Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Head's Blog
Thu 28 Sep 2017As part of emotional health plan this year we are introducing various class room strategies to the children. These strategies are aimed at getting the children to understand their emotions and to support their approach to learning. Ask them about the Learning Pit and ways they use for Mindfulness.
Attendance
This month the class attendance figures are:
Reception - 99.24%
Year 1 - 94.2%
Year 2 - 97.6%
Year 3 - 95.8%
Year 4 - 97%
Year 5 - 98.7%
Year 6 - 95.7%
Every class and child should be 96% or more. Individual Amber and Red letters will be coming out today.
eSafety
There is a new eSafety for Parents News document on our Safeguarding webpage. It is worth reading as it has up-to-date information about current safety issues.
Next Week
Monday Harvest Festival 10am at St Mark's Church
Wednesday No Yr5/6 Football Club
Thursday Yr 3 Cuffley Trip
Friday Yr4 Class Assembly 9am
PTA News
For the coming year our officers are:
Chair - Mrs N West
Vice-Chair - Mrs C Whayman
Treasurer - Mrs S Bull
Secretary - Mrs K Busbridge
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Learning Behaviour Champions
Tue 26 Sep 2017Year 1: Finlay for Reflection and Ruby for Challenge.
Year 2: Evie for Challenge
Year 3: Tayonie for Challenge. Freya and Emi for Stickability.
Year 4: Ruby for Challenge and Shirley for Stickability
Year 5: Natalie for Creativity and Challenge
Year 6: Molly and Erika for Challenge
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Head's Blog
Fri 22 Sep 2017Yesterday we had a successful Cross Country event with over 250 children participating. Luckily the rain didn't arrive until it was all finished.
Please keep checking our website as we are building new pages such as a 'Community', with links to websites and information pages about local groups.
You all should have received the Raring2go! booklet for Autumn 2017 this week. In it are some very useful pages which will support our Home Learning approach:
Five Top Tips .. for Fitter Kids pg 10
10 Amazing Autumn Activities pg 20-21.
There is also a page on providing healthy packed lunches.
Next Week
Friday Yr6 Class Assembly
Friday McMillan Coffee Afternoon from 2.45. All welcome. Cake donations needed.
Class Assemblies (9am start)
29th September: Year 6
6th October: Year 4
13th October: Reception
20th October: Nursery
2nd November: Year 2 (changed date now on Thursday)
10th November: Year 1
17th November: Year 3
1st December: Year 5
Helping Parents to Safeguard their Children workshop Saturday 14th October - details on Website
http://www.colneyheath.herts.sch.uk/safeguarding-esafety/
A message from St Marks....We're really looking to welcoming you to church for Harvest in a couple of weeks. As part of our Harvest celebrations we are partnering with an organisation called Toilet Twinning (more info here: https://www.toilettwinning.org/) to raise funds for their work. The school be asking for a donation towards this project, instead of food this year, at their Harvest Celebration on the 2nd October.As part of this on October 21st we are hosting an evening of wine tasting. Tickets cost £10 and all proceeds will go directly to Toilet Twinning.You can buy a ticket and join us either by speaking to the church office, visiting our website or clicking this link https://stmarkscolneyheath.churchsuite.co.uk/events/ujqa1iyp -
Head's Blog
Fri 15 Sep 2017It has been lovely to see our Yr6 and Reception pupils getting to know each other this week. Our Yr1 to Yr4 classes learnt all about different fruits and made smoothies yesterday using a bike!
Clubs have started and it was great to see so many children taking part in football, netball and the choir.
Next Week
Monday- Individual Photographs. Those families with preschool children can come into the school via the reception before school starts (from 8.30 am).
Thursday - Cross Country at Colney Heath. Over 20 schools will be attending so please leave the side car park as quickly as possible.
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Head's Blog
Fri 08 Sep 2017It's been great to see that all the children have settled in well to their new classes and have approached their learning eagerly.
Our Reception children have had a staggered start but will be in full time from Monday and we are looking forward to welcoming our Nursery children in next week.
Next Week
Saturday. Autumn Show at the Village Hall. Class competition winners will be judged there.
Tuesday: Yr5 Meet the Teacher 2.45pm
Wednesday: Football Club and Choir after school.
Yr3 Meet the Teacher at 2.45pm
PTA Meeting 7pm
Thursday: Netball Club and Yr4 Meet the Teacher at 2.45pm
School Development Plan
Over the coming year the school is focussing on three main areas.
1. Assessment to build in a more detailed individual gap analysis for each child.
2. Emotional Health to provide children and yourselves strategies and approaches to support your child's emotions now and in the future.
3. Home Learning to ensure the basics, especially as reading is a focus, and to provide optional suggestions of activities to do with your children.
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Head's Blog
Tue 05 Sep 2017Welcome back after the summer break and especially those of you joining our school for the first time. We are really looking forward to the year ahead and working with you to support your children through the coming months. It is important you keep up-to-date with what is going on in school and this can be done by visiting the school website and reading all communications carefully.
Did you know that you can synchronise your diary with the calendar on the website?
This year we have a number of new staff starting with us: Mrs Webster as our Yr4 class teacher, Mr Martin as a teaching assistant and Mrs O'Dononghue as a nursery assistant. I am sure you will all make them feel welcome. We also have had to say goodbye to Mrs Reid (MSA / School Crossing) after a long period of ill health.
Reminders
- Please ensure you are always in credit for school dinners. Meal should not be ordered until all debts are cleared and funds are available on the account.
- Please arrive at school by 8.45am to ensure you are not late. Minutes late are recorded and can effect your child's attendance.
- Attendance is really important. If you have less than 95% attendance over the whole year the government will classify you as being at risk of being a persistent absentee. So book holidays and medicals out of school time. It does impact on your child's learning. You can check your child's attendance on the Gateway.
- We still have spaces available if your child would like to take up learning the violin, guitar or flute. Contact the office for further information.
- If any contact details or address changes have happened, please let the office know.
