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As you begin to welcome children and young people back for a new school year, we have been asked by the Department for Education (DfE) to provide you with a clinical and public health perspective on mild illnesses and school attendance.

We are aware that the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused some parents to feel less confident with assessing whether their child is well enough to be in school so we have laid out some information which we hope you will find helpful.

There is wide agreement among health professionals and educational professionals that school attendance is vital to the life chances of children and young people. Being in school improves health, wellbeing and socialisation throughout the life course. The greatest benefits come from children and young people attending school regularly.

It is usually appropriate for parents and carers to send their children to school with mild respiratory illnesses. This would include general cold symptoms: a minor cough, runny nose or sore throat. However, children should not be sent to school if they have a temperature of 38°C or above. We would encourage you to share the NHS ‘Is my child too ill for school?’ guidance with parents and carers in your schools and communities which has further information.

In addition to respiratory illnesses, we are aware that more children may be absent from school due to symptoms of anxiety than before the pandemic. Worry and mild or moderate anxiety, whilst sometimes difficult emotions, can be a normal part of growing up for many children and young people. Being in school can often help alleviate the underlying issues. A prolonged period of absence is likely to heighten a child’s anxiety about attending in the future, rather than reduce it. DfE has published useful guidance on mental health issues affecting a pupil’s attendance and those who are experiencing persistent symptoms can be encouraged to access additional support.

Thank you for your efforts so far to facilitate immunisation sessions within schools. As we head into winter, encouraging high uptake of seasonal flu vaccination and routine immunisations for eligible children and young people will help to reduce absences and the disruption they cause.

You, and the teachers you lead, are already supporting families to build up children’s confidence to attend school regularly. The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) recently approved 5 principles to promote school attendance. We hope this guidance will support GPs in having sensitive and reassuring conversations with parents, carers and pupils.

Thank you and your colleagues for your continued commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of children and young people.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer, England

Pat Cullen, General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners

Dr Camilla Kingdon, President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

William Roberts, Chief Executive, Royal Society for Public Health

Dr Lade Smith, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists

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PTFA Newsletter - November 2022

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Proposal to amend the timings of the school day

Dear Parents/Carers,

The Department for Education (DfE) has recently set a requirement that state-funded schools deliver a school week of a minimum of 32.5 hours for children in Years 1-6. We welcome this statutory change, which will support excellent outcomes for all by giving our children additional time in school. In order to achieve a 32.5 hour school week for children in Years 1-6, we propose to increase the school day by 10 minutes for these children as per below:

School start time (all children): 8.45am

School finish time (Y1-6): 3.15pm

School finish time (Reception): 3.10pm

School finish time (Nursery): 3.10pm

We will be using this additional time at the start of the day to support children’s wellbeing. Extra time first thing will allow for a more mindful start, where children can ‘check in’ with their emotional wellbeing, and use their self-regulation strategies to ensure a good start to the new day. Once children are settled into school, the additional time will then be spent on essential phonics and reading lessons, allowing greater consolidation of key skills. Please note that this earlier start to the school day will not affect the morning Well Being and Bright Starts clubs.

We will be introducing this change from 9^th January 2023. We trust that this will give you time to make any adjustments to your morning routine.

You can find DfE national guidance on the minimum expectation on length of the school week here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063520/Minimum_expectation_for_length_of_school_week_-__information_note.pdf

We are always grateful for the support we receive from parents, carers and the wider school community and we thank you in advance for your understanding on this matter. As always, if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs J. Stuart

Head Teacher

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Dear Parents and Carers,

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I hope you will enjoy this week's blog.

Provisional national averages have just been released from the Department for Education, for the end of Year 6 SATs, for children reaching the expected standard in 2021/22. We are thrilled with the results and pleased to be able to share them with you. These results demonstrate how the entire school community has worked to improve outcomes for our children following the pandemic. The hard work of the children and staff, excellent school attendance, tutoring sessions and parents' support with reading and homework have all contributed to these fantastic results.

	National Average	Throckley Primary
Reading	74%	84.4%
Writing	69%	82.2%
Maths	71%	88.9%
Combined Reading, Writing & Maths	59%	80%

Harvest Assembly and Donations

We will be celebrating Harvest with a special assembly on 13^th October 2022. During this assembly, we will be reflecting on how lucky we are to have a harvest which provides us with lovely, healthy food. We are supporting the Newcastle West End Food Bank again this year and we are collecting donations which will help people in our local community who need support with the cost of food. If you are able to, please think about adding a little extra to your weekly shop and picking up one or more of these items: tinned fruit, tinned custard, tinned meat, tinned fish, jam, cereal, juice, pasta, pasta sauce or rice. Donations can be sent to school until Friday 14^th October and they will be delivered to the food bank before half term.

Join us for coffee and a biscuit on Wednesday 19th October

We are really looking forward to our first coffee morning in over three years! Come to the front door and sign in after your children have gone into school. The PTFA will be joining us, and this will be a great opportunity to meet some of the school staff and other parents/carers. We hope to see you there!

Outer West Learning Trust Joint Consultation for Stakeholders

I would like to encourage you to respond to the survey which was included with the Consultation letter on Monday. We genuinely want feedback from our stakeholders and to answer any questions that you may have about the proposal to form a Multi-Academy Trust with the other primary schools in Outer West Learning Trust.

PTFA Newsletter

Please find attached the latest PTFA newsletter with information about all of the exciting things that they have planned for this term.

Curriculum Spotlight

It has been another busy and exciting week in school. Yesterday was National Poetry Day - a Throckley favourite, and this year was no exception! The theme was 'The Environment' so we took the opportunity to once again discuss with all children the importance of sustainability and looking after our planet. Children across school put their poetry hats on and have written poems which will be entered into a Greenpeace competition which invited children to explore the beauty of the natural world. In school we have loved creating lively limericks, heartful haikus and polished prose - please do check out our Twitter feed to see our creative efforts!

Year 4 have had a tasty week. They really enjoyed designing and making their own pizzas in Design & Technology - I am told they tasted delicious; however, they were polished off before this could be verified! We are very lucky to have wonderful DT facilities in school and it is great to see the children's cooking skills develop during their time here at Throckley.

Year 5 visited the Quayside this week as part of the #Inspiredby art project. They have learned lots from local artist John Quinn, who has spent time in school with the children. They have enjoyed the freedom of expression the project has promoted and have shown lots of creativity! Look out for their artwork on Twitter!

Reading is so important to us at Throckley Primary and, this week, it has been wonderful to hear from children how much they are enjoying their class text. Year 5 are reading 'Treason' by Berlie Doherty and are enthralled during whole class reading sessions. Meanwhile, in Year 1, children are exploring texts by Julia Donaldson - which one is your child's favourite? Please do ask your child about what they are reading in school and don't forget to share with us in reading records what they like to read at home - we love to hear about this and it's wonderful when children recommend books to their peers.

If you don't already, then please follow us on Twitter so you can find out what your child has been involved in. Twitter is easy to access from the Homepage of our website or from this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Weekly Tip from the Sustainability Team

Please put all of your rubbish in a suitable bin (remember to recycle what you can!). Littering is ugly and dangerous to wildlife. If you see litter and can pick it up safely (we use litter-picking tools here in school), please help keep Throckley litter-free!

Yours faithfully,

Julie Stuart

Dates for your Diary

10th October - Parent meeting about Zones of Regulation (information to follow)
12th October - Open Day for prospective Reception 2023 families
19^th-21^st October – Year 6 Residential trip to Hawkhirst
19^th October - Coffee Morning for Parents - 9am - 10am
21^st October - PTFA Dare to Be Different non-uniform day and Krispy Kreme doughnut sale
24th - 28th October - Half Term
24^th – 28^th October – Elite PE Half Term Activity Camp at Throckley Recreation Ground. To book: ELITEPEW.SIMPLYBOOK.IT
31st October - Staff Training Day
1st November - Children return to school

PTFA October 2022 Newsletter

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OUTER WEST LEARNING TRUST JOINT CONSULTATION LETTER

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Monday 3rd October 2022

Dear Stakeholders,

Consultation on a proposal for the Outer West Learning Trust to establish a new Multi-Academy Trust and convert to academy status

Background

You may be aware that there is a significant ambition from Government to have all schools across the UK join academy trusts by 2030. As a group of nine schools in the Outer West Learning (OWL) Trust, we are eager to shape our own future. We therefore feel it is important that we approach any academisation agenda proactively. As a result of this, our Head Teachers have spent a considerable amount of time exploring the options for our schools.

The nine primary schools of the OWL Trust have worked together closely for over nine years. This collaborative relationship has helped to support school standards and develop protocols; helped staff learn from one another; and allowed our pupils to participate in shared learning events.

The Governing Bodies share the drive for their schools to continue to provide an excellent education for their pupils, while protecting each school’s role at the heart of its community. This includes working to strengthen our partnership to provide mutual support, challenge and benefits for each other, which has led to provisional discussions around the potential of forming a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT). We believe that there may be potential for a closer working relationship with like-minded partner schools, which could result in all parties involved being able to provide the best possible educational experience in which all pupils can thrive now, and in future.

A formal partnership (MAT) would be built on the values of our existing set up. All of our schools are currently graded as Good or Outstanding according to Ofsted. Because our schools are already successful in their own right, under the proposal they would retain many of their unique qualities and strengths. Being part of an OWL MAT would result in the opportunity to work within a new governance structure with the aim of further improving outcomes for all the children in the Outer West. The schools will continue to share best practice, further develop and enhance the curriculum, and make financial savings, as well as being able to support and challenge each other in a much more meaningful way.

Proposal

Each Governing Body has been considering the future plans of its school in an ever-changing and increasingly challenging educational landscape.

The Governing Bodies agree that they should explore the possibility of converting to a new local Multi-Academy Trust and all that would entail and consult on conversion to academy status. The proposed MAT would have nine founding member schools, listed in alphabetical order below:

Knop Law Primary School

Lemington Riverside Primary School

Milecastle Primary School

Newburn Manor Primary School

Simonside Primary School

Throckley Primary School

Waverley Primary School

West Denton Primary School

Westerhope Primary School

One of the reasons we would like to explore this option is that pupils and staff may benefit from the greater opportunities that a formal MAT partnership would bring, which would include:

increased collaboration as a natural extension of our successful Outer West Learning Foundation Trust
better support for schools to raise standards
extended learning opportunities and activities for pupils
enhanced support for the pastoral and development needs of our pupils
an enriched curriculum through partnership working and shared resources

sharing of excellent practice in teaching and learning
enhanced professional development of teaching and support staff
the ability to attract and retain the best staff
securing cost and resource efficiencies through joint commissioning of services
being in a strong position to respond to changes in the local and national educational landscapes.

Consultation

We are now consulting with all stakeholders to invite your views on the matter, which will feed into discussions and determine whether our school should proceed with conversion.

At the end of the consultation, the Governing Body will consider the responses before any decisions are made. The consultation period will run between Monday 3rd October and Monday 7th November 2022.

If the Governing Bodies agree to proceed, the plan would be for the schools to apply to establish a Multi-Academy Trust and for the schools to convert in January 2024.

We have attached Frequently Asked Questions (an FAQ) for your information.

If you have any feedback on the proposal that you would like to share with the Governing Bodies, please complete the attached survey form and return to the school, or follow the link to the online survey, by Monday 7th November 2022.

The FAQ will be updated and shared on our schools’ websites to reflect any questions that are pertinent to our local community. Whilst we do not anticipate responding to each and every communication, we will provide answers to questions via the FAQ and we welcome your views.

Please be assured that your views will be taken into consideration by our Governing Bodies when they meet in November to consider how to proceed.

We hope the information provided offers clarity about the proposal and the reasons for forming a MAT. We look forward to hearing your views.

Yours sincerely,

Vikki Dixon

Chair of Governors

and

Liz Simpson

Head Teacher

Knop Law Primary School

Robert Wilson

Chair of Governors

and

Craig Heeley

Head Teacher

Lemington Riverside Primary School

Susan Hall

Chair of Governors

and

Suzanne Richardson

Head Teacher

Milecastle Primary School

Jill Brown

Chair of Governors

and

Stuart Pickup

Head Teacher

Newburn Manor Primary School

Lynn Rae

Chair of Governors

and

Louise Thompson

Head Teacher

Simonside Primary School

Helen Richardson

Chair of Governors

and

Julie Stuart

Head Teacher

Throckley Primary School

Angela Tinning

Chair of Governors

and

Wendy Leeming

Head Teacher

Waverley Primary School

Joanne Lockey

Chair of Governors

and

Mick MingStones

Head Teacher

West Denton Primary School

Susan Hall

Chair of Governors

and

Sarah Russell

Head Teacher

Westerhope Primary School

The Outer West Learning Trust Vision

The focus of the Trust’s work will be our shared interest in maximising the achievements of all children and young people, through building and embedding the capacity for enhanced provision and widening access for the community.

The Trust’s vision is to build a shared learning community in which children, young people, and staff discover their talents, realise their potential, and develop a passion for learning that endures through their lives.

Our children will:

Be inspired to be people of character, with a lasting passion for learning
Develop an enduring core of competencies and values
Have the capabilities to thrive in the 21st century globalised world
Experience a safe and joyful childhood.

 All schools in the Outer West Learning Trust will:

Have high quality staff who have excellent opportunities for development
Provide a stimulating, relevant, and enjoyable curriculum
Create a learning environment that shares and reflects best practice and current educational research

Cultivate every child’s skills, enabling them to realise tomorrow’s dreams
Work with families and the wider community to enable the best outcomes for children and young people.

We will work in a way together which espouses the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. We will endeavour at all times to be honest and open, show social responsibility, and care for others.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the proposal?

The proposal is for the nine local primary schools of the Outer West Learning Trust to form a partnership called a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), and for the schools to convert to academy status.

The nine schools have been working closely together for some time and have already benefitted from such collaboration and partnership.

How would forming a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) benefit our school?

We believe that stronger partnership between schools that share a similar vision, ethos and values, and the same commitment to raising standards, would help our school in a number of important ways, which would include:

securing cost and resource efficiencies
increased collaboration as a natural extension of our successful Outer West Learning Foundation Trust
better support for schools to raise standards
extended learning opportunities and activities for pupils

enhanced support for the pastoral and development needs of our pupils
sharing of excellent practice in teaching and learning
an enriched curriculum through evidence-informed practice
enhanced professional development of teaching and support staff
the ability to attract and retain the best staff

being in a strong position to respond to changes in the local and national educational landscapes.

We believe that we can bring enhanced benefits and opportunities to parents and pupils by formalising these existing working relationships.

Why is this being considered?

Being an academy and joining a MAT with the Outer West Learning Trust could potentially provide greater opportunities for working more closely together in the secure knowledge that we have a common purpose and ethos.

What is an academy?

An academy is a state school that is run by an academy trust. The academy trust enters into an agreement with the Secretary of State for Education that sets out its responsibilities and accountabilities for the effective running of the academy. The academy is funded directly by the Government - not through the Local Authority. The trust is given charitable exemption, which means it must operate much like a charity.

What is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT)?

A Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) is when two or more academies come together in partnership. In our case, we are looking to form a primary Multi-Academy Trust of the nine schools currently in the Outer West Learning Trust. Each member school would keep its own name.

What are the advantages of conversion?

The Government is clear that the greater freedoms enjoyed by academies are designed to allow schools to develop and build on individual strengths in response to the needs of the community. We are investigating whether the additional freedoms, flexibilities, and support provided through a Multi-Academy Trust would enable the Governors to better secure the long-term future of our schools. We would be able to pool resources, allowing us to improve teaching and management practices further. We would also achieve a greater degree of control of our finances, helping us to safeguard these funds for the benefit of our children.

What are the disadvantages of conversion?

Greater freedoms do bring additional responsibilities including statutory duties as a Multi-Academy Trust, but our schools are confident we can manage these. Academy conversion is not a panacea for all ills and we are aware of some difference in opinion as to the effectiveness of Multi-Academy Trusts. We would encourage you to consider the arguments for and against, and check the accuracy of assertions that are being made.

What are the risks of becoming an academy?

The change to academy status takes a school out of Local Authority control but does not exclude the school from Local Authority support. Local Authority support is provided equitably to maintained schools and academies where a statutory duty applies. Other services are available on a traded basis for both maintained schools and academies to opt in as they wish. At some stage in the future, any school might be influenced to become part of a broader academy chain. We believe that the ability to form a local MAT, under local direction, offers the best opportunity to sustain vibrant, successful local schools, and the best outcomes for children.

What is involved in becoming a Multi-Academy Trust?

Our schools will complete a consultation with parents, pupils, staff and the wider community which the Governors will take into account in reaching their decision. If, following the consultation, the Governing Bodies of all schools agree this proposal in principle, and Governors decide to proceed, it will be the Department for Education who decides whether or not to approve our application.

Who makes the final decision to join a Multi-Academy Trust?

The Governing Bodies will consult with all stakeholders in order to make an informed decision on whether or not to join the MAT. After collecting evidence, the final decision will be made by each individual Governing Body.

How will the MAT and the schools be run?

The MAT would have a Trustee Board consisting of nine Directors made up of people with particular skills and expertise to help it run efficiently, effectively, and compliantly. Although the Board would have a number of legal and regulatory powers, it can delegate many of its powers to Local Governing Bodies and Committees. Local Governing Bodies would continue to have a mixture of representatives from parents, staff, and local communities.

Each Head Teacher would still be responsible for running their own school. Together the nine Head Teachers would then form a leadership group to develop plans for partnership and collaboration.

Will any changes to the school be made as a result of conversion?

There would be additional governance accountability within a MAT to bring closer working practices between Trust members, through school improvement planning. The MAT would have an overarching Board of Trustees responsible for the running of academies that would then delegate responsibilities to each individual school’s Local Governing Board.

It is our intention at this stage that the character, ethos, and values of the schools would remain unchanged should academy conversion take place.

Would the school have to change its name, uniform, or logo?

No, none of the schools would be changing their name, uniform or logo as part of a MAT conversion. However the MAT would have its own additional logo included on all school correspondence.

How will being a Multi-Academy Trust affect staff?

Currently, each of the schools in the Outer West Learning Trust employ their own staff. After conversion, all staff will be employed by the new Trust Board. Staff are legally protected to transfer under the same employment terms and conditions, including pensions. Staff will be provided further information on how they are affected. Being part of the MAT will also provide greater opportunities for career progression and development. Already, staff are working together on a range of teaching, learning, curriculum, and pupil support projects.

How are the children affected?

If the schools convert to academy status and establish the MAT, the children won’t notice any immediate difference. Each school would continue to strive towards an outstanding education for all our children. As a result of potential new training opportunities given to teachers, the intention of these opportunities would be to further improve the children’s education and raise standards. They would also have wider opportunities to collaborate with other children in the Outer West.

How are parents/carers affected?

Parents will not be affected however they may start to see and hear more information about the MAT. Parents may notice that correspondence sent by the academy, e.g. letters and emails, would include the MAT’s logo.

How much does conversion cost?

Costs depend on which law firm the academy chooses to use, and can vary from school to school. Once schools are granted permission to convert by receiving their academy order, each school in the group will be eligible for a grant of £25,000 from the Department for Education towards the conversion costs.

Will we get more money as an academy?

Academies receive the same amount of per-pupil funding as they would receive from the Local Authority as a maintained school. The whole of the school budget would come direct to the school from central Government, allowing the school to control the whole of their spending. As part of a Multi-Academy Trust, we may also achieve greater efficiencies through increased buying power and joint commissioning of services.

What happens with money raised by parents for an individual school?

The money that is raised by parents, members of the community, and the school’s PTFA for an individual school will be retained by that school.

How will admissions to the school be affected?

The application process for parents and carers would remain the same. The MAT would become the admitting authority for the nine schools but each would have its own admissions policy going forward. Any future policy changes would need to be clear and fair, in line with the admissions law and the School Admissions Code. The Local Authority will continue to have responsibility for making sure there are sufficient school places locally and coordinating the admissions process for all schools.

