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School contact details:
Boxford CEVC Primary School Stone Street Road
Boxford, Sudbury Suffolk, CO10 5NP
Tel: (01787) 210332 E-mail: office@boxford.suffolk.sch.uk Web: boxford.suffolk.dbprimary.com
School Newsletter
In this issue: Please take time to read all of the
information in this newsletter.
o Summer is coming!
o Important Dates
o School library development
o Celebration assembly for Mrs. Jarmin
o Lunchtime Supervisor needed!
o Values for Life
o End-of-year assessment arrangements
o After-School grounds timetable
o Foundation – Year 4 Swimming
o Staffing update
Page 1 Boxford CEVC Primary School Newsletter April 2016: Issue #4
Important Dates:
April: Monday 18th – 5TB & 5H trip to Arger Fen
Thursday 21st – Class Photographs Day
Friday 22nd – Year 6 Crucial Crew trip (AM only)
Friday 22nd – Celebration Assembly for Mrs Jarmin
Tuesday 26th – Year 3 & 4 trip to Cambridge Science
Museum
Thursday 28th – (F - Y2) Parent Maths Workshop
Friday 29th – Pre-swim pool building clean-up morning?
May: Monday 2nd – May Day Bank Holiday – School closed
Week beginning Tues 3rd – Swimming lessons start for
Foundation – Year 4 classes
Tuesday 3rd – Teaching & Learning Committee Meeting
Week beginning Mon 9th – Year 6 SATs assessments
Tuesday 10th – Year 1 & 2 trip to Colchester Zoo
Thursday 19th – School Nurse, parent drop-in time
Monday 23rd – Thursday 26th – Year 6 Residential Trip
Friday 27th – Last day of the half term
June: Monday 30th May – Friday 3rd June – Half term
Monday 6th – Teacher P.D. day – School closed
Wednesday 8th – Sports Day, Foundation - Year 6
Tuesday 14th – Year 1 & 2 trip to Felixstowe
Monday 20th – Resources Committee Meeting
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th – Early Years’ Camp!
July: Monday 4th – End of Year reports sent out
Thursday 7th – Full Governing Body Meeting
Thursday 14th – Wednesday 20th – Year 6 Transition week
for Thomas Gainsborough School
Thursday 21st – Last day of school year
Friday 22nd July – Wednesday 31st August – Summer
Holidays – School closed
Thursday 1st & Friday 2nd September – Teacher P.D.
days – School closed.
Monday 5th September – Frist day of new school year
Summer is coming! After a busy (and short!) Spring Term, I’m
pleased to give some advance notice for the
upcoming Summer Term at Boxford.
Summer always promises to be an exciting
period, filled with special events and culminating
in transition for all year groups. The school’s end
of year assessments will be followed up by reports
to parents and celebrations of the great learning
that has been shared by all students.
Throughout the Summer Term, I aim to
continue communicating our ongoing school
development activities and evaluations. I have
appreciated the engagement and interest of the
parent body to this point and I thank you all for
this positive involvement.
~ Mr Toby
Celebration Assembly for
Mrs Jarmin: Friday 22nd April, 2pm @ Boxford Church
I am thrilled to invite all parents to join us for
a very special celebration assembly for our
Lunchtime Supervisor, Mrs Doreen Jarmin.
This April marks 50 years of work at Boxford
School. Many local families of all generations will
recognise the impact and extraordinary
achievement of Mrs Jarmin’s time in school. In her
role, Mrs Jarmin has known so many children
grow up in the village – in my own family she was
a ‘dinner lady’ for my wife Helen and her brother
Gareth. In some instances, she is now onto her
third generation, as former pupils have become
parents and now grandparents!
We hope that you will join us for this special
celebration of a wonderful achievement. Mrs
Jarmin, of course, “wants no fuss”…but, we insist!
Staffing update: In early preparation for the 2016-2017
academic year, the school governors and Senior
Leadership Team have been busy recruiting for key
teaching positions. We have been successful in
making two exciting appointments:
Mr Stuart Wainwright: Mr Wainwrights comes
to us with a wealth of experience from Fordham
All-Saints Primary School in Essex, where he
currently acts as the Headteacher. As a
recognised ‘outstanding’ leader of teaching and
learning, Mr Wainwright will offer additional depth
to our already strong teaching team. He will take a
lead role in developing a key area of the school’s
curriculum.
Miss Claire Abrehart: Miss Abrehart joins us
from Kent where she is currently acting as a class
teacher and leader of Modern Foreign Languages.
She will be entering her third year of teaching and
has already been recognized as an excellent
practitioner. In her current setting, she has
impacted the school by organising Foreign
Language exchanges, both for her school to travel
to Europe and to have others visit with them.
We are excited to welcome both teachers in
the Autumn and look forward to their impact on
Boxford’s provision!
At the end of the Spring Term we were sad to
say farewell to Mrs Spall, who had the opportunity
to expand her teaching experience with a position
at a school in Stowmarket. After 16 years at Boxford
Primary, we wish her all the very best in this new
position.
Later this summer, we also expect Mrs
Hammersley to begin her maternity leave. While
we do not currently have any confirmed dates, we
will keep parents informed as soon as timings and
plans are finalised.
