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Well done everyone for your fantastic attendance this week, reaching 98.1% this is one of our best week’s ever. Our ‘early years’ classes just pipped the older children in having the best attendance. Class MB were best overall, all of the children were here every day, giving them a total of 100%! In key stage 2 Mrs Hartley’s class did the best with 99.7% attendance. In our photograph you can see the children with their pencils and trophies, our Ronnie is being looked after by Mrs Bigg’s class, we hope that they can keep him safe and happy! In our special mention assembly the children received their awards for good attendance, the best class this week was Mrs Steadman’s with 99%, apart from the weekly trophy they have the privilege of looking after our Ronny for the week! You can see him in the picture alongside the children who also received a special pencil! Well done to Class MB who are our early years winners and to those children who managed to attend all week without a day off! Remember the more you attend school the more you learn, so good attendance does matter!
Our school aims are simple in that we aspire for all pupils to learn and play in a safe and happy environment, giving them the best start in life.However, without your commitment in ensuring your child attends school regularly and on time, they may not reach their full potential. Let’s continue to work together towards the mutual benefit of Brierley School children, thank you for your support during this new academic year.
Good attendance plays an important role in your child’s education and every day counts! Research by the DfE suggests that absence from school has a detrimental effect on a child’s attainment and could affect their chances later on in life as they enter the world of work. Below are some interesting facts:
The Law states that:
· 5 minutes late every day adds up to over 3 days lost each year · 15 minutes late every day is the same as being absent for 2 weeks a year · 30 minutes late every day is the same as being absent for 19 days a year “IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE LATE THAN NOT TO ARRIVE AT ALL” We understand that at specific times a child may struggle to attend school. If this is the case Mrs Winstanley is on hand to provide help and support to overcome any barriers. It is vital that we work together to ensure your child reaches their maximum potential and that you communicate any absences with school. Unexplained absences will not be authorised and on advice from the Education Welfare Services more fixed penalty notices for unauthorised absences are being issued, either for family holidays or sporadic days off. CURRENT SCHOOL STATUS Whole School attendance so far 95.3% the target is 96% 130 Children have the schools target attendance of 96% or more 24 Children have 100% attendance 7 Children are classed as persistently absent (with 85% or below) PUNCTUALITY There is a growing concerning in schools over the lateness of children coming into school and their missed learning. A survey was carried out by Mrs Winstanley for 1 week to monitor children’s lateness and the amount of learning time that was being lost. It was found that:
The snap shot shows concerning results, for both staff and parents alike. “IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE LATE THAN NOT TO ARRIVE AT ALL” but let’s work together to reduce this alarmingly high amount of lost learning time. This week our overall attendance was 95.5%. The children try to maintain a class average of at least 96.2%, classes SH, EF, CH and FS all managed this – well done. During this half-term the leading class on our football display is Class SH, they are followed closely by Classes AH and EF, who will be our World Cup winners? Our weekly attendance is 96.4% which reflects a strong performance to start this term and a rise on last week’s attendance. With five classes topping 96% and classes SH and CH reaching an outstanding 99.5% we are expecting our attendance for the year to continue to improve. This week’s attendance prizes go to Billy, Paige, Charlotte, Amelia, Harry, Josh and Tanesha, well done to all of you. Mrs Winstanley has been busy changing our attendance display and we now have a set of football goals and a league table to coincide with the World Cup finals in Brazil, come on Brierley children and come on England!
Following a couple of rather disappointing weeks our school attendance is back on track with a fantastic score of 97.1%. “We need to keep this up,” one of the children commented whist leaving our special attendance assembly. There were over 60 certificates given out today to celebrate those children who have attended every day since starting back on January 6th. Our competition was won by Class AH whose monkey reached the top of the tree first, but it was very close with Class SH only 0.3% behind! |
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