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Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.
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'Come and....play' session for families
Wed 21 Oct 2015The Year 2 team held a "come and play" event where children invited members of their family to come and play some maths games. We had lots of fun and did some great maths work at the same time. It was really good to see so many parents and carers, who were all willing to get involved with playing the games. Thank you to our very helpful Year 6 children who spent their lunch times learning to play the games so that they could teach the Year 2 children the rules.
Increasing the opportunities for parents and carers to share in their children's learning is an important part of our school plan.
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News of Parliament Week
Wed 21 Oct 2015During the week beginning 16th November in Term 2 we will be taking part in national Parliament Week which promotes understanding of the importance of democracy and law making in the UK. We have a host of exciting activities planned including a number of trips and special visitors. There will also be a coffee afternoon on Thursday 19th November with a host of sweet treats, hot and cold drinks and the opportunity for you to meet and chat with your local councillors (Cllrs Wells, Game and Jaye-Jones) – an invitation for this will follow nearer the time. The week will end with a special celebration on Friday 20th November where children are invited to come to school in Parliament/democracy themed fancy dress. This could range from dressing up as a past Prime Minister, a suffragette, a councillor or mayor or maybe Big Ben! You can be as adventurous or as tame as you like. More details about the whole week will be shared with you after half term. Thank you to Miss Connellan for organising all the exciting events and trips.
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Amazing 'Harvest' support
Wed 21 Oct 2015For Harvest this year families generously donated food items and toiletries for 'Thanet Open Christmas'. One of our teachers, Mrs Brockman, has supported Thanet Open Christmas for many years, initially as a volunteer, cooking and giving out Christmas dinners and now is part of the group that organises the event. Again, as in previous years, the generosity of our children and their families has been overwhelming, with extra tables needing to be brought into the hall to hold all the harvest gifts.
Community is one of the school’s core values and through being able to support this project in our own community we, as a school, are really living our values. We also invited people from our local community in to school to celebrate harvest with us. Many people from the local church and our neighbours in Northumberland Avenue came to listen to our harvest songs, sung by year 2 and the choir. Afterwards our children enjoyed talking to our visitors while they enjoyed a cup of tea and some cake. We are very fortunate to be part of a community that is supportive of us.
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School meals for 2/3/4 November
Fri 16 Oct 2015Dear parents and carers
New building and lunch provision
Some of the existing main school kitchen is being moved in half term. In addition, there are several new pieces of equipment being installed. Although the plan is for it to be fully operational after half term, we will not be offering hot meals on Monday 2nd, Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th November.
All of Key Stage 1 who have an ‘infant free lunch’ can have a school packed lunch.
All of Key Stage 2 who are entitled to a free school meal will have a school packed lunch.
There has been very little inconvenience to the school or parents during this huge building project, so we hope you understand the reasons we have made this decision in advance. We are hopeful that the three day ‘breathing space’ will be enough and we will update you should things change.
Thank you in anticipation of your understanding.
Yours sincerely
Jane Troth
Headteacher
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Butterfly family craft afternoon
Fri 16 Oct 2015Thank you to all the families who came in to decorate butterflies with their children. This was a family craft afternoon organised by Mrs Glover and Mrs Sear. It was an afternoon of glue, sequins and laughter!
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Olympic swimmer visits again
Tue 13 Oct 2015Chris Cook returns to Cliftonville
On Monday 12th October, we had the pleasure of welcoming Olympic swimmer and Inspire mentor back to Cliftonville. Throughout the morning Chris inspired our children yet again to think about their dreams and aspirations (linking in very well with our values). In workshops with Year 4, Chris worked with all the children, thinking about what makes people successful and how they can become even more successful. This complemented our schools values and in particular the Y4 value of aspiration.
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Minecraft: information for parents
Fri 09 Oct 2015Minecraft is one of the world’s most popular games, especially with children. The chances are Minecraft will be part of their world, or their friends' worlds. So what should you know about helping your children play safely?
Click on the link below for helpful information...
http://parentinfo.org/article/staying-safe-on-minecraft
As ever, if you would like any help or guidance on keeping your child safe whilst online, please speak to Mr Clayson, our IT network manager.
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When is early, too early?
Thu 08 Oct 2015Dear Parents
Safeguarding
We love children arriving promptly at school in the morning, but a large number of children are on the school grounds 'way too early', some as early as 8.10am. This is mainly KS2 pupils some of whom are dropped off by parents, others who walk unaccompanied. This morning there were nearly forty children before 8.25am. Whilst they are generally very well behaved, there are no adults out there with them.
The school is not liable for any accidents or incidents that occur prior to our published supervision time of 8.40am.
We offer a very reasonable hour of childcare and food at £2 per day in breakfast club from 7.45am. From Monday 12th October any pupil on the playground before 8.30am will be taken into breakfast club and you will be charged the daily fee for this service.
We encourage independence of pupils and want to support parents who are working, but this must be done in conjunction with our policies and practice.
Pupils can come onto the KS2 playground from 8.15am on Friday’s on the weeks when the Motiv8 sports club is running.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of this letter or to register your child for breakfast club, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.
Yours sincerely
Jane Troth
Headteacher
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Maths in Motion team in demand!
Tue 06 Oct 2015We were thrilled to be invited to the national BETT conference in January 2016. Our world beating Maths in Motion team has been asked to demonstrate the software used and developed. This is a real honour and we are very proud of the whole team.
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School Values workshops
Sat 03 Oct 2015School Values workshops
Last year the community of Cliftonville Primary School developed the new school ethos. The children, staff, governors and parents decided on Independence, Safe and Settled, Resilience, Respect, Aspiration, Enjoying Learning and Community Unity. These reflected what was really important to Cliftonville Primary School and what the school should be.
During the last two weeks, each year group has taken part in a ½ day workshop designed to highlight each of our seven values. Each value had a specific activity related to it. The children participated in all seven activities and then were able to discuss how these can be translated back into the classroom and their learning.
Click below to see the amazing tasks the children undertook...
