Last day of term
Tuesday 23rd July: school closes
at the usual times
We would like to wish everyone a happy
summer holiday, congratulate the children on their numerous achievements during
the year and thank the staff and governors for their outstanding work this
year. A big thank you also to all our
parents and carers for their encouragement and support.
All children will return to school at
the usual times on Wednesday 4th September. Children will need to line up in their new
lining up positions in our refurbished playground. Signs will be posted in the correct
locations, please note your child’s new class name. Staff will be on hand to direct you if you
are not sure. Please note from
September, all classes will line up in our main playground, using the two
available entrances in Gantshill Crescent.
Building works
Our new building is due to open in September. Year Five and Six are set to be the first
children to learn in it. We are planning
a grand opening event later in the autumn, we will keep you posted of progress
with this.
In addition to the new building, a
range of internal works will be taking place in the summer, including a new
medical room and the relocation of the Year One Unit.
The plan for the main playground and
completing the works in the Reception playground are still being
finalised. We hope the majority of the
works will be completed in time for the start of term. When you return, the playground aspect should
be radically improved. The site compound
should be removed and a wide-open playground should be revealed with a repaired
surface to play on. Th other additions,
including the Well-being Hub and fitness zones, are also hoped to be finished
by then.
Watch the blog for photo updates on
progress over the summer weeks.
Another successful school year
We are now able to look back on the
school’s successes and reflect on a wonderfully successful year. We will prepare a more detailed breakdown for
you in September, however here a few highlights to enjoy over the summer:
·
(see pupil test results below)
·
The local authority’s latest
grading for the school remains Outstanding (maintained for the past six years)
·
2019 Parent questionnaire
results included 97% of responses indicating that children are happy at the
school and taught and led well
·
Our Kurling team were the 2019 Redbridge
Champions and represented the local authority in the London Youth Games
·
The school’s entry were
finalists in the national 2019 “Apps for Good” competition
·
Our Signing Choir made it to
the finals of the Redbridge Signing competition in July
·
Our Inclusive Tag Rugby
Tournament project was awarded the Small Grants for Schools Judges Award at the
finals held at City Hall in July
·
Three teachers were nominated
for National Teaching Awards this year
·
Mr Drew was awarded the status
of Fellow at the Chartered College of teaching in June
End of year pupil results
We have now received all of the
children’s end of year attainment results from the DfE. The results notices have now all been given
out or sent home.
We will publish a full summary of
these results in September. We have
noted again some wonderfully high standards.
Highlights include:
·
Higher than national results in
all areas of the Early Learning Goals (Reception)
·
93% of children in Year One
passed the Phonics Screening Check, our usually high standard and much higher
than the national average
·
Average pass rate in Year Two
for Reading, Writing and Maths remains at 84%, significantly higher than the
national average
·
Attainment for the most-able
children in year two is at least twice the national average in all subjects
·
Attainment in Year Six is above
the national and local averages for all subjects
·
Superb results for the Greater
Depth level in Year Six, with children achieving 38% in reading, 48% in writing
and 43% in mathematics, all considerably higher than national averages
We would like to congratulate the
children on their successes and pay tribute to their teachers who worked
tirelessly to support their achievements.
We are really pleased with a very successful year, again!
Staffing News
At the end of term, we sadly bid
farewell to Miss Ross who will be
leaving us, we wish her all the best in her future career and thank her for her
service to the school. Miss O’Reilly and
Mrs Dawood will be taking maternity leave in early September, returning at the
start of the following school year.
As the year draws to a close we will be
greeting some new colleagues who will join us in September. We formally welcome Miss Yerosimou, Miss Khatun and Miss Khalid to the teaching staff as
permanent teachers. Our teaching team
will also be joined by Miss Osafo,
who joins us to take up a post in Year Three.
We also welcome Mrs Choudhury
as a part-time teacher, covering Mrs Dawood’s responsibilities next year.
Finally, we have appointed a number of
new SEND Practitioners to complete our SEND support team. They include Mrs Kaur and Mrs Prabhu.
Please offer all of these new
colleagues a warm welcome in September.
Summer Fun Day – 5th July
We enjoyed a really fun event this
year. The attendance was amazing and the
atmosphere was great. Feedback from the
PTA, our children and their parents was very positive indeed. As soon as the total of monies raised has
been calculated, we will share this with you.
We extend a big thank you to all the
families who attended our milestone community event of the year. Our grateful thanks also go to the hard
working members of the PTA itself who organised the whole event. They worked tirelessly to ensure the event
went well. Their support is especially
special to the school.
Summer Reading Challenge
We would encourage all children to
sign up to take part in the local Libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge. This a free event and will help the children
to stay engaged with developing their reading skills over the summer holidays. All you need to do is to go to one of the
local libraries, register and then start reading and reviewing as many books as
you can. We hope you enjoy taking part.
We would
like to wish everyone a happy summer holiday.
We hope you have a well-deserved rest and look forward to supporting
your children when they return in September.
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