As you may have heard earlier this week, our harvest festival will take place next Wednesday, 19th October at 2.00pm in the assembly hall. You are all most welcome to join us for this celebration. As per usual, we will make our collection of dried and tinned goods to contribute to our celebration, before distributing them to the community. Should anyone wish to contribute to our collection, please send donations in with children one morning.
Attendance
September is now over, and I am delighted to say that the attendance for the school was above the national average of 94.4, with attendance at 94.8. However, you will see below that there are some big differences between key stage 1 and 2...
Key Stage 1
Percentage: 93.6%
Pupils with 100%: 37
Days of learning lost: 51
Unauthorized absence: 6
Key Stage 2
Percentage: 96.9%
Pupils with 100%: 61
Days of learning lost: 54
Unauthorized absence: 3
You will see that key stage 2 have lost more days in total. However, there are more children in key stage 2, so a higher number of days is not unusual. What is impressive is how many 100%-ers there are, especially in key stage 2.
It has been proven, nationally and repeatedly, that attendance is a key issue in pupils performing well. Please keep up all the good work, and let’s stay above the national average: remember, that was one of the challenges set by OfSTED last year.
Issues out of school
It has been brought to my attention that on a couple of occasions at the end of last week, parents spoke to other people’s children about things that had happened in school. Can I state openly that if you feel you have an issue, it is your responsibility to report it to the school, and that in dealing with it yourself you may well jeopardise the safety of others. Please be fair and considerate in dealing with issues, and you know, I hope, that you can always depend upon the school to resolve the issues appropriately.
Finally, can I say a huge thank you to those of you who returned your questionnaires about the Charter for Respect. This has now been ratified by the Staff and Pupil Wellbeing Committee, and will go to the full governing body next week. A copy will be posted, next week, on the school website, and paper copies are available from the office.
Zak Willis