Remember we take attendance very

seriously at Nelson Primary – if you

are not in school you are missing out

on all of the amazing things happen-

ing … as well as seeing your friends!

Attendance percentages

for last week

Congratulations G6 & M7 who had

100% attendance last week.

Newsletter Spring Issue 2 — Tuesday, 03 March 2020

Nelson Primary School

Inspiring Ambition, Achieving Success

190 days 100%

Very best chance of success

183 days 96%

Off to a flying start

179 days 94%

Less chance of

success

175 days 92%

Harder to make

progress

Over 18 days absence Less than 90%

Persistent Absentee (Unfair to your child)

Reception 89%

Year 1 91.1%

Year 2 89.%

Year 3 95.1%

Year 4 96.8%

Year 5 96.1%

Year 6 97.8%

Dear Parents and Carers

Next week is our learning review week. We are looking for-ward to seeing you all on one of the evenings. If you have not booked already you must book as soon as possible. Just log into Parent Mail and select parents Evening. You will be able to choose which evening you want to attend and what time suits you. You must bring your child with you for the appointment as this part of their learning.

I will be available to sort out any queries as well other sen-ior staff.

We are happy to announce that a couple of parents togeth-er with Ms Schmidt are hoping to form a Parent Teacher Association and they will be selling books and handing out leaflets about this.

Children always do better in school if their parents are in-volved with what they are doing so this is an ideal oppor-tunity to see how you can get involved with your child’s school.

I look forward to seeing you all at Learning Review Sessions.

Fiona Cullen

Coronavirus

You will have seen in the news that the virus that started in China has spread to other parts of the world and schools have been closed for deep cleans. We have been given advice about how to manage this situation and I am pleased to report that all is going well. I have published a leaflet from the NHS about how to prevent this and other flu viruses from spreading.

The risk to individuals remains low and health professionals are working to contact anyone who has been in close contact with people who have coronavirus. There are things you can do to help stop viruses like coronavirus spreading.

Do— 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

wash your hands with soap and water often – use

hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not availa-

ble

try to avoid close contact with people who are un-

well

Don't— do not touch your eyes, nose or mouth if your

hands are not clean

It is important you teach your child to wipe their

own nose with a tissue when necessary and wash

their hands afterwards.

Roll of Honour This is a special board next to Ms Cull’s office. If a child does something special outside school or be-

comes a Times Table Titan or a Maths Magician their photograph will be displayed for everyone to see.

Congratulations to all our exceptionally gifted children.

Parking around the school

Please do not park on the zig zag lines outside the school , even for a few minutes. They are there to keep our children safe. The “children cones” are there to remind you not to park there. Some people are actually moving those cones so that they can park!

Also there are other zig zag lines around the school – the same rule must apply here too. Remember they are there to keep our children safe.

Be on time for school.

Just a reminder that the doors open at 8.40am, please bring your child to school at that time. Too many of our chil-dren have been arriving after the doors close (at 8.50am) and are missing their reading time. They are then required to catch up that time at play-time. Children who are late for school have reported that it is embarrassing and that they don’t like missing playtime.

Attendance

It is the law that every child over the age of 5 attends school every day. Many of you are keeping your child off when they are well enough to be in school. Remem-ber only keep your child at home if they have a high temperature or they have vomited or have di-arrhoea. The incubation period for infectious diseases can be found on the internet or we will advise. Of course, if your child becomes unwell during the school day we will inform you.

Uniform

Please make sure that your chil-

dren wears the correct uniform for

school. Grey trousers, skirt or pina-

fore, white shirt, navy blue jumper,

cardigan or sweat shirt and BLACK

shoes. These items are expensive

so please buy the correct ones in

the first place to avoid the embar-

rassment of members of staff tell-

ing you to buy the correct clothes.

