Online Support

One or two parents are having trouble accessing the Google Classrooms. In order to join them you must do the following

1.Go to the RM Unify platform via Google

2. Enter your child's username and password given to you from school. Please make sure you use this account and not another gmail account. I f you do the classroom will ask you for a code which some parents have experienced.

3. When you have accessed the classroom, you will find a joining email from the teachers. Click join to each email invite.

4. Your child will get email alerts each time a new activity has been put on by the teachers

5. When children submit an activity the teacher receives an email alert informing them. In the teacher area they can respond to the activities completed and again you will receive an email alert.

6. Children can upload saved work to the Google Classroom via images/docs from their devices.

7. Teachers are currently looking at the best tasks to upload in order for pupils to respond to them. Please bear with us because this is a learning curve for us too.

Another pack is going out this week either tomorrow or Wednesday for pupils who are really struggling to get online. Today we have also launched our YouTube channel, please subscribe for daily content, help, advice and resources.

We will also be launching a new webpage with resources and 1 to 1 help and support so that we can help you resolve any frustrating issues you may have.

Thanks

An introduction to RM Unify is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS5tLXjmoVY

An introduction to Google Classroom is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfgqtCi7hdo

Our Your Tube channel is here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-cemOdsWS5Ulxk0WNb8TrQ

****Update on Home Learners*****Friday 20th March

First of all- we will all miss you!

These are difficult times and we are determined to stay in touch and make sure you are safe, learning and happy. We are still your school and never forget this! We care about each and every one of you and we will make sure that you continue to make progress and shine as bright as you did when you were at school. We are all so very proud of each and everyone of you. You are all remarkable and we hope you enjoy the activities we will set you over the coming weeks.

We hope to see you back at school as soon as possible!

We have set up all the online classrooms for you and some of you are doing a great job responding to them! This will continue. It is important that you have you emails set up with the log in details we have given you to get started.This will be posted out next week if anyone missed them self isolating.

There will soon be a new page on our website which will give help, support and advice to support you with At Home Learning. This page will have a help icon for support with any aspects of email, Google Classrooms, uploading work etc.

We will also be launching our own YouTube page next week which will have video catch ups, assemblies, lessons and resources.

These are exciting ways of working but if you don't have internet access we are still providing pupils with packs, books and resources which will be available again on either Tuesday or Wednesday from school. We are hoping to loan equipment and provide internet to families that desperately need it in the case of a longer term closure, More details to follow.

Take care everyone-we will see you online!

Advice on Key Working-20th March

Advice on key working has been published. We will be following this advice now published and contacting parents today. If parents think they fall within the critical categories above they should confirm with their employer that, based on their business continuity arrangements, their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service. We will be asking for this when we contact you.

If parents fall within any of these categories please email sbush@thegreenwayacademy.org TODAY so we can make arrangements on Monday. Thanks.

Guidance for schools, colleges and local authorities on maintaining educational provision

Published 19 March 2020

As a country, we all need to do what we can to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

That is why the government has given clear guidance on self-isolation, household isolation and social distancing.

And the most recent scientific advice on how to further limit the spread of COVID-19 is clear. If children can stay safely at home, they should, to limit the chance of the virus spreading.

That is why the government has asked parents to keep their children at home, wherever possible, and asked schools to remain open only for those children who absolutely need to attend.

It is important to underline that schools, colleges and other educational establishments remain safe places for children. But the fewer children making the journey to school, and the fewer children in educational settings, the lower the risk that the virus can spread and infect vulnerable individuals in wider society.

Schools are, therefore, being asked to continue to provide care for a limited number of children - children who are vulnerable and children whose parents are critical to the Covid-19 response and cannot be safely cared for at home.

Vulnerable children include children who are supported by social care, those with safeguarding and welfare needs, including child in need plans, on child protection plans, ‘looked after’ children, young carers, disabled children and those with education, health and care (EHC) plans.

We know that schools will also want to support other children facing social difficulties and we will support head teachers to do so.

Parents whose work is critical to the COVID-19 response include those who work in health and social care and in other key sectors outlined below. Many parents working in these sectors may be able to ensure their child is kept at home. And every child who can be safely cared for at home should be.