Will our responsibilities in relation to SEND and exclusions change?

No, responsibilities as an academy in relation to Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) and exclusions would be just the same as they are now.

Can a child with an Education, Health and Care Plan nominate an academy as their school of choice?

Yes, schools converting to academy status can retain the admissions criteria they currently use. These arrangements and related processes must at all times comply with the School Admissions Code.

Will academies be free from the Ofsted inspection regime?

No, academies are inspected in the same way as maintained schools. Each school will continue to be inspected individually. The performance of all schools would continue to be monitored and if there are signs of deterioration, or other factors likely to cause concern, these could trigger an inspection.

Does the Multi-Academy Trust have charity status?

Yes, the MAT has charity status – the directors of the academy trust are the charity trustees. Academies in MATs are ‘exempt’ charities – this means they are not required to formally register with the Charity Commission, but the academies have the same charitable status as the organisations that are fully registered charities.

Does becoming an academy change the relationship with other schools and the community?

No, academies must ensure that they continue to be at the heart of their community, collaborating and sharing facilities and expertise with other schools and the wider community.

Can schools withdraw from the conversion process?

Schools are able to withdraw right up until the point that they sign the funding agreement. Once this is signed, there is a legally binding agreement between the Secretary of State and the academy, and the termination would require a long notice period (seven years).

Will parents/carers be able to share their views?

Yes, the school will hold a full consultation which all parents/carers, governors, and staff members will be invited to take part in.

How do I take part in the consultation process?

At this stage, we are not committing the schools to conversion to academy status. We are consulting with everyone associated with our schools before Governors meet again to make a final decision.

We encourage you to respond to via the survey below, or online via the school’s website, to make comments and share your views by Monday 7th November 2022.

https://run.conjoint.ly/study/318219/exwk4blj9b

Head Teacher Blog, 30 September 2022

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Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you will enjoy this week's blog. You will notice from the Curriculum Spotlight how many exciting learning experiences have taken place this week.

We have received an award for being a Carer Friendly School!

The Carer Friendly School Accreditation is an award (accredited by Newcastle Carers) to recognise and celebrate the positive steps schools in Newcastle are taking to support young carers.

1 in 12 young people has caring responsibilities. Young carers take on physical, emotional or practical responsibilities at home because someone in their family is ill, has a disability, experiences mental health problems, or has an addiction. Young people want to help and feel proud that they can offer support, but for many young carers having extra responsibilities can be difficult and impact their life at home and school. We are very proud to have our work with young carers recognised in this way.

Special Tasting Menu Next Thursday

The kitchen will be offering a special menu on Thursday 6^th October. The menu will include a range of popular main meal items and puddings for children to taste from the new 2022-23 menu.

If your child already eats a school meal on a Thursday, you do not need to do anything as your child will automatically have the tasting menu.
If your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2, you do not need to do anything. All children in these year groups will be able to taste the menu items – even if they have a packed lunch.
If your child is in Nursery or Year 3 – Year 6 and eats a packed lunch, you will need to tell us if they would like to try the taster menu (£2.10 for Nursery, £2.20 for Y3-Y6 or free if you qualify for Free School Meals). Please respond to the text that we will send you on Monday and let us know if your child would like to try the menu.

Phonics Update

Children who are learning phonics in school have a robust daily programme which ensures that children are confident, able readers. Research shows us that traditional ‘tests’ can often have a limited impact on learning. We will therefore no longer send spelling ‘lists’ for those children in KS1/2 who are learning phonics. Children practise their sounds and spellings every day in school and apply their knowledge through their English lessons. Teachers are skilled in assessment and have a clear understanding of children’s progress so will no longer ‘test’ children each Friday. Instead, teachers will share with you in reading records the sounds that your child has learned that week, and suggest some words for you to practise with your child, that include those sounds. Support from home is invaluable while children are learning to read, so please spend 5 minutes each day with your child practising the recognition of each phoneme (sound) and spelling words containing the grapheme (letter). Thank you.

Nouvelles excitantes! (Exciting news!)

We are pleased to announce that we have made links with a Year 4 class at the Ecole Pierre et Marie Curie in Nancy-Metz, which is in northern France. Year 4 children in school will be writing letters to pupils from Ecole Pierre (in French!) and will receive replies in due course. This is a fantastic opportunity for children to apply their learning; they have thoroughly enjoyed developing their speaking and listening skills during French lessons with Monsieur Reid-Milligan and are gaining lots of confidence in writing simple sentences in French. Tres bien, Year 4!

Curriculum Spotlight

What an amazing week we’ve had here in school! We work hard to ensure that children have relevant and meaningful experiences in school – this really helps to give context to children’s learning and also helps in developing vocabulary.

Please see below for some highlights from the last week. Research shows that repeating what we’ve learned and talking about it has a huge impact on how much we remember. With this in mind, we’ve added a question for you to ask your child which links to what they’ve been learning in school. We’ve also included some key words which they could use when answering the question. Happy sharing!

Acorns have been learning about farm animals!

Can you name a farm animal? What noise does the animal make?

(key words to use as prompts: cow, sheep, pig)

Nursery have been learning about European Day of Languages!

Can you say hello in another language?

(key words to use as prompts: bonjour, hola, ciao)

Reception have been learning all about 'What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday!' The story is set in London.

Can you remember any of the London landmarks that the Ladybird saw? Can you remember which city you live in?

(key words to use as prompts: city, capital, landmark)

Year 1 have been learning about the weather and getting ready to write their own weather report!

Can you describe the weather outside?

(key words to use as prompts: cloudy, partly cloudy, windy, sunny, raining)

Year 2 have been learning about our wonderful coastline!

What would we see if we visited the coast?

(key words to use as prompts: lighthouse, beach, promenade, pier)

Year 3 have been learning about the rainforest.

What is deforestation? How and why does it happen?

(key words to use as prompts: logging, burning, farming)

Year 4 have been learning about still life drawings as part of their art lessons.

Can you create a contour drawing of still life?

(key words to use as prompts: contour, composition, cross-hatch)

Year 5 have been learning about Jane Goodall who was an animal behaviourist who studied chimpanzees!

What is an animal behaviourist? What did Jane Goodall find out about the behaviour of chimpanzees?

(Key words to use as prompts: omnivores, herbivores, socialise, intelligence)

Year 6 have been learning about evacuation in World War Two.

What was evacuation? Who was evacuated during WW2 and why was this necessary?

(key words to use as prompts: air raids, urban (cities), rural (countryside) and safety).

Weekly Tip from the Sustainability Team

Did you know buying second-hand clothes can really help our planet? It saves gallons of water and travel costs! Maybe check out a local charity shop for some fantastic deals!

Yours faithfully,

Julie Stuart

Dates for your Diary

4th October - Phototronics for individual and sibling photographs
10th October - Parent meeting about Zones of Regulation (information to follow)
12th October - Open Day for prospective Reception 2023 families
19^th-21^st October – Year 6 Residential trip to Hawkhirst
19^th October - Coffee Morning for Parents
24th - 28th October - Half Term
31st October - Staff Training Day
1st November - Children return to school

Head Teacher Blog, 23rd September 2022

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Dear Parents and Carers

It's been another busy week here in school and we certainly haven't allowed the rain to dampen our spirits.

Sustainability Club

On Thursday, our Sustainability Club met for the first time. Our Eco-Warriors are from year groups throughout the school and all of them were extremely enthusiastic and gathered wonderful ideas about how we can make our school community more environmentally friendly. We’re beyond excited to give our amazing children a voice on such important issues and they can’t wait to give us all innovative tips on how to save our planet!

Sustainability tip: Don’t forget to switch off the light when you leave a room; saving energy is brilliant for the planet and helps us all save money at home and at school!

Individual Photographs on 4^th October 2022

Phototronics will be in school on this day and all children in Nursery to Y6 will have a photo taken on their own (Acorns will not have photos taken on this day). If you have more than one child who attends the school, they will only have their photo taken together if you request one, using the link below:

https://www.qdpsurvey.co.uk/OnlineQuestionnaire?code=88044-58804-28367181

Please note you must complete this request by Tuesday 27^th September, to allow us to make the relevant arrangements on the day.

Proofs and order forms will be sent out as soon as we receive them from Phototronics.

School Council representatives

We are delighted to announce our School Council representatives for 2022-2023. Classes from Year 1 to Year 6 have voted for their representatives and we now have a wonderful Student Council to carry out leadership duties, lead on school improvements and be the voice of all pupils. Congratulations to…

1G – Sienna Best

1B – Layton Mooney

2G – Isabella Bennett

2B – Ethan Wilson

3G – Astrid Griffin

3B – Harrison Burnett

4G – Ted Spencer

4B – Aya Al Balili

5G – Brooklyn Frazer

5B – Annabell Galbraith

6G – Sam Walker / Mia De Sousa

6B – Layla Walton / Alfie Wilkinson

Curriculum Spotlight

Here are a few highlights from this week:

Year 1 Structural stability
Year 2 Gymnastics Lesson
Year 2 Creating avatars to protect their personal identities
Year 3 Learning British Sign Language
Year 3 Archaeologists learning about the Stone Age
Year 4 Bikeability
Year 4 Prints & sketching using a view finder
Year 5 Using map Co-ordinates to find locations around the world
Whole school thought for the week

Dates for the Academic Year
We have sent an email to you today with all of the dates for the academic year. We hope that this message will help you to plan for the events which will be happening in school this year. Please note that these dates are also available in the calendar on the school website.

Julie Stuart

Dates for your Diary

4th October - Phototronics for individual and sibling photographs
10th October - Parent meeting about Zones of Regulation (information to follow)
12th October - Open Day for prospective Reception 2023 families
19^th-21^st October – Year 6 Residential trip to Hawkhirst
19^th October - Coffee Morning for Parents
24th - 28th October - Half Term
31st October - Staff Training Day
1st November - Children return to school

Academic Year Diary Dates

September

5th Training Day

13th Reception Reading Meeting

October

4th Phototronics Individual & Sibling Photos

6th National Poetry Day

7th Understanding Our Place in the World Day

12th Reception Open Day for Prospective Parents

19th-21st Y6 @ Hawkhirst

19th Parent Coffee Morning

24th-28th Half Term

31st Training Day

November

8th Year 6 SATs meeting for parents

10th Reception - Y6 Flu Immunisations

11th Armistice Day

14th-18th Anti-bullying Week

14th & 16th Parent Evenings (virtual)

18th Children in Need

December

6th Jingle Assemblies (details to follow)

9th Christmas Jumper and Christmas Dinner Day

13th Jingle Assemblies (details to follow)

23rd Training Day

26th-30th Holiday

January

2nd-6th Holiday

February

14th Safer Internet Day

15th Parent Coffee Morning

17th Aspiring to Achieve Day

20th-24th Half Term

March

2nd World Book Day

20th & 22nd Parent Evenings (virtual)

April

3rd-14th Holiday

May

1st Bank Holiday

8th-12th KS2 SATs (Y6) - children must be in school

15th-26th KS1 SATs (Y2) - children must be in school

29th-2nd Half Term

June

5th Training Day

12th-16th Y1 Phonics Screen & Y4 Time Tables Check

26th-30th STEAM Week

27th Class Photos

28th Parent Coffee Morning

July

4th Nursery Welcome Meeting

5th Sports Day

6th Reception Welcome Meeting

7th Reports out to parents

7th Nursery Sports Day

12th Summer Fair (1.30pm-3.30pm)

19th Changeover Day

20th Leavers Assembly

21st Last Day of School

Head Teacher Blog, 16th September 2022

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Dear Parents and Carers

We have had another great week here at Throckley Primary. All the pupils and staff are settling into their new classes and there is a fantastic 'buzz' of learning across the school.

Open Day for Children Starting Reception in September 2023

We would like to invite families who are interested in joining our school to a personal tour led by our Early Years Leader. These visits will take place on our open day on Wednesday 12th October 2022. We feel that an individual visit will give you the best opportunity to learn about our offer and to decide if Throckley Primary is the right school for you and your child. If you would like to book a tour, please use the 'Book A Visit' button or the 'Email Us' button on the Homepage of the website and let us know if you prefer a morning or an afternoon appointment. You can also ring our Office Team on 0191 267 5311. If you are unable to attend our Open Day, please contact us to arrange a visit on another day.

Coffee Mornings

We will be holding Coffee Mornings in school each term, starting with our first one on Wednesday 19^th October 9 - 10.30am. This will be a great opportunity to meet other parents/carers and enjoy a hot drink and a biscuit (or two!). We would love to see you there.

Heads of Houses Election

As you are aware from my last blog, every child in school is part of a House team (Hopewell, Whin, Chance or Fortune) where all of their achievement points are totalled up and we have weekly House winners and termly prizes for those with the most points. Each year we elect four Heads of Houses from Year 6 to represent the team, being the named 'voice' for leadership of the House. Heads of Houses work alongside School Council representatives to help lead change within the school. We also elect a Head Librarian in Year 6 to run the library club and support the children to develop their love of reading.

Year 6 candidates have been working so hard on their speeches and, in assembly today, they were so brave in standing up in front of the whole school to deliver their speech in the hope to secure votes from all of the pupils. As well as developing their leadership skills, these elections are a great way for the children to learn about Democracy (which is one of the British Values we teach in school) as they get first-hand experience of having a vote and a say in things that matter to them.

I am pleased to announce that, after totalling all of the votes from all of the children, the chosen candidates are as follows:

Heads of Houses:

Jamie Thompson

Lizbella Galome

Gracie Allsopp

Darragh Dixon

Head Librarians:

Ava Bennett

Charlie Wilkinson

I would like to congratulate all of these pupils, as well as those candidates who weren't successful this time, on their inspiring speeches and their brave delivery in assembly. Many of the staff were moved to tears!

Our School Council representatives will be elected and announced next week.

Curriculum Spotlight

If your child is anything like my boys when they were younger, they aren't often the most forthcoming in telling us about their day in school. Each week I will be drawing your attention to some 'Curriculum Spotlights'. These are tweets which showcase the amazing work of the children across school and the exciting events they participate in. We hope that these will be great conversation starters for you to discuss learning with your child or even just as chance for you to see what they get up to!

Here are a few highlights from this week:

Year 2 Music Lesson

Year 3 Zones of Regulation
Year 3 Science
Year 4 British Values - Democracy
Year 6 French
KS2 Local History Assembly with Mr Outterside

Charlton Street Community Hub A new children and families community hub is coming to the area and will be based on the site of Lemington Riverside Primary. I have attached the flyer if you would like to contact them to find out more about the opportunities and support they can offer.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and we will see everyone back in school on Tuesday 19^th September, following the funeral of Her Majesty the Queen.

Julie Stuart

Dates for your Diary

4th October - Phototronics for individual and sibling photographs
10th October - Parent meeting about Zones of Regulation (information to follow)
12th October - Open Day for prospective Reception 2023 families
19^th-21^st October – Year 6 Residential trip to Hawkhirst
19^th October - Coffee Morning for Parents
24th - 28th October - Half Term
31st October - Staff Training Day
1st November - Children return to school

Diary Dates for the 2022/23 Academic Year



September	5th	Training Day
	13th	Reception Reading Meeting
October	4th	Phototronics Individual & Sibling Photos
	6th	National Poetry Day
	7th	Understanding Our Place in the World Day
	12th	Reception Open Day for Prospective Parents
	19th-21st	Y6 @ Hawkhirst
	19th	Parent Coffee Morning
	24th-28th	Half Term
	31st	Training Day
November	8th	Year 6 SATs meeting for parents
	10th	Reception - Y6 Flu Immunisations
	11th	Armistice Day
	14th-18th	Anti-bullying Week
	14th & 16th	Parent Evenings
	18th	Children in Need
December	6th	Jingle Assemblies (details to follow)
	9th	Christmas Jumper and Christmas Dinner Day
	13th	Jingle Assemblies (details to follow)
	23rd	Training Day
	26th-30th	Holiday
January	2nd-6th	Holiday
February	14th	Safer Internet Day
	15th	Parent Coffee Morning
	17th	Aspiring to Achieve Day
	20th-24th	Half Term
March	2nd	World Book Day
	20th & 22nd	Parent Evenings
April	3rd-14th	Holiday
May	1st	Bank Holiday
	8th-12th	KS2 SATs - children must be in school
	15th-26th	KS1 SATs - children must be in school
	29th-2nd	Half Term
June	5th	Training Day
	12th-16th	Y1 Phonics Screen & Y4 Time Tables Check
	26th-30th	STEAM Week
	27th	Class Photos
	28th	Parent Coffee Morning
July	4th	Nursery Welcome Meeting
	5th	Sports Day
	6th	Reception Welcome Meeting
	7th	Reports out to parents
	7th	Nursery Sports Day
	12th	Summer Fair (1.30pm-3.30pm)
	19th	Changeover Day
	20th	Leavers Assembly
	21st	Last Day of School

Flu Immunisation Letter

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NHS - Northumbria Healthcare

School Aged Immunisation team

Seaton Deleval Innovation Hub

Avenue Rd,

Seaton Delaval,

Whitley Bay

NE25 0QJ

September 2022

Dear Parent/Carer

Your child’s annual flu vaccination is now due

This vaccination programme is in place to help protect your child against flu, which can be an unpleasant illness and sometimes causes serious complications. This year, with COVID-19 in circulation, it’s more important than ever that eligible groups are vaccinated to protect them from flu. The free flu vaccine will help prevent them getting the flu and is the best protection from the flu virus. Vaccinating your child will also help protect more vulnerable friends and family by preventing the spread of flu.

The intra-nasal flu vaccine is the most effective protection for your child against flu. However, if in the past you have refused the intra-nasal vaccine due to PORCINE GELATINE content, we are now able to offer an alternative injectable flu vaccine which is porcine-free. Please complete the consent form stating that you would like your child to have the IM flu vaccine. This can be given in school, but if you would prefer to be with your child, please contact the immunisation team on …07900138284…… and we will direct you to the link to book a clinic

The online consent can be accessed via any online device. Please click on the following link https://www.northumbriaimmunisations.co.uk/Forms/Flu which will direct you to an online consent form for you to complete.

We will be visiting your child’s school on Thursday 10^th November 2022 please complete the consent form in full using the following school code: NB108446. If a consent form is not completed by midday the 48 hours before our visit your child may not receive their immunisation at school.

Please note only those children in Reception to year 6 in mainstream schools and reception to year 13 in special schools are currently eligible to receive the nasal flu vaccine.

The vaccination is free and recommended for children and young people. It will be given by a quick and simple spray up the nose. Here is a link to a leaflet explaining the vaccination programme which includes details about the small number of children for whom the nasal vaccine is not appropriate:

Protecting your child against flu - Information for parents and carers of preschool and primary school-aged children (publishing.service.gov.uk)

In the rare event that you do not have access to the internet, please contact the immunisation team who will complete a consent form with you over the phone.

If you require further information regarding the vaccines we offer please go to our Immunisation website which has full details of our service: https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/our-services/childrens-services/immunisations

If you have any queries regarding the online consent form or the Flu vaccine please contact the Northumbria healthcare School Aged Immunisation Team on07900138284…………..

Yours sincerely,

Northumbria Healthcare School Aged Immunisation Team

If your child becomes wheezy or has their asthma medication increased after you have completed the on-line form, please contact the immunisation team on …07900138284………... If you decide you do not want to vaccinate your child against flu, please complete the consent form giving the reason. This will help us plan and improve the service. For further information see: www.nhs.uk/child-flu

Head Teacher Blog, 9th Sept 2022

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back everyone and I hope you all had a lovely summer.

In order to remember the life and service of The Queen, the children and staff took a moment of reflection this morning in assembly. May she rest in peace.

Head Teacher Blog

Welcome to my new, weekly Head Teacher blog where I will be keeping you up to date with all the latest news and information. The format of the blog is a work in progress as we are looking at how best to share it. We will continue with the weekly emails for now, but please look out for the new format which is coming soon.

