General Announcements

With another busy week ahead of us, we thought we’d recap on what’s happening in school this week:

Wednesday, 12th July 2017, 1.15pm
We have our sports day (which was rescheduled from 29th June), weather permitting.  There will be refreshments available for parents to purchase, organised by our FPTA.

Thursday, 13th July 2017

6-7pm Infants disco, school hall
7-8pm Juniors disco, school hall

The year 6 children are very excited as they have been voting for their ‘last dance at Coton’ song.
£2 entry, refreshments are available to purchase during the evening as normal.

Communication
Parents should received a letter this week, prior to ‘move-up day’ on Friday 14th July, explaining which class your child(ren) will be in for the next School Year.

Your child’s end of year report will be issued by the end of this week also.

Thank you.

Following our communication last week regards school uniform, we have been made aware that there are a couple of issues with ordering uniform from the websites. Please note that we are in communication with all the suppliers and hope to have all issues resolved by the end of the week.

Thank you for your understanding.

After much discussion and consultation with parents and children since March, you should you have received a letter this evening, about our expectations regarding school uniform from the start of next year.

Wearing a uniform is an integral part of life, both in school and in the wider working world.  In school, it gives our children a sense of deep belonging – our school is a very special place to be a part of. Uniform also guards against children being separated by any social differences.  In addition, it ensures that the children are in the right frame of mind to learn well and strive for excellence.  When representing the school, we want to leave a lasting impression on others, looking smart and proud at all times.

We have made a few amendments to our uniform for the following reasons:

• We have a new school badge which we wish to incorporate and a new school vision
• We want to foster a culture of high expectations where all pupils believe in themselves and strive for ‘excellence’
• We want to respond to the suggestions of the children themselves which have been raised via School Parliament – showing that we value their input into aspects of school life
• We must ensure that we prepare our children in Year 5 & 6 for the next stage of their education when they leave for Secondary school, to ensure a smoother transition.

The letter which your child brought home outlines the uniform expectations for next year.  In summary, the main changes are below.

Year 5 & 6 children only

• The introduction of a clip-on school tie (red and white stripes)
• All children to wear a white shirt (tucked in at all times)
• Red V-neck sweatshirts/cardigans complete with the new school logo
• Black or grey trousers, skirts and shorts
• No summer dresses
• Black or red tights, white or grey socks
• Black school shoes (no trainers)

Rest of the school (Rec, Yrs 1-4)

• Red V-neck sweatshirts/cardigans complete with the new school logo
• White polo shirts (this can be with or without the school’s new logo)
• Black/grey trousers, skirts or shorts
• Summer dresses may be worn
• Black or red tights, white or grey socks
• Black school shoes (no trainers)

**Please note that, although we prefer children to wear a school sweatshirt or cardigan with the logo on for safety reasons when out representing the school, plain red v-neck sweatshirts/cardigans are acceptable

Rest assured that if you prefer, and your child still has an old school sweatshirt which fits them, they will be able to continue wearing this in the interim period. In changing the type of sweatshirt, we have been careful to ensure that this won’t mean any additional expense from what parents would have paid previously. However, we would also like to stress that the wearing of a school sweatshirt is not compulsory and some of our older pupils prefer not to wear one.

Uniform can be purchased from the list of suppliers issued in the letter.

Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we’ll be happy to help.

Our new uniform will be displayed outside the school office by the end of next week – should you wish to take a glance.

Our children in Key Stage 2 have been working incredibly hard towards their upcoming production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat on 3rd and 4th July next week.

If you wish to come along to support the children, tickets can be obtained from the school office.

Thank you

It is that time of year when we start approaching people to help out at our Summer Fayre; some people avoid us when they see us coming with the volunteer list(!)… whilst others happily get stuck in.

Through these fundraising events, we raise vital moneys to help support our school in various ways. The FPTA continues to fund coaches for school class trips to ensure we keep the cost down as much as possible for parents, they have helped fund laptops, the PA system and many more items. We can only continue to help fund such items if we raise the money through various events throughout the year.

This is where you come in, we are looking for volunteers to help out on the evening of our Summer Fayre to make certain we have a successful event for our children.  If you can spare an hour to help on a stall, we would be most grateful.  If you’re not sure about running a stall on your own, you could always partner up with someone else to help.

If you are able to help, please let Jo Cresswell in the school office know or Aisha Mack on the school yard at the start or end of the day.

Thank you.

 

We are delighted to announce that last week, we successfully appointed Miss Christina Gillies to cover Miss Forrest’s forthcoming maternity leave.

Miss Gillies is already well-known to the children after working in school, on supply most recently. She brings a wealth of experience to Coton, having taught in a diverse range of schools and in a variety of positions.

She will join our team officially from September.  Plans for next year are still being finalised but we will be letting you all known which class your child is in via a letter, during the week commencing 10th July. Move-Up Day is Friday 14th July and the children will spend this day in their new class also.

I am sure that you will give Miss Gillies ‘the Coton welcome’ if you see her in school over the next few weeks!

The children had a fantastic time today trying out a  different sport – badminton. The enthusiastic coach, Mr Rogers, came into our school as part of the Star Foundation Active8 recycling campaign to deliver an engaging and energetic badminton session to each class. There was much excitement from the children and the smiles never left there faces!  I’m sure they’ll tell you all about it this evening.

Please see the Joseph update letter which has been sent home today. Thank you.

Joseph Update Letter 22 06 17

Tomorrow we have an activity day, courtesy of the Star Foundation, in return for any items of clothes, bedding, books, CD’s etc that you wish to recycle.  A leaflet is being sent home today with a cut off label for you to attach to your bags.

Not only do the children benefit from the activity day but the school will benefit as well.  One lucky pupil will also win a contribution towards afterschool club fees – so make sure you put the slip/label on all bags that you bring in to recycle.

Please can you bring any bags of recycling to the school reception in the morning – thank you.

We have received reports from various parents that they have not received text messages recently, even though our system in school shows the messages have been delivered.  We have spoken with Teachers2Parents who indicated that there was an outage where the mobile providers were not forwarding messages on. We have been assured that this has now been resolved.

Thank you.