Monteney Mail World Book Day Children across school have enjoyed a range of activities linked with the National World Book Day. Each year group looked at a different author and the work produced throughout the week has been fabulous! On World Book Day itself we had some strange looking characte rs floating around school, with both staff and children dressing up in unusual attire; we
had everyone from pirates to bears to zombies to parrots! We really enjoyed seeing so many children and their families participating in the 'shared reading' on Thursday morning and returning for a cuppa, cake and another read in our 'Mad Reader's Tea Party'. The finale of our exciting week was the visit of
author 'Steve Way' who led a great whole school assembly before doing lots of different projects with children across school. Overall, we had a wonderful week and would like to thank staff, children and parents for their enthusiasm and support.
well looked after at school. 100% of you also agreed or strongly agreed that the school makes sure its pupils are well behaved, deals effectively with bullying and is well led and managed. 99% of you agreed or strongly agreed that the school responds well to concerns you raise and that your child is taught well at this school. 97% of you agreed that you receive valuable information from the school about
Volume 6 Issue 11 Newsletter Date 15.3.2013
Please remember that we break up for the Easter holidays on Thursday 28th March 2013. We return to school on Monday 15th April. Happy Easter!
Your thoughts Thank you to those of you who took the time to complete our annual Parent/Carer Questionnaire. As you know we welcome your thoughts and opinions. We had 64 responses and the results were extremely positive. The results included: 100% of you agreeing or strongly agreeing that your child is happy at school, feels safe at school, makes good progress at school and is
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your child’s progress and 95% agreed that your child receives appropriate homework for their age. We were really pleased that 100% of you would recommend Monteney to another parent. The survey has identified a few areas for us to look at further and we will be working to improve our practice in these areas. Thank you again for your support.
Inside this issue: World Book Day
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Your thoughts
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Dates
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Easter Egg Comp
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Easter Fun day
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Egg decorating
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Dinner Money
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Contact Details
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School Footwear
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Monteney Primary School Monteney Primary School Monteney Crescent Parson Cross Sheffield S5 9DN Phone: 0114 2467916 Fax: 0114 2467965 Email: enquiries@monteney.sheffield.sch. uk Website: www.monteney.sheffield.sch.uk Through the broad and well-enriched curriculum, and its promotion of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, pupils’ academic and personal development is well-promoted. Ofsted 2012
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Easter Fun Day for all We have been asked to let you know about a local event taking place. The Easter Fun days will take place on Thursday 4th April and Friday 5th April, 10:00-3:00 at the St Paul’s Church and Community Hall on Wordsworth Avenue. The event is for children aged between 5-12. Activities will include crafts, listening to stories, exploring the Easter Message and looking for Easter eggs. Children attending the event would need to take their lunch. The admission fee is £1.50. For more information ring Maureen Greaves on 0114 2844003. Polite Reminder Please can we remind parents not to use the school driveway when dropping off and collecting children. Thank you.
Easter Egg Decorating Competition It is that time of year again. We will be holding our annual “Egg Decorating” competition. We are looking for lots of eggciting entries. Please bring your entries into school from Monday 25th March. Entries will be displayed in the hall and winners will receive an eggcellent prize. Judging will take place on Wednesday 27th March and the winners will be announced on Thursday 28th March during our Awards Assembly.
Volunteer Training Home –Start Volunteers visit families at home each week supporting parents in situations as diverse as isolation, bereavement, multiple births, illness and disability. If you are interested in being a HomeStart volunteer please ring 0114 2788377 for more details or email enquiries@hssheffield.org.uk. The next training course starts 17th April.
School Footwear Please can we remind parents of the school’s dress code for footwear. Several children have come to school in footwear not following our dress code. The school’s policy states that children should wear appropriate black footwear, such as trainers, flat enclosed shoes (no heeled shoes, flip flop type shoes). Laces in shoes should also be black. Please help us keep standards high at Monteney Thank you.