The Throckley Vision

Our vision here at Throckley Primary School is to provide a purposeful and empowering curriculum that fully prepares learners for the next steps in their school careers and opens the doors to the wider world. In my weekly blog, I aim to share with you many of the exciting events that happen here in school for us to achieve our vision, and to keep you up to date with important information and diary dates so that you can know how to further support your child here in school. If you would like to know more about our school Vision which includes our Values, our Promise, our Curriculum Drivers and Our Wonderful Learner (OWLs) then please follow this link: Link to our Curriculum Page.

At Throckley we pride ourselves on the outstanding behaviour and conduct in and out of school. We are very proud of all of our pupils and the young adults that they become. We have developed our Home School Agreement to ensure that staff, pupils, parents and carers understand our expectations and enable us to work together to create our wonderful learning environment. We will be sending out an updated version of our Home School Agreement next week.

First Week Back

This week has been a fantastic start to the new academic year. We welcomed the children back into school on Tuesday and we were so impressed with how they settled into their new classes and how they were all dressed to impress with their smart uniforms.

During the first week back, staff spend much of the week introducing the children to the new rules and routines for in-class and transitioning around the school at break and lunch times. Staff have been overwhelmed with how well the children have responded and how diligently they have worked. What a credit they are to you and what fantastic role models they are for Throckley Primary! I can imagine that there have been lots of Achievement Stars given out this week.

Every Friday I lead an Achievement Assembly where all the star points are counted, and we celebrate the winning House (Hopewell, Fortune, Chance or Whin). Please ask your child which House they are in and how well they are doing. In the assembly, we also give a certificate to the classes with the highest weekly attendance and the class mascot is brought to the front to collect this for display. Each week the class teachers also choose a child for a Golden Award certificate and a prize from my prize shop for upholding one of our Throckley Values: Learning, Caring, Respect, Teamwork, Success and Pride. This half term we will focus on Learning.

Seesaw

Seesaw is a great platform for us to share home-school communications. Children will use this for homework and Class Teachers will post messages home. There is a facility for you to message the Class Teacher too.

Next week, be sure to check Seesaw where you will find a curriculum map for your child's year group. This document outlines what your child will be learning this half term. This is useful for you to refer to as it would be wonderful for you to discuss learning with your child and ask them questions about their new knowledge.

You will also find the 'Welcome to your new class' presentation which will give you lots of information about your child's new class, what to do if you need to contact or speak to staff in school, PE days, homework, spellings and times table information, as well as important dates and things to remember.

Who's Who?

We have new staff and existing staff in new roles here in school and our 'Who's Who?' section of the website is really useful should you want to check who to contact if any matters arise. As teachers are getting their classes in from the yard in the mornings and setting up for the day, please ring the office and leave a message should you want a member of staff to get back to you regarding any issues or concerns you may have. We endeavour to contact parents that same day in order to resolve any urgent matters.

I am in school most days, however I also work as strategic lead for the wider Outer West Learning Trust and support Newcastle Local Authority as part of their School Effectiveness Team. If any parent wishes to speak to me and I am not available that day, then our two Deputy Head Teachers (Mrs Giblin and Mrs Brown) will be on hand to respond, or you can make an appointment to come and see me.

Extra-curricular Activities

An information letter about our extra-curricular clubs for this half term is being sent out today by email to the parents of children in Years 1 -6 .

School Office

The school office is extremely busy and therefore we would like to remind parents that we ask you to telephone or email to leave any messages rather than coming to the office window, where possible.

End of the day procedures

Please note below a reminder of end-of-day timings:

Nursery: 3.00pm

Reception: 3.10pm

Years 1-6: 3.15pm

The end of the day is a busy time and in order to get all children out of school and safely with their designated adult, please ensure that, whilst waiting, you stand back and clear of the exit doors. This makes it much easier for staff to see the parents for a quicker, smoother and safer exit.

Dates for your Diary

13^th September - Reception reading meeting for parents

15^th September - Year 6 at Hawkhirst for their residential trip

4^th October - Phototronics for individual photographs

10^th October - Parent meeting about Zones of Regulation (information to follow)

12^th October - Open Day for prospective Reception 2023 families

24^th - 28^th October - Half Term

31^st October - Staff Training Day

1^st November - Children return to school

Best wishes,

Julie Stuart, Head Teacher

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 22nd July 2022

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Message from Mrs Stuart

As we come to the end of another academic year, it is a time to reflect on how proud we are of all of the children here at Throckley Primary School and how hard they have worked. This achievement is evidenced by our tremendous Phonics, Times Table check, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two statutory test results. Well done!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the pupils, parents, staff and governors for their efforts this year in supporting our whole school community and making Throckley Primary the outstanding school that it continues to be.

As we say goodbye to our amazing Year 6 students, we wish them all the best in their future endeavours at secondary school and beyond.

That just leaves me to say have a wonderful summer whatever your plans may be, and we will see you back on Tuesday 6th September when we begin the new academic year.

Dates for Your Diary

5^th September – Staff Training Day
6^th September – Children Return to School

Summer activities in our local area – please note that these activities are not provided by Throckley Primary School

Elite PE Holiday Camp at the Throckley Recreation Ground

Elite PE is running an activity camp for 4 – 11 year olds at the Recreation Ground on the following dates:

Mon 8^th August – Fri 12^th August
Tue 30^th August – Fri 2^nd Sept

The camps run 9am – 3pm and cost £12 per day. To book your place, please visit www.ELITEPEW.Simplybook.it. Please see the attached leaflet for more information.

Newburn Acitivity Centre – Free sessions for children who qualify for Free School Meals

Newburn Activity Centre have received funding to put on some activity days over the summer holidays. If your child qualifies for Free School Meals, you can register them for a free space on one of the summer holiday activity days. Activities will include, rock climbing, archery and team games (dodgeball, football etc). Lunch and a drink will be provided. Times are 10am – 2pm and the dates are as follows:

Wednesday 27th July
Wednesday 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th August
Tuesday 30th August.

To book your child please ring reception on 0191 2640014.

The Best Summer Ever – Free Sports Camp at Waverley Primary

JJ Sports Coaching are going to run a FREE Sports Camp for the first two weeks of the Summer holidays at Waverley Primary School, this will be held outdoors on the yards so children should be dressed appropriately for the weather. This Sports camp is for children who are currently in year groups 1 to 6. The club will run from July 27^th – July 29^th and from 3^rd August – 5^th August. There will be a range of different sport actives. This will be staffed by JJ coaches and not Waverley staff.

Children Northeast Activities for Children in Years 5 & 6

Activities will run 1^st – 25^th August on Mondays – Thursdays, 10am-2pm for children in Years 5 & 6. The venue will be Holy Saviour's Church, Scotswood Road. These activities are part of the Holiday Activity and are available to children who are eligible for Free School Meals. Please contact Craig Watson at Children Northease for more information. Phone Number: 07706326846 or email craig.watson@children-ne.org.uk

Other local Best Summer Ever Activities - Please see the attached schedule for Best Summer Ever Activities which are taking place in the local area.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 15th July 2022

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Last Day Non-uniform and Pre-loved Uniform Donations

To celebrate the end of another wonderful school year, we are having a non-uniform day with a difference. We are asking for donations of pre-loved uniform. If you don’t need it or it no longer fits…DONATE! There will be a collection point outside of the office on the last day. Please have your uniform clear-out early, pop it in a bag and donate it on the last day of school. The pre-loved uniform will then be available to buy at great prices from the PTFA Uniform Shop via their Facebook page. Please see the attached flyer for more information.

SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) Accreditation

We are pleased to announce that we have received the Silver National Quality Mark for the SMSC work that takes place in Throckley Primary School. The report states that our virtual verification visit ‘illustrated the plethora of excellent SMSC practice that is embedded throughout everyday school life.’ Thank you to Mr Outterside who has been leading on this project in 2021-22 and we look forward to continuing to develop SMSC at Throckley Primary throughout the next academic year.

PTFA Summer Fair

Thank you to our PTFA for organising a fantastic event! Thank you to all of our school families who supported the event with donations and your attendance at the fair. An amazing £3,000 was raised on the day!

Keeping Children Safe in the Heat

The Met Office has issued heat warnings and it is predicted that temperatures in the Newcastle area will reach 28°C - 30°C early next week. We will be following the government guidance about looking after children during heatwaves, including the use of ventilation, keeping children hydrated, avoiding vigorous physical activity, encouraging children to wear loose, light coloured clothing and sunhats with wide brims, to use sunscreen, and providing them with plenty of water. Please ensure that your child has sunscreen on before they arrive at school and that they have a sunhat and bottle of water with them in school every day.

Regular Attendance = Success

Fantastic Attendance this Week!

Congratulations to our winning class with 99.5%:
- Reception Green

The mascot of this class is proudly sitting on the attendance podium.

We have one other class in the Gold Zone (99% or above)
- Year 6 Green – 99.1%
We also have seven classes with Green Zone (97% - 98.9%) attendance this week:
- Nursery Blue – 97.8%
- Nursery Green – 97.6%
- Year 1 Blue – 97.6%
- Year 2 Blue – 97%
- Year 3 Green – 98.2%
- Year 4 Blue – 97.5%
- Year 4 Green – 98.3%

Tweets for this week

Please visit our Twitter feed to see photographs from all of these events!

Acorns Stay & Play session
Year 2 Bag pack at Sainsburys
Year 3 Trip to the beach
Year 5 River Tyne Lesson
Year 6 Walbottle Academy transition day
Year 6 Football workshop
Year 5 Scrapbooks

Dates for Your Diary

13^th - 20^th July – End of year class celebration activities (see schedule below)
20^th July – Class Changeover Day when the children spend time with their new teacher
21^st July – Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly (1.45pm)
22^nd July – Last Day of School and Non-Uniform Day with pre-loved uniform donations
5^th September – Staff Training Day
6^th September – Children Return to School

End of Year Celebration Activities – please note that the gates will be closed during the morning

Monday 18^th July:

9.15am Reception
10.15am Year 1
11.15am Year 2

Tuesday 19^th July:

9.15am Year 3
10.15am Year 4
11.15am Year 5
2.30pm Nursery Green

Wednesday 20^th July:

2.30pm Nursery Blue

Thursday 21^st July:

1.45pm Year 6 Leavers Assembly

Summer activities in our local area – please note that these activities are not provided by Throckley Primary School

Elite PE Holiday Camp at the Throckley Recreation Ground

Elite PE is running an activity camp for 4 – 11 year olds at the Recreation Ground on the following dates:

Mon 8^th August – Fri 12^th August
Tue 30^th August – Fri 2^nd Sept

The camps run 9am – 3pm and cost £12 per day. To book your place, please visit www.ELITEPEW.Simplybook.it. Please see the attached leaflet for more information.

Newburn Acitivity Centre – Free sessions for children who qualify for Free School Meals

Wednesday 27th July
Wednesday 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th August
Tuesday 30th August.

To book your child please ring reception on 0191 2640014.

The Best Summer Ever – Free Sports Camp at Waverley Primary

Other local Best Summer Ever Activities - Please see the attached schedule for Best Summer Ever Activities which are taking place in the local area.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 8th July 2022

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Year 6 SATs Results

This week, all Year 6 children nationally have received their SATs results. We couldn't be prouder of our Year 6 pupils - they achieved a wonderful set of results which are testament to their hard work and dedication both this year, and throughout their time here at Throckley Primary School. I am delighted to say that the percentage of children in our school who met the national standard in reading; writing; grammar, punctuation and spelling; and mathematics, is once again well above the national average. All children in Year 6 have made fantastic progress throughout their time at Throckley Primary School and will no doubt go on to great things during their time in secondary school and beyond. This is an amazing set of results after what has been a very difficult couple of years. This is the first set of statutory assessments schools have taken since 2019 and we are beyond proud of the Year 6 children and the teaching team, who have all worked incredibly hard this year. Well done, everyone!

PTFA Newsletter with information about the summer fair

Attached please find the latest PTFA newsletter with everything you need to know about the summer fair. Please read the newsletter to find out about the games and events and to see the prices. It’s going to be a fantastic event!

Goodbye to Mrs Swan

We are saying goodbye to Mrs Swan who will be starting a new job on Monday. Mrs Swan has been a part of the office team for over 12 years and she will be a huge miss. Her new employer is very lucky to have her and we wish her luck in her new role.

Regular Attendance = Success

Fantastic Attendance this Week!

Congratulations to our winning class with 99%:
- Year 2 Blue

The mascot of this class is proudly sitting on the attendance podium.

We also have three classes with Green Zone (above 97%) attendance this week:
- Year 1 Blue – 98%
- Year 1 Green – 97.6%
- Year 4 Blue – 98.8%

Tweets for this week

Sports Day
Year 3 Holiday survey

Please follow this link to our Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim?lang=en

PTFA Summer Raffle

Don’t forget to buy your summer raffle tickets! The PTFA are selling raffle tickets in the morning in front of the office, on the back yard at home time and at the summer fair (until 2.15pm). If you would like tickets to be sent home, please message the PTFA directly.

Elite PE Holiday Camp at the Throckley Recreation Ground

Elite PE is running an activity camp for 4 – 11 year olds at the Recreation Ground on the following dates:

Mon 8^th August – Fri 12^th August
Tue 30^th August – Fri 2^nd Sept

The camps run 9am – 3pm and cost £12 per day. To book your place, please visit www.ELITEPEW.Simplybook.it. Please see the attached leaflet for more information.

Dates for Your Diary

13^th July - Summer Fair (1.30pm–3.30pm)
15^th July – Nursery Sports Day (9.10am)
15^th July – Reports Out to Parents
13^th - 20^th July – End of year class celebration activities (see schedule below)
20^th July – Class Changeover Day when the children spend time with their new teacher
21^st July – Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly (1.45pm)
22^nd July – Last Day of School
August – Elite PE Holiday Camp
5^th September – Staff Training Day
6^th September – Children Return to School

End of Year Celebration Activities

Wednesday 13^th July:

Acorns parents invited to a Stay and Play session at 11am. Information to follow.

Friday 15^th July:

Rising 3 parents invited to a Stay and Play session at 2pm. Information to follow.

Monday 18^th July:

9.15am Reception
10.15am Year 1
11.15am Year 2

Tuesday 19^th July:

9.15am Year 3
10.15am Year 4
11.15am Year 5
2.30pm Nursery Green

Wednesday 20^th July:

2.30pm Nursery Blue

Thursday 21^st July:

1.45pm Year 6 Leavers Assembly

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 1st July 2022

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Important Reminder from Mrs Stuart regarding school uniform

As we are heading towards the end of term, I understand that parents will not be wanting to purchase new uniform or footwear, but it is essential that we maintain our uniform expectations across school, and we can support families with this as much as is necessary. I am seeing a lot of trainers and leggings creeping in and these are not agreed uniform. if your child does not have black shoes or skirt/trousers as per our policy then we have lots of spare, clean uniform and sandshoes that we will be asking them to change into so that we can maintain our high expectations of dress code across school.

We have our Sports Day next Wednesday and therefore the children will need their school PE T-shirt and a plain pair of black or navy-blue shorts/jogging bottoms. Trainers can be worn for PE and on this day.

Over the summer, it is essential to consider the school uniform policy before purchasing items for your child for the start of school in September. Next week we will be sending out our policy and guides to all parents so that the children are well prepared for next academic year.

Update Your Contact Details

We are sending out a Survey link today so that you can update the contact details that we have for your child. Please complete the first three questions of the survey even if none of the contact details have changed. This will enable us to track your response and save you from receiving reminders to complete the survey.

Link to Survey: https://www.qdpsurvey.co.uk/OnlineQuestionnaire?code=42266-34823-26516090

Healthy School Success

We are proud to announce that Throckley Primary has passed through the Healthy Schools quality assurance programme and that we have retained Newcastle Healthy School Status. The audit team picked out the following highlights in the school’s report:

Throckley Primary has in place an embedded whole school health promoting approach and ethos, which is inclusive of the whole school community. The school is committed to continuous improvement.
The PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) curriculum is well-planned, developed, coordinated, monitored and assessed. The use of local data to produce a bespoke curriculum to best meet needs is excellent practice.
The Outer West Trust PSHE meetings provide a supportive network, which enables schools to learn from one another to help continuously improve PSHE and to provide a consistency of approach across the locality.
A whole school approach is taken to address mental health and emotional wellbeing of pupils.
Pupil voice is a further strength, and sits at the heart of the school. Pupils have their voice heard through a range of methods and Throckley Primary’s school council is clearly impacting change.
Physical activity provision is thriving and a further strength, with a wide range of opportunities provided for pupils to increase their activity levels throughout the whole school day. The school is fortunate to have extensive grounds to support physical activity, and these are being utilised effectively. Throckley Primary is to be congratulated on its achievement of the Silver School Games Mark, which further indicates your strengths in this area.
Your work to tackle air pollution and particularly air quality is welcomed, with the no idling policy and ‘closed gates’ policy at school drop off and pick up times.

Regular Attendance = Success

Fantastic Attendance this Week!

Congratulations to our winning class with 99.2%%:
- Year 4 Green

The mascot of this class is proudly sitting on the attendance podium.

We also have one class with Gold Zone (above 99%) attendance this week:
- Reception Blue

We also have six classes with Green Zone (above 97%) attendance this week:
- Acorns – 98.7%
- Year 1 Blue – 98%
- Year 1 Green – 97.2%
- Year 2 Blue – 98.5%
- Year 5 Blue – 98.8%
- Year 6 Blue – 97.7%

Tweets for this week

Twitter has been so busy this week and you won’t want to miss these fantastic tweets!

Reception Science Experiment - water pollution cleaning
Year 1 Fruit salads
Year 1 Green screen project
Year 1 Favourite flowers maths lesson
Year 2 Messages of hope
Year 2 London skyline paintings
Year 3 SENSational poetry
Year 3 Kind words
Year 4 Sound survey
Year 4 Retweet from Together with Refugees
Year 4 Making their own pan pipes
Year 5 Year 5 OWL cycling competition
Year 6 Hoodies
Year 6 Hawkhirst sailing and hiking
Whole School High Sheriff Assembly
Newcastle Schools Achievement Awards

Please follow this link to our Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim?lang=en

PTFA Summer Raffle

The PTFA have organised some amazing prizes for the summer raffle. Please see the attached poster for further information and for a list of the prizes which can be won. The PTFA will be at school selling raffle tickets in the morning in front of the office and on the back yard at collection from Monday. If you would like tickets to be sent home, please the PTFA direct.

Dates for Your Diary

5^th July – Welcome Meeting for Reception 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
6^th July – Sports Day (9.30am)
7^th July – Welcome Meeting for Nursery 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
13^th July - Summer Fair (1.30pm–3.30pm)
15^th July – Nursery Sports Day (9.10am)
15^th July – Reports Out to Parents
13^th - 20^th July – End of year class celebration activities (see schedule below)
20^th July – Class Changeover Day when the children spend time with their new teacher
21^st July – Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly
22^nd July – Last Day of School
5^th September – Staff Training Day
6^th September – Children Return to School

End of Year Celebration Activities

Wednesday 13^th July:

- Acorns parents invited to a Stay and Play session at 11am. Information to follow.

Friday 15^th July:

- Rising 3 parents invited to a Stay and Play session at 2pm. Information to follow.

Monday 18^th July:

9.15am Reception
10.15am Year 1
11.15am Year 2

Tuesday 19^th July:

9.15am Year 3
10.15am Year 4
11.15am Year 5
2.30pm Nursery Green

Wednesday 20^th July:

2.30pm Nursery Blue

Thursday 21^st July:

2.00pm Year 6 Leavers Assembly

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 17th June 2022

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National Book Tokens Competition – help us win £1,000 for our library!

National Tokens is giving away £1,000 worth of books to five different schools. Please follow the link below to nominate Throckley Primary school. Thank you!

https://www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools?fbclid=IwAR2tlrTSvkfTBIqobIJ5A6gPIes2c9jGiUqbZPaMco4kCujCZQQ7kuwB6yA

Regular Attendance = Success

Fantastic Attendance this Week!

