THURSDAY 13TH FEBRUARY - WHOLE SCHOOL NON UNIFORM DAY All children can come to school in non-uniform. This means that those children attending the disco will be ready to boogie and not have to change! If your child attends Busy Bees - they will attend the disco and there will be no additional £3.00 charge for them. They will be able to stay in school until the usual 5.30pm. 

THURSDAY 13TH FEBRUARY @ 3.15-4.15PM - PARKFIELD SCHOOL DISCO We're celebrating the end of this half term with a disco. Children can pay £3.00 to join the disco between 3.15 and 4.15pm. Children will get a chance to dance, play some games and have a drink/snack. More info will be emailed seperately.

FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARY - EYFS & Y1 NON-UNIFORM DAY Attendance Award 🤩

FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARY @ 3.15PM - SCHOOL CLOSES FOR HALF TERM

MONDAY 24TH FEBRUARY - SCHOOL REOPENS

TUESDAY 25TH FEBRUARY @ 9.00AM - Y4 FAMILY LEARNING Come and join your child for a reading lesson in the school hall

TOYS, TEDDIES AND FIDGETS

A number of children have started to bring in toys, teddies and fidgets in from home. These are not allowed in school and cause numerous issues and distractions for children. Please remind children to keep these at home. If your child requires a fidget to help them with their attention in class, school will provide them with one.

ATTENDANCE

If your child is feeling slightly unwell, please send them into school—we will support them as best we can. If their condition worsens, we will contact you and make appropriate arrangements. This week, a number of children came into school not feeling 100% but felt better as the day went on - which meant they didn't miss any learning.  

Did you know that to meet our school attendance target of 96%, your child should have no more than 7 days of absence across the entire school year? Regular attendance is essential for your child's progress and achievement, and we encourage them to be in school every day.

HOMEWORK

A reminder that children in Y1-6 have various homework activities each week.

• Reading - please read a minimum of 3 times per week.

• Numberbots (Y2) and Timestables Rock Stars (Y3-6)

• Emile - Spellings

• Mathletics - maths activities linked to the curriculum

All links can be found on the school website homepage and logins are in your child's personal organiser.

Y1 NON UNIFORM - NEXT FRIDAY -ATTENDANCE REWARD

Congratulations to Y1 who reached the top of their attendance rocket and earned themselves a reward. After a class vote they decided on a non-uniform day which will take place next Friday.

READING CAFE INVITATION FOR FAMILES IN YEAR 1 AND YEAR 2 - POSTPONED

Unfortunately, we are postponing the two upcoming reading cafes due to staff absence. We will let you know the new dates when they're in the calendar.

Wednesday 12th February 2.15- 3.15  - Year 1 (Postponed)

Wednesday 5th February 2.15 - 3.15 Year 2 (Postponed)

NEURODIVERSITY HUB

The Neurodiversity Hub supports families whose children or young person are neurodivergent or have social communication differences. They are a need led service; you do not need a diagnosis to access support. Information about how you can access advice lines and drop in sessions  can be found below:

FREE SCHOOL MEALS - PLEASE APPLY

Are you entitled to Free School meals? If you're not sure please  read the information and apply using the link here. School receives additional funding for those pupils that are entitled for free school meals and this much needed funding helps better support all Parkfielders. Even if your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 or they're on packed lunch - please still apply. In addition, if there has been a change in your family circumstances (i.e. recently become unemployed) you may also be entitled to apply for Free School Meals. 

NO SWEETS AND UNHEALTHY SNACKS

There has been a slight increase in the number of children bringing in sweets, chocolate bars and other unhealthy snacks each morning in Key Stage 2. Plese don't send your child in with these items. We do have a tuck shop where suitable items are available for only 20p each. These include cereal bars, crackers, bread sticks...etc.

ATTENDANCE

A reminder that, in line with the school policy, fines will be issued to families that go on a term time holiday where children miss 5 consecutive full days. Currently the fine is £160 per child per parent which equates to a £640 fine for a two parent family with two children. This is reduced to £320 if paid within 21 days. If you are going on holiday due to exceptional circumstances, please speak to the headteacher as a fine may not have to be issued. More information an be found on our attendance policy found here.

EMILE

We hope your child is enjoying using Emile at home. Please note that the children are able to access games and activities at all times on Emile, even when there is no task set for them to complete. 

FREE SCHOOL MEALS - PLEASE APPLY

If you are entitled to Free School meals please ensure you have applied using the link here. School receives additional funding for those pupils that are entitled for free school meals and this much needed funding helps better support all Parkfielders. Even if your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 or they're on packed lunch - please still apply. If there has been a change in your family circumstances you may also be entitled to apply for Free School Meals. 

CLASS DOJO 

Would you like to see how well your child is doing at school? We award Dojo points for pupils that go 'above and beyond' in the classroom and these can be seen by parents if you download the app. We have over 80% of our families signed up already! If you click this link to set up a parent account we will then approve it. This acess will provide you with the opportunity to see how many Dojo points your child has earnt and what for. Please note that we are only using the app for Dojo points, not messages or photos, therefore you do not need any of the subscription options you might be offered.