Welcome

2019-20 WELCOME BACK

I would like to welcome you back or welcome you to the school for the first time. It has been great seeing all the children again after the school holiday, looking so smart with many new uniforms and shiny black shoes. We hope that you had an enjoyable Summer break and feel ready for the school year ahead.  Please could I just remind you that the school newsletter is produced weekly and uploaded to the website on a Friday (usually).  The newsletter contains lots of important information and dates together with reports from classes and pupils so please log on to the school website, as above, to access this.  If you have any problems accessing the internet, there is always a paper copy in the folder in Reception available for you to read. 

Being Head of School at Marhamchurch CofE Primary School for the third year running continues to be my pleasure and privilege. Most importantly, I would like to thank you for your continued support as well as thank the children and staff for their hard work with the many academic, sporting and musical achievements that we are so proud of. What a team! I would especially like to congratulate those who achieved 100% attendance last academic year as well as congratulate Mrs Short and our School Council for achieving the elusive platinum learner participation award - impressive achievements! Our children are well-behaved and are, quite simply, a pleasure to teach!

With so many successes over the past couple of years, we aim to continue on our journey of improvement, which has and will continue to focus on:

• Developing the governance and leadership of the school;
• Ensuring that the curriculum is rich and broad so that it provides real and purposeful learning opportunities that inspire and motivate the pupils;
• Strengthening assessments so that they accurately identify the children’s next steps in learning and provide the children with useful feedback to maximise their progress;
• Ensuring that Teacher’s planning provides appropriate challenge for all our children;
• Developing consistent and effective routines and procedures across the school;
• Maintaining high Teacher expectations with consistently high aspirations of all our children by continually aiming to improve the quality of teaching and children’s learning evidenced in their books and on displays);
• Setting alongside the children and their parents/carers (as well as where required other agencies/professionals) half-termly SEND provision map targets to effectively cater for the needs of children with special educational needs;

• Building children’s learning power and a growth mindset so that they see making mistakes as learning opportunities through pupil learning reflections and exploration of strategies to get unstuck independently;
• And continuing to review school budgets and expenditure, including staffing so that it is effective in maximising the impacts made and in ensuring high standards.

Having recently reviewed school budgets and staffing for 2019-20, we would like to inform you of the following changes:

• Miss C. Lacy (an outstanding Newly Qualified Teacher) needs to be congratulated and welcomed to the team as she has been successfully appointed as our class 3 Teacher;
• Miss R. Searle will be working as an intervention Teaching Assistant and School Parent Support Advisor (PSA) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the mornings and afternoons;
• And Mr H. White will be working as a class 1 one-to-one Teaching Assistant in the mornings as well as continuing his lunchtime supervisor role.

Once again, thank you for your continued support. We hope that you feel well informed. However, should you have any concerns that are not already being dealt with, please do not hesitate to make an appointment with our secretary to talk to the most appropriate member of staff. 

Yours sincerely,

Mr. D. Hoare.

(Head of School)