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Staff News

Two of our Teaching Assistants will be leaving us at the end of term. Mrs Swetlana Greenhough is moving out of the area due to her husband’s posting and Mrs Tania Burton has decided she wants to train to become a teacher. Tania will start her training in September with our Pickwick Teaching School Alliance so we will be able to keep in touch with her. We would like to thank

both of them for all they have done to support our pupils and wish them luck with their new adventures ahead.

In September Mrs Jenny Metcalfe, Mrs Rachel Taylor and Mrs Nicola Tuplin will all be returning to

school following their maternity leaves. Rachel will be reducing her working week and will be returning to the teaching team on a part time basis. Nicola is also reducing her working week and will be returning to the teaching assistant team for three days a week. Jenny will continue to work three days a week in the Inclusion team. We look forward to welcoming them all back to the team.

Also in September we will be welcoming our new Early Years Teaching Assistant, Miss Charlie

Gammon, to the team to replace Mrs Simons. Miss Gammon has lots of experience working in a Nursery and we are looking forward to utilising her knowledge and expertise of the Early Years

curriculum.

From September Mrs Clare Vines will be increasing her teaching week to four days following her successful appointment as a Curriculum Development Group Leader. She currently works part time in a jobshare with Mrs Di Hawkins. They have worked together very successfully for many years and we know this will be an exciting change for both of them. From September Mrs Vines’ new jobshare partner will be Mrs Nicola Ryan who is returning to teach one day a week with her.

We know that both Clare and Nicola are looking forward to working together and will make a great team. Mrs Hawkins is now waiting to find out who her new jobshare partner will be!

The Brook Centre (our Resource Base at Pound Pill for speech and language impaired pupils) is continuing its phased closure. From September there will be three pupils on roll which means the funding has been reduced to reflect this. The school can no longer afford a part time teacher to

operate the centre so Mrs Suzette Perry, our Teaching Assistant Manager, will oversee the centre and liaise directly with class teachers. Mrs Sam Cottrell, the current teacher in the Resource

Base, will be returning to mainstream teaching.

Wedding bells will be ringing this summer as Mrs Joella Long, one of our Teaching Assistants, will be getting married to her fiancé David. We wish them both a most wonderful day full of joy and

celebration with their families and friends.

Mrs Jessica Love Mr Roo Elliott

Miss Gemma Ozanne (part time) Miss Jess Waldron

Miss Rebecca Palmer (part time) Miss Hannah Skidmore

Miss Sorcha Rudgley Miss Clarissa Ward

Miss Rose Napier Mrs Sam Cottrell (part time)

Miss Helen White Mrs Rachel Taylor (part time)

Mrs Kate Alexander Miss Natalea Trevor

Mrs Caroline Pegrum (part time) Mrs Ellie Mason

Mr Geoff Biddall Mrs Hannah Allen

Miss Ella Ferguson Mrs Diane Hawkins (part time)

Mrs Clare Vines (part time) Mrs Amanda-Jane O’Brien

Mrs Lisa Kendall Mrs Nicola Ryan (part time)

Mr Tom Richards

You will find out who your child’s teacher is on Tuesday 3 July 2018

Mrs Jenny Metcalfe and Mrs Jo Smalley

“Winning doesn’t always mean

being first; Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve

done before.”

Bonnie Blair

Governor Awards

These awards were presented to the school from former Governors and families of the

school. They are given to Year 6 children who have been nominated by their teachers for

super effort in Literacy, Numeracy and Sport.

Huge congratulations to:

Tamsin M for Literacy Ben R for Numeracy Matthew J for Sport

Miss Palmer’s Recommended Reads

Please look out for these books in our class libraries, Corsham Library, The Corsham Book Shop or online.

KS2

Llama United has gone from strength to strength after their first Cup win, gaining fame and fortune along the way. Sadly the England football team is not having the same success and, with the World Cup looming, their manager is desperate to find a magic ingredient to beat their bitter rivals.

Friends (and llama managers) Tim and Cairo have just that ingredient and agree to loan some of Llama United's top players. But not everything is plain sailing and, with Cairo strangely distracted by the rival team, and the llamas having trouble settling in, Tim has his work cut out for him. It seems not everybody wants to support the team with an impossible dream . . .

Llamas Go Large: A World Cup Story is the second hilarious Llama United book from Scott Allen, full of football funnies and laugh-a-minute llamas, illustrated by Sarah Horne.

