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Welcome to issue 81 of our whole school Newsletter. Don't forget to follow us on X for regular updates on achievements, class news and whole school updates. Follow us @metheringhamp
Coming up in this issue:
Welcome Back
Attendance
Uniform
Curriculum overviews
This Week's X Posts
Out of school achievements
Little Explorers
Term 1 Diary Dates
Homework and Home Reading
Clubs
Online Safety
Chill and Chat
School Site Safety
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a good summer and found some time to make memories as a family. The children have returned happy, excited and eager to learn. We have also welcomed 38 reception pupils and a number of families who are new to the village have transferred to us over the summer. There is a lovely buzz of excitement around school and it has been brilliant to see so many children wearing their uniform with pride.
The staffing team has grown. We have two trainee teachers working with us, and Mrs Leeks and Mrs South have joined the teaching team. Mrs Weston gave birth to a baby girl over the summer; both her and baby Poppy are doing well. Mrs Gardiner will be working with us as School Business Manager while Mrs Weston is on maternity leave.
The school has become a whole lot greener over the summer as we have installed solar panels using a DFE energy efficiency grant. We are very excited about this journey towards a sustainable future. Access and security has also been upgraded in order to make the school grounds more secure. Many areas of school have had upgrades and look fantastic thanks to our site manager and Team Clean. We look forward to welcoming families into school soon to see their child's learning environment.
We do have an open door policy at Metheringham and staff are always on hand to work with parents to achieve the best possible outcome for their village school and for their children. We know we can't do this without your hard work, communication and support.
We are very excited for the year ahead and continuing to make Metheringham the special place that we all know and love.
Mrs Duggin
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attendance
256 pupils have maintained 100% attendance so far this academic year.
256 pupils have maintained 100% attendance so far this term.
Last years whole school attendance figure was 95.3%
Current whole school attendance is 98.37%
Our attendance figures this week are as follows:
Amazing attendance for week 1. Well done everyone!
A letter regarding changes to attendance can be found on Seesaw, please take time to read this.
uniform
Thank you to all pupils who have returned to school wearing their school uniform with pride. We were very proud to see a sea of green this week and to see everyone representing their wonderful school in unison.
Our school uniform consists of the following:
• White shirt or polo shirt (with or without school logo)
• Emerald green sweatshirt or cardigan (with or without school logo)
• Black trousers, skirt or pinafore dress
• Black cotton shorts or green gingham dress for the summer months
• Black socks or tights
• Black (or mostly black) flat-soled shoes/trainers are encouraged so pupils can be as active as possible at breaktimes. Shoe laces must be black.
• Book bag with logo in KS1, optional in KS2
PE Kit
• Green T-shirt (with or without logo)
• Black shorts
• Black (or mostly black) trainers. Laces must be black.
• Black or mostly black tracksuit for use during winter months (no hoodies)
For safety reasons, no jewellery of any kind is to be worn during PE sessions.
curriculum overviews
Each week, in our newsletters, we will share curriculum and learning updates. You can find this terms curriculum overiews on our school website. Please discuss these topics with your child and help us to introduce new vocabulary and revisit new learning through talk.
This week's X Posts
Out of school ACHIEVEMENTS
Every Tuesday this year, we will have an out of school achievements assembly. Please encourage your child to bring in any achievements they have been awarded out of school. This could be a swimming certificate, medals, trophies, player of the week, a photo of an out of school club achievement etc. We look forward to celebrating their successes in our weekly Tuesday assembly.
Little Explorers
Diary Dates
Term Dates
2024-2025
Term 1 Dates
2024-2025
Home learning and Reading
Homework and home reading books will be sent home for the first time on Friday 13th September.
The parents of Reception and Year 1 pupils are invited to a Phonics and Reading meeting on Tuesday 17th September at 4:30 in the school hall. Little ones are welcome to attend too.
Clubs
A huge thank you to everyone who has signed up to a club this term. We have a wonderful offer of free and paid options with extra sparkle added to this year's programme from some wonderful outside providers.
online safety
Our latest online safety newsletter can be accessed here. Find sometime to share the content with your child and check in on their online activity to help keep them safe.
Chill and chat
Our first Chill and Chat of the year is a session for parents to meet the Pastoral Team and discuss any support they would like to see on offer throughout the academic year. Please come along and help us discuss the support that our families need.
Last year, we provided focused sessions on:
Behaviour
Autism
Parental Conflict
Sleep
School site safety
Our school site is a safe space for families and pupils. Please be reminded of the following expectations when on school property:
Smoking and vaping are not permitted on site
Dogs are not permitted on site
Taking photographs or videos on the school site is not permitted for safeguarding reasons
Please use the pedestrian walkway and follow the one way system to exit the site
Encourage pupils to check for moving vehicles when crossing the school car park
Parents and visitors are only permitted to enter school via the school office
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