Congratulations to our winning class with 100%:
- Year 5 Green – Miss Thorpe’s class

The mascot of this class is proudly sitting on the attendance podium.

We also have two classes with Gold Zone (above 99%) attendance this week:
- Reception Green – Miss McGregor’s class
- Year 1 Blue – Miss Robertson’s class

We also have four classes with Green Zone (above 97%) attendance this week:
- Nursery Green – Miss Liddle’s class – 97.6%
- Year 1 Green – Miss Lant’s class - 98.4%
- Year 2 Blue – Mrs Stout’s class - 98.5%
- Year 3 Green – Miss Williamson’s class – 98.2%

Punctuality Reminders

It is your responsibility to make sure your child arrives to school on time. Please help them to be punctual and learn this important life skill. The gates onto the yards close at 8.55am, so they need to be on site and ready to enter the building before that time. Once the gates have closed, your child will need to enter school via the front office and you will need to sign them into our Inventry system as arriving late. The system will ask you to provide a reason for being late.

When a child arrives late to school, they miss vital instruction at the start of the day and are unprepared for the lesson ahead or for key events in school. Being on time every day helps to build the habit of being punctual and will play an important role in their future success.

If your child arrives to school late on a regular basis, we will contact you and your child could be placed on an internal monitoring period, to support them to improve their punctuality. Please also note that, if you child arrives to school after the registers have closed (at 9.15am), it is recorded as a session of unauthorised absence. If your child has 10 sessions of unauthorised absence over a 10 week period, they will be referred to the local authority for legal monitoring, and this can lead to a Fixed Penalty Notice being issued. Full details of our attendance policy, including our expectations around punctuality, can be found on our website.

Definition of Regular Attendance from the Department for Education, ‘Working together to improve school attendance’: Where parents decide to have their child registered at school, they have an additional legal duty to ensure their child attends that school regularly. This means their child must attend every day that the school is open, except in a small number of allowable circumstances such as being too ill to attend or being given permission for an absence in advance from the school.

Tweets for this week

Year 6 Ice Cream Van from Vision Education
Year 1 Plant Hunt in the school grounds
CEOP Online Safety education website for 4-7 year olds
Whole school recycling assembly

Please follow this link to our Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim?lang=en

Dates for Your Diary

27^th – 29^th June – Year 6 Hawkhirst residential trip
5^th July – Welcome Meeting for Reception 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
6^th July – Sports Day
7^th July – Welcome Meeting for Nursery 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
13^th July - Summer Fair (1.30pm–3.30pm)
15^th July – Reports Out to Parents
13^th - 20^th July – End of year class celebration activities (see schedule below)
20^th July – Class Changeover Day when the children spend time with their new teacher
21^st July – Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly
22^nd July – Last Day of School
5^th September – Teacher Training Day
6^th September – Children Return to School

End of Year Celebration Activities

Wednesday 13^th July:

- Acorns parents invited to a Stay and Play session at 11am. Information to follow.

Friday 15^th July:

- Rising 3 parents invited to a Stay and Play session at 2pm. Information to follow.

Monday 18^th July:

9.15am Reception
10.15am Year 1
11.15am Year 2

Tuesday 19^th July:

9.15am Year 3
10.15am Year 4
11.15am Year 5
2.30pm Nursery Green

Wednesday 20^th July:

2.30pm Nursery Blue

Thursday 21^st July:

2.00pm Year 6 Leavers Assembly

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 10th June 2022

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Batten Disease Awareness Day Tweets

Classes have been busy tweeting about their Batten Awareness Day activities (plus lots of other wonderful things). Please visit our Twitter page for a glimpse into the life of the school this week. Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Sports Day Information

The children will be having their Sports Day on Wednesday 6^th July and would love for you to come and watch all of the fun. They will begin their first event on the field at 9.30am before rotating around each station. There will be boundaries marked with cones on the field for you to stand behind – please make sure younger siblings stay behind the boundaries for their own safety and for the safety of our children who are participating in the sports. Please also ensure your child has the correct PE kit and a water bottle in school for the day.

Regular Attendance = Success

Winning Classes for the Week

Congratulations to our three classes with 100%:
- Reception Green
- Year 4 Green
- Year 5 Green

The mascots of these classes are proudly sitting on the attendance podium.

We also have three classes with Green Zone (above 97%) attendance this week:
- Rising 3s – 98.6%
- Nursery Blue – 98.6%
- Year 2 Blue – 98.8%

PTFA June Newsletter

Please be sure to ready the PTFA newsletter which is attached to this email. The newsletter covers Frozen Fridays, Summer Fair and other important announcements for the end of the year.

Dates for Your Diary

27^th – 29^th June – Year 6 Hawkhirst residential trip
5^th July – Welcome Meeting for Reception 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
6^th July – Sports Day
7^th July – Welcome Meeting for Nursery 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
13^th July - Summer Fair (1.30pm–3.30pm)
15^th July – Reports Out to Parents
13^th - 20^th July – End of year class celebration activities (see schedule below)
20^th July – Class Changeover Day when the children spend time with their new teacher
21^st July – Year 6 Leavers Assembly
22^nd July – Last Day of School
5^th September – Teacher Training Day
6^th September – Children Return to School

End of Year Celebration Activities

Wednesday 13^th July:

- Acorns parents invited to a Stay and Play session at 11am. Information to follow.

Friday 15^th July:

- Rising 3 parents invited to a Stay and Play session at 2pm. Information to follow.

Monday 18^th July:

9.15am Reception
10.15am Year 1
11.15am Year 2

Tuesday 19^th July:

9.15am Year 3
10.15am Year 4
11.15am Year 5
2.30pm Nursery Green

Wednesday 20^th July:

2.30pm Nursery Blue

Thursday 21^st July:

2.00pm Year 6 Leavers Assembly

Statutory Assessment Dates

Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

PTFA June 2022 Newsletter

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 27th May 2022

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Jubilee Celebration Tweets

Classes have been busy tweeting all week about their Jubilee activities (plus lots of other wonderful things). One of our tweets was even liked by the Royal Family! Please visit our Twitter page for a glimpse into the life of the school this week.

Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Regular Attendance = Success

Attendance Video

Mrs Stuart and some of the children have produced a lovely video about why school attendance is so important and why the children enjoy attending school. Please use this link to watch the film:

https://throckley-primary-school.primarysite.media/media/the-importance-of-attendance

Winning Classes for the Half Term

Congratulations to Year 5 Green – Miss Thorpe’s class who wins the Key Stage 2 attendance prize for the half term with 97.6%.
Congratulations to Reception Green – Miss McGregor’s class who wins the Early Years/Key Stage 1 attendance prize for the half term with 96.1%

The mascots of these classes are proudly sitting on the attendance podium. The children will also be voting after half term to choose an attendance prize for their class.

Summer Fair Donations

Throckley Primary Summer Fair will be taking place Wednesday 13^th July. Money raised at the fair will help to provide new equipment, activities and events to enhance the learning experience at school. Some of the funds raised at this year’s Summer Fair will be used to help the school to resource new toilet facilities on the top school fields so the children can enjoy more time in the fresh air and in this wonderful outdoor space.

The PTFA are all go at the moment organising games, prizes and equipment hire for the fair, but we are kindly asking for your support with donations to help make this year’s event the best yet!

Tombola - small prizes (bubble bath, chocolate, unwanted gift sets, small toys or other bits and bobs).
Mystery Bottle Bag - This is a sell-out every year! If you have any spare un-opened bottles, we would happily take them as a donation. This can be anything from a bottle of alcohol/wine to a bottle of mouthwash! We would also welcome any donations of bottle bags if you have any lying around or sitting in a drawer.
Raffle Prizes - We aim to have some bigger prizes on our raffle this summer. Any vouchers, hampers, tickets etc. would be greatly appreciated. If you have any links to external companies or local businesses who would like to support our charity, please ask if they would like to donate a prize. Any companies or businesses who provide a donation will have a special mention of thanks in our newsletter.

End of Year Celebration Assemblies

Monday 18^th July:

9.15am Reception
10.15am Year 1
11.15am Year 2

Tuesday 19^th July:

9.15am Year 3
10.15am Year 4
11.15am Year 5
2.30pm Nursery Green

Wednesday 20^th July:

2.30pm Nursery Blue

Thursday 21^st July:

2.00pm Year 6 Leavers Assembly

Information about Acorns and Rising 3 celebrations will follow after half term.

Throckley Bowling Club Open Day on Sunday

The Throckley Bowling Club invites you to an open day on Sunday afternoon, 1pm – 4pm. Come and have a go at bowls! All ages are welcome.

Elite PE May Half Term Holiday Activity Camp

Elite PE will be running a holiday activity camp over the half term which will take place 9.00am–3.00pm at the Recreation Ground on Monday 30^th May – Wednesday 1^st June. The camp is for children 4–11 years old and costs £12.00 per day. Please visit www.ElitePEW.Simplybook.it to book a place.

Dates for Your Diary

30^th May – 3^rd June – Half Term
30^th May – 1^st June - Elite Sport May Half Term Activity Camp
6^th June – Jubilee Bank Holiday (schools receive an extra day because the bank holiday takes place during a school holiday)
7^th June – Children Return to School
27^th – 29^th June – Year 6 Hawkhirst residential trip
5^th July – Welcome Meeting for Reception 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
6^th July – Sports Day
7^th July – Welcome Meeting for Nursery 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
13^th July - Summer Fair (1.30pm–3.30pm)
15^th July – Reports Out to Parents
18^th & 19^th July – Class Assemblies in the morning (schedule above)
20^th July – Class Changeover Day when the children spend time with their new teacher
21^st July – Year 6 Leavers Assembly
22^nd July – Last Day of School
5^th September – Teacher Training Day
6^th September – Children Return to School

Statutory Assessment Dates

Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 7^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 20th May 2022

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Jubilee Celebration next Friday (27^th May)

We are going to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee next Friday with a red, white, and blue non-uniform day. Each child will be making a crown and will wear it for a special celebration event on the school field.

Each class will focus on a topic of the Queen's life throughout the day and then share what they have learned in an assembly next Friday. Please look out for tweets from this special celebration.

The class topics will be as follows:

Acorns and Nursery: Each child will create a crown.

Reception: The Queen as a Child

Year 1: The Queen's Wedding

Year 2: The Queen's Coronation

Year 3: The Queen as a Mother

Year 4: The Queen and the Commonwealth

Year 5: The Queen and the Abdication

Year 6: The Queen during WW2

Summer Fair – please complete your pick-up arrangements survey.

Earlier in the week we sent you a survey about how your children will be collected on the day of the summer fair. We need to have an answer for all children in school, so please be sure to complete the survey (if you have not already done so). Here is the link to the survey:

https://www.qdpsurvey.co.uk/OnlineQuestionnaire?code=44609-58061-28187750

Regular Attendance = Success

Congratulations to Year 5 Green – Miss Thorpe’s class who wins the attendance prize this week with 98.9%. Year 5G’s mascot will be proudly sitting on the attendance podium all week!

We are also proud of all of the classes who have achieved Gold and Green attendance this week:

Reception Green – Miss McGregor’s Class – 97.4%
Year 4 Blue – Mr Reid Milligan’s Class – 98.8%
Year 5 Blue – Miss Underwood’s Class – 98.2%
Year 6 Blue – Miss Taylor’s Class – 98.2%

Class Attendance Prizes for the Half Term

Good attendance is just one of the many things we celebrate each week in our achievement assembly. Next week we will be announcing which classes have had the best attendance for the half term. There will be an Early Years/Key Stage 1 winner and a Key Stage 2 winner. Rather than us telling the winners what their reward will be, we are going to let them tell us!

Both winning classes will come up with their own ideas of what they would like their reward to be (for example movie, extra play time, or a sweet treat) and then there will be a class vote to decide. We are looking forward to seeing which classes have the best attendance for this half term and how they are going to celebrate their victory! Good luck everyone!

Free School Meal Supermarket Vouchers for May Half Term & Summer

We are sending out paper Free School Meal applications to all of our families who have not previously applied. If you would like to check to see if you qualify, please fill out an application and return it to the school office. Alternatively, you cans use this link:

https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/schools-learning-and-childcare/help-school-and-learning-costs/apply-free-school-meals

Your child does not need to eat school meals during term time to receive the FSM school holiday supermarket vouchers which will be available during the May Half Term and Summer holidays. Parents who qualify for benefits-related Free School Meals will receive £105 in vouchers per child over the course of these two holidays.

Tweets

Here are just some of the things we have tweeted this week:

Our collective thought for next week
Year 6 - rounders on the field
Year 6 - making noodle soup
Year 6 - still-life paintings
Acorns - learning about space
Year 3 – zoologists learning about exo- and hydrostatic skeletons
Reception & Year 1 – assembly with St Mary’s Church
Reception – Marvellous Maths

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Results of the End of Year Celebration Survey

Thank you for participating in our survey and for having your say about our end of year class celebrations. You have overwhelmingly voted for end of year assemblies which will be taking place on 18^th & 19^th July. We will send out a schedule and further information in the near future.

Elite PE May Half Term Holiday Activity Camp

Dates for Your Diary

27^th May – Jubilee Celebration – Red, White & Blue non-uniform
30^th May – 3^rd June – Half Term
30^th May – 1^st June - Elite Sport May Half Term Activity Camp
6^th June – Jubilee Bank Holiday (schools receive an extra day because the bank holiday takes place during a school holiday)
7^th June – Children Return to School
27^th – 29^th June – Year 6 Hawkhirst residential trip
5^th July – Welcome Meeting for Reception 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
6^th July – Sports Day
7^th July – Welcome Meeting for Nursery 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
13^th July - Summer Fair (1.30pm–3.30pm)
18^th & 19^th July – Class Assemblies in the morning (schedule to follow)
20^th July – Class Changeover Day when the children spend time with their new teacher
21^st July – Year 6 Leavers Assembly
22^nd July – Last Day of School
5^th September – Teacher Training Day
6^th September – Children Return to School

Statutory Assessment Dates

Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 7^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 13th May 2022

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Please Complete our Survey about End of Year Celebrations

Following two summers of Covid disruptions, we are busy planning how to best celebrate the end of this academic year with each class. We are considering two options and would like to find out which of these options are preferred by most parents:

Short (15 minute) assemblies for parents to attend for each of their children during the school day. The Year 6 Leavers Assembly is already planned and will not be affected by this survey. If your child is in Year 6, you do not need to complete a survey.
Short class videos which are published on the website

Please use this link to complete the short survey to let us know which option you prefer.

https://www.qdpsurvey.co.uk/OnlineQuestionnaire?code=62631-58035-28166881

Year 6 SATs

What a week it has been for Year 6! All of their hard work over the year (and since nursery!) has led to this week when they get to show how much progress they have made by completing their SATs in reading, grammar, spelling and maths (arithmetic & reasoning). Mrs Stuart, Mrs Giblin, Mrs Brown, Miss Dockey, Miss Taylor, Mrs Longstaff and the whole staff team are so proud of their hard work and commitment throughout this school year. They are a credit to our school and deserve every success in the future. SATs are a small part of their life here at Throckley and only show their abilities in two core subjects. We continue to be proud of what they demonstrate every day across the curriculum, and of the way they support and care for their peers and friends. Thank you to Y6 parents for all of your support!

Regular Attendance = Success

We have two winning classes with 100% this week. Congratulations to

Reception Green – Miss McGregor’s Class – 100%
Year 6 Blue – Miss Taylor’s Class – 100%

The mascots of these classes will be proudly sitting on the attendance podium all week!

We are also proud of all of the classes who have achieved Gold and Green attendance this week:

Year 1 Green – Miss Lant - 99.2% - Gold Attendance

Year 2 Blue – Mrs Stout – 98.5% - Green Attendance

Year 3 Green – Miss Williamson – 98.2% - Green Attendance

Year 5 Blue – Miss Underwood – 97.6% - Green Attendance

Year 5 Green – Miss Thorpe – 97.8% - Green Attendance

Free School Meal Supermarket Vouchers for May Half Term & Summer

We have received notification from Newcastle City Council that the Free School Meal supermarket vouchers will be funded at £15 per child, per week in Nursery – Year 6, for both the May Half Term and Summer holidays. Parents who qualify for benefits-related Free School Meals will receive £105 in vouchers per child over the course of these two holidays. Your child does not need to eat school meals during term time to receive the FSM vouchers during school holidays.

If you think that you might qualify, follow this link to the electronic application:

https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/schools-learning-and-childcare/help-school-and-learning-costs/apply-free-school-meals

We are also happy to help with Free School Meal applications in the office. Next week we will be sending paper applications to families who have not previously applied.

Tweets

Here are just some of the things we have tweeted this week:

Science Club exploring surface tension and the water cycle
Water Day in Y4
Y5 Green screen videos

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

PTFA Newsletter and Summer Fair

Attached to this email is the latest PTFA newsletter with information about their plans for the summer term. We are very excited that our Summer Fair will be able to return this year following the disruption caused by the pandemic. The PTFA are planning a fantastic event and we can’t wait to have the school community back on site for a fun-filled afternoon. Please look out for an email on Monday with further information about the fair. The email will contain a link to a survey about collection arrangements for the day of the fair and it is very important that you complete this survey as soon as you can so that we can start planning for the event

Elite PE May Half Term Holiday Activity Camp

Please see the attached leaflet for details of a holiday activity camp which will be running 9.00am–3.00pm at the Recreation Ground on Monday 30^th May – Wednesday 1^st June. The camp is for children 4–11 years old and costs £12.00 per day.

Dates for Your Diary

30^th May – 3^rd June – Half Term
30^th May – 1^st June - Elite Sport May Half Term Activity Camp
6^th June – Jubilee Bank Holiday (schools receive an extra day because the bank holiday takes place during a school holiday)
7^th June – Children Return to School
27^th – 29^th June – Year 6 Hawkhirst residential trip
5^th July – Welcome Meeting for Reception 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
6^th July – Sports Day
7^th July – Welcome Meeting for Nursery 2022 (9.30am–10.30am)
13^th July - Summer Fair (1.30pm–3.30pm)
20^th July – Class Changeover Day when the children spend time with their new teacher
21^st July – Year 6 Leavers Assembly
22^nd July – Last Day of School

Statutory Assessment Dates

Year 2 SATs - May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 7^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 6th May 2022

If you need to view this message in a different language, please use the translate button, top right.

Pre-loved Uniform Sale on the Yard

The PTFA will be holding a pre-loved uniform sale next Wednesday (11^th May) after school in the Key Stage 2 yard. This is the place to pick up quality uniform at a bargain price!

Year 6 SATs Next Week

Our Year 6 children will be taking their Key Stage 2 SATs next week. They have been working very hard all year with Miss Dockey and Miss Taylor and they welcome the challenge of demonstrating how much they have learned during their time at Throckley Primary School.

The children will be attending a special SATs breakfast club all next week. This gives them a chance to spend time relaxing with their teachers and friends while having a good breakfast before the morning assessments. The children will then spend the afternoon preparing for the next day and taking part in relaxing activities. On Friday they will have a fun day off of timetable with the Year 6 team.

We thank all of our parents/carers for supporting their children through the preparation for these assessments. Your children have risen to the challenge and made us all very proud!

Regular Attendance = Success

Congratulations to Year 4 Blue, Mr Reid Milligan’s class, who have the best attendance this week with 98.4%. Year 4 Blue’s mascot is now sitting proudly on the winning attendance podium!

A special well done to our two other classes with green attendance this week:

Year 1 Green – Miss Robertson’s Class with 98%
Year 5 Green – Miss Thorpe’s Class with 97.2%

Bowls’ Big Weekend at Throckley Bowling Club

The Throckley Bowling Club is holding a free taster session on Sunday 29^th May 2022, 1pm-4pm. The whole family is invited to come along and have a go at bowls! Please see the attached flyer for more information.

Sunny Weather

Now that it is summer term, the children will be spending more time outdoors. Please apply sunscreen at home before school and include a sun hat in their bag each day. Children can bring extra sunscreen to school, but they must be able to apply it themselves. Please make sure that your child’s name is on their hat and their sunscreen.

