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Somers Park Primary School

Malvern Vale Primary School Executive Headteacher: Mr. Chris Hansen BEd (Hons) NPQH

Head of School: Mr Byron Williams BEd (Hons) NPQH

Somers Park Tel: 01684 572949 | Web: somerspark.com | Twitter: @Somerspark1 Malvern Vale Tel: 01684 574497 | Web: malvernvale.com | Twitter: @MalvernVale

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome back. I hope you had a wonderful festive break and that you are

settling back into the routines of the new school term. The children have returned to

school full of energy for their learning- it’s been a brilliant week.

Safeguarding We take the safety and welfare of the

children with the greatest importance. We have a duty of care to ensure that we work

closely with families, and have a legal responsibility to share any concerns with the necessary agencies.

Our key staff are:

Designated Safeguarding Lead Mr Byron Williams (Head of School)

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads

Mrs Michelle Everett (Assistant Head) Mr Chris Hansen (Executive Headteacher)

Safeguarding administrator Mrs Claire Evans

Year 1 at Somers Park, sorting materials

Operation Encompass I also need to inform you that along with

every other school in Worcestershire, we are signed up to Operation Encompass- a

partnership between West Mercia Police and Worcestershire Children First.

To explain briefly, “Operation Encompass is a process whereby the police and county council will inform a school if a child or

young person has experienced any domestic incident. This will be done prior to

the start of the next school day. Information sharing between professional agencies allows school staff to provide emotional

and practical support to their pupils experiencing domestic abuse.”

Year 1 at Malvern Vale, identifying materials

Term dates At the end of this newsletter is a list of the dates for this term. This may well be added

to so please ensure you read the newsletter every week to keep informed.

I’d like to draw your attention to the

Attendance matters

Whole school attendance this week is fantastic- 98.09%

The classes with over 99% attendance

this week are:

06.01.20 – 09.01.20

Class Attendance 1DM 100%

2LB 100%

5SS 100%

6AC 100%

5ZM 99.79%

3ER 99.57%

3DR 99.14%

4JB 99.14%

RAW 99.11%

MV Oak 99.07%

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Malvern Vale Primary School

Newsletter: Spring 1 Friday 10th January 2020


Parents’ Evening dates, which take place on Tuesday 17th and Thursday 19th March, and to the INSET Day, Friday 27th March,

when school will be closed to children.

Scooters This week we had a near

miss reported to us, where a child using a

scooter to travel home from school nearly had a serious accident. If your

child is ‘scooting’ home without your supervision, please take a moment to talk

to them about crossing roads slowly and safely and also about being aware of other road users, for instance cars pulling out of

driveways. Children who continue to ride their scooters dangerously or

inconsiderately will not be permitted to leave their scooters on the school site, meaning they will need to be accompanied

to school by their parents.

Curriculum information We value your input into your children’s education and so aim to keep you informed

about what your children are learning and which equipment they will need each day.

Next week the termly letter will be coming home from the class teacher to provide you with this information. If you want further

information about our curriculum, it may be found on our school website:

http://somerspark.com/Curriculum/Our-Curriculum

Pupil Premium forms Earlier in the week, you will have received

a yellow form to check for entitlement to additional Pupil Premium funding to support the education of your children.

We’ve already had some forms returned for children who are eligible for the funding, so

if you are yet to do so please return the form by Tuesday 14th January at the latest.

Malvern Vale mornings Please can I remind you that school begins at 08:45 for children at Malvern Vale.

Children must be in the classroom by this point, so that teachers can shut the door to

begin the school day. Please aim to get your child into school for 08:30, when the school doors open, this will give plenty of

time for children to settle before the day begins.

Children arriving at any point after 08:45

will be marked as late, which will affect their attendance records.

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Look at those smiles in Year 2 PE!

Uniform reminder With Christmas behind us, please can we remind you that children should not be wearing novelty hair accessories into

school, notably JoJo bows, or Alice bands with bobbles or cat ears attached.

We have also noticed some children wearing bracelets in the form of friendship

bracelets or charity rubber bracelets. These are also not part of our school uniform so need to be removed for school.

Thank you for your support in ensuring our pupils are really well presented in school.

Internet safety The nature of the internet means that there

are often games and apps which become very popular, very quickly. TikTok was one

of those which my Year 6 daughter was

talking about over Christmas, it is a music/dance based app where users

upload videos for other to watch. I wanted to find out a bit more so I visited www.nationalonlinesafety.com Included

later in this letter is a copy of their TikTok help sheet for parents- it’s well worth a read

if you know your child uses this game.

From the office… Online payments & trip consent

Following the success of the online

payment system, we have now introduced the option to consent online for trips and

events. You should all have received, and hopefully, set up your child's online payment account. If you haven't done so

yet, please contact Les McGee in the school office and she will help you with set

up and any codes you will need.

Due to the online consent option, when you

log onto your online payment account you will have the option to receive trip notifications and/or reminders via email

click these to opt in or out and save. You can alter your preferences by selecting

email options at any time:

As always, all trip/event letters are put on

our website so can be viewed at all times http://somerspark.com/School-

Office/Letters-to-Parents

By using the consent option on the online payment system you will no longer have to

return the consent slips on the letters. Eventually all letters will be put on the

online payment system and our website, so will no longer be printed off and sent home. We feel this is an opportunity to reduce the

amount of paper work being printed.

As always if you have any questions or

need any help regarding the online payment system please contact Les

McGee in the school office.

Have a lovely weekend.

Best wishes,

Chris Hansen

Scientific enquiry in Year 6 (you’ll have to see Twitter to find out more!)



http://www.nationalonlinesafety.com/

http://somerspark.com/School-Office/Letters-to-Parents

http://somerspark.com/School-Office/Letters-to-Parents

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Spring Term 2020 Dates

Date Event

Monday 6th January Term begins today

Wednesday 15th January Reception Eye Tests

Monday 20th January After School Clubs start

Thursday 23rd January Y4 Synagogue visit

Friday 24th January Y5/Y6 Netball and Football League @Dysons 4pm - 6pm

Monday 27th January Y6 Boosters start

Tuesday 4th February Y2 Guide Dogs visit in school

Friday 7th February Y4 Dance Festival @Dysons 9:30pm - 12pm

Tuesday 11th February Safer Internet Day

Wednesday 12th February Y3 visit to Smite Farm

Friday 14th February Zumba in Reception

Friday 14th February Break for Half Term

Half Term

Monday 24th February Term begins today- children return to school

Friday 28th February Y6 Worcester Wolves Basketball Game 6pm

Thursday 5th March World Book Day

Friday 13th March Y5/Y6 Netball and Football League @Dysons 4pm - 6pm

Tuesday 17th March Parents’ Evening 5pm - 8pm

Thursday 19th March Parents’ Evening 3:30pm - 6pm

Monday 23rd March Reception and Y6 Height and Weight Check

Thursday 26th March Malvern Debating Competition for selected Y4/5 children

Friday 27th March INSET Day – school closed to children

Thursday 2nd April Easter Bingo Night

Friday 3rd April Break for Easter Holiday

Monday 20th April Term begins today- children return to school

There will be additional dates added as we move through the term and on occasions some amendments. Please read the weekly newsletter, which comes out via email, to keep up to

date with events of the term.



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