Updates from Mrs Norden

Our Year 6s took their End of KS2 Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) last week.  We are so proud of how resilient and conscientious they have been.  Well done to you all, for all your efforts.

Year 2 have also begun their formal End of KS1 assessments, which are used to support teacher assessment for the DfE, with great resourcefulness. They will continue to have papers interspersed between normal teaching sessions through to the end of this half term. 

We have had some staff changes this term welcoming Mrs Faiers to our Year 5/6 teaching team, Mrs Amosova to our EY&P and midday supervision teams and Mrs Keen to our EY&P team.  We hope they will enjoy their time at Swavesey with us.

Sadly we have said goodbye to Miss Dawson from our admin/finance and midday supervisor teams, who will be moving to new challenges working at the Royal Society of Chemistry.  We thank Miss Dawson for all her hard work and support while she has been with us, and wish her the very best in her new role.

Last week we received information that there were a few near misses on the road where some of our older children were scooting dangerously across the road without looking into oncoming traffic.  This left drivers, and other pedestrians, very shaken with most of the children oblivious to the danger they had put themselves in. Please can I ask you all to chat to your children about maintaining safety when travelling to school (and around the village generally), especially when on their bikes and scooters.  We want them all to arrive at their destinations safely.  

_{Anna-Claire Norden} 

_Headteacher

URGENT medicine recall - Please read if you or your child uses/has an Adrenaline auto-injector -

Please be aware of this urgent gov.uk recall for a specific brand of Adrenaline auto-injector, which need to be returned to pharmacies. Directions of how to action this recall are in the link below. 

The recall has been issued urgently as some devices have failed to deliver the product or activated prematurely. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/patients-asked-to-return-emerade-300-and-500-microgram-adrenaline-pens-for-replacement 

Summer Term Updates

Lateness - 

We continue to have a high number of late attendance and ask that you ensure children are in school by 8.50am for registration.  Arriving late causes children to become anxious and can mean they miss the start of teaching sessions leading to uncertainty on what to do and further worry.  Additionally, if they arrive after 8.55am they need to enter through the front entrance to adhere to safeguarding protocols, but high numbers are continues to cause queues, miscommunication and unnecessary workload for the administrative staff.  

PE Days  - Week beginning 1st May

Reception classes - Wednesday/ Friday

Yr 1/2  Foxes & Squirrels - Monday/ Tuesday      

            Otters - Tuesday/ Thursday 

Yr 3/4 Badgers & Kingfishers - Tuesday/Friday  

           Swans -  Monday/ Tuesday 

Yr5/6 classes  - Wednesday/Thursday 

Eggs and Egg boxes

If you would like a pack of our eggs, please complete the very short form accessed here.  We give out the eggs on school days when the chickens lay using the order people have signed up in.  We ask for a donation of £1 per pack which will go towards feed, bedding etc.

Also, if you have any 6 pack egg boxes we could have for distributing eggs, please drop them off at the office.

Iris, Heather, Penny, Dotty, Emerald and April (and Mrs Norden) say thank you for your support.

SEMH (Social Emotional Mental Health) resources for parents - Please click here to access an overview sheet with signposted resources for you to use at home to support your children.  The overview sheet can also be found at the bottom of the SEND page on our website here.  

We hope you find these useful and easy to access.

To find out more about Pupil premium and Free school meals, please visit our Pupil Premium page by clicking here. 

Links to each Phase page under our curriculum tab on our website.

Reception    Yr1/2    Yr3/4    Yr5/6