Please, therefore, follow these key principles:

If it is at all possible for children to be at home, then they should be.

If a child needs specialist support, is vulnerable or has a parent who is a critical worker, then educational provision will be available for them.

Parents should not rely for childcare upon those who are advised to be in the stringent social distancing category such as grandparents, friends, or family members with underlying conditions.

Parents should also do everything they can to ensure children are not mixing socially in a way which can continue to spread the virus. They should observe the same social distancing principles as adults.

Residential special schools, boarding schools and special settings continue to care for children wherever possible.

If your work is critical to the COVID-19 response, or you work in one of the critical sectors listed below, and you cannot keep your child safe at home then your children will be prioritised for education provision:

Health and social care

This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributers of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.

Education and childcare

This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals who must remain active during the COVID-19 response to deliver this approach.

Key public services

This includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.

Local and national government

This only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies.

Food and other necessary goods

This includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).

Public safety and national security

This includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.

Transport

This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.

Utilities, communication and financial services

This includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.

If workers think they fall within the critical categories above they should confirm with their employer that, based on their business continuity arrangements, their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service.

If your school is closed then please contact your local authority, who will seek to redirect you to a local school in your area that your child, or children, can attend.

We are grateful for the work of teachers and workers in educational settings for continuing to provide for the children of the other critical workers of our country. It is an essential part of our national effort to combat this disease.

Update: Key Workers (19.3.20)

Hello everyone. Just to let you know that the school is very busy preparing your pupils during this time of uncertainty. Our vulnerable pupils have been identified and we will be in touch with their parents tomorrow.

We were hoping for an updated definition on key workers in tonight's briefing but we are still waiting...

Thank you to all those parents that have emailed us to let us know even without the guidance. We will be in touch tomorrow following further clarification.

In the meantime, our trust AET has come up with a list whilst we wait:

Who are our key workers? AET definition

• NHS staff

• Teachers and support staff

• Police and community support officers

• Frontline civilian police staff

• Prison officers and staff

• Probation officers and trainee probation officers

• LA officers and LA/NHS social workers

• Uniformed staff in fire and rescue services

• Armed forces personnel and some civilian MOD personnel (i.e. clinical staff, MOD police, uniformed fire and defence) and some discharged personnel

• Highway agency traffic staff

• LA environmental health officers/ practitioners

• Care workers

• Food/ supermarket drivers and other workers

If you meet any of this criteria-please email sbush@thegreenwayacademy.org by TOMORROW.

Thanks everyone.

Tonight's Announcement -Wednesday 18th March 2020

Here are excerpts from tonight's announcement along with a school response.

After schools shut their gates on Friday afternoon, they will remain closed until further notice except for children of key workers and vulnerable children, as part of the country’s ongoing response to coronavirus.

Examples of these workers include NHS staff, police and supermarket delivery drivers who need to be able to go to work to support the country’s fight to tackle coronavirus. Vulnerable children include those who have a social worker and those with Education, Health and Care Plans – a legal document that describes a child’s special educational needs and the support they require.

School Position: We will be identifying these pupils tomorrow following further clarification and will be opening the school for them. We are writing to you tomorrow and will get staff arranged.

Children who do not fall into these groups should remain at home with appropriate care.

School position: We have made provision for these pupils and have things in place ready to go and to keep going should we need to.

We will not go ahead with primary school assessments or secondary exams this summer, and we will not be publishing performance tables.

We will work with the sector and Ofqual to ensure children get the qualifications they need.

School Response: This is a great shame because our pupils show great promise in all areas. They will still do well and get an accurate and moderated teacher assessment for when they go to secondary school. This will actually take the pressure off pupils in Year 1 Phonics, Year 2, Year 4 Multiplication Tests and Year 6 SATs.

To support children eligible for free school meals, schools will be able to purchase meals or vouchers for supermarkets or local shops.

The government has also confirmed that the total value of vouchers offered to each eligible child per week will exceed the rate it pays to schools for free school meals, recognising that families will not be buying food in bulk and may therefore incur higher costs. The final amounts will be confirmed shortly.

Effective immediately, schools will be able to order vouchers directly from supermarkets or shops in their communities to be emailed or printed and posted to families, and they will have their costs covered by the Department for Education. Guidance for schools will be published shortly.

