Achieve Together, Learners Forever
Website : www.deansbrookjuniorschoool.co.uk
Contact us at: office@deansbrookjnr.barnetmail.net
February 2015
Hello
CONTACTING STAFF BY EMAIL
The children continue to impress me with their
hard work and excellent attitude to learning.
I am so pleased to report that our writing across
the school is the best it has ever been. Please
ask your child’s teacher for a chance to read
some of the work- you will be amazed.
Reading progress is also good, the recent
Reading Eggs homework and focus on
comprehension skills in class is having a positive
impact in all year groups. Thank you for
supporting us in encouraging your child to read
at home, you are making a real difference!
Deansbrook Junior School is such a good school
and a place I feel proud to work in every day.
Your children are incredible and inspirational to
work with and any visitors to our school are
always so complementary about how the children
behave in class and the playground.
Please feel free to email your child’s teacher if
you have a concern or question. Use the office
email address and type the name of the teacher
in the message bar
CROSS COUNTRY
Well done to the Deansbrook cross-country
team who took part in the second meet of the
Barnet schools cross country competition held at
Copthall on 10th Feb 2015. All the runners did
well completing this difficult course & overall
out of 25 schools Deansbrook came 9th. Special
mention to Naana 6M who came 8th & Anisha
5AM 12th & Erdrin 5AM 15th. Thankyou to all
those who took part. Year 4 Elvis,Faris,Vanessa
& Makayla. Year 5 Bayley,Octav,Abby-Gale. Year
6 Toby,Alfie & Cintia.
WINTER PE KIT
Children should wear jogging bottoms and a
jumper for outdoor PE session. Trainers are also
essential for outdoor lessons.
INSTAGRAM WARNING
More and more children are having access to
smart phones that access the internet. These
phones are often not set up to have parental
controls on them. In a matter of two clicks your
child can be accessing very inappropriate
material and be chatting with/sharing
information with strangers. The Metropolitan
Police have sent a letter to all schools reminding
parents about the alarming trend in children
sharing information on Instagram, including
children uploading images of themselves which
can then be shared across the whole site. I am
asking you to discuss with your child how they
keep themselves safe when using their smart
phone and how they use social media sites. We
have information about e-safety on our school
website and the police have information on
internet safety on http://ceop.police.uk/
It is a brilliant site, click on the Parents section
and there is a great section on how to block
inappropriate material and how to discuss these
issues with your child.
HELP OUR LIBRARY!
Is anyone interested in helping maintain our
library, in exchange for free tea or coffee and
biscuits, we need a volunteer or two to help tidy
and organise our lovely library. Please contact
the office if you are interested.
WORLD BOOK DAY!
Remember that next Thursday 5th March, we are
celebrating World Book Day – children are
expected to come to school dressed as their
favourite book character and bring in their
favourite book. There are prizes for the best
costume for a boy and girl in each class. To
qualify the children must be dressed up and have
their favourite book with them.
listen. However, we will not tolerate aggressive
behaviour either by phone or in person. Our
school is a happy place, where everyone is
respectful and has the right to be in school
without feeling intimidated or threatened in any
way.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
REMINDER
5th March – World Book Day
We are a nut free school. No peanuts in packed
13th March – Red Nose Day
11th March – Dance Festival, Arts Depot
lunches please.
25th March – First Swim – 4G
RED NOSE DAY – FRIDAY 13TH MARCH
27th March – Break up for Easter at 1.30pm
25th March – Last Forest School – 4C
13th April – Back to School
Make your face funny for money! Or anything
RED! Clothes, nose or hair! Minimum donation
£1.00.
REMINDER
Appointments with staff need to be made
through the school office. From time to time
you may be unhappy in how the school has dealt
with a particular incident. We have a clear
complaints procedure in place at school and will
“We know what we are, but know not what we
may be”.
William Shakespeare