Message
from Governing Body
Parent
Survey
Thank you to all those parents/carers who
completed and returned the Parent Survey, the school and Governing Body
appreciate the feedback. We had 31 responses in total; of those who completed
the survey over 90% of responses scored Strongly Agree or Agree for the
questions relating to ‘my child is happy’, ‘feels safe’, ‘is well looked
after’, and ‘pupils are well behaved’.
Encouragingly the score that is a strong
indicator of satisfaction in that parents would recommend the school, had 84%
of parents agreeing, with 4 responses scoring don’t know.
The question relating to whether the school
dealt effectively with bullying caused much debate amongst the Governing Body
and teachers; 51% of responses agreed (strongly or agree), only 1 response
disagreed whereas 45% ticked ‘Don’t know’. We debated whether this was because
there had been no incidences of bullying for that child, thereby parents felt
they couldn’t respond positively or negatively to it being dealt with
effectively because they had never come across it. For those 14 respondents, if
you can remember why you ticked ‘Don’t know’ we would very much appreciate
having an insight into why you ticked it.
77% of responses agreed (strongly or agree)
in relation to receiving valuable information about their child, whereas 19%
disagreed. In terms of responding well to any concerns you raise, 65% responded
positively, 16% disagreed and the remaining ticked ‘Don’t know’.
The free text comments very much reflected
the survey responses. Some comments related to individual children, and in line
with school policy we would again encourage parents to talk to the relevant
teacher at the end of the day, not before school, in the first instance, or
make an appointment to speak with Mrs Turner if you have any concerns. Some
text comments related to ‘stories’ about isolated incidences; we acknowledge
that with the small nature of the school, parents share stories relating to
their child, this can make it difficult when seeing survey responses to
understand if this was one story repeated many times or many different issues.
The parent survey is just one of the data
points we use to measure the effectiveness of the school, we also measure the
views and progress of pupils, benchmark against other schools, and gather both
quantitative and qualitative information against key targets set as part of the
School Improvement Plan.
Parents
& Community Forum – 26th April
The school has changed significantly over
the past 5 years, numbers have almost doubled and yet we still occupy the same
space, with the same number of teachers; the curriculum has changed, the method
of assessment has changed, the LA is in demise and the spectre of academy
status is now firmly on our agenda.
We would therefore encourage as many
parents as possible to attend the Parents Forum on 26th April to
hear what actions the school will be taking in response to the feedback, learn
more about the school, what the Governing Body do and more importantly seek
your views on academy status and the long term vision of the school. The main
focus of the evening will be to seek views so that the GB can create a vision that ensures our step towards academy status reflects the majority
views of parents, as well as delivering a happy and caring environment in which
the children can thrive.
Sports Relief
Thank you to everyone who supported our Sports
Relief activities on Friday 18th March. We are pleased to report
that £102 was raised which has been donated to Sports Relief.
Forest School
A huge thank you to Phil Payne for
sourcing the pallets and other materials to turn our donated sink into a mud
kitchen at Forest School. Both Phil and
Paul Gravett spent a few hours building the mud kitchen, which the children are
going to love! Thank you to both Phil and Paul for their efforts.
Chess Tournament 2016
Congratulations to Charlie
A, Charlie B and Casey B who were joint winners of this year’s Stadhampton
Primary Chess Tournament. The children had great fun! 2nd runners up were
Lewis, Peter, Lawrence, Thomas and Will P; 3rd runner up was Tia K. Well done
to all who gained enough points to enter this year’s Mega Final. Thank you to
Mr Goddard for his time running the after school chess club. It was evident how
much the children’s chess skills have improved from attending the Chess Club.
PTA NEWS
Earth
Hour- thank
you to the families that donated sponsor money for Earth hour, £33.33 was
raised, we have decided to donate 100% to the WWF.
Easter
Raffle- thank
you to all the families that donated eggs to our Easter raffle , We had over 70
eggs which meant every child that bought a ticket won an egg.
Kids
bingo evening-Friday 22nd April- 5.30-7pm- you should have
received a consent form for the bingo evening in book-bags earlier in the week.
We sent them out in plenty of time to please
make sure you circle which food choice your child/children would like. All
forms to be handed to Melanie Gravett or any member of the committee .
School
clean up day- we
are going to hold a clean up day at the school on Saturday 23rd April and Sunday 24th
April from 10am. We are hoping to improve the swimming pool
area ready for the summer term. I am looking for volunteers from every family
to help out as it is going to be a big project. I will be contacting every
family to see if anyone could spare a few hours to help paint, weed etc.
tea/coffee and bacon sandwiches will be provided. Thank you!
Friday Cake
Club
Congratulations to Freya Clapton, the lucky winner of last week’s
cake, kindly donated by Mrs Smith. A reminder to Kerri Jones that she
is on the rota for Friday 15 April, the first Friday after Easter Holidays.
DIARY DATES:
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Monday 11 April
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Start of Term 5 for pupils and
staff
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Wednesday 13 April
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Mobile Library
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Friday 6 May
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Forest School fundraising
supper event at the Church – please see Mrs Hopkins to book.
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Easter Holiday Sports
Course at Stadhampton School
Michael Hopkins, a qualified PE teacher, will be
leading an Easter Sports Course on Wednesday 30th March, Thursday 31st
March and Friday 1st April at Stadhampton Primary School. The course
runs from 9-3pm each day and is open to all pupils (not necessarily just
Stadhampton School) aged 4-11. The cost is £10 for the day and bookings can be
made directly by e-mailing m.hopkins07@hotmail.com
Community News
SYC
Youth Club Film Night - We will be running one session in the holiday,
for all children, on Wednesday 6th April, 7pm to 9pm with popcorn, pop and tuck
shop.
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Flyer
attached about Abbey Sports Centre Sport Relief Aquathlon
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