Wednesday 14th December

Restrictions

Thank you for working with our restrictions in place. These will continue on Thursday so an extended registration from 08:40-09:15.

Key Dates

• Thursday 15th Dec 2pm - Lights, Camel, Action! by Year 4 (ticket only)

• Friday 16th Dec - School closes at 1.30pm - 1.50pm and 4.30pm (Wrap Club)

• Tuesday 3rd January - Training Day

• Wednesday 4th January - School Opens for pupils at 08:40

Progress Reports

Progress reports will be sent home over the next two days. These provide a short update on progress and build on your face to face meeting in October. The guidance for the reports is below.

UPDATE

Thank you for this morning, it was a smooth start to the day.

End of the Day

It is unlikely the playgrounds will be clear by the end of the day so we will have a staggered finish. This means you can pick up direct from the classroom between 2:50pm and 3:20pm.

To make it a bit easier, Reception pupils will be awaiting n the Infant Hall near the office.

Wrap Club

Wrap is open until 6pm as normal. Refunds are being processed for yesterday.

Performances

The Year 2 performance will go ahead at 2pm. We have received requests for extra tickets but we are already full. We can squeeze a few more seats but please do not bring any extra people with you. It will be recorded today and uploaded online.

The Year 4 performance will also go ahead starting at 6pm although children have been asked to be in school at 5.30pm and we will let parents in at that point too. If your child is unable to come back for the performance please let us know. Extra tickets added this evening for those who have yet to secire one.

School Open

Raglan is open today. Please take care and take your time to get to school.

• Registration is extended from 08:40 to 09:15

• Please do not come to the site before 08:40

• Wrap club is open from 07:30

• Entry is via the main entrance on Wellington Road or the Raglan Road door or Wrap door

• Amberley Road is closed

• Dress in warm clothes (hat, gloves, scarves)

• If walking in boots, bring shoes/trainers to change into

The Year 2 and Year 4 performances are scheduled for today but this will depend on attendance, so we will confirm later today.

If the playgrounds remain out of use we will have a staggered finish from 2.50-3.20pm as children will need to be collected directly from the classrooms. We will confirm this later today.

Monday 12th December

Raglan is open today. Please take care and take your time to get to school.

• Registration is extended from 08:40 to 09:30

• Please do not come to the site before 08:40

• Wrap club open from 07:30

• Entry is via the main entrance on Wellington Road or the Raglan Road door or Wrap door

• Amberley Road is closed

• Dress in warm clothes (hat, gloves, scarves) for outdoor play (weather permitting)

• If walking in boots, bring shoes/trainers to change into

The Year 2 performance will depend on attendance, so we will confirm whether this will take place later today.

We will also let you know the arrangements for the end of the day.

Wednesday 7th DECEMBER

RSA Hamper Raffle

The raffle will finish tomorrow (Thursday) so please do send in your tickets if you haven't already. There are 54 hampers to be won following your generous donations last week. A big thank you to the volunteers who put them all together this week. The raffle will take place on Friday.

FRIDAY 2ND December

Staffing Changes

There are some changes ahead for next term and parents in various classes will have received an email today with more details.

We will be saying goodbye to two members of staff, Miss S Wheale (Leading Teacher, reception) and Miss Minoli (Class Teacher, Nursery) who will both be moving on to new schools and roles. I'd like to thank them both for their hard work and support over a number of years.

We will welcome Miss L White who will be the new lead teacher in Reception and taking class R4. Changes in Nursery will come from existing staff and a new role for Mrs Montague who becomes the Leading Teacher for the Nursery.

Other changes include in R3 where Mrs Alpak will be starting her maternity leave in January and the class will be led by a job share of Miss Yiacoumi and a new temporary teacher to Raglan Mrs Madejczyk. Mrs Salih (Class Teacher 4SS) will also be taking maternity leave a little later in February but we will be phasing in the new temporary teacher from January who is Miss Kastanias.

Finally, Mrs Houlihan who is out acting SENCo will be starting her maternity leave in January. We will welcome a new permanent SENCo to Raglan. Mrs Plume is an experienced SENCo currently at another local school.

