Newsletter Week 29: w/e 17th May 2024

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Newsletter

w/e 17th May 2024

Message from the Head

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope that you found this week’s parent information evenings useful, and that you were able to see the progress that your child has made so far this year. We have high expectations of all of our pupils and have worked hard on the presentation of our learning through this year – the children are taking real pride in their books and we are very proud of the learning outcomes they achieve. If you have any follow up questions, concerns or suggestions following your child’s parent’s evening, please do not hesitate to get into contact with us at school so that we can follow this up. In addition, we do operate an Open Door policy here at Mabe and you do not have to wait for parent’s evenings to discuss any concerns you may have – you are able to make an appointment with myself, the SenCo or your child’s class teacher at any point. Just drop us a message on DoJo and we will get back to you.

Our parent survey is still open and if you haven’t yet had the chance to give us your feedback, we would appreciate you taking the time to do this. We really do value your opinions and read every response which then feeds into our school improvement plans. Each class have shared the survey link on their Class DoJo page, but here is the link again should you need it: https://forms.office.com/e/4DpcM8ci52

The survey takes less than 5 minutes to complete and really supports us to further shape our provision in school. Thank you to everyone who has already completed this and we look forward to the further responses.

A huge congratulations and well done to our children in year 6 – we are so proud of you and all your efforts this week with your SATs tests. The children stayed focused throughout the week and we know that they did their absolute best which is all that can be asked of any of us. On Thursday, after their last test, the children celebrated in the park with an ice-lolly, as well as being given their leaver’s hoody. Our Year 6 children are now a colourful class within our school as they were each able to choose the colour of their hoody and they are wearing them with pride (despite the warm weather we have enjoyed at the end of this week!).

Next week, our year 4 children are heading off on their residential and will be accompanied by myself, Mr Ford and Mrs Moody. Any questions or queries during this time, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher or one of our Assistant Headteachers – Mr Cruse or Mrs Pearce – who will be able to support you whilst I am enjoying camping! Let’s hope the good weather continues!

With my very best wishes,

Mrs Stevens

Attendance Stats

Year 6, we are so

proud of you all!

Kittiwakes	98%
Sandpipers	99%
Curlews	96%
Cormorants	92%
Puffins	95%
Herons	94%
Guillemots	98%

Thank you for your support in ensuring your child has good attendance. Please be reminded that the government expects all children not to miss school due to family holidays. Any child who takes 6 days or more of unauthorised absence will need to be referred to the Local Authority.

Notices

Summer Fayre Update.

To help our summer fayre be successful, we are requesting the following items to be donated for a variety of tombola stalls. Please see dates for each donation window:

Teddy Bear Tombola – Tuesday 7th May to 17th May – Donations of Teddy Bears and soft toys
Child’s Tombola prizes - 20th May to 7th June – Donations of something your child would like to win
Adult’s Tombola prizes - 10th June to 21st June – Donations of something you would like to win!
Cake Stall – Donations to be received on the day only – 5th July

Sports Day

We are hoping that our Sports Day will be held on Tuesday 18th June. EYFS and KS1 will take part in the morning, and KS2 in the afternoon.

The back up day is Wednesday 26th June.

Complete our parent survey here

Personal Development News

At Mabe our personal development programme is threaded throughout our curriculum. Our vision for Personal Development is in line with the CCEA’s definition:

'Encouraging each child to become personally, emotionally, socially and physically effective, to lead , safe and fulfilled lives; To become confident, independent and responsible citizens, making informed and responsible choices and decisions throughout their lives’

This week as part of our Personal Development programme:

Year 3 have ventured out today to Pizza Express where they have learned how to make a healthy version of a pizza as part of their learning in Design Technology.
All of our classes make use of our lovely library area, but each day our Nursery children come to this space to have special storytime together.
Children have been developing their independent sketching skills through using the skills they have developed in Art lessons to practise sketching in their own style.