We enjoyed celebrating the birthday of the church today and especially loved our cake – thank you!

As you are aware, KS1 SATs will be taking play during the month of May. Assessments for Year 2 children are marked by school staff and the results are used, alongside evidence gathered over the year, to determine the end of Key Stage attainment for these children.  We do not publish an exact timetable for when each of the KS1 assessments will take place as the timetable is flexible and we do not wish for children to become anxious about them – and feel like they shouldn’t really consider themselves to be taking ‘tests’ as such.

These assessments are nothing for the children (or parents!) to worry about and life in school will remain as normal as possible. As always, please ensure your child maintains good attendance during this period and that they turn up to school on time, after having a good night’s sleep and a good breakfast.

The Department for Education have produced a leaflet for parents to explain these assessments in further details which we recommend that you familiarise yourself with. The leaflet is available on the following website. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-1-and-2-national-curriculum-tests-information-for-parents

Before the end of the academic year, you will receive a breakdown of your child’s attainment, which includes the test scores, the teacher assessments and how they have performed in relation to what is expected for children of their age.  Please note that whilst the assessments are completed in May, it is not until the end of June that teacher assessments are reported to the Local Authority and July when KS2 test results are returned to school.  You will therefore receive this breakdown with your child’s end of year report.

Please be reassured that, whilst in some schools and areas, there is a hype around SATs, in the main there is no need for parents or children to be unduly worried or concerned about them.  We very much understand the need and importance of statutory assessments, but know that these are mainly used to measure school performance and tell us very little that we, and indeed yourselves, don’t already know about our children.

With this in mind, we don’t hold information evenings or such like for parents.  That said, should you have any questions or concerns that you would like to discuss that you can’t find the answers to here, don’t hesitate to come and see me.

Many thanks,

L. Frearson

Thank you for everyone who dressed up as scientists today – you all looked amazing! We appreciate your £1 donations.

We have had a great day in Year 2 with our various Science activities. We loved finding out the answer to our class question: what happened to the dinosaurs? Ask us to explain how they became extinct!

Year 2 enjoyed a wonderful morning this morning filled with music and singing. Our rehearsals paid off as we wowed everyone with our performance of ‘Under the Sea’! I hope you like our seaweed dancing!

Today’s Harry Potter session was so much fun! The children loved making their own wands and listening to a chapter from the first book in the series: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Please join us if you can on Thursday (14/2/19) for our Valentine’ themed class assembly at 9:15am. The assembly will last approximately 20 minutes.

Please also encourage your child to learn their lines and the lyrics to the songs at home.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Please remember that tomorrow is the due date for payment for the Year 2 Twycross Zoo trip (on Wednesday 6th February).

If your child requires a school packed lunch, you must return the order slip tomorrow so that they can be ordered in time please.

If you require a new slip/letter, please see the office.