Finally, please rest assured that the
Governing Body will continue to update parents on
the process of appointing a new Headteacher.
Page 2 Boxford CEVC Primary School Newsletter April 2016: Issue #4
School grounds timetable: I was pleased to see that the school grounds
were beginning to be used during our free-play
times during the Spring Term. As the weather
improves, I hope that more parents will feel
welcome to make use of these times.
In order to make the scheduled sessions
clearer, I have timetabled times for our neighbours
at Sunflower Nursery. We want to ensure that their
use of the school grounds is as secure as we would
expect for ourselves.
I would therefore appreciate it if all parents
would continue to respect these arrangements in
the interest of all users.
* In fair weather. Will otherwise take place in the hall. ** Until further notice.
3:30 – 4:30pm Field Playground
Monday Free-play Field Sunflowers
Tuesday Sunflowers Free-play Wheels!
Wednesday Sunflowers Tennis *
Thursday Golf Athletics *
Friday Cricket/Rounders General Free-play
Value for Life: Truthfulness
We are pleased to share our new whole-
school Values for Life theme for this half term:
Truthfulness.
All assemblies will consider different aspects
of truthfulness its implications. All classes will
explore the idea at an appropriate level during
PSHE sessions.
So far this year, class discussions on the
themes of Perseverance and Friendship have
been highly insightful. I hope that you
have been enjoying some of these
Conversations at home as your
children explore these concepts.
Midday supervisor needed: To work 1.25 hours per day at lunchtime as part of
a small, friendly team. Permanent, contracted
hours available and relief cover also needed.
We are looking to appoint 1-2 people to cover all
5 days. However, we would be happy to fill these
positions with people who are only able to work
on certain days.
If you are interested, please call into the office for
more information or contact us on (01787) 210332
and office@boxford.suffolk.sch.uk
Boxford Primary School is committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all
children and adults within our community. Our
staff and volunteers share this commitment.
As with all school positions, DBS checks will be
required for this post.
FG – Year 4 Swimming: Swimming in our Foundation – Year 4
classes is due to begin again in the week of Tuesday 3rd May. A timetable will be issued in the coming weeks.
In previous years, a small group of volunteer parents have assisted with the ‘dusting down’ of the swimming pool building. If you are available to assist us with this task on Friday 29th April, please leave your name with the school office. Thank you in advance!
Parent Forum feedback:
Our second Parent Forum evening was
held on 1st March and was again well attended by
parents of all age-groups.
The first half of the session repeated the
Parent’s Reading Workshop that had taken place
on the previous day. I was delighted to see so
many parents over the two Reading sessions,
which focused on the progression of reading
throughout the school:
Early Years - Year 2:
Our reading scheme is designed to assist
children with ongoing reading development in two
key areas: recognition of “high frequency words”
and developing decoding skills using phonics. Both
skills are developing throughout the Early Years
and Key Stage 1 and the message to all parents
was that steady progression through these
materials is best achieved by engaging in daily
reading at the appropriate level. Moving through
these materials too quickly can, ultimately, cause
gaps to form in either key area of reading. We
have been diversifying this provision in recent years
and will continue to do so in the future.
Years 3-6:
Years 3 – 6 are using a programme called
Accelerated Reader to support their reading. This
initiative was extended to Years 3 & 4 this
September and there remains a resources issue
that will be addressed with future book purchases.
Accelerated Reader allows children to
develop their comprehension and inference skills
within a range of texts that are at an appropriate
reading level. When children complete a text, they
take a ‘quiz’ that tests their understanding of the
themes and content. Pupils then score points
depending on the level of comprehension
challenge – some children quickly become
motivated to increase the challenge of their
reading material in order to score points.
At this stage, we seek opportunities to
develop independence and choice in a child’s
reading materials. Books from home can form part
of this scheme.
Guided Reading:
All classes are now doing
Guided Reading sessions in class.
Guided Reading is a taught
session where a teacher works
with 4-8 pupils on a shared book.
Exploring the themes and ideas
of the text together enables
children to develop skills of
reading effectively, whether they be the technical
skills of sight-reading and decoding or the ability to
infer meaning in written material.
Training has been given to all staff on using
Guided Reading sessions to support ongoing
reading development. Books purchased with the
support of FOBS and local charities have also been
distributed and are now in use throughout the
school.
As always, we hope to keep parents well
informed about our School Development
initiatives. Information about our Reading
development will be uploaded onto the school
website in the coming weeks.
Page 3 Boxford CEVC Primary School Newsletter April 2016: Issue #4
School Library : Could you be a
Volunteer Librarian? We plan to develop our Library
area so that children receive support
with selecting and borrowing reading
materials at all ages. We are particularly
keen to support our Year 1-3 pupils so
that they can make best use of the
reading scheme while supporting those
who are transitioning to the larger fiction
library.
In order to achieve this, we are
looking for a small but dedicated crew
of volunteer librarians who would be
available to support children in school
between 8:35 – 9:05am Monday –
Friday. If you feel you could help with
any or all of these days, please let us
know by informing the office or e-
mailing your interest to
office@boxford.suffolk.sch.uk. We truly
appreciate your interest and support!
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