What’s been happening in school?

• This week the children in years 1 - 6 have been working hard on their Autumn assessments. We look forward to sharing how they got on with you at Parent’s Evening later this half term.

• We are loving our new Design Technology topics this half term! Year 4 had an afternoon of soup tasting and Year 5 have been investigating bridges!

• The kitchen team made some special biscuits on Friday to celebrate Children in Need! 

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Staffing Updates

Congratulations to Mr Parker who is now a Deputy Headteacher at Nightingale.

Here is a summary of the Senior Leadership Team at Nightingale:

Miss Lewis: Headteacher

Mrs Thompson and Mr Parker: Deputy Headteachers

Mrs Tanday: Assistant Headteacher

Miss Sharlotte: SENDCO

Mrs Dodgson-Staines: Early Years Leader

Mrs Begum: Safeguarding Lead

If you require any support or have any questions around your child and their education, please don’t hesitate to contact the school office and one of us will get back to you.

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Training Day

School is closed on Monday 16th November for staff training. We look forward to seeing the children back in school on Tuesday 17th November.

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Reading Books

Please send your child to school with their book bag and reading book every day. 

This year we are not using a reading record: we are using an online way of recording our reading called Track My Read. 

If your child has lost or forgotten their log-in details, please let your child’s teacher know.

How to log-in to Track My Read:

To access the site, use this link:

https://trackmyread.org/school/coop-academy-nightingale-180419 

Your child will be given a unique username and password to log-in.

• Go to the unique link provided by the school (on any device with internet access)

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• Bookmark or save the link so that they can easily use the link again and again

• Answer a few simple questions:

  • What did you choose to read? (from a dropdown list including audio book, comic, book etc.)

  • What's the title'?

  • How long did you read for?

  • Did you enjoy it? (a choice of 5 emojis)

Please encourage your child to complete this each time they read anything for fun. They will see different encouraging messages as they report their reading, and they will be contributing to the school’s reading target.

Happy reading!

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This week’s book recommendation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti6qsI7n6Z8 

‘Where to Hide a Star’ by Oliver Jeffers is a lovely book for children in Year 1. Once there was a boy who would often play hide-and-seek with his friends the star and the penguin. The star was always easy to find, but one day it went missing. So, the boy radioed the Martian for help and soon found himself on an exciting spaceship rescue mission to the North Pole! But there, he discovered that he wasn’t the only one who had always dreamed of having a star as a friend…

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Attendance

Our attendance target is 96%. We want your children to be in school ALL DAY EVERYDAY! School is open between 8.45am and 3.30pm Monday - Friday. Whatever the weather, we want your children to be in school learning and doing all the great activities the teachers are planning.

The highest attendance classes this week have been:

In Early Years: Sparrows with 91%

In KS1: Peacocks with 96%

In years 3 and 4: Eagles with 97%

In years 5 and 6: Tortoises with 96%

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What’s coming up?

• 24th November - whole school photographs

• 8th and 9th December - Parent’s Evening