KS1

For anyone who can't see a ball without wanting to kick it, head it, shoot it, or boot

it! A wonderful rhyming story to read aloud, Kicking A Ball will not disappoint fans of

Allan Ahlberg. Written as a poem, the little boy in the story has been brought to life perfectly by artist Sebastien Braun. Every parent will be able to immediately relate to the simple joy felt by a boy simply kicking a ball, and how there is nothing else quite like

it. The incomparable Allan Ahlberg takes us on a journey from childhood to fatherhood full of

humour, warmth, friendship . . . and football.

Non-Fiction Book

The greatest goals… The most spectacular

saves… Meet the top 40 footballers of all time! Relive Ronaldo’s most memorable moments, learn

about Messi’s legendary left foot, meet the youngest-ever World Cup goal scorer, Pelé, and see the some of the most spectacular saves in history. Every player is a winner in their own way, but who will you choose as your hero?

Jam-packed full of fun footie facts about who each legend played for, how many goals they scored and the special skills they had, this is the perfect read for football fans all over the world.

Our school is strongly committed to improving reading and knows the importance of reading for pleasure. There is good evidence to suggest that young people who read for pleasure daily perform better throughout their school lives and beyond.

We want to encourage children to enjoy reading and to read a wide range of good quality literature.

We are delighted to inform you that the school has recently made another investment in our library with the purchase of a new online computer system called ‘Reading Cloud’

and many new books for both KS1 and KS2. This has all been possible due to the generous support of the PTA,

When this system goes live, pupils, staff and parents will be able to view our school library

catalogue online and pupils will also be able to use it to write book reviews, blog about what they are reading and their favourite authors and search for new books.

The system also has fantastic feature called ‘Who Next?’ which recommends new books and

authors based on the books that your child has already read and enjoyed. You will be able to use this feature at home to help your child select their next book.

Children will be asked to scan any books they borrow from the school library and scan it again when they return it, just as you would the Corsham library. In this way we hope to

continue to maintain and grow the school libraries at both sites. We hope to get the Reading Cloud up and running from September at Pound Pill.

We will also have the Broadwood System ready but plan to launch it separately to fit in around the new build. Watch this space for more information in September.

Watch this space for more information in September.

Happy Reading. Miss Palmer

In order to ensure that we can continue to offer a wide range of quality fiction for your children to enjoy, please could we ask that

ALL books that have been borrowed this year are returned to school before the holidays so they can be added onto the Reading Cloud. We understand that books often hide on book shelves and at the bottom of bags but hopefully our school books should be easy to spot with their coloured sticker on the spine and the school stamp

inside.

Pound Challenge – Young Entrepreneur 2018

Year Six have absolutely amazed us all this year by raising more than £2,850 in the 2018 Pound Challenge as part of our citizenship curriculum.

The children were all given £1 and asked to put together a Business Plan outlining how they intended to invest their money in a project that would raise money for UNICEF. Corsham Primary is a UNICEF Right’s Respecting School and so it seemed sensible to choose this

charity to work with.

Their entrepreneurial ideas left the teachers, Mrs Cooke (Lady Cooke Sugar), Mrs Stevens (Karren) and Mr Hayden (Claude) almost speechless! Dog walking, cake/fudge/flapjack/

cookie making, lemonade making, bike repairs, making artwork, upcycling tins, selling squishies and putty, popcorn popping, car washing and holding a raffle to name just a few.

Lord Sugar himself would be astounded at their business acumen and entrepreneurial skills! We are all incredibly proud of our year six children for working so hard on this project and raising a huge amount of money that can be used by UNICEF to provide classrooms in

parts of the world where children are not so lucky to have such a lovely school as ours to attend.

Thanks go to all our year six pupils for all their enthusiasm and commitment towards this challenge. We all hope they have learnt lots of life skills that they can take forward into

adulthood.

New Build at Broadwood Update

We are excited to let you know that the extension of our Broadwood site is due to start on Monday 9 July and is programmed to take 59 weeks. This first stage shall develop the internal part of the current building between Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms and the hall. The

intention is to complete the renovation by 1 September to ensure learning can commence as normal at the beginning of term. This part of the school shall be closed off to all children and non-building

personnel during this time. Children will be able to access the main building through their class outside doors and back in through atrium outside doors. All learning and activities shall continue as

normal. During the Summer holiday works shall also be carried out on the school carpark in readiness for the children’s return in September.