School Response; We will ensure that school gets this organised as soon as possible for you as we receive more details centrally. No-one eligible will miss out!

We hope this has cleared some things up for you during this uncertain time. Keep you eye on our Facebook Page. Thanks everyone.

Full article is here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/schools-colleges-and-early-years-settings-to-close?fbclid=IwAR2c-G5vJOhkHRgUxr5zgcLWgojoC7mgiwbf0dJDnD6MRdfxnNcuVklnIyQ

Statement from the Education Secretary

Gavin Williamson, Secretary of State for Education, will be making a statement to the House of Commons at 5pm. Further updates will be circulated following this statement.

COVID-19 Emergency Bill

Information was released yesterday on the COVID-19 Emergency Bill, which is to be published later this week. The Bill will include:

• a power to remove or relax some requirements around education and childcare legislation in order to help these institutions run effectively in the event of an emergency
• a power to require schools, further education and childcare settings to stay open or re-open, operate in ways to support continued education and childcare such as enable pupils / students to attend different premises, to enhance resilience of childcare and education sector
• a power to close educational institutions or childcare providers. This will happen only where necessary and proportionate, to help minimise disruption to everyday life. The measures would only be put in place for the period of time required to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak
• powers to bring additional social workers onto the register of social workers held by the regulator, Social Work England

The measures in the Bill are temporary, proportionate to the risks, will only be used when strictly necessary and will be in place only for as long as required to respond to the situation.

This Bill will ensure the government has the powers it needs, when it needs them, to allow our vital public services to keep functioning and to save lives.

Further detail will be available when the Bill is published later this week.

Updated advice for non-essential travel worldwide

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) now advises British people against all non-essential travel worldwide. This advice takes effect immediately (from 17 March) and applies initially for a period of 30 days.

The latest travel guidance can be found here:

• https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-advice-novel-coronavirus

Funding for free childcare offers to continue in the event of coronavirus closures

Yesterday, the Chancellor has confirmed the Government will continue to pay for free early years entitlement places even if settings are closed on the advice of Public Health England or children are not able to attend due to coronavirus. We expect local authorities to follow the Department’s position, and to continue early entitlements funding for all childminders, schools and nurseries. We will not be asking for funding back from local authorities.

The Government’s advice remains that childcare settings should stay open unless advised otherwise by Public Health England, and yesterday’s announcement should help settings to continue to do so. This will minimise both longer-term disruption to parents and any income losses that providers may otherwise experience.

The full statement can be found here:

• https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-childcare-offers-to-continue-during-coronavirus-closures

Handwashing advice

The most important thing individuals can do to protect themselves is to wash their hands more often, for at least 20 seconds, with soap and water. Public Health England recommends that in addition to handwashing before eating, and after coughing and sneezing, everyone should also wash hands after using toilets and travelling on public transport.

Watch this short NHS film for guidance:

• https://youtu.be/bQCP7waTRWU

Department for Education coronavirus helpline

The Department for Education coronavirus helpline is available to answer questions about COVID-19 relating to education and children’s social care. Staff, parents and young people can contact this helpline as follows:

Phone: 0800 046 8687

Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday), 10am to 4pm (Saturday to Sunday)

Please note, we are currently experiencing high volumes of calls. We appreciate your patience at this time and apologise for any wait that you may experience. To ensure that we answer your calls as quickly as possible, we have now extended our opening hours to cover weekends and are increasing the number of call handlers available to answer your calls.

If you work in a school, please have your unique reference number (URN or UK PRN) available when calling the hotline.

Where to find the latest information

Updates on COVID-19:

• https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Guidance for educational settings:

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19

Guidance for social or community care and residential settings:

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-social-or-community-care-and-residential-settings-on-covid-19

Travel advice for those travelling and living overseas:

• https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-advice-novel-coronavirus

Educational resources:

• https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/101-coronavirus-/resources
• https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools

Latest Department for Education information:

• https://twitter.com/educationgovuk
• https://www.facebook.com/educationgovuk/

New guidance for households with symptoms

Yesterday, the Government introduced new guidance on whole household isolation in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak:

if you live alone and you have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home for 7 days from when your symptoms started

if you live with others and you or another member of the household have symptoms of coronavirus, then all household members must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the house became ill. It is likely that people living within a household will infect each other or be infected already. Staying at home for 14 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community

for anyone in the household who starts displaying symptoms, they need to stay at home for 7 days from when the symptoms appeared, regardless of what day they are on in the original 14-day isolation period.