Grotto Latest

The Grotto opens tomorrow and tickets are disappearing fast. here's the latest availability as of Friday 2nd December

Saturday 3rd - Limited availability

Monday 5th - Last few

Tuesday 6th - Limited availability

Wednesday 7th - Good availability

Thursday 8th - Limited availability

Friday 9th - Last few

Saturday 10th - Limited availability

Monday 12th - Good availability

Tuesday 13th - Limited availability

Next Week - TICKETS REQUIRED FOR ALL PERFROMANCES - click here

• Monday - Year 1 Sing & Sign at 2.30pm (Junior Hall - enter via Raglan Road door)

• Tuesday - Year 1 Sing & Sign at 9.30am (Junior Hall - enter via Raglan Road door)

• Tuesday - R2/R4 Whoops-A-Daisy Angel at 2.15pm (Infant Dining Hall - enter via Amberley Road Gate)

• Wednesday - Winter Music Concert at 2pm and 6pm (Junior Hall - enter via Raglan Road door) additional tickets available from 6pm today.

• Thursday - R1/3 Whoops-A-Daisy Angel at 2.15pm (Infant Dining Hall - enter via Amberley Road Gate)

• Thursday - Tune-In Project at 3pm (Junior Hall - enter via Raglan Road door)

• Friday - Christmas Lunch & Jumper Day (this is not a charity event but children can wear a different jumper on this day.

Monday 28th November

Grotto Update

Tickets for the Santa’s Grotto are selling fast and this is just to make you aware that this week our advertising will move externally aimed at non-Raglan children. So if you have yet to secure a ticket please do so by visiting our website https://www.raglanschools.org/news/events/santas-grotto and select the best day for you. Some sessions have now sold out, but there is still good availability on most days.

The Grotto opens this Saturday the 3rd of December and runs until the 13th of December with sessions after school (3-6pm) and on the next two Saturdays (10am-4pm). You can book a time slot to attend to reduce waiting times.

Current Availability as of Monday 28th November

Saturday 3rd - Good availability

Monday 5th - Limited availability

Tuesday 6th - Limited availability

Wednesday 7th - Good availability

Thursday 8th - Good availability

Friday 9th - Limited availability

Saturday 10th - Good availability

Monday 12th - Good availability

Tuesday 13th - Limited availability

Year 6 Sports Tour to Cardiff

We are delighted to announce that the Year 6 Sports Tour to Cardiff will take place in June 2023. Prior to the pandemic, we had established a great residential experience along with coaching from professional clubs in football, rugby and cricket. This tour is not for everyone but is aimed at those children who have a passion and skills in different sports demonstrated through school clubs and events. Full details can be found on our Sports Page - click here

Wednesday 23rd November

Quiz Night

A big thank you to everyone who attended the Quiz Night which was our biggest ever with over 115 people attending. A fun evening was had and around £1200 raised for the RSA.

Chickenpox & Scarlet Fever

Parents will have received a letter regarding an ongoing outbreak of chickenpox and scarlet fever. Cases are mostly concentrated in the Infants with one case of chickenpox in the Juniors. Please do read and follow the guidance so that we can try and minimise the outbreak. If you are unsure please do consult the school. There is a lot of other illness and absence at the moment across both schools with attendance dropping to around 87% today.

RSA Update

• If any parent/carer is able to help assemble the hampers after drop off on Monday 5th December then please let the RSA know by completing this form

• Next week 2nd December is a non-uniform day in return for a luxury item for the hampers. This is also the same day as the Secret Present Room, please send in a carrier bag on this day for the present(s)

The Grotto Returns

Tickets are now available for our Winter Wonderland Grotto. Once again we will transform The Hub ready for our very important visitors!

The Grotto will run from Saturday 3rd December to Tuesday 13th December. This is an extension of last year to accommodate more children given the success. Do spread the word. We are grateful to all our volunteers in order to make this possible.

Tickets are £5 with a gift as part of the ticket. Tickets are sold in blocks of 30 minutes so that waiting time is kept to a minimum. You can book on the links below

Thursday 10th November

Performances

As we get close to the festive period we have set out our dates and performances. These can be found on the Events Page including all links for booking tickets which will go live tomorrow Friday 11th November.

