Possible Strike Action October 17th

Dear Parents,

You may have heard in the news that the two largest teaching unions, the NASUWT and NUT are calling on its members to strike on October 17th.  Some of our teachers at Cabot or members of those unions. It is likely that if the proposed action goes ahead there will be a consequence for Cabot. It is not possible to just replace striking teachers with supply teachers. However, senior leaders is the school can cover classes. We will make every attempt to stay open but it is very likely we may have to close the school to some year groups.  As our oldest children have their end of Primary School SATs coming up in May we will make sure we stay open for them. WE WILL BE OPEN FOR YEAR 6 PUPILS. If their lessons cannot be covered by their regular teachers than a member of the senior leadership team will take the lessons.

I hope you understand our reasons for prioritising Year 6. I am consulting with staff next Tuesday and I will update you with more information next Wednesday.

Best Wishes

Mr Burton

For more details about the proposed strike action please see the link below to the BBC news website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23970281

Parent group meeting reminder

Look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in the community room at 8:50 tomorrow morning for our meeting about progress last year and targets for 2013/14

Best wishes

Mr Burton

Coffee Morning

Dear Parents,

I will be holding a coffee morning in the Community Building on Wednesday 2nd October. I will be presenting data and information about the school's progress over the last year and what plans we have for 2013/14. I will also be talking about how you can help your children and the school to continue to improve.

There is plenty to celebrate. As I have already shared with you, our Year 6 SATs results last year were the best our pupils have ever achieved. School attendance has improved from 90% in 2009 to 95.4 in 2013. These are just some of the indicators of the progress we are making.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Best Wishes

Mr Burton

New Term

Hello and Welcome to Term 1 2013 at Cabot,

It's great to see you all again after the Summer break.

Many of you noticed the new equipment in the outside area. The old play equipment has been removed and new activity structures installed. It does look rather impressive! New turf has been laid to give the children a better grass area to play on. There is aslo a decking area with seating that will be used for all kinds of outside learning from story telling to drama productions.

 I am very pleased to tell you that we had 100% puntcuality on the first day back. Maintaining this will be a key priority for this term. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Best Wishes

Mr Burton 

In the news

Nice story about our Summer School in the Bristol Post.

Great picture too!

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/School-s-taking-extra-lessons-stay-ahead/story-19654257-detail/story.html

Summer School Fruit Salad

Today we learnt how to write instructions to make a fruit salad. We also learnt that fruit salad is yummy!

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Eid Mubarak!

Wishing a happy and peaceful Eid to all our Muslim families celebrating these next two days. Best wishes from Cabot Primary School.