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Important dates for your Diary
Important Dates for your Diary
Please find below details of some events taking place in school over the next month.
Friday 3rd October: This Friday 3rd October we will be having our annual visit to school from some of the motorcyclists taking part in the Ride to the Wall event on Saturday 4th October. Ride to the Wall sees thousands of motorcyclists from around the UK come together to remember the names engraved on the walls of the Armed Forces Memorial in Alrewas.
Wednesday 8th October: Read, Write, Inc information presentation meeting in the school hall at 5.00pm for the parents / carers of pupils in EYFS and Year 1. Please come and join our Mrs Griffin our Early Reading and Phonics Lead Teacher to find out more about ow we teach phonics / reading at our school
Friday 17th October: Non school uniform day - all children are invited to wear yellow (or just non uniform) for a voluntary donation of £1 to Young Minds the mental health charity for children and young people.
Wednesday 22nd October: Tempest Photography in school to take individual and sibling pupil photographs.
Wednesday 22nd October and Thursday 23rd October: Parent Consultation Evenings 3.30pm - 6.30pm - An opportunity for parents / carers to meet with teaching staff to discuss all aspects of their child's learning, including the start they have made to the school year and how they can be supported to achieve further. Booking details to follow soon.
Friday 24th October: Pupils finish school at the usual times for the half term break returning on Tuesday 4th October.
Attendance Update
Thank you for your support for making sure pupils attend school everyday where possible.
Special mention to our new EYFS pupils who have joined in September us who have had outstanding attendance over the past two weeks.
F1 (Squirrels) were our attendance champions across the whole school for the first full week back at school followed by F2 (Foxes) who were our attendance champions last week (week beginning 15th September).
This is an amazing achievement - it is ver rare for EYFS classes to have the best attendance at the start of the academic year - so well done EYFS children and thank you parents / carers.
It is vitally important that we continue to work together to improve school attendance in order for children to access a full education.
Evidence shows that pupils with the best attendance achieve more at school.
At end of KS2 (Year 6), pupils not meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths had an overall higher absence rate of 4.7%, compared to 3.5% among those meeting the expected standard.
Good school attendance is directly linked to higher future earnings, with each day of absence costing the typical pupil around £750 in lost lifetime earnings.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-impact-of-school-absence-on-lifetime-earnings
Roadworks Coleshill Street and Atherstone Street - Expect disruption
You will have seen from the signs on the roads outside of school that significant roadworks are scheduled to start next week (Monday 15th September) and are due to last until the 10th October.
This work is likely to cause serious disruption and we would urge all parents / carers to try to avoid driving to school during this time and walk to school where possible.
Full details of the works including road closures are available by clicking here.
Welcome to Millfield Primary School part of the Community Academies Trust.
As head teacher of Millfield I am extremely proud of the role and responsibility I have of leading and managing the school and making it the very best that it can be.
These are exciting times for Millfield Primary as we continue to move forward and ensure that all of our pupils make the best possible progress and achieve at the highest possible level.
We work hard to ensure all our pupils experience an exciting, engaging curriculum at our school that provides them with the knowledge and skills needed for the next stage of their education and their future lives.
Reading is at the heart of our curriculum. It is the most important skill that we must teach our pupils to ensure that they become fluent readers as quickly as possible.
We want every pupil at this school to be a confident, fluent reader who not only reads to learn but also reads for pleasure.
I am, along with all staff and all governors, committed to making our school a centre of excellence. We are all dedicated to accepting nothing but the best for our school and doing everything in our power to help every single pupil achieve their very best.
If your require any further information about the school or wish to make an appointment to visit us please do not hesitate to contact the school office.
Mr S Kelly - Head Teacher
