The Vineyard School Parent Portal

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Friday 2nd December

Dear all families,

It has been lovely to see so many families come into school to meet the teachers for parent teacher meetings. Those who were unable to join in person have had these meetings over Zoom.

The governors came in to meet all the staff this morning for breakfast. They are also busy reviewing our different curricula with the subject leaders to find out why we are teaching what we are teaching. This challenge is an important element of our evaluation process and helps to form our next steps.

I am in awe at how hard some of our parents are working to ensure the Christmas Fair is a huge success. It is taking place next Friday 9th December between 3.30 and 6.30pm. I am sure there will be some mince pies, mulled wine and carols, please do come along.

Please do check the website calendar to ensure you don't miss any events coming up and don't forget to scroll to the bottom of this newsletter. Do click on your year group page to find out what your children are up to or to see any key messages that are going out this week.

As always, if you ever have any concerns please do contact me by emailing headteacher@vineyard.richmond.sch.uk. I do genuinely want to hear your feedback and thoughts about what we are doing at school.

Wishing you a lovely weekend,

Frances

Frances Bracegirdle

Headteacher

KS1 performance

Please ensure you only book two tickets per child over the two performances, not two tickets per performance as there is limited space.

Tuesday 13th December at 9:15- you can reserve your tickets here.

Thursday 15th December at 2:30pm- you can reserve your tickets here.

Carol concerts

The KS2 children are busy rehearsing for their carols. Children can have a maximum of two people come to watch their performance. There is no ticket reservation for these performances. These are held at the church.

If for personal reasons you do not want your child to sing carols, please request a meeting with Mrs Bracegirdle to discuss this further.

Attendance update

Our aim is 96%.

Well done to Year 3 for having the best attendance this week!

Maths Workshop Repeat

We are repeating our workshop on 'How we teach maths at The Vineyard' on Wednesday 14th December at 2pm in the big hall. This is a very useful workshop which explains the maths mastery approach that we have adopted.

Assessment Framework

Please see the phase group pages to see how we assess children throughout the year. By the Summer, if they have achieved all of the statements in the expected area they achieving the expected standard. If they are achieving all of the statements in the greater depth area that means they are working above. Please note, teachers would need to see children do this independently more than once.

Holiday Activities for children aged 4-13

Are you looking for holiday activities for your children? Please see detail on the Koosa leaflet.

YOu can book now for Christmas and February half-term.

Safeguarding

PC Mick is coming in to do Stranger Danger with year 5 and 6 on 5th and 6th December. Please do talk to them at home following this visit about how children can keep themselves safe.

Reminder- children in Year 4 and below must be collected by an adult or a sibling that is 14 years or older. We will not release children to a sibling that is younger than 14.