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We are all responsible for raining awareness of safety issues. As part of a Telford wide project we are sharing this information with you; This is to raise awareness and ways to keep our community safe. Any questions please ask.

OPEN AFTERNOON FRIDAY

22nd September

1:45pm

Come and see your child’s work and speak to your child’s teacher.

• Tea Coffee and Snacks in hall.
• Second hand Jumper and cardigan swap/sale
• 1:45 Friday- Last entry 2:20

Polices for pupils will come out this week.

2023 Online Safety Policy Template V1.docx

This si one of our most important documents. It will be ratified by full governors soon, but this is the copy we abide by.

Donnington Wood CE Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy 2023-24.doc

Welcome Back

We are having a fantastic day, thank you for the trust you have shown us.

A few reminders

• We finish at 2:45.
• All pupils in year 3 and 4 need to be collected from the classroom at the end of the day. This is the same protocol as all other primary schools and an action to keep pupils safe.

They can be collected by older siblings (Year 5 and above) or family/ friends. If something changes on the day- you need to let us know by 2:15.

• Parent Pay: please use parent pay for communication, lunch payments and trip payment.

Other links:

Prospectus for next year: prospectus-23-24-v1.pdf (wordpress.com)

Website: Donnington Wood Church of England Junior School – Together Everyone Achieves More

Curriculum Maps: Start Your Journey With Us – Donnington Wood Church of England Junior School

Holiday Dates 2023/24: holiday-dates-2023-2024-with-pd-days-.pdf (wordpress.com)

Monday 11th September Year 6 Mayan Workshop

Tuesday 12th September Year 5 Egyptian Workshop

Thursday 14th September Year 4 Roman Workshop

Thursday 14th Year 3 Trip to Blists Hill

Friday 15th September YEAR 3 ONLY open afternoon

Friday 22nd September Open afternoon FOR ALL families.

Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th Year 4 Road Safety

Monday 18th September Year 5 Group 1 Rock Climbing

Tuesday 19th September Year 5 Group 2 Rock Climbing

Monday 25th and 26th September Year 5 Road Safety (it was cancelled last year)

Friday 6th October Loudmouth Workshops for year 3 and 4

Week Starting 9th October year 5 Bikeability

Thursday 26th October Harvest Festival and last day for half term– year 3 lead (Year 4 lead Christmas, Year 5 easter and year 6 leavers)

Friday 27th PD day School Closed

Half Term Starts

Thursday 9th November Parents Evening after school

Friday 10th November Parents Evening- School closes at 12:30 for parents evening.

Christmas Concerts are on the Thursday and Friday 14th and 15th December!

Christmas Dinner: Wednesday 20th December

We break up Thursday 21st December

We are waiting trips to the farm to be confirmed.

Love2Stay no longer host school groups, so we are looking for alternatives for year 6.

Thank you all so much for your support and trust this year.

As a school, and on a personal level, we thank you for your continued support.

It has been another strange but rewarding year. We are proud of all the achievements and determined for further success next year.

In my last newsletter I stated that pupils in year 3 and 4 will not be allowed to walk home on their own next year. Please make arrangements for them to be collected in September.

We wish our Year 6 leavers the best of luck, and hope they continue to flourish.

Some highlights include visits to the farm and digging for worms, Wrekin forest school in the rain, jumping in a lake at love to stay, Rock Climbing up mountains, and the many shows (esp Christmas children of the world).

In Hope, Friendship and Perseverance.

See you at 8:30 on Tuesday 5th September.

Mr Fox and all of the Donnington TEAM.

Prospectus for next year: prospectus-23-24-v1.pdf (wordpress.com)

Website: Donnington Wood Church of England Junior School – Together Everyone Achieves More

Curriculum Maps: Start Your Journey With Us – Donnington Wood Church of England Junior School

Holiday Dates 2023/24: holiday-dates-2023-2024-with-pd-days-.pdf (wordpress.com)

Early Date: Friday 22nd September Open afternoon for all families.

Christmas Concerts are on the Thursday and Friday 14th and 15th December!

Christmas Dinner!! Wednesday 20th December

We break up Thursday 21st December!!!

Last letter.pdf

End of term Letter 1

END OF YEAR.pdf

Good Morning all, please see our Ofsted report: Donnington Wood CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School – Open – Find an Inspection Report – Ofsted

We love the introduction: The school’s values of ‘building friendships, encouraging perseverance, and inspiring hope’ permeate through the school. Staff and pupils are proud of their school. Parents and carers receive lots of support to make sure that pupils attend school regularly; this is a real success. Pupils feel safe and well supported. Staff provide a warm welcome to parents and pupils at the start of each day. Families are appreciative of the wide-ranging support that staff provide.

It goes on to state:

• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are identified swiftly. Leaders ensure that the right provision is in place to support pupils with SEND.
• The mathematics curriculum has been redeveloped recently. Leaders have carefully considered the important knowledge and skills they want pupils to learn and when. This work is having a positive impact.
• Leaders have identified the important concepts and knowledge that they want pupils to learn in each subject and how this knowledge will build over time.
• Leaders have made sure that reading is a high priority. They promote it through fun events, including inviting pupils into school in their pyjamas to ‘curl up with a good book’. Most pupils enjoy reading both at school and at home. consistent approach to teaching reading comprehension has been introduced and this is taught well. Pupils receive extra support to catch up in reading when needed. This is having a positive impact. Leaders introduced a new reading scheme to encourage pupils to read at home. Due to improvements in the teaching of reading, pupils are reading with increasing confidence, accuracy and fluency.
• The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
• Pupils learn about healthy lifestyles and relationships. They take part in extra-curricular clubs, including basketball, football and dodgeball. Pupils value learning to play musical instruments, such as the guitar and keyboard. They take part in a range of class and whole-school performances each year. Pupils understand that others may have different beliefs and opinions to their own, and they respect these differences.

They have asked us to look further:

• The curriculum has recently been redeveloped. In some subjects, the sequence of learning is not well planned. Some staff do not have the expertise needed to teach all aspects of the curriculum effectively. Leaders should ensure that important concepts and knowledge are organised and taught in a clear sequence over time for all subjects. They should ensure that staff have the necessary expertise to teach the whole curriculum as they intend so that pupils, including those with SEND, achieve well.

We have challenged this remark, as it basically reflected on the history teaching that afternoon on 4 lessons, and although they changed some of the wording, we have not been able to overturn it.

We felt it also contradicted itself many times as earlier states: As a result, most pupils with SEND achieve well.

We have lots of plans for this target, and have already started implementing it, including working with other schools.

We thank you for your continued support.

Mr Fox

reading day letter july 23 (1) (2).pdf