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Macaulay School Newsletter 1

4th September 2009

 

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL Welcome back to the start of the new school year, I hope you all had a lovely summer break. A very special welcome to all the new children and their families joining us this term. Class INTRODUCTORY TALKS will be taking place over the next two weeks. We hope you will be able to attend, as they are an opportunity to meet your child’s teacher/s, and find out about class routines and plans for the coming year. You will have already received a ‘WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL’ booklet and Emergency/ Permission Forms. Please read through the booklet with your children, taking special note of the school rules and any changes to the day to day routines. The forms should be completed (both sides) and returned to school as soon as possible. The talks take place at 3.30 pm in the classrooms on the dates listed below.   Introductory Talks: Monday 7th = Year 5 Monday  7th = Year 4  Wednesday 9th =  Year 2 Thursday 10th =  Year 1 Friday 11th =  Year 3 Monday 14th =  Reception Thursday 17th = Year 6   Please arrange childcare and do not leave any children unattended in the playground or park opposite as we are unable to supervise them.    STAFF NEWS We are very grateful to Miss Sarah Owen who has stepped in to take the Year 3 class whilst their teacher Mrs Helen Stirling recovers from emergency surgery. Please remember them both in your prayers.

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS Club Agreement forms were sent out yesterday.   Payment is due on Monday or Tuesday from 8.45 – 9.15am and 3.00 - 3.30pm in the hall. All clubs start week beginning 14th September. MACAULAY BREAKFAST CLUB Our Breakfast Club is now up and running from 8.00am. For £3 children are offered a breakfast of cereal, toast, a drink and a piece of fruit and supervised games and activities. There are still places available – please apply in the school office.   TRAVEL MATTERS A huge thank you to Travelmatters for their donation of £80 to the PTA for bookings made with them. It’s never too soon to start thinking about your next holiday so check out their website www.travelmatters.co.uk   And Finally… Dinner Money for this term is £1.60 per day:       one week = £8       term 1 = £60.80       term 2 = £56.00       From now till Christmas = £116.80 Please pay in advance – placing money in an envelope marked with your child’s name and class. Cheques should be made payable to: Macaulay School     Best wishes Liz Divall

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Macaulay School Newsletter 2

17th September 2009

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL Already the new academic year is well under way and we hope that your children are settling into their new classes. Thank you for attending the Introductory Talks. By now you should have received Emergency Contact forms, forms to identify the adults permitted to collect your children and for Years 1 to 6, the ‘Welcome Back to School’ booklets. Please ensure that any outstanding forms are completed (both sides) and returned to school as soon as possible. Dates for this term are being sent out with this letter along with term and holiday dates for the year. These will be confirmed in future newsletters or individual letters from class teachers. Please note the letter from the Chair of Governors overleaf.   PTA NEWS We hope you received our first newsletter earlier this week and will be booking your babysitters for next Wednesday’s Welcome / AGM meeting. Once again this year we will be sending brochures home for you to select and order Christmas goods. There will be the usual high quality gift wrap (sustainably sourced) and many other great value products. We receive 22% cash back on every item you buy. As usual you will need to put your order in before the half term holiday.  Please see Linda Flavell, mum of Imogen and Olivia in Year 3, if you'd like more details linda.flavell@dechert.com   RIPPLEDOWN The cool, but dry weather this week has been a real bonus and has contributed to the wonderful week our Year 5 children have had at Rippledown.  We look forward to welcoming them back tomorrow.   MACAULAY BREAKFAST CLUB There are still spaces available in our Breakfast Club which runs from 8.00am. For £3 children are offered a breakfast of cereal, toast, a drink and a piece of fruit and supervised games and activities. We are able to cater for casual attendance.

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS After school clubs have begun this week. There are some spaces left in the capoeira (Wed), cricket (Thurs) and hockey (Fri) clubs. Please leave a note in the school office if your child is interested in joining any of these.   VOUCHERS Thank you for your Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Times vouchers. Dig It club has received a gardening bag full of tools from Tesco, we have another 12  reading books from the Times scheme and we are awaiting a delivery of balls and other sports equipment from Sainsbury’s. Please keep sending in the Times vouchers – we can never have too many books!!!   DINNER MONEY Dinner money for this term is £1.60 per day:                one week  = £8                term 1       =  £60.80                term 2       =  £56.00 From now till Christmas = £116.80 Please pay in advance – placing money in an envelope marked with your child’s name and class. Cheques should be made payable to: Macaulay School If you are on income support or other benefits you may be entitled to free school meals. Forms available from the school office   SAFETY REMINDER Please ensure bikes and scooters are not used in the playgrounds before or after school. (This applies to parents and siblings also!) Bikes should be wheeled to the racks and secured with a suitable lock. Scooters should be stored in the box by the front gate. The school cannot accept responsibility for any losses.   AND FINALLY A great big welcome into the Macaulay family to Bella, a sister for Tilly in Year 2 and Fred in the Nursery and also welcome to George, a brother for Flora in Year 1 and Lucy in the Nursery.   Best wishes Liz Divall

 

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GOVERNORS MEETING

WITH PARENTS & CARERS

Dear Parents & Carers

 

Macaulay parents and carers can be proud that our children attend what both OFSTED and the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education (SDBE) judged in June to be an ‘Outstanding’ school – the highest rating available. 

