Byfleet Primary Newsletter

Dear Parents/Carers,

• We hope the parents/carers who came to visit their child's classroom during our Tray Day enjoyed looking through their children's books and seeing their learning environment.

• Our whole school target for attendance is 97% and unfortunately we are below this at 94.3%.

• Attendance:

Reception: 97% Year 1: 89% Year 2: 99% Year 3: 96%

Year 4: 93% Year 5 Indigo: 89 % Year 5 Blue: 97% Year 6: 90%

• Just a reminder about the start of day gate opening.....we are trying to reduce the congestion in the mornings outside the school gate.

Year 1 - Year 6 have a staggered 'slow start' to their day between 8.35 - 8.45.

We have noticed that most parents/carers arrive for 8.30 resulting in this time of the morning being congested.

Despite reminders in our previous newsletter, majority of parents/carers continue to opt to arrive at 8.30, resulting in there being high congestion.

Between 8.40 - 8.45 there are only a small minority of parents/carers opting to arrive at this time, making it less congested.

If you feel that 8.35 is too busy, please opt to arrive between 8.40 -8.45 as the registers are still open during this period. Alternatively, please wait in your car if this is an option, until you feel there is less congestion.

• If you would like to communicate with the class teacher and are unable to speak to them in person, please feel free to email via the school office and we will forward your message to the class teacher. Staff have been asked to not respond to direct emails from parents/carers so please send your messages to info@byfleet.surrey.sch.uk and staff will do their best to communicate with you in a timely manner. Remember, staff are available at the end of the day if you wish to speak to them about your child.

• Links to book your parents' evening slot will be sent out on Monday 11th October. Please look out for Mrs Sopp's email.

As you are aware, we are working hard to ensure that we have a strong reading ethos at Byfleet. This week we introduced a new 'Book Buddies' scheme and all children participated in Book Buddies with another class.

This is a valuable time for children to be read to and to read with other children from different classes. It was lovely to see so many valuable discussions about reading. We will continue this swap on the first Monday of every month. Well done to all involved!

Our Reading Swap Shed is now open daily for children to take a book which they can keep. Please use this before and after school; it is located in the playground and is a valuable resource to ensure everyone has access to books - please pay it a visit! If you have any books that you wish to donate, you are also welcome to drop them off at the Reading Shed.

It's been a while since we've been able to invite you into school. We can't wait to invite you back into school to see your child's class assembly. We will continue to reduce the number of children we have together in the hall so will only move to 'whole school' assemblies once it is safe to do so. In the meanwhile, each class will host their class assembly to their parents and one or two other classes in the school hall. These will start at 8.55 - 9.20ish so please join us in the school hall on the day that your child's class assembly has been scheduled.

Reception - Wednesday 29th June Year 1 - Wednesday 16th March - London

Year 2 - Wednesday 23rd February Year 3 - Wednesday 30th March - Stone Age

Year 4 - Wednesday 22nd June Year 5 Indigo - Wednesday 2nd March - The Pharaohs

Year 5 Blue - Wednesday 25th May - Greeks Year 6 - Wednesday 9th March - The Heart

It's been wonderful seeing some of the terrific homework projects coming in to school over the past fortnight. Thank you for supporting your child's home learning!