Issue 25 (26th June 2020)
Issue 25 (26th June 2020)
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THIS WEEK'S NEWS
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
- FIRE DRILL Well done with the fire drill We will repeat it on another day with different children and members of staff.
- RISK ASSESSMENT A reminder that if you have any issues regarding Health and Safety please speak to a member of SLT immediately.
- JUST GIVING PAGE A big thank you to everyone that has donated so far. Please help us to promote this good cause. (We could do with a bit more money for the Christmas do haha).
- TA1 ROLES We are pleased to announce we have three fabulous new members of staff to welcome to the Parkfield family. So we can now confirm where our 1:1s will be from September. There are some parents that I will need to speak to about the changes, so please be discrete for the time being and speak to Mrs Whalen if you're not sure if you can say or not. The TA1s will be working as a team to support all of the children with EHCPs and SEND within their allocated class as we are moving away from a 'velcro' TA approach.
Reception: Megan Shepherdson
Year 1: Lisa Law and Hannah Hall
Year 2: Candice Roworth, Olliveah Bardsley, Michelle Loboda
Year 3: Thomas Shearman
Year 4: Natalie Rigby
- END OF YEAR JOBS These have been emailed to you and must be completed before term finishes please. They apply to teachers and TAs. Remember that we are all in full time from now on in order to get these done.
- NEW BUBBLES New bubble lists have been shared with you. We are also hoping to get the Year 6s in after next week. Please prepare the existing children for the changes on Monday.
- CHILDREN'S BELONGINGS These need bagging up for each child in the school, so please work together on this. They can be put in the hall on Wednesday afternoon after 3pm ready for collection on the Thursday. Please keep them under the child's desk to be taken home by the children themselves if they are in on that Thursday. We have a team of happy helpers giving them out that day, so please make sure that they are ready.
- STAFF MEETINGS The minutes from all staff meetings can be found here on the staff drive: O:\Staff - Meetings\Minutes - Staff Meetings\2019-2020. Any member of staff is welcome to have a read.
- THOUGHT OF THE WEEK Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
TEACHING AND LEARNING
TEACHING AND LEARNING
- PLANNING There is no official planning that needs to be handed in and monitored. Our focus is on the routines and activities that are engaging and motivating the children. We therefore need a level of planning that the staff in each bubble can follow, that gives structure and routine to our children and that has educational value. The minimum that should be prepared is a maths activity, an English activity and a topic style/foundation activity with educational value. Please also try and include LOTC activities as well as playing out. Let's get those new clipboards used! We have seen some wonderful activities that our children have engaged in such as kite making and flying so thank you all for your efforts. Please save your planning in staff-Covid-19-planning. Thank you.
- STAFF DEVELOPMENT There is a shortcut on staff desktops so you can easily review the minutes of staff meetings.
- CURRICULUM SITE Can be updated when you feel neccessary. https://curriculum.parkfieldprimary.com/home
REMINDERS
REMINDERS
- PUNCTUALITY This has been so much better. Please continue to be out on the yard at the first bell and line your children up before taking them in.
- DISPLAYS Please continue to take down displays in the bubble classroom that you are in. They will need fresh backing and the new resources putting up. Please liaise with teacher of that room in September to keep them informed of what is being done if they are located in a different room etc. Please follow the new display guidance saved in 'policy' on the Staff drive. These need starting now with a two week turnover for each classroom please.
- ZOOM CALLS A reminder that Zoom calls will now be taking place on a Friday at a particular time for your class. There is to be a more focused approach which will be spellings/timestables...etc Please ensure two members of staff.
- ACHIEVEMENT ASSEMBLY will now take place every Monday at 10am via zoom. The link will be emailed out to everyone so that pupils at home and at school can join in. Please choose a class winner and a reason on teams.
- PHONE CALLS HOME Please keep in contact with those at home - a minimum of once every two weeks - and update the google form. If you have any safeguarding concerns follow the usual procedure of reporting on CPOMS and letting GW/JS know. Thank you to the teachers who have worked hard on this.
- ASLT POSITION A reminder that you have unitl the end of this month to reply to the email regarding the Associate Senior Leadership Team positions that are available for the next 12 months. It would be great to see lots of people go for it :)
- STAFF MEETING We'll continue to have these on a Wednesday between 2 and 3pm for the foreseeable. If there are any issues in teachers being able to attend, please let us know.
Inclusion
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Health and Safety
- LADDERS Putting up a display? Please make sure you’re using ladders and not chairs and tables.
- Seen anything of a CONCERN? Please fill in the appropriate form in the staff room and hand in to the office as soon as possible.
Safeguarding
- Use CPOMS to record anything that is of a concern. However, if you feel it's significant and needs to be dealt with asap, please speak to Jane or Gemma.
- If you see someone in school that you don't know - without a pass - please challenge them and ask them who they are!
- Make sure you're always wearing a pass!
- Remind children that staff have a blue pass and visitors have a yellow pass.
Pupil Voice
- TURTLE COMPETITION The eco council will continue monitoring the class bins for recycling. A class each will be announced as a winner with the class in the lead at the end of the each half term will get a whole class reward.
Parkfield Coronavirus Recovery Risk Assessment May 2020 FINAL - webversion.pdfKeep completing these online forms to feedback on courses, trips, visits and drop ins. This includes visits to other schools, collaborative groups…etc. It helps us keep an impact on any CPD that takes place.
Complete this online form to request time to for subject leadership. Marc or Gemma will respond to any requests.
- Mrs Whalen (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
- Miss Steele (Deputy DSL)
- If they're not available please see Mr Kemp.
✅ Acknowledge all work
✅ Review, review and review learning throughout a lesson. Keep referring back to LI and SC and how well they’re doing.
✅ Can’t think of something to write when feeding back?? Remember: QUESTION-ACTION-CHALLENGE
✅ Library days: Mon – 5/6, Tues – 3/4, Weds – 1/2, Thurs – R.
✅ Now Try…Explain why…are two great sentence starters (particularly for Maths) when feeding back.
✅ Plan time for pupils to respond to feedback – make sure you demonstrate this .
✅ Spellings should be: differentiated, linked to the writing genre if possible and taught using meaningful / fun activities.
✅ Please keep on top of marking - especially cross curricular which should also follow the marking policy.
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