 

The Macaulay School Governors would like to invite you to a discussion about our plans for the pupils in the coming year and how we intend to maintain these high standards. The meeting will take place in the Main Hall of the school at 7.15pm on Thursday 15^th October. We expect to be finished by 8.30pm and Governors will be providing snacks along with wine and soft drinks.

 

The meeting is a chance for you to meet with Governors and hear about our plans for the school. Celyn Davies, the Deputy Head, will also give a talk about the “Creative Curriculum” which is a new way of teaching that will start to be used in all classes over the next year.

 

Getting your questions answered

 

We want to make sure we cover issues that are of interest to parents. To help us do this, please send us your questions before the meeting - either by emailing them to Governors at talk-to-governors@macaulay.lambeth.sch.uk or by putting them into the Governors box outside the school office.

 

The meeting will deal with topics for which Governors have specific responsibility including the school’s education priorities, what children should achieve by the time they leave and on what the school should spend its money.

 

Questions raised that are more to do with the day-to-day running of the school (such as timetables, teaching or school discipline) will be answered in a letter that will be sent to parents after the meeting. We will make sure, however, that there is time at the meeting for parents to raise any day-to-day issues of which they think Governor’s should be aware.

 

What is the Governing Body and what does it do?

 

The role of the Governing Body is to take a long term view of what the school should be trying to achieve, and providing the structures that ensure your child achieves his or her full academic and social potential while at Macaulay School. The Governing Body doesn’t run the School – that is the role of our excellent Headteacher and staff. Who should be your first port of call to do with your child’s education. The 16 members of the Governing Body are appointed or elected by parents, staff, the six local Anglican churches, Lambeth Council and the SDBE.

 

I look forward to meeting you.

 

With best wishes

 

 

Andrew Caesar-Gordon

Chair of Governors

 

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DATES FOR THIS TERM

These and any additional dates will be confirmed in future newsletters

 

Please print and keep this calendar

Sept.	Monday 7th	3.30pm	Introductory Talk - Year 5
	Monday 7th	3.30pm	Introductory Talk - Year 4
	Wednesday 9th	3.30pm	Introductory Talk - Year 2
	Thursday 10th	3.30pm	Introductory Talk - Year 1
	Friday 11th	3.30pm	Introductory Talk - Year 3
	Monday 14th	3.30pm	Introductory Talk - Reception
	Monday 14th		After School Clubs Start
	Monday 14th - Friday 18th		Year 5 residential school journey to Rippledown
	Monday 21st		5 & 6 trip to Royal Institution (Polygonia)
	Wednesday 23rd		School Council elections
	Wednesday 23rd	7.00pm	PTA Welcome Cheese and Wine social and AGM
	Tuesday 29th		Year 4 trip to Snuff Mill - river study
Oct.	Thursday 1st		Harvest Festival Service (led by Year 3)
	Monday 5th		Year 6 trip to Royal Institution (Magic of Maths)
	Wednesday 7th	7.00pm	PTA meeting
	Tuesday 13th		Year 5 trip to theatre – Horrible Histories (WW11)
	Tuesday 13th		Year 4 trip to Royal Institution (Fizz, Foam & Flubber)
	Thursday 15th		Year 2 trip to Transport Museum
	Thursday 15th	7.00pm	Meet the Governors
	Monday 19th - Friday 23rd		Black History Week
	Monday 26th -Friday 30th		HOLIDAY
Nov.	Wednesday 4th	7.00pm	PTA meeting
	Wednesday 11th		Parent Conference Evenings
	Thursday 12th		Parent Conference Evenings
	Tuesday 17th		School photographer to take individual portraits
	Monday 23rd - Friday 27th		Book Week
Dec.	Wednesday 2nd		Learning Dome in school for Yrs 1,3,& 5
	Thursday 3rd		KS2 inter house catchball tournament
	Friday 4th		KS2 inter house netball tournament
	Friday 4th		PTA Christmas fair
	Wednesday 9th		Key Stage 1 Christmas Plays
	Saturday 12th		PTA Christmas tree sale
	Tuesday 15th		Christmas lunch
	Wednesday 16th		Nursery Christmas songs
	Thursday 17th		Nursery Christmas party
	Thursday 17th		KS1 & KS2 Christmas parties
	Friday18th		End of term service (led by Year 4)
January 4th,  2010			Back to school

 

These dates are correct at the time of publication. 

Please check future newsletters for any additions/amendments

 

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TERM DATES FOR 2009 - 2010

These dates are correct at the time of publication. 

Please check future newsletters for any additions/amendments

DATES FOR CHILDREN

Term 1:

2nd September – 23rd October

(holiday  26 – 30 October)

Term 2:

2nd November  - 18th December

(holiday  21 December – 1 January)

Term 3:

4th January – 12th February

(holiday 15 – 19 February)

Term 4:

22nd February – 1st April

(holiday  2 – 16 April)

Term 5:

19th April  - 28th  May

(holiday  31 May - 4 June)

Term 6:

8th June – 16th July

(Bank Holiday = 3rd May)