Tweets

Here are just some of the things we have tweeted this week:

Y1 – Design & Technology – sewing monsters
Y5 – Bowls Club at the Recreation Ground
Y1 – Y6 - Singing Assembly
Y3 – Y6 – Assembly with Mr Outterside about Morris Dancing, Eid and Ramadan
Year 3 – Fractions
Y5 – Design & Technology – making stir fry

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

9th – 12^th May – Year 6 SATs
30^th May – 3^rd June – Half Term
6^th June – Jubilee Bank Holiday
7^th June – Children Return to School
30^th June – Class Photo Day for Nursery – Year 6

Statutory Assessment Dates

Monday 9^th May – Friday 12^th May - After two years of disruption due to Covid 19, Year 6 SATS are going ahead this year. SATs will be held nationally from Monday 9^th May until Thursday 12^th May. They are national statutory assessments which are undertaken by all year 6 children in order to assess the progress made during their time at primary school. The SATs results provide secondary schools with attainment information which is then used to determine groups and sets for year 7 and beyond.
Year 2 SATs - May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 7^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

Bowling Flyer.pdf

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 29th April 2022

If you need to view this message in a different language, please use the translate button, top right.

Summer Term 2022 Clubs

Our summer term clubs will be starting next week. Children will be choosing their lunchtime clubs in their classes, so you don’t need to do anything. The morning clubs will be continuing on the same days as last term. The clubs on offer are as follows:

Morning Sport & Wellbeing Club
Morning Bright Starts Club
Lunchtime Elite PE
Lunchtime Library
Lunchtime clubs with volunteers from Newcastle University

Lunchtime Magic Maths Club (Years 1 & 2)
Lunchtime Science Ambassadors (Years 1 - 6)
Lunchtime Allotment Club (Years 1 & 2)
Lunchtime Fitness Club (Years 3 & 4)
Lunchtime Bowling Club (Years 5 & 6 at the Throckley Bowling Green)
Tardis Education Drumming Club
Tardis Education Singing Club

Regular Attendance = Success

We had three classes with 100% attendance this week!

Year 1 Blue – Miss Robertson’s Class
Year 3 Blue – Miss Richardson’s Class
Year 4 Blue – Mr Reid Milligan’s Class

Congratulations to Year 6 Green – Miss Dockey’s class with 98.3%

Each class has a special mascot to encourage the children into school and to celebrate with them when they win an attendance award. Be sure to ask your child to tell you all about the mascot in their class.

Newcastle City Council Meal Service

We have all enjoyed the first week of our new meal service. We have a temporary chef who has cooked some delicious food and the new menus are proving to be very popular. If your child would like to try school meals, please contact the office.

Sunny Weather

Tweets

Here are just some of the things we have tweeted this week:

Reception learning about Ramadan
Y4 Science Experiment
KS2 St George and tolerance of different cultures assembly with Mr Outterside

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

2^nd May – Bank Holiday
9th – 12^th May – Year 6 SATs
30^th May – 3^rd June – Half Term
6^th June – Jubilee Bank Holiday
7^th June – Children Return to School

Statutory Assessment Dates

Monday 9^th May – Friday 12^th May - After two years of disruption due to Covid 19, Year 6 SATS are going ahead this year. SATs will be held nationally from Monday 9^th May until Thursday 12^th May. They are national statutory assessments which are undertaken by all year 6 children in order to assess the progress made during their time at primary school. The SATs results provide secondary schools with attainment information which is then used to determine groups and sets for year 7 and beyond.
Year 2 SATs - May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 7^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 8th April 2022

If you need to view this message in a different language, please click on the translation service (top, right).

Extra-curricular clubs

The children in Years 1 - 6 have enjoyed an amazing range of clubs this term:

Sport & Wellbeing Club and Bright Starts Club have taken place before school.
Elite PE and Mr Meyer have run various sports clubs on the yards at lunchtime each day. Some of these clubs have focussed on preparing the children for competitions with other OWL Trust schools (Dodgeball, Basketball and Athletics)
Children have attended Netball, Keyboards, Dance, Allotment, Drama and Digital Leaders Clubs with the teachers. The Dance Club has performed at our end of term assembly today (please visit the website to see the video).
Library Club is available to children in KS1 and KS2.
Tardis Education have delivered after school Drumming and Choir clubs.
Volunteers from Newcastle University visit each week and run clubs such as Jewellery Making, Poetry Writing, Model Building, Card Making and Bird Feeder Making.

Our lunchtime clubs are organised by the staff in school who ensure that children are signed up for the clubs that they want to attend. We will be offering more extra-curricular choices in Summer Term so that each child has the opportunity to find something that interests them. Please discuss these clubs with your children and encourage them to join in and try something new!

Summer Term 2022 Clubs

Sport & Wellbeing Club, Bright Starts Club, Elite PE, Tardis Education, Library and the volunteers from Newcastle University will be continuing along with:

Magic Maths Club (Years 1 & 2)
Science Ambassadors (Years 1 - 6)
Allotment Club (Years 1 & 2)
Fitness Club (Years 3 & 4)
Bowling Club (Years 5 & 6 at the Throckley Bowling Green)

Regular Attendance = Success

Well done to these classes!

Year 4 Green - Special congratulations to Miss Heslop’s class who have 100% attendance this week.
Year 1 Green – Miss Lant’s Class – 99.2%
Year 3 Green – Miss Williamson’s Class – 98.2%
Year 6 Blue – Miss Taylor’s Class – 99.1%

Tweets

Here are just some of the things we have tweeted this week:

Reception egg-rolling experiment
Y6 Incredible inventions
Y2 Stained glass eggs
Dance club performance in assembly

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Chef Recruitment

Newcastle City Council is recruiting for a permanent chef for our school. Please share this link with anyone you know who might be interested in the post.

https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/default.aspx?page=jobdetail&module=jobs-userjobdetails&jid=223225

Dates for Your Diary

11^th April – 22^nd April – Easter Holidays
25^th April – Children return to school

Statutory Assessment Dates

Monday 9^th May – Friday 12^th May - After two years of disruption due to Covid 19, Year 6 SATS are going ahead this year. SATs will be held nationally from Monday 9^th May until Thursday 11^th May. They are national statutory assessments which are undertaken by all year 6 children in order to assess the progress made during their time at primary school. The SATs results provide secondary schools with attainment information which is then used to determine groups and sets for year 7 and beyond.
Year 2 SATs - May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 6^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 1st April 2022

If you need to view this message in a different language, please click on the translate button (top, right).

Covid Update

From 1 April, routine testing will no longer be expected in all education and children’s social care settings. Free Covid testing has now ended for the general public.
From 1 April, children with a positive COVID-19 test result will be advised to try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for three days. For adults over 18 this advice is five days.
Most people will no longer be testing for Covid when they feel unwell. Therefore, the government is advising people with symptoms of a respiratory infection, including COVID-19, and a high temperature or who feel unwell, to try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people until they feel well enough to resume normal activities and they no longer have a high temperature.
The school will continue with the following baseline infection prevention and control measures to manage the spread of all illnesses:
- Ensuring occupied spaces are well-ventilated and let fresh air in.
- Reinforcing good hygiene practices such as hand washing and cleaning.
- Sending home children who are unwell.

Regular Attendance = Success

Starting next week, at the end of each half-term, every parent will receive an email telling them what their child's attendance percentage is so far for the year, what attendance 'zone' they are in and a short message telling them what this means for their child.

We know that there are sometimes reasons why children are not able to attend school, however, in order for children to reach their full potential, it is important that they attend school regularly. Knowing what your child's attendance percentage is (and what 'zone' they are in) will help you keep track of this.

The attendance zones are as follows:

Gold - Excellent - 99% and above
Green - Good - 97% - 98.9%
Amber - Warning - 92% - 96.9%
Red - Improvement Required - less than 92%

In addition, any child with less than 90% attendance is classed as a 'persistent absentee'.

All children should aim to have at least 97% 'green zone' attendance. Falling into the red zone is likely to trigger further action by the school, including internal monitoring, and if not improved, could result in a referral to the local authority, where a Fixed Penalty Notice could be issued for poor attendance.

You can access our full Attendance Policy on our website: https://www.throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk/policies/

Please remember that if you are concerned about your child's attendance and would like support, please speak to a member of staff. We hope to see lots of gold and green zone attendance emails being issued next Friday!

We would like to say a huge well done to all of our classes who achieved 'green zone' attendance, over 97% this week:

Year 5 Blue - Special congratulations to Miss Underwood’s class who have 100% attendance this week.

End of Term Activities

The children will be attending a special Religious Education assembly next week with Mr Outterside as part of the SMSC (Spiritual, Moral Social and Cultural) curriculum project. They will be learning about Easter and Ramadan which are religious observances in our community that take place at this time of year.
Each teacher is planning fund end of term activities for their classes next week.
The PTFA will be drawing their raffle and holding a small bake sale in the yard on the last day of term (please see the attached flyers).

Tweets

Year 4 Science - particles
Years 3-6 Diversity Assembly with Mr Outterside
Years 3-6 – French puppet shows, food quizzes and games
TikTok Information and advice for keeping children safe
Year 2 – Maths - fractions

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Privacy Notice

The Privacy Notices for the school are available to view at any time in the Privacy Notice section of the website. Please follow this link: https://www.throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk/policies/

Chef Recruitment

Newcastle City Council is recruiting for a permanent chef for our school. Please share this link with anyone you know who might be interested in the post.

https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/default.aspx?page=jobdetail&module=jobs-userjobdetails&jid=223225

Dates for Your Diary

11^th April – 22^nd April – Easter Holidays
25^th April – Children return to school

Statutory Assessment Dates

Monday 9^th May – Friday 12^th May - After two years of disruption due to Covid 19, Year 6 SATS are going ahead this year. SATs will be held nationally from Monday 9^th May until Thursday 11^th May. They are national statutory assessments which are undertaken by all year 6 children in order to assess the progress made during their time at primary school. The SATs results provide secondary schools with attainment information which is then used to determine groups and sets for year 7 and beyond.
Year 2 SATs - May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 6^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 25th March 2022

If you need to view this message in a different language, please click on the translate button (top right).

Term Time Holiday Reminder

Can we please remind parents and carers that holidays taken during term-time are not authorised by school, unless a request has been put in writing to the chair of governors to consider exceptional circumstances.

There has been a huge amount of disruption for children following the pandemic and we know it has been tough on parents too. However, we must stress that for our children, they need the routine of attending school regularly. This helps them not only with their learning but also with their confidence in school and with their social and emotional wellbeing.

We always try to help with the cost of holidays by adding staff training days to school holidays, in the hope that a little flexibility with dates may make a break a bit cheaper for you. This year is no exception and we have chosen our Jubilee holiday for Monday 6th June 2022, straight after the May half-term, as we know this is a popular time for travel.

If you have already booked something which means your child will miss school, please request a Holiday Form from the office. This is required in order to update the registers with holiday dates and correct reasons for absence. It is really important that we have the correct reasons for your child’s absence, so we know they are safe when they are not in school.

Please note that if your child is of compulsory school age and misses 10 half-day sessions (a total of 5 full days) over a 10-week period due to holiday absence, you will be referred to the local authority and a Fixed Penalty Notice may be issued (this is £60 per pupil per parent). Your child’s attendance will also be internally monitored following their absence. You can look at our Attendance Policy in full on our website www.throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk

Thank you for your cooperation with this.

Regular Attendance = Success

We would like to say a huge well done to all of our classes who achieved 'green zone' attendance, over 97% this week:

Nursery Blue – Miss Reilly

Nursery Green – Miss Liddle

Year 3 Green – Miss Williamson

Year 5 Green - Special congratulations to Miss Thorpe’s class who have 100% attendance this week.

Meal Choice Survey – please return by next Friday

The meal choice survey has been sent to you by email today. Please respond to the survey by Friday 1^st April 2022 so that we can have your child’s choices in place for Monday 25^th April 2022.

Easter Free School Meal Vouchers - £30 Supermarket Vouchers for each FSM child in Rising 3s to Year 6

We have had notification from Newcastle City Council that families will be receiving £30 supermarket vouchers for each FSM child over the Easter holidays. We have two weeks before the end of term which gives us time to sign up new children to Free School Meals. If you sign up and qualify for Free School Meals before 31^st March 2022, your child will continue to qualify until they finish primary school. Your child does not need to eat school meals during term time to receive the FSM vouchers during school holidays.

If you think that you might qualify, follow this link to the electronic application:

https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/schools-learning-and-childcare/help-school-and-learning-costs/apply-free-school-meals

We are also happy to help with Free School Meal applications in the office. Please ring or email and we can send a paper application home with your child.

Tweets

Share Hope for Ukraine Day with us! Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

11^th April – 22^nd April – Easter Holidays
25^th April – Children return to school

Statutory Assessment Dates

Monday 9^th May – Friday 12^th May - After two years of disruption due to Covid 19, Year 6 SATS are going ahead this year. SATs will be held nationally from Monday 9^th May until Thursday 11^th May. They are national statutory assessments which are undertaken by all year 6 children in order to assess the progress made during their time at primary school. The SATs results provide secondary schools with attainment information which is then used to determine groups and sets for year 7 and beyond.
Year 2 SATs - May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 6^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 18th March 2022

If you need to view this message in a different language, please click on the translate button (top, right).

Regular Attendance = Success

We would like to say a huge well done to all of our classes who achieved 'green zone' attendance, over 97% this week:

Reception Green – Miss McGregor

Year 1 Green – Miss Lant

Year 2 Blue – Mrs Stout

Year 6 Green – Miss Dockey

Easter Free School Meal Vouchers - £30 Supermarket Vouchers for each FSM child in Rising 3s to Year 6

We have had notification from Newcastle City Council that families will be receiving £30 supermarket vouchers for each FSM child over the Easter holidays. We have three weeks before the end of term which gives us plenty of time to sign up new children to Free School Meals. If you sign up and qualify for Free School Meals before 31^st March 2022, your child will continue to qualify until they finish primary school. Your child does not need to eat school meals during term time to receive the FSM vouchers during school holidays.

If you think that you might qualify, follow this link to the electronic application:

https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/schools-learning-and-childcare/help-school-and-learning-costs/apply-free-school-meals

We are also happy to help with Free School Meal applications in the office. Please ring or email and we can send a paper application home with your child.

Newcastle City Council – School Meal Provider

When we return from the Easter holidays, Newcastle City Council will be our new meal provider. NCC provides meals to most of the schools in the Outer West and across the city and we expect this to be a smooth transition. The new menu is attached to this newsletter and we will be sending out more information and a meal choice survey next week. Please look out for the survey and respond straight away so that we can have your child’s choices in place for Monday 25^th April 2022.

Hope for Ukraine Day

Next Friday, we will have a 'Hope for Ukraine' day. Classes will be discussing, in an age appropriate way, the conflict and war in Ukraine and giving our messages of hope to the people and families.

If you would like to make a donation, here is the link for the Disasters Emergency Appeal via their website:

https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal

Tweets

Share Red Nose Day with us! Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

11^th April – 22^nd April – Easter Holidays
25^th April – Children return to school

Statutory Assessment Dates

Monday 9^th May – Friday 12^th May - After two years of disruption due to Covid 19, Year 6 SATS are going ahead this year. SATs will be held nationally from Monday 9^th May until Thursday 11^th May. They are national statutory assessments which are undertaken by all year 6 children in order to assess the progress made during their time at primary school. The SATs results provide secondary schools with attainment information which is then used to determine groups and sets for year 7 and beyond.
Year 2 SATs - May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 6^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

Summer Term Menu

Summer Term 2022 Menu

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 11th March 2022

If you need to view this message in a different language, please click the translate button (top right).

Regular Attendance = Success

We would like to say a huge well done to all of our classes who achieved 'green zone' attendance, over 97% this week:

Year 1 Blue – Miss Robertson
Year 2 Blue – Mrs Stout
Year 5 Blue – Miss Underwood
Year 6 Blue – Miss Taylor
Year 6 Green – Special congratulations to Miss Dockey’s class for 100% attendance!

Red Nose Day, Friday 18^th March 2022

The school will be supporting Red Nose Day and the theme of ‘Change Lives with the Power of Funny’! with a non-uniform day next Friday. The children can wear red clothes, red noses or their favourite outfit to help raise awareness of this important fund raising day. If you would like to make a donation, please do not send money into school. You can donate using this link for the Red Nose Day website: https://www.comicrelief.com/rednoseday/

Home Time Messages

If you need to change the collection arrangements for your children at home time, please ring the office before 2.30pm. This will enable us to get home time messages to the classrooms and to make sure that all children are collected safely by the correct adult. If we have not been informed of a change to collection arrangements, we will need to speak to a parent before the child can leave school.

PTFA – March 2022 Newsletter

Please find below the latest newsletter from the PTFA. They have an exciting Easter Raffle planned and the details are in the newsletter and in the flyer which has been sent home with your child today. Proceeds from this raffle will be used for the summer fair that they are hoping to put on for the children. We hope that you will support the PTFA with donations and ticket purchases.

Tweets

We have celebrated our 300^th follower on Twitter this week. Thank you for supporting our Twitter feed and we hope you enjoy sharing the life of our school. To share in the life of our school, please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Here are just some of the tweets that you will find:

Year 3/4 boys football tournament
Reception – Change in the natural world
Year 5 – OWL Trust Sports Hall Athletics Competition
Year 3 – Geography trip to Newburn and the Tyne
Year 6 – Encanto reading and grammar skills
Year 6 – International Women’s Day
Rising 3s – The Three Little Pigs

Dates for Your Diary

Monday & Wednesday, 14^th & 16^th March – Parent Evenings
Friday 18^th March – Red Nose Day, non-uniform
11^th April – 22^nd April – Easter Holidays
25^th April – Children return to school

Statutory Assessment Dates

Monday 9^th May – Friday 12^th May - After two years of disruption due to Covid 19, Year 6 SATS are going ahead this year. SATs will be held nationally from Monday 9^th May until Thursday 11^th May. They are national statutory assessments which are undertaken by all year 6 children in order to assess the progress made during their time at primary school. The SATs results provide secondary schools with attainment information which is then used to determine groups and sets for year 7 and beyond.
Year 2 SATs - May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 6^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

PTFA March 2022 Newsletter.pdf

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 4th March 2022

If you need to view this message in a different language, please click on the translate button (top right).

Regular Attendance = Success

We know that a lot of our children have been absent due to Covid and even though the number of confirmed cases is dropping in the community, there will be more unavoidable absences. However, there are other things that can be done to ensure that any further disruption to your child’s learning is minimal. In order to help your child get the best out of their time at school, we want to remind you of some of the recommendations in our Attendance Policy which will help your child to build up the habits of good school attendance and punctuality:

Make sure your child arrives to school on time
Make appointments for the doctor, dentist or optician after school hours or during school holidays
Avoid taking family holidays during term time
Don’t let your child stay off for a minor ailment
Don’t let your child stay off for reasons like going shopping, birthdays, getting haircuts and looking after younger siblings
If your child is poorly first thing in the morning but improves by lunchtime, you can send them to school for the afternoon session
If your child recovers from illness before the end of the week, send them back to school, even if it is just for one day – every day counts!

We are going to start sharing our attendance successes with you every week. This week we would like to say a huge well done to all of our classes who achieved 'green zone' attendance, over 97%:

Acorns (Mrs Traill)
Nursery Blue (Mrs Sample and Miss Reilly)
Year 2 Blue (Mrs Stout)
Year 3 Blue (Miss Richardson)
Year 3 Green (Miss Williamson)
Year 6 Green (Miss Dockey).
Congratulations to Year 4B (Mr Reid Milligan) who achieved an amazing 100% attendance this week!

