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Thank you very much for joining us for a curriculum meeting on Thursday evening. It was great to see so many of you online to find out more about the teaching of maths and English.
You will find the presentation's PowerPoint at the bottom of the curriculum page on the website . Don't hesitate to make contact if you would like any further information.
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Sunflower Award Winners
Huge congratulations to the following children for being selected for the first award of the school year - an award that is extremely special to us.
A separate Sunflower Award newsletter will be with you next week.
Elois Standring in Reception
Ayla Whymark in Year 1
Lily Hall in Year 2
Mya Plumbe in Year 3
Tia Pittman in Year 4
Hayden Johnstone in Year 5
Margarita Lukianovets in Year 6
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A very warm welcome back to Mrs Allison Penwell as she re-joined us on Monday supporting teaching and learning across the school.
Many of the children remember Allison from her Forest School leader days and have been thrilled to see her again this week, as we all have.
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It has been wonderful having a swimming pool on the school site and being able to offer the opportunity to all year groups whereby this has previously only been for Y4 and Y6 @DPS. Huge thanks to Elite Swimming UK for providing this unique opportunity. The children have made very strong progress in the lessons and have had lots of fun.
Below you can see one of the Reception groups having lots of fun. Reception children haven't had the chance to have swimming at school for many many years!
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Join our team
We currently have two staff vacancies and would love to hear from you if you are interested or know someone that matches our needs. Please help us spread the word.
1. A maternity cover teacher for Year 1 - start date January 2024
2. A cleaner working term time plus one week a year. 3.30pm - 5.30pm Monday to Friday. Please make contact if you would like to know more.
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Very special baby news from Miss Brooks
What a cutie!
Welcome to the world, Frankie Ray Aldred born on 27th October - 3 weeks early!
Congratulations to Miss Brooks and family - we can't wait to meet baby Frankie.
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We've had incredible news from the Co-op's local community fund as our year of being a chosen charity has now come to an end.
We will shortly be receiving £1579.58 ! WOW!
We are extremely grateful to the Co-op and to you all for choosing us as your chosen community fund.
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Mrs Jacobs and Mrs Watson have been working with the Community Project Team at Wickes with the aim of creating a kitchen to teach cookery skills. Not only does cooking provide wonderful, memorable opportunities to develop children’s Maths, English and Science skills and knowledge, but it also supports their personal, social and emotional development. This week we received some exciting news that Wickes have kindly offered to provide the school with a kitchen free of charge. Our resident chef ‘Gordon Bennett’ is thrilled that he will be able to share his culinary expertise in a beaux new learning area very soon!
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Important information for Wrap Club users
The reminders for payment are auto generated by the booking system. Bank statements are received regularly and are entered onto the booking system and you will receive an automatic allocation email when this has been done. There may be a delay in this due to the dates the statements are received, so there may be a cross-over with the auto reminders. Childcare vouchers can be a month in arrears.
Please note: Payments cannot be allocated prior to receiving the bank statement and I have confirmation the monies have been received.
Thank you for bearing with me during these times.
Mrs Godwin
School Business Manager
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PAG Meeting One – Wednesday 22nd November at 2.30pm
Our first Parent Action Group meeting of the academic year will be held in the school library. The focal point of this meeting will be behaviour including how it is viewed and how it is managed. It is my aim to keep the meeting positive and constructive and whilst all opinions are welcome, I want to use your input and ideas to help continue moving the school forward. Everyone is welcome to attend, and I hope many of you are able to attend.
Mr. Mike Pennington
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On Friday 17th November, we will be recognising Children in Need Day. Children are warmly encouraged to dress up, if they would like, in yellow, onesies, pyjamas, spots or Pudsey inspired. All donations are gratefully received.
Following the success of last year's sale, we would also like to run a bring and buy sale at the end of the day. Please bring any unused toys or books to school on the morning of Friday 17th, and then, stay straight after school at 3.30pm, we'll have a sale with all items donated ready to buy items for either 50p or £1.
