Purfleet Primary Academy
Newsletter Number 4
2nd October 2015
Whole School Attendance
Week ending 25th September Week ending 2nd October
93.29%
94.16%
Well done to all those who came to school every day this week. Our school target is 96%.
Attendance Awards
Our attendance bear is presented to Beech class for week ending 2nd October – Well done Beech for achieving
100% attendance this week!
Certificates are awarded as follows:
Gold Certificate: Beech class with 100% attendance.
Silver Certificate: Pine class with 98.5% attendance.
Bronze Certificate: Ash class with 97.5% attendance.
All above school target! Let’s try and get ALL of our classes above target next week!
Stars of the Week
This week’s focus: Follow advice given to improve your work. Children chosen this week:
Mrs Carter
Lionel Diogo for working well in his handwriting, remembering to use capital letters
and finger spaces.
Miss Brown
Alexia Lowe for being a shining light in my classroom this week. She has eagerly
participated in all lessons and regularly asks for, and responds positively to, advice that
is given to improve her work.
Mrs Petroaia
Adaeze Asiruwa for consistently following advice to improve her work and the way
she presents it! Keep it up, Adaeze!
Mrs Chiswell
Kevinas Pocius for listening carefully to advice and acting upon it. Kevinas has been
trying hard to improve the size of his handwriting and the overall presentation of his
work in all lessons. Well done Kevinas!
Miss Crick
Antony Oliver for listening to advice to improve his work, especially when trying
tricky work in maths. Well done!
Miss Firth
Rhianna Woodward for following advice to improve her maths, and persevering even
when she found it really tricky. Well done Rhianna!
Mrs Shodipe
Lucy Woodward for listening to comments and recommendations in order to enhance
the quality of her work appropriately without fuss. Keep going Lucy!
Mrs Adams
Jamiayma Farah for listening carefully to all advice and following it to improve both
the presentation and content of her work.
Miss Skinner
Adam Ghazi-Bayat who is eager to improve his work, onsistently following and asking
for advice. Well done Adam!
Miss Rosso
Blaize Pitt who has followed the advice given to her in every subject. Well done Blaize
- keep it up!
Miss Atuanya
Billie-Jean Vanderplank for always including every element of the success criteria in
her writing and for acting on advice given to her.
Mrs Collins
Bobby Batchelor for listening to advise to improve his work in all areas of learning.
Miss Rutherford
Davey Cordery for working really hard to improve her work by following advice and
feedback given.
The focus next week will be: Make progress every day: always want to improve your work!
Sports Update
Well done to all the Year 5 and 6 girls who represented the school at the regional
girls’ football competition at St Cleres yesterday evening. Amazing performances
from all the girls finishing in third place in their group, narrowly missing out on the
semi-finals. Fantastic effiort!
End of Day procedures
Could we please remind parents that, if you give permission to the school for someone else to collect on your
behalf, the welfare form you would have completed when they started at the school, may need updating. It may
be that you have forgotten to remove or add to the list as situations change. If you need to check, please see the
class teacher. If you need a new form please call at the school office. Any form you complete will replace the
current one.
Homework Lunchtime Club
There will be a Homework Lunchtime Club for all pupils in Year 1 to Year 6 every
Monday and Friday lunchtime. Children are welcome to pop into class after their lunch
to complete their homework with their class teacher. See you there!
School Meals
Next week will be week two of the school lunch menu. Please refer to the menu sent home at the end of last
term. The school menu is displayed on the school noticeboard and can be viewed on the school website, so that
you can see the food on offer each day.
Coming Up – Dates for your diary
Friday 9th October – Elm Class Assembly at 9am in the main hall
Monday 12th to Friday 16th October – Poetry week. There will be lots of activities going
on throughout the week – more details in next week’s newsletter.
Wednesday 14th October – Harvest Assembly
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Friday 16 October – Kingfisher Class Assembly 9am – Main Hall
Parent Volunteer Helpers
Do you have some time to spare? Do you have a skill that you can share for example are you musical, artistic,
or a cooking enthusiast? Maybe you would just like to come and hear some children read? If so then we
welcome all parents into the school. If you are interested then please call at the school office and add your
name to the parent helper list or email Mrs Law at admin@purfleetprimary.thurrock.sch.uk. Please note that we
are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in our care, and all volunteers must
share in this commitment. As such all helpers will be subject to a police check.
A gentle reminder
Could you please ensure that you advise the school office if there have been any changes to your contact details
or circumstances, financial or otherwise. Changes in your financial circumstances could mean that you are
entitled to free meals or resources so please remember to tell us. Many thanks!
Please don’t forget Parent View - your chance to tell us what you think about our school. Visit
https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/. You will be asked your opinions about how well children are
taught and whether your children feel happy and safe. We really value your opinions and your
answers will help us to improve. This is your chance to have your say.