Issue 27 (10th July 2020)
Issue 27 (10th July 2020)
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THIS WEEK'S NEWS
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
- TEACHER ASSESSMENTS ON SIMS Please enter your predicted grades by next Wednesday 15th.
- HEALTH AND SAFETY STAFF MEETING All staff are invited to to join us in the hall this Monday at 3.30pm to talk through the risk assessment and plans for September.
- SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT A reminder that we'd like the school environment looking ready for September as you leave next Friday. School can also be accessed over the Summer holidays but there will be limited time at September's INSET to prepare classrooms and shared areas. Please fill the skip if required and red paper bins for personal information arrive next week.
- REPORTS Thanks to all for your efforts with writing and then proof reading reports. They will be sent out via post today or handed to those pupils that are in school to be taken home. Parents have been offered the opportunity to talk to teachers about reports. MK will let you know those parents that request a call back.
- ADMIN APPRENTICE We appointed Lydia Andrew earlier this week and she will start with us in September.
- Y6 RETURN The remaining Y6 pupils will be invited back into school next Thursday and Friday with SH leading the group.
- Y6 CELEBRATION A special celebration will take place on Friday at 1pm on the school field. Families will be invited to the event and the two Y6 bubbles will attend. Unfortunately, we can't allow all other bubbles and staff to attend. Following the event there will be an ice cream van and Y6 are likely to leave the school site before 3pm. To celebrate at the end of year all pupils and staff from across the school will be able to go and collect an ice cream (between 2.15pm and 2.45pm and take them back to class.
- ZOOM CALLS WITH NEW CLASS Next week's Zoom calls are going to be with new class teachers but at the usual time for that set of pupils. Please use this as an opportunity to talk to your new class about next year in addition to completing the weekly spelling and maths tests.
- SCHOOL OPENING If any parent asks, school will open from 8.45am for all pupils on Thursday 3rd September. Breakfast Club and After School Club will be open as usual.
- MATRIX MAKER this is a great resource to be used for visual timetables and labels. Mrs Price will be sign posting TAs to this :)
- THOUGHT OF THE WEEK A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly… if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. – Roald Dahl, The Twits.
TEACHING AND LEARNING
TEACHING AND LEARNING
- CURRICULUM SITE Have a read of the updated curriculum website. It's been updated considerably over the past couple of months. https://curriculum.parkfieldprimary.com/home
- 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.
REMINDERS
REMINDERS
- JUST GIVING Please keep promoting. We're almost at £2500 - which is an incredible achievement.
- INSET A reminder about the email sent out from MK yesterday. INSET days for next academic year have been altered to fit in the RWI training as a full days training. Net year's INSET days will now be:
- Tuesday 1st September 2020
- Wednesday 2nd September 2020
- Friday 11th September 2020 (NEW) - RWI training
- Friday 9th October 2020 (NEW) - RWI training
- Wednesday 21st July 2021
The INSET on 21st July will be split into two twilights at another point of the year which are yet to be confirmed.
This change means that pupils will be in school on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th July 2021.
If this affects any current holiday bookings made for next year, please let me know asap. Also, please don't book any holidays for these dates.
- WORKS OVER THE SUMMER The new computing suite and library will be completed in the first 2 and a half weeks of the summer holidays.
- RISK ASSESSMENT A reminder that if you have any issues regarding Health and Safety please speak to a member of SLT immediately.
- 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.
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.
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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