October 2017

Please ensure your child has their jumper and a warm winter coat as they will be outside during break times.

Following feedback from our Parent Consultation Group, we would like to open the library every Tuesday and Thursday after school. This will commence from Tuesday 31 October 2017 and will be open from 3:30pm until 4:15pm.

It will be run by members of our Parent Group and will be a great opportunity to share a story with your children and enjoy the new library. Children can also choose books which they will be able to take home at a future date, when they visit the library with their Teachers.

You will be able to enter the library from the ramp on the KS1 playground (next to the link).

Our attendance team will be working closely with parents next half term to help continue to improve our attendance.

If you have any concerns about your child’s attendance you can speak with Mrs Wakelam, Mr Wills or Mrs Wale who make our attendance team.

Parents of Yr6 children must ensure that they have applied for a place in a secondary school by the 31 October. Applications can be made online via eadmissions.birmingham.gov.uk If you are unable to access the site or need support with an application please contact the office and arrange a time with Mr Croxon on the Monday or Tuesday when we return after the half term holiday.

We already have a large collection of lost jumpers, coats and other belongings. Please help us reunite them with their owners by marking them with your child’s name and class. Name tapes are available from our online uniform shop in packs of 50 for £7.50

Thank you to all the parents who are continuing to help keep our roads safe by parking away from the junctions and main gates. Birmingham City Council’s Traffic Enforcement team will be patrolling the area this term and will be issuing tickets to drivers that are parked in a dangerous or illegal manner.

Please make sure that you have provided the office with your current mobile or home phone number so that we can reach you in the event of an emergency.

A big thank you to all the children and parents that visited our bring and buy book sale in the conservatory last week. We raised over £63 for our school funds.

We’ll be having a few more fund raising events in the next few months so please look out for posters and events in the newsletter. If you have an idea for fundraising please let our staff or parent consultation group know.

Please make sure that you contact the Academy on the day of your child’s absence. Failure to do so will result in an unauthorised mark which could lead to a penalty notice being issued. It is the Academy's responsibility to make reasonable inquiries and carry out home visits by the third day of an absence and if required we can then refer to other agencies such as the Police & Education Welfare Services.

Tile Cross Academy is opening its doors every Friday morning at 9am where parents and new pupils can meet the Head teacher, Chris Etheridge and take a tour of the school in action . For more information please their academy website: www.tilecrossacademy.com