Sandiway Primary School Newsletter
Newsletter 5 Wednesday 9th October 2018
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NSPCC
Thank you for your donations on
Monday; we were able to donate
£120.00 to the NSPCC. The children
greatly benefitted from the assemblies
and workshops this week and they
have heard some very clear campaigns
about being safe.
Multi Academy Trust Update
As you may recall, Sandiway Primary
School is working very closely with four
other schools to pursue the possibility
of forming a Multi Academy Trust. Over
the past few months the Headteachers
from each school have met on a regular
basis to move forward on this journey.
Governors from each school have met
as a collective and our Chairs of
Governors have met to discuss the
journey to date and next steps in the
process.
Currently we are conducting ‘due
diligence’ across the 5 schools in
Leadership and Management, Teaching
and Learning, Buildings and Finance. As
you can imagine, this is a lengthy
process; we are now waiting for the
finance due diligence to be finalised.
Following all of this, all governors
across the 5 schools will look at each
report to be assured that the Trust can
be formed. After governors have seen
and discussed all reports, there will
then be a staff and parent consultation.
You will hear about this in due course.
Sporting Achievements
A report from Year 6: “Last Friday,
some boys from Years 5 and 6 went to
as football tournament at Weaverham
High School. There were 5 other teams
there: Cuddington A, Cuddington B,
Crowton, Little Leigh and Weaverham
Forest. We finished in second place
with 12 points, just being beaten by
Weaverham Forest with 15 points. Well
done to all and thank you to our adult
helpers on the day.”
Reading for children
We are often asked to support you, as
parents, with reading at home.
Sometimes it is hard to know what to
do when your children ‘have learnt to
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read’ to maintain their enthusiasm and
interest in reading. We are often asked:
How important is reading at home?
How can I encourage my child to be
more enthusiastic? What if they will
only read comics or fact books?
As a school we are very aware of the
other pushes and pulls that mean that
children often do not choose to read as
part of their daily routine. So often, as
adults, we don’t have time to model
our own love of reading either.
Research indicates that reading for 20
minutes per day exposes children to 1.8
million words a year! A pupil who reads
less often is clearly at a disadvantage
both in their reading fluency and their
vocabulary development. Just like
learning to play a sport, there is no
substitute for practise; skills can be
taught in school, as a football coach
might train a player once a week, but
the real work goes on outside of this
time with regular practise.
If you need any specific support with
reading, please speak to class teachers;
they will be able to guide you. In the
meantime, I hope the following
information is useful:
• Reading is pivotal to improvements
in all parts of learning – there is a
direct link between the quality of
children’s writing and their reading
• Reading with an adult, or talking
about a text in a meaningful way
after independent reading, is
invaluable
• Parents can help with the meaning
of words, with inference (often
referred to as ‘reading between the
lines’ - gaining an understanding of
what a sentence means or the
feelings the author is trying to
portray), with the subtleties of
language and plots
• Parents valuing a high quality 20-
minute time is very powerful and
will make a big difference to how
children feel about reading and
books
• It is okay to enjoy comics or fact
books, if they are part of a varied
diet of books.
• We can provide a list of
recommended books for your
children, but it is important to
remember that it is also personal
choice what children enjoy – there
will be a bigger impact if children
are part of the choosing process. A
really good place to start is
www.lovereading4kids.co.uk The
next place we would recommend is
the local libraries – the staff there
have a really good knowledge of
children’s books, which books are
popular and which are enjoyed by
children.
School Photos
Tempest will be visiting school on 23rd
October to taking individual and sibling
photos. If you would like any pre-school
children to be in the photos, please
come to the school hall from 8.30am.
Mr Chris Priddey (Headteacher)
Diary Dates
10 Oct Parent’s Evening 3.30-7.00pm
23 Oct Portrait school photos (from
8.30am)
24 Oct PTA Disco (NB date change)
26 Oct Break up for half term holiday
5 Nov Training day for staff
6 Nov Children return to school
19 Nov Flu vaccinations (R-Y5)
7 Dec Christmas Fair (5.00-7.00pm)
18 Dec Rec/KS1 Christmas Performances
19 Dec Rec and Y6 to The Grange
Theatre
19 Dec Y3/4 Carol Service in St John’s
Church
21 Dec Break up for Christmas holiday