head of school message— spring term 3

Shorne Church of England Primary School Cob Drive Shorne Nr Gravesend Kent DA12 3DU

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Head of School Message— Spring Term 3

15th February 2019 Term 3, Issue 3

Below are the attendance figures for each class this term: Rabbits 88.7% Hedgehogs 94.8% Badgers 96.5% Eagles 94.2% Dolphins 97.4% Pandas 96.4% Tigers 96.1% Overall 94.9%

Dear Parents, Monitoring Monitoring continues to take place on a regular basis. Teach-ing and learning has shown that standards are being main-tained and improving. This monitoring entails lesson observa-tions, book scrunity, discussions with the children and pro-fessional dialogues with the teacher. I am pleased to report there is some outstanding practice at Shorne. This practice is being shared with other teachers within the Academy as exemplary teaching. All members of staff work incredibly hard to improve, learn and develop as professionals and this is evident form the standards observed by Mrs Tunnicliffe and myself. Attendance and Behaviour Attendance continues to be a key area of focus and we are striving for all classes to be 96% or above. This is an Ofsted requirement and as a school we are judged against this. Research shows that good school attendance impacts upon children’s success in learning. Good attendance helps chil-dren to achieve good results, helps them to fulfil their po-tential and gives them a chance of a better future. At Shorne we are committed to ensuring that each and every child in our school fulfils their potential. To help us achieve this we want all of our children to have the best possible at-tendance. We want to see all our pupils with above 96% attendance. Every day that your child is absent from school is an oppor-tunity missed. Schools and parents/carers have a shared re-sponsibility to ensure that children attend school regularly and on time. Punctuality is also just as important as attend-ance. Shorne Church of England Primary School starts at 8:50am every morning. It is important that children arrive in school on time as it supports them to learn good timekeeping and also reduces classroom disruption for the other children and themselves. Parental support is critical in ensuring that children achieve in education. What can parents/carers do to help? Ensure your child attends school every day and on time. If your child is not well enough to attend please contact the school by 9.30am on the first day of absence. Try to make dental and medical appointments outside of school time or at weekends. Take family holidays during the school holidays. We are una-ble to authorise term time holidays. Contact us immediately if you need help or support with your child’s attendance or punctuality.



Feedback from Parent Questionnaire November 2018 Thank you for completing the parent questionnaires. Below is the analysis of some of the statements in the questionnaire. Actions will be taken where applicable to ensure improvements are made.

FOSS I would like to say a big thank you to all members of FOSS who work extremely hard to fund projects for the school. Their hard work is greatly appreciated by all members of the school. Please see the FOSS Facebook and school website page for more information regarding meetings. All the children have worked extremely hard this term and I wish you all a restful and lovely half term. See you all on Tuesday 26th February. Thank you all for your continued support. With kind regards. Miss Hewett Head of School


Term 2 RAP Awards

YR R R Emily Clutterbuck A Jack Smith P Henry Scadeng YR 1 R Sienna Dale A Amelie Reason P Sienna Haros YR 2 R Joseph Freeman A Jake Miller P Remy Diprose YR 3 R Poppy Winslade A Bailey Roberts P Mick Forbes YR 4 R Ellie Howard A Finley Hensman P Jaina Bahia YR 5 R Jacie Wilders A Charlie Bateman-Solly P Amber Hudd-Michaels YR 6 R Libby Ray A Georgie Thomas P Olivia Bell Respect Achievement Perseverance


Sports News

Netball On Tuesday 29th January a team of Class 4, 5 & 6 boys and girls took part in a Mini

Youth High 5 Netball games at Medway Park in Gillingham. Both teams represented the school superbly winning a total of 5 games between the two teams!

On Tuesday 22nd January a team of Class 5 girls took part in a netball match at Cob-ham Primary School. We are very pleased to report back that Shorne beat Cobham 6:4.

The Class 5 netball team went on to attend a netball festival at King’s School on Friday 25th January. The team won 2 matches, drew 1 and lost 5 games.

Athletics On Thursday 24th February a team of Class 6 boys and girls went to Cobham Hall to

take part in a Sportshall Athletics Tournament. Shorne School finished in 12th place. Football On Thursday 7th February a team of boys from classes 5 & 6 took part in a football

match for the O'Reilly Shield at Cobham Primary School. We are pleased to announce that Shorne won the match 7:3.

Then on Tuesday 12th February a friendly football match took place at Shorne School against Cobham Primary School. Boys and girls in Class 5. Score 12:1 to Shorne.

Well done to all the children who took part in this term’s sporting activities. Active Health Conference On Thursday 14th February the Class 6 sports ambassadors attended Cobham Hall

school for an Active Health Conference.

