School Closures

21^st November 2013

Dear parents,

How to find out if the School is Closed

If we have to make a decision to close the school unexpectedly, as we have in previous years

due to adverse weather conditions such as snow, we have three ways to inform you of this.

Firstly this will be posted on our website: www.parsloesprimary.co.uk  .

Secondly we also post this information on the borough’s website on their School Status Page; http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/Education/SchoolStatus

And finally we will send a groupcall message to the mobile number we have on our records for you so please ensure we have your up to date mobile number.

A decision will be made by 7.30 in the morning. Many factors influence this decision, such as staff being able to get to school, the condition of the school grounds and the conditions of the roads surrounding the school.

Please do not rely on phoning the school to find out this information as there is only one phone line and also there may not be anyone there to take the call.

We will also use these ways to tell you if the school is open during bad weather.

Thank you for your co-operation

Yours sincerely

Mrs. A. Lipski

Head Teacher

DATES FOR THE REST OF THE TERM

Wednesday 6^th November        Dagenham Post in for photo of Reception Pupils

Monday 11^th November           Remembrance Ceremony in school playground(weather permitting) 10.30

Tuesday 12^th November          Year 3 Blue Badge tour of London

Thursday 14^th November         Individual Photographs (more information to follow)

Friday 15^th November             Child in Need, non uniform day bring a £1

Friday 22^nd November             French Friday!

Tuesday 26^th November          Year 6 trip to Kentlife,

Wednesday 27^th November      Parents evening nursery only

Thursday 28^th November         Parents evening whole school

Monday 2^nd December             Start of Maths Theme week (more information to follow)       

Wednesday 4^th December        Christmas Bazaar 3.30 to 4.30

Thursday 5^th December           Year 5 trip to Valence House Museum

Tuesday 17^th December           Year 1 & 2 Christmas Concerts: 9.30am and 2pm

Wednesday 18^th  December     Christmas Dinner

Thursday 19^th December         Class parties in the afternoon

Friday 20^th December              LAST DAY OF TERM

Monday 6^th January 2014       First day of Spring Term

French Friday

20^th November 2013

Dear Parents,

As a school this term we have started learning French in Key Stage 2 and to promote this across

the school we are holding a ‘French Friday’ tomorrow 22^nd November 2013.

This will involve children and adults using some simple phrases during the school day.

Such as           Bonjour          (Hello)

                        Merci              (Thank you)

                        S’il vous plait ( please)

                        Je voudrais    (I would like)

                        Au revoir       (goodbye)

To make this fun and exciting the children will be taking part in various French themed activities

during the school day, which will include learning about France, the culture, the food , songs etc.

At lunchtime there will be a French themed lunch (for those who are school dinners) and a

typical French breakfast will be served at Breakfast club, for those who are booked in there.

So your support with this and remembering to say ‘Bonjour’ in the morning will be appreciated.

Merci de votre collaboration!!

Yours sincerely,

Mrs A. Lipski

Head Teacher

Half Term letter

23^rd October 2013  

Dear parents,

HALF TERM UPDATE

Our half term break is nearly upon us, it has been a busy half term and I am sure the children and staff are looking forward to the week off, to recharge their batteries!

OFSTED

The first week of term we were contacted by HMI (Ofsted) to carry out a follow up visit from our inspection in April of this year. We are pleased to say that they have found that we have taken effective action to accelerate progress for pupils in writing and mathematics. ‘Senior leaders and governors are taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement identified at the recent section 5 inspection.’ HMI September 2013. The full letter is available on Ofsted website.

Therefore in next half term we are going to be holding parent events on how to support your child in maths, which will be held during our Maths Theme week (dates for the rest of the term on the reverse of this letter).

SPORTS

This year the government has given primary schools additional funding for sports. We are using some of this to increase the number of days our sport coach works, so more classes will be taught by Coach Ben; we have also started a girls football team for year 5 & 6 pupils in addition to our boys football team. This funding covers the cost of training for these teams after school. There will be more after school sporting clubs next half term. Already our football team are doing well in their league matches, having won all their matches so far this term.

REMINDERS:

School uniform must be LABELLED  so we can return any items lost. Please continue to ensure your child wears the correct uniform to school, which should include a polo shirt with the Parsloes Logo.

This half term ends on FRIDAY 25^th OCTOBER and re-opens on MONDAY 4^th NOVEMBER.

Thank you for your continued support this half term.

Yours sincerely

Mrs. A. Lipski,

Head Teacher

  

DATES FOR THE REST OF THE TERM

Wednesday 6^th November        Dagenham Post in for photo of Reception Pupils

Monday 11^th November           Remembrance Ceremony in school playground(weather permitting) 10.30

Tuesday 12^th November          Year 3 Blue Badge tour of London

Thursday 14^th November         Individual Photographs (more information to follow)

Friday 15^th November             Child in Need, non uniform day bring a £1

Tuesday 26^th November          Year 6 trip to Kentlife,

Wednesday 27^th November      Parents evening nursery only

Thursday 28^th November         Parents evening whole school

Monday 2^nd December             Start of Maths Theme week (more information to follow)

Wednesday 4^th December        Christmas Bazaar 3.30 to 4.30

Thursday 5^th December           Year 5 trip to Valence House Museum

Tuesday 17^th December           Year 1 & 2 Christmas Concerts: 9.30am and 2pm

Friday 20^th December              Christmas Dinner

Friday 20^th December              LAST DAY OF TERM

Monday 6^th January 2014       First day of Spring Term