Canon Maggs CE Junior School Derwent Road, Bedworth, CV12 8RT 30th January 2015. Tel: 024 76 312220 Fax: 024 76 312923 Email: [email protected] Dear Parents/Carers, CHILDLINE Thank you to all the parents who attended Miss Brown’s reading/ grammar workshop. The feedback was very positive. Both parents workshops will be repeated in the afternoon to cater for parents who were unable to attend the evening sessions. The ChildLine Schools Service has recently visited all children in years 5 & 6 /Primary 6 & 7 to provide them with key messages about keeping safe. It can be beneficial for these messages to be reinforced at home. The NSPCC has developed some guides for all parents of primary school aged children to speak to your child about keeping safe – called the Underwear rule. STRANGER AWARENESS Many parents will have read or heard about the increasing number of reports to police about children being followed etc in the Nuneaton and this week, the Bedworth area. If your child does walk to or from school alone, please talk to them about keeping safe, being vigilant etc. Whilst we do not want to cause alarm we do want to raise awareness of this matter. Some parents suspected that an incident at school on Monday was somehow related to these stories. I can assure parents there is no truth in this whatsoever. As I alluded to in the separate letter sent out on Tuesday this was an isolated incident which overspilled onto school site. Under Section 547 of the Education Act 1946, schools have the right to deal with any incidents of inappropriate aggressive or threatening behaviour and any individual who fails to comply can face prosecution or a fine of up to £500. COUNTY FOOTBALL FINALS Well done to our boys football team who played in the ESFA Warwickshire finals on Thursday. Against tough opposition, they acquitted themselves superbly and played really well. Out of 4 games, they won two, drew one and lost one. They can all be proud of finishing ‘joint’ 2nd in Warwickshire. Team: Bradlee Gavin, Luke Magee, Jude Barnett, Kai Smith, Luke Tallis, Kallan Burke, Dylan Edwards, Zak Phillimore & Elliot Harris. SCHOOL SUCCESS We were delighted to be invited to an awards ceremony in Warwick this week as one of 17 schools to win ‘an Excellence in Warwickshire award’. We were the school which has had the most significant improvement and it was nice to have this formally acknowledged by the local authority. I also received a letter from Rt Hon David Laws MP who is Minister of State for schools congratulating us on our disadvantaged pupil results. We narrowly missed qualifying for the national pupil premium awards but we continue to build on our success. COVENTRY CITY COMMUNITY CUP FINALS As you might know, our boy’s football team have qualified to play in a cup final on Saturday. If you would like to come and watch/ support, you would be more than welcome. You do not need tickets to watch our game. If you wish to stay and watch Coventry City afterwards, you will need to buy tickets in the usual way. You need to be at the player’s entrance at the Ricoh by 12:45pm. Staff at the ground, will let us ALL in at the same time-anyone who’s late may not be allowed entry. We will be escorted pitch side and take up positions to spectate. The match will kick off by 1:30pm and will last approximately 20 minutes. There will then be a presentation. We will then be escorted back out of the ground by approximately 2:00pm. ATHLETICS We would like to congratulate our indoor athletics team on becoming Nuneaton & Bedworth champions. The children were brilliant and it was a pleasure to take them. We look forward to the next round in March. You can find guides to the Underwear Rule to help you have simple conversations about keeping safe from abuse at www.nspcc.org.uk/underwear. You can speak to an advisor for further advice or request a hardcopy guide for parents and carers by phoning the NSPCC Helpline on 0808 800 5000. You can also visit www.nspcc.org.uk/parents for other advice on keeping your child safe. SNOW ADVICE As we have had some snow, and with the prospect of further bad weather, please note that if school has to be closed, a parentmail text message will be sent to all contacts and also a list of schools closed is always available on Warwickshire