Thank you to Miss Stanley and the school council members for running this sale.
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We would love to see you at the next PTA meeting on Tuesday 7th November (at 6pm) in the school studio.
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Safeguarding
Attending school on a daily basis, wherever possible, is very important and is something that we take very seriously. We always follow up on non-attendance as part of our first day response and in line with our safeguarding practice. Please always ensure that you call, leave a message or send an email if your child is unable to attend school.
This week we had an external audit looking at attendance to ensure that our practice matches expectations and supports the strong monitoring of children (in order to support their progress in school). We are pleased that this went very well.
As a DSL and DDSL team, we also completed our annual statutory training this week in a session led by Clare Williams at Jubilee Wood.
As always, please report any concerns to our safeguarding team:
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) - Mrs Rachel Rice
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSLs) - Mrs. Lynn Mildren, Mrs. Natalie Parsonson, Miss. Steph Forward and Mr. Mike Pennington
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Calling all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 families...
Could you please have a good look at home and see if you can find any of our Big Cat reading books? We are missing a few books from some of the sets and would love to be able to welcome them back.
Thank you
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.jpg) | 03 Nov 2023 With the wetter and muddier definitely making a presence, we encourage all children in the school to slip off their shoes inside their classroom door and either put on slippers, or stay in their socks. As we have shared in assemblies, we wouldn't want to wear muddy shoes in our homes, so we'... |
.jpg) | 03 Nov 2023 Does anyone have contact with a vending machine company? We would like to have one in school and stock it with books as an incentive for reading. Thank you for all and any possible contacts. |
 | 03 Nov 2023 Thank you so much for bringing in bags and bags of unused clothes for our collection. These clothes will support many other families and, in the process, the collection has helped us to raise £189.05! Thank you, Mrs. Hodge, for organising this fundraising opportunity... |
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The next three weeks @DPS
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Booking for Tuesday's film club is now open on Arbor. The film club is for Year 1 and Year 2 children only.
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We are selling poppies and other items from the British Legion every day next week. Please tell your child to look out for Mrs Tolley-Goodier every day to support this charity.
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Would your child like to help us make a wreath and lay it at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday 12th November?
Please send an email if the answer is YES!
head@deanshanger.northants-ecl.gov.uk
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As has become the tradition, we are currently working on beautiful artwork ready for a Remembrance Day display.
Whilst some of the work will be outside school for you to enjoy on Sunday 12th, we will also be providing access to a huge selection of artwork using QR codes - a new way for us to share children's learning!
We don't want to restrict the community's access to our displays, so we hope that you will all support those new to QR codes to ensure that everyone can enjoy the art beyond Sunday 12th. In this way, we know that the art will continue to be beautiful in classes and not spoilt by the unpredictable weather. Please ensure that you bring your mobile phones along with you to enjoy all aspects of the display.
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Christmas concert information for Reception and Year 1 families
We have reviewed the Christmas performance dates and will be merging the Reception and Year 1 concerts into one fabulous concert on Thursday 14th December. You are warmly invited to enjoy this at 10 am or 4 pm. This new date replaces the ones published in the home school diaries.
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We have thoroughly enjoyed meeting new prospective families for possible intake in September 2024. There is one final day for an open day planned at the present time - Thursday 9th November at 9.30am - 10.15am, but individual visits are warmly encouraged. Please contact the school office if you would like to join us on Thursday 9th or at any other time.
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Uniform reminders
Please be reminded that full forest school kits need to be in school every day, ie, waterproofs and wellies. As the weather is getting colder and wetter, hats and scarves are suggested too as well as possible extra layers underneath waterproofs.
Forest school kits will be used, as needed, if your child chooses to play on the field over the winter months.
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Have a wonderful weekend.
Rachel Rice
head@deanshanger.northants-ecl.gov.uk or head@deanshanger.northants.sch.uk
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