This is the beginning of a very exciting time for us and we are really looking forward to welcoming

the construction team to our Broadwood site.

SPORTS NEWS

Teams from Broadwood and Pound Pill had a great time at a recent local cricket tournament. Each team managed to play

three matches before rain stopped play. In those matches we scored boundaries, took catches and bowled some wonderful

balls.

Tuck Reminder ….

Please remember that tuck can be brought in from home for children to enjoy at break times and this must only be fruit or plain biscuits. (No chocolate biscuits please.) Reception

children pay for their tuck directly to the class teacher (50p per week). Fruit is also provided by school to all children in Key Stage 1 at break times.

Important notes regarding parking Please may we again urge parents to be considerate if driving to drop off and pick up their child/ren. The school offices take frequent calls from residents asking that our parents do not park over their driveways, on private land and inconsiderately in the vicinity of both sites. Pound Pill

We really do appreciate that parking can be difficult in and around Corsham. If you regularly drive, please apply to the school office for a parking permit enabling you to use the Co-op car park in Newlands Road. Broadwood

Please park at the nearby community centre and walk across to school rather than using the narrow roads, parking on bends or on the grass. Thank you.

Over the next few weeks of term, Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 will be enjoying getting to know their new classrooms and

teachers. Each class will have the opportunity to have Story Times and Golden Times in their new year groups in addition to spending the whole morning with their new teacher. They will also have lots

of opportunities to ask questions about their new classes in preparation for September. Finally, we will all get together for our

annual Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 Picnic.

We are very much looking forward to this year’s annual School Council Talent Contest which will be on Monday 23 July 2018. Please get your entries in as

soon as possible to the school office.

The Talent Contest is one of the highlights of the school year and soon we will be discovering who at Corsham Primary has serious talent!

Indhu Rani Friday 25 May

It always amazes the staff how the children so

enthusiastically think and plan such fantastic activities for everyone to enjoy. From face painting to decorating

biscuits—the children had thought of it all and on top of that, they raised a staggering £1476.16 in just one hour!

All their hard earned cash will be sent to the Goodwill

Village in India. Well done children, you were brilliant and thank you Mums and Dads, friends and extended

family for all your support.

“Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.”

Daniel J. Boorstin

Transfer of pupil information to new schools

As we are nearing the end of term and our Year 6

children are preparing to join their chosen

secondary schools, we are spending lots of time

sharing information with the new settings in order

to help the children settle as quickly and easily as

possible. It is a requirement that school records

are transferred when a child moves to another

school, in any year group. This includes

information about their personality/character,

academic progress, if they have any SEN etc., and

also any information relating to safeguarding or

Child Protection. If you have any questions please

contact the school office.

Pickwick Learning Teaching School Alliance News

Pickwick Learning Teaching School Alliance was created by Corsham Primary School and four other founding schools 5 years ago, in order to offer school improvement support and professional development services to other schools, as well as to be able to train teachers

on the job through our School Direct PGCE teacher training programme. The Alliance now has over 55 member schools spread across 5 local authority areas. Wiltshire Local

Authority, Snapdragons nurseries, several businesses and charities, and three Universities are also partners.

We are really proud of all the work that Pickwick Learning does to support schools and

colleagues in the local area – it continues to go from strength to strength!

This year Pickwick Learning secured DfE funding to open up a Hub in Salisbury to enable us to offer teaching school services in South Wiltshire. This hub, expertly led by Rebecca Bone and Alan Geary, has recruited specialist teachers and headteachers in the area and

has provided exceptional leadership and teaching courses.

As part of the DfE’s Strategic School Improvement Fund Pickwick Learning are collaborating with Excalibur, Nexus and Swindon Teaching School Alliances to lead 2/5 of

the hubs leading work to improve phonics outcomes for 52 schools across the region.

Over the last four years Pickwick Learning have trained 20 high quality trainee teachers who all successfully passed through our programme and have all secured jobs – we are

looking forward to working with next year’s cohort of 10 trainees.

The Pickwick Learning team from September is:

Mr James Passmore and Mrs Amy Tapscott – Directors (job-share) Mr Alan Geary and Mrs Rebecca Bone—Deputy Directors (South Wiltshire) (job-share)

To find out more about Pickwick Learning and the work it is doing, please visit the website:

www.pltsa.co.uk or Twitter: @PickwickLTSA

What is a Teaching School?

