Posted on July 20th, 2010 by deputy.
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A big thank you to all children, parents and staff who have wished me well in my new role. From September I will be seconded as Headteacher of St. John’s CofE Primary in Longsight. I am looking forward to the challenge, but will miss Birchfields terribly. I have enjoyed my time here, and I have learnt an awful lot under the guidance of Miss. Offord. I wish everyone well in the coming year, and who knows, I may return to birchfields when my secondment is over.
Good luck to all of our Y6 children as they leave us for new schools. I’m sure you all have brilliant futures ahead of you!
regards,
Mr C
Posted on June 24th, 2010 by deputy.
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Once again a MASSIVE congratulations to pupils and parents. Discounting the week of snow, when many of you couldn’t get into school, we have beaten our target. Attendance is now 95.3%. Last week our school attendance for the week was 96.9%, with 19 classes above their target of 95%! This is an amazing achievement, and I hope that you are all as proud as the staff are. Well done again,
Mr C.
Posted on May 18th, 2010 by deputy.
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Well done to all parents carers and children, once again our weekly figures are above 95% and we are on-track for our best attendance results ever – Keep up the good work!
We have also reduced our persistent absence figures to below the national average! I am really greatful to the parents and carers who have been working with Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Rahman (our Parent Support Advisor) to achieve this amazing result! Next week we will be revealing the classes who have won the attendance trip for this term – it’s getting pretty close especially in Upper KS2
Posted on May 10th, 2010 by deputy.
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As you may have seen in the news lots of children in Y6 are not doing the KS2 SAT tests this week. At Birchfields we know that our children don’t produce their best work in theses tests so we are choosing to assess them in other ways. Y6 are continuing to work extremely hard and trying to get the best levels they can before moving to High School. It’s great to see all the hard work, and the children are making big improvements – Well done Y6!
Posted on September 25th, 2009 by deputy.
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Today we have celebrating languages in each of our phase groups. In each lesson children have been able to learn about languages spoken in a number of countries and then apply their new vocabulary in art activities, cooking and games. I was able to see a number of lessons and the energy and enjoyment, not to mention learning in each room was a pleasure to see. Many thanks to the staff who have worked hard to prepare for the day, especially Mrs Kiely who organised the event. I hope you all enjoyed the day too.
Posted on September 11th, 2009 by deputy.
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Well it’s the end of our first full week back at school. The leadership team are all very proud of the start that everyone has made back at school this year, and everyone is looking forward to the start of our Eid celebrations with assemblies next Friday. We have had a number of friends and visitors in school this week who have all been extremely impressed by what they have seen. A brilliant start to our new term – Keep it up everyone. well done! Mr. C
Posted on September 7th, 2009 by deputy.
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Welcome back to another school year everyone. We have some new children and a few new adults around the place, and there have been some big changes to the building over the summer too. I hope staff and children alike are settling into their new classes. Last week, in our first assemblies, we thought about learning challenges. We want everyone to set a goal to change or improve something. We also talked aboput not giving up, and thought about where we could find help and support. Miss Offord and I have both set ourselves a challenge, and I look forward to seeing if we achieve them by July.
Posted on May 6th, 2009 by deputy.
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Good luck to all of year 6, who are taking their Key Stage 2 SATs next week. You’ve all been working hard in school, and there’s still time for some revision at home! Once SATs are over we can relax and enjoy your last few weeks of Primary school. A big thank you to parents and families for making sure that the children are in school and on time – it makes a huge difference. Thanks,
Mr C
Posted on March 25th, 2009 by deputy.
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Well done to everyone in school. Since we first introduced the attendance Improvement Model we have seen a steady increase.
During Maths week we hit our weekly target of 95% for the first time ever! If we can do it once we can do it every week!
A special well done to 5S who have had 100% attendance this is great – keep up the good work!
Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by deputy.
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It’s been a really successful half term, and I think both staff and children are ready for a break to re-charge our batteries!
I hope that everyone has an enjoyable half term holiday, and that we all return safe and well on Monday 3rd November ready for another term of hard work.
After the holidays we will be launching our new house points system. Every child will be placed in one of the four houses Earth, Air, Fire, Water, as will the staff. We have tried our best to keep family groups together. The children will be able to earn points for good work and good behaviour, and there will be rewards through the year for the house with the most points.
A letter will be coming home soon detailing a number of Attendance events that will give parents the opportunity to voice their opinions, and become more familiar with the Manchester guidelines, which all schools must follow.
We also aim to start a dad’s group that will meet in school – more information will follow shortly.
Have a safe holiday,
best wishes,
Mr C.