ALL our events are ticket only events due to the capacity in each hall. Most performances are limited to two tickets across all performances. Visit the Events page - click here

Children in Need

We will be joining in with the national Children in Need appeal next Friday 18th November. Children can dress down for the day and make a donation to children in need. We will also be holding the CiN Fayres which are run by the children themselves. These are lots of stalls and games for children to explore. Everything costs 20p so the best thing is for children to bring in 20ps where possible.

Curriculum Maps

These are being updated for Autumn 2 so you can see what is happening in the curriculum for your year groups. The maps can be found on the Curriculum Page - click here

Future dates

Thinking ahead you will be aware no doubt of the additional bank holiday announced for the King's Coronation which will be on Monday 8th May 2023. This was the first day of SATS for year 6 and we will await what is going to happen with the test that was planned for that date.

The Year 5/6 Sports Day held at Lee Valley Athletic Stadium is on Tuesday 11th July 2023.

Amazing Art

Last term Year 1, 4 and 6 completed their artwork and Mrs Ashall has created some slide shows to show you want they created. You can see other slides shows from all year groups and art clubs on the Art & Design site.

Friday 21st October

It's been a busy half term but the new year has started well and it was lovely to see so many parents and carers at the Meet the Teacher evenings this week. We missed some parents but we will be in touch after half term to catch up with you as it is important that we keep in touch about how well your child is doing.

Thank you to everyone who donated to the Harvest Collection for the local food bank. It was collected this week and was well received and one of the largest donations from schools.

We will now recharge our batteries ready for the next half-term. Don't forget there are free activities across Enfield including food/lunches over the half term. (see below)

Please remember that the children will return on Tuesday 1st November.

Key Stage 2 Results

Official data was shared with schools this week and I am pleased to say that all our results for attainment and progress were significantly above the national average and placed Raglan in the top 20% of schools. This was across all three subjects of Reading, Writing and Maths. Due to the pandemic the results will not be published on official sites this year as schools were affected differently. However you can see a summary on our website here

Walking, Cycling and Wheeling MapS

The local authority has produced a couple of maps for our schools that encourage walking, cycling and wheeling. to school. We know that most children live within a 5 or 10 minute walk of the school. You can click (top right) to open the pdf. Those who live further away and need to come by car should do the Park and Stride, which means parking further away and walking the last step of the journey.

Monday 17th October

Meet the Teacher

Bookings seem to have worked well with just a few technical issues and errors to resolve. If you have yet to book please do so today as bookings will close in advance of the day.

Chickenpox

We have heard of more cases of chickenpox over the weekend so we do have an outbreak, so keep an eye on your children if they have yet to have chickenpox. We will be sending advice from the local health team to all parents as required when there is an outbreak. You can see the symptoms here on the NHS Website . Children should remain away from school until the last spot has crusted over (usually 5 days).

Thank You!

Thank you for all the harvest donations, we managed to fill much of the school stage with the food and other items. These will be collected by the local foodbank this week.

HALF TERM

School closes on Friday for half term at 3.10/3.20pm as normal with clubs and Wrap club operating as normal. Please remember that we reopen to children on TUESDAY 1st November.

Secondary School Applications

A reminder to Year 6 parents that the deadline for applying to secondary schools is 31st October.

Art Challenge

Mrs Ashall has launched the art challenge for this month which coincides with Black History Month. The presentation slides are slightly different for each phase and are shared below. Click on the slide (top right) to open fully.

Monday 10th October

Flu Immunisation

This takes place tomorrow across the two schools from Reception to Year 6. Only pupils with parental consent will be given the nasal spray. Booking has now closed.

Nine parents have opted for their children to have the alternative injection and we are contacting those parents to ask them to attend with their child at 08:30. Parents are not required to attend for the nasal spray.

Clubs

Now the clubs have started to settle, please ensure that you have made arrangements to collect your child on time at the published finish time. These details can be found in the booklet. Whilst we can be sympathetic with one-off lateness, we may withdraw the club place for regular issues. You may also incur a charge for Raglan Wrap Club who will be looking after your child whilst they are waiting.

GET READY FOR Meet the Teacher

Bookings will open on Wednesday 12th October at 6pm. This gives you a couple of days to activate your Magic Booking account as explained in Thursday's update and a recent email to parents.