Free School Meals - save £380 per child per year – How to Apply

If you think that may qualify for Free School Meals, please follow this link to fill out an application: https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/schools-learning-and-childcare/help-school-and-learning-costs/apply-free-school-meals

You can save £380 per child per year while your children enjoy lovely, hot meals which are freshly prepared for our kitchen. Free School Meal qualifications bring in extra money to the school budget (which helps to pay for school staff and equipment for the children), so please apply even if your child prefers eating a packed lunch.

Tweets

We posted lots of lovely World Book Day tweets on Thursday. Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Bike/Scooter Safety on the School Site

Our school yards and paths are busy in the mornings and at home time. In order to avoid accidents, we ask that all children and adults walk their scooters and bikes while on the school site.

Dates for Your Diary

Monday & Wednesday, 14^th & 16^th March – Parent Evenings
Friday 18^th March – Red Nose Day, non-uniform
11^th April – 22^nd April – Easter Holidays
25^th April – Children return to school

Statutory Assessment Dates

Monday 9^th May – Friday 12^th May - After two years of disruption due to Covid 19, Year 6 SATS are going ahead this year. SATs will be held nationally from Monday 9^th May until Thursday 11^th May. They are national statutory assessments which are undertaken by all year 6 children in order to assess the progress made during their time at primary school. The SATs results provide secondary schools with attainment information which is then used to determine groups and sets for year 7 and beyond.
Year 2 SATs - May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 6^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

Updated Covid Guidance, 28th February 2022

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28^th February, 2022

Dear Parents and Carers,

Important Update in Response to Latest Government Covid-19 Guidance

I hope all of our families have had a restful and enjoyable half term break. I am writing in response to the latest Government guidance, which came into effect on Thursday 24^th February. As a school, I am proud to say that we have so far managed to ensure minimal disruption for our pupils over the course of the pandemic. Whilst we continue to stress that excellent school attendance is essential for all children in order for them to thrive, we must continue to be sensible in our approach to Covid-19 in order to further reduce infection and disruption within the school community.

What should I do if my child displays symptoms of Covid-19?

The main symptoms of Covid-19 continue to be the following:

a new continuous cough
a high temperature
a loss, or change in, your normal sense of taste and smell

If your child develops any of these symptoms, you should arrange for them to have a PCR test. They should not attend school until you have received confirmation that their test is negative.

What Should I do if my child tests positive for Covid-19?

In line with the latest Government guidance, and in order to safeguard, pupils, families, staff and the wider community, we will continue to ask that children who have tested positive for Covid-19 isolate for at least 5 days, and do not attend school.

Your child should take an LFD test from 5 days after their symptoms started (or the day their test was taken if they did not have symptoms) followed by another one the next day. If both these test results are negative, they should return to school, as long as they feel well enough to do so and do not have a temperature.

What should I do if my child has been in contact with someone who has Covid-19?

If you believe that your child has been in recent contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19, they should still attend school as normal. There is no longer the requirement for contacts to take daily LFD tests. If your child develops Covid-19 symptoms, then they should not attend school and should take a PCR test.

Thank you, as always, for your support as we continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our whole school community.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs J. Stuart

Head Teacher

Throckley Primary School E-newsletter, 18th February 2022

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Parent Evenings, 14^th & 16^th March 2022

Following on from the success of our previous virtual parents evening in the Autumn Term, we will again be using the SchoolCloud system for our parent evenings in March. You should have received an invitation to parent evenings by email on Wednesday. If you do not have an invitation, please contact the school office. This system allows you to choose your own appointment time with your child’s teacher. You can then attend your appointment using any device (phone, PC, laptop or tablet) and you can attend from home or from work. The parent making the booking can send an additional invitation which means that two parents can attend the same appointment from separate locations.

Appointment bookings are open now and will close at 12pm on Wednesday 9^th March 2022. Office staff will be able to support with the booking process if you have any problems.

Statutory Assessment Information

As you will be aware, after two years of disruption caused by the pandemic, all statutory assessments will take place this year. This includes SATs in both Year 2 and Year 6, the Phonics Screening Check in Year 1, and the Multiplication Tables Check in Year 4. These assessments are taken by children across England and schools do not choose when they take place. Please refer to dates below; it is essential that children in the year groups specified are in school during their statutory assessments. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school office who will direct your call to your child’s class teacher.

Year 6 SATs – Monday 9^th May – Thursday 11^th May 2022
Year 2 SATs – Throughout the month of May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 6^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

PTFA Pancake Day

On Tuesday 1^st March, the PTFA will be holding a pancake sale after school in the dining hall (see the attached flyer). As a special treat, they will be cooking fresh pancakes and serving them with a choice of toppings. Pancakes will cost 50p and juice will also be available for 20p. We hope you can join us after school!

World Book Day 2022, 3^rd March 2022

We will be celebrating World Book Day on the first Thursday after Half Term (3^rd March 2022) with a non-uniform day. We will also be holding a Readathon to raise money for a reading shed in the yard – this is something that the children are very excited about! We have sent a letter to you by email and on paper. Please read this letter to find out the full plan for the day.

Tweets

Examples of the Tweets that you will find on our feed this week. You are missing out if you don’t follow us on Twitter!

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Nursery, Reception, Y1, Y3, Y4, Y6: Aspiring to Achieve Day
Ava in Y5 – Winning poster displayed in Antarctica!
Y5 & Y5 – Kielder Observatory trip to Walbottle Academy
Reception – Making windmills in Design & Technology
Year 3 – Cooking stuffed pepper in Design & Technology
Year 4 – Fraction walls
All Outer West Schools – Film made by the children with top tips to keep safe on the internet

Elite PE Active Holiday Camp

During the February Half Term, Elite PE will be running a daily holiday camp (9am – 3pm). Cost is £10 per day. If you are interested, please visit the following website to book your place: www.elitepew.simplybook.it

Dates for Your Diary

21^st- 25^th February – Half Term
21^st – 25^th February – Elite PE Active Holiday Camp
Monday 28^th February – Children return to school
Tuesday 1^st March – PTFA Pancake Day (see attached flyer)
Thursday 3^rd March – World Book Day (see the letter in your child’s book bag)
Friday 18^th March – Red Nose Day, non-uniform

Statutory Assessment Dates

Monday 9^th May – Friday 12^th May - After two years of disruption due to Covid 19, Year 6 SATS are going ahead this year. SATs will be held nationally from Monday 9^th May until Thursday 11^th May. They are national statutory assessments which are undertaken by all year 6 children in order to assess the progress made during their time at primary school. The SATs results provide secondary schools with attainment information which is then used to determine groups and sets for year 7 and beyond.
Year 2 SATs - May 2022
Year 1 - Phonics screening Monday 6^th June – Friday 10^th June 2022
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Assessments - Monday 6^th June – Friday 24^th June 2022

It is essential that your child is in school for statutory assessments as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at another time.

WDB Letter 2022.pdf

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 11th February 2022

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Aspiring to Achieve Day

Next week the children are going to participate in a day of learning about careers and aspirations. We will be sharing this exciting work with you through our Twitter feed.

Mr Outterside is going to be holding workshops with each year group which are designed to inspire conversations about the children's future ambitions.
The children will be watching age-appropriate videos which encourage them to challenge gender stereotypes around careers.
Classes will be sharing the book ‘The North Star’ by Peter H Reynolds about the different paths that we can choose through our lives and how to follow our dreams.

Safer Internet Day

This week we celebrated Safer Internet Day in school. Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people, and to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively. Online safety is woven through our curriculum so that children are always revisiting and building upon key areas that will help to educate them to become responsible online citizens. The school website and Twitter (@throckleyprim) are updated regularly with key documentation, handy hints and tips, and various other resources and websites. It is important that we are working together as a partnership to support our children to be able to keep themselves safe online. Please see the attached letter for parent access to the National Online Safety Hub which has a huge bank of information and guidance for parents to play their part at home.

Please Drive and Park Safely

We would like to remind all parents/carers to work together to keep our children safe while travelling to/from school. Please leave your cars at home if you can. The best ways to come to are on foot, on a bike or on a scooter. Active travel helps children (and their grown-ups) to stay happy and healthy. If you must drive to school, please give yourself plenty of time and take extra care when driving and parking. Accidents can happen so quickly and we want everyone to arrive safely to school and back home again.

The car park at the Recreation Ground belongs to the developers of the Meadow Hill Estate and is not part of the school. The parents/carers of Throckley Primary have been given permission to use the car park by the managers of this development, but access can be removed at any time if they decide that it is no longer safe to keep it open. The managers of the car park expect parents/carers to:

Drive slowly at all times when at the Recreation Ground
Park in a designated space – the footpaths are for walking safely to school
Be polite to other users of the car park

Nursery wishlist

Our Nursery team is working to update some of their resources and are asking for help from you! They are running low on the following items:

Dolls and clothes/accessories such as toy prams, baths, cots, etc.
Transport toys such as cars, buses, planes, trains, and tracks (complete sets)
Small animal toys such as plastic farm animals, wild animals, under the sea animals, etc.

If you find that you have any of the above items at home that you were maybe thinking of rehoming or giving away, could you please consider our Nursery? If you have any of the above to donate, please drop them off at the main office. Thank you!

Tweets

Examples of the Tweets that you will find on our feed this week. You are missing out if you don’t follow us on Twitter!

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Reception & Year 1: Lovely work for Children’s Mental Health Week
Year 5: Pac-Man game programming workshop with RGS
Y3 – Y6: Democracy assembly with Mr Outterside
Whole school: Safer Internet Day
Whole school: Box2Bfit workshops
Gardening club in the allotment

Elite PE Active Holiday Camp

Dates for Your Diary

21^st- 25^th February – Half Term
21^st – 25^th February – Elite PE Active Holiday Camp
Monday 28^th February – Children return to school
Tuesday 1^st March – PTFA Pancake Day (see attached flyer)
Friday 18^th March – Red Nose Day, non-uniform
Monday 9^th May – Friday 12^th May - After two years of disruption due to Covid 19, Year 6 SATS are going ahead this year. SATs will be held nationally from Monday 9^th May until Friday 12^th May. They are national statutory assessments which are undertaken by all year 6 children in order to assess the progress made during their time at primary school. The SATs results provide secondary schools with attainment information which is then used to determine groups and sets for year 7 and beyond. It is essential that your child is in school during SATs week as there is no option for schools to administer the tests at any other time.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 4th February 2022

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Rock Star Number Day

The whole school has had lots of fun today. Rock music has been playing in all of the classes and the children have danced along while taking part in Number Day activities. Thank you so much for all of the effort you put into their rock star outfits. Please visit our Twitter feed to see photographs from the day. #NumberDay

PTFA February Newsletter

The February PTFA Newsletter is attached to this email. Please read the newsletter to find out about all of the wonderful things the PTFA are planning this term.

Non-uniform Day Next Friday

On Friday 11^th February, we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with the PTFA ‘I Love Me’ non-uniform day. Children can wear their favourite outfits or something related to their favourite thing.

Tweets

Some of the other Tweets that you will find on our feed this week:

Y2: Shape hunt and ocean experiment
Reception: Dragons and Lunar New Year
Y1: Continents and oceans in Geography and chopping techniques in Design & Technology
Y3-Y6: R-E-S-P-E-C-T Assembly with Mr Outterside
Y3-Y6: Fun and games on the KS2 yard
Y6: Solving a mystery

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Elite PE Active Holiday Camp

Dates for Your Diary

Tuesday 8^th February – Safer Internet Day – Theme: Exploring respect and relationships online.
Friday 11^th February – PTFA ‘I Love Me’ non-uniform day (wear your favourite outfit)
21^st- 25^th February – Half Term
21^st – 25^th February – Elite PE Active Holiday Camp
Monday 28^th February – Children return to school

PTFA February Newsletter

PTFA February Newsletter.pdf

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 28th January 2022

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Our yards are getting a makeover!

We understand how much of an impact improving play can make to a school and we want every one of our pupils to have amazing, high quality play during break times. Over the past week, we have introduced more resources to our yards to encourage purposeful and active playtimes.

Our staff have been very busy collecting and sourcing different equipment to keep our pupils busy and it has been wonderful to see so much creative play. We have loved watching houses and roads being built, flags and kites being flown, tyres being rolled and so many smiling faces!

We will continue to introduce resources to create the best playground environments that we can, which engage, entice and excite our pupils.

We will be sending tweets to share the improvements with you. #thrive@throckley

Two Non-uniform Days

We have two fun Non-uniform Fridays to look forward to this half term:

On Friday 4^th February, we will all be dressing up as Rock Stars for Number Day. We use a learning programme here in school called Times Tables Rock Stars and for Number Day we will be celebrating times tables in lots of fun, rock star ways! Please don’t buy anything new, children can use what they have to dress like a Rock Star (if your child does not like to dress up, they can wear other non-uniform clothes).
On Friday 11^th February, we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with the PTFA ‘What I Love’ non-uniform day. Children can wear their favourite outfits or something related to their favourite thing.

Arriving late or collecting early - New Sign-in System

Thank you to all parents who have used our new electronic signing in/out system this week. Please remember that if your child arrives late or is collected early, we will be asking you to use this new system to sign them into/out of school. The system is very easy to use and signing in just takes a few seconds. Office staff will be available to support you.

Tweets

We hope you have had a chance to visit our Twitter feed this week. Teachers have been tweeting about the activities in their classrooms and here is a sample of the Tweets that you will find:

Y5 – Amazon Rainforest, textiles, fractions and gymnastics
Y3–Y5 – SMSC Burns Night assembly with Mr Outterside
Y2 – 2D & 3D shapes and cool car designs in Design & Technology
Y3 – Iron Age hill fort designs
Y4 – Teeth topic

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Elite PE Active Holiday Camp

During the February Half Term, Elite PE will be running a daily holiday camp (9am – 3pm). Cost is £10 per day. If you are interested, please see the attached leaflet for more details.

Dates for Your Diary

Friday 4^th February – Rock Star Number Day
Tuesday 8^th February – Safer Internet Day – Theme: Exploring respect and relationships online.
Friday 11^th February – PTFA ‘What I Love’ non-uniform day (wear your favourite outfit)
21^st- 25^th February – Half Term
21^st – 25^th February – Elite PE Active Holiday Camp
Monday 28^th February – Children return to school

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 21st January 2022

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Two Non-uniform Days

We have two fun Non-uniform Fridays to look forward to this half term:

On Friday 4^th February, we will all be dressing up as Rock Stars for Number Day. We use a learning programme here in school called Times Tables Rock Stars and for Number Day we will be celebrating times tables in lots of fun, rock star ways! Please don’t buy anything new, children can use what they have to dress like a Rock Star (if your child does not like to dress up, they can wear other non-uniform clothes).
On Friday 11^th February, we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with the PTFA ‘What I Love’ non-uniform day. Children can wear their favourite outfits or something related to their favourite thing.

Please Return Your Library Books

We are missing several lovely books from our library, so we are holding a library book amnesty next week. Please take some time this weekend to look for school library books you might have at home. It doesn’t matter how long you have had them, please send them into school so that they can be available for other children to borrow and read. Thank you.

Arriving late or collecting early - New Sign-in System

We have installed a new electronic sign-in system at the front of school which will be used for signing in/out visitors and pupils. From Monday, if your child arrives late or is collected early, we will be asking you to use this new system to sign them into/out of school. Children will not be admitted to school without an adult to sign them in, so please accompany your child to the office if they are running late. The system is very easy to use and signing in just takes a few seconds. Office staff will be available to support you.

Cuba Kids Breakfast Club Bookings

Children need to have a booking to attend the Cuba Kids Breakfast Club. If you need childcare in the morning before school, please ring 07971015212 to make a booking. Please note that the club is busy, so give them plenty of notice if you are going to need childcare.

Tweets

We hope you have had a chance to visit our Twitter feed this week. Teachers have been tweeting about the activities in their classrooms and here is a sample of the Tweets that you will find:

Y6 – Shining bright!
Y5 – Chocolate science and maths
Y2 – Tally charts and pictograms
Y5 & Y6 - Football team in action
Y5 – Children teaching a French lesson
Y1 – The ee sound
Y3 – Soil science
Y4 – Design & Technology lesson about fancy fasteners

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

Tuesday 8^th February – Safer Internet Day – Theme: Exploring respect and relationships online.
Friday 4^th February – Rock Star Number Day
Friday 11^th February – PTFA ‘What I Love’ non-uniform day (wear your favourite outfit)
21^st- 25^th February – Half Term
Monday 28^th February – Children return to school

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 14th January 2022

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PTFA January Newsletter

You will find the latest newsletter from the PTFA below this message. Please read the newsletter to find out about their December fundraising activities and future plans.

Extra-curricular Clubs

Our club offer will be starting this week with clubs available in the mornings, at lunchtimes and after school. Please keep an eye on Twitter for reports from these extra-curricular activities.

Tweets

We hope you have had a chance to visit our Twitter feed this week. Teachers have been tweeting about the activities in their classrooms and here is a sample of the Tweets that you will find:

Mr Outterside’s first SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) assembly about the OWL Trust values and ways to be kind
Y6 – Kindness Confetti
Y6 – Visualising the setting of their new novel
Reception learning about algorithms
Y3 – Carrying out soil investigations
Y3 – Big Bad Wolf interviews
Y3 – Exploring right angels
Y4 – Completing circuits

Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

Tuesday 8^th February – Safer Internet Day – Together for a better internet.
Friday 11^th February – PTFA ‘What I Love’ non-uniform day (wear your favourite outfit)
21^st- 25^th February – Half Term
Monday 28^th February – Children return to school

January PTFA Newsletter

January PTFA Newsletter.pdf

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 7th January 2022

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Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) Curriculum Project

Throckley Primary will be participating in an SMSC project throughout the spring and summer terms which will support the children’s development in this important curriculum area. This project will be led by Mr Mark Outterside, the Operational Lead of the Outer West Learning Trust. Mark will be spending one day per week in school working with our children, staff, governors and parents. Please look out for Mr Outterside around the school and for Tweets about the progress of this project.

Remote Learning

We continue to provide high quality remote education for any children who are unable to attend school due to Covid-19. If your child is isolating but is well enough to complete school work, we ask that you support them in accessing their learning remotely. This will mean that they do not miss out on any vital learning and will help to bridge the gap between home and school. Each day that your child is isolating, an English, maths and foundation subject lesson will be uploaded to Seesaw/Tapestry. These will be aligned with what your child would have been learning, had they been able to attend school. Please upload any completed activities to your child’s learning platform - their class teacher will be delighted to see their work! In addition, don’t forget that one of the best things you can do to support your child when they are at home is to read, read, read! We’d love to hear about the stories you’ve shared or the books your child has read independently while isolating.

Please contact the school office if you have any questions at all about remote learning during your child’s isolation. Thank you so much for your support: Together, we can help to minimise the impact of any Covid-related absence.

Curriculum Maps on Seesaw/Tapestry

Don’t forget to check Seesaw/Tapestry this evening, where you will find your child’s curriculum map for this half term. We hope you enjoy reading all about the wonderful learning happening in your child’s classroom over the coming weeks!

Extra-curricular Clubs

We will be sending a separate message to you next week with details of the Spring Term clubs.

Tweets

We will continue to send Tweets which give you a window into the daily life of our school. Please follow this link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

Tuesday 8^th February – Safer Internet Day – Together for a better internet.
Friday 11^th February – PTFA ‘What I Love’ non-uniform day (wear your favourite outfit)
21^st- 25^th February – Half Term
Monday 28^th February – Children return to school

Christmas Message from Mrs Stuart

Dear Parents/Carers,

I wanted to send out a special message to our Throckley families as we all head home for a well-deserved rest. I acknowledge the uncertainty around the rising number of Covid cases, however I would like to reassure you that the school remains dedicated to the children's learning and wellbeing, and we are well prepared for the Spring term, whatever January brings.

I would like to say a special thank you to our hardworking PTFA for ensuring that the children and staff had lots of fun activities to look forward to throughout this term.

I would also like to say a huge THANK YOU to the school staff and Governors. Their dedication, hard work and positivity have ensured that the school has continued to provide outstanding care and education to all of our children.

