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Report Letter Dear Parents and Carers 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! Nichola Thorpe-Headteacher

A news letter has been sent home this week. Below you can find the details it contained but, should you wish to read the letter in its original format, or to print it, please click on the link below or the image on the left.

Newsletter 11 July 2011

Dear Parents and Carers,

I wanted to write to you with final arrangements for these last two weeks in school and thank you for your time, support and welcome in these past few months.  We have had an incredible 6 months together.  I’m sure that you are aware of all the hard work that has been going on both in and out of the classroom.  All this work is to support your children in attaining to their own potential.  This work has already had a huge impact as we have some of the best progress and SATs results than the school has seen in 3 years.  This has been a huge team effort and I would like to thank the staff, families and children for their immense efforts-Together we really do achieve more!

Donations – Please bring your donations for the Summer Fayre to the school hall first thing on Wednesday or Thursday morning.  To make it a great event we need as many donations as possible.

The Performance - The shows start at 9.30am and 1.30pm- (yes I know I had said am before, well done those who spotted the mistake) on Wednesday and 9.30am on Thursday.  Please feel free to come in to the hall anytime from 9am to meet, chat and relax. Please accept my thanks for supporting the classes with costumes at such a late date, we have tried to keep all learning a priority and accept that we should have asked for your costumes sooner…this is a learn for us for next year.

 The Summer Fayre-Friday 15^th July 2pm -This event begins at 2pm for parents and carers.  The staff will bring out your children who can join you for the fun which will be stalls, barbeque and face painting on the KS2 playground and sports on the KS1 playground. A bell will ring at 2.55pm to get the children back to class to dismiss them to you as normal.  You will be free then to come back to the Fayre with your children or leave the grounds.

Y6 Celebration Event –Wednesday 20^th July 6pm -The doors to school will be open from 6pm and all the staff are greatly looking forward to the Year 6 disco to celebrate the end of their primary career at Bank End.  Please note the Disco and Barbeque are for Year 6 children only.  As it is a normal school day it is expected that all Year 6 children will be present for their lessons.  If your child is ill and not present for school that day we would ask that they do not attend the Disco in the evening.

Classes for 2011-2012 -We have put much thought into supporting your children this year to accelerate their learning.  In order to continue with this excellent work we have tried to endeavour to support the children by keeping their present teacher with them, so that they can ‘hit the ground running’ in September.  Where we have employed new staff members we feel that we have made excellent appointments and are sure that you will be delighted with them also.

Nursery – Miss Sarah Hardman

Reception – Mrs Vicky Siddons Lead Teacher for EYFS

Year 1 – Miss Kathy Smith

Year 2 – Miss Lauren Wright Lead Teacher KS1

Year 3 – Mrs Ann Thorpe

Year 4 – Mrs Rebecca Dever Assistant Headteacher Lead Teacher KS2

Year 5 – Ms Sally Blake

Year 6 – Mr Dan Cooper

Reports – This year we have a simpler version of the school report where we will be letting you know how your children have achieved against National Expectation.  We hope to get them out to you on Monday 18^th July.  If you have any concerns following the reading of the report, please ring the school to make a meeting with the appropriate class teacher.

Once again I would like to thank you for your support of the school.  I love Bank End and truly look forward to the coming year with great excitement.

Thank you for your continued support!

Nichola Thorpe

Headteacher