Sickness Bug

Please be aware that there is a sickness bug going around in the Infant school at the moment. Please look out for the signs and symptoms and avoid sending your child to school for 48 hours from the last episode so we can reduce the spread. It is likely with siblings this may spread to the juniors so do encourage regular hand washing.

Key Dates

• Thursday 13th October - Infant Photos (family siblings from 8am Infant Hall)

• Friday 14th October - Junior Photos (family/siblings from 8am Junior Hall)

• Friday 14th October - Last Day for Harvest Collection

• Tuesday 18th & Wednesday 19th October - Meet the Teacher appointments

• Friday 21st October - School closes for half term at 3.10/3.20pm

• Monday 31st October - INSET Day, school closed

• Tuesday 1st November - School opens for Autumn 2

Please note the INSET Day on 31st October which is a change to our usual pattern. We will be joining 16 other schools for various conferences across our school improvement network.

Thursday 6th October

Photographs

Individual photographs are scheduled for next Thursday 13th (Infants) and Friday 14th (Juniors). You don't need to do anything for this, we are just making you aware so pupils come prepared for those. If you would like sibling or family photos then the photographer will be available from 8am on both days. This is a drop in so expect it to be busy and to wait. Thursday will be in the Infant Hall (enter via the hall doors in the Millenium Garden) and Friday will be in the Junior Hall (enter via Raglan Road office)

Relationships education

As you may be aware, Relationships Education, along with Health Education is now part of the curriculum. During our weekly Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) lessons this term, pupils in Years 1, 3 and 6 will be learning about families and friendships. This is not new, as the school was an early adopter of the policy and curriculum in 2019.

When developing our policy with parents, we decided that we would share the overview, key objectives, resources and the vocabulary that will be used and you can find the information on our website. You can also find the policy and details of the consultation should you wish to check back. The page of the website can be found here

Please note that there is no right to withdraw pupils from Relationships Education, as it became compulsory in September 2020. This is not Sex Education which is undertaken by Years 5 & 6 in the Summer Term and parents will be given the opportunity to withdraw their child.

Meet the Teacher

Our evenings are planned for Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th October 15:30-18:30 each day. Ten minute appointments are available to meet with the class teacher and discuss how your child has settled this year.

Bookings will open next week and we are moving this to Magic Booking which has a module for booking appointments. We already use Magic Booking for Raglan Wrap Club and Nursery so some parents will already have an account. "Meet the Teacher" will appear on your dashboard once it goes live next week.

If you are new to Magic Booking, we have already set up your account ready to activate. Follow these steps to set your password:

1. Open this link for our Magic Booking site - https://theraglanschools.magicbooking.co.uk/Identity/Account/Login

2. Click Forgotten Password

3. Enter the email address that you use for school emails and submit (it will not accept any other email)

4. Open your email account and follow the instructions to set a new password

You will then be ready for when booking opens next week.

As this is new for you and for us there may be some teething problems so do bear with us. If you have any issues with your account please get in touch and we will respond as soon as we can.

HARVEST DONATIONS

Thank you for the donations so far. We are collecting for the local foodbank and the collection closes next Friday 14th October. See the news below for the items that have been requested.

Friday 30th September

PGL Weekend

110 pupils and 12 staff departed for PGL in Suffolk today as the Year 6 residential returns in its usual slot of late September. The 3 nights stay includes 10 outdoor activities including abseiling, climbing, raft building and problem solving and several more fun and challenging sessions. Residential visits are such a key milestone in a child's life as they start to become more independent and take responsibility and for many it is their first time away from their family. Parents can follow the weekend's activities by following us on Twitter @RaglanSchools

Harvest Collection

It’s Harvest Time! We are collecting for the North Enfield Foodbank. More than ever, communities both locally and nationally are needing to use the services of a foodbank. This harvest time, Raglan is supporting the North Enfield Foodbank by collecting non-perishable foods for people in our local areas. If you are able, please buy an extra item or more when you are shopping and give it to your child to bring to school for the collection.

• Non-perishable items are needed such as:

• Tins of vegetables, soup, beans, fruit, meat, fish

• Packets of biscuits, crackers, pasta, rice, tea

• Jars of pasta sauce, jam, coffee

• Bottles/cartons of long-life milk, long-life fruit juice, squash

• Toiletries and baby care items eg soap, shower gel, toothpaste, toilet rolls, baby wipes, nappies etc.

