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Elaine Primary School is part of the Inspire Partnership Trust
Friday 20th September 2024
Headteacher's welcome
Headteacher's welcome
Dear Families,
It’s hard to believe that we have been back at school for three weeks already! The first month of term in September is one of our favourite times of the year! It has been wonderful seeing all of the children settle straight into their new classes and there has been a buzz around school as the children see their friends and begin their Autumn one learning journeys. We would also like to say a huge welcome to our new reception children, we know you’ll have many happy years ahead!
The reception children have settled well into our school and have thoroughly enjoyed their full days including staying for lunch. Please be reminded that all children are entitled to a free, cooked meal. We would encourage parents to take up this offer! For further details about the nutritious school menu for this half term, please do contact the school office.
As a school community we pending the next few weeks exploring our school values and thining about what our values mean to us and how we model our values in all aspects of our lives. The children will also be re-introduced to our zones of regulation and character skills over the Autumn term which alongside our values, underpin our Global Curriculum.
Rupinder Bansil
Headteacher
Parental Engagement
In Autumn 2 will be publishing our parental engagement session. We want to create opportunities for parents to spend more time in school. If you have any ideas please do email the school office.
Miss Baldwin
We are delighted to share some wonderful news with you. Miss Baldwin is expecting her second child! We are thrilled for her and her family and wish them all the best as they prepare for the arrival of their new addition.
Miss Baldwin will be going on maternity leave in February. We will be sharing the leadership arrangements closer to the time, ensuring a smooth transition during her absence.
Please join us in congratulating Miss Baldwin on this exciting news.
This fortnights' learning...
Mondrian
Mondrian
This week in English we have begun to explore our core text 'All are Welcome'. We have been sharing where we are from, discusing what makes us a community and more! With this in mind we have been using materials to make flags in the creative area.
Picasso
Picasso
This week in English pupils have been looking at our core text for the term "Garbage Guts"
We have explored the impact of littering on our environment. Pupils also used their art lesson to create collages of Garbage guts made from waste paper
Matisse
Matisse
This week we have started learning Phonics! The sounds we have learnt so far are: s,a,t and p! We have enjoyed finding objects which begin with these sounds!
O'Keeffe
O'Keeffe
This week in science we went on a hunt to explore objects from around our classroom to identify what materials they are made from. We found plastic, wood, metal, fabric, rubber and more!
Monet
Monet
This week in Science Monet Class have been looking at the properties of different materials and objects around the classroom.
Van Gogh
Van Gogh
In maths this week, we have been working on number lines.
The children have been practising counting on and back along a number line and finding numbers before and after the mid point.
Gill
Gill
This week in maths we enjoyed a practical lesson using our skills and applying our knowledge to complete number lines to 1000.
Indiana
Indiana
Indiana class had a great time this week learning 1, 10, 100 and 1000 more or less using place value grids drawn on the playground.
Warhol
Warhol
This week Warhol class enjoyed learning about Egyptian medicine and mummification. The children worked in different groups to create mummies. They were very excited to share their learning with other classes.
Banksy
Banksy
In Science, Banksy class have enjoyed exploring light. We worked collaboratively to investigate if light travels in a straight line. In English, we have identified different features of a news report, and in Maths we have been looking at numbers up to 10,000,000.
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
In science, Team Wiltshire have thoroughly enjoyed investigating light. So far, we have discovered that light travels in a straight line and that the ray of light that bounces off an object is known as the reflected ray.
Sherald
Sherald
In Curriculum we learned about the Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963. Pupils enjoyed writing a diary entry as if they were a participant or observer of the incident. We spoke about how we'd have felt during the event and how the Race Relations Act would improve society!
Transforming children’s lives through partnership and collaboration
Transforming children’s lives through partnership and collaboration
Attendance
Attendance
Our Whole School attendance this week is:
91.6%
Dear Parents and carers
There has been growing national concern regarding declining school attendance rates across the UK. In response, the Department for Education has introduced new statutory guidance, effective
from August 2024, aimed at reducing term-time holidays and unauthorised absences, and supporting families whose children are struggling to attend.
As the DfE notes in Improving attendance is everyone’s business’, and it is important that we, as your child’s school, work together in partnership with you, your family, your child, and the wider community.
The new Working Together to Improve School Attendance & Guidance emphasises a ‘Support First’ ethos, and recognises that ‘the barriers to accessing education are wide and complex, both within
and beyond the school gates, and are often specific to individual pupils and families. It essential for pupils to get the most out of their school experience, including their attainment, wellbeing, and wider life chances.’
If you are concerned about your child’s attendance, then please contact office@inspireelaine.co.uk as soon as possible so that barriers to attendance can be understood, and appropriate support can
be put in place to support you, your family, and your child to prevent further absences.
School Improvement - Our Priorities
Our priorities this year are as follows:
Assessment to drive progress and outcomes
Ensure assessment is rigorous and robust so that all children make accelerated progress, and all outcomes exceed national expectations.
Feedback at all levels
Promote and embed a culture of ‘everyone a learner,’ where feedback is shared at all levels to create a culture for coaching, personal growth and excellence.
Inclusive practice to ensure success for all
Adaptive teaching is personalised to meet the needs of all learners, so all pupils have opportunities to experience success across the curriculum.
Oracy
Establish children’s oracy to support their social development through performance, cultural capital and vocabulary development.
Writing
Enhance the quality of writing outcomes by developing the teaching and learning of grammar, punctuation and spelling. Create a culture of teaching and developing a rich and varied vocabulary for all pupils across the school.
School Uniform
It is great to see the children looking smart in their school uniforms. Just a reminder that all shoes should be black, earrings need to be studs only and hair bands should be small and in school colours.
Please see the link to the uniform policy:
https://www.elaine.medway.sch.uk/page/?title=Policies&pid=52
Sports
Sports
Sports clubs have now started and our first tournaments, tri golf and hockey are coming up this half term. Please speak to Miss Macklin, our PE coordinator, if you have any questions about PE or sports clubs.
All children can come to school in PE kit on their PE day. This must be Elaine PE kit.
Healthy School
As a school, we promote healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle. Snacks should be fruit only. Water should be sent in children's bottles and children may have squash/juice at lunchtime only. Children will not be allowed to drink squash during lessons.
As we have children with allergies at Elaine, we are a nut free school so please consider this when packing your child a packed lunch.
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