Dear Parents/Carers,

Mrs Patton and Mrs Mantle

As you know, after many years of service as teachers, Mrs Patton and Mrs Mantle will be retiring at the end of this term. During the Summer Fair several parents were asking if a collection was being organised. The school is more than happy to do this and will pass any collected funds to a small group of Year 6 parents who have volunteered to buy gifts on your behalf. Please send any gift donations to the school office in a labelled envelope. We expect to present these gifts at the Leaver’s Mass on the last day of term.

KS1 and KS2 Outcomes 2013

Reports have now gone home for all children and we are proud to announce another excellent year of outcomes at the end of Key Stage 1 (Year 2) and KS2 (Year 6).

KS1

Here are the outcomes in KS1:

	Level 2+		Level 2b+		Level 2a+		Level 3+
	School	National (last year)	School	National (last year)	School	National (last year)	School	National(last year)
Maths	97%	90%	93%	77%	57%	50%	40%	22%
Reading	93%	87%	87%	76%	74%	53%	57%	27%
Writing	93%	83%	80%	64%	57%	35%	17%	14%

Highlights include:

• Continued improvement in Maths with many more children achieving the higher levels than ever before
• Great outcomes in writing, with again more children reaching the higher levels. This includes exceeding national levels at Level 3.
• Great attainment in reading with almost ¾ of children achieving above national levels and over 50% achieving well above. 

Areas to focus on next year:

• Continue improvement, especially so that more able pupils continue to achieve well.

KS2 

Here are this year’s outcomes in KS2:

	School level 4+	National level 4+(last year)	School Level 5+	National Level 5+ (last year)	2 levels prog.	3 L+ prog.
Maths	90%	84%	55%	39%	93%	56%
Reading	93%	87%	39%	48% in 2012 42% in 2011	90%	24%
Writing	90%	81%	41%	28%	100%	61%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling	76%		61%
Science	90%		59%

Highlights include:

• Continued improvement in Maths with 90% attaining L4+,  55% attaining Level 5 and an outstanding 56% of children making 3 levels progress (and one child making 4 levels progress!)
• Following the recent successful external moderation, writing levels are great with 90% attaining L4+ and 61% getting L5! The progress is also great with 61% making 3 levels progress.
• Well done to the 5 children who attained Level 6 in Maths.

Areas to focus on next year:

• Improve outcomes in the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test, mainly focusing on improving spelling for children who find this difficult.
• Improve reading skills for more able readers so that more children attain higher levels.

Well done to all the children for their achievements!

Start of Year Parent Information Sessions

These short information sessions will take place during the second week of Term 1 from 3pm in each class. In these sessions information will be shared about expectations for the school year and other important information.. Reception and Year 6 have already held their meetings. Dates are in Dates for Diaries

Charity Fundraising

This has been a priority for the school this year and we all greatly appreciate your on-going support. Here is our contribution from Year 6B:

Y6B are proud to announce that they raised £359.02 at their fundraising day last Friday for St. Joseph’s Home in Cotham.

They presented their cheque to Sisters Kathleen and Bernadette from St Joseph’s Home (The Little Sister s of the Poor) on Tuesday, who were amazed and thrilled at the amount raised.  The money will be going towards an electric bed.

Thank you to everybody who supported the class.

British Heart Foundation (BHF) Jump Off

As you know, our school has just held a British Heart Foundation (BHF) Jump Off event.  The day was a huge success and we were delighted with the number of students taking part. We would  like to thank you, your family and friends for all their support.

We are now collecting sponsorship money and would appreciate your help in encouraging your child to collect the money as soon as possible.  The sooner we return the money to the BHF the sooner your child will receive their certificate.  It would be a real help to us if you could convert your child’s sponsorship money into a cheque or postal order as these are far easier to handle than cash.

Textiles Club

This new club will be run by school governor Helen Stepaniuk and will start on Monday 16^th September. The club will start after school and finish at 4.45. This will be a free club open to pupils in Year 3-6 although there will be a small cost for materials. Places are limited, so please contact the school office if your child would like to join this new club.

Year 6 leaver's Lunch

The Year 6 leaver’s lunch will take place on Friday 19th July. The cost is £2.20 and the menu the children have chosen as their favourite is jerk chicken and chips or pizza and chips.  For pudding they have chosen brownies.

School Shoes

Many children are wearing footwear to school that is not school uniform. Our policy clearly states that children must wear plain black shoes or black trainers. These shoes should not have logos on them. We expect that all children will wear the correct footwear when they return in September.

Sun Protection

The weather is currently wonderful which means the children have been able to use the school field more often. We advise that all children have a sun hat in school at all times. If you wish your child to put on sun cream in school, we also advise they have this in school everyday, again clearly labelled with their name.

Attendance

Well done to the following children who have achieved 100% and 99% attendance this academic year.  They will be able to wear non uniform on Friday 19^th July.

They are Alexander Aliyath, Benjamin Aliyath, Laura Apperley.Darrell Asemota, Janice Asemota, Evie Attwood, James Ayton-Lambourne, Al-Janat Bashorun, Catalina Bodnarescu, Evelyn Buchanan, Kai Drysdale, Beatrice Dumbuya, Micah Gayle, Abbey Geroge, Daniel George, Alfie Haberfield, Sydney-Kay Haberfield, Darshana Jackson, Ashley James Philip James, Alisha Latif, Nathews Manuel, Samuel Masenyama, Isabel Mathew, Rian Mathew, Adedire Odumboni, Michal Oledzki, Charles Russell, Edwin Sebastian, Tejal Sebastian, Joel Shelvi, Lena smith, Lionel Sowa Jordan Toy, Emily Wiercioch-Giles and Oliver Wiercioch-Giles.

Attendance has been disappointingly low this year and will be a key area for improvement next year. We thank all parents for their support in improving attendance and making sure every day of learning counts.

Mass for Catholic Education

This special Mass is at 7pm on Thursday the 18^th July at Clifton Cathedral. The Mass is being led by Bishop Declan and you are all invited to join us for this special celebration.

Celebration Assembly

There will be a celebration assembly on Monday 15th July, at 9.10am where the following children will receive their Headteacher’s Award:  Rian Mathew, Shaan Singh, Nile Thomas, Joann Thomas, Austin Raji, Olivia Jim, Vanessa Wabissa and Piper Whitaker. We are very happy that the new Lord Mayor of Bristol will be attending this assembly and visiting Year 5 afterwards.

Dates for Diaries

Wednesday 17th July                                  –          Y6 Performance (evening)

Thursday 18th July -                                      -           Mass for Catholic Education at Clifton Cathedral

Thursday 18th July                                        –          Y6 Performance (afternoon)    

Thursday 18th July                                        –          Meeting with parents to discuss reports

Friday 19^th July                                              -           Non uniform day for 99% and 100% attendance

Wednesday 24th July                                  -           Leavers Mass and end of term

Monday 2nd September and

Tuesday 3rd September                             –          INSETs (school improvement)

Wednesday 4th September                      –          Start of Term 1

Monday 9^th September at 3pm            -          Y1 Parents Information Session

Tuesday 10^th September at 3pm          -          Y4 Parents Information Session

Wednesday 11^th September at 3pm   -          Y3 Parents Information Session

Thursday 12^th September at 3pm         -          Y5 Parents Information Session

Friday 13^th September at 3pm              -          Y2 Parents Information Session

Friday 27th September                               -           INSET (outdoor learning)

Best wishes

Matt Condon

Headteacher