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Whole School Newsletter May 16 2022
Mon 16 May 2022Dear Parents/Carers
16 May 2022
The clerk to the governors has informed me of the election result for parent governor:
Mr Richard Mayer, has been reappointed as parent governor with immediate effect.
If any other parents are interested in joining the governing body, please don’t hesitate to contact the Chair or the Clerk to the governors. Mrs Karen Smith, our Chair of Governors will be sending out a flyer regarding becoming a school governor and the key role that they play in the strategic leadership of the school.
Chair: Karen Smith karen.smith@mudefordjs.co.uk
Clerk: Louise Instone louise.instone@judicium.com
Year 6
Year 6 children have completed their SAT tests. We are very proud of how hard the children have worked. Their results, alongside the end of year reports, will be sent out in July.
Transition day for all year 6 children will be on Friday 1 July. Children will be visiting their new secondary schools on this day.
The year 6 residential trip to Osmington Bay (Friday 10 – Monday 13 June) is fast approaching. Mr Goodlet will be sending out information to year 6 parents.
The residential trip for our present year 5 children has been booked for Friday 9 – Monday 12 June 2023.
The dates of activities can be found on the school website in the News and Events, Calendar section. The summer term is always extremely busy in school with lots going on.
School Disco – We are looking forward to the disco on Friday. Tickets can still be purchased from the school office.
Year 3 and 4 Disco will be taking place on Friday 20 May, 5.30 – 7.00pm.
Year 5 Disco Friday 20 May 7.20-8.50pm.
Year 6 Disco will be held on Tuesday 19 July 7.00 - 9.00pm (Leavers Disco)
Sports Day
Hopefully the good weather will continue for Sports Day which is due to be held on Tuesday 24 May at 10.30am, lasting approx. 1 hour 40 minutes. The weather forecast looks promising at this time. All parents are invited to come along and support the event. The main Mudeford Lane gate will be open from 10.15am.
Kind regards
M Partridge - Headteacher
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Whole School Newsletter April (May 5)
Thu 05 May 2022Dear Parents/Carers
The dates of activities happening in school for the summer term can be found on the school website in the News and Events, Calendar section. The summer term is always extremely busy in school with lots going on.
It’s been lovely to hear the choir singing again, children back cooking in the Year 5 after school club and over 50 children taking part in Athletics club after school. Teamtheme and Harry Lund Tennis continue to run throughout the summer term.
School Disco – Tickets for Years 3,4,5 disco can be purchased on the Lower Junior playground before school 8.35-8.45am on Thursday 12th May and Friday 13th May. Year 6 Disco tickets will be sold at a later date.
Discos have been booked for the summer term. All children will be invited for their year appropriate disco.
Year 3 and 4 Disco will be taking place on Friday 20 May, 5.30 – 7.00pm.
Year 5 Disco Friday 20 May 7.20-8.50pm.
Year 6 Disco will be held on Tuesday 19 July 7.00 - 9.00pm (Leavers Disco)
Sports Day
Hopefully the good weather will continue throughout this half term with Sports Day for all groups being held on Tuesday 24 May at 10.30am, lasting approx. 1 hour 40 minutes. All parents are invited to come along and support the event.
Jubilee Celebrations
To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we will be having a special time of celebration. During the school day on Friday 27th May the children will take part in a variety of activities. There will be a letter to follow giving details of all the events.
Parents’ Evenings
We are planning to hold face to face Parents’ Evenings during the second half of the summer term. Parents will be invited to book a 10 minute slot to discuss their child’s progress and share their work from the school year.
Years 3,4,5 on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June.
Year 6, Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 June.
Year Group Newsletters
Each year group will be sending out their newsletter over the next few days with information regarding the learning and events of the term.
Kind regards
M Partridge - Headteacher
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Whole School Newsletter April (April 26)
Tue 26 Apr 2022Dear Parents/Carers
Welcome back to the summer term. What lovely weather we had over the Easter break!
We are so proud of the children’s efforts in all aspects of their learning. They have been working hard individually to earn merits but have also been contributing to their House Team Points through academic success, sporting achievements and team events.
The winning team for the spring term was the Blue (Curlews Team). As a reward, the children in the Blue Team will have a team mufti day on Tuesday 3 May when they will be able to come to school in their team colour. This could be a blue cap, socks, item of clothing or a full blue outfit! If your class has PE on Tuesday, children can undertake PE in their mufti along with suitable footwear.
