The information in this letter does not apply to children in Nursery.
Due to the school closure this letter did not get sent out on Friday 18 Feb
Dear Parents/Carers,
I am amazed that the Half Term break is upon us already, my first 7 weeks as the Headteacher of our wonderful School has flown by. During this half term I have been familiarising myself with the many facets of school life in Framlingham. Everyone has been wonderfully helpful and supportive to me and I have enjoyed meeting many families, colleagues and local community members.
The children have been so welcoming and caring. Their positive attitude to school is uplifting and their successes well deserved.
The Senior Leadership Team and the whole staff have, this half term, been discussing a number of areas across the school which could be further developed. One such area is reporting to parents:
Reports
On Friday 4 March children in Years 1-6 will receive a Spring report which recognises your child’s achievements in the key areas of English and Maths and also recognises the effort which your child makes within those areas. There is also space for teachers to write a general comment.
This is a new format which we hope you will agree gives an overview of your child’s progress so far. We would really appreciate your feedback and comments on the format change as we are using this as a trial. We will produce termly reports in future; the Summer report will be more detailed and will include all curriculum areas, whilst the Autumn report would follow this Spring format.
Parent Consultation
In addition to written reports we are organising two Parent Consultation dates on Tuesday 15 March and Wednesday 16 March from 3.30- 6.00pm. We recognise that these dates are short notice and the times may not be convenient but if you would like to attend a five minute ‘grown up only’ appointment to discuss the report for your child you would be most welcome and it would help with our forward planning for next year. You do not have to make an appointment if you do not wish to.
The booking procedure for making an appointment will be contained with the report on 4 March.
Reception parents - although you will not receive a report this term, you are still most welcome to make a 5 minute appointment on the 15/16 March to discuss your child’s ‘Learning Journey’; during the week of 7 March there will be a list with the class teachers for you to sign up for a time slot.
I do hope that you all have a restful half term break and that it is a time to recover from any recent illness you may have encountered since January.
