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Milefield Newsletter 1st October 2021

The start of the school year has been extremely positive; it has been great to get around school and see pupils engaged, excited and eager to learn.

As always, we are committed to our school vision:

ENGAGE: Motivating children to learn in every lesson, every day.
INSPIRE: Developing a thirst for knowledge & building aspirations.
Empower: Providing the skills for success at the next phase of education & beyond.

LEARN

I am available most mornings on the school playground so please do come and speak to me- Mrs Trickett

As a school, we expect all pupils to uphold our core values:

Look out for our home-school agreement which has been sent out today (inC. via email) WHICH OUTLINES THE ROLE OF SCHOOL, PARENTS/CARERS AND PUPILS. IF PARENTS/CARERS COULD DISCUSS THIS WITH THEIR CHILD THEN SIGN AND RETURN IT TO SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
attendance Matters!
AS ALWAYS, we are focusing on improving attendance across school. We know we can rely on both pupils and parents to support us in raising attendance and reaching OUR target of 97%. I am pleased to say that we have got off to a great start and that weekly attendance has been just below target since starting back in September:-
WEEK 1: 98.6% (WOW)
WEEK 2: 98.3% (AMAZING)
WEEK 3: 95.6%
WEEK 4: 95.5%

For further information please look at our attendance spark by clicking here:-

REMEMBER... 190 SCHOOL DAYS = 190 LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

SCHOOL UNIFORM

It has been fantastic to see so many children in correct school uniform; keep it up! School uniform is:

  • Bottle Green Cardigan or Jumper (School logo optional)
  • White Polo Neck T.Shirt
  • Grey Skirt/Trousers/Shorts
  • Green Gingham Checked Dress/Culotte Dress
  • Sensible, Flat Black Shoes

#WEARITWITHPRIDE

ARBOR

As you will already be aware most correspondence and communication is now being conducted via the Arbor App. We strongly advise all parents/carers to download the app.

Please see the guide below:

ACADEMY CONVERSION

As you will all already be aware, we are extremely pleased to announce that, in July 2021, Milefield Primary School officially became part of Hoyland Common Academy Trust (HCAT).

We have been working alongside HCAT now for the past 2 years who have supported school leaders to secure improvement and development to ensure the best possible education for our pupils.

This positive partnership has supported developments in:
Teaching & Learning
Governance
Standards & Outcomes
alongside much more.

We are eager to continue our journey as a HCAT school and build on our successes so far.

For more information about HCAT please follow:

TAKE A LOOK AT CURRICULUM AND LEARNING AT MILEFIELD...

#Engaging

#BroadandBalanced

#BuildingCulturalCapital

#HIGHEXPECTATIONS

#KNOWINGMOREANDREMEMBERINGMORE

#PROGRESSIVE

#SEQUENTIAL

#SUBSTANTIVE CONCEPTS

#BUILDINGONPRIORKNOWLEDGE

#IMMERSIVE

EXTRA-CURRICULAR CLUBS:

Watch out for regular updates about clubs and opportunities:

EXCITING NEWS... WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE. YOU SHOULD NOTICE CHANGES BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. PLEASE LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS & FEEDBACK by FOLLOWING THE QR CODE no earlier than 8th october (when the new website is live):

Credits:

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