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Dear parents & carers,

A great start to this half-term. The children have been working exceptionally hard this week. 

I am pleased to say that our attendance has significantly improved. Thank you to our parents and carers for ensuring that children come to school as much as possible. You are helping with your child's academic progress, mental health and well-being.  I am still receiving too many Leave of Absence Forms for holidays and trips abroad. These must be taken in school holidays please.  

A reminder that if your child is unwell and going to be absent from school, you must contact the school office. Other communication tools, such as Class Dojo, are not sufficient. Many thanks.

Just before half-term, we invited the National Association for Special Educational Needs (Nasen) to complete an audit of the SEND provision we give across the school.  As a school, we strive to be outward looking and will look for advice as to how to improve. The feedback was very positive, and our systems were highly praised. We look forward to the full report and continuing to improve and expand our work.  A big thank you to Ms Clark and Ms Picton, our Inclusion Manager and SENDCo, as well as our team of learning support assistants and all the staff and children that participated.

We have a number of school events coming up.  We shall be selling poppies and have a special Remembrance Day assembly next Friday (details below).  The following week is anti-bullying week, and we will have a non-uniform day on Friday 17th November and a sponsored run (see below) for Children in Need.  There will also be a special maths day!

November is also `Barvember`, a month packed with maths problems. Each problem can be solved using a bar model, a useful tool for helping children visualise and then solve maths problems.  You can find out about this method here:  https://thirdspacelearning.com/blog/teach-bar-model-method-arithmetic-maths-word-problems-ks1-ks2/