YR R R Teddy Winslade A Darlie-Beau Asbury P Tommy Webster YR 1 R Robin Roper A Emilia Winter-Nolan P Harry Chapman YR 2 R Yusuph Bokth A James Britten P Tommy Parmenter YR 3 R Bella Eaton A George Cuckoo P Dominic Phamphlett YR 4 R Isobel Atkinson A Sophie Breese P Reiss Gill YR 5 R Lilly-Ella Amos A Erika Wallis P Jake Ledger YR 6 R Joseph Clarke A Harry Lynds P Amelia Rogers Respect Achievement Perseverance

Term 3 RAP Awards



Cornerstones Curriculum

For your information the new topics for each class next term in the Cornerstones Curriculum are: Class Topic Class R Tell me a story Class 1 Splendid Skies Class 2 Wriggle & crawl Class 3 Mighty Meals Class 4 Burps, Bottoms & Bile Class 5 Alchemy Island Class 6 Human Identity

Growth Mindset Parent Workshop

On the morning of 15th January Mr Mallin-son held a Growth Mindset Parent Work-shop. Thank you to everyone who came along. Please watch this space for future events linked into this.

Learning Street Visit

On Tuesday 29th January, Clever Cogs Learning visited the school and set up a po-lice station, vets, hospital and building site role play area in the school hall. The children in Year R and Year 1 rotated around each role play area and were given challenges to complete for each job.

International Week

The first week back after Christmas we held International week. Every class studied another country looking at sim-ilarities and differences between the UK and the country they were studying. It was great fun learning about differ-

ent languages, cultures, food, celebrations and ways of life. At the end of the week we held a sharing assembly where every class shared what they had been learning and presented a poster. These are on display in the hall. We then invited parents in to see the what the children have been learning about.

Class 6 visit to St George’s Secondary School

On Wednesday 6th February Class 6 were invited to visit St George’s Secondary School to watch a pro-duction of “Little Shop of Horrors”. This was a thoroughly enjoyable outing for the Class 6 who have benefitted from the strong links that have been created within the Academy Trust. In addition to this our school Librarians have visited St George's library and observed how they implement Accelerated Reader. They are now working hard to integrate some new ideas into our school library. Finally, next term a group from Class 6 will be working alongside children at St George's in a writing group to enrich their creative writing.

Class 5 trip to the British Museum

On Wednesday 16th January Class 5 visited the British Museum in London as this term they have been learning about Ancient Egypt. Mack and Emma have written a short summary of their trip: ‘On arrival we saw fantastic statues, sarcophagus and mummies. We also learnt lots of in-teresting facts and saw the cano-pic jars which hold a person's organs after the mummification process. We also re-ceived a ruler with Egyptian hieroglyphics and a timeline on the back.‘



Medical Reminders

Please may we remind you that all medications must go via the School Office or Mrs Peeke, who will provide the necessary forms.

Medication: Please note that only one dose of prescribed medication can be administered to your child providing the necessary paperwork has been completed. Unfortunately, we are unable to administer over the coun-ter medications, eg Calpol, Ibuprofen, Piriton, unless pre-scribed by your GP. Can we also remind you that it is your responsibility to en-sure that any Inhalers and Epipens which you supply to us, are in date. Thank you.

Forthcoming Events

February 15th—Last day of term, school finishes 3.20pm 18th-22nd—Half term week 25th—Trust Development Day, school closed to children 26th—First day back to school for children 28th—Dodgeball Festival for Class 6 March 1st—Coffee morning, 9.00-10.00am, open to all parents/carers 1st—Glow Disco, all years, 5.30pm-7.00pm 3rd—All age worship Class 4 6th—Bug Man Roadshow,KS1 8th—Science Night Sleepover, Class 4, Science Museum 12th—Great Big Dance Off National Schools competition for Shorne School’s Junior Dance Club 18th-22nd—Maths Week 19th & 21st—Parent Consultations 27th—29th—Class 5 residential trip to Kingswood 28th—Mother’s Dale Gift sale 29th—Class R Book character tea party dress up day 29th—Mother’s Dale sale for Class 5 April 3rd—Class R sharing assembly, 2.30pm 3rd—Class 6 trip to see Matilda the Musical, London 5th—FOSS Easter Egg hunt & cake sale after school 5th—Last day of term, school finishes at 1.30pm 8th—22nd—Easter holidays 23rd—Staff Development Day 24th—First day back to school

Dance competition news

On Tuesday 12th March Shorne School’s Junior Dance Club will be performing live on stage at the Cliff Leas Pavilion in Folkestone. The group has successfully made it through to the Regional Finals of the Great Big Dance Off National Schools Competition! The Club have been working really hard on their Lion King dance ready for the big day and are very excited! If you would like to support them on the day tickets can be purchased at https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/great-big-dance-off/leas-cliff-hall/ Good luck to them all!

On Friday 8th February the Eco group took part in the RSPB's Big Schools' Birdwatch. Despite the wet and windy weather, the group still man-aged to record 87 birds and even spotted a few ducks along the way! A fantastic re-sult!

RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch

Donation to the Ellenor

On Monday 11th February the school held a non uniform day in return for the chil-dren making a donation to the Ellenor Hospice. We are extremely pleased to report that the school raised the huge amount of £335.00. This money will be used by the hospice to buy 15 bright and colourful blankets to go on beds in the hospice Next term we have a repre-sentative from the Ellenor coming into school to see the children and explain what the hospice have bought with their very kind donations.

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