The symptoms are:

A high temperature (37.8 degrees and above)

A new, continuous cough

The full stay at home guidance for households with these symptoms can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance

The Prime Minister’s statement from Monday 16 March can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-statement-on-coronavirus-16-march-2020

Coronavirus Update Monday 16th March 2020

AET Advice: https://sites.google.com/aetinet.org/academies-enterprise-trust/coronavirus

Further to my previous letter about coronavirus (COVID-19), I wanted to provide you with an update, as Government guidance changed slightly on 12th March. We understand that this situation is causing our students and their families concern and as I said in my last letter, please be assured we are doing everything we can to protect our school community and are following NHS and Government Guidelines for education settings, and reviewing the situation on a daily basis.

At the moment, schools are being advised to stay open and children should come to school as normal. The Department for Education (on 13th March) has advised the following exceptions, where your child should stay at home (self isolate) for 7 days:

· A child is returning from Italy after 9th March (regardless of whether they have any symptoms)

· A family member has been CONFIRMED with coronavirus; but your child is not showing symptoms

· A family member has more severe, or prolonged coronavirus symptoms and is waiting to be tested

· If your child has been in contact with anyone with CONFIRMED coronavirus for more than 15 minutes

If a family member has mild COVID-19 symptoms, and is self-isolating but NOT being tested, the DfE advised that it is fine for your child to come to school as normal.

Below I have listed the latest NHS/Government guidance on whether a child needs to stay at home, and what you should do, if they have coronavirus symptoms

· All children with coronavirus symptoms of a new, persistent cough or a high temperature (37.8 or above), should stay at home (self-isolate) for 7 days.

NHS advice for staying at home.

· You do not need to call NHS 111, unless:

o Their condition gets worse

o Their symptoms persist for more than 7 days

Parents/carers will be notified immediately should we have any confirmed cases of infection within the academy but until this point, we would encourage you to remain calm and continue to follow the Government's advice on prevention. Our contingency plans are in place, to ensure that we are prepared for all possible scenarios.

Should a decision be necessary regarding any future closure of the school, we are also working hard to ensure that children would be able to participate in learning through the Google Classrooms using their email addresses.

We encourage parents to keep reminding them about washing their hands with warm water and soap and we will be reminding children in assemblies and in class.

We understand that this virus is a popular topic of discussion but to prevent the spread of misinformation, which can cause upset and panic, please refer to information from trusted sources, such as:

· https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

· www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19

For now we would ask that you do not contact the academy directly regarding Coronavirus (Covid 19) unless it is to inform us that your child needs to self-isolate based on the guidance above.

If you are still concerned, the Department of Education is operating a special hotline for parents/carers, staff and young people, to answer questions about Covid-19 that relate to education, which you can contact as follows:

Phone: 0800 046 8687

Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk

Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)

If you have any questions about the school or would like to discuss any of the points raised in this letter, please contact the school reception or myself directly.

Good morning parents. It's business as usual today (Friday 13th March) following yesterday's announcement from the Prime Minister. We do however need to follow the advice which is:

-All people with coronavirus symptoms of a new, persistent cough, high temperature 37.8 or above) and trouble breathing, or with flu-like symptoms, should self-isolate for 7 days. If they have minor symptoms, they should not call 111. If symptoms get worse, they should then call.

-We also continue to advise staff and students to keep washing their hands frequently.

We spent the day yesterday getting ready for a school closure and this involved giving pupils there email addresses to join Google Classrooms for teachers to set work. Hopefully this won't be necessary but it is good to be prepared for every eventuality.We will make sure these emails are done for our newer pupils very soon and have kept a record of who they are,

Have a good day everyone.

Letter from Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP

We were thrilled to receive this letter today congratulating us on our 2019 results from Dame Diana Johnson MP DBE. A lovely surprise and great for the school. This year's Y6 are also well on track for 2020 and we should have another bumper year of results. Well done everyone.

