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Dear all families,

I hope you have all had a good week and enjoyed the lovely winter sunshine despite the freezing temperatures.

Sophie from Young Carers came to do an assembly on Monday for our Key Stage Two children. If you think your child is a young carer, and would like to know more about the support on offer, please get in touch with Ms McArdle. Young Carers include children who have a sibling with special educational needs or have a member of their family who is ill or disabled.

Excitement is building for International Day, which is on Friday 2nd February. We are asking children to come in wearing clothes that represent the country they are from. This could be traditional clothing from their country, the colours of the flag etc. The teachers will also be planning activities. If they need your help, they will write to you directly. The PTA are also running an 'international' themed cake sale and some activity workshops after school. If you would like to volunteer to run an activity, please contact the PTA on pta@vineyardpta.org. Ideas include piñata making, teaching a national dance, origami and henna designs. Please feel free to suggest any other ideas.

I hope to see many of you at the family workshop on Monday at 2.30pm, where we are launching our new Vineyard RE (religious education) curriculum.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend,

Frances Bracegirdle

Headteacher - headteacher@vineyard.richmond.sch.uk

Attendance

Well done to all the year groups getting above 96%!

Punctuality

As you can see, there are lots of lates this week in most classes. We need a real drive on this to ensure that children are not missing valuable learning time. Well done to Ruby class for getting no lates for the second week in a row!

Miss McArdle- Assistant Headteacher 

Spring 1 Learning Bulletins

Please click on the link for your child's year group to find out what your child will be learning this term.

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Staffing Update

Lily Bracegirdle will be leaving The Vineyard at half-term. All the staff and governors at school would like to thank Lily for all her hard work and enthusiasm during her time with us. We would like to wish her well as she moves to the next stage of her career, but we will miss her.

Here is a message from Lily:

It has been a huge pleasure to teach your children at The Vineyard. I am very proud of all the things we have achieved together; from the festive concerts and carol services, to The X Factor, Singing Festival and instrumental days, orchestra and more! We are very lucky to have such a range of music lessons on offer in school, and I thank all the wonderful tutors from Richmond Music Trust and Totally RAD, as well as MTech. Thank you to all my colleagues for their help during my time here. Thank you to all Vineyard families for all your help and support. I wish you all the best for the future and look forward to seeing how music develops in school.

Introducing our new music teacher

We are excited to announce that Marc Oliver will be joining us after Easter to teach music. Here is a message from Marc:

I have worked as a musician and musical educator for over 15 years. I believe that every young person deserves an opportunity to engage in high-quality and authentic music making that sparks imagination and a passion for the subject. I am really looking forward to working with students & staff and becoming a part of your school community. I look forward to meeting and getting to know you all after Easter.

Marc Oliver

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