Headteacher News 10-1-2025

A warm welcome back to Northstead Headteacher News to all of our community.

This information should be read alongside today’s newsletter.

Staffing News

Congratulations to Mrs Tindall (Class 1) and Miss Seeley (Class 10) who are both expectant mothers. Both will be working at school until the Easter Holidays or just after and will then commence their maternity leave. Once appointments are made for their class teaching allocation, parents and carers will be notified.

Attendance News…

Started the week off well, it snowed and it was icy and so attendance fell.

Whole school attendance to date: 93.92%

This week’s attendance is 93.62%

Well done to class 10 for winning the Headteacher Award this week for the highest attendance in school. Their attendance was an amazing 97.92%

Term Time Holiday Request Information (Link to form below)

https://www.northsteadprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Application_for_leave_of_absence.pdf

Please note the following:

• No term time leave of absence will be granted as exceptional circumstances if the Leave of Absence form is not completed prior to the leave of absence being taken. (Unauthorised absence)
• If your child takes a leave of absence from school of 5 days (10 sessions) or more and no exceptional circumstances apply, the issue is referred to the learning authority to issue a fine. This is because the absence is classed as unauthorised.
• If no evidence is provided in relation to exceptional circumstances, you may receive a phone call from the attendance and safeguarding team for further information. However, we ask that all available information is provided to alleviate the need for this and to enable the Headteacher to make an informed decision as to whether exceptional circumstances apply or not.

The decision of the Headteacher is final.

Parents who take a child on leave in term time without the permission of the school risk being issued with a penalty notice fine for unauthorised absences.

Taking a pupil on leave during term time interrupts teaching and learning and can disrupt educational progress.

Before completing their application parent/carers are asked to consider the effect on their child’s continuity of education.

For a list of exceptional circumstances, please see the weblink above.

Physical Education

Please note that during the Spring term, children across school will only take part in indoor PE. As a larger than average primary school with only one PE hall, that means only one PE lesson per week for a short time. In the summer term, we will revert back to two lessons per week.

Smart Watches in School for children…

Amazing gadgets, but not in school please. Please leave these expensive items at home. Thanks for your support with this.

Thanks…

Thanks to the many volunteers who arrived just before Christmas to help with planting at the front of school. Fingers crossed for many of the trees and bushes to grow wonderfully!

New Device arrived at home over the holiday period? Take a look at this handy guide of how to set up parental controls on new devices. 

Click on the link below or take a look at the poster embedded into this post.

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