Spring Term 2025
Dear Parents and Carers,
Happy New Year!
Looking back to Autumn Term we have many reasons to say thank you to our families for all of the support school received throughout Autumn Term 2024. In school the children have raised money for charities including £502.40 for Children in Need and £409.13 for the Poppy Appeal 2024. Additionally, the children have enjoyed trips, visitors into school, special celebrations, themed weeks and workshops and none of these could go ahead without the support we have from home. At Goldthorn Park we subsidise all of our trips being mindful of the cost to families but without your contributions school could not run so many wonderful experiences for the children... thank you.
We have an exciting term ahead and look forward to seeing our children grow in their learning and personal skills.
Best wishes,
Mrs Purshouse
(Head Teacher)
Attendance
Attendance remains incredibly important for us at Goldthorn Park Primary School. Our school target is for our pupils to have 96% attendance or higher for our children to continue their learning.
At the end of the Autumn Term our school attendance was 94.05% which is lower than our target. We know that children get poorly, especially during the winter months, but please carefully consider any leave of absence during term time as any avoidable missed days will impact on children's learning.
Area of School | % Attendance |
Whole School | 94.05% |
Reception | 92.81% |
Year 1 | 91.69% |
Year 2 | 94.54% |
Year 3 | 93.19% |
Year 4 | 94.37% |
Year 5 | 93.52% |
Year 6 | 96.91% Well done Year 6! |
Safeguarding - Online Safety
Over the Christmas holidays our children may have been gifted devices with online functions. With this in mind Mr Flynn, our Online Safety advisor, has produced a quick informative SWAY which includes helpful hints for parents. Please take 2 minutes to check that you have a good understanding around parental controls on electronic devices and a good knowledge of age restrictions for Apps and games.
We continue to work together to keep our children safe online
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is our constant focus at Goldthorn Park Primary School. Your Safeguarding team are always available to support you with any concerns about your own or other families' children.
Please take the time to read the 'Watch out in water' information below as it highlights the dangers when a child is left unsupervised even for a short time in shallow water. Knowledge is power!
Health & Safety
We have been asked by Wolverhampton Safeguarding Together to share this important Health & Safety guidance with you, this is also true of magnets:
Across the Winter season we have common illnesses that spread more readily without good personal hygiene. In school we teach and remind our children about good hand hygiene, catching coughs and blowing noses. Attached is some advice which school follows and may be a benefit for you at home to reduce the spread of these common Winter illnesses.
Dates for the diary:
Autumn Term 2024
Term Time: Monday 5th September - Friday 20th December
Monday 2nd September 2024 - INSET Day school CLOSED to children
Monday 3rd September 2024 - INSET Day school CLOSED to children
Autumn Half Term - Monday 28th October - Friday 1st November 2024
Spring Term 2025
Term Time: Monday 6th January - Friday 11th April
Wednesday 15th January - Year 2 pupil + Parent Kingswood workshop (20 pupils)
Thursday 16th January - Year 2 pupil + Parent Kingswood workshop (20 pupils)
Friday 17th January - Year 2 pupil + Parent Kingswood workshop (20 pupils)
Friday 17th January - Year 1 Local Walk
Wednesday 29th January - Year 3 Humph's Histories Greek Day (Class 8)
Thursday 30th January - Year 3 Humph's Histories Greek Day (Class 7)
Friday 31st January 2025 - Year 2 Black Country Museum Trip
Friday 31st January - Dress to Express (Y2 in uniform for school trip)
Friday 7th February - Year 1 Chinese New Year Assembly
Tuesday 11th February - Safer Internet Day 2025
Tuesday 11th February - Parent Workshop Reflexions - Supporting your child with social media
Spring Half Term - Monday 17th February - Friday 20th February 2025
Monday 24th February 2025 - INSET Day school CLOSED to children
Tuesday 25th February - Reception height and weight check (School Nurse)
Wednesday 26th February - Reception height and weight check (School Nurse)
Friday 28th February - Martisor Celebration
Thursday 6th March - Year 2 World Book Day Assembly
Thursday 6th March - World Book Day Celebration Day
Monday 10th March - Friday 14th March Science Week
Friday 21st March - Year 3 Eid-ul-Fitr Assembly
Friday 21st March - Anti-Racism Day
Monday 24th March - Year 4 Humph's Histories Anglo-Saxon Day (Class 9)
Tuesday 25th March - Year 4 Humph's Histories Anglo-Saxon Day(Class 10)
Friday 28th March - Reception Mother's Day Assembly
Tuesday 1st April - Parent Workshop Reflexions - Supporting your child with tests
Wednesday 2nd April - Parents Evening #1 4:00 - 6:00
Thursday 3rd April - Parents Evening #2 3:30 - 5:30
Wednesday 9th April - Lower KS2 Production 10am/ 2pm
Summer Term 2025
Term Time: Monday 26th April 2025 - Monday 21st July 2025
Half Term Holiday Monday 26th May 2025 - Friday 30th May 2025
Friday 20th June 2025 - INSET Day school CLOSED to children
Monday 21st July 2025 - INSET Day school CLOSED to children.
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