Parent Pay

A big thank you to all our parents who have signed up to Parent Pay. This should make paying for dinners a lot easier in future. Soon you will be able to pay for school trips too!

Are you entitled to Free school Meals? Even if your child is in FS, Y1 or Y2 where they are universally free, it is still worth claiming. The school receives extra Pupil Premium funding for every child who is entitled. This is £1320 per child!

You can check here to first check if your child qualifies for a free school lunch.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals

You will be asked to type in your postcode and will then be redirected to your local council's website.

To qualify you must fulfil one of the following criteria:

-be in receipt of income support/income based job seekers allowance or income related employment and support allowance

-be entitled to child tax credit but NOT receiving working tax credit and your annual income must be below the threshold set by the Government

-be receiving support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

-be in receipt of the guarantee credit element of pension credit

-be entitled to the 4 week run on of working tax credit due to employment ending

2020-21 Academic Calendar Now Available!

drive.google.com/file/d/1QCwqBnDJ0HNAADQazK9cJn0PQhYJnQcJ/view?usp=sharing

We have a Vacancy!

APPLY here! https://www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy/ks2-teacher-hull-1276377

KS2 Teacher

MPR/UPR

February 2020 start

‘The school is a calm, orderly and happy place where everyone feels valued. Pupils grow and flourish here because they are shown high regard and respect’ Ofsted 2016

Are you committed to raising standards with a drive for outstanding pupil attainment and progress?

Are you creative, fun-loving and ready to inspire children across the entire curriculum?

If you have just thought ‘yes that’s me’, you could be the person we’re looking for to join our fabulous team! Whether you are an NQT starting on your career or an experienced teacher looking for a new challenge-we are the school for you. Subject leaders in RE, PSHE or Science would be even more beneficial but not compulsory.

We are a school of choice in the North Hull community and we are within commutable distance of Beverley, Selby, York and close to the M62 motorway. Ofsted in July 2016 judged us to be a ‘good’ school and praised the rapid improvement that has happened at our school since being placed in special measures in 2014.

We passionately believe that every child can discover their own remarkable life. It’s what motivates us around here. We know this vision requires something extra. Which is why at AET, you’ll find more. More opportunities, so you can forge your own path. More care and support, so you can prioritise what matters most. More purpose, for you and for the children we’re inspiring.

We offer:

● More training and development, so you can get better at what you do - Varied and stretching continuous professional development opportunities.

● More support for you and your loved ones - A health cash plan, employee loans and savings scheme, discounted gym membership and employee assistance programme.

● More technology so you can make more impact - G Suite for Education embedded throughout. Collaborative cloud technology gives you access to the latest tools, when and where it suits you. More tech enabled classrooms mean less time spent on admin.

● More reward - A generous and flexible Local Government Pension scheme for support staff.

● More possibilities - To inspire children to find their remarkable.

● A warm, supportive and friendly place to work where we all want the best for our pupils.

We actively encourage candidates to visit us, meet our children and staff and learn about our school vision of GREEN!

Please contact the school office on 01482 331378 or contact Stacey Parkman at HullHR@academiesenterprisetrust.org

Closing date: Noon, Friday 31^st January 2020. Interviews will take place Monday 10 February 2020.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV’s. Come inspire their remarkable with us, apply today by clicking the apply now button.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. Further details can be found on our careers page.

Anti-bullying Week 11th-15th November-Odd Socks Day

It's Anti-bullying Week this week! On Tuesday 12th we would love your child to wear odd socks for the day-the wackier the better! There is no donation (due to it being the same week as Children in Need) for this but we would like children to join in with others across the country.

Details can be found here:

https://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week/odd-socks-day/odd-socks-day-2019

Our Latest Newsletter!

We are currently working on the latest newsletter which we will be posting, sending home and emailing parents very soon. It is crammed full of news and celebrations from our remarkable school. We can't wait however to share with you some exciting events this term on the run up to Christmas.

Keep your eye out for our next issue-coming soon!