Children in all of the other teams are expected to wear school uniform as usual.
Sports Day
Hopefully the good weather will continue throughout this half term with Sports Day for all groups being held on Tuesday 24 May at 10.30am, lasting approx. 1 hour 40 minutes. All parents are invited to come along and support the event.
School Disco
Discos have been booked for the summer term. All children will be invited for their year appropriate disco.
Year 3 and 4 Disco will be taking place on Friday 20 May, 5.30 – 7.00pm.
Year 5 Disco Friday 20 May 7.20-8.50pm.
Year 6 Disco will be held on Tuesday 19 July 7.00 - 9.00pm (Leavers Disco)
Parents’ Evenings
We are planning to hold face to face Parents’ Evenings during the second half of the summer term. Parents will be invited to book a 10 minute slot to discuss their child’s progress and share their work from the school year.
Years 3,4,5 on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June.
Year 6, Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 June.
Bikeability
Letters will be coming out this week to Year 6 for Bikeability Level 3. Year 6 will have the opportunity to learn about road safety and develop their riding skills on the roads around the school. Level 3 is on local roads – for children in year 6 and above. This course will cover roundabouts, traffic lights and busier roads.
School Council
The School Council have met and have put forward their ideas for the creation of an exercise circuit around the school grounds. The council will now be deciding between three bids from design companies who will be tendering their ideas.
On Wednesday 27 April the School Council will be meeting with HC3S, our hot lunch provider, to taste samples and give feedback on the new lunchtime menu.
Kind regards
M Partridge - Headteacher
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Whole School March Newsletter 2021
Thu 31 Mar 2022Dear Parents,
The school councillors at Mudeford Junior School unanimously voted to hold a non-uniform day in school on Friday 25th March to raise money and support the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. For the non-uniform day, the councillors asked the children to dress in yellow and blue, the colours of the Ukrainian flag, to show solidarity and to make a donation to UNICEF to help them undertake emergency work in Ukraine. The School Council would like to thank everyone for their support and donations which raised the fantastic sum of £793.33 which has been sent to UNICEF.
At Mudeford Junior School we promote a broad and balanced curriculum. Before half term the children learnt about community and global issues during Community Cohesion Week with various outside agencies, speakers and trips off site. Topics covered included, recognising and appreciating diversity within the community, the global recycling and sustainability issue and the importance of health and mental wellbeing.
School Trips
Year 3 Historical Study of the Iron Age
Year 3 will be visiting Hengistbury Head as part of the National Curriculum Historical Study focussed on the Iron Age on Friday 1st April. On this trip Year 3 will be learning how we can learn about British history. Following their visit the children will be able to create a picture of what people were doing and what the headland looked like thousands of years ago.
Year 4 Historical Study Ancient Technology Centre, Cranborne
We are delighted to have the opportunity for Year 4 to visit the Ancient Technology Centre in Cranborne. The Centre delivers an authentic, hands on experience for the children, bringing to life all the different periods the children have studied during Year 3 and 4; the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, the Romans, Anglo Saxons and Vikings. The children will be able to explore reconstructed buildings of the times and will take part in skills and crafts, such as blacksmithing, felt making and willow weaving, following processes that have remained unchanged for thousands of years. Both Year 4 classes will be visiting the Ancient Technology Centre on Thursday 19th May 2022.
Year 5 Trip to Winchester Science Centre
We are really excited that we have booked to take Year 5 for a brilliant, action-packed trip to Winchester Science Centre on Tuesday 5 July 2022. Winchester Science Centre is an interactive science and technology centre with the largest standalone planetarium in the UK. The children will have the opportunity to take part in exciting hands-on science experiences and workshops on the theme of Space.
Year 6 Residential Trip
Our Year 6 residential visit to PGL Osmington Bay outdoor education centre will be between Friday 10 June and Monday 13 June 2022. The residential includes a full programme of activities led by qualified staff and has included in the past, abseiling, climbing, raft building, rifle shooting, zip wire and giant swing. The balance of the full cost is due by Friday 1st April 2022.
Upcoming events
Monday 4th April - Swimming for year 3 concludes on, this being the last of 20 sessions for year 3.
