don't miss out!
SATs Evening this week - Wednesday 2nd November 2011 at 6.30 pm If you are
a parent of a Year 6 pupil (or indeed Year 5 pupil), you need to come
along and listen to our subject leaders as they lead you through the
expectations for our Year 6 pupils. Mrs Pendlebury will be leading
on Literacy and Miss Schofield on Maths. Parent Council Meeting: Tuesday 8th November from 6 00 - 7.00 p.m.
We really
need our parents to engage in school matters and setting up a Parent
Council seems an obvious way of doing this. Parents have a vital role
to play in school and we want to be working with you. We don't want
to be known as a school with hard to reach parents! Please come along.
Oh dear! I spoke too soon in my last newsletter. Headlice/nits are around again, so we have to be vigilant in our Sunday night checks. Please keep us informed as we will do everything we can to keep on top of this. Checking and then being proactive if you find something 'lurking', is the best we can all do. We do not reveal who has reported an outbreak; the most important aspect is to make sure every parent is aware and is checking! Zumba Fitness - Innsworth Community Hall
This is a
wonderful opportunity for all parents who do not work and do not have
younger children at home. Celebrating Bonfire Night - Firework Display
Many of our
ARRC parents may not know about November 5th. This is when the whole
country celebrates a plot to blow up parliament [many years ago!].
We are selling tickets on behalf of Churchdown Round Table for a community
firework display on Friday 4th November at Churchdown Park, Parton
Road. Tickets bought in advance cost: For parents who are not aware of our customs, you may find that tonight you have a few 'Trick or Treaters' coming to your door. Please do not be alarmed by these visitors. This is an American custom which we have gradually taken on board. If you live on an estate, children may knock at your door and ask 'Trick or Treat'? Generally most people have a small supply of sweets to give out to these callers so that they go away happy. The other custom we have is to carve pumpkins and place them on the window ledges for the evening of the 31st. The Internet is a good source for checking on UK customs. Info for new parents - Christmas Parties The class
Christmas parties will be taking place in the afternoon of Thursday
15th December. Children do not need to bring in a packed lunch on
this day, as they will be eating their party food instead. Teachers
will discuss with their individual classes about planning the party
food they need to bring in. Fruit for breaktime will still be needed.
Info for new parents - School website Just a reminder that you can always check dates and other pieces of information on the school website: (See diary.) Monday 12th
December (Years 3/4) 1.30 & 6.30 pm
As we have done for the past two years, the school choir will be singing in Gloucester Cathedral on the evening of Wednesday 7th December in aid of Muscular Dystrophy. Only two schools are invited to take part [the other being The Cotswold School, Secondary] so our children are in front of the congregation for the whole time. Miss Schofield will let you know about how to book tickets in the coming weeks. Another date to keep free on the family calendar. Thank you to all the parents who came into school a few weeks ago to listen to their child read their story aloud. We are trying to give the children a real audience for their writing as this increases the children's engagement in their learning. Your participation was important and greatly appreciated by the children and the staff. Poppies are now on sale every day in school in aid of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. There is no set price as it is up to the individual to make a suitable donation.
We have a Parent Governor vacancy on our Governing Body. If you are interested in taking an active role in the development of Innsworth Junior, we would be delighted to hear from you. Our governors are very active in school and provide the challenge and support in order for us to provide the best possible education for all children. If you wish to be part of this extremely hard working group, please contact the school office for more details. To date we
have only received three Christmas boxes, which is rather disappointing
when the initial response was so positive. Please could I ask you
all to take a moment to think about how much these shoe boxes mean
to the children who receive them. The present financial climate is
hitting everyone hard but the outlay for a shoe box does not have
to be extreme. Mrs Hamblett has spare leaflets if you need ideas of
what to include. One idea could be for several families to 'club'
together to fill a shoe box. A second idea would be for families to
donate a few items [plus a contribution towards the £2.50 cost].
We would need a few parents to send in some boxes wrapped in Christmas
paper and then a few volunteers to fill the boxes. If you would like
to contribute to this, please return the slip at the bottom of this
newsletter. Swimming Swimming will be taking place this Friday, 4th November. However, there will be no swimming on the 11th November due to lighting repairs at GL1. This means that swimming will continue up to and including Friday 16th December [last day of term]. Can you please ensure that your child only brings fruit, vegetable sticks or cheese for their mid-morning snack. Sugary cereal bars or yoghurts should be kept to eat with their lunch. Many thanks. |
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