Netley Abbey Junior School Westwood Road, Netley Abbey, Southampton, Hampshire SO31 5EL

Tel: 023 8045 3731 Fax: 023 8045 4240

E-mail: admin@netleyabbey-jun.hants.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs. Shirley Nicholas-Bond Director of Teaching and Learning: Mrs. Rosie Earle

Head of School: Miss. Rosie Tebbutt

Be the best you can be!

Newsletter 13th

July 2018

Welcome to the final newsletter of this academic year. We would like to say a fond farewell to our Year 6

pupils as they move onto their secondary schools in September. They have made us so proud throughout the

year including their fantastic end of year performance ‘We Will Rock You’.

Years 3, 4 and 5 have been working incredibly hard completing their assessments and I look forward to seeing

them develop further as they move up through the school.

So many of our children work constantly to be the best that they can be, so it was very rewarding to see them

all having fun on their Golden Day today.

I would like to thank all the staff for providing the children with such great learning experiences. They are all

very hard-working and dedicated individuals and together they help to make NAJS such a good school. Thank

you also to the Governors for their support and to The Friends for all their fundraising efforts this year.

Finally, thank you to you and your children for entering into a partnership with us and hope you have a lovely

summer break.

Important Information

Please be reminded that school finishes at 1.15pm

on Friday 20th

July.

Monday 23rd

July and Monday 3rd

September are

Inset Days.

Naming Uniform for the Autumn Term

Please can you make sure that all clothing is marked

with your child’s name. Much inconvenience, time

wasting and distress will be avoided if this is done.

Thank you.

Year 3 - Islamic Festival of Eid

What a fantastic time we had in Year 3 learning about Eid-el-Fitr and Ramadan! The children really enjoyed

learning about the festival and how it is celebrated across the world. They particularly loved getting their own

henna tattoo designs, which helped them feel part of the experience.

Miss Warraich

Year 3 Progress and Attainment Lead

Dinner Money - Reminder

All dinner money needs to be paid up to date at the

end of this term, as we are unable to carry debts

into the new academic year.

Thank you.

Lost Property

Any lost property will be in the playground from

3.20pm on Thursday 19th

July.

This will be the only opportunity to check for any

missing items before we break up for the Summer

Holidays.

Sports News

Friday 18th

May - Year 5/6 Quad Kids Athletics Competition at The Hamble School

This year we were successful in taking two teams to the competition. Each team must be made up of four boys

and four girls and requires each athlete to compete in 4 events; javelin vortex throw, standing long jump, sprint

and 600m race.

The competition ran over 2 dates, with a total of 16 teams. In the team competitions our team 1 secured

5th

place and team 2 secured 14th

place. We had some exceptional achievements by individual athletes as well!

Grace in Year 6 individually ranked 1st

in the vortex throw and also as 1st

best girl overall, achieving UKA Gold

award! Ella also in Year 6 individually ranked joint first in the standing long jump with Wellsted, gaining UKA

Silver award. Milly in Year 5 achieved UKA Bronze award too!

For the boys, Ben in Year 5 threw an impressive throw at our event, ranking 3rd

best boy in the Vortex throw.

The team - Year 5: Milly, Mia, Harrison, Ollie, Ben, Dylan, Emilia, Alfie, Caleb, Charlie and Thomas.

Year 6: Sophie, Grace, Ella, Jess and Martha.

Wednesday 6th

June - PE Reward Trip

A reward trip was organised to show recognition to the children who have represented the school in PE and

sports events in numerous competitions this year. Thirty children were invited to go to Pizza Express and

Rock Up in Whiteley for a celebration of their commitment to the sports teams.

The children were a delight to take and they all had an amazing time!

Tuesday 26th

June - Lower School Handball Festival at Wildern School

There are unfortunately very few lower school competitions currently in the Cluster Diary but this one is a

great one! It encourages children to have a go at a new challenge and try a new sport.

At a festival, children receive some coaching and tips for playing before they enter into competitive games. We

played 3 matches and won all of them! A great triumph especially as we defeated some of the favourites.

We secured 5 points overall, which meant we came first in the whole event.

A superb achievement!

The team - Kaci, Archie, Joey, Magnus, Lily and Sienna.

Special Mentions

Over the transition days our school value has focused on ‘Citizenship’. Congratulations to the following

children who were all awarded a Special Mention.

