Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Golden Award Winners 4th November 2022

  Fri 04 Nov 2022 Mr Wallis

  Congratulations to all our Golden Award Winners this week. For the full list click here

   

  Also, a big welcome to Tocky the time Ted and Rainbow the Register Rabbit who are this week heading to our Reception classes to celebrate your excellent attendance and punctuality.

   

  Key Stage 2 Charlies class receive the Attendance Trophy this week for improved attendance throughout the school year.

• Parent Webinar - ’10 Top Tips for a Healthier Bank Balance – How to Eat Well AND Save Money’

  Wed 02 Nov 2022 Mr Wallis

  About this event

  Would you like some tips on how to eat healthier on a budget?

   

  Want to know how to get the most out of your supermarket shop?

   

  Want some ideas & inspiration on how to feed your family whilst not breaking the bank?

   

  Then why not join us for our webinar: ’10 Top Tips for a Healthier Bank Balance – How to Eat Well AND Save Money’!

   

  Part of our ’10 Top Tips’ Webinar Series, this session includes how to be savvier at the supermarket, tips on shopping and cooking on a budget, and how to reduce food waste.

   

  Presented via Zoom and delivered by nutrition professionals, the session will be informative but fun, with time throughout to answer any of your questions.

   

  To book a place click here

• Individual and Family Photographs - 10th November 2022

  Wed 02 Nov 2022 Mr Wallis

  On Thursday 10th November we will be having our photo day.  We will be using Tempest again for our individual pupil photos this year. Proofs will not be sent home on the day but will follow when we receive them. As always there is no obligation to buy any photo should you not wish to. Photos will be available to purchase through the Tempest Website or through school.

   

  Although there is no obligation to buy photographs, in order to simplify the organisation in school, ALL children attending will have a photograph taken.

   

  Individual photos of all children will be taken during the school day. We ask that all children wear school code of dress on this day. Classes with PE on the day will be able to do PE in their school uniform.

   

  Photographs will begin with the nursery pupils.

   

  We ask that for nursery parents whose child does not attend the Thursday morning session, but would like an individual photo to be taken, to bring their child to nursery before 9.00am. Your child can enter Nursery in the normal way to have their photograph taken and we will make arrangements for you to wait in the Nursery yard. We would expect your child returned to you by approximately 9:20am, when you can then take your child home.

   

  Also, this year we are able to offer sibling/family photos and these will take place from 7.30am to 8.30am in the Dance Studio. There will be two photographers and there will be a queuing system in operation.  Access to school will be through the main school gates and you should use the path around the school to queue for the family photos outside the dance studio.  Please arrive in plenty of time to allow for waiting times as we will not be able to go beyond 8.30am for these photos.  All children must be accompanied by an adult for this session and supervised at all times.

   

  Thank you

• Attendance and Punctuality

  Tue 01 Nov 2022 Mr Wallis

  Walkley Primary School - Attendance Ethos

  Walkley Primary promotes a whole school culture that values attendance. We understand that excellent attendance helps to improve outcomes for a child. We provide a supportive, calm orderly and productive environment for children to attend, learn and develop within. The school policy can be found here

   

  Why is attendance Important?

  Every child has a right to education and every school has a responsibility to support and encourage school attendance for pupils on their roll. Excellent attendance at school helps a child to meet their full potential.

   

  Below are just some of the reasons why it is so important for children to attend school:  

  • To learn,
  • To have fun,
  • To make new friends and learn social skills,
  • To experience new things in life,
  • To develop skills - problem solving, time keeping, 
  • To build confidence and self-esteem,
  • To get into daily routines that set a pattern for life,
  • To receive support from school.

   

  Attendance Rewards

  Success in improved attendance and punctuality will be talked about in classes and across school. All staff will recognise the patterns in improvement across the school and acknowledge them.

   

  In October 2022 we are starting with our new attendance rewards. We will celebrate achievements in attendance in our weekly Friday assembly with parents.

   

  We have carefully reviewed our awards to ensure that they are fair and represent the effort that families are making to ensure excellent attendance.

   

  The awards are given following close monitoring of the register (attendance and punctuality) by the Inclusion Manager and Senior Leadership Team. We look for patterns in improved attendance. This could involve improved punctuality for one child within a class. It could be improved attendance for identified pupils within a class. This method is more precise than a simple award for highest attendance. It offers the opportunity for any class to win each week. 

   

  In Key Stage one, we award a class with two soft toys. Tocky the time Ted and Rainbow the Register Rabbit. 

   

  These soft toys wear the Walkley uniform with pride and represent the school ethos in excellence in attendance and punctuality. In Key Stage two we award a special attendance trophy.

   

  Each week one class in Key stage one will have the opportunity to win the soft toys in their classroom for the week. They join the class to celebrate the success of the pupils. In key stage two the chosen class will be awarded the trophy which will then be placed in a prominent place to celebrate their success.

   

  The awards will be referred to throughout the week by the class teachers, demonstrating their importance and praising their class.

   

  Every Lesson Matters

  In line with “Working together to improve attendance guidance 2022” We believe that every lesson is an opportunity to learn and develop. Each lesson has its own learning goals and provides a chance to learn something new and gain a new experience. Many lessons follow ongoing schemes of work and missing one can mean a child may miss out.

   

  When we think about attendance in school we no longer refer to percentages. We talk and think about actual lessons missed. Minutes of learning missed. Lessons can be missed due to issues with punctuality or they can be missed to be absence from school. If a child is missing lots of lessons we want to work with families improve this and to overcome any barriers to this.