Great Coates Primary School
Newsletter
Friday 10th February 2023
Message from Miss Emson
Well, we have reached the end of the first half of the spring term. The children and staff have worked exceptionally hard and are ready for a week to recoup and enjoy some quality time with family and friends.
Our new reading books have been a complete hit with the children and there has been a real buzz of excitement this week. Long may it continue.
After half term we are relaunching our class dojo as another way of communicating with you and will share how we will be using it to its potential.
Have a happy half term and we look forward to seeing you on Monday 20th February 2023.
Emma Emson
Principal
Mrs Watson – Eren F
Mrs Pollard – Oden C
Mrs Brown – Maya M
Miss O'Neill – Aarni T
Miss Baxter – Sophia
Mrs Cox – Amelia S
Mrs Wood – Olly W
Mrs Bradley – Millie U
Mr Roberts – Iris N
Mrs Martin – Ellee, Warren
Mr Baxter – Grayson, Olivier
Reading
Accelerated Reader Competition
KS2 are currently in an Accelerated Reader Word Count Competition! For every book quiz passed the children’s word count will be added to the class total! As well as the winning class earning a delicious prize, it has also been decided that the child with the highest word count in each year group will win a large Easter egg!
Reading Newsletter
Please check your email for this term's reading newsletter.
Reading Scores
All pupils are expected to read three times a week. This table shows the percentage of children in each class who have read three times this week at home.
Wow! What a fantastic week for reading! No class has gone down in their reading score. Thank you to the children and the parents for supporting them!
90% of our pupils say they are happy at school!
News
IMPORTANT - SCHOOL LUNCHES ORDERING - PARENT PAY
Due to an error with the kitchen and ordering meals, the menu for the first week back after half term, 20th February, has had to be changed. It will now be a Week 2 menu. This has been changed today on Parent Pay. If you have already ordered meals these will still be ordered but it will be a different meal. Please check parent pay before Tuesday 14th February and change your child's meal order if you want to, in order for them to get the meal they need.
World Book Day
We are celebrating World Book Day on Friday March 3rd. We are having a pyjama day on the day and children are invited to come to school in pyjamas or loungewear. e.g. sweatshirt and joggers.
Term dates - IMPORTANT
The children return to school after the Easter break on Monday 17th April. This was changed earlier in the year.
May Day Bank Holiday will be on Monday 1st May and the King's Coronation will be on Monday 8th May. The school will be closed on these two days.
Internet Safety Day
Tuesday 7th February was National On-line Safety Day. Throughout the day, the pupils learned about how posting something online without thinking about it can be very dangerous. Some children completed an experiment to show how quickly our posts can spread to other people and have explored ways to ensure good wellbeing.
Pupil Voice Survey Result
90% of our children say they feel safe in school!
Children's Mental Health Week
This week the children have taken part in many activities which promote good mental health.
The theme this year was 'Let's connect'. The children have learnt about how having people you trust to talk to can help with your mental health.
Cheerleading Taster Day
A group of Year 5 and 6 children visited the Fierce Elite Academy on Friday 27th January. The children enthusiastically learned and performed a routine. They had a fantastic time and were excellent ambassadors for the school.
Half-term Swimming Course at John Whitgift Academy
Special Educational Needs Survey
Click the following link to have your say about the Special Educational Needs Provision in North East Lincolnshire.
https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F5BnU2C8hsZ&sa=D
Visit by Ian Bland - Poet - 28th February
On 28th of February the school are very lucky to have the children's poet, Ian Bland, visiting school for workshops with the pupils throughout the day. To find out more about him and his poetry please follow the link. https://www.ianbland.com/
Ian Bland will be selling his humorous poetry books at the end of the day on 1st March. He is a very engaging poet and speaker and I am sure that after the day pupils will be asking for his book. They will be available to buy using cash or contactless card at the price of £6.99 each.
Lincs Inspire are running the sensory cinema on February 19th at Cleethorpes Leisure Centre and are playing Encanto. It is a special screening for those who are autistic or have sensory needs. Please follow the link for more information and to book.
https://www.lincsinspire.com/le/50l87m-excited-with-encanto
Term Dates for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years can now be found on the school website.
Safeguarding
For more information about safeguarding, please visit the Safeguarding page on the school website.
https://gca.harbourlearningtrust.com/our-academy/safeguarding/
Parking outside the school
At the beginning and end of the day a number of cars and vans stop on the yellow lines in front of the school. This puts our pupils at risk and is against the law. We ask that parents stop parking in front of the school on the yellow lines.
The local road safety team will be conducting unannounced visits to school at the beginning and end of the day, in the near future, and will be issuing fines to cars that they see stopping on the zig zag yellow lines.
On line Safety
Please monitor your child's online activity. We have had an incident of our Year 6 pupils using social media. and sending inappropriate messages to each other. Misuse of social media causes great harm to children and we are constantly talking to our pupils about online safety. Social media like Snap chat and What's app are set with an age restrictions. Snap chat should only be used by over 13s. Children under 13 should not be using these apps.
Uniform
We have seen a few children coming to school not dressed in uniform, especially wearing trainers. Below are our expectations for uniform.
SWEATSHIRT: Logo sweatshirt or a plain red sweatshirt or cardigan.
SKIRT/TROUSERS: Black or dark grey skirts/pinafore or trousers/shorts/ red check summer dress
SHIRT White polo shirts underneath sweatshirts. No red shirts please.
SHOES: Black flat school shoes – no trainers.
PE KIT
● Plain white t shirt / black shorts/ Plimsolls or trainers for inside P.E.
● Trainers for outdoor games.
● Jogging bottoms or dark coloured track suits may be worn in cold weather. (Please make sure your child has outdoor PE kit as they will be doing PE outside, in the cold, unless it is raining)
Please note very large bows and other large hair accessories are not to be worn in school.
Digital watches and Analogue watches only allowed in school – No Smart watches or Fitbits please.
Earrings
Whilst earrings (studs) can be worn to school, it is important that they are removed on PE days. If your child can remove them on their own, this can be done at school, however, children cannot wear earrings or any other jewelry for PE. Adults cannot remove them for the children. If your child cannot take them out independently, we ask that they are not worn on PE days.
Please speak to the school office if you are having difficulty affording school uniform.
Attendance
Please be aware that if your child does not attend school for 3 days we may complete a home visit as a welfare check even if you have telephoned the school. If we do not hear from you on the first day of absence we may also complete a home visit.
Attendance and lateness impacts on your child's learning and achievement. Please read this chart to see the impact of non-attendance.
Parents who take pupils out of school for unauthorised holidays will be fined in accordance with guidance from the Department for Education.
Class Attendance
The table below shows class attendance. Attendance above 95% is classed as good attendance.
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN LEARNING THIS WEEK?
What have we been learning this week?
To find out what the children have been learning, please follow our school Twitter Pages.
https://twitter.com/PrimaryGreat
Great Coates Primary School
We are part of Harbour Learning Trust.
Our school motto is Success and Happiness for Every Child.
We seek to inspire greatness in every child and to equip them with the academic achievements, life skills and personal attributes to lead happy, safe, successful lives.