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General | April 10, 2015

Ducklings in Reception!

Pupils in Reception have had the opportunity to see ducks hatch and had a live experience of seeing a duck hatch from an egg. They saw the ducks grow and helped to care for them and even saw the ducks have their first ever swim! The pupils really enjoyed this experience and have had lots of fun learning about ducks and where they come from. We will miss our cuddly little friends!
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General | March 30, 2015

Time travel…

x4 of our staff, who are actors, took the Year 1 – Year 4 pupils on a time travel journey to the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages to meet our ancestors!

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It was great fun and reinforced all that the pupils have been learning.

General | March 3, 2015

Advice on keeping children and young people safe against radicalisation and extremism

The local authority has produced the following leaflet to provide advice to parents, carers and families:

Advice to Parents and Carers Keeping Children and Young People Safe Against Radicalisation and Extremism

General | February 13, 2015

Join Mile End Park’s junior parkrun!

An exciting opportunity for a weekly run for 4 to 14 year olds!

Read the Mile End junior parkrun poster for more details.

General | January 29, 2015

Trumpets and trombones!

With thanks to the Worshipful Company of Musicians, pupils at Solebay will enjoy a trumpet and trombone workshop on Wednesday 18 March!

General | January 9, 2015

Apply for a reception place by Thursday 15th January 2015

PCA workshop flyer

General | January 7, 2015

Amanda Phillips awarded CBE in New Year’s Honours List

Amanda Phillips awarded CBE

General | December 8, 2014

Updates on the School’s Travel Plan

8th December 2014

Read Vice Chair of Governors, Jeff Martin’s, letter detailing the ongoing process of the School’s Travel Plan. So far parents and carers have met on three occasions to share views and feedback, since which two risk assessments have been carried out. For further information see the letter in full, attached.

SPA STP letter from VCG 08.12.14

General | November 21, 2014

School Announcements for Parents & Carers – 21st November 2014

Yesterday, I arrived in School to find an invitation on my desk:

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How could I resist? At 2:00pm I went to the play deck entrance to find the terribly excited Reception pupils ready to watch me cut the ribbon. Everyone in the School heard the countdown 10, 9, 8…1 Hurrah! All the pupils had the chance to explore the wooden play blocks, the media centre, construction, hoops and bean bags and a course for twisting and turning.

Anti-bullying week

Janet led an assembly on what bullying really is – how it is persistent and cruel and what we need our pupils to do to keep themselves and each other safe.

Assessments

Assessments across the School have been completed this week for phonics, high frequency words, reading, writing and mathematics. We are looking forward to seeing how the teaching has ensured that pupils have made demonstrable progress.

Children in Need

Thank you for your generosity in sending in money that will be sent to the BBC appeal. Our superheroes – pupils and staff, thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Paradigm Trust Conference

The Year 3 pupils, 2 parents and our Governors joined all the staff at Solebay at our yearly Conference. This gave everyone an opportunity to find out more about the Trust and our vision. The Solebay group worked together on our School Values and then our staff had further training in EYFS and Mathematics Mastery.

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Thank you to those of you who gave your views, opinions and comments regarding our arrangements. The Travel Plan group have been meeting a wide range of stakeholders and developing clear risk assessments in order to prepare the Travel Plan by 9th December.

Parent/Carer Governors

Two out of the three Parent Governors have now had an induction session with the Chair and Vice-Chair of Governors. The next LGB meeting is on 3rd December.

Hook day (years 1, 2 and 3)

The wet weather hampered our educational visit looking for human and physical features in the Local Area, but we finally got to make our way to Victoria Park. The pupils were very excited about being ‘out and about’.

The play deck

The Trust decided to pay to prepare the play deck for the Reception pupils, so that we can deliver the expectations of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum. There are further discussions still happening with Wilmott Dixon, and within the Board of Directors, to find a lasting solution to the workmanship issues.

Remembrance Day

Tahreena led the Assembly explaining the importance and relevance of remembering those who give their lives in conflicts.

Safety

Janet has spoken in Assembly on how we can keep ourselves safe when in School.

Website photography

Our marketing and branding partners have taken a whole host of images to reflect what happens in our School so that we can build a useful website that showcases our School community and the education we provide.

General | November 19, 2014

Parent Governor Election Results

The result of the election is that Angela Kunjiraman and Adam Redgrove have been elected Parent Governors. I have congratulated both and the current Governors look forward to welcoming them to the next meeting of Solebay’s Governing Body. I have also thanked Rachel Baliddawa and Michael Paulin for standing for election.

Michael, who received significant parent/carer support, has asked if the Board of Paradigm Trust would consider appointing him as a Governor. The Board can decide, if it so wishes, to co-opt a person to be a Governor where, in its opinion, that person has the skills required to strengthen the Governing Body. The Board is meeting next Tuesday, 18th and I will raise this at that meeting and report to you on the outcome.

Update (19/11/2014)

I am delighted to inform you that the Paradigm Board of Directors resolved, at its meeting last night, to co-opt Michael Paulin as a Governor of the school.

Last updated January 6, 2015