E-newsletter 184

Top Secret Mission!

Willow Class pupils were engaged in some top secret work last week. They arrived at school to discover a very unexpected situation and spent the morning trying to unravel what had taken place. Some strange visitors seem to have found their way into Willow Class and the pupils had to gather evidence and conduct some special scientific work find out their origin. 

Key Assessment Dates For The Summer Term

Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check takes place in the week beginning 10th June. Although the link to the guide below is from 2023 (and so the date is wrong), the information contained within is still relevant. The outcomes of the assessment will be shared with you in the Summer Term Pupil Profile.

Information for parents

Year 2 non-statutory assessments

Although End Of Key Stage 1 Assessments are no longer mandatory, schools are encouraged to use them to inform their teacher assessments. This year's assessments will be completed during the week beginning Monday 17th June.

Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check

This check is a short, online assessment which takes no longer than 5 minutes to complete. Its purpose is to assess whether pupils can fluently recall their times tables up to 12. The outcomes of the assessment will be shared with you in the Summer Term Pupil Profile. 

This check will take place in school during a 2 week window from Monday 3rd June. You can find out more about it in the information guide - see the link below.

Information for parents 

Year 6 SATs

End of Key Stage 2 Assessments take place next week from Monday 13th - Thursday 16th May. The outcomes of the assessment will be shared with you in the Summer Term Pupil Profile.

**Good luck to our Year 6 pupils next week in their SATs exams**  

Residential Meetings Y4 and Y6

Information meetings for the Year 4 and Year 6 residentials take place before half term. It is an opportunity for parents to find out more about the itinerary and ask any questions. Children are welcome to attend but it is not essential as we will be talking to the children about the trip separately.  

Year 4 Residential Meeting - Tuesday 21st May at 3.45pm in Pine Class

Year 6 Residential Meeting - Wednesday 22nd May at 3.45pm in Pine Class

'The Drop Off' News

Although numbers in the after-school provision are good from Monday to Thursday, the demand on Friday is extremely low and so The Drop Off will no longer be able to operate on Fridays. I understand that The Drop Off has communicated this news to all children currently registered with their service but I wanted to share it here too.

Nursery Age Children

Following several enquries, Nursery children (in the year before they start school) will be able to attend The Drop Off from September 2024.

'The Drop Off' Open Afternoon 

Please find details here of The Drop Off's Open Afternoon on 15th June at Sywell Primary School. 

Breakfast Club Survey

The school currently runs it's own in-house early morning supervision from 8.30am. This is a very well attended provision. Nevertheless, the school is always keen to review its arrangements and would like to gather parents' views on whether there is any demand for replacing the current early morning supervision with a breakfast club that would be run by The Drop Off from 7.45am, with a healthy breakfast provided. 

To help us gather some preliminary data, please complete the very short Breakfast Club Survey which you can access via the link here.   

Sweet Treats!

Some pupils asked me a week or two ago whether they could organise a 'bake sale' to raise money for the school.

The children had some time in assembly this morning to tell the school about their bake sale...the important bits are:  

- The bake sale will be on Friday 17th May in school time

- A range of bakes will be available to buy

- Each item will cost 20p

- Allergies will be catered for

- All proceeds will go to school!