Crestwood Park Primary School

It's been a sunny end to an exciting and memorable week. Yesterday was our first Art Day and Exhibition and it was great to see the hall full of children and families enjoying the artwork, created during the day. Today was the hugely important school council elections; many of our children aspire to be part of this group and so today's announcements in assembly will have been eagerly anticipated! We are noticing that children are continuing to look smart - thank you for your support with this. Please remember to write names in jumpers and cardigans particularly as we always end up with piles of 'red' that don't make their way back to their owners. 

Unbelievably next week is the last week of the half term; we have Parents' Evening (bookings via Sch.life please) on Wednesday, the 100% Attendance Lunch on Thursday and and Achievement Assembly on Friday. We are also marking 'Dress Up for Downs Syndrome' day on Friday (see below for more information). 

We would like to say a very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to... Xavier, Tyler, Declan and Millie who have celebrated their birthday this week or will be doing, over the weekend.

Congratulations to the pupils below who have achieved 100% attendance this week!

Reception Ella, Aaron, Alexander, William, Stanley, Jack, Adah, Evelyn, Alexander, Bailey, Jacob, Travis, Ezmae, Archie, Ella, Jackson, Rudy, Sophie, Willow-Grace, Elsie, Henry, Harry, Layna, Beatrice, Paisley, Kayden, Riley

Year 1 Theo, Zachary, Emma, Eva, Billie, Arthur, Melissa, Conor, Jax, Thomas, Oliver, Lainey, Cody, William, Nico, Mia-Louise, Kara, Jaylen, Harmonee, Jessica, Kayden, Violet-Rose, Sienna-Rose

Year Two Betsy, Mason, Eve, Lotty, Grace, Zach, Ava, Mason, Isabella, Fearne, Nathan, Paris, Rosie, Heidi, Mihail, Delilah, Nahla, Ashley, Joshua, Rose, Hassan, Cailen, Evan, Chloe, Emilie, Benjamin, Millie, Joshua, Frankie **FULL-HOUSE**

Year Three Isacc, Dollie-Lou, Jayden, Lucas, Xavier, Oceanna, Angel-Leigh, Jenson, Elsie, Isabella, Declan, Jake, Benjamin, Faith, Alesia, Isla, Rosie, Evie – May, Katya, Ashleigh, Jasmine, Lilly Mai, Evelyn-Mae, Caelan, Nathaniel, Amber, Renesmai

Year Four Lily, Molly, Rhys, Daisy,Harry, Lillie, Harrison, Ty, George, Annalise, Amber, Harvey, Kyle, Nicholas, Rosie, Danielle, Faye, Teddy, Jack-James, Logan, Amelia, Isabella, Thomas, Eden, Samuel, Darius, Ameliya, Leah

Year Five Harry, Savannah, Sienna, Joseph, Nate, Tiana, Rosie, Oliver, Max, Dannii, Jakob, Mabel, Ian, Reece, Ava, Sara, Jamie, Alana, Elliot, Rhylee, Shannon, Jacob, Lola, Callum, Ethan, Dylan

Year Six Georgie, Harry, Daisy-Mae, Logan, Alyssia, Sophia, Travis, Daniel, Harper, Autumn, Joshua, Eva, Noah, Asa, Molly, William, Molly, Georgia, Lily, Cooper, Troy,Darntai, Dakotah, Miley, Gordon, Daisy, Kayden, Dominic

It is great to see so many children achieving 100% attendance. However, we do realise that there are absences that are unavoidable. We will in the future, consider the reason for an absence and use our discretion to determine whether it should affect your child being acknowledged as a 100% attendee. For example- a hospital appointment that cannot possibly be altered will not affect your child earning a reward. Thank you for your understanding with this. Whilst we are striving for 100%, we will also endeavour to acknowledge that some absences are unavoidable.

We have been rewarding 100% attendance in a variety of ways since the start of term and children are enjoying the extra treats. From Monday 10th to Thursday 20th October, any child who has been at school 100% of the time will be able to sit on the '100% Attendance' table at lunch time on the Thursday. 

In September, the Government said that all schools must be offering a school day that equated to 32.5hrs over a week and if schools weren't offering that, then they should work towards the 32.5hrs expectation. We have reviewed our timings and in order to be in line with the Government guidance, we need to extend our school day slightly. The new start time will be 8:50am and the finish time will be 3:20pm; these changes will come into effect after October half term. If you have any questions about the change or have opinions that you would like to share and discuss, please contact the school office and we can make arrangements for you to meet with a member of the leadership team. 

On Thursday the children took part in Art day followed by an exhibition to celebrate their creations.

The children created self- portraits in the style of a variety of famous artist including street artist Banksy, illusion artist Mary Quant and abstract artist Pablo Picasso.

It was wonderful to see so many of you pop in to see the children’s art work- we defiantly have some budding artists at Crestwood Park.

Dress up in your most colourful, fun outfits for Down Syndrome Day on Friday 21st October and make a suggested donation of £1.

We would love for everyone to get involved and spread some fun while raising vital funds to help Down Syndrome UK provide support and training to parents of children with Down Syndrome.

We will be accepting cash donations for this event; charity tubs will be available to make donations at drop off and collection.

Thank you in advanced for your continued support.  

Starting Secondary school in September 2023? 

You will have to apply for a school place before 31 October 2022.

You must complete an application form either online at www.dudley.gov.uk/admissions or by completing the application form provided by your local authority. 

If you need assistance or further information, please contact Dudley School Admissions Service on 0300 555 2345.

Starting Primary School in September 2023?

If your child was born between 1st September 2018 and 31st August 2019 they will be due to start primary school in September 2023.

You will have to apply for a school place before 15th January 2023. 

You must complete an application form either online at www.dudley.gov.uk/admissions or by completing the application form provided by your local authority. 

If you need assistance or further information, please contact Dudley School Admissions Service on 0300 555 2345.

Our next meeting will be on Friday 2^nd December at 9.00am. As always all parents are invited to attend.

We hope that the sunshine continues over the weekend and that you all have a good couple of days with friends and family. We're looking forward to seeing you back on Monday for the final week of a very busy half term! Take care all!

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is the responsibility of everyone in our school and at all times we consider what is in our children's best interests. We work to ensure our children our safe and cared for and by doing this we are protecting their health and development and preventing them from harm.  If we are worried, we will raise concerns, share information and take prompt action with the aim of ensuring families receive the right help at the right time.