NEWSLETTER
September 2015
Cheshire Academies Trust
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Welcome back! I do hope you have all had a wonderful summer holiday and are ready to begin the next
academic year. New books, new start, but the same high expectations, great teaching, exciting fun
activities and visits. Most importantly: the same care, attention and dedication to ensure all the children at
Boughton Heath Academy receive the best possible education we can deliver. Governors and staff are
determined that we will continue to make improvements in our school from simple little things to
challenging the way we do things on a much larger scale.
We value parents input and this will not change. So when we ask for your opinions and thoughts please do
write back. We had over 100 parental questionnaires returned to us last year. This is the most we have
ever had and from the majority of parents these were extremely positive. Thank you.
The full analysis has yet to be finalised but this will be distributed to parents along with our responses. You
will notice an immediate improvement on diary dates and communication. Although not bad, this could
have been better and we have worked hard over the summer holidays to improve and set dates which will
not change. It is obviously important to parents that we get this right and we agree fully with your views.
Communication between parents and school is vital. We have agreed all initial diary dates and the list can
be seen at the end of this newsletter and will be reprinted on each newsletter which follows. Dates can
also be seen on the school noticeboard, through Twitter updates, on the school website in the same format
and on the blackboard outside the school gate (all synchronised and therefore stopping any confusion).
Please verify your Parentmail accounts via the text you were sent if you have yet to do so as
we are migrating to their new improved service.
I am so excited about the way in which the school, as part of our Trust, is progressing. We have so many
exciting and innovative projects coming up. From school councils working together, to staff working closely
to improve the quality of teaching, to setting our 11 by 11 entitlement in each school. You can read below
which final 11 experiences were chosen.
Thank you once again for your support. We will continue trying to improve the way in which we do
everything on a daily basis because we care deeply about the education your children receive.
Steve Ellis
Principal
BEHAVIOUR OF CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL
At the start of each year, in order that all members of our school community are clear about the systems
that are in operation to support positive behaviour, I would ask all parents to read the home /school
agreement carefully as well as discuss our moral compass with your children again. We believe the ethos of
our school, which is a caring, happy, family community that values and respects the views and actions of
all, is fundamental to the good behaviour in our school. Values based upon respect for others, for property
and the environment; honesty; trust and fairness; tolerance and compassion and the virtues of selfrespect, form the cornerstones of our behaviour policy.
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With these principles in mind our intention in implementing this policy is to promote and reward positive
behaviour amongst all of our children. We will continue to ensure that our childrens entitlement to be
taught in a safe, calm, ordered environment is achieved and so providing them with a place in which they
are ready to and are able to learn in.
READING AND WRITING SUPPORT
Reading and writing are two of the most important life skills and at Boughton Heath we aim to support you
and your child to become enthusiastic and fluent readers and writers. The overwhelming majority of
parents want to help their children and increasingly, the partnership between home and school has a
significant impact upon the raising of awareness and standards. With this in mind we are relaunching our
home school reading procedures and guidelines.
We will continue to provide your child with a variety of reading material which will develop their
imagination and encourage them to become confident writers. Most recently we have purchased new
guided reading materials. These will be used in group sessions by the teacher to develop childrens
comprehension skills.
To keep a record of the wealth of material across different genres (e.g. fantasy, fiction, adventure, nonfiction, fables, biographies, riddles) that your child reads, we have introduced new Reading Journals in all
classes. We would like you to record their reading homework in this. You and/or your child will be
expected to continue to log the date and the name of the reading book each time they read. As
they read to you or talk about the text, we would be grateful if you could initial the reading record too.
This does only take a minute and we would be grateful for parents cooperation and support. In the journal
there are also pages which provide opportunities to respond to their reading through tasks. Please feel
free to use these and add to them as you think of new ideas. This will help us to monitor the quantity and
quality of reading that your child is choosing and age appropriate material.
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Each time your child reads in school in a Guided reading session we will stamp their Reading Record book.
Therefore this Reading record book must be returned to school daily so that we can support each
other in communicating their reading progress. This will be a vital record of your childs reading journey
and something which they can feel proud of. We will be praising and rewarding their reading
achievements which will be recorded in the Reading Record book in our Fridays Celebrating and Achieving
Assemblies.
Your child should now have a reading bag to keep school letters, homework and belongings in and are
responsible for bringing this with them daily. If you have not yet purchased one of these please could you
do so. You can purchase these from the school office or School Style website where you would normally
purchase uniform. This will be necessary so that they can keep their Reading Record and book clean and
available for use every day.
Summary and Update of Information relating to the reading procedures in Key Stage 1
Reading book/diary/bag will be needed every day in school. This will then go home each night.
Please encourage your child to read to you each night as part of their homework. Discuss the story
with them to help them engage with the text.
Be positive about their efforts.
It will encourage your child to read more if they see you reading at home. You can share your
responses with them.
Your comments about your childs reading may be entered in their reading diary.
Encourage your child to respond to their book by writing or drawing in their reading record book.
When you think your child is ready to change their book, make sure that they know and they can
change this first thing in the morning.
