School Organisation

Thursday 10^th June 2021

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are currently looking to the school organisation for the next academic year. The number of parents choosing to send their children to our school is continually rising and we are currently at full capacity. In the Autumn Term, we had a storage room converted into a classroom in preparation for the growing numbers of children and delighted to inform you that we are now going to have 5 classrooms. We have recently recruited a new class teacher for this classroom and would like to welcome Miss Amelia Grimes to our teaching staff.

We are hoping that this will be the classes for the new academic year starting in September.

Next year we will be operating as follows:

Class 1   – EYFS children taught by Mrs Laura Morton (Grant) supported by Mrs Lisa Hill and Mrs Hindmarch

Class 2 – Year 1 taught by Mrs Aspinall supported by Mrs Hindmarch

Class 3 – Year 2 taught by Miss Grimes and supported by Mrs Moore

Class 4–  Year 3 and Year 4 children taught by Miss Milburn

Class 5-  Year 5 and Year 6 children taught by Mr Graham

Mrs Gallacher will be timetabled to support all classes. Miss Liddle will be timetabled to support class 3 and 4.

Please note the year groups referred to here are for the next academic year from September not the current ones for this year.

Class Swap/Transition Day will take place Wednesday 30^th June 2021 for the children to meet their new class teachers and experience their new classrooms. Miss Grimes will be working alongside Mrs Aspinall before the Summer holidays so that she can get to know the children, parents and carers before September.

If you have any queries about this please feel free to get in touch.

Yours Sincerely

Donna Lee

Head Teacher

UNCRC Article 31 – All children have a right to relax and play and join in with a wide range of activities. 

Class 3 really enjoyed their first football session with the coaches. Everyone worked super hard but we had lots of refreshment breaks to cool down from the sun!

In June, we are celebrating the work of our school artist of the month Connie from Class 2! She has created a beautiful Monet inspired painting. Well done Connie!

We’re also looking at the work of Banksy. Banksy has painted on walls all over the country. He is the most controversial street artist in the World.

https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/School_Crossing_Patrols/208647

Family Focus_School_Nettlesworth Primary

Family Focus is our new project to support the family unit. Our Family Wellbeing Coordinator will provide holistic
family-centred support to parents and children to overcome barriers in their lives.

The Family Wellbeing Co-ordinator will be on-hand and available each week throughout term-time We want to work with you to ensure that your child is happy and healthy, and to support you to find solutions to things that might affect their learning and development.

It is an extension to the support Sacriston Youth and community provide to Sacriston and the surrounding villages.

Please make an appointment via

Email: gemma@sacristonyouthproject.co.uk
Tel: 07377374474

Our Year 2’s are working with Kathryn every Monday to help prepare us for our transition to year 3 in September. They are so grown up and showing us their fantastic determination within these sessions. Well done Year 2!

Monday 7th June 2021

Dear Parent/Carer,

 Parent Governor Vacancy 

I am writing to let you know that we have one vacancy for parents on the Governing Body of Nettlesworth Primary School and to explain in a little more detail about what the role involves.

The Role of Governors 

Everyone says that the role of governors is increasingly important, especially with the increasing independence of schools as well as the increased scrutiny and accountability of schools and school leaders.

As Governors we are not there to manage the day-to-day running of the school – that is the job of the Principal. We are there to do three main things:

(1) To help set the vision and strategic direction of school;

(2) To hold the Principal to account for the school’s performance;

(3) To monitor the curriculum provision and teaching and learning in school .

Another common way of putting the role of governors is to say that our job is to provide a healthy mix of support and challenge.

The skills and qualities needed by Governors 

Recent Government guidance on appointing and electing governors says:

‘All governors need a strong commitment to their role and to improving outcomes for children; the inquisitiveness to question and analyse; and the willingness to learn. They need good inter-personal skills, appropriate levels of literacy in English and sufficient numeracy skills to understand basic data.’ 

 We have a range of backgrounds including: school and higher education, civil service, finance, and human resources.

Time Commitment 

We meet as a full governing body once a term, ie three times per year. The meetings run at school.  In addition to the meetings, we require governors to come in to school, usually in the school day over the course of the year. These visits usually focus on an aspect of school development. We try to attend various school events and may be called upon for other tasks such as: sitting on senior appointments panels or giving particular attention to a specific issue or policy. As well as these activities there is quite a bit to read and most importantly there is an expectation that Governors will attend training sessions in order to ensure that they are up to date on such things as: school performance data; finance; special educational needs; keeping children safe at schools etc. A comprehensive induction programme is provided.

A term of office is for four years.

Eligibility 

Anyone who has a child on the roll of the school at the time of the election is eligible to stand (and you do not have to resign if your child leaves during your term of office).

If you are still interested after reading all the above, I would encourage you to consider putting yourself forward as a candidate. If you would like to speak with me about the role I can also be contacted via the school office.   .

If you do wish to put yourself forward then you need to complete a nomination form, which can be collected from school or delivered.

Election Process 

If there are more than two candidates an election will be held and this will take place.  More details will follow on this.

I hope this is helpful in helping you decide whether or not you wish to stand as a Parent Governor in order to play your part in helping Nettlesworth Primary not only to retain its very high standards but to be part of the school’s development.

If you are interested in this vacancy, please can you let us know by Friday 11th June 2021.

Yours sincerely,

Donna Lee

Head Teacher

Today, every child in the school had the opportunity to work with the amazing author; Adam Bushnell!

In class 1 we used beautiful descriptive language and had to trap the troll family outdoors in our enchanted woodland. Lots of imagination was used by the children and the creativity was FABULOUS!

In Class 2 we learnt all about the Great Fire of London. We were amazed by all of the facts we found out and are now super excited to learn more. We listened to stories, watched videos and were even able to smell things from that period of time. What a fantastic time we had!

In Class 3, we created our own superhero characters ready for our Heroes and Villains new topic. We found out that knights heraldic colours all had different meanings. We learnt all about lots of different weapons and got to hold them!

In Class 4, we created a spooky narrative based on our new Cornerstones Curriculum – Firedamp and Davy Lamps. The children thoroughly enjoyed their Memorable Experience with Adam Bushnell.

UNCRC 28 – Right to an education