Dear Parents/Carers, A very big warm welcome back and especially to any new families. The children have clearly settled into their new classes and as I walk around the school I am impressed with their behaviour and maturing attitudes. I have known many of the children since they were 5 years old and I am really enjoying getting to know them again. I have listened to some of the amazing Year 6 manifesto speeches as they try and convince the rest of the school why they should be Head Boy Or Head Girl and am genuinely very impressed by the standard! I also feel that this is a true example the British value of democracy. Elections (secret ballot voting) will take place on the 1st October. I wonder who the winners will be?

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2019/2020 Issue 1

VALUES FOR THE MONTH OF September; Hope

Year 6—How to apply for a secondary school place for your child in

September 2020

Applications are now open for secondary schools in

September 2020. All applications need to be

completed by 31st October at the latest and any

arriving after that time will be considered late.

Please do not miss this deadline. The most

important thing to do now is to go to the secondary

schools open evenings / mornings. Going around a

school will give you a very good idea of what that

school is like especially as the tour groups are

normally led by current pupils of that school. Please

do take your child with you so that they can see a

prospective school as well. Applications forms and

dates of open days can be found on Harrow’s

website - www.harrow.gov.uk in the schools

section. On your application form you can list up to

six schools in order of preference from any school

in London - e.g. if you are interested in applying for

Claremont which is in Brent, you can do so on the

one form. If you do have any questions please feel

free to ring or write to the school office who will try

and help you.

The school photographer will

be in school TOMORROW,

24th September. Please

make sure your child comes

to school in full school

uniform and looking really

smart for their individual

photograph. Thank you

PLEASE RESPECT OUR

NEIGHBOURS

We would like to take this opportunity to remind all our parents about parking

safely and legally when collecting and dropping off your children, both at the start and the end of the day. We respectfully ask our parents and other family members to be mindful of private driveways, ‘keep clear’ and ‘no parking’ road markings. It is also important that you park safely in ways that do not restrict people from gaining a clear view and therefore a safe place to cross the road. It only takes one instance of a child not being able to see a car coming out of a junction, or being forced to step out into the road to pass a parked car and the consequences don't bear

thinking about!

OUR SCHOOL TARGET IS

97%

Week 1: 90.2%

Week 2: 96.3%

Week 3: 96.4%

PLEASE SEE PARENT AUTUMN TERM CALENDER AND PARENTPAY DETAILS AT THE END OF THIS NEWSLETTER

Absences –Reminder Attending school every day is incredibly important for your child's academic and social development. If, however, your child is too unwell to attend , please ensure you inform the school by 9.00am as it is our du-ty to follow up any absences. If you need to make an appointment for your child, please arrange these outside of school hours wherever possible. If an appointment must take place during school hours, please let the school know as soon as possible and provide a copy of the appointment card/ hospital letter. We hope everyone has a happy and healthy year.

Raising Concerns We value our relationship with parents and want to ensure you get the opportunity to raise any concerns with us and that we can deal with your situation appropriate-

ly. As you can appreciate early mornings and pick up times are very busy in a school environment and not conducive to discussing concerns, especially in front of other parents or children. If you want to raise a concern about your child please

follow this procedure:

Step 1 - Ring the office or email to arrange a mutually agreeable time for a phone call or face to face meeting with the class teacher. 0208952 2731 or

office@staglanejunior.harrow.sch.uk Step 2 - Arrange a meeting with the Year Group Leader (Miss Bashir(Y3), Mrs Halai

(Y4), Mrs Foley(Y5) or Mrs Kercher(Y6). Step 3 - If that has no acceptable resolution then please ask to see the Interim

Deputy Headteacher (Mrs Christofis) or the Executive Headteacher (Mrs Will).

Step 4 - If the query is about Special Needs, please phone for an appointment with the SEND leader (Mrs Tahirkheli)

Step 5 - If you feel your concern has not been addressed appropriately, then contact the Chair of Governors, Mr V. Rathod, via the school.

Hot Lunches

Following discussions with the Parent Forum

last year, the Kitchen staff have taken on sug-

gestions and trying to make their lunches

more inclusive. You can find the menu on

our website so you are aware of what they

are serving.

Packed Lunches

Please do not give children fizzy drinks,

sweets or chocolates for lunch. Crisps can be

brought in on Wednesdays and a ‘treat’ on

Fridays such as a chocolate coated cereal bar

or cake. Please do not send in chocolate bars.

Thank you for your support in teaching

our children about healthy lifestyles.

Most clubs have now started with a

good take up. There are a couple of

spaces in the following clubs if you are

interested;

• Dance

• Multi Sports

• Basketball

Please note that any further additional dates added will be highlighted in yellow.

