It’s been great to see you at the school gates and to welcome the children back to school – and to welcome new children joining us, too. We’ve loved hearing children greet us happily each morning!
Our Ofsted inspection was back in May – it seems so long ago! It’s finally come through and we’ll be able to send this out to you early next week.
Summer competition
Did you enter our Summer competition this year?
Thank you to those of you who did. We invited you to send in a pic of each letter that makes up SCHOLES – each year group had a different letter to work on. We’ve loved checking out all the wonderfully creative ways to make an S, a C, an H etc! Today was the deadline to send in a pic – we’ll be deciding the winner next week.
Attendance update
Here’s an important update from Leeds City Council about absences from school…
One of the things to be aware of is that if a parent takes their child on holiday during term-time every year, then the penalty notice is higher the second time and by the third year, they’ll face legal action.
The impact of five days off school is significant. In our Weekly Messages over the year, we’ll feature examples of lost learning in different subjects.
Our website
As it’s the start of a new school year, we thought it might be a good time for a quick ‘tour’ of some of the key pages of our website.
The Find Out section is there mainly for the key information you need to know about. Particularly useful pages are:
- the Calendar: at the start of the year, we send home a list of key events across the year but for a fuller and up-to-date picture of what’s going on, check out the calendar (have a look at our weekly Living and Learning theme at the start of each week in the calendar, too – this week, our theme’s been ‘I follow the school rules’ so please talk about these at home)
- Policies and Other Points: this page contains lots of information, including our Positive Relationships policies and our Uniform policy – important ones for you to know about
- Meals: check out the current school dinners menu here!
The Join In section describes lots of different ways that you and your child can get involved, from wraparound care and clubs to any job vacancies we may have. There’s information about our Governing Body in this section, too. (Look out because we’ll have a vacancy for a new parent governor soon!)
The Learn More page is where to go for ways to support your child’s learning. The Class News pages are always the some of the most visited pages – they help to keep you up to date with what your child’s learning. Other pages give you information about different subjects – Reading, Writing, Maths and other curriculum subjects. If you’re a parent of a child in Nursery or Reception, check out the Early Years page, too.
Talking of supporting your child at home, next week we’ll talk about our new topic for children in Years 1-6. It’s a History topic – start asking your child now what they’ve been learning in History!