Teaching Schools are groups of Department for Education approved schools which work

collaboratively with others to provide high quality professional development, school

improvement work and Initial Teacher Training. They are part of the DfE’s goal to give

schools a central role in raising standards by developing a self-improving and sustainable

school-led system. Schools in Teaching School Alliances benefit from the highest quality

CPD, share best practice, are kept up to date with the latest education developments, take

part in peer reviews and evidence based research, have access to local, national and

international expertise and demonstrate that they are outward facing. Schools can both

benefit from and contribute to support provided by the Teaching School Alliance.

The children in Year 6 are busy putting the final touches to their end of year production, “I’m a

Believer”. We have it on good authority that the rehearsals are going well and we are all really looking forward to seeing the show. This year, the two sites are working together and the performance times for

parents and carers are:

Wednesday 11 July at 6pm Thursday 12 July at 6pm

This assembly (for children at both sites) will be held at 2.00pm at St. Bartholomew’s Church on

Thursday 19 July

Medical Information Update

We need to make sure that any pertinent medical information relating to your

child is recorded in case of emergency.

If necessary, please can you let the office know—brief details are all that is necessary eg. asthma, allergy to

penicillin etc.

Party Party Party ….

Year 6 Leavers’ Party is on Monday 23 July at Boomerang in Melksham

6.30pm—8.30pm.

Parent and Carer Communication

Please note that our website offers comprehensive information

relating to what is going on with your child’s class both in terms of

curriculum and routine class activities, as well as one-off events

and up to the minute Information:

www.corshamprimary.co.uk

We will regularly email/text you with up to date information also. Please make sure we always have

your current contact details.

May we politely request that parents and carers do not pass messages to teaching staff via

your child/ren—these can often get misunderstood in translation. A quick note, email or telephone

call to the office is much appreciated in these cases.

World Ocean Day

Our wonderful kitchen staff dressed up and put on a

special menu for the children who have been studying under-the-sea projects recently for

World Ocean Day! A fishy lunch was enjoyed by everyone and the team even

dressed up in their special fishy finery too!

Children’s News Lucy H has been awarded her Gymnastics Proficiency Award Level 4.

Zeon E, Finley C, Gabriella S, George L, Amelie G, Elliot T, Harry S, Fionn M, Polly R, Aadi B, Poppy Y, Joseph B, Cameron M, Charlie D, Henry N, Jacob P, Dexter I and Fraser A completed Rosie’s Rainbow Run and Ride.

Teddy G has received a football medal for moving up into a new group.

Leo B has won a trophy for playing in a golf tournament.

Maddie B has achieved her 200m swimming certificate.

Monte B has received 2 tournament medals from Corsham Rugby Club.

Kaspar W, Joshua E, Teddy G and Harry S have all received trophies having played in the Under 7’s AFC tournament.

Isaac F and Henry N have received medals and trophies for playing wonderful football.

Griffin G-A has achieved his Green Belt/Blue Tag in martial arts.

Zac T has achieved his Level 1 swimming certificate.

Ruby W has achieved her Stage 4 swimming award.

Harry D and Eleanor C have achieved their Stage 2 swimming awards.

Luke M has achieved his Stage 1 swimming award.

Nancy K has achieved her 1000m swimming certificate.

Bea Y has received a Rosie’s Rainbow Ride medal.

Harry B has received a Blue Peter badge and a letter.

Harry D, Louis M and Mason B have all received football tournament trophies.

Harrison W has been awarded Player’s Player of the Year Award for Corsham Rugby Club U8’s.

Jake R has achieved Supporter’s Player of the Year from AFC Corsham U10’s.

Harry D was awarded a trophy for being Best Player of the Season and a medal for playing for Corsham Tigers Football.

Mason B was awarded a trophy for Manager’s Player of the Year and a medal for playing for Corsham Tigers Football.

Finn A was awarded a medal for playing for Corsham Jaguars Football.

AJ-W was awarded a trophy for Players’ Player of the Year and a medal for playing for Corsham Tigers.

Benji H, Louis M and Megan E were all awarded 600m swimming certificates.

Josh M has achieved his Jellyfish 2 swimming award and an award for being U8 Supporter’s Player of the Year for AFC Corsham.

Nancy S has received 2 medals for her fantastic gymnastics.

Teddy H has received lots of swimming certificates for 5m butterfly, 10m back stroke/front crawl and Stage 4 Level.

Finnian G has been awarded Manager’s Player of the Year in the U8’s at AFC Corsham.