September

Date Time Activity

Week of Monday 16th Throughout the

week

Yr. 3 baseline testing and Autumn 1 testing for Yr. 4, 5 & 6

(AR, Basic skills, Superheroes, HFW)

Tuesday 17th September for

Year 3 and 4 parents

9.00am or

3.00pm

Meet the teacher. Presentation in your child’s class and an

opportunity for you to meet the teacher. Please attend either

at 9.00am or 3.00pm.

Thursday 19th September for

Year 5 and 6 parents

9.00am or

3.00pm

Meet the teacher. Presentation in your child’s class and an

opportunity for you to meet the teacher. Please attend either

at 9.00am or 3.00pm.

Friday 20th 9.00am Amalgamation Coffee Morning for Parents

Friday 20th 1.30pm 6K class assembly

Tuesday 24th All day Individual photos

Friday 27th 1:30pm 5F class assembly

October

Tuesday 1st All day Voting for Head girl and Head boy

Friday 4th 1.30pm 4H class assembly

Friday 11th 1.30pm 3B class assembly

Tuesday 15th PM Year 3 church visit

Thursday 17th 1.30pm Parents evening with Autumn report

Friday 18th 1.30pm 6L class assembly

Monday 21st – Friday 25th All day Half term holiday

Monday 30th 9.00am SEND coffee morning

Thursday 31st 5.30pm Year 6 Norfolk trip Parent meeting

November

Monday 4th All day Year 3 Zoolab workshop

Thursday 7th 2.00pm Year 4 local area walk

Friday 8th 1.30pm 6N class assembly

Thursday 14th All day Year 3 trip to Headstone Museum

Friday 15th All day Year 3 trip to Headstone Museum

Friday 15th 1.30pm 5A class assembly

Monday 18th – Friday 22nd All week Year 6 School journey (Norfolk) & activities week

19th, 20th and 21st PM TBC Year 5 magistrate visits (TBC)

Friday 22nd 1.30pm 4A class assembly

Week of Monday 25th-29th Throughout the

week

Autumn 2 testing for Yr. 4, 5 & 6 (AR, Basic skills,

Superheroes, HFW)

Wednesday 27th TBC Flu vaccinations

Friday 29th 1.30pm Year 6 Norfolk and activities week assembly

December

Thursday 12th 9.15am Christmas show (TBC)

Friday 13th 2pm Christmas show (TBC)

Tuesday 17th Pm Last swimming session for 5F

Thursday 19th December 2pm End of term

Parent Autumn Term Calendar 2019

An introduction to our online payment service www.parentpay.com

What does ParentPay do? enables you to pay for school meals, some trips, clubs and music lessons

offers a highly secure payment site

gives you a history of all the payments you have made

allows to create a single account login across all your children that attend a ParentPay school

shows you all items available for payment relevant to each of your children

emails a receipt of your payment to the email address you register

offers you the ability to set automated email/SMS payment reminders

How does ParentPay help you? gives you the freedom to make payments to school whenever and wherever you like

stops you having to write cheques or search for cash to send to school

gives you peace of mind that your payment has been made safely and securely

helps with budgeting; payments are immediate, there is no waiting for cheques to clear

payments for many of the larger trips can be made by instalments up to the due date

you never need miss a payment or have insufficient credit with automated email/SMS alerts

ParentPay is quick and easy to use

Important emails can be sent to you from the school

How does ParentPay help our school? • reduces the administrative time spent on banking procedures

• keeps accurate records of payments made to every service for every student

payments do not bounce

reduces paper ‘waste’

allows for easy and quick refunds to be made back to the payment card

improves communication between the school and parents concerning payments

offers a more efficient payment collection process, reducing the amount of money held on

school premises

helps us improve school-home communication with its integrated email/SMS messaging centre

How do I get started? We will send you an activation letter shortly after your child starts at school containing your

activation username and password to enable you to setup your ParentPay account. During the

activation process you will be guided through changing your password to something more

memorable; if you have more than one child at a ParentPay school/s you can also add children to a

single account providing one login for all children at ParentPay schools.

If you do not have access to the internet you can pay cash at local stores where you see the Pay-

Point logo by using a barcoded letter provided by the school or by using a PayPoint Card which can

be ordered for you. There is no charge for this card but if this is lost or damaged there will be a

charge of £2 to replace it. Please contact the school office if you require a PayPoint Card.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR PARENTPAY ACCOUNT REGULARLY AND DO NOT LET IT

GO OVERDRAWN, AS IT MAY RESULT IN YOUR CHILD BEING REFUSED A LUNCH

WHICH CAN BE VERY EMBARRASING FOR THEM. THANK YOU