Next Thursday 7th April, we will be having our Easter Egg Hunt (orienteering activity). The children will ‘eggsplore’ the school field to find the symbols hidden on the eggs. Once they have found the symbols they then need to crack the code working as a team. It will be a scramble to the finish to win an Easter egg. Every child will receive a chocolate egg for taking part.
Sports Day will be held on Tuesday 24th May. We are anticipating that parents will be invited to attend and support the event.
Discos have been booked for the summer term. All children will be invited for their year appropriate disco.
School Discos
Year 3 and 4 Disco will be taking place on Friday 20th May, 5.30 – 7.00pm.
Year 5 Disco , Friday 20th May 7.20-8.50pm.
Year 6 Disco will be held on Tuesday 19th July 7.00 - 9.00pm (Leavers Disco)
Parents’ Evenings
We are planning to hold face to face Parents’ Evenings during the second half of the summer term. Parents will be invited to book a 10 minute slot to discuss their child’s progress and share their work from the school year.
Years 3,4,5 on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th June.
Year 6, Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd June.
The School Council are undertaking an ambitious project and will be meeting several representatives from various sports equipment and design companies with the aim of creating and installing a ‘Daily Mile’ circuit around the school grounds.
As school life slowly returns to normal, it is our hope to re-establish the PTA over the next few months. If you would be interested in supporting the school in fundraising and organising events, please let the school office know.
Kindest regards
Mark Partridge
Headteacher
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School Council Letter in support of the Ukraine humanitarian crisis
Fri 18 Mar 2022Dear parents/ carers,
The school councillors at Mudeford Junior School have unanimously voted to hold a non-uniform day in school on Friday 25th March to raise money and support the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. For our non-uniform day, the councillors would like children to dress in yellow and blue, the colours of the Ukrainian flag, to show solidarity.
There are thousands of people currently fleeing their homes to seek shelter from the ongoing war. Global charities are working to help as many children, families and people as possible. The school councillors have decided to donate any monetary donations to UNICEF as we are a UNICEF Rights Respecting School; you can find out more on www.unicef.org.uk Please donate as much or as little as you like.
Although the councillors originally voted on donating items, on reflection and after some careful research, they have decided that a cash donation is the most effective way to support the Ukraine crisis. The UNICEF website states: We’re currently not accepting any items for the emergency appeal. These kind offers are really appreciated, but any donated items will need to be sorted, cleaned and transported which could impact our response, so please consider making a monetary donation instead to our emergency appeals. The best way you can help support our emergency work in Ukraine is to donate money to the appeal.
The school councillors feel that often donated items might not be the most cost effective due to the transportation costs this involves. They feel that it is better if charities buy items locally or from countries in the affected region as this can stimulate the local economy and will also have a lower environmental impact.
Thank you for supporting the councillor’s suggestion of a non-uniform day wearing yellow and blue to support the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Please give what you can, your donations will help to protect children in Ukraine.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Egan and The School Councillors
Chair of School Council: Bethany
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Community Community Weel 14 - 18 February 2022
Mon 14 Mar 2022At Mudeford Junior School we really value the opportunity for the children to learn about the wider world. Before half term the children had a wonderful week off timetable exploring local and global issues. The poster below is the overview showing what the children explored in each year group.
It was a fantastic week and the children learnt so much. We hope that much of this learning has helped them to become informed and knowledgeable and that its positive impact will be shown in the decisions they make in their lives
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E Safety Education and advice
Mon 14 Mar 2022Dear Parents,With children spending more and more time online we continue to promote the need to keep our children safe online whilst still allowing them to have fun and enjoy all that the internet offers. Year 5 and 6 have had the great opportunity of attending an e-safety workshop led by Andrew Williams (E-safety consultant from SWGfL) He provided us with some very useful advice and guidance for Parents and Caregivers about keeping children safe online.Two videos can be found in E-safety section of our Video Resource CentreParents Q&A VideoOn this video, Andrew Williams (SWGfL) answers some of your questions about the easiest ways to keep your children safe online; how to keep children safe in terms of content on YouTube; managing children's friends online; where to find more information about keeping children safe online; what the biggest online risks are and the best service platform APPS available to parents in order to provide the best protection online. Thank you to the parents who e-mailed in with questions for Andrew.Andrew's Parenting Online training videoOn this video, Andrew Williams (SWGfL) gives lots of advice for parents and caregivers about how to keep children safe online.More information about E-safety and useful websites can be found on our school website in the E-safety sections.Thanks for your support. -
Covid 19 Update February 28 - 2022
Mon 28 Feb 2022Dear Parents,
During the half term period the Government has reviewed the legal obligations and guidance in managing the risk and spreading of Covid 19. There have been some significant changes to the government’s approach to managing the countries response to the pandemic over the past week. As a BCP maintained school we are also guided by the local authorities' policies and guidance regarding minimising the potential health risks within the school and community. We will continue to respond to the local and national picture to make sure that we do everything that we can to keep our community safe. We will also endeavour to balance this with the desire to give our children the best possible educational experiences and have opportunities to share their learning with their parents. We would therefore ask that parents read and follow the updated guidance from public health and the DfE.
