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	6^th September 2004

Welcome Back

Your children are a credit to you

e are delighted to welcome your children back to school for the new academic year and we must again compliment you on their excellent turnout. We hope you all had an enjoyable summer (apart from the rain!!) and we are very pleased to report that everyone has returned safe, sound and raring to go.

Successful Behaviour Policy (Messenger 185)

ou should have also received a copy of Messenger No: 185, which gives comprehensive details of our revised Behaviour Policy. The latter has proved itself to be very effective over recent years and we look forward to your support again to ensure that your children have a happy and productive year.

‘Open Door policy’

Please remember that we cannot help if we are not aware of the problem. We have an ‘Open Door Policy’ and you are warmly encouraged to make use of it. This policy ensures that parents can have direct access (subject to availability) to the Headteacher, Mr. Culley, without the need for a prior appointment, either through a personal interview or over the telephone.

Teaching Staff for 2004 / 05

Headteacher

Colin Culley

Assistant Headteachers

Allyson Buckton (KS1) and Jill Wells (KS2)

Room 1 – Tigers (Y1 & Y2)

Allyson Buckton

Room 2 – Zebras (Y1 & Y2)

Louise Davidson

Ladybirds – Foundation Stage

Rachel Percy

Butterflies – Foundation Stage

Claire Smith (Mon, Tue, Wed)

Mariana Glass (Thurs, Fri)

Bumblebees – Foundation Stage

Kay Davies

Sallie Potter

Room 5 – Elephants (Y1 & 2)

Jonathan Kelly

Room 6 (Y3 & Y4)

Mandy Rimmer

Room 7 (Y3 & Y4)

Sue Davison

Room 8 (Y5 & Y6)

Ruth Pollard

David Shaw

Room 9 (Y5 & Y6)

Claire Brockway

Room10 (Y5 & Y6)

Richard Beadnall

Room 11(Y5 & Y6)

Jill Wells

End of Term Awards

ongratulations to the following children who were presented with our end of term awards at our final assembly held on Wednesday 21^st July 2004.

Court Class Effort Awards

Class 1	Jake Newsome	Sambrooke Richardson
Class 2	Harvey Greenhough	Charlotte Housden
Class 3	Jack Wilde	Megan Dawson
Class 4	Curtis Brayshaw	Emmy Weatherill
Class 5	Christopher Grayson	Sian Newby
Class 6	Ryan Rookes	April Benson
Class 7	Toby Jackson	Aimee Machin
Class 8	Conar Ramsey	Georgina Lofthouse
Class 9	Robin Adderley	Holly Kneeshaw
Class 10	Jeremy Grey	Lorna Raistrick
Class 11	Daniel Clark	Aishling Jackson

Woolhouse Music Cup

Katrina Ring

Firth Sport Cups

KS1: Katie Benson

KS2: Ryan Poppitt

Thackray Reading Cup KS1

Oliver Stimson

Thackray Reading Cup KS2

Craig Foster

Jackie England Shield

Douglas Miles and Zak Jagger

Makins Art Trophy

Aimee Machin

Margaret Rose Award

KS1: Curtis Brayshaw

KS2: Aishling Jackson

Shaw Family Trophy

Rebecca Reeves

House Point Cup

Farndale

Animal Welfare Bill

O

ur thanks to all those families who returned hand and paw prints to support the RSPCA campaign to reform the Animal Welfare Bill and prevent animal suffering. We had a good response from the children and positive letters in reply from the Prime Minister Tony Blair, John Greenway, the Member of Parliament for Ryedale and the Animal Welfare Section of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). .

Citizenship Day

n Monday 19^th July 2004, seven pupils from Malton School joined us for the day as part of their citizenship education. Francesca Tanner, Jessica Wood, Alice Keane, Stewart Bulmer, Rebecca Kelly, Jennifer Galway and Richard Boyes, assisted in the classrooms and helped us to supervise the pupils during our KS2 Sports Day.

Successful Sports Days

ur KS1 Sports Day was held on Tuesday 6^th July. The day began with rain and the event looked doubtful up to 15 minutes before the start. However, Mrs Buckton’s decision to go ahead proved to be an inspired one. The sun came out, blue skies appeared and apart from a strong wind we had a brilliant afternoon.

We had serious concerns about our KS2 Sports Day because it was rained off on Thursday 15^th July. However, we need not have worried because Monday 19^th July, which was our reserve day, was bathed in sunshine and we had a most enjoyable afternoon.

Our sincere thanks to the Friends of School Association for providing the refreshments after each day.

‘Clothes Reunited’

f only this were true!! At the end of the Summer Term we were left with piles of unwanted personal possessions. In an attempt to reunite them with their owners all the items were put on display in the hall on Thursday 2^nd September for each class to view. Needless to say, the dozens of sweat tops, trainers, coats etc had no names. If these items are not claimed this half-term they will be disposed of.

Please put your child’s name on all their personal possessions. This includes clothes, shoes, lunch boxes and P.E. / games kit.

Cycle Awareness Programme

e are pleased to report that our Cycle Awareness Programme for this year will commence on Friday 10^th September. Only Year 6 pupils are eligible to participate and subject to the response to our initial letter we will run an 8 week course this term.

Holidays in term time affect your child’s performance!

e continue to be concerned by the number of holidays parents are taking during school time and the effect this is having on the education of our pupils. During the academic year 2003 / 2004 the number of pupils taking holidays during term time of 4 days or more rose by just over 18% to 116. It is important to note that we have not included figures for the number of pupils who take single or double days off school in order to have long weekends.

(Figures are for the number of pupils having a holiday during term time for 4 days or more).

Please avoid taking your holiday during school time

he Governors would like to remind you that only in UNAVOIDABLE CIRCUMSTANCES will leave of absence from school for an annual holiday be granted for not more than two weeks in any year (Education Regulations 1981 – Regulation 12). Parents must collect a Leave of Absence form from the secretary (SA22) & return the completed form at least 7 days before the first date of the proposed absence.

Long and short breaks from school can be very detrimental to your child’s education and can adversely affect their current & future progress.

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