Achievement news!

I am very proud to announce that Cabot Primary School has been accredited with Every Child a Reader status. I had the pleasure of attending an award ceremony this morning where Mrs Goree was presented with our plaque.  Mrs Goree has worked extremely hard to ensure all pupils across the school are making progress in their reading.  She has been behind the purchasing of buying so many books and levelling them, developing the reading corners in the classrooms and supporting teachers in carrying out important assessment work.  Some of you will have met her directly as she has also been doing 1 to 1 Reading Recovery support for individual pupils.  This hard work has been reflected in our impressive Key Stage 1 test results which show Cabot pupils have outperformed pupils across Bristol and nationally in Reading. At the presentation today, Mrs Goree's work was celebrated by Bristol ECaR leaders as exemplary and a model for other schools to follow. I'm sure you will join me in celebrating our achievements and thanking Mrs Goree for her efforts.

Mr Burton

Anti-Bullying week 19th - 23rd November

This week is Anti-Bullying week. We have planned lessons for pupils to help further their understanding of anti-bullying.  Further information can be found at this website.

http://www.antibullyingweek.co.uk/

I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to spend some time talking to your children about bullying using social media.  It has been brought to our attention that some children have been using email and text messages to send unkind words to each other.  Please be aware of how your children are using their phones and computers.

Mr Burton

Maths Evening for Parents

Thank you for attending the presentations by class teachers last week.  I was very pleased to see the talks so well attended.  As you know, maths is a key area of focus for improvement at Cabot.  A close working partnership between school and parents will help us support pupils in achieving their full potential.  Look out for photos of the maths evening in the News section soon.

Mr Burton

Goodbyes and Welcomes.

It was a busy last week with many mixed emotions.  Saying goodbye to Jason gave us an opportunity to celebrate the great contribution he made to the school over the past 8 years.  But it was also sad to see him go and there were more than a few tears in his farewell assembly.  He isn't far away and has promised to keep in touch regularly.

We have appointed three new members of staff.

Mrs Mepham, Mr Smyth and Miss Dennis are now working in the school as LSAs.  They will be helping individual children and small groups of pupils across the school with a variety of interventions to support learning.

Mr Burton

Welcome to Term 2 at Cabot.

I hope all our Muslim families had happy and peaceful Eid celebrations during the holidays. I was very pleased to see so many of you at the Sports Centre as I was going for my holiday workout in the gym.  Everyone looked so smart in their Eid clothes.

Term 2 is always an exciting time as we lead up to the Christmas Holidays. I have some important dates to let you know about.

Friday 9th November - Switching On Bristol City Centre Christmas Lights

Our Year 6 pupils have been invited to take part in a procession and performance to celebrate the switching on of the Christmas Lights at Cabot Circus.  There will be a procession starting at Marks and Spencer in Broadmead at 5.30pm and then a stage performance in Cabot Circus at 6pm. Please come and help us celebrate together.

Thursday 15th November - Maths' Evening For Parents

Parents are invited to come and visit class teachers to hear about how to support their children with calculating.

26th -30th November - Math's focus week

Maths is a key focus area for school improvement. To help us celebrate our progress so far, and inspire us for the year ahead we are having a special focus week. More details to follow.

Tuesday 18th December - Key Stage 1 Christmas Performance

Thursday 20th December - School Christmas Dinner

Friday 21st December - End of Term 2

So, plenty to be getting on with already. Keep up to date with what your children are doing by talking to their teachers and checking out the class blogs.  Our Year 1 and 2 children have already had a fantastic Pirate Trip around the harbour. I'm looking forward to seeing how that has inspired them with their learning.

Bye for now.

Mr Burton

Mr Burton