Updated public health advice for education settings:
Following the Government’s announcement that all remaining legal COVID-19 restrictions would end from Thursday 24 February:
Self-isolation
There is no longer a legal requirement to self-isolate following a positive test. However, the public health advice remains the same and anyone who has symptoms of COVID-19 or a positive test result should stay at home and avoid contact with other people to avoid spreading the virus to others.
The updated advice includes specific guidance for education settings:
Children and young people with COVID-19 should not attend their education setting while they are infectious. They should take an LFD test from 5 days after their symptoms started (or the day their test was taken if they did not have symptoms) followed by another one the next day. If both these tests results are negative, they should return to their educational setting if they normally attend one, as long as they feel well enough to do so and do not have a temperature. They should follow the guidance for their educational setting.
If your child has no symptoms, but tests positive on a Lateral Flow test, we recommend they remain off school for five full days as well. Although your child may be symptom free, others might not be so lucky and continued attendance while knowingly positive poses a significant risk to others. Several families have household members or children with medical conditions, as do some of our staff working in school, thus making catching COVID potentially very harmful.
Close contacts
Close contacts of confirmed cases are no longer advised to take daily lateral flow tests, but they should take steps to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19.
Testing
The Government no longer recommends twice-weekly asymptomatic testing in mainstream education and childcare settings. This is for children and staff.
At present, anyone with symptoms should continue to get a free PCR test and lateral flow tests can still be used for asymptomatic testing.
The Government has announced that free universal symptomatic and asymptomatic testing will end on 1 April, so we will provide further updates once we know more.
Face-Coverings
Staff will no longer be required to wear them in communal spaces unless they choose to do so. From now, visitors and parents invited into school, will also no longer be required to wear masks indoors unless they choose to do so.We will continue to keep you informed of any changes in local and national guidance.
I would like to thank you in advance for your continued support in ensuring that we keep cases to a minimum so that both parents and children stay well and don’t miss out on the numerous events and learning experiences that we have planned over the rest of the spring and summer terms, details of which can be found on the school website.
Kindest regards
Mark Partridge
Headteacher
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STORM EUNICE SCHOOL CLOSURE
Thu 17 Feb 2022Throughout the day we have been receiving information from BCP Local Authority about Storm Eunice. The forecast of wind strength has steadily worsened throughout the day. A short while ago BCP contacted schools advising school closure. BCP have made several points regarding health and safety including widespread transport disruption, risk of injury from flying debris, possible loss of communications and power and to only travel if essential. Consequently, the potential risks of opening the site are considerable and therefore the school will be closed tomorrow, with the children returning on Monday 28th February after the half term break.
Work tomorrow for each year group will be set on Google Classroom. In addition most year groups have homework, reading tasks and times tables practise (Times Tables Rockstars) to undertake.
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Whole School Newsletter January 2022
Mon 10 Jan 2022Dear Parents/Carers,
Happy New Year! I am very pleased with how the children have settled back in to the spring term.
The impact of Covid on the education system has been well documented in the news lately, with predicted staff shortages resulting in disruption to the children’s learning. As stated in the previous newsletter, the school continues to implement a comprehensive risk assessment. As part of this, the school will be notifying the relevant year groups of positive PCR cases to raise awareness and inform the wider community. We have been informed this morning that positive cases have been reported in both Year 3 and Year 5. Over the Christmas period, several staff members were isolating as a result of a positive test. At the beginning of the pandemic, the Governing Body of the school foresaw the negative impact that the spread of Covid 19 could have on staffing levels. They took the decision to allocate additional resources to ensure the continuity of education in school, even if significant numbers of staff are absent. These measures, on numerous occasions, have helped the children remain in school and for face to face education to be maintained.
