For our next Pupil, Parent, Teacher meetings, all children at Bank End have created wonderful self-portraits to show as part of an Art exhibition! All Art has now been taken away to be professionally framed so that they can be sold to parents and carers during the meetings. Although they are all self-portraits, you will see that they are far from boring, as each class have tried to incorporate their current creative curriculum theme into their Art to make every one unique. Here are a few sneaky previews to get you ready…
We can’t wait to show off all of our hard work! We hope to see you all there!
We start off by leading them into the Head Teacher’s office and then provide them with a glass of sparkling juice of their choice.
We then take them through to the dining hall, where they have their own table (at the top of the hall), decorated beautifully, and they are waited on by waiters and waitresses. Once they have placed their order, they get their food specially prepared and delivered to them by a member of the restaraunt staff!
This shows only half of how proud we are of our children who are in Celebration assembly – can’t wait to see who it is next week!
As I am sure you are aware Mrs Thorpe is soon to embark on a very exciting new journey as she begins her maternity leave on the 28th November.
In order to continue to support the growth and development of your children we have worked hard to ensure that we have found the right person to cover Mrs Thorpe. Mrs Janine Adams is going to be the cover teacher for Y3 and we are delighted to have her. She is passionate about teaching and learning and is also really excited to become a part of the fantastic team at Bank End Primary.
Mrs Adams will be working closely with Mrs Thorpe so that she can ensure that a smooth transition takes place for all concerned. I know that you will be invited into school the week before she takes over to meet her with your children in class. I’m sure that you will continue to have a good year with us but please don’t’ hesitate to contact me if you have any concerns at all.
This was an assembly done by Charlotte from ‘Bounce Kids Club’ in Barnsley. Caharlotte did an interesting assembly on ‘changes’. The children learned about what changes may happen to them over the next few months and good ways to deal with them!
We hope that you like reading your child/children’s reports and are pleased with the progress that they have made. We have included some resources to help you understand where your child/children are nationally. Also in this pack is a copy of each child’s registration certificate. We have included these rather than simply giving you a percentage of attendance so that you can see the days that have been taken off school this year. We take attendance very seriously; we cannot do our job if we do not have your children in school. Attendance that falls below our target of 95% is an issue and something that we will be talking to you about if this occurs.
We do all our focused reading and teaching of reading in the morning between 8.55 and 9.20, so if your child is regularly late for school, learning in this area will be affected. Please do your best to ensure that your child/children are always in school on time, as reading is the key to unlocking the potential in all learning.
It was fantastic to see you in school last week and see you enjoying all the activities we shared with you. Our Summer Fayre raised a grand total of £600 profit and this tidy sum will be added into the Bank End Buddies bank account so that the committee can continue to organise community events in the future.
Thank you so much for completing our questionnaires last week, we know from you that:
98% of you feel your child/children are safe and happy in school 98% of you are pleased with the progress your child/children make 95% of you feel that we work hard to solve problems 95% of you think we communicate well with you
We endeavour to work hard to look after this good reputation and really aim to reach out and improve for those that we have failed to meet.
For September we would ask that you make sure that you have a full school uniform for your children to return to us in which includes black footwear, black trousers/skirts/white or navy polo shirts and a navy sweatshirt/fleece or cardigan. Please also make sure that all children have a PE kit that is black and white only. Please send your child/children to school every Monday with their named PE kits. The staff will collect them in and store them in a safe location. They will be handed out again on Friday to be brought home for you to wash. Children without a PE kit will not be able to take part in the lessons, so please be diligent with this matter and get into a good routine of fetching them every Monday.
We will be sending out a new homework pack on the first Monday back, which will include times tables, spellings, a reading book and a small amount of literacy and maths homework. Homework will always go out on a Monday and should be returned on a Friday. This way your child/children always get the weekends to relax.
We will be working hard to try to improve the school this next year. Our four priorities are:
Raise attainment and accelerate progress for all children
Improve the curriculum so that teaching is always good and children are excited by learning
Improve the EYFS so that the youngest children make speedy progress
Improve leadership and management so that the school has a sustained capacity to improve
It is sure to be a busy year so I thank you in advance for your continued support.
I look forward to our full year together with great anticipation!
Dear Parent or Carers, Since joining the school on the 1st July I have been delighted to witness the friendliness of the community and the enthusiasm that children, staff and parents have for learning in Bank End. In my assembly with the children yesterday I was discussing pupil voice and how important it is to ensure that the children feel valued and listened to within school. To that end there will be a School Council with representatives from all classes. There will be pupils from year 5 and 6 pupils to represent Nursery, Reception and Year 1. I will be the staff lead and staff representative on the Council.Please discuss with your child if they wish to be a representative for their class, or, if they will be in year 5 or 6 in September, for Nursery/Reception or Year 1. The children have been asked to prepare a short speech about why they would be a good representative to share with their class on Monday, the classes will then vote on who they want as their representatives.In assembly we discussed;
Being a good role model
Being able to listen and remember what is said
Being able to speak in front of groups
Being able to share opinions and ideas from the class, not just their own
In school for everything we do we have 3 drivers, and a School Council will support our school in continuing to move forward, and develop successful and happy learners.
School Driver
How having a school council develops our school and pupils
Ambition
The School Council develops leader for the future, and gives the school insight into democracy and citizenship
Learning2learn
The representatives will develop their thinking skills, co-operation skills, speaking and listening skills and their knowledge of the community.
Ownership
The representatives will get the opportunity to represent their class mates in school decisions, the school in the community, and the community in Barnsley-wide events.
Being on school council is a really good opportunity for children; in return we ask for the children to be good attenders and to be committed to school council, because even though it is fun, there will also sometimes be extra work for the children to do.
Dear Parents and Carers
