Summer 2015 Newsletter
Dear Parents/Carers,
As the end of term is fast approaching I would like to inform you of the dates and times of
forthcoming school events.
Year 6 Leavers
Wednesday 15th
9.15am St Richard’s Church
Mass
July
EYFS/KS1
Thursday 16th July 9.10am School hall
Presentation
Assembly
KS2 Presentation Friday 17th July
9.10am School hall
Assembly
Year 6 Leaver’s
Thursday 16th July 2.30pm School hall
Assembly
The organisation of the classes for September will be as follows:
Year 6 Parents/Carers
welcome
All EYFS/KS1
Parents/Carers
KS2 Parents /Carers
Year 6 Parents/Carers
EYFS Building
Olympic Building
Nursery - Mrs Ormshaw and Mrs Rhodes
Class 4 – Mrs Jones
Reception 1 - Miss Hutchison
Class 3 – Miss Donnelly
Reception 2 - Miss Reynolds
Class 5 – Miss Cartney
St Richard’s Building
Class 6 – Mr Sullivan
Class 1 – Miss Mc Knight
Class 8 – Miss Martins
Class 2 – Miss Bradbury
Class 11 – Miss Broadbent
Class 7 – Miss L. Hegarty
The main building
Class 13 – Mrs Toal
Class 9 – Miss Corrigan
Class 10 – Miss McGinn
Class 12 – Miss K Hegarty
Mr Keyworth
Once again, FANTASTIC Key Stage 2 Sats results for our Year 6 pupils in 2015.
Mathematics
Spelling, Grammar &
Punctuation
Writing
Reading
L4+
98%
91%
L5+
74%
87%
L6
20%
15%
98%
96%
59%
54%
11%
Mrs Toal, Miss Broadbent and Mr Keyworth are delighted with the way the Year 6 pupils have
responded and maintained the tradition of consistently high SATs results.
The new curriculum tests undertaken by our Years 3, 4 and 5 pupils have also gone very well and
continue to provide an important platform for when they reach Year 6.
Mrs Jones and Miss Donnelly both new to the role of teaching Year 2 have risen to the challenge and
again achieved results above local and national averages.
Our two Year 1 classes both achieved over 90% pass rate in the national Phonic assessments. This
result was significantly above local and national averages.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our children and staff who have worked extremely
hard all year to make this another successful year.
We have had a number of other academic successes this year.
The quality of computing provision at St Richard’s has been recognised by NAACE, who awarded the
school the prestigious ICT Mark following the scrutiny of teaching and learning. This is the third time
we have achieved this prestigious award. Looking forward, we will be applying for the OFSTED
recommended 360 degree e- safety mark. Work towards achieving this is already underway.
The Primary Science Quality Mark is an award scheme to enable schools across the UK to evaluate,
strengthen and celebrate their science provision. We have recently submitted an application for this
award and expect to achieve it. This will be the second time we have received this award. We have
also this year achieved the Primary Geography Quality Mark; this is awarded by the Geographical
Association in recognition of the high standard and quality of the geography provision within our
school.
At the end of this term, two of our Teachers will be leaving, Miss Duignan will be returning home to
Ireland and Miss Willars will be taking up a teaching post nearer to her home. I would like to thank
both teachers for their contribution to St Richard’s and wish them both our very good wishes for
their future. I would also like to welcome Miss Cartney, Miss Mc Ginn and Miss Corrigan who will be
joining our teaching staff in September.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and wish you and your
families an enjoyable summer break. I look forward to welcoming the children back to school on
Thursday 3rd September. If the weather is appropriate the children can continue wearing their
summer uniform until the half term holiday in October.
Kind regards,
S.Sesnan
Headteacher