There is a section on the website

explaining what to wear

Varahi—Y2

Hasleen—Y3

Ashvika—Y3

Annam—Y3

Kirron—Y6

Luca—Y3

Cherish—Y5

Jerome—Y5

Erick –Y5

Kevin—Y5

Aaron—Y2

Causturie—Y2

Amilah—Y2

Fayyaz—Y4

Maanasi—Y2

Aina– y2

Aaron—Y2

Amilah—Y2

Caustharie—Y2

Alisha—Y4

Dravedin—Y1

Trishjot—Y2

Viktoria—Y2

Dinijan—Y2

Shaanujan—Y2

Majusan—Y3

Sancia—Y3

Delia—Y2

Winners

Abishna—Y4—1st place

in Tamil Speech Comp

Ashivika—Y3—1st place

in Tamil Speech Comp

Anikha—Y3—Awarded

Tamil Language trophy

Dravedin Y1—Awarded

Tamil Language trophy

Times Table Titans Maths Magicians

Lost books

Please help your child to find their library books.

After our last check there are 100 books missing

from the library. It is important that they are re-

turned as soon as possible so that other children

can borrow them. If you really can’t find them

then you must pay your £4.50 to replace it via

parent mail.

Girl Power !

Our Girls’ Football Team have won first place in their latest tournament – they didn’t lose a single match and powered through to the final in great style and They have certain-ly put Nelson on the map again.

Take the time to look at the new trophy in our cabinet in reception! A brilliant result for our school.

Our Newest Graduates

Ten of our children graduated at the Children’s University on Fri-day 28th February. They attend-ed a ceremony at Loughborough University, in the Olympic Park. After an inspirational talk from Geoff Thompson, MBE they each received their certificates. Con-gratulations on all of the hard work. Thanks to our wonderful parents who support their chil-dren to expand their horizons.

EYFS Mini Beasts Visit

The children in Reception and Nursery were visited by a range of minibeasts on Thursday. This is part of their Learning Challenge Curriculum. It was lovely to see how all the children were so inter-ested in the animals and so respectful to the keepers that brought them into school.

Nelson Citizens

A great day out to Trafalgar Square for our Nelson Citizen medal winners learning about and sketch-ing the sights in Trafalgar Square. So proud of our Nelson Citizens. Truly deserving of their medals. Exemplary behaviour, manners, team work and knowledge about the battle of Trafalgar.

Dates for your diary

Holiday School Closed School open

Spring Break Monday 6 April 2020 to

Friday 17 April 2020

Monday 20 April 2020

May Day Friday 8 May 2020 Monday 11 May 2020

Half Term Monday 25 May 2020 to

Friday 29 May 2020

Monday 1 June 2020

Summer Break Monday 20 July 2020 Thursday 3rd September 2020

Term Time Leave

Changes in the law mean that the Head Teach-

er no longer has discretion to allow pupils to

take term time leave. If you take your child out

of school for any reason you will receive a fine

for £60 per child per parent. This means that

the mum will be fined £60 for each child and

the dad will be fined £60 for each child.

The government monitors school attendance.

They look at persistent absence. If your child

has attendance of 90% or less they are

deemed persistent absences and we are asked

to follow this up and refer to the Local Authori-

ty who could take you to court. At court, the

penalty is either a very large fine, £1000, or

imprisonment. Please avoid keeping your child

off school unless they are very sick.

DO NOT TAKE THEM OUT OF SCHOOL WHEN

THE SCHOOL IS OPEN. Please wait until the hol-

idays.

Bike Shed

It is disappointing that the bike and scooter sheds aren’t really being used. If your child would like to ride their bike or scooter to school they can leave it in the bike shed dur-ing the day. It is advisable to lock it in there as the school is not responsible for it if it is sto-len or broken. Please make sure that your child puts it in the shed themselves as it is an-other skill for them. If you do it for them they will not become independent. (one of our school values).

Learning Review Day

Parent Drop in Support Session

To help those few of you who have not yet man-aged to sign up to Parent Mail, there will be a drop in session in the community room to help you to get onto the system.

The admin staff will also be there to help with ap-plying for free school meals.

If you are having trouble booking appointments for Learning Review Day, please ask at the school reception. They will be happy to help you.

Spring Festival

We will be holding our annual Spring Festival at the end of this month.

We will be sending more information to you very soon. Please keep these dates in your diary.

Monday 23rd March: Woodwind and Brass Concert

Tuesday 24th March: String Concert

Wednesday 25th March: Poetry

Thursday 26th March: Gala Choral Concert

Friday 27th March: Orchestral Spectacular