Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• September 2019

  Fri 19 Jul 2019

  Thank you, parents, for bringing your children to school every day and trusting us with them. Have a lovely, restful summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you back on Wednesday 4th September, energised and excited for the new term.

  

• 100% Attendance!

  Thu 18 Jul 2019

  Bluebirds: 97.7%       Eagles: 97.9%      Falcons: 98.5%

  Ospreys: 98.1%       Sparrows: 96.8%    Wagtails: 96.8%

   

  Well done Falcons – you have the best class attendance (and the most 100% attendees) this year and the Eagles are right on your tail! Our incredible 100% attendees this year are: Joseph Allsopp, Lennon Luettge, Isla-Rose Wildish, Isaac Fahey, Sophie Fisher, Haydn Goddard, Esme-Rose Leeman, Ivy Shepherd-Martell, Nathan Ward, Alfie Winfield, Tilly Adcock, Pippa Allsopp, Jamie Beddows, Oliver Francis, Haasini Kolli, Ellie O’Connor, Finley Scall, Isabella Soar, Jack Walker, Ella Wright, Oscar Dobb, Elliot Ward, Daniel Whitten, Amelia Hathway, Charlie Hodgson and Theo Thompson.

   

  Congratulations to you all – very well deserved. Special congratulations also to Pippa Allsopp, Jamie Beddows, Haasini Kolli, Oscar Dobb and Daniel Whitten for achieving 100% annual attendance for the second year running… and Haydn Goddard & Charlie Hodgson for an astonishing three consistent years of 100% attendance! WELL DONE!

• 4-Year Upward Trend

  Thu 18 Jul 2019

  Our Key Stage 2 results were released last week and we are delighted to see that the upward trend in achievement has continued!

   

  Subject	Percentage reaching the Expected Standard (comparison from last year)
  Reading	87% (+7%)
  Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling	87% (+4%)
  Writing	96% (+11%)
  Maths	91% (+4%)
  Combined EXS+	78% (+4%)

   

  It is worth noting that each child = 4.35%

   

  Our writing was also moderated by the Local Authority which validated the excellence in the children’s written work across the curriculum.

   

  Nationally, 65% of children achieved the expected standards in reading, writing and maths. Nationally, 73% achieved the standard in reading; in grammar, punctuation & spelling, 78% achieved the standard and maths 79% of children achieved the standard nationally.

   

  The SATs are incredibly challenging tests and some of the children who didn’t quite meet the expected mark were only one or two marks away. A huge well done to all the team in preparing the children through their primary times.

   

  The staff and the children here have worked incredibly hard and they deserve to be rewarded with great results. 

• Summer Fayre Thanks

  Thu 18 Jul 2019

  Thank you to everyone who came to our Summer Fayre on Friday. Thank you to our PTA for organising the events & running the stalls. Thank you staff & children for their country & maypole dances & organising games – together you raised £945.35. Thank you & well done.

• Family First Magazine

  Thu 18 Jul 2019
  A digital copy of 'Family First' publication can be downloaded from the following link:
  
  https://issuu.com/sevenstarmedia/docs/ff_issue_4_digital110719-96dpi

• After School Provision at Claypole School

  Wed 17 Jul 2019

  We are delighted that we are able to offer our families ‘wrap-around’ care in school for 2019/20.

   

  Littlegates for Littlepeople are moving its Kids Club to our school from Wednesday 4^th September (from

  3:30pm to 6pm) which includes a cooked meal, stimulating activities indoors and outdoors and fully qualified

   staff. New children are welcome.

   

  For more information and to book your child a place, contact Charlotte on: 07377128226 or email: littlegatesforlittlepeople@googlemail.com 

• ParentMail

  Tue 16 Jul 2019

  Communicating with parents is an important part of what we do, making sure you get the correct information about school news, activities and things that really matter is something we care about. 

   

  As you are aware we use ParentMail, a service used by over 6,000 schools, nurseries and children’s clubs to communicate to parents. ParentMail will be beneficial to you because you can:
   

  • Use a free mobile app on Android and iOS to pick up school messages instantly.
  • Have an account simply for school messages (away from your busy email inbox!)
  • Connect to other schools, nurseries or clubs that use ParentMail.
  • Highlight important messages or archive old messages to make life easier.
  • Messages can be sent directly to mums, dads and carers – even grandparents!

   

  Registering with ParentMail is very easy! Over the next few days you will be sent either an email and/or text message from ParentMail, when you receive this please just follow the instructions in the message.
   

  Please be assured that ParentMail is registered with the Information Commissioner and guarantees that all information you provide will be kept private and will not be passed on to any other organisation.

   

  Once registered, if you have an Android or Apple smartphone, we would highly recommend you download the ParentMail App for the best user experience. To do this, simply search for “ParentMail in your App store.

   

  If you need any additional information or assistance, please visit the help site: www.parentmail.co.uk/help/parenthelp/  or if you have not received any contact from ParentMail within 7days please contact the school office.

• Parent Pay

  Tue 16 Jul 2019
  • From September we will be using +Pay on ParentMail – an online payment service which allows you to pay for school items quickly and easily on your smartphone, tablet or computer.
     
    We will inform you about items you need to pay through ParentMail, and you will be able to pay electronically, using credit or debit cards.
     
    If you have an Android or Apple smartphone, we would highly recommend you download the free ParentMail App so that you can make easy, online payments on the go. To do this, simply search for “ParentMail” in your App store.
     
    We are hoping to go completely cashless over the next few weeks so appreciate your support in making payments electronically. However, if you do not wish to make payments online, you can continue to make cash, cheque and voucher payments.
     
    For those parents who already pay by direct debit into our bank account, you may continue to do so, however paying by +Pay on ParentMail would be the preferred method.
     
    Please note, your bank statement will display either the school name or ParentMail, dependent on your payment method.
     
    If you need any additional information or assistance, please use the help site: www.parentmail.co.uk/help/parenthelp/ or please contact the school office.
     
    Additional information is also on our school website:
    MENU…Parents… Parent Pay….

• Playground

  Mon 15 Jul 2019

  We have recently being asking for quotes from various playground equipment/development companies to re-vamp and re-invigorate our playground. We have been informed by the Local Authority that we have enough devolved capital to spend on it.  We have asked Jupiter Play (the company that provided the Claypole Community Park) to provide us with an assessment and a quote and we are very much looking forward to beginning its build soon.

• Gold Sports Mark Award for Claypole

  Fri 12 Jul 2019

  Our school was awarded the Gold Award for the Sainsbury’s Schools Games Mark 2018/19 in recognition for our outstanding PE/Sport & fitness provision in school. We are very proud to have achieved this & look forward to continuing to build on our excellent provision next year🥇

   

  Well done and thank you to Miss Bowles, our PE Leader, who has done a phenomenal job in leading and developing our PE/Sport & fitness provision in school - our Gold award is a credit to her hard work and validates our excellent sporting provision.