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Newsletter July 2017

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SNAPCHAT

Advice from North Yorkshire Police

Dear Parent/Guardian

Whilst we would discourage any child of primary age from using Snapchat, we believe the following advice is of vital importance.

Officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Teams within North Yorkshire Police would like to make parents aware of the following update that has released on Snapchat. If your children have the Snapchat app and GPS on their phone please take a look at this.It seems with the new update there is a new feature on Snapchat. When you open the app place two fingers on the screen and drag them together 'pinch' just like when zooming out on an interactive map. This will then open the new feature. It shows your location with near exact accuracy and can be only a couple of metres wrong. This means people can see exactly where you are at any time. To turn this off there is a Settings button in the top right and you can turn the feature to ghost mode. This will hide your location from others. Also turn off the phones GPS as an extra level of security. If you need any help please contact your phone provider or visit an O2 store and speak to one of their gurus. This is a free service and regardless of the network you are on. The gurus can help with any technical questions and security advice. Please remind your children to only have 'friends' on these apps who they actually know, this will keep them safer online.While we have focused this on keeping children safe. Please be mindful features like this could be used by criminals, knowing when you're out or even where you live. Always be mindful of posting pictures with cycles and such which would show people exactly where you store them.

Thank you.

Reception and Key Stage 1 Sports days information

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Staffing update - class 2JW for Sept 17 as they move to y3

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2JW information for September staffing

June 2017 Newsletter

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September 2017 class placements

Class placements for September 2017:

pdf Click here for ClassPlacements2017-18

Reception class placements to be separately notified.

First Day of Absence Contact Process

Parent/carers are responsible for the safe arrival and collection of their children to and from the school site. School does provide some outdoor supervision for first aid purposes from 8.40am until bell time, but official responsibility for pupils does not engage until pupils enter the school buildings through their designated entrances.

Parents are of course reminded of these arrangements (specific entrances and timings) through school newsletters.

For older pupils who may walk to school without adults, if a child has unauthorised absence or is not arriving on time, then school may request a parent make alternate arrangements. Likewise, if school has concerns about pre or post school arrangements (children not walking home safely, or being required to key hold etc inappropriate to their age or maturity) then again home contact may be made to discuss this.

Whilst school is not responsible for pupils who are not on site, it is in the interests of pupil safety and wellbeing that home school communications allow school to be clear about the whereabouts of every child every day and we have a legal responsibility to maintain accurate attendance registers.

It is a parental responsibility to inform school if their child is unable to attend statutory schooling.

However if contact from home is not received, school will endeavour to make first day of absence contact with families to secure information on the absence and code registers accordingly.

From June 2017, school will initiate a texting service where pupils have been marked absent but no message has been received.

Our system, revised for June 2017:

If your child is absent please ring 01937832899 and leave a message or speak to us directly
You may also email on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or use the ‘contact us’ section on the website
If you are coming to school anyway with another child, you can always speak to us directly
If we have not received a message from you by 9.15am your child will be marked as absent/unauthorised on our register
In this case, you will receive a text message (on your registered mobile number) from school requiring you to ring us with a reason for absence. You can respond by phone or email
Where no response is received the unauthorised absence mark will remain on the register
We would far rather you ring/email us before we have to text!

Where no message is received, absences will be coded as unauthorised and where such absence accrues, intervention may be required through the NYCC Prevention Service. This is a statutory legal duty on the school.