Finally, thank you to our parents and carers. I am so grateful for your support throughout the term and your understanding around many of our events that have had to take place virtually.

I wish all of you a peaceful and restful Christmas and I look forward to welcoming all of you back on Wednesday 5th January 2022!

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Stuart, Head Teacher

Dates for Your Diary

Saturday 18^th December – PTFA Disco at The Jack – ticketed event
Tuesday 4^th January – Staff Training Day
Wednesday 5^th January – Children return to school

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Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 10th December 2021

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Throckley Primary placed within the top 1% of primary schools by the Sunday Times Parent Power Schools Guide 2022

Parent Power 2022 identifies the highest-achieving schools in the UK and is the definitive primary and secondary school rankings guide. We are proud to be ranked the 90^th primary school (out of over 16,000) in the country. This ranking puts us in the top 1% of primary schools nationwide.

Class Christmas Videos

The children have been working hard on their class Christmas videos and we can’t wait to share them with you! We will have them uploaded to the website by the end of the day on Wednesday (15^th December).

Pantomime Rescheduled for Next Week

There has been a local internet fault today, so most of the classes have not been able to stream the Pantomime. Most of the children have watched Christmas films instead while enjoying their lovely PTFA snacks. We will be showing the Pantomime to the children next week once the internet is working at full capacity again.

Final Day of Term

All children will be attending a Christmas party with their class on the last day of term. This is a non-uniform day and the children can wear their party clothes to school.

Tweets

The children have had a wonderful, festive week. Please follow this link to see the tweets about Christmas Jumper Day. Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

Friday 17^th December – Last Day of School & Class Christmas Parties & Non-Uniform Day
Saturday 18^th December – PTFA Disco at The Jack – ticketed event
Tuesday 4^th January – Staff Training Day
Wednesday 5^th January – Children return to school

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 3rd December 2021

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Homework and the Parent/Carer Survey

Thank you to the parents/carers who filled out our recent survey. We are busy analysing the results and we will feedback to you in the near future. In the meantime, a couple of you mentioned that you would like to have your child’s homework in a different format to Seesaw. If you would like paper copies of the homework, please ask your child’s class teacher (or email/ring the office). We are happy to send paper home if this is easier for your family.

Tweets

We have sent out several Tweets about the learning that the children have done this week. Here are just some of the Tweets that you will find:

Reception’s Frosty Phonics
Y1’s Subtraction Superstars
Y2 writing instructions for decorating a Christmas tree
Y3 learning about Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers
Y4 Skipping to be fit
Y5 making posters for an Antarctic expedition
Y6 learning about trading and the economy

Please follow this link for a window into the daily learning taking place in our school: Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

PTFA Newsletter

Please find the latest PTFA newsletter attached to this email. They have some fantastic things planned for the children over the next couple of weeks!

Dates for Your Diary

Wednesday 8^th December – Christmas Dinner
Friday 10^th December – Virtual Pantomime (funded by the PTFA) and Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 17^th December – Last Day of School & Class Christmas Parties & Non-Uniform Day
Saturday 18^th December – PTFA Disco at The Jack – ticketed event
Tuesday 4^th January – Staff Training Day
Wednesday 5^th January – Children return to school

December PTFA Newsletter.pdf

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 19th November 2021

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Parent/Carer Survey

Throckley Primary School is committed to improving its service and working practices. As part of this commitment, it is imperative that we ask for feedback about the school from all of our parents and carers. This year’s survey is particularly important as we have just been through an unusual time due to Covid and the children, school staff and parents/carers have had to manage lockdowns, remote learning and adjust to new ways of working.

You will be sent a link today to the survey by text and by email. The survey has been optimised for completion on a phone and will just take a few minutes to complete. Each parent/carer in the family can take the survey, but please complete only one survey per person. The surveys are completely confidential, but if you raise any issues that you would like us to respond to, please type your name into the text field at the end of the survey. It is important that you take this opportunity to express your opinions, and it would be greatly appreciated if you could respond to the survey by Friday 26^th November 2021.

Christmas Activities Letter

We are very much looking forward to celebrating the festive Christmas period with all of the children and we will be sharing the festivities with you through our virtual platforms. Please see the separate email which will be sent to you today with a list of all of the planned activities.

Christmas Dinner Order Survey (if your child usually eats a packed lunch)

Children will be eating Christmas Dinner on Wednesday, 8^th December.

If your child usually eats a packed lunch on a Wednesday, we hope that your child will join us for Christmas Dinner. Please complete the Christmas Dinner order form survey which will be sent to you today. Please return a survey even if your child does not want to eat a dinner.
If your child usually eats a school meal on a Wednesday, you do not need to do anything – your child will automatically receive a Christmas Dinner.

One Kind Word and Children in Need Tweets

We have sent out several Tweets about the learning that the children have done during One Kind Word Anti-Bullying Week. We will also be Tweeting about Children in Need today. Please follow this link to see some lovely photographs from inside the classrooms: Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

Saturday 27 November – Messy Church Christingle (Games, food, arts & crafts) at Newburn Parish Hall, 4pm. Please see the leaflet in book bags today for further information.
Wednesday 8^th December – Christmas Dinner
Friday 10^th December – Virtual Pantomime (funded by the PTFA) and Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 17^th December – Last Day of School & Class Christmas Parties & Non-Uniform Day
Saturday 18^th December – PTFA Disco at The Jack – ticketed event
Tuesday 4^th January – Staff Training Day
Wednesday 5^th January – Children return to school

Christmas Activities Letter

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are very much looking forward to celebrating the festive Christmas period with all of the children and we will be sharing the festivities with you through our virtual platforms.

8^th December: Christmas Dinner

If your child usually eats a school dinner on a Wednesday, you do not need to do anything. If your child usually eats a packed lunch on a Wednesday, please answer the survey which will has been sent to you today.

10^th December: Virtual Pantomime and Christmas Jumper Day

The PTFA have kindly organised and paid for all of the children to watch a special production of Cinderella from Panto Online. As all of the classrooms have a large SMARTboard screen, the children will get a great panto experience with their friends in the comfort and safety of their classrooms. The PTFA is also planning some fun snacks for each class to enjoy while they watch.

We hope you and your children will join us in supporting the ‘Save the Children’ Christmas Jumper Day. The children can come into school in non-uniform and, if they wish, wear a Christmas jumper top or even just some tinsel. If parents would like to make a donation then please do this online through the Save the Children Foundation website.

14^th December: Virtual Nativities and Class Christmas Assemblies

We will be following Newcastle City Council and Public Health guidance and will share be sharing with you a Virtual Nativity through Tapestry (Nursery and Reception) or a Virtual Class Assembly through Seesaw (Years 1 - 6). These virtual events will take the place of in person Christmas nativities and assemblies and will be available from 15^th December on our school website. We hope that parents, grandparents and other family and friends will enjoy viewing these messages from the comfort of their own homes.

1^st – 17^th December: Christmas Stories

During December, pupils and teachers all love to share festive stories and this year will be no different. Each class will study a different seasonal tale and enjoy lots of fun activities related to the text.

1^st – 17^th December: Reading Advent!

At Throckley Primary School, we love to read! This year, each class will be given a reading advent calendar. Each day, children will open a door to a new reading activity – some will be fiction, some non-fiction, but all festive-themed and all lots of fun! Look out for our Christmas holiday reading challenge, too!

17^th December: Christmas Parties and Non-uniform Day!

On the final Friday of the term, each class will be celebrating with their friends at a classroom Christmas party with lots of fun games and activities. All children can come into school in non-uniform/party attire.

13^th – 17^th December: Virtual Christmas Church Service

This year, we are unable to take the children along to St. Mary’s Church for our usual carol services but Reverend Alison is recording a virtual service to tell the children the Nativity story.

The school closes for the Christmas holidays from home time on Friday 17^th December and the children will return on Wednesday 5^th January (Monday 3/1/22 is a Bank Holiday and Tuesday 4/1/22 is a Staff Training Day).

Although it feels a little early, I am excited to say, ‘Let’s have a very Merry Christmas!’

Yours faithfully,

Julie Stuart

Head Teacher

Parent/Carer Survey Letter

Throckley Primary School is committed to improving its service and working practices. As part of this commitment, it is very important that we ask for feedback about the school from all of our parents and carers. This year’s survey is particularly important as we have just been through an unusual time due to Covid and the children, school staff and parents/carers have had to manage lockdowns and remote learning and adjust to new ways of working.

QDP Services is again managing this survey on our behalf. They are an independent data processing agency and manage similar surveys for other schools. Your feedback and observations are valuable and the survey results will help us to decide how to make Throckley Primary even better in the future. The surveys are completely confidential, but if you raise any issues that you would like us to respond to, please type your name into the text field at the end of the survey.

Please find a link to the survey at the bottom of this email and you will also be sent a link by text message. The survey has been optimised for completion on a phone and will just take a few minutes to complete. Each parent/carer in the family can take the survey, but please complete only one survey per person. It is important that you take this opportunity to express your opinions, and it would be greatly appreciated if you could respond to the survey by Friday 26^th November 2021.

https://www.qdpsurvey.co.uk/OnlineQuestionnaire?code=89645-36251-27297495

Thank you for your support.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Julie Stuart

Head Teacher

Anti-Bullying Week Information

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are in the middle of Anti-Bullying Week and we wanted to share with you the learning that is taking place in school.
At Throckley Primary School, we have the following values:

LEARNING - We are ready to learn, work hard and make progress.
CARING - We are gentle, kind and friendly to one another and our environment.
RESPECT - We are honest, value one another and appreciate our differences.
TEAMWORK - We work together and are helpful to others.
SUCCESS - We take responsibility for our own behaviour and do our best.
PRIDE - We celebrate our accomplishments and are good role models to others.

In order to make sure our children come to school ready to succeed and achieve we need them to feel safe, secure and supported. Knowing what bullying is helps our children to take responsibility for their own actions and gives them the tools and knowledge they need to seek support if they feel they, or a peer, are experiencing unkind behaviour or bullying.

To ensure we are able to prevent bullying we need to act quickly when it takes place and ensure we are using the term correctly. It is essential that we have a shared definition and we are using the definition promoted by the Anti-Bullying Alliance:

Bullying is the repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. It can happen face to face or online.

As part of Anti-Bullying Week we are spending lots of time looking at the definition of bullying, what it means and what we can do when we feel worried or concerned for ourselves and others.

The theme of the week set by the Anti-Bullying Alliance is One Kind Word. We will be using this theme to drive our learning and inspire our children to be kind to others (at school and home!). They will be thinking about how little acts of kindness can break down barriers and brighten the lives of the people around us.

How can I help my child?

Make sure they understand what bullying is.
Talk about who they can turn to for help. Bullying can take place anywhere. Do they know who to talk to inside and outside of school?
Discuss how they have the ability to make change happen by seeking help for someone else.
Talk about their behaviour and how they can be kind to others.
Make sure your child knows that bullying is wrong and that they need to ask for help if they feel they are being bullied.
Remember bullying can happen face to face or online.

Please speak to school staff if you have any concerns about your child experiencing bullying.

Our anti-bullying policy is available on our website. You can also find more useful information here:
https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week/parents-and-carers

Yours sincerely,
Miss Emma Liddle, PHSE Co-ordinator

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 12th November 2021

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All About You Homework

A very special piece of homework has been sent home tonight on Tapestry (Early Years) or Seesaw (Year 1-6). This homework is all about celebrating YOU! We would love to know what you enjoy doing outside of school. Do you attend any sports clubs? Do you have any hobbies? Where are your favourite places to go? Do you have any talents? Do you enjoy furthering your own academic achievements? The list is endless, and we really want to hear about them. You will find a parent guide attached to this newsletter which will explain how you can add posts to Seesaw and Tapestry. We would love you to share this information with us so that we can share these achievements in school too.

Children In Need, Friday 19^th November 2021

Children in Need is taking place next Friday. To mark the event, we will be holding a non-uniform day where children can wear something spotty, something with Pudsey, something comfortable (pyjamas or onesie) or their own clothes. We will not be collecting donations in school. If you would like to make a donation to Children in Need, please visit their website: https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/

Reception Open Evening, Tuesday 16^th November 2021

The deadline for applications for 2022 Reception places is 15^th January 2022. On Tuesday we are holding an open evening for anyone with a child who will be starting Reception next September. For further details and to book a place, please follow this link to our website: https://www.throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk/admissions/

Autumn Parent Meetings 15^th and 17^th November 2021

All parent evening appointments have now been allocated. If you have any questions about parent evenings, please contact the school office. We advise you to log into the platform for your parent evening slot in advance of the start time, to ensure you are able to access the meeting successfully.

Please follow this link for a short video which shows you how to attend you appointment:

https://support.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/article/801-video-parents-how-to-attend-appointments-over-video-call

Tweets

Please follow this link to see the tweets from school this week: Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

Monday 15^th November and Wednesday 17^th November – Parent Evenings
Thursday 18^th November – Nasal Flu Vaccinations
Wednesday 8^th December – Christmas Dinner
Friday 10^th December – Virtual Pantomime (funded by the PTFA) and Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 17^th December – Class Christmas Parties
Saturday 18^th December – PTFA Disco at The Jack – ticketed event

We are waiting for further Covid advice from Newcastle City Council before announcing any other Christmas activities.

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 5th November 2021

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Children In Need, Friday 19^th November 2021

Children in Need is taking place in two weeks. To mark the event, we will be holding a non-uniform day where children can wear something spotty, something with Pudsey, something comfortable (pyjamas or onesie) or their own clothes. We will not be collecting donations in school. If you would like to make a donation to Children in Need, please visit their website: https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/

Reception Open Evening, Tuesday 16^th November 2021

The deadline for applications for 2022 Reception places is 15^th January 2022. On 16th November we are holding an open evening for anyone with a child who will be starting Reception next September. For further details and to book a place, please follow this link to our website: https://www.throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk/admissions/

Autumn Parent Meetings 15^th and 17^th November 2021

Thank you to those of you who have already booked your appointments on School Cloud. Over 70% of our families have now chosen their appointment date and time. If you have not yet booked your appointment, please do so by 12pm on Wednesday 17^th November. If you have not booked an appointment by that deadline, one will be allocated to you.

If you would like to find out more about the system that we will be using, please follow this link:

https://support.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/article/801-video-parents-how-to-attend-appointments-over-video-call

If you have any issues around making a booking, please contact the school office who will be happy to help.

November PTFA Newsletter

Attached to this email please the latest newsletter from the PTFA. They have some great things planned this half term!

Remember to Let Us Know About Dinner Changes

If your child has decided to change their lunchtime arrangements after half term, please inform the school office so that we can update their dinner pattern.

Tweets

Please follow this link to see the tweets from school this week: Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

Wednesday 10^th November and Friday 12^th November – PTFA Christmas Supplies Sale on the yard (in the dining hall if the weather is bad)
Monday 15^th November and Wednesday 17^th November – Parent Evenings
Thursday 18^th November – Nasal Flu Vaccinations
Wednesday 8^th December – Christmas Dinner
Friday 10^th December – Virtual Pantomime (funded by the PTFA) and Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 17^th December – Class Christmas Parties
Saturday 18^th December – PTFA Disco at The Jack – ticketed event

We are waiting for further Covid advice from Newcastle City Council before announcing any other Christmas activities.

November PTFA Newsletter

PTFA November Newsletter.pdf

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 22nd October 2021

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Autumn Parent Meetings 15^th and 17^th November 2021

A letter will be emailed to you to invite you to book a virtual Parents’ Evening appointment. This meeting will enable you to find out about the progress of your child so far this year and to ask questions or discuss any concerns that you may have.

Appointment bookings will be open from 9am on Monday 1^st November 2022 and will close at 12pm on Wednesday 10^th November 2022. Monday 1^st November is a training day, but office staff will be in school to support with the booking process if you have any problems.

If you would like to find out more about the system that we will be using, please follow this link:

https://support.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/article/801-video-parents-how-to-attend-appointments-over-video-call

If you do not have access to the internet, or have any other issues around making a booking, please contact the school office who will be happy to help.

Remember to Let Us Know About Dinner Changes

As the weather gets colder, we have more children eating school dinners. Please remember to tell the office if your child decides to change their lunchtime arrangements.

Updates to our Parent Internet Safety Information

We have recently updated our website with further internet safety information. Please use this link to visit the relevant section on our website.

https://www.throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk/internet-safety-for-parents/

Holiday Camp Over Half Term (for children 4 – 11)

Are you looking for childcare over the Half Term holiday? Elite PE (formerly Premier Sport) will be running a holiday comp at the Pavilion on the Recreation Ground. Leaflets were sent home in book bags last week (we also have spare copies in the office). Please follow the instructions on the leaflet to register for the camp. Details are as follows:

Monday 25th - Friday 29^th October
9am-3pm each day
£10 per child per day

Dare to Be Different Tweets!

The children have had a fantastic non-uniform day! Please follow this link to see the tweets. Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

25^th – 29^th October – Half Term

25^th – 29^th October – Elite PE Holiday Camp at the Pavilion in the Recreation Ground

Monday 1^st November – Training Day

Tuesday 2^nd November – Children Return to School

Monday 15^th November and Wednesday 17^th November – Parent Evenings – please see the information letter which was sent to you by email

Thursday 18^th November – Nasal Flu Vaccinations – information to follow

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 15th October 2021

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PTFA Dare to Be Different Day, next Friday (22^nd October 2021)

The PTFA is organising a fun non-uniform day for us on the final day of this half term. The PTFA is daring the children and staff to:

Wear something scary
Wear something bright and bold
Wear crazy hair or glitter
Wear odd socks
Dress up in a super hero or princess costume
Wear sports kit or a onesie or pyjamas

This is a fundraising activity, so donations for dares will be gratefully received. Please visit the PTFA Sum Up page to make a donation. Link: https://throckley-primary-school-ptfa.sumup.link/ or post a cash donation in the PTFA donation bucket on your way to school. We can’t wait to see what your children dare to wear!

PTFA Krispy Kreme Doughnut Sale, next Friday (22^nd October 2021)

The deadline for pre-orders of boxes of doughnuts is today, so please visit the PTFA Facebook or Sum Up page to place your orders by the end of the day. The PTFA will also be selling individual doughnuts on the yard at home time next Friday (while supplies last).

Holiday Camp Over Half Term (for children 4 – 11)

Are you looking for childcare over the Half Term holiday? Elite PE (formerly Premier Sport) will be running a holiday comp at the Pavilion on the Recreation Ground. Leaflets were sent home in book bags yesterday. Please follow the instructions on the leaflet to register for the camp. Details are as follows:

Monday 25th - Friday 29^th October
9am-3pm each day
£10 per child per day

Meeting with Callerton Academy Head Teacher for Year 6 Parents/Carers

Mrs Innes, the Head Teacher from Callerton Academy, will be in school on Tuesday 19^th October. She will be meeting with parents/carers at 3.15pm in the main hall. Please enter the building from the back yard after collecting your children.

Understanding Our Place In The World Tweets!

The children have been celebrating their local heritage today and finding out what means to be from the Northeast. We have been tweeting about it all day! Please follow this link to see the tweets. Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

Friday 22^nd October – PTFA Dare to Be Different Non-Uniform Day (see attached newsletter for more details)

Friday 22^nd October – PTFA Krispy Kreme Doughnut Sale (see attached newsletter for more details)

25^th – 29^th October – Half Term

25^th – 29^th October – Elite PE Holiday Camp at the Pavilion in the Recreation Ground – information leaflets sent home on Thursday.

Monday 1^st November – Training Day

Tuesday 2^nd November – Children Return to School

Thursday 18^th November – Nasal Flu Vaccinations – information to follow

Throckley Primary E-newsletter, 8th October 2021

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Driving and Parking Safely Around Our School – Help keep our children safe!

We encourage all of our families to walk, cycle or scoot to school whenever possible. A walk in the fresh air is good for physical and mental health and for our environment, so please walk when you can.

