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Newsletters 2021-22 Monday 25th July No.21

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It was absolutely brilliant to welcome so many of you into school this week to enjoy our sports days. Two years ago, we didn't have one at all and last year it was via Zoom! To have so many of you come along to cheer the children on was very magical.

Huge thanks to Mr. Peel and Mr. Taylor for arranging these special events and tweaking the format a little to ensure that the children were active for longer. Grateful thanks also extend to Mr. Paragreen for keeping us all well-informed with his compelling compering. Mr. Paragreen has been supporting these events for 40 years! We can't thank him enough.

A full gallery will be shared on the school website very soon. If you have any great photos from the events, particularly Tuesday's one, we would appreciate it if you could send some through.

At the end of this term, we bid a fond farewell to Mrs Rebecca True. Rebecca is a dedicated and loyal member of staff who has worked tirelessly, gently and patiently with many of our younger children in Reception and Year One. Rebecca has provided caring support with phonics and multiple learning activities, encouraging and caring for those learners beginning their journey with us. Rebecca you will be missed, and we wish you all best wishes for the future.

As the end of term looms, we also say a big thank you to Mrs Emma Jones as she leaves her role in our school Wrap Club. Emma has cared and looked after many children, providing the very best of care for children before and after school, also during the school holidays. We don't say a total goodbye as Emma will continue with her role in school as part of our lunchtime team.

The PTA Summer Raffle

Huge thanks to the PTA for arranging this special raffle for us all.

Tickets are still on sale from the school office.

Please keep selling as many as you can until Wednesday 13th July. All ticket stubs and the money should be handed in by this date.

If you have any final items for a prize, please let us know ASAP

Thank you

Assessments and Reports

You should all have received your child's report today. The reports highlight all the hard work of the year and targets for improvement.

If you have any concerns or queries, please contact your child's class teacher. We had originally planned to give you a Zoom opportunity to talk about the report, but since printing, the covid situation has improved and as a result, feel free to pop along to see your child's teacher on Monday after school if you would like up until 4.00 pm. If this doesn't work for you, feel free to send through an email and a mutually convenient time will be planned.

Additionally, if your child is in the following year groups you should have received information about how your child performed in the following statutory assessments:

Reception - Information about your child's performance in the 'Early Years Foundation Stage Profile'.

Year One - Information about your child's performance in the 'Phonics Screening Check'.

Year Two - Information about your child's performance in the 'Key Stage One SATS'.

Year Six - Information about your child's performance in the 'Key Stage Two SATS'.

Again, if you have any queries about these, please come and ask. We are more than happy to help.

Our full data reports will be shared on the website shortly.

Our timings for the school day are slightly changing for September 2022 and beyond. In line with government directives about the length of the school day, we will be extending the school day for all children with a start time of 8.45am and a pick-up time of 3.25pm.

The gate will still open at 8.40am in the morning for KS2, but they will go into class at 8.45am.

Planning ahead to next year, please be reminded of the following -

For PE, children need a plain white or a plain red t-shirt.
Any earrings should be small studs only.
Whilst trainers can be worn as part of the everyday uniform, these must be plain black.

For further information about the uniform, please look at the information of the school website.

Celebrating French Day @DPS

All classes in the school will be practising their ever-growing French language skills and learning about France on Thursday 14th July in line with Bastille Day and the Tour de France.

Along with lots of other fun learning opportunities, they will be enjoying croissants!

Chair of Governor Updates

St Begh's Catholic Junior School - Governors

As you will have read in the last newsletter you will have seen that after over 30 years I have decided to stand down as a governor. I wanted to say that it has been a real privilege and pleasure to have been part of the school community and watched as the school has grown and changed in so many ways.

As a Governor I have served under 5 head teachers and each has brought their unique qualities and skills to the role and helped in the development of the school, and as a Governor I have welcomed being part of this journey.

As Chair for the last 3 years I have faced many challenges alongside the Head Teacher and hopefully with the other Governors positively supported her in resolving these challenges.

One of the real pleasures has been visiting the school both for educational purposes and social activities. The staff and children are always so welcoming and it is so exciting to see the wide range of learning taking place and the commitment, energy and dedication of both staff and children.

I would be remiss if I didn’t say that you as parents have been so supportive of the school and Governing Body and your attendance at so many activities has added to the life of the community.

I want to say that the next academic year will see our joining the Grand Union Partnership as part of the MAT and I have every confidence that this will create new opportunities for everyone

I wanted to say thank you to Mrs. Rice as Headteacher and working with you has been a real pleasure.

I want to say a big thank you to all the staff, children, parents and governors for their support over the last 30 years and wish everyone all the best for the future.

Although I am standing down as a governor, I am not cutting my ties with the school completely. I hope to find new ways of supporting the staff and children through volunteering, so you may well see me around the school wearing a different hat.

Deanshanger Primary School has been a big part of my life since my late wife and I moved to the village in 1981, and I have been so grateful to have been able to contribute to its life through my time as a Governor.

Thank you once again for all your support and good wishes.

Mr David Aaronson

Mr Peter Nickoll is our Acting Chair of Governors.

To contact Mr Nickoll about any time, please note the following email address PNGovernor@deanshanger.northants.sch.uk

Over the past few months Miss Cookson (Year 3 Kingfishers) has been training hard for the London to Brighton off-road cycle ride. Having not really ridden a bicycle for the past 20 years this is proving to be quite some challenge, especially as the ride will entail 1295m (4248ft) of ascent – this is almost as much as the height of Ben Nevis! The ride will take place on Saturday 17^th September and is in aid of the British Heart Foundation. If any of you would like to donate a little towards this cause the link to the fundraising page is https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Claire-Cookson2 .

Any donations will be very gratefully received.

Do you remember our wonderful music teacher Ms. Jess Hunting?

She is running a workshop in the summer that might interest many of you.

08 Jul 2022

News from Deanshanger Village Library

2022 Summer Reading Challenge starts Wednesday 13th July 2022 in Deanshanger Village Library. Partner: Science Museum Group.Illustrator: Julian Beresford.Looks at the science and innovation behind everyday objects.This is a national incentive sponsored by the Reading Agency aimed at keep...

08 Jul 2022

Library Books

Please have a good look at home for any school books that need returning to the school. We don't mind if you've had them for days, months or even years. We would love to be able to re-shelve them ready for full use again in September.Thank you

07 Jul 2022

Reception 2022-2023

A huge thank you to all of our wonderful parents and children who joined us for our parents' meeting on Monday evening (4th July). It was lovely to all be together and share lots of information about the years ahead. The team are all so excited to get started in September and they have been busy...