Important Dates for This Half Term

Anti-bullying Week -Wc Monday 11th November

School Council visit to Ada Holmes Monday 11th November

National Kindness Day-Wednesday 13th November

Road Safety Week-18th-22nd November

Year 4 Swimming Starts-Monday 2nd December

SEND Workshop-Tuesday 3rd December

Christmas Fair-Thursday 5th December pm

Christmas Panto at The Freedom Centre-9th Dec-KS2/10th Dec KS1/FS both at 1pm (Behaviour and Attendance Award)

School Christmas Dinner –Thursday 12th December-Festive wear!

FS Christmas Concert-Wednesday 11th December pm for parents

Phase 1 Production to Parents Monday 16th-Y1-9:30-10:30/Year 2-2-3pm

Phase 3 Concerts Tuesday 17th December

Phase 2 Concerts Wednesday 18th December

Orchestra and Choir Concert-Thursday 19th December 9am

Christmas Parties-Thursday 19th December pm-Party Wear!

Festive Friday-Friday 20th December

No Friday pm clubs in the afternoon on Friday 20th December

THANKS PARENTS! Here's to a great half term!

Reminder

Its MC Grammar Day tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd October) and we can't wait. Foundation Stage to Year 4 will be learning grammar through rap!

DRESS CODE

It’s a BLING THING!

Wear your favourite superstar/rapper clothing

GOLD is never old!

The brighter the better!

There will be a concert in the afternoon which will include a rap battle, dance crew and teacher freestyle!

https://youtu.be/hGbTh6Txo6g

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are thrilled to inform you that we are continuing our Eco-schools journey and about to renew our Green Flag Award Eco-School Award for the third time. The programme is designed to raise environmental awareness amongst young people and in England it is run by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy. Internationally, the programme is the largest educational programme in the world present in nearly 70 countries with millions of children participating. Our school is now part of this global community working to create environmental change for the benefit of our children and future generations.

The Eco-Schools programme empowers pupils, raises environmental awareness, improves the school environment and can also lead to financial saving. Being an active member of the programme will be something your child will remember for the rest of their life.

The programme focuses on ten important environmental topics:

1. Biodiversity

2. Energy

3. Global Citizenship

4. Healthy Living

5. Litter

6. Marine

7. School Grounds

8. Transport

9. Waste

10. Water

Every school taking part in the Eco-Schools around the world programme follow the same simple Seven Step framework. This usually takes schools between one and two academic years to complete. After achieving our first Green Flag, our school can continue in the programme and achieve multiple Green Flags whilst continuing to work on and promote environmental issues. One of the most exciting things about the programme is that the process is designed to engage the whole school and its wider community.

If you would like to get involved in the Eco-School programme by sharing your time, ideas or skills please contact us directly. If you are struggling for spare time, don’t worry, we will keep you updated on our progress regularly and invite you to participate in Eco-Schools projects or events that the pupils organise.

We hope you are as excited about our eco-journey as we are,

Yours sincerely,

Tracey Rees

Eco-Coordinato

https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/about/howitworks/the-awards/

We now have The Music Mark!

Great News!

The school is now a member of The Music Mark in recognition for the work we do supporting pupils through music and the high value we place on it in the curriculum. Our thanks go to the Hull Music Service for recommending us and sponsoring our membership.

Candlelighters Fundraiser

On Friday 27^th September 2019 we are fundraising for Macmillan and Candlelighters. We would like cake, buns and biscuit donations so that they can be sold at playtime. Please send in the donations with your child up until Friday morning. It will also be non-uniform day with a 50p/£1 donation.

https://www.candlelighters.org.uk/what-we-do/meet-the-team/

We will also be selling raffle tickets this week at 50p a strip. The prize will be a homemade cake by Emma Cakes Bateman – she will be making a cake as seen above.

ParentPay - our new online payment service

We are pleased to announce that we will shortly be accepting payments online for items such as dinner money, school trips and uniforms. Using a secure website called ParentPay you will be able to pay online using your credit or debit card. ParentPay will be our preferred method of making payments to school.

What are the benefits to parents and pupils?

• ParentPay is easy-to-use and will offer you the freedom to make online payments whenever and wherever you like, 24/7

• The technology used is oBack to Schoolf the highest internet security available ensuring that your money will reach school safely – offering you peace of mind

• Payments can be made by credit/debit card or also through PayPoint

• Full payment histories and statements are available to you securely online at anytime

• Your children will not have to worry about losing money at school

• Parents can choose to be alerted when their balances are low via email and/or SMS text.

