Annual Intra KS2 Tag Rugby Competition - 15th March

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The annual intra KS2 tag rugby competition will take place on the morning of Thursday 15th March 2018.

Please could all KS2 children have their PE kits and their sports day coloured top in school on that day.  The top may have logos or characters on it, as long as it is mainly the colour of your sports day team.

School Closure

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For the safety of our children and staff, school WILL CLOSE at 12 noon today.

Gates will open at noon for collection.

Parents are welcome to collect their children before noon today if they wish to do so. Please come in via main Reception for early collections.

School will be CLOSED TOMORROW

School closure procedures in the event of severe weather

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Dear Parents and Carers

Snow Alert!!

We are writing to remind you of the procedures in the event of snowy weather conditions. 

Please listen to HEART Radio or Wiltshire Radio who will start announcing school closures from 6.45am.  You can also go on the HEART FM website and click on the SNOW TAB and they give a very comprehensive list of Wiltshire School Closures. 

You could also check the “Our News” page on our school website www.neston.wilts.sch.uk for information.  Please do not rely on social media for an accurate update.

Please be assured that whilst every effort will be made to keep the school open, the safety of students and staff is of paramount importance during extreme weather conditions.  Also, the majority of our teachers live in surrounding towns and may experience difficulties on minor roads. We will ensure you receive information as quickly as possible; you will also receive a text if the school is closed. 

If you do not receive a text this is due to your mobile telephone numbers not being up-to-date on our school records.

Kind Regards

Pam Evans

Headteacher

Ofsted Report 2018

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Dear Parents,

Please CLICK HERE to view our recent Ofsted report.

Our inspection was a full and thorough inspection and we are very proud and delighted that our school remains "Good".

During the inspection, inspectors noted that there was a lovely atmosphere to the school where "staff look after the pupils very well and keep them safe". The team also reported that "the quality of teaching is good. Teachers plan interesting lessons across a wide and balanced curriculum".

The inspectors discussed the performance data that is published by the school and also the day to day data tracking system. We discussed how data fluctuates depending on the academic and emotional needs of specific cohorts. The inspectors recognised the steps the school had taken to ensure rapid and accelerated progress of each cohort and how it had addressed specific needs of particular groups of children.

Our accurate school self –evaluation based on rigorous data analysis identified the need to accelerate the progress of the higher achieving learners so we are clearly on the right track. Our Maths – No Problem work is already helping to achieve this and the inspectors recognised that it needs some time to embed. The inspectors commented on the strength of the leadership team because the areas for further development have already been identified and implemented.

We want to thank the parents and staff who gave such overwhelming positive feedback on all aspects of the school both through Parent View and directly to the inspectors. The children were amazing - speaking to inspectors with real passion about our school and all that it stands for. I would also like to thank the Governors for their time and commitment to the school - their dedication and hard work has enabled the school to continue to be "Good".

I am very privileged and lucky to work with such a dedicated and strong team who work tirelessly to ensure that the children are successful and enjoy their time at school. We will continue to provide as many "Learning Adventures" as we can muster in order to provide all our children with a fabulous standard of education.

Yours sincerely

Pam Evans

Book Fair

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This year the Book Fair will be held in the school hall on Tuesday 13th March.  Further details will follow.

Change in Lunch Menu

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Due to a delivery issue, the following two Monday lunch time menus will be served as follows:-

Monday 26th February will be Macaroni Cheese

Monday 5th March will be Sausage and Mash

World Book Day

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To celebrate "World Book Day" the children are invited to dress up as their favourite book character on Thursday 1st March.

Neston Aquathon Team comes first!

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Congratulations to Tom, Thomas, Willow and Maddy who took part in an aquathon (swim and run) at Springfield Campus just before half term. They were competing against athletes from other schools in our cluster and were very proud to come first! They are great examples of the benefits of an active lifestyle!

Hot off the Press - Neston Hockey Team qualifies for play offs

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Well done to the Neston Hockey team (Emily, Ciara, Lauren, Lenny, Maddy, George D, Eddie, Seth, Izzy and Alyssa) who came second in our cluster festival (losing out to Colerne only on goal difference) and who have made it through to the play offs for the county event. Our top goal scorer was Lauren, with Emily and Lenny also sending the ball to the back of the net! All of the players improved their skills during the matches, particularly with making themselves available when we were attacking and marking the opposition when we were defending. Good luck for the 2nd of March at Devizes School.

Safer Internet Day - 6th February 2018 - Year 4

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To mark Safer Internet Day, which takes place on 6th February 2018, we are pleased to be able welcome the Corsham Institute who will be discussing with the children in Chestnut how we can make the internet a safer place. 

As part of the visit the children are going to be filmed.  

Please click here for the consent form for you to sign if you are happy for this to be done.  Those children who do not return a consent form will not be included in the filming.

 

Safer Internet Day Flyer.jpg

Positive Parenting Course

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Wiltshire Council will be running a Positive Parenting course from the 5th February at the Corsham Regis Primary school.

The course aims to support parents and carers to make small changes that will have a positive long term impact on their child's behaviour.  Parents are introduced to a range of strategies to enhance parent-child relationships and manage children's behaviour.

Parents can refer themselves using the referral form or turn up on the day and register for the group.

Please click here to view flyer

Please click here to view dates

Please click here to view referral form

 

E-Safety Magazine - #DITTO Issue 10

Added on by Andy Howe.

This month includes:

  • Friends and followers
  • Permanence
  • Cyber trauma – Secrets
  • DITTO – account security
  • Two-factor authentication
  • NEW – #DITTO JUNIOR – articles from children and young people

Please click here to download the issue

Red Team wins KS2 football tournament while Green Team gets the fair play award!

Added on by Maple.

On the last Thursday of term, everyone from Year 3 up to Year 6 played in 8 a-side matches for their sports team (Red, Yellow, Blue and Green). It was wonderful to see our experienced footballers, who play for local clubs, supporting our players who are less experienced at playing football competitively. Last year, Blue Team won the cup but this year some excellent team work (lots of passing and communicating) took Red Team to the top in our 2017 intra-KS2 tournament - Go Reds! There was a lot of fair play in evidence from all the teams (well done everyone) but the team that shone the brightest in this respect was the Green Team! Many thanks to our School Games Crew for organising this exciting event and to the adults who helped out too despite many being under the weather.

Green Team - our Fair Play winners! 

Green Team - our Fair Play winners! 

Red Team - our 2017 competition winners!

Red Team - our 2017 competition winners!