Matilda (Denzil)

Oscar (Crescent)

Aiden (Priory)

Lucy (Westwood)

Maisy (Grange)

Mawgan (Castle)

Sports News - Continued

Thursday 21st

June - Hampshire School Games 2018 at Aldershot Army Barracks

Again, this year Netley Abbey Junior made it to the Hampshire School Games to represent the

South Winchester & Eastleigh Cluster. This time we were going to play hockey!

The Upper School team was successful in the preliminary cluster event earlier in the year, where they came

second to Freegrounds School, Hedge End.

For all of the team this was their first time attending the games and the excitement continued throughout the

day.

The team successfully won their pool without a defeat, giving us full points into the next round. The next game

was against Amport and was extremely tight throughout but unfortunately went their way with a 1-0 win!

I am extremely proud to have been fortunate to watch the team play and grow through the tournament. They

were a credit to the school, regardless of the very long day and missing most of their Year 6 Disco due to

traffic!

We finished an impressive 7th out of 22 of the best schools in Hampshire!

The Team - Lucas, Shani, Amelia, Jessica, Ella, Grace, Laura and Ben.

Mrs Kenway

P.E. Leader

Second Hand Uniform

For those children moving onto secondary school in September, we are happy to accept any second hand

school uniform, especially shirts/blouses which are useful for when children do painting in class to protect

their clothing. Good quality PE kits are also welcome.

Please hand any donations into the school office.

Thank you in advance.

Pupil Voice

This section is written by groups of children within our school and the following report is about Sports Day.

Sports Day - The Grand Opening

On Thursday 28th

June, Netley Abbey Junior School had an amazing start to the day. The parents were scanning

the field to find their children when suddenly; to their surprise some talented children started dancing. The

adults loved watching them try their best.

The Awesome Activities

After this amazing start to the day, the parents were eager to see more. Every time Miss Kenway, our PE

teacher, blew the whistle the children were gone, they had raced away doing whatever activity they were

supposed to be doing.

Written by Evan (Priory)

Staff Update

The end of a school year brings about inevitable changes in staffing and this year is no exception. I would like to

take this opportunity to thank our colleagues who are leaving us at the end of this term and would like to wish

them all the best for the future.

Miss Smith moves to Birmingham, Miss Warraich has promised to send some wedding photographs and we

hope she settles in to married life in Southend and Miss Broderick is looking forward to working with a

Reception class in Holland.

Miss Barwell is looking to gain a new challenge outside of school life and Mrs Parmiter has decided that now

her children are grown then it will be great to have term time holidays! She remains working locally for a

charitable organisation. Mrs Forest-Hill’s family are looking forward to her spending more time at home

following their move.

I would also like to welcome our new team members. Mrs Bundy has recently joined our admin team;

Miss Taylor joins us as Progress and Attainment Leader for Year 3 with Mr Oliver also joining Year 3.

Miss Whittlesea takes on Wykeham Class and also leads Year 6 as our Teaching and Learning Development

Leader. Mr Cull is our new Sports Coach and Mrs Hull and Miss Watts join our class based support staff.

Mrs Sawyer will join Mrs Osborne to lead the Lighthouse, our nurture group.

I am lucky to work with all of the staff at Netley Abbey Junior - the wealth of talent is immense!

Lower School Music Concerts

It has been a pleasure as always to hear the music showcased by lower school in our instrumental concerts this

year.

On Tuesday morning, Priory and Grange performed a range of rhythms on the samba drums, working well to

improvise and showcase a range of call and response rhythms within their performance.

Then on Thursday morning we heard from Denzil and Castle as they performed some fantastic pieces on the

descant recorder. It was exciting to see so many children attempting the treble recorder this term too.

Finally, on Thursday afternoon Seaview and Westwood performed with Mrs Barnett on the keyboards, showing

their hard work from the summer term.

I would like to congratulate all children on their efforts in their music lessons and concerts this term. It has

been rewarding as always to hear the results of your learning.

See you in the autumn term for our music and Christmas concerts!

Miss White

Music Manager

Letters Home

Please note that letters home to parents are put on our school website. Should you need to refer to any letters,

please check the website first on www.netleyabbey-jun.hants.sch.uk

Thank you.

Key Stage 2 Comparative Report 2018

This information allows you to compare Netley Abbey Junior School’s performance at the end of key stage 2

with the attainment of other year 6 pupils across England. Well done to both pupils and staff.