We understand that there will be times when you need to drive to school and we ask that, on these occasions, you take extra care on your journey to school and when parking the car. Please park in legal parking spaces only and not on the grass verges, in front of a drive or in the bus stop. Please drive VERY slowly when at the Recreation Ground and look out at all times for children who are walking or riding across the park to school. We want every child to arrive safely to school in the morning and then arrive back home safely again in the afternoon. We are all in a rush in the morning and afternoon, but taking time and care at these times of day could save the life of a child. Thank you.

October PTFA Newsletter

Attached please find the October newsletter from the PTFA. They have some great activities planned for this month, so be sure to have a look!

Holiday Camp Over Half Term

Are you looking for childcare over the Half Term holiday? Elite PE (formerly Premier Sport) will be running a holiday camp at the Pavilion on the Recreation Ground. Leaflets will be coming out next week with information about how to register for the camp. Details are as follows:

Monday 25th - Friday 29^th October
9am-3pm each day
£10 per child per day

Lovely Tweets!

Remember to check our Twitter feed for a window into the daily activities taking place across the school. This week the Tweets feature National Poetry Day activities, science, History and the results of the Y5/6 boys football tournament!

Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

Friday 15^th October – Understanding Our Place in the World Day

Friday 22^nd October – PTFA Dare to Be Different Non-Uniform Day (see attached newsletter for more details)

Friday 22^nd October – PTFA Krispy Kreme Doughnut Sale (see attached newsletter for more details)

25^th – 29^th October – Half Term

25^th – 29^th October – Elite PE Holiday Camp at the Pavilion in the Recreation Ground – information leaflets to follow next week.

Monday 1^st November – Training Day

Tuesday 2^nd November – Children Return to School

Thursday 18^th November – Nasal Flu Vaccinations – information to follow

PTFA October Newsletter

PTFA October Newsletter.pdf

Parent E-newsletter, 1st October 2021

Reminder About Photographs on Tuesday

The school photographer will be on site on Tuesday (5/10) for individual and sibling photographs. All children will have an individual photograph taken and a sibling photograph will be taken if you have requested one.

Electronic Parent Handbook is now available on the website

We have updated our Parent Handbook and uploaded an electronic flip-book version to our website. Please follow the link below:

https://www.throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk/parent-handbook/

Guidance for Schools from Newcastle City Council on the use of Legal Sanctions for Non-Attendance

This information has been updated in September 2021. We want to remind our parents that school attendance is mandatory. Parents and carers have a duty to ensure that their child of compulsory school age attends regularly at the school where they are registered.

It is important that parents and carers understand the local authority sanctions in place for non-attendance.

Legal Monitoring

A request for legal monitoring will be submitted to the Local Authority when a pupil’s attendance falls below 90% with 10 sessions (5 days) of unauthorised absences over a period of 10 weeks. If a parent fails a legal monitoring period, a fine of £60 (per parent) will be incurred. This increases to £120 if not paid within 21 days. If a case goes to court, the fine will be determined by a judge and therefore may be higher (plus will include court costs).

Unauthorised Absences and Holiday Absences

An absence due to a holiday is not a valid reason to be off school and will be classed as unauthorised absence unless there are exceptional circumstances. An Absence Notification Form must always be completed in advance of the holiday so we know where your child is when they are not in school (forms are available from the office). If you wish for exceptional circumstances to be considered (and a holiday absence authorised) then you must put your request in writing to the Chair of Governors prior to the absence.
Where a pupil of compulsory school-age has 10 sessions (5 days) of unauthorised holiday absence over a 12 week period, a referral will be made to the local authority to issue a fixed penalty notice of £60 per child per parent. This increases to £120 per child per parent if not paid within 21 days. In some instances, the case can be taken to court and the penalty decided on by the judge. Newcastle Local Authority have seen fines as high as £660 issued during the academic year 2018-2019.
Where parents have not made contact with the school regarding a genuine reason for absence, this will be recorded as an unauthorised absence.
If school is not informed of the reason for a pupil absence, a home visit may be carried out by the school’s Welfare Officer and if no contact is made at all a referral may be made to social services.
Where parents make contact with the school but the reason does not fall within the agreed authorised absences of the school’s attendance policy, this will also be recorded as unauthorised absence.

Unauthorised Absence due to lateness

When a pupil is late before the register closes (9.15am) they will receive a late mark.
When a pupil arrives to school late after the register has closed (after 9.15am), the entire morning session is recorded as an unauthorised absence. 10 sessions of unauthorised lates, with attendance below 90%, will also be referred to the Local Authority for legal monitoring

If you require further information you can find a copy of our Attendance Policy in the Policies section of our website.

Please follow this link: https://www.throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk/policies/

Open Events for Parents/Carers of Children in Years 5 & 6

Two of our local secondary schools are holding open evenings in the near future:

Callerton Academy: Wednesday, 5^th October 2021, 6-7.30pm

Walbottle Academy: Wednesday, 5^th October 2021, 4-6pm

Please see the attached flyers for more information. If you decide to attend one of the morning sessions, please let us know so that we can update the registers accordingly.

Lovely Tweets!

Remember to check our Twitter feed for a window into the daily activities taking place across the school. Link: https://twitter.com/throckleyprim

Dates for Your Diary

Tuesday, 5^th October – School Photographs

Friday, 15^th October – Understanding Our Place in the World Day

25^th – 29^th October – Half Term

Monday 1^st November – Training Day

Tuesday 2^nd November – Children Return to School

Thursday 18^th November – Nasal Flu Vaccinations – information to follow

Parent E-newsletter, 24th September 2021

Update on Covid

We have had a small number of confirmed Covid cases for children who attend our school. We continue to follow Government guidance and are monitoring cases closely. We ensure classrooms are well-ventilated and that hygiene expectations, such as regular hand-washing and sanitising, are maintained. Please see the attached letter for more information.

Please try our new morning Sport & Wellbeing Club for Key Stage Two (Years 3, 4, 5 & 6)

This new club is the perfect start to the day for our older children. Children who attend will have the choice of either joining in with sporting activities with Mr Meyer or participating in some mindfulness and well-being inspired activities (such as Yoga, music and art) with other members of staff. This is a club where children can either run off some steam; or relax and unwind. The children will be asked about the activities they most enjoy, so the club will be tailored to their interests.

Each year group in Key Stage Two has an allotted day:

Monday – Year 6

Tuesday – Year 5

Wednesday – Year 4

Thursday – Year 3

The club begins at 8.15am and club staff escort the children to meet their class teacher ready for the 8.55am bell. There will be no need to sign up to this club; if your child wishes to attend, simply bring them along to the Dining Hall doors at 8.15am on their class’s specific day.

Reminder About Uniform and Hairstyle Expectations

It is wonderful to see children looking so smart around school! Uniform expectations are so important; they help children to feel part of a team and also prepare them for the expectations in secondary school and the world of work. Children should wear grey or black skirt/pinafore/trousers for school - please ensure that no leggings are worn. A reminder also that our uniform policy states that extreme hairstyles are not permitted. This includes partially or fully bleached hair and lines/patterns cut into hair. Thank you for your understanding on this matter.

Open Events for Parents/Carers of Children in Years 5 & 6

Two of our local secondary schools are holding open evenings in the near future:

Callerton Academy: Wednesday, 29^th September, 9am

Thursday, 30^th September 2021, 9am

Wednesday, 5^th October 2021, 6-7.30pm

Walbottle Academy: Wednesday, 5^th October 2021, 4-6pm

Please see the attached flyers for more information. If you decide to attend one of the morning sessions, please let us know so that we can update the registers accordingly.

Dates for Your Diary

Tuesday, 5^th October – School Photographs

Friday, 15^th October – Understanding Our Place in the World Day

25^th – 29^th October – Half Term

Monday 1^st November – Training Day

Tuesday 2^nd November – Children Return to School

Thursday 18^th November – Nasal Flu Vaccinations – information to follow

Covid Information and Advice for September 2021

24^th September 2021

Dear Parent/Carer,

Information and advice about COVID-19

We have been advised that there have been a small number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 for children who attend our school. We know that you may find this concerning, but we are continuing to monitor the situation and are working closely with Public Health England and Newcastle City Council’s Public Health Team. This letter is to inform you of the current situation and provide advice on how to support your child.

The school will continue to ensure that all confirmed cases of COVID-19 do not attend school until the end of their self-isolation period. Schools are no longer required to carry out routine contact tracing of anyone that has been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. This is now carried out by NHS Test and Trace. They will work with either the positive case or their parents or carers to identify close contacts.

Anyone under the age of 18 years and 6 months who are told by NHS Test and Trace that they are close contact of a positive case are strongly advised to get a PCR test as soon as possible. They should do this even if they have returned a negative Lateral Flow Device test recently. Book a PCR test online at https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test or ring 119 (free of charge). Close contacts should not take a PCR test if they have received a positive PCR test result in the last 90 days, unless they develop any new symptoms of COVID-19. This is because it is possible for PCR tests to remain positive for some time after COVID-19 infection. Your child can attend school whilst awaiting their PCR result.

If the PCR test is positive, your child must self-isolate for 10 days from the date of the test. NHS Test and Trace will confirm the dates with you. In this time your child must not go to school or to public areas: they must remain at home and must not mix with anyone outside of their household.

If a negative test is recorded, then your child can continue to attend school as normal.

What to do if your child develops symptoms of COVID-19

For most people, especially children, COVID-19 will be a mild illness.

The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are:

a new continuous cough and/or
high temperature and/or
a loss of, or change in, normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia)

If your child develops any of these symptoms of COVID-19, they must remain at home for at least 10 days from the date their symptoms first started. You need to arrange for them to have a PCR test for COVID-19.

To book a test, either call 119 or go to the NHS website at www.nhs.uk/ask-for-a-coronavirus-test

They must self-isolate until the test result is known. If positive they must self-isolate as advised by NHS Test and Trace. Your household must follow the ‘Stay at Home’ guidance at www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection

Support to Self-Isolate

If your child is entitled to an income-based Free School Meal this can still be provided by Chartwells as a daily meal collection. Please contact the office by 9.30am to place an order for the meal.

If you need support with self-isolation Newcastle City Council’s Welfare and Wellbeing Team may be able to help you. If you can, you should try to seek help from your friends, family and community first, or look online at www.newcastle.gov.uk for local support services. Where this is not possible, the Welfare and Wellbeing team can help.

Visit www.newcastle.gov.uk/welfare or call 0800 170 7001 (8am-8pm Monday to Friday, 9am-3pm Saturday) to get the support you need.

You may also be entitled to a Test and Trace Support Payment. Apply online at https://newcastle.gov.uk/TestandTraceSupportPayments

How to stop COVID-19 spreading

There are things you can do to help reduce the risk of you and anyone you live with getting ill with COVID-19:

Remember; ‘Hands, Face, Space and Let Fresh Air In’:

Wash your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available.
Wash your hands as soon as you get home.
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze.
Put used tissues in the bin immediately and wash your hands afterwards.
Try to stay apart from anyone you don’t live with as much as possible.
Use a face covering when you are indoors crowded places such as supermarkets and public transport
If meeting others, try to do so outside as much as possible. If inside, open the window to let fresh air in

You, and anyone over the age of 11years are encouraged to take part in twice weekly Lateral Flow Device (LFD) testing for COVID-19. This helps to identify those who do not have symptoms of the virus and helps prevent it spreading to others. You can get free LFD test kits from most pharmacies or by ringing 119 or online at https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests

All those over the age of 16 can now get a COVID-19 vaccine. Please take up the offer of the vaccine. They are safe and effective. They give you the best protection against COVID-19. There are locations across the city where you can be vaccinated; for details go to www.newcastle.gov.uk/covidvaccine

Further information

Further information is available at www.nhs.uk/coronavirus

Thank you for your support. Your efforts do help to reduce the further spread of COVID-19 to others in the community.

Yours sincerely

Julie Stuart

Headteacher

Parent E-newsletter for 17th September 2021

Please arrive on time, every day

We have noticed that there have been an increasing number of children arriving late to school this week. It is essential that all children arrive on time, every day. Lessons begin at 8.55am and, now more than ever as we all begin to move forward after last year's school closures, we want every pupil to be part of every minute of the school day so that they do not miss out on vital learning. It can also have a real impact on children's self-confidence when they arrive late into their classroom, once all of their friends have arrived, settled in and begun their learning tasks. We need to continue to keep all of our pupils, staff and wider community safe, and children arriving late means unnecessary movement around school, which we would still like to keep to a minimum. Thank you for your support with this; you supporting your child by ensuring they're in school on time is of a huge benefit to both their academic progress and well-being.

Individual and Sibling (brothers and sisters) School Photographs

Phototronics, our school photographer, will be visiting the school on Tuesday, 5^th October. They will be taking individual photographs of all children across the school. If you would like a sibling photograph (brothers and sisters) you will need to make the request by completing a QDP survey which we will be sending to you next week. Please look out for the survey link and complete it straight away if you would like your children to be in a photograph together.

Key Stage Two (Years 3, 4, 5 & 6) Sport and Wellbeing Club

This exciting new club starts next week and is the perfect start to the day for our older children. Children who attend will have the choice of either joining in with sporting activities with Mr Meyer, which will undoubtedly make them feel full of energy ready for the day ahead, or mindful and well-being inspired activities, which will help children to feel calm and ready for whatever the day brings. This is a club where children can either run off some steam; or relax and unwind.

The Sport and Wellbeing Club is open to children across Key Stage Two – each year group has an allotted day, as follows:

Monday – Year 6

Tuesday – Year 5

Wednesday – Year 4

Thursday – Year 3

The club will begin at 8.15am. Club staff will then escort children to meet their class teacher ready for the 8.55am bell. There will be no need to sign up to this club; if your child wishes to attend, simply bring them along to the Dining Hall doors at 8.15am on their class’s specific day.

Lunchtime Clubs are starting next week.

Starting next week, children in Years 1 – 6 will have a choice of clubs to join at lunch times. The teachers will be signing the children up for clubs, so you don’t need to do anything. We have a range of clubs to suit all interests and the clubs on offer for this term are as follows:

Y1 & Y2 Art Club
Y3 – Y6 Singing Club
Y3 – Y6 Cross Stitch Club
School Council
Y1 & Y2 Sports Clubs (Children will learn a range of skills and play a variety of sports and these clubs will be available everyday on the yard).
Y3 – Y6 Sports Clubs (Boys/Girls Football, Dodgeball, Netball – one sport available each day).

Free School Meals – Online portal

During the summer holidays the School Admissions Team has tested and launched the Free School Meal module on the Citizen’s Portal for parents.

https://www.newcastlelea.org/CitizenPortal_LIVE/en

This new way of applying for Free School Meals has advantages for parents, schools and the local authority.

Parents find out the result of their Free School Meal application instantly
If a parent has applied on the portal and they become eligible later, the portal will tell parents that they have become eligible
Schools will find out the result of a parent’s application sooner than if a parent applies via a paper form
Applicant information only needs input once and younger children can be added to a parents claim as they reach nursery/school age
Parents of children who are new to the city can apply for FSM in the same place they are applying for a school
The portal fully complies with GDPR requirements and parents can choose to remove their consent via the portal. They are aware of the information we hold and how it is used.

Reception Reading Information Film

Parents of children in Reception will be sent a link today to a film on our website which explains how we teach reading in our school. You can watch the film at a time that is convenient to you, and then send a message to your child’s class teacher if you have any questions. The film will be posted in the Throckley TV section of our website, so it is also available for all parents across the school.

Bikeability Dates for Years 4, 5 & 6

If you have a child in any of these year groups, please note that we will be providing cycling training in November. These sessions are fun and inclusive and we want all children in each class to be able to participate. If your child has a bike, please can you check it is in good repair and ready to use for the session? If you child does not have a bike, please can you try to borrow one for them to use? The school will be able to arrange for a small number of bikes, but we won’t have enough for everyone. If you are unable to provide a bike for your child, please contact the office and let us know so that we can support you.

The dates are as follows:

Year 4 – Wednesday, 3^rd November 2021

Year 5 – Monday & Tuesday, 22^nd & 23^rd November 2021

Year 6 – Monday & Tuesday, 29^th & 30^th November 2021

Dates for Your Diary

Tuesday, 5^th October – School Photographs

Friday, 15^th October – Understanding Our Place in the World Day

25^th – 29^th October – Half Term

Monday 1^st November – Training Day

Tuesday 2^nd November – Children Return to School

Thursday 18^th November – Nasal Flu Vaccinations – information to follow

Parent E-newsletter for 10th September 2021

Dear Parents/Carers,

What a wonderful week it has been here at Throckley Primary! It has been a pleasure to spend time with children across school each day; they are happy and have settled quickly into their new routines. All pupils have returned to school looking smart in their full uniforms, and with excellent behaviours for learning. It has been fantastic to see children on time and raring to go ready for the bell at 8.55am!

The last two academic years have brought with them challenges for us all, however I am sure you will agree that our wonderful pupils are shining examples of resilience and positivity. On behalf of all Governors and staff, I would like to extend my gratitude to all parents and carers; your patience and support has been gratefully received throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Let us all hope that this year is less disruptive for our children. While some things may be uncertain as we go forward, please rest assured that any changes or updates will be communicated with you without hesitation. We’re still all in this together.

I’d like to remind you about our inspiring curriculum here at Throckley Primary School; subject leaders and class teachers work tirelessly to ensure that children’s learning is purposeful, engaging and builds on their existing knowledge. Our curriculum drivers are:

Understanding our Place in the World
Aspiring to Achieve
Broadening Horizons

We aim to open doors for children through both their learning across the curriculum, and the rich and diverse stories they share. We want children’s experiences here at Throckley to be exciting while also supporting children in developing a broad and balanced world-view. We have recently spent time looking closely at ‘The Throckley Experience’ and have a wonderful programme of trips, excursions and events in place over the coming year, that will be both enriching and memorable for children. To find out more about our Curriculum, please visit this section on the school website.

We continue to be proud of our ethos and culture here at Throckley. Our values remain at the heart of our school. They are Respect, Teamwork, Pride, Success, Caring and Learning. This half term, children across school are sharing a special book called Just Because, by Mac Barnett, Isabelle Arsenault, Isabelle Arsenault. This text has been chosen as it links closely with the value which is our focus for this half term: Learning. Keep your eyes peeled for achievement stars linked to ‘Learning’ and, when you’re notified of an achievement via the parent app, be sure to ask your child what made their teacher feel so impressed!

We hope you enjoy looking through the Breadth of Study document for your child’s year group, which will be shared with you via Seesaw and gives an overview of the learning your child will enjoy over the course of the year. Class newsletters will also be available on Seesaw today and contain information specific to your child’s class, such as P.E. days and homework arrangements.

We are always looking for new ways to develop our practice here at Throckley. This academic year, we are trialling a new and exciting behaviour management system in school. Trackit Lights is a permanent feature on every teacher’s interactive whiteboard. It’s an engaging, motivational behaviour management tool that allows teachers to quickly log positive and negative behaviour to motivate pupils. We know that our pupils will love to see their positive behaviours being rewarded daily, leading to in-class incentives and rewards. The system also supports teachers and pupils to discuss negative behaviour and allows pupils to reflect and restore their positive attitudes.

If you have any questions at all about anything to do with your child’s progress or wellbeing, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher via the school office or Seesaw.

Reminder about the drop-off times in the morning. We have allocated five minutes for dropping off at the gates (8.50am – 8.55am). Please ensure that your child arrives at school for this drop off window.

Please find two links below to two new agreement documents:

Home/School Agreement
IT Acceptable Use Agreement.

The text of the documents is in the main body of the survey and you enter your name and the date to agree. We have tried to make these documents short and easy to sign, so we would be grateful if you could enter your signature by the end of the day on Wednesday (15/9/21). Thank you.

Here’s to another fantastic year at Throckley Primary School!

Yours sincerely,

Mrs J Stuart

Head Teacher

Home School Agreement Agreement to sign

IT Acceptable Use Agreement Agreement to sign

School Office Information for 2021/22, 10th September 2021

Dear Parents/Carers

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