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Posted on: 25/03/2022A Message from Mrs Ellis
Wow, it’s the end of March already! It seems like such a long time since the last newsletter. I have so much to share.
We now have an active school council team who are having regular meetings. Their next step is to have the confidence to share their views and next steps with their classes. Their ideas have already fed into our recent FoPS meeting which is my next bit of news.
We have a new FoPS team who have been incredible at organising our Easter event – all of which will be shared shortly!! We have decided that, with COVID still very much in our lives, we would leave the fair until the summer where we can be outside.
We have also just launched our Well-Being team, which will also feed into the school council team.
The parent survey was very positive. Thank you for all the supportive comments and praise. Below is a table in response to a few comments.
Parent Comment
Our Response
More of a choice for after school clubs.
Unfortunately, COVID had restricted this. However, in the summer term we plan on offering more and for bubbles to mix, especially for those activities that children can do outside.
I would like more homework.
We will have a discussion as staff and share our thoughts with you all. However, there is an expectation that children read daily and learn their multiplication/addition facts. Knowledge Organisers are also being sent home and children should be learning the information on the page because they are quizzed in class. This is especially important at the start of a new unit. The Knowledge Organisers are sent home at least a week before the new topic begins.
Class teachers don’t communicate enough with parents.
This is always a difficult one for me and I will send out another short Google Form so that you can help me understand this better in order to make the necessary improvements.
As I mentioned on Dojo, we raised an amazing £326 (slightly more than I reported) for our Ukraine fundraiser. Across the Trust we raised £2,200 with the help of the donations from Monkton Garden Centre and appeared in the newspaper. We also raised £106 on Red Nose Day.
We have had lots of positive feedback from Suzanne Flack’s (CEO) visits noting the engagement of pupils and the rise in writing standards across the school. As I always say, I am incredibly proud to be part of Priorswood and thank the staff for all their hard work in getting us to this point.
World Book Day was a great success. Well done to all of you for your amazing costumes.
