Dear Parent/Carer,
Sports Day
Sports Day turned out to be a
fabulous occasion with all the children taking part with respect and good
humour. Thanks to all the parents who
came to cheer the children on. Congratulations to all the children. The winning team was St Matthew. A special thanks to Mr Rees who did a
fantastic job organising the event.
Phonics Screening
A fantastic 97% of children in
Year One reached or exceeded the threshold in phonic knowledge. Congratulations to all of the children and
staff.
Key Stage One and Two SATs.
Huge congratulations are needed
for all the children in Year Two and Year Six.
They have excelled themselves as they come to the end of their key
stage, having prepared and taken tests under a new curriculum and with harder
tests than before. The staff and
governors are all very proud of them.
Below are the results, along with their national comparison (KS2):
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KEY STAGE ONE
Teacher Assessments
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% meeting expected standards
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Reading
|
80%
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|
Writing
|
77%
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|
Maths
|
77%
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KEY STAGE TWO RESULTS
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% meeting expected standards
|
|
|
|
School
|
National
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|
Reading
|
73%
|
66%
|
|
Writing
|
80%
|
74%
|
|
Grammar, punctuation, spelling
|
90%
|
72%
|
|
Maths
|
83%
|
70%
|
|
Reading, writing, maths
|
67%
|
53%
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Prize Giving – Thursday 14th
July
St Joseph’s first Prize Giving Evening
will be taking place this Thursday 14th July at 5.30pm. All parents and children are invited to
attend to share in celebrating the achievements in our school this year. Prizes will be given to children in all
classes recognising excellence in attainment, effort, progress, behaviour,
consideration and kindness as well as demonstration of the Olympic and
Paralympic values during sports day. Participation and representing the school will
also be celebrated as well as the achievements and effort of staff and parents.
It should be a joyous occasion and a
great way to finish off a fantastic year.
Class presentations and parents’ open mornings
Parents are
invited to their children’s class at the beginning of the day (9.10-9.40) where
the class will tell the story of their learning in their most recent topic.
Following the presentation, parents and carers will be able to stay for a short
while to look at their child’s work. Some of the classes have had their
presentations this week. Reception has
theirs on Tuesday, Year 5 on Wednesday with Year 2 on Thursday.
New School Uniform
As reported last
week, the governors have agreed that we will provide each child with one set of
the new school uniform free of charge. Children will receive their uniform in
the last week of term ready for September.
The school uniform shop will be open
on 19th/20th/21st July 9.00-9.30 am &
3.00-3.30 pm for uniform supplies for September and then once a week from
September. We will send parents and
carers information about prices and ordering next week. Cash or cheque payments will be accepted at
the school uniform shop or you will be able to order online from www.initiallyyours.co.uk.
Mrs Slade
Mrs Slade has been off sick for
several weeks and is still poorly. We
wish her well in her recovery.
Extended School Club (ESC)
May I remind parents that the Extended
School Club now runs until 5.30pm daily for those children who have been booked
onto the new longer sessions. If you
have booked your child into Extended School Club, you must ensure that the
children are picked up promptly either at 5pm (if a short session is booked) or
5.30pm (for the longer session). There
are occasionally unforeseen circumstances that keep you from being on
time. If this happens, please ensure
that the school is informed. However, we
would remind parents that, if there is persistent lateness in collection, we
will have no alternative but to cancel your child’s place at Extended School
Club.
Mad Science
There will be a Mad Science club
starting on Mondays from 12th September until 17th October. Children in Reception to Year 5 were given a
form. If you are interested please return a completed form and payment to the School
Office by Wednesday 13th July.
School term dates 2016-17
Term 1 1/9/16 – 21/10/16
Term 2 31/10/16 – 16/12/16
Term 3 3/1/17 -
10/2/17
Term 4 20/2/17 – 7/4/17
Term 5 24/4/17 – 26/5/17
Term 6 5/6/17 – 21/7/17
There will be 5 staff training days
during the year. The first 2 will be on
Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd September. School will therefore open for pupils in
years 1 to 6 after the summer holidays on Monday 5th September. We will inform you of the dates for the other
3 staff training days as soon as they are known.
Celebration Assembly
There will be a celebration assembly on Monday 11th
July, where the following children will receive their headteacher’s award: Filip, Tegan, Jay Jay (R), Patricia, Mikolaj,
Madeleine (Y1), Joseph, Chetavia (Y2), Jeremy, Austin (Y3), Ruby, Karam, Dom,
Marco, Taya (Y4), Patty (Y5), Alisha, Claudia, Mackenzie (Y6)
Super Stars: Abay (Rec), Oliver Mooney (Y5), Harvey (Y6)
Dates for Diaries
Tuesday
12th July - Rec Presentation and Parents’ open
morning
9.10-9.40
9.10-9.40
Wednesday
13th July - Y5 Presentation and Parents’ open
morning
9.10-9.40
9.10-9.40
Thursday
14th July - Y2 Presentation and
Parents’ open morning
9.10 -9.40
9.10 -9.40
- Prize giving 5.30-6.30
Friday
15th July - Columbus sports day – Air Balloon
- Columbus music concert –choir,
evening
Wednesday 20th July - Y3 Presentation and
Parents’ open morning - Year Six Performance to parents 7pm
Thursday 21st July - Briarwood
Singing Festival
Friday 22 July - Leavers’ Mass 9.30am in church
END
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
Thursday 1st
September - INSET (school closed)
Friday 2nd
September - INSET (school closed)
Monday 5th
September - First Day back after summer break for children
in Years 1-6
in Years 1-6
Mrs Jackie McCarthy
Headteacher
Headteacher
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