Snowy Cabot

Dear All,

Thank you for braving the conditions to bring your children to school today.  Nearly all the children made it in and we were able to continue 'business as usual' with our teaching and learning. Of course, we did find time for some fun in the snow too. The above picture is on the this is bristol website, and might feature in The Post  this weekend.
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/pictures/Snow-fall-Bristol-send-snow-pictures/pictures-17891299-detail/pictures.html
I'm sure you'll join me in thanking staff for battling the conditions to come in for your children. 80% of Bristol Schools closed today. We were able to stay open because staff made careful plans last night so they could be sure to get to school on time.  Special thanks needs to go to Mr Copley who did a fantastic job of clearing the paths and making access to the school as safe as possible.
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Today-s-snow-didn-t-close-school-Bristol/story-17894153-detail/story.html
I hope you enjoy the snow this weekend. I look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday morning, after Monday's INSET day.

Best Wishes

Mr Burton

SNOW FORECAST

Dear Parents,

As you are probably aware, heavy snow is forecast for tomorrow morning. Teachers and staff are making special travel plans to ensure they are as prepared as possible to make their journey to work tomorrow. School should be open as usual.

However, in the unlikely event that not enough staff can make it in to be able to run the school safely, the school may have to close to pupils. If this is the case notification will be made on the school website at 8am. 

Best Wishes and enjoy the snow, if it comes!

Mr Burton

Panto

Dear All,

It was great to see you back last week. This is just a short term so it was very pleaseing to see pupils prepared and ready to learn on the first day back. We finished the week with a special highlight; a pantomime performance of Dick Whittington. I'm sure your children have told you all about it.

As I wrote in the Newsletter last week, this Tuesday we have our first meeting of our new Family Support Group, run in Partnership with St Paul's Nursery and Children's Centre.  This will take place in the Community Room between 8:45 and 10am.  You are all very welcome to come and meet our Mrs Green our new Learning Mentor and Mukter Abdi, our Somali Family Support Worker. Whether you have problem you need help with or not, come along anyway and say "hello".

On Wednesday the newly formed PTFA will be holding a meeting in the Community Room at 9 am. High on the agenda is planning a Spring Fair.

These are just two ways you can get more involved with Cabot Primary School as we live up to our core value of Inclusion.

Best Wishes

Mr Burton

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I hope you are all having a great holiday and have had a positive start to 2013.  Teachers are in school this week making sure they are well prepared to give the children the best possible start to 2013.

Look forward to seeing you at 8.35 on the 7th of January 2013.

Mr Burton

The Countdown to Christmas has begun.

Miss Pearce and her dad spent Sunday afteroon choosing this magnificent tree for the school hall. Staff and children have done a fantastic job of decorating it.  We wish all of you a peaceful and happy time during the season of advent.

Some important dates for you coming up this term.
Monday 10th December - Pupils from Cabot will be performing at St Paul's Unlimited AGM held at The Salvation Army on Ashley Road. Some of our Key Stage 1 pupils will be performing songs from this year's Christmas Performance and our Year 5 Steel Pan band will be playing some festive tunes.  All are welcome to come and support Cabot Primary School at this improtant Community event.

Tuesday 18th December - Key Stage 1 Christmas Play. The performance starts at 9:15.  Please arrive promptly to get the best seats. Latecomers will not be admitted as this causes distraction and disrupts the performance.  Pupils and staff are working very hard to create an impressive performance and we don't want anything to spoil it for them or the audience.

Thursday 20th December - School Christmas Dinner. Even if your child does not usually have a school dinner they are welcome to have one on this day. Please complete the request form and send payment to the office as soon as possible.

Thursday 20th December - Sparkle Day.  We understand that within our diverse community not everyone celebrates Christmas.   I think it is important to share with pupils the meaning of Christmas and its significance as a cultural and religous event.  However, as you know, Inclusion is one of our core values and we would like to have a day when we can all share in celebration regardless of faith.  Thursday 20th December will be Sparkle Day. A day when we encourage everyone to be as shiny and sparkly as possible, on the inside and out.  Pupils are invited to wear the sparkliest costumes possible. Prizes will be given for imaginative ideas.

Best Wishes

Mr Burton

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