The Limes October 2019| Edition 11 office@thelimesacademy.org | www.thelimesacademy.org | 01502 449200 Twitter: @TheLimesAcademy | Facebook: The Limes Primary Academy

A message from the Head Welcome to our October edition of our newsletter. This month is packed with loads of information—do take a look inside! From our Christmas Fair to a new date for our next

Parent Forum, there are a number of dates for your diaries.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank you all again for your generous donations towards our Harvest appeal for the Waveney Food Bank. As a school we like to support local and national charities and this half term will be supporting Children in Need with our PJ day.

As you know, we had to close the school for the day earlier in the month due to a burst water pipe: thank you for your understanding. We are pleased to say that the affected

rooms are drying out nicely and our library is now back in use.

I have been extremely proud to show round visitors recently; our children are kind, well-behaved, marvellous-mannered individuals who are clearly enjoying their learning and

challenging themselves. We have had lots of really positive feedback—well done, everyone! I can’t wait to show prospective parents round on our Open Day, please do spread the word!

From dinosaur digs with our budding palaeontologists in Early Years, to adventures in the savanna with our wildlife experts in Year 1, children and staff are busy being ’learners for life’. Do join us at our upcoming Activity Cafes to learn along with us—invites our shortly!

Remember to follow us on Facebook or Twitter, which we regularly update with what the children have been up to, school events and news.

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Attendance

November’s Online Safety Tip A simple and effective way to get involved with your children and their lives online is through discussion.

• Ask you children to tell you about the sites they like to visit and what they enjoy doing online.

• Ask them about how they stay safe online.

• Think about how you use the internet as a family. What could you do to get more out of the internet together.

It is our policy that we will not allow any child to go

home with another adult unless we have had verbal

agreement prior to this by a parent/

carer.

Outside Education

At The Limes we strongly believe in the benefits of education outside. Therefore you will often find us out in all weathers! Please ensure your child has appropriate clothing (coat, hat, gloves, wellie boots, waterproofs) and ensure they are all clearly named!

Research has shown that that colds and coughs etc. spread more rapidly in hot environments therefore there are also health (as well as educational )benefits to being outside at this time of year.

All parents recently received a letter regarding their child’s attendance up until the end of the first half term. We monitor attendance very closely at The Limes Academy as we recognise the strong link between academic achievement and rates of attendance. Parents will receive a letter at the end of every half term informing them of their child’s attendance. Should a child’s attendance drop below 90%, we will ask that any further absences are supported with medical evidence i.e. appointment slip from your GP or evidence of prescribed medication. If a child’s attendance continues to drop we will invite parents in for a meeting to discuss attendance and offer support .

We do not authorise term-time holiday and referrals for Penalty Notices (fine of £60.00 per parent per child) will be made to County if child has six or more unauthorised absences (there are two sessions per day).

If a child is absent from school for whatever reason, the reason for the absence must be given to the school. You must telephone the absence line by 9am on the day of the first absence and any other subsequent days. If no reason is provided by parents, the absence will be recorded as unauthorised.

Children arriving late to school after the register closes at 9am will also receive unauthorised absence for the morning session. Please ensure you child arrives at school on time between 8.35am and 8.50am.

Pick Up

Thank you to all who attended the recent parent consultations. We know how important it is for parents to know how their child is doing in school. We also have a number of Activity Cafes coming up in November, which will give you the opportunity to see what your child is learning in the classroom.

We ask for parent feedback regularly as parents’ views are extremely important to us and helps us to keep continuously improving. Thank you to everyone who has returned their parent questionnaire.

Our next Parent Forum is on Tuesday 19th November at 9am (please note change of date previously advertised on last Newsletter), please come along for a chat with Mrs Cracknell. We will be looking at the recent outcomes of the questionnaire and what we can do to improve. Parent feedback really does matter to us!

Oxford Reading Buddy

We sent out log ins for all children for the Oxford Reading Buddy at the end of last term and asked for parent feedback.

We haven’t received much feedback from parents and would urge you to do so. This is a trial and we will not renew the subscription if we do not get enough feedback from parents.

Please could we have your feedback by Friday 15th November.

Parent involvement and feedback

The Friends have organised a book swap shelve. This is where you can leave any used book you no longer want and then have the opportunity to grab you or your child a new one! The book shelf will be located in the office reception and any small donations left for books will go towards more books the school library.

The Friends Book Swap OPEN DAY

Friday 8th November 2019

The Limes Primary Academy will

be holding our Open Day for

children due to start primary

school in September 2020.

Parents and children are

welcome to drop in to see our

brand new school in action!

Tours will be available at 10am,

11am, 1pm, 2pm and 4pm. No

booking necessary—pop along

on the day!

