Parents In School
We welcome parents/carers in school to work alongside their child before school every morning.
If parents would like to help in school as a volunteer they will need to have a DBS check. Once this has been returned clear, then the parent/carer can begin to help in school.
Parents work in a variety of ways in school helping individual children or as a general classroom volunteer.
Please click on the link to open leaflet – parent volunteering
RSPB Old Moor Trip May 2024
The children thoroughly enjoyed their trip to RSPB Old Moor, Dearne Valley. This half-term’s topic is ‘why do spiders eat flies?’ where the children have been learning all about minibeasts! During their trip, the children had a brilliant time pond-dipping where they...
Forest schools
The children thoroughly enjoyed their forest school sessions. They took part in lots of different activities including: making magic potions using water from the stream and items found in the woodland, developing physical skills through climbing and manoeuvring...
Science Day May 2024
On Friday 17th May, parents/carers of children in Year 1 and Year 2 were invited into school for a fun-filled Science afternoon! The children completed a range of activities such as building towers using spaghetti and marshmallows, making lava lamps and creating rain...
Attendance Improvement Strategies
To improve attendance and to draw attention to children that coming to school is good, the following strategies are being used.
- Spencer Bear going to the class with the best attendance of the week.
- Certificates for classes with 100% attendance
- Certificates for individual children who have 100% attendance for the term
- End of year prize and certificate for children who have 100% attendance for the year.
For children with low attendance
- Informal talks with parents to make them aware of the importance of attending school regularly
- Letter sent if a child has attendance less than 80% during each half term
- Involvement of EWO for families where the letters and talks have not worked
For authorised absence in term time
- The parents must complete a request form
- The request must comply with conditions agreed by all schools in the locality
The HT contacts parents on first day of absence when possible if parents have not notified school.