What are the benefits to our school?

• You can help us reduce workloads for all staff as no more counting cash, chasing debt and stop cash collection services.

• Creates more time to lend to educational support and the smooth running of the school.

• Help to reduce anti-social behaviour

• Using ParentPay also ensures that all financial transactions are safe and secure - helping us to remove costs associated with us having to manage cash securely on the school premises.

• The more parents that use ParentPay, the greater the benefit is to our school.

How to get started with ParentPay?

We will shortly be sending you your account activation details, once you receive these:

• Visit www.parentpay.com

• Enter your Activation username and password in the Account Login section of the homepage. NB. These are for one-time use only, please choose your own username and password for future access during the activation process

• Provide all the necessary information and choose your new username and password for your account - registering your email address will enable us to send you receipts and reminders

• Once activation is complete you can go to straight to Items for payment, select which item(s) you want to add to your basket and proceed to complete your paymen

For more information, visit www.parentpay.com/parents/what-parentpay-does

Highlights of 2018-19-In Pictures

Just some of the many highlights this year..

Reports and Next Year's Teachers

Your child's report will go out on Thursday 11th July this week. We can't wait to share them with you all. They have had a remarkable year! Inside there will also be exam results (Year 1, Year 2 and Year 6) and we will be revealing your new teacher!

Here is the breakdown of our teachers for next year:

Reception-Miss Hebden and Miss Dixon

Reception-Mrs Sears

Year 1-Miss Cater-Minns and Mrs Botham

Year 1-Miss Welby

Mornings in Y1-Mr Spink

Year 2-Mrs Wild (New to the school)

Year 2-Miss O'Neil (Moving from Year 1)

Year 3-Mrs Rees

Year 3-Mrs Southwick and Mrs Langdon (Until October when Mrs Fisher returns from maternity leave)

Year 4-Mrs Clarkson

Year 4-Mrs Pullen (Moving from Year 2)

Year 5-Mr McCartney

Year 5-Miss Merritt

Year 6-Mr Jones

Year 6-Mrs dean

Mornings in Year 5 and Year 6-Mr Gunn

Miss Watts and Miss Williams sadly leave us this year. Mrs Drury is retiring. We wish them all well for the future.

Another Diary Update

Another quick round up of events this week and next-

Talent Show to Parents-TODAY Wednesday 10th July at 1:30pm

Year 6 PROM-Thursday from 4:30pm

Choir and Orchestra Concert to parents Friday-9am

Foundation Stage Sports Day-Friday at 9:15pm

Year 6 Leavers Concert-Friday at 11am

Reports go out on Thursday

Meet your new teachers-Tuesday and Wednesday 16th and 17th July

New to Year 1 Parents meeting for Foundation Stage parents moving to 'big school'.-Tuesday at 2:45pm in the Hall

End of Year Class Parties-Thursday 18th-this will be a non-uniform day too!

End of Year Awards-Friday 19th at 9:00am for Years 3,4,5 and 6 and 12:15pm for Founation Stage Year 1 and Year 2. You will be contacted if your child is receiving an award so you can come and share with us!

Dates for you Diary

Here is an updated calendar for your information which details our exciting events coming up! We hope your child enjoys their last 2 weeks.

Year 5 and 6 Sports day today! From 9:15am.

Year 6 Exam results come out-Tuesday 9th July

Reports will go out on ether Wednesday or Thursday once results have been processed to be available in the reports. You will be notified who your child's teacher is next year inside the reports.

Behaviour Awards-To be confirmed.

Talent Show-Wednesday 10th July at 1:30pm

Y6 Prom-Thursday 11th July 2018 4:30-6pm

Year 6 Leavers and Concert Friday 12th July at 11am

New Uniform SALE starts 15th July and will run until the second week back in September

Meet Your New Teacher Days-Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th July

SPORTS DAYS

Foundation Stage-Friday 12th July 2019 at 9:15am/Years 1 and 2-Monday 8th July 2019 at 9:15am/Years 3 and 4-Tuesday 9th July 2019

End of Year Choir and Orchestra Friday 12th July at 9am

Stars of the Year Awards Friday 19th July Years 3-5 at 9am and FS, Y1 and Y2 at 12:15pm-5 Awards-Being Unusually Brave, Remarkable Kindness, Pushing the limits and Discovering What’s Possible. OVERALL REMARKABLE LEARNER FOR THE YEAR in each class. (Year 6 are the week before as they are on transition)

PLEASE REMEMBER –school finishes at 1pm on Friday 19th July 2019. There will not be any clubs on this day from 1-3pm.