Please spread the word!

We will be holding our first ever Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday 23rd November 10.30am-12pm.

As well as some amazing craft stalls, there will be lots for the children to do including making reindeer food, Christmas tree cup game and lots of other fun activities.

Santa’s Elves will be visiting the fair to add some extra Christmas magic!

If you know anyone who would be interested in running a stall, we still have stalls available, so please ask them to contact the office.

We would love to see all our families and friends of families at the fair, so please spread the word!

Children in Need is on the 15th November, will be asking children to come to school in their favourite pyjamas to support this amazing cause. We will be asking for a small donation of £1 which will be donated to Children in Need.

The school photographer will be in school on Tuesday 19th November.

We have opted to use a different photographer this year. The company is called YEP and have come highly recommended from other REAch2 Schools.

We have opted for the double pose photos, which means the photographer will take two different variations of photos, one being the more traditional style school photo and the other a full length photo. Parents will then have the choice as to which photo they would prefer to purchase. Photos will be back in time for Christmas.

YEP have a cash-less ordering system, so all orders must be placed online through them—details of how to purchase photos will be on your proof card.

Nursery children will be photographed first. If your child is not usually in on a Tuesday morning, you are more than welcome to bring your child to school at 9am in order that they can have their photos taken.

Christmas Craft Fair

Children in Need

Photographer

Aldi

Thank you to everyone who

helped collect the Aldi Stickers. We

are extremely pleased to say that with your help, we

filled the poster and will be receiving the

sports kit!

Date Time Event

Wed 6th November AM Nasal Flu Spray (R&YR)

Friday 8th November Open Day

11th—15th November All Week Friendship Week

Monday 11th—15th November

All Week

Times TBC

Reception Activity Café Week

Monday 11th November

TBC Activity Café Year 1

Tue 19th November 9am

Parent Forum—please note change of date

from the 13th November

Tue 19th November 9am School Photographer

Sat 23rd November TBC Christmas Fair

Thurs12th December 9am Christmas Performance

Friday 13th December 11.30am &

1pm Parents’ Lunch and

Christmas Performance

Tues17th December Lunch Time Christmas Dinner

Thurs 19th December All Day Party Day (last day of

term for children)

Friday 20th December All Day PD Day

23rd Dec— 3rd January Christmas Holiday

Monday 6th January Reception & Year 1

return to school

Tuesday 7th January Nursery return to school

Thursday 23rd January 9.30am—10.30am

Nursery Stay ‘n’ Play

Thursday 30th January 9-11am Parent Forum

3rd—Fri 7th February All Week Road Safety Week

Mon 3rd—Fri 7th February

TBC Reception Activity Café

Week

Tuesday 4th February TBC Year 1 Activity Café

Week

Thursday 6th February TBC Nursery Activity Cafe

Tues 11th Feb All Day Safer Internet Day

11th & 12th February TBC Parent Consultation

Monday 17th—21st February

Half Term

Monday 24th February All Day PD Day

Tuesday 25th February Children return to school

The Limes Primary Academy School Calendar

Dates for your diary—further dates to be announced in due course

Date Time Event

Thurs 5th March All Day World Book Day

Thurs 5th March Lunch time Themed Lunch

Thurs 5th—11th March

All Week after school

Book People

Book Fair

Tues 10th March TBC Nursery Stay ‘n’ Play

Tue 17th March 9—11am Parent Forum

Friday 20th March 11.30am Mothers’ Day Lunch

6th —17th April Easter Holidays

Monday 20th April Children return to school

Friday 8th May 9-11am Parent Forum

11th—15th May TBC Reception Activity Café

Week

Tuesday 11th May TBC Nursery Activity Cafe

Wed 12th May TBC Year 1 Activity Cafe

Wed 20th May 9.30-

10.30am Transition Café

Friday 22nd May PD Day

25th—29th May Half Term

Monday 1st June Children return to school

Monday 8th June 9-11am Parent Forum

Friday 12th June 9.30—

10.30am Transition Café

Wed 17th June TBC Nursery Stay ‘n’ Play

Friday 19th June 11.30am Fathers’ Day Lunch

Monday 22nd June 2-3pm Transition Café

Tuesday 30th June TBC Nursery Parent Consultations

Friday 3rd July TBC Sports Day

Saturday 11th July TBC Annual Teddy Bears

Picnic

Tuesday 14th July TBC Transition Day

Wed 15th July TBC Transition Day

Thursday 16th July TBC Transition Day

Thursday 16th July Last day of term for

children

The text in purple are dates of events where parents can attend. We were

asked at the Parent Forum for clarification over this and hope this

helps.