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• Good attendance and punctuality

  Mon 07 Mar 2022 Anna Cvijetic

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  As you know, we monitor attendance very carefully so that we can support families.  We did an attendance review last week, and though the vast majority of children's attendance and punctuality was good, our levels have dropped to 93.19% attendance.  118 (about 20%) of our children are currently classed as 'persistently absent' (those whose attendance is less than 90%).  The Government and Local Authority are keen that attendance levels rise back to pre-pandemic levels and that children are punctual to school.  

   

  We are striving to improve our attendance – we want every child to be 100%. Good attendance and punctuality is essential for a successful future for your child. Research shows that some young people who regularly miss school can be drawn into anti-social behaviour or crime. We want all our children to be happy and achieve, we want them to have a good education so they have choices and opportunities in adult life.

   

  Mrs Smith, in the office, will be sending letters in the next week to all the carers whose children's attendance is classed as 'Persistently Absent' (less than 90%) or are regularly late to school.  Attached will be your child's attendance details for this academic year.  I ask that you read the letter and strive to improve the attendance and punctuality.  We open the classroom doors at 8.45am, school officially starts at 9.00am. We start teaching immediately on a child's arrival.

   

  If you have any questions about the school attendance procedures, please do not hesitate to contact the school. If you would like further support to improve attendance or punctuality, please make an appointment to speak to the family workers, Mrs Neall and Mrs Allen. 

   

  Please accept my thanks for your full support in attendance and punctuality matters.

   

  Best wishes

   

  Anna Cvijetic

  Headteacher

  

• World Book Day - celebrating 25 years of Harry Potter

  Thu 03 Mar 2022 Anna Cvijetic

  We love books at our school and had a really great day celebrating World Book Day today.  Our Harry Potter theme meant the children and adults looked brilliant - we had lots of Hogwarts pupils and teachers, Hagrid, Voldemort, muggles and even a Hedwig.  Many thanks to the carers for taking the time to help our children dress up.  

   

  We started the day in an assembly with Sarah Tipler, a reading advocate for the Local Authority, leading our assemblies and bringing a little magic into the children's day.  

   

  The teachers had excelled themselves, planning a carousel of Harry Potter themed activities.  The activities included wand making, playing Quidditch, parchment writing, potion making, computer code making and even making talking portraits on the computer with a little wizardry from Mr Dalgliesh.  

   

  It was brilliant to walk around the school seeing the children getting really stuck in and having a go at some different activities.  Well done everyone for making this happen.

  

• Big Talk - Relationship Education

  Tue 01 Mar 2022

  To keep children as safe as possible Relationship Education is now statutory in all Primary Schools, we are engaging the support of the specialist organisation BigTalk Education, who are a Social Enterprise recognised by national lead bodies and Government.

  They work with 3yr olds upwards and have been involved in delivering age-appropriate education of this type for over 20 years.

  Below is some information on the Growing Up Safe programme that will be delivered to the Children in the coming term.

   

  * Age 3 (Nursery). A fun learning environment where the children are taught: the differences between boys and girls, naming body parts, correct scientific words, private areas of the body, good touches and bad touches.

  • Ages 4 to 8 (Reception School Years 1, 2 & 3) Re-enforces and checks what was covered in Nursery.  Using specially designed child friendly resources at the end of this session they will be able to identify happy situations within relationships, and those which may be risky (e.g., other children or adults taking improper photographs of them, inappropriate touches, exposure to unsuitable media etc.) Plus, whom they can talk to if they are worried.
  • Ages 8 to 9 (School Year 4) We cover different kinds of families, similarities and differences between boys and girls, the emotional and physical changes of growing up (puberty) how babies are made, then develop in the womb etc. (reproduction). Also discussed is, how to look after our bodies and be safe and healthy.
  • Ages 9 to 11 (School Years 5 & 6) Reproduction and puberty are re-capped, the children are given the opportunity to ask questions. As well as additional clarification on puberty, they will often want more details on how babies develop and are born. It is important that they know there is someone in school as well as at home if they want help, advice or more information etc. (Information at this stage is vital to protect them as they move onto Secondary School and to provide an alternative to Google etc)

  All the resources BigTalk Education use are age appropriate and help keep children protected from unwanted touches, abuse, and exposure to unsuitable images etc.

  
  Further information on the above can be found on: www.bigtalkeducation.co.uk/parents

  The new video Parent presentations https://www.bigtalkeducation.co.uk/year-by-year/  are on our website – the School will circulate the password one week prior to our visit.

  
  In addition, “Bodies, Babies and Bellybuttons” is the BigTalk book which accompanies the Growing Up Safe programme. This is a great resource for parents and can be ordered online from www.bigtalkeducation.co.uk on our Resources page.

  
  Should you require any further information BigTalk Education can be contacted on admin@bigtalkeducation.co.uk.

   

  If you have any queries regarding the above information or would like to discuss this with someone from school, please do not hesitate to contact me via email on admin.berkeleyprimary@northlincs.gov.uk

          

        Best wishes

        Faye Marshall

        PSHE Leader