Parent survey update At their last meeting, the governors looked at the responses to the Edurio Parent Survey which was open in April-May this year. We had a very small response (less than 10%) so it was very difficult to look at any themes. For example, some responses felt there was too much communication from school across too many channels, while others appreciated the level of communication! One thing that did emerge was around awareness of what being part of the STAR MAT means for the school. As this was something that came out across all the STAR MAT school's responses, the central team and trustees at STAR are considering how they can work on this going forward.
Harvest We will be holding our Harvest Service at St Wilf's church again this year on the morning of Thursday 10th October. becaues of the size of the school, we need to do 2 sessions: 1 starting at 9:30am and the other at 10:45am. As they have just joined the school, the Reception children will stay in school that day.
9:30am Galaxy, Earth, Saturn, Meteor, Asteroid, Nebular
10:45am Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Constellation
Leave in term time The DFE guidance around attendance in schools has changed, with a tougher approach to leave in term time. Some of the categories which would have been considered as 'exceptional circumstances' in the past have now gone, and others have been made much clearer. The STAR MAT policy is below, along with the leave form which has been updated in line with this.
Across the MAT and the LA, applications for Fixed Penalty Notices can be made for ANY 10 unauthorised absences (1 day would count as 2 absences) in a 10-week rolling period of time.
We have also sent out a letter about attendance from the STAR MAT: please take the time to read this.
North Yorkshire Community Messaging (from NY Police) North Yorkshire Community Messaging allows members of the public to register to receive alerts, crime notifications and community news from North Yorkshire Police, this also includes businesses and schools within our communities in Selby to sign up to. This allows us to create an appropriate list of contacts and be able to reach out to you with crime prevention advice, this is a free service, and the information comes to your email only. (There are no text messages pinging away all day and night.) Sign up on this link https://www.northyorkshirecommunitymessaging.co.uk/#signup-section
Tesco Stronger Starts: please keep voting! Last chance to vote for us before the voting closes on Monday!
Safeguarding newsletter The September Spotlight on Safeguarding parent newsletter is available here https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/brayton-cofe-primary-school/UploadedDocument/a6f00626-1fdf-4c44-9956-a97620202764/spotlight-on-safeguarding-september-2024.pdf Please take the time to look over it: this week there is advice on Snapchat, sleep and first phones.
School day timings Just a reminder that the main gates now open at 8:45am and children should go straight to their classes ready for school to start at 8:50am. If the gates and doors are closed, please go to the school office where you can sign your child in.
Contacting school Messages about absence, medicine, appointments & changes to after school picks ups must come through the school office either by phone 01757 704308 or email admin@bp.starmat.uk. Messages through Dojo don't work if a member of staff is absent, and also staff do not have their phones with them in the classrooms while they are working with the children so they can't always pick them up.
Term dates 2024-25 The term dates for this year are on the school website at https://brayton-cofe-primary-school.secure-primarysite.net/term-dates/
Jewellery No necklaces, bracelets, rings or other jewellery should be worn to school. If your child has earrings, these must be removed for PE sessions, or earrings can be left at home on PE days. Earrings for school should be small stud types so they don't get caught and cause any injuries.
