Hale Drive, Mill Hill,
London, NW7 3ED
Tel: 020 8959 3423
Achieve Together, Learners Forever
Issue 1
September 2013
Hello,
Welcome back to school!
I would like to welcome all our new children to
the school, especially Year 3 who have settled
in beautifully. We are all impressed with their
great attitude to learning and junior school
life.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES
Our new improvement priorities for this year
are…
1. MATHS - To embed a new approach to
maths teaching and learning across the
school and ensure our children have real
life experiences of maths and problem
solving
2. ASSESSMENT - To use high quality
Assessment For Learning throughout the
school to help to raise standards in English
and maths
3. LITERACY - To ensure our children have
experience of writing for a real purpose
and work with real authors and poets
4. MORE ABLE- To ensure our more able
children are identified quickly and
encouraged to achieve their full potential
through high quality teaching and learning
opportunities
5. PARENT PARTNERSHIP -To raise levels of
achievement across the school through
seeking ways to engage parents in their
children’s learning.
We remain a good school with excellent staff,
fantastic children and supportive parents.
Working together we will continue to be
successful in the future and ensure that all
children reach their full potential.
NEW STAFF - We have two new members of
staff with us this year, Mrs Greig, our new
Deputy Head and Mrs Lewis our new Welfare
Manager.
Miss Goodman and Miss Cooper got married
over the summer and their new names are Mrs
Juhasz (pronounced “You Haz”) and Mrs
Harris.
READING AT HOME - Perhaps the most
important homework we need to do with our
children is reading. We shouldn’t treat it as
homework though, rather a great chance to
spend some quality time with our children.
Even Year 6 children enjoy sharing a book and
reading aloud. If you want some advice about
reading have a chat with your child’s teacher.
MATHLETICS HOMEWORK CHALLENGE
Remember all children have their own free
logins to Matheltics and Spellodrome.
I am challenging all children to achieve
between 800 and 1000 points a week using
Mathletics. Our monitoring of Pupil Progress
has revealed that children achieving these
levels of points each week, make significant
improvements in their mental maths scores
and overall levels, each term. We will publish
our top 3 Mathletics students in each class in
every newsletter.
SCHOOL CLUBS and EXTRA ACTIVITIES
Look out for the club letter for after school and
lunchtime clubs on offer this term.
In our school reception area parents can
find a file with details of after school clubs
and activities offered by Barnet and
companies in the local area. Please feel free
to have a look and take details.
REMEMBER THE ONE WAY SYSTEM! - Let’s
work together to make the journey to school a
safe one! Parking and walking is a better way to
start the day than struggling through traffic.
ATTENDANCE AND TIMEKEEPING Please remember that school starts promptly
at 8.55am and ends at 3.30pm. Please make
sure your child is in the playground by 8.45am
(for our soft start) School gates open at
8.30am. If your child needs to be dropped off
earlier please use our Breakfast Club (see
office for details).
with cash. Cheques are still welcome if you
prefer.
DINNER MONEY - Dinner money for this
term is £79.20 for first half term £77.00 for
second half term £156.20 for term. Dinner
money must be paid at least weekly on Monday
(£11.00 per week).
HOLIDAY REQUESTS - Parents have no
right to remove their children from school for
the purpose of a holiday. Parents may request
permission for an absence in exceptional
circumstances; a holiday is not considered an
exceptional circumstance. This advice is based
on the Education Regulations 2006 and
amendment in 2013. Parents should be aware
that failure to request leave of absence or
defying the decision of a head teacher could
lead to the issuing of Fixed-penalty Notices of
up to £120 per parent per child.
SCHOOL UNIFORM - We take great pride in
our school and want all children to be in the
correct school uniform all year. If you have
difficulties obtaining the correct uniform
especially shoes please make an appointment
to see me.
We would also like to remind you once again
that, as a matter of Health and Safety, studs
are the only permitted type of earring and nail
polish is not part of our school uniform.
Please ensure all uniform is clearly labeled.
Black school shoes only, trainers are not
permitted.
CARD PAYMENTS - We now have a credit
card machine in school and you will be able to
use this to pay for school meals, uniform,
music lessons and trips, minimum card
payment £5.00. Smaller fees can be settled
CLEANING JOBS - We have a couple of
vacancies for school cleaners. If you are
interested in joining our wonderful school
team please contact Mrs Smith for details.
WE ARE CELEBRATING JEANS FOR
GENES DAY 20TH SEPT PLEASE BRING A
£1 ON THIS DAY AND WEAR YOUR
JEANS!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Monday 16th September
Wednesday 18th September
Friday 20th September
Wednesday 25th September
Thursday 26th September
Tuesday 1st October
Wednesday 2nd October
Thursday 3rd October
Wednesday 9th October
Wednesday 16th October
Wednesday 16th October
Thursday17th October
Friday 18th October
Wednesday 23rd October
Thursday 24th October
- 6T to Science Museum
- 6JM to Science Museum
- 6NM to Science Museum
- School Photographer
- 5C and 5M to Museum of London
- 5pm – 7.30pm – Parent Consultation evening
- 9am, Parents’ Coffee Morning – Meet the Head and Deputy
- 5L to Museum of London
- 3.40 – 5.40pm – Parent Consultation evening
- 9am Y4 Parents’ Coffee Morning
- 9am Y5 Parents’ Coffee Morning
- pm, 5C visit to Ragged School
- pm, 5M visit to Ragged School
- pm, 5L visit to Ragged School
- 9am Y6 Parents’ Coffee Morning
- School finishes at 3.30pm for Half Term break