Summary and Update of Information relating to the reading procedures in Key Stage 2
Your child will have selected a home reader from the junior library which should go home each
night.
They should read for 20 minutes each night as part of their homework. It is important for an adult
to share this in order to support and develop fluency. Once fluent, it is just as important to develop
comprehension by discussing what they have read.
Every child has a new Junior Reading Record in which they should record their reading. Your
initials are required and are important to encourage your child.
The reading book and Junior Reading Record should come back into school daily. When your childs
teacher does a Guided Reading session with them, the Record will be stamped.
Children are encouraged, with guidance, to select their reading book independently from the library.
Sometimes they might want a comfortable read and other times want to choose a more challenging
book to read with an adult at home.
As part of our drive to enhance reading and therefore improve childrens writing we are looking to provide
children with opportunities to read regularly on a one to one basis in school. Parental / grandparental help
has previously been very successful and we would appreciate the support from anyone on a regular basis
to hear readers throughout school.
If you are interested in supporting the school please email
admin@boughtonheath.cheshire.sch.uk or come into school and express your interest. We are
looking for parents/grandparents to help listen to readers, help in class or support teachers.
Any help would be gratefully received.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS WOODS
It is my pleasure to announce that Mrs Woods (Year 3 teacher) is pregnant. All of the staff and governors
at the school are delighted and wish her a smooth and sleep filled transition to being a mum. Mrs Woods
will be leaving to begin her maternity leave near Christmas but as with all pregnancies we are not exactly
sure of the timing. The school will be advertising for a suitable and highly qualified and talented teacher to
replace Mrs Woods for two terms. We will be holding the potential candidates to the highest possible
standards to ensure the quality of teaching in Year 3 continues for the entire year.
MEET THE TEACHER
An introduction to the New Academic Year - A Meeting for Parents with Teachers
Teachers will again be holding a Meet the Teacher evening. They are an important way for parents to
understand procedures and policies within school. They will include:
Arrangements for the curriculum at Boughton Heath from September 2015
Reading procedures - use of reading diaries/journals
Use of writing books, VCOP strategies and mathematical approaches used in school
Homework timetables in each class
Spelling procedures at home and school
Personal and Social Development programmes, including behaviour codes and sex and relationships
education
Communication between home and school
Topic / curriculum outline for the term
Childrens targets
WALT & WILF strategies: WALT - We are learning to. WILF - What Im looking for.
Questions and answers session
I am very grateful to the staff for setting aside the time to organise these meetings in the evenings for
parents convenience and feel sure that you will find them valuable in helping you to support your child/ren
this year. Please do come along. This meeting will not provide an opportunity to discuss personal or child
specific issues. If you have any specific concerns that you would like to discuss with your childs class
teacher, please make an appointment at another mutually convenient time to discuss these confidentially in
the usual way.
Tuesday
Reception: 5.30pm
Year 1 and Year 3: 6.00pm
Wednesday
Year 2 and 4: 5.30pm
Year 5-6: 6.00pm
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Cheshire Academies Trust
11 by 11 Entitlement
The teachers, support staff and governs of Boughton Heath Academy, Mill View Primary School and Kelsall
School met together on Tuesday 1st September to finalise the 11 by 11 entitlement in our schools. I am
pleased to announce below the finalised 11 experiences. Thank you to all of the parents who emailed their
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suggestions. Many of them you will see match experiences that were suggested. We will be publishing
these across our many websites and correspondence in the coming year.
1. Visit London
2. Learn to swim and water safety
3. Camp under stars, cook on a fire and look at the stars
4. Learn First Aid
5. Do something for charity
6. Plant it, Grow it, Eat it.
7. Learn the basics of cooking
8. Perform on stage
9. Play a Musical Instrument
10. See the sea
11. Learn to ride a bike and road safety
SAVE THE FAMILY- HARVEST FESTIVAL
This year all the proceeds from our Harvest Festival on Wed 30 September will be donated to Save the
Family. We will be collecting before and after the festival with all the donations being sent on Friday 2nd
October. Please give can or dried food to this good cause. We will be collecting from the very start of term.
REMINDERS
SCHOOL P.E. KITS and
Coats!
ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND
PLANNING PERMISSION
SAVE THE FAMILYHARVEST FESTIVAL
Children are taking part in
tag rugby and basketball at
the moment. These are both
outdoor games and as such
children should have clothes
to keep them warm enough.
Use of a school jumper for
P.E. is not acceptable. Please
ensure all items are clearly
named.
We would like to remind
parents of the restriction in
place due to the conditions
within the planning permission.
This year all the proceeds from
our Harvest Festival will be
donated to Save the Family.
We will be collecting before and
after half term with all the
donations being sent on Friday
2nd October. Please give a can
or dried food to this good
cause.
USE OF THE SCHOOL CAR
PARK
WAKE UP SHAKE UP
Parents are reminded that
the school car park is not to
be used to stop and drop off
children. It causes
congestion and is unsafe for
children to be walking across
to reach school.
Children and parents are
allowed to use the
adventure playground only
till 4.15pm after school and
no children should be on
school site during
weekends or holidays
Parents are reminded that this
club begins at 7.45am at a cost of
1.50
There is no need to book in
advance.