Subject Percentage of pupils

achieving the

expected standard:

Netley Abbey Junior

Percentage of pupils

achieving the

expected standard:

nationally

Average scaled

score: Netley

Abbey Junior1

Average scaled

score: nationally1

English reading

75%

75%

105

105

English grammar,

punctuation and

spelling

88%

78%

109

106

Mathematics

88%

76%

106

104

English writing

(teacher assessment)

90%

78%

N/A

N/A

Science (teacher

assessment)

91%

82%

(2017 data)4

N/A

N/A

Combined reading,

writing and maths

72%

64%

N/A

N/A

Percentages for English reading, English grammar, punctuation and spelling, mathematics, and English writing teacher assessment (TA) are based on provisional headline information on the 2018 national curriculum assessments: www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2018-interim/key-stage-2-2018-interim-results-text 2 Scaled scores guidance: www.gov.uk/guidance/scaled-scores-at-key-stage-2 3 Average scaled scores for English reading, English grammar, punctuation and spelling and mathematics are based on provisional headline information on the 2018 national curriculum assessments: www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2018-interim/key-stage-2-2018-interim-results-text 4 Science TA is based on revised information relating to the 2017 national curriculum assessments:

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2017-revised

Useful Website Links

School website: http://netleyabbey-jun.hants.sch.uk/

Tucasi: www.scopay.com/netleyabbey-jun

Special Diets - School Menu

HC3S can provide special diets for pupils with allergies who want to have a school meal, but medical evidence

confirming the child’s allergy is required, for example a letter from a GP or consultant paediatrician. If your child

has a special dietary requirement, please contact the School Office.

School Dinner Menu

A copy of the latest lunch menu can be found on our website:

http://netleyabbey-jun.hants.sch.uk/our_school/letters/whole-school-letters/

Increase in School Meal Price

Please be aware there will be an increase in the school meal price from £2.15 to £2.30

with effect from 1st September 2018.

Thank you.

Allergies Reminder- School Dinners and Snacks

Can we please remind all parents that we have children in school with the following allergies:-

Nuts, sesame and legumes

These allergies can be triggered from indirect contact i.e. touching areas where the products have been. Please

consider carefully when providing your child with a snack or a packed lunch.

The following foods should NOT be brought into school:

• sesame topped buns, seeded bread and humous

• nut based products (i.e. chocolate spreads with nut products, cereal bars and cakes containing nuts)

• peas, broad beans, lentils, chickpeas, French beans, butter beans, haricot beans, kidney beans, sugar

snap peas, pulses, soybeans and soya.

The health and safety of all children in school is a high priority and trust that you will support the school to

ensure that it is a safe environment for all and thank you in advance for your co-operation.

Term Time Absence

Hampshire County Council have up-dated their Behaviour and Attendance webpages with a statement

explaining the legal position on non-attendance and penalty notices. Please ensure you familiarise yourself with

this guidance: -

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/hias/learning-behaviour-attendance/attendance-guidance-

forparents/possible-penalties.htm

Full information is available on our website, together with our attendance policy.

Dates for Your Diary

Monday 16th

July 2018 - Year 4 Minstead Residential Trip Week

Thursday 19th

July 2018 - Lost Property in the Playground at 3.20pm

Friday 20th

July 2018 - Break up for the Summer Holidays at 1.15pm

Monday 23rd

July 2018 - Inset Day

Thursday 26th

July 2018 - FONAJS Meeting at the Prince Consort at 7.30pm

Monday 3rd

September 2018 - Inset Day

Tuesday 4th

September 2018 - Fairthorne Manor Residential Trip for Year 6

Advance Inset Days and Early Closures 2017/2018

Friday 20th

July 2018 - Finish at 1.15pm

Monday 23rd

July 2018 - Inset Day

Advance Inset Days and Early Closures 2018/2019

Monday 3rd

September 2018 - Inset Day

Monday 29th

October 2018 - Inset Day

Friday 21st

December 2018 - Early Finish at 1.15pm

Monday 25th

February 2019 - Inset Day

Friday 28th

June 2019 - Inset Day

Monday 1st

July 2019 - Inset Day

Tuesday 23rd

July 2019 - Early Finish at 1.15pm

Mrs Shirley Nicholas-Bond

Headteacher