County Council website, school website and read out on Free Radio 97.0fm. There is also a free texting service from Warwickshire County Council which you can sign up for at the following address: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/schoolclosures MINI RUGBY SESSIONS Pinley Rugby Club in Wyken, Coventry are offering training and games for children aged 6-13 on Sundays in September-May from 10.00 to 12.00. Membership is £20 per child for the season with no futher subs cost. For more details contact Mike on 07877 499522. ATTENDANCE Weekly class attendance week ending 23rd January—Well done to 5JD with 100% attendance. NOAH’S ARK PRE-SCHOOL Noah’s Ark pre-school which is based at Life Church in Bulkington Road have some spaces available for children aged 2-4 years. Funding is available for 3 years old and some 2 year olds subject to eligiblity. The sessions run Monday to Friday and for more details contact 02476 494322. BAKE SALE A bake sale was held in school today and £30.20 was raised for RSPCA. Well done to Andie Evans, Jessica Roberts, Demi Lee, Antonia Bailey & Rhys Abbott. FOOTBALL HOLIDAY CAMP Sky Blues in the Community are running Football Holiday Camps at Bedworth Oval on 19th & 20th February. The camps are open to boys and girls aged between 5-12 from 09.00 to 4.00pm and cost £12 per day or £10 from 10.00-3.00pm. Book online at http:// officialsoccerschools.co.uk/coventrycity/ or telephone 02476 786349. Yours sincerely MRS M FALLON HEADTEACHER WHAT’S GOING ON THIS COMING WEEK! MONDAY 2nd FEBRUARY Mondays Menu Chicken & Sweetcorn Pasta Bake  3.15pm-4.30pm – After school club. Could any new pupils who wish to stay for homework club, please make sure they have completed a permission slip available from the office.   3.15pm-4.15pm Mathletics today in the ICT room for pupils in years 3 & 4.   Woodwind lessons today for those children who are already registered. 3.15pm-4.15pm—Cross country training for those pupils notified in a separate letter. TUESDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 3.15pm-4.30pm – After school club. Could any new pupils who wish to stay for homework club, please make sure they have completed a permission slip available from the office. Or Cheese & Tomato Pizza ————— Chocolate Jaffa Slice Tuesdays Menu British Pork Sausages Or Cheesy Tomato Risotto ——————Scotch Apple Charlotte with custard WEDNESDAY 4TH FEBRUARY  Keyboard and violin lessons today for those children who are already registered.  3.15pm-4.30pm – After school club. Could any new pupils who wish to stay for homework club, please make sure they have completed a permission slip available from the office.   3.15pm-4.15pm—Spellodrome in ICT room for all year groups. 3.15pm-4.15pm—Cross country training for those pupils notified in a separate letter. THURSDAY 5TH FEBRUARY   Brass Lessons today for those pupils who are already registered.  3.15pm-4.30pm – After school club. Could any new pupils who wish to stay for homework club, please make sure they have completed a permission slip available from the office. 2.00pm-2.45pm—Repeat session of Reading at home information for those parents who were unable to attend on Tuesday evening. Wednesdays Menu British Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding and Gravy Or Bird’s Eye Bread Crumbed Vegetable Fingers ————Chocolate Frosted Sponge Thursdays Menu BBQ Chicken Fillet Bites in a Tortilla Wrap Or Tomato Pasta Bake —————   3.15pm-4.15pm Mathletics today in the ICT room for pupils in years 5 & 6. 3.15pm-4.15pm—Cross country training for those pupils notified in a separate letter. Wholemeal Ginger Biscuit Or Ice Cream Tub FRIDAY 6TH FEBRUARY     09.00am— 4DB Class assembly. Please join us if you are able to. Drum and guitar lessons in school today for those children who are already registered. Swimming lessons for 6TB . Children to be collected from the swimming baths at 3.10pm unless other arrangements have been made. Please note that if children have not been collected by 3.15, they will have to be returned to school with the other children. (5/8) 3.15pm-4.15pm—Cross country qualifying race for those pupils notified in a separate letter. Fridays Menu Bird’s Eye Fillet Fish Fingers Or Quorn Keema Curry ————— Fruit Sponge with Milk Sauce