Meet the teacher evening

Dear Parents / Carers,

Meet the Teacher Evening for Target Setting

You are invited to, ‘Meet the Teacher Evening for Target Setting’ on Wednesday 7th October, between 3.30-5.30 p.m. It will be led by your child’s class teacher and will take place in your child’s classroom.

The aim of the meeting is to talk to you as a group of parents and carers about the learning targets set for your child and the ways we will be supporting your child to achieve these targets in school.

We will also be sharing important information with you about ways that you can support your child at home.

The session will start promptly at 3.30 p.m. and should last about an hour with time at the end for general questions.

Please note that this is not a, ‘Parents and Carers Evening’ for one to one conversations about children.

If after the meeting you feel that you do need to speak in more detail about your child’s learning, please make an appointment with your child’s class teacher.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting next week: Wednesday 7th October, 3.30-5.30 p.m.

Best wishes,

Hina Shah

Acting Headteacher.

 

 

 

Letter home - Punctuality

Dear Parents / Carers,

Re: Punctuality

We are writing to all children’s families to emphasise the importance of being in school on time as there have been numerous incidents of some families routinely arriving at school at 9.00 a.m. or later and collecting their children at 3.30 p.m. or later.

School starts at 8.55 a.m. every day. Children need to be in their class line at 8.55 a.m. so that they can start their lessons promptly. Children who arrive late are greatly disadvantaged because they miss starting the day with their peers and the beginning of lessons. This means that they are often unsettled and confused about tasks. Their teacher will not always be able to re explain work.

It is also very important that children establish good routines and habits in preparation for the rest of their lives. Punctuality is a life skill that they need to develop whilst they are young.

It is essential that you ensure that your child arrives at school on time to prevent disruption to your child’s own learning and that of others.

We will continue to focus on this area with children through class work and school assemblies

We are required to monitor children’s punctuality and attendance. On-going lateness (after the class register has been taken) is classified as an unauthorised absence and this is contrary to The Education Act.

We understand that there may be rare occasions when you are unavoidably late due to unforeseen circumstances. On these occasions please make sure that you contact the school office to inform us when you will arrive.

Children must be collected from their classes at 3.15 p.m. If your child is in Years 4-6 they will be brought downstairs at 3.15 p.m. and unless they have your permission to go home by them self, they should be met in the main hall or playground at 3.15 p.m. and no later.

High levels of unauthorised absences or poor punctuality can result in a referral to the Educational Welfare Service or other agencies which have a duty to investigate further and could result in legal action being taken against you.

If you are experiencing difficulties with punctuality and would like to talk to us about it, please make an appointment to do so or telephone the Educational Welfare Service.

Please keep in mind that Breakfast Club is available to children from 8.15a.m.

Yours sincerely,

Hina Shah

Acting Headteacher

 

 

Secondary School Open Days

Over the next few weeks a number of local secondary schools will be running open days and/or evenings for prospective parents. Open Days provide a great opportunity to find out about the schools you will be applying for. We will be updating our site with dates of open day/evenings as and when we get them, so make sure you check our Open Day page regularly.

Our Secondary School Open Day page -->

Music Teacher Job Advert

We wish to appoint a part-time music teacher (3 days a week) from September 2015 to develop music across the school.

We are looking for someone with a real love and enthusiasm for music and who is hard-working, flexible, committed to high standards of achievement and who would make a contribution to the wider life of the school. 

Application forms and further details are available below.

 

Music Teacher Advert

Music Teacher Job Description

Music Teacher Person Specification

 

Completed applications should be returned by 9.00 a.m. on Friday 26th June 2015.
Interviews: Thursday 2nd July 2015. Shortlisted candidates will be informed by phone on Friday 26th June 2015.

Earlsmead School Sports Day

Come and join in celebrating all our sporting talent on Wednesday 10th June for our annual Sports Day!

 

KEY STAGE 2
Key Stage 2 children will be at Markfield Park participating in traditional sports day games, including; wheelbarrow, sack and relay races.

We’ll also be having a picnic in the park, followed by adult and teacher competitions.

Please bring children to school at the normal time (8:55) in their school PE kit, with a bottle of water.

 

KEY STAGE 1
Key Stage 1 will have opportunities to race too, whilst also traveling around a basic assault course using our fantastic climbing frames in both playgrounds.

Children must come to school at the normal time (8:55) and must wear their school PE kit.

Please also provide children with water for the day in order to keep them hydrated!


We look forward to having a really fun and exciting time!

If you’d like any more information please see Mr Hadley or ask the office for another letter.

Eastern European Easter

This year's Easter celebration was focused in how some of our pupils celebrate Easter in Eastern Europe. We were fortunate to have staff and parents who told us how in Poland, Romania and Hungary they decorate and dye eggs for the occasion. We had a special assembly where all our Eastern European children and parents took part in singing and bringing in traditional foods.

2015 phonics screening test

This Powerpoint is for Year 1 (and 2) Parents/ Carers wishing to know more about the 2015 Phonics screening test. It includes links to old past papers and videos. It also gives suggestions on how you may best help and support your child with this test. The test is a short, statutory assessment to ensure that all children in Year 1 (and Year2) are making sufficient progression the phonic skills to read words and are on track to become fluent readers who can enjoy reading for pleasure and for learning.

Click here to download the file.

Bikeability courses

Haringey council have organised bikeability courses for children in years 5 and above, during the Easter Holidays. The training is free.

30th March to 2nd April - FInsbury Park

7th April to 10th April - Lordship Recreation Ground

If you would like to book a place, please complete the online booking form here.

The council continue to offer free cycle training for adults, of any  ability, from complete beginners to confident cyclists.  To book a lesson complete the online booking form.

 

Fantastic Football Fortnight

Team Earlsmead has sadly come to the end of two fantastic weeks of Football writing! Our goal was to introduce our pupils and staff to a variety of genres, guests and authors linked to football and to get children motivated and inspired to write!

True to form, the children have reached that goal and have written a range of excellent pieces of writing including, debates, interviews, match summaries, trip recounts, football information books, narratives and poems. A selection of this good work, as well as photographs, will be published in our very own magazine! 

We would like to thank all our guests who gave up a bit of time from their very busy schedules and came in to help us with this project. These include: 

Michael Bennett (Professional Football Association: Head of Player Welfare) 
Karen Hills (Manager of Tottenham Spurs Ladies Team)
Gareth Dace and his Team (Tottenham Spurs Foundation)
Ben Pearce (Journalist for Ham & High News) 
Maytaal Angel (Reuters  Journalist) 
Soccerkids Coaches
All the Football Players who sent in their videos and interviews ( Darren White, Nagore, Chris Powell, David Hunt)
Mrs Anthea Rose (Literacy Governor) 
Angie Chandler ( Printing our magazine) 
Ferry Lane Debating group 
Pupils from Ferry Lane School for liasing with us over the last 2 weeks
Tom Palmer (Football Author  for sending in Autographs for Prizes) 
Ms Gosling ( Assistant Head at Ferry Lane Primary) 
Mrs George (For running the Book stall after school ) 
Mr Hadley (For putting together an Earlsmead Football Team) 
All the children and staff who worked so hard on this project
All the children and adults who donated to Book Aid International on World Book Day-  We raised  £141.50 for them.

Keep up the good work! 
Best Regards, 
Miss Roberts and Ms Trew 
(Literacy Subject Leaders)