We will be collecting up to Friday 14th October. Please donate generously if you can.

Nut-Free School

This is just a reminder that we are a nut-free school so please do not send anything into school containing nuts. This includes in packed lunches, snacks and birthday treats. For example a mixed box of sweets often includes a nut variety so is not suitable and some children do get upset when we have to stop them being given out. Please find alternatives.

Fruit

If you missed it in the videos posted last week our policy on snacks has changed to fruit only, which can include vegetables and dried fruit. Infants continue to be part of the government scheme so can have a fruit snack provided. Juniors can bring in their own. Our policy change is in line with our Health Schools Status.

Rail Strikes

Some school visits planned for next week may be affected by the train strikes. We will update you with further information as we receive it.

Punctuality

Being on time is a key life skill to teach children so please do try to be at school on time. It has been noticeable in the last week that the number of parents arriving late with their children has been high. Do aim for 08:40 when the doors open and the children can complete their start of day activity. Lateness is monitored and we will be proactive in sending letters to parents if the number of late marks passes three.

Parent Information Videos

Here are the parent/carer information videos for Years 1-6 for the start of the year. The first part is the same on each video which is the general introduction from Mr Kelsey including reminders and policy changes for the year. You can then hear from your Assistant Headteacher and Leading Teachers for each year group. Parents/Carers in Nursery and Reception had face to face meetings in the Summer as we prepared for their child's transition into those year groups.

Tuesday 13th September

Bank Holiday

Monday 19th September is now a Bank Holiday for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. We will therefore be closed on this day. Sport trials (Y5/6 Gymnastics and Y5/6 Boys' Netball) planned for this day will now be on Tuesday 20th September. We are looking at the refund situation with those who have booked and paid for Wrap Club, this is likely to be a credit applied to the account.

Clubs

The clubs information will be coming out very soon, aiming for a start date of Monday 26th September. Trials are taking place this week and next Tuesday with changes made to account for the Bank Holiday on Monday. You can see the revised schedule here

London Schools Mini-Marathon

Children at Raglan have an opportunity to take part in the London Mini-Marathon. Unfortunately, it clashes with the Year 6 residential visit so this is aimed at Year 2-5. Mr Flett has written to parents and carers with the details which can be found by clicking here

Contact Us

• The school office is open 08:30 to 16:30 each day. There is also a secure drop box in the entrance to save you queuing.

• The main email to use is office@raglanschools.org which we ask you to use for main communications. They will pass on to the relevant person.

• We will shortly have a new website built on the google site platform which will be easier for us to keep up to date.

• Remember if you are doing a google search we are The Raglan Schools (www.raglanschools.org) not to be confused with Raglan Primary in Bromley.

Monday 5th September

Classroom Drop In

As we start the new school year, parents can drop into classrooms at the end of the day on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th September. This is an informal event so there is no planned meeting, just an opportunity to see where the children are based and meet the staff. Next week we will be release welcome videos with more information on the year ahead.

Sweatshirts

If you ordered a school sweatshirt via the bulk order we placed before the summer holidays then you can collect these as follows

• For Reception, we will have these available at the Stay and Play - Tuesday 6th September.

• For Nursery, we will have these available at the Stay and Play on Wednesday 7th September

• All parents can also collect from the main office from 08:30-09:00 each day this week.

Please make your payment on ParentPay before you collect your sweatshirt. If you are new to Raglan you will be getting your ParentPay log-on details at your 1:1 meeting. If you have ordered more than one then please add the correct amount in the payment box (2 = £13.80, 3 = £20.70 etc)

If you have forgotten what you have ordered, please check your email as you would have received a copy of your order from the google form.

Alternatively, if you have paid and want us to send the sweatshirt home with your child then please email the office. The deadline for collection will be Friday 16th September after this point we will be releasing the remaining sweatshirts for sale.

Raglan Wrap Club

Please remember this is not a drop-in service as you need to book in advance via Magic Booking. We have a new Wrap Manager who has started today so please send any queries to wrap@raglanschools.org