Dexter I has achieved a Sportsmanship Medal from AFC Corsham

We thought you might appreciate

some key dates and information

about your child’s transition into

their new class.

2 July - staff, parents, carers

and children find out the new

classes for September.

16 July - children spend the

morning with their new teacher.

At 2.30pm parents are welcomed

to their child’s new classroom for

a ‘Meet and Greet’ session with

the new teacher/s. Please note

that this meeting does not replace

the Key Stage 1 information

sessions on supporting your child

at home, which happen in the

Autumn Term.

Throughout July various activities

are planned to familiarise children

with their new year groups, such

as swapping classes and the

famous Key Stage 1 Picnic (w/c

9 July, weather permitting!).

More detailed information will be

released shortly which will be

relevant to children changing key

stage (Foundation Stage to Year 1

and Year 2 to Year 3) and will also

be covered in the ‘Meet and

Greet’ session as appropriate.

Transition into New Classes

Grace C and Cailyn M have received 1 mile bike ride medals.

Thomas H has received a medal for taking part in a triathlon.

Max E has received a Medal from AFC.

Noah C has achieved his Stage 1 swimming certificate.

Freddie H has received an award for being the U7 Most Improved Player of the Year at AFC Corsham.

Oscar M has swum a humungous 1000m—fabulous swimming mileage achieved!

Eleanor C has achieved her Level 4 gymnastics certificate.

Playground Crazes of the Month July’s crazes are Guiness Book of Records, Sylvanian families, diablo, yoyos,

dominoes. Please ensure that toys and other items are clearly labelled with your child’s name.

Please note: fidget spinners are no longer a craze of the moment.

Congratulations!

Ruby W, Freya L, Obi S, Megan B, Lilia B, Autumn Rm Daisy L, Noah F, Amara G-C, Ben F, Elsie P, Alessia W, Amelia T, Charlie D and Joshua G

who will be entered into the Golden Book for completing 9 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Bobby H, Edward W, Flynn A, Amelia H, Ella R, Erin A, Freddie H, Katie S, Millie S, Benji H Theo H, Bethany P, Dylan J, Finn A, Kuba Z, Danika S, Gethin W, Toby B, Nathanial D, Jack S,

A-J W, Caiden D, Mason B and Jack H

who have received Peacock Awards for completing 6 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Megan E, Nathan L, Roseylee A, Anais T, Monte B, James M, Lottie T, Megan W, Julia M and Tom W

who have received achievement pens for completing 12 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Jemima O, Tilly M and Hannah O

who have had their names added to the roll of honour for completing 15 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Connor S and Hannah E

who have achieved a golden badge for completing 18 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Chloe V, Eddie K, Aidan C and Dylan C

who have received book tokens for completing 21 merit cards.

Congratulations

Milly L and Bunny N

who have received an Ivern the Wyvern memory stick for completing 24 merit cards.

Dates for your Diary

July

Wednesday 4 New FS Children Story Session in Strawberries, Apples and Pears

Wednesday 11 Year 6 Production “I’m a Believer” to parents/carers 6pm at PP

New FS Children Play Morning in Strawberries, Apples and Pears

Thursday 12 Year 6 Production “I’m a Believer” to parents/carers 6pm at PP

Monday 16 Class Swaps Morning

Parents Meet New Teacher 2.30pm

Thursday 19 Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly 2.00pm at St Bartholomew’s Church

Monday 23 Year 6 Leaving Party at Boomerang 6.30pm—8.30pm

Wednesday 25 School finishes at 2.30pm

September

Monday 3 School Closed for Teacher Training

Tuesday 4 School Closed for Teacher Training

Wednesday 5 Term Starts and school opens at 8.40am

School will be closing at 2.30pm on Wednesday 25 July, and will re-open for children on Wednesday 5 September at 8.40am.

On behalf of all the staff may we wish you all a very happy holiday and thank you for your support over the past year.

Gina Cooke Lindsay Fry Kerry Parker Senior Headteacher Head of School Pound Pill Head of School Broadwood

If your child is moving into Year 3 in September, please remember that school lunches will no longer be free. If you would like your child to eat a school lunch, the cost will be £2.10 per day and payment is processed through our cashless system—SchoolMoney. If you require a user name and password in order to activate your account, please contact

Ursula Nimock in the Pound Pill school office who will be happy to help.

If your child is in Year 6 and enjoys a school meal at lunchtime, please ensure that by 25 July 2018, your account is settled and the balance is £0.00.

Thank you.