Elem ent s Pr im ary School12t h May 2019

Dear Par ent s,What a week!Af t er much ant i ci pat i on our per manent bui l di ng has f i nal l y begun t o ar r i ve on si t e. Tuesday mor ni ng saw t he ar r i val of a convoy of l or r i es br i ngi ng t he f i r st consi gnment of modul es t o begi n t o pi ece t oget her our amazi ng new school . We ar e so exci t ed. When I v i si t ed t he si t e t oday t her e i s al r eady al most hal f of t he bui l di ng i n pl ace and we shoul d be f ul l y const r uct ed by t he end of next week. Thi s I am ver y pl eased t o say wi l l put t he scheme sl i ght l y ahead of schedul e.Al so t hi s week we saw t he ar r i val of Col i n our new school gui nea pi g. The chi l dr en have, over t he l ast f ew weeks, been wr i t i ng me l et t er s ask i ng f or a r abbi t or gui nea pi g. They event ual l y dr ew up a pet i t i on and r eal l y t ook owner shi p of t hei r r equest bei ng abl e t o assur e me t hat i f I agr eed t o t hey woul d accept f ul l r esponsi bi l i t y f or t he car e of t hei r new pet . They al so chose hi s name by a ver y cl ear democr at i c vot e. Our chi l dr en ar e young but ar e demonst r at i ng a hi gh of conf i dence and i ndependence of whi ch we ar e ver y pr oud.I had t he pr i v i l ege of assessi ng ever yone of our chi l dr en r ead over a coupl e of days t hi s week. Al l I can say i s WOW. I was so i mpr essed wi t h t hei r pr ogr ess. They ar e doi ng so wel l . Thank you t o al l t hose of you who pr act i se wi t h your chi l dr en r egul ar l y at home. I can r eal l y see wher e t hat ext r a pr act i se i s maki ng a di f f er ence.Thi s week sees t he begi nni ng of our home v i si t s f or our new chi l dr en. I can har dl y bel i eve i t i s a year al r eady si nce we wer e comi ng out t o meet you al l i n your homes. Amazi ng!I want t o f i ni sh t hi s newsl et t er wi t h a shout out t o our amazi ng st af f t eam. I am r egul ar l y t ol d by v i si t or s and col l eagues what a passi onat e and commi t t ed st af f I l ead her e at El ement s. Thi s happened agai n t hi s week and I am never sur pr i sed. Our smal l but har d wor k i ng t eam make me pr oud on a dai l y basi s by t he t i mes and ways t hey go t he ext r a mi l e f or our chi l dr en. I can't t hank t hem enough.

Mi ss S Hor sbr oughExecut i ve Pr i nci pal

At t endance

92%

Our Target

97%

St ars of t he Week!

Outdoor P.E. As the weather improves we will increasingly be taking the children outside for their P.E. lessons. Please ensure your child has a pair of plain black pumps to wear for these lessons. Please do remember to put your child's name in their pumps!

Thank you.

School Jumper s

We ar e awar e that some chi ldr en have ei ther misplaced their school jumper or

have come home with the wr ong one.

Please be assur ed we do t r y to keep these i tems in the r ight place and encour age the

chi ldr en to look af ter their unifor ms.

Please could we ask that you help us with

this by label l ing ALL your chi ldr en's i tems. Not just jumper s but any

clothing or footwear.

Can you help?

We need som e help collect ing som e large wooden sect ions which are being donat ed t o school. These w il l be a fant ast ic nat ural resource for us t o use as par t of our provision next year .

Do you have a van or know anyone who does? If so and you t h ink t hey would be w il l ing t o help us out w it h a single t r ip t o Sout h Em sall t h is week please do let us know.

We'd be incredible grat eful.

Reminder N ot ice

As you can imagine t he increased w orks on sit e has led t o an increase in t he vehicles and heavy plant arr iv ing on sit e.

I n order t o keep t he access t o t he sit e clear and saf e it is very import ant t hat Acre Terrace is kept clear. T his is t he narrow road t hat runs across our sit e in

f ront of t he school gat es.T heref ore, w hen bot h dropping of f and col lect ing children please only do so f rom w it hin t he school car park or on T horpe Road. Please do not use Acre

Terrace.Can I also ask t hat you do not w alk dow n Acre Terrace beyond our school gat e.

T here are signs t o indicat e t hat t his road is closed t o pedest r ians.I n order t o keep our building w orks on t rack it is import ant t hat w e w ork w it h

t he cont ract ors. Please do support us by adhering t o t his request .

Please do not drop of f , collect , or park on Acre Ter race. Please use t he school car park only.

Nell Bank Residential - Rem inderPlease m ake paym ents for the residential via Parent Pay.If you have any dif f iculty w ith sending your paym ents th is w ay please do let the off ice know . There is an option for you to pay cash via a paypoin t w here you see th is sign .

Pr im ary Places for Sept em ber 2019

Do you know anyone st i l l look ing for a

place for t heir child for Sept em ber?

Perhaps t hey 're not happy w it h t he school place t heir child has been of fered? Please do spread t he word

t hat we st i l l have places available for Sept em ber . We would love t o f i l l t he last few places in t im e for t he

new school year .

New to Year 1 Parents' Meet ing

We will be holding a meet ing for all our current parents to talk to you about

what will be different in September when your children move to Year 1.

There will be two t ime slot s for t his meet ing.

Both will be held on Thursday 16th May. One at 9am and one at 5.30pm.

This meet ing will be held at Elements.

EExAT Learning Journals

We love to see what your children get up to outside school. We know from listening to the children how many different things they do outside school. All these activities, visits, games and conversations are all part of their learning and is important to capture as part of their learning journey.

EExAT Learning Journals

Please do capture what your children do and upload it to their learning journal on EExAT. This helps us to understand what they are capable of in different settings and situations.

If you have any problems logging onto your child's learning journal please do send an email through to the school office and we can help you with this.