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DIARY DATES
Diary Dates- 2015-2016
Additional diary dates will be provided throughout the term. N.B It is inevitable that changes may occur. We will endeavour to keep you
informed as early as possible. Please visit our website www.boughtonheath.cheshire.sch.uk. Thank you
Date
Wednesday 2 September
Wednesday 9th September
Monday 14th September
Monday 14th September
Tuesday 15th September
Wednesday 16th September
Friday 25th September 9.30
Friday 25th September 8.50-9.20
Wednesday 30th September
Monday 5th October
Tuesday 6th October
Thursday 8th October
Thursday 22nd October 9.15-11.45 and 1.15-2.45pm
Friday 23rd October
Friday 23rd October
Monday 2nd November
Tuesday 3rd November
Wednesday 4th November
Wednesday 11th November
Week beg: 16th November
Tuesday 17th November- 3.30pm 6pm
Thursday 19th November 4.30pm 7pm
Monday 23rd November am
Monday 30th November
Friday 27th November
Wednesday 9th December 10am and 6pm
Thursday 10th December 10am
Monday 14th December 9.30am
Thursday 17th December 7pm
Friday 18th December
Monday 4th January
Tuesday 5th January
Wednesday 6th January 2016
Thursday 7th January
Friday 29th January
Friday 12th February
Monday 22nd February
Friday 26th February
Tuesday 1st March
Thursday 10th March
Monday 14th March Wed 16th March
Tuesday 22nd March Thursday 24th March
Thursday 24th March
Friday 25th March
Monday 28th March
Tuesday 29th March 4.30pm 7pm
Thursday 31st March 3.30pm 6pm
Thursday 31st March
Friday 28th March
Friday 1st April
Monday 18th April
Tuesday 19th April
Tuesday 19th April
Friday 22nd April
Friday 22nd April
Monday 2nd May
Wednesday 4th May
Monday 9th May- Thursday 12th May
Thursday 26th May
Friday 27th May
Friday 27th May
Monday 6th June
Friday 10th June
Thursday 16th June
Tuesday 21st June
Friday 24th June
Friday 24th 26th June
Monday 27th June
Tuesday 28th June
Friday 1st July
Tuesday 12th July 1.30pm and 7pm
Wednesday 13th July 1.30pm
Thursday 21st July
Event
School RE-OPENS
Year 2 visit Hilbre Island- Note late return to school 5pm
Clubs Begin
Year 3 and Year 4 circus day
Meet the Teacher Reception: 5.30pm
Year 1 and Year 3: 6.00pm
Meet the Teacher Year 2 and 4: 5.30pm
Year 5-6: 6.00pm
New Parent Coffee Morning to follow share learning
Share the Learning Open Morning 8.50 finish at 9.15
Harvest Festival (Children only)
Year 1 to Delamere Forest TBC
Year 3 to Pizza Express
Year 5 to Jodrell Bank (Late return of 4pm)
OPEN DAY (Prospective families)
Share the Learning Open Morning 8.50 finish at 9.15
School CLOSES for HALF TERM
School Closed INSET day
School RE-OPENS
Year 3 and Year 4 trip to Liverpool World Museum
Year 5 DT day- Making tree houses
Anti-Bullying Week 2015
Parents Evening
Parents Evening
Individual & Family Photographs
Majority of Clubs Finish for Autumn Term
Share the Learning Open Morning 8.50 finish at 9.15
KS1 Christmas Production
KS1 Christmas Production
KS2 Practice at Northgate Church
KS2 Christmas Performance at Northgate Church
School CLOSES for CHRISTMAS
School Closed INSET day
School Closed INSET day
School Reopens 2016
Year 6 DT day
Share the Learning Open Morning 8.50 finish at 9.15
School CLOSES for Spring Half Term
School RE-OPENS
Share the Learning Open Morning 8.50 finish at 9.15
Year 1 DT day
Year 5 Class Assembly
Year 3 Residential
Year 4 Residential
Share the Learning Open Morning 8.50 finish at 9.15
Good Friday- School Closed
Easter Monday- School Closed
Parents Evening
Parents Evening
Year 2 Class Assembly
Share the Learning Open Morning 8.50 finish at 9.15
School CLOSES for EASTER
School Closed INSET day
School RE-OPENS for SUMMER TERM
Scholastic Book Fair in School
Share the Learning Open Morning 8.50 finish at 9.15
Year 4 DT Day- Making the Iron Man
CLOSED for MAY BANK HOLIDAY
Year 4 Class Assembly
Year 6 SATs Week
Year 1 Class Assembly
Share the Learning Open Morning 8.50 finish at 9.15
School CLOSES for Half Term
School RE-OPENS
Tempest Class Photos
Year 3 Class Assembly
Sports Day Infants- morning Picnic Lunch Juniors- Afternoon
Share the Learning Open Morning 8.50 finish at 9.15
Y6 Residential to Robinwood Centre
Year 2 DT day- Swing Bridges
Reception Class- Design Technology day
Reserve Sports Day
Year 6 Leavers Production
Year 6 Leavers Production
School CLOSES
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