CMPS Newsletter End of Summer Term 2019

This is a communication from Combe Martin Primary School for parents and carers only.

View this email in your browser

Want to know what's for dinner? Click Here?

Dear Parents and carers,

Welcome back to a new school year. We had a lovely assembly this morning with our new school. Everyone, again, looked fantastic in their new uniform.

In assembly we discussed our school rules; be Safe, be ready and be respectful as we continue our learning journey. I added to 'our world' the value of making mistakes and that fail is a vital part of learning. As long as we don't make the same mistakes over again. This will be a theme over the first term as we build on our Super Learner values.

At the end of the year I had discussions with parents about what they could do to help their child as they move through nursery to the end of Year 6. To help we have tried to write down what a school might expect of parents and how that will help learners throughout their time at any school. The page is on the website. As we are starting off with a new year this is quite an appropriate excerpt:

STARTING SCHOOL...
TRANSITIONS AND DROP OFFS

At any age making a transition from one situation to another is difficult. Transitions are something that happens all day long at school and children get very good at managing them. Examples of transitions are; Leaving parents in the morning, moving from morning task to English work, moving from break-time to maths, going home at the end of the day etc.

It is normal for children to not want to make big transitions. Reception children often don't want to leave the safety of the parent at the start of school. Why would they! The parent provides the most safety. Everything else is strange. This is often true for older children as well. If your child doesn't cope well with transitions they possibly haven't had a lot of experience making them. Children who need support making morning drop off transitions need to get into a routine quickly. Parents need to model that school is a safe place to be and that they are happy to leave the child with a trusted adult. This is an act between the parent and trusted adult to build the child's confidence. Prolonging the transition by staying with the child often models the opposite, so a routine needs to be in place very quickly so the child can build their confidence over the first half term and onwards.

You can read more by clicking here.

Class Welcome Letters

Please find links below to the provision for your class over the coming term. If there is more than one page on the pdf you can turn the page when you see the icon at the bottom of the page.

Class 1 Welcome Letter

Class 2 Welcome Letter

Class 3 Welcome Letter

Class 4 Welcome Letter

Class 5 Welcome Letter

Class 6 Welcome Letter

To remind you of the trips we have planned, mentioned in the newsletter before we broke for Summer. We plan to include the experiences in our teaching so it would be brilliant if you could support these residential visits. We understand that cost may be an issue, so please come in to discuss options for your family.

Year 2 - Shark Sleepover is around £70 at the start of June.
Year 3 - Go to the Pinkery for around £50 in March for 1 night.
Year 4 - Go to Bristol for 4 nights in March for around £270
Year 5 - Go to the Pinkery for 2 nights in March for around £100
Year 6 - Go to London in January for around £300 for 4 nights

There are also smaller trips planned by the teachers to support the learning through the year. We try to give you as much notice as possible for these events. To inform you that if we can't raise funds through voluntary contributions to within 10% of the trip cost we cannot proceed with the trip. The experiences and the learning that comes from these events is wonderful and I hope we can be a school that continues to build this into our curriculum.

Together with all the staff at CMPS we hope that you have a fantastic year of learning and enjoy working together with you child and school to achieve a fantastic foundation in learning.

This newsletter is our main way of keeping in touch with you. Please make sure you have signed up and are enrolled on Class Dojo. We also use the school website as the primary information point.

If you were on our email list last year which category did you fall into?

Watch this space for up coming dates. Term dates are at the end of this email.
Please be aware of the change of INSET day from the 4th to the 8th of May.

September Year 6 pupils from Combe Martin, Woolacombe and Bampton have been given the fantastic opportunity to visit our Capital City of London, on a four night Residential Visit.
The pupils will stay at Baden Powell House, next to the Natural History Musem and the visit will also include some of London's famous Landmarks.
The cost of the trip will be £320.00 which includes accommodation, food, theatre tickets and admission costs.
The trip is now set up on SCO Pay with a deposit needing to be paid by Friday 13th September 2019. Final numbers will be taken on this day.
Spread your payments over the following months
Friday 13th September 2019 - £60.00 Deposit
Friday 18th October 2019 - £65.00
Friday 22nd November 2019 - £65.00
Friday 20th December 2019 - £65.00
Friday 17th January 2020 - £65.00
We look forward once again to another brilliant visit to London 2020.

School Uniform
As previously informed, you may now order directly from our supplier for your school uniform and accessories. We believe this will be a more quicker and convenient service for you.
We will continue to stock only a SMALL selection of SWEATSHIRTS ONLY in each size. Cardigans, book bags, PE bags, T-Shirts and Polo Shirts with logos can be ordered only from the shop retailer. You will not be able to order these items now on Scopay.
Plain white Polo shirts & PE-shirts can be bought at a selection of retailers including your local supermarket!

Please visit their shop at the address below.
Express Embroidery
Tracey Stantiford
3 Moxham Court
EX32 8HR
(By Barnstaple Bus Station)
Your may also email your uniform order directly to them wathen528@aol.com
Thank you

The Club timetable for the Autumn Term will be available when we return in September.
Devonshire Tennis academy will also be running Tennis and Gym clubs again and a letter with instructions on how to sign up is on reception now.

Medicines form

Term Dates 2019 - 2020

Non-pupil day on Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd September.
School starts on Wednesday 4th September, 2019.

Autumn Half-term 21-25th October, 2019.

Last day of Autumn term is the 20th December, 2019.

Non-pupil day Monday 6th January.

Spring term begins on Tuesday 7th January, 2020.

Spring Half-term 17-21st February, 2020.

Last day of Spring term is Friday 27th March, 2020.

Easter Half Term - Monday 30th March - Monday 13th April.

Non-pupil day Tuesday 14th April.

Summer Term begins on 15th April, 2020.

School closed for Bank Holiday 8th May (This has changed from the 4th in line with the Government change).

Summer Half-term 25-29th May, 2020.

Non Pupil Day - Monday 29th June.

Last day of the Summer term is Tuesday 21st July, 2020.

Combe Martin School is part of the Alumnis Multi-Academy Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 11409631

STARTING SCHOOL... TRANSITIONS AND DROP OFFS

STARTING SCHOOL...
TRANSITIONS AND DROP OFFS