I would like to thank all the staff who made the last week before the Christmas holidays very enjoyable and memorable for the children. Each class had the opportunity to cook with Mrs Hill (our cookery teacher) to produce some edible Christmas treats. Festive activities included Christmas parties, watching Mr Merlin - a visiting magician - and his dragon Okey Dokey, Christmas craft activities and the traditional Christmas dinner. On Friday 7th January M&M Productions performed the pantomime Snow White for the children.
Team Awards: We are so proud of the children's efforts in all aspects of their learning. They have been working hard individually to earn merits but have also been contributing to their Team House Points through academic success, sporting achievements and team events. In addition, children who have 100% attendance each term, earn 25 points each for their colour team. We have totalled the final point scores earned by each team in the whole of the autumn term. The results are incredibly close! You can view them on the homepage of the school website.
The winning team for the autumn term was the BLUE (Curlews Team). As a reward, the children in the Blue Team will have a team mufti day on Monday 17th January when they will be able to come to school in their team colour. This could be a blue cap, socks, item of clothing or a full blue outfit! Children in all of the other teams are expected to wear school uniform as usual.
Dates for the term can be found on the school calendar. Swimming for Year 3 recommences on Monday 24th January and will finish on Monday 4th April. The school are appreciative of those parents who have contributed towards the termly cost of swimming lessons. These payments help enable the school provide two terms of swimming for the year 3 children.
After school teacher led clubs will begin again on Monday 17th January. Please note there will be no after school clubs the week beginning Monday 14th February as parents’ evenings will be held remotely this week on Tuesday 15th and Thursday 17th February (4pm – 7pm.)
E Safety: With children spending more and more time online we continue to promote the need to keep our children safe online whilst still allowing them to have fun and enjoy all that the internet offers. Year 5 and 6 have had the great opportunity of attending an e-safety workshop led by Andrew Williams (E-safety consultant from SWGfL) He provided us with some very useful advice and guidance for Parents and Caregivers about keeping children safe online.
Two videos can be found in E-safety section of our Video Resource Centre on the website
Parents Q&A Video
On this video, Andrew Williams (SWGfL) answers some of your questions about the easiest ways to keep your children safe online; how to keep children safe in terms of content on YouTube; managing children's friends online; where to find more information about keeping children safe online; what the biggest online risks are and the best service platform APPS available to parents in order to provide the best protection online. Thank you to the parents who e-mailed in with questions for Andrew.
Andrew's Parenting Online training video
On this video, Andrew Williams (SWGfL) gives lots of advice for parents and caregivers about how to keep children safe online.
More information about E-safety and useful websites can be found on our school website in the E-safety sections.
School Trips: We are really excited that we have booked to take Year 5 for a brilliant, action-packed trip to Winchester Science Centre on Tuesday 5 July 2022. Winchester Science Centre is an interactive science and technology centre with the largest standalone planetarium in the UK. The children will have the opportunity to take part in exciting hands-on science experiences and workshops on the theme of Space, the topic we have been covering in class.
Year 4 will have the opportunity to visit the Ancient Technology Centre in Cranborne during the summer term. The Centre delivers an authentic, hands on experience for the children, bringing to life all the different periods the children have studied during Year 3 and 4; the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, the Romans, Anglo Saxons and Vikings. The children will be able to explore reconstructed buildings of the times and will take part in skills and crafts, such as blacksmithing, felt making and willow weaving, following processes that have remained unchanged for thousands of years.
For both trips, the Governing Body has agreed that if the total value of voluntary contributions falls below 90% of the overall cost, then the trip/activity will be cancelled.
Our Year 6 residential visit to PGL Osmington Bay outdoor education centre will be between Friday 10 June and Monday 13 June 2022. The residential includes a full programme of activities led by qualified staff and has included in the past, abseiling, climbing, raft building, rifle shooting, zip wire and giant swing. The balance of the full cost is due by Friday 1st April 2022.
Holiday dates:
Inset day – Friday 4th February
Half term - Monday 21st – Friday 25th February
Last day of spring term – Friday 8th April
Summer term begins – Monday 25th April
Inset day – Friday 17th June
Kind regards
Mr M Partridge
