Newsletter 5

8 February 2012

Dear Parents

Friends

I would like to say thank you to the Friends for organising the School Discos and also to staff who stayed to help. I think you will all agree they were a big success. We raised over £500!! A big thank you also to Lady GaGa for running the Disco.

The next Friends meeting is Friday 2 March 2pm at the school, they are planning lots of exciting events for your children, please come along, we would love to see you.

Bad Weather

With this cold weather, can I ask that you ensure all children bring a warm coat, hat gloves etc. They all spend at least half an hour outside at lunchtime and I find it incredible that some children don’t have a coat in school. I thought I’d take this opportunity to remind you of emergency procedures for school closure.

We need to ensure that you are aware of the arrangements if severe weather affects us and stops the majority of staff from reaching school. We will always make every effort to keep the school functioning, but if it is impossible to open because of bad weather, failure of the heating system etc. a notice will be placed at the school gate and we will also inform the local radio (Wessex FM 97.2) and will text the main mobile contact for your child. You can get accurate information by listening to the Wessex FM breakfast show or by logging onto:

http://mapping.dorsetforyou.com/closedservices

 If our school is not mentioned then every effort should be made to come to school, as we will be open as usual. Please do not contact the radio station or the school, because obviously not everyone can get through at the same time!

Should school ever need to close early due to an emergency we would endeavour to contact all parents through our parent texting service. To enable these systems to work efficiently it is vital that we have up to date information about contact numbers. Thank you for helping us to be prepared, just in case. (Have you changed your mobile number recently and given us your numbers?)

Attendance

Attendance is one of our main priorities for improvement this year. We are really trying to meet the Government Target of 95%. Please make sure your child attends school every day and arrives on time. If he/she is ill you must let the school know.

Uniform

At Conifers we pride ourselves on how smart our children are in their uniform. With half term approaching it is a perfect opportunity to ensure your child attends school with the correct attire.

·         PLEASE ENSURE YOUR CHILD’S BELONGINGS ARE NAMED!

·          Children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 should be wearing a school tie.

·         Trainers are not school uniform. Older children may change into trainers at lunchtimes but our policy is that children wear low-heeled black school shoes.

·         Girls should not be wearing leggings under their skirts/dresses.

·         PE kits should be clearly named and remain in school at all times.

·         Reading book bags need to be brought in everyday.

·         Jewellery should not be worn, except watches or single stud earrings.

·         Sensible haircuts please, not spiked ‘mohican’ style, highlighted hairstyles or ‘tramlines’.

Further details of our school uniform can be found on our website at www.conifers.dorset.sch.uk

Don’t forget school finishes for half term tomorrow (Thursday 9 February) 3.15pm. Children return to school on Monday 20 February.

Yours sincerely

Mrs R G Hiscock

HEADTEACHER