Thanks everyone!

Our Remarkable Lives Video is available Here!

For your information-a quick diary check for you.

Parent Coffee morning TODAY from 8:30am

Monkey Bizness for all our new parents THIS AFTERNOON 1-3pm

School Discos-Thursday 4th July

School Council go to Northampton to celebrate 10 remarkable years with AET!

Year 6 Exam results come out-Tuesday 9th July

Talent Show-Wednesday 10th July at 1:30pm

Y6 Prom-Thursday 11th July 2018 4:30-6pm

Year 6 Leavers and Concert Friday 12th July

New Uniform SALE starts 15th July and will run until the second week back in September

Meet Your New Teacher Days-Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th July

SPORTS DAYS

Foundation Stage-Friday 12th July 2019 at 9:15am/Years 1 and 2-Monday 8th July 2019 at 9:15am/Years 3 and 4-Tuesday 9th July 2019 at 9:15am/Years 5 and 6-Friday 5th July 9:15am

End of Year Choir and Orchestra Friday 12th July at 9am

Stars of the Year Awards Friday 19th July Years 3-5 at 9am and FS, Y1 and Y2 at 12:15pm-5 Awards-Being Unusually Brave, Remarkable Kindness, Pushing the limits and Discovering What’s Possible. OVERALL REMARKABLE LEARNER FOR THE YEAR in each class. (Year 6 are the week before as they are on transition)

PLEASE REMEMBER –school finishes at 1pm on Friday 19th July 2019

Thanks everyone!

Dates for Your Diaries This Half Term!

SPORTS DAYS (traditional track format by popular demand!!!!)

Foundation Stage-Friday 12th July 2019 at 9:15am

Phase 1-Monday 8th July 2019 at 9:15am

Phase 2-Tuesday 9th July 2019 at 9:15am

Phase 3-Friday 5th July 9:15am

Y1 NAPA Show at Hull City Hall-Tuesday 2nd July 2019

Y3 NAPA Show at Hull City Hall-Wednesday 3rd July 2019

10 Year Celebration in Northampton(School Council) -4th July

Reports to Parents-Wc 8th July

Talent Show-Wednesday 10th July at 1:30pm

Year 6 Leavers and Concert-Friday 12th July at 11am

Y6 Prom-Thursday 11th July after school

End of Year Choir and Orchestra- Friday 12th July at 9am

Meet Your New Teacher Days-Tuesday and Wednesday 16th and 17th July

Time Capsule Competition

CONGRATULATION to Oscar Wright for winning the AET Time Capsule Challenge as judged by the school council. Also to Maria Slezak for 2nd Place and Jayden Watkin for 3rd Place-remarkable! Presentations will be in assembly on Tuesday 7th May.

Exciting Announcement for Year 1 and Year 3 Parents!

We are excited to tell you that the Northern Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) who do our excellent musical theatre and drama outreach are putting on a fantastic show at the Hull City Hull with all their schools-AND ALL OF OUR PUPILS IN THESE TWO YEAR GROUPS ARE GOING TO STAR IN IT!!!!!!!

The Year 1 show takes place on Tuesday 2nd July at 1:15pm and Year 3 takes place on Wednesday 3rd July at 1:15pm.

The children will travel down in the morning to rehearse, have lunch then tread the boards! Tickets will cost £5 and will be available very soon. We have 150 seats for our school each day so we would like as many of our parents and friends to go as possible.

This is going to be a remarkable experience for them!

More details will be coming soon via a letter. We just wanted to give you advance notice of this fantastic event.

We can't wait!

https://www.northernacademy.org.uk/

We Love Robinwood 2019!

The children had an absolute blast at Robinwood this year! Their behaviour and attiudes were remarkable and we were very proud of them.