Good Things Grow Here

Welcome back to the start of the 2014 to 2015 school year. We would particularly like to welcome our new
children and families; Poppy, Naomi, Ruby, Oliver, Amelie, Alice, Emelia, Isabelle, Ellie, Maisie, Andrew, Jennifer,
Flora, Thomas, Kyffin, Luke, Sophie, Hugo, Faye, Noah, Finley, Oliver, Imogen, Amelia, Alice, Ruby, Adam, Samuel,
Poppy and Chloe who have all joined our Reception class. We would also like to welcome Mrs Wynne (Year 1
student classteacher) and Mr Coleclough (Year 6 student classteacher).

Summer Improvements
I would like to thank Mr Jones (Site Maintenance Officer), Mr Rushan (Caretaker) and Mrs Hall (Cleaner) who have
worked so hard during the holidays to ensure the children came back to a clean, safe and tidy building. The
refurbishment programme during the holiday included
redecoration of the Key Stage 2 classrooms; Rainbow Room; Clover & Bluebell Rooms
new carpets laid in Key Stage 2 classrooms
new tables and chairs in Key Stage 2 classrooms
installation of new interactive whiteboards in all the classrooms
new school telephone system installed
You may have seen the photographs of the refurbishment work if you follow us on twitter. Also I would like to thank
the teaching and support staff who have been into school throughout the holiday preparing classrooms and planning
lessons for the children. The childrens learning environments looked fantastic.

Unfortunately CWaC were delayed in starting the rebuilding of the external walls and this work has only just started.
It is likely to take at least 4 weeks to complete the building work of 3 external walls. This delayed the installation of
the sports area by Sport England which is now due to start week commencing 22 September.

Meet the Teaching and Learning Staff

Leadership
Team







Mrs Walters Mrs McCrimmon Mrs Anderson Mrs Gibbons
Headteacher Deputy Headteacher Assistant Headteacher Assistant Headteacher


Early
Years
Team

Mrs McCrimmon Miss Hetherington Mrs Morris Miss Davis
EYFS Leader Reception Teacher Reception Teaching Assistants
Newsletter 1
Autumn Term 2014
Key Stage
1 Team








Mrs Gibbons Mrs Telford Mrs Wallace
Year 1 Teacher Year 1 Teacher Year 1 Teaching Assistant








Mr Gilbert Mrs Stroud
Year 2 Teacher Year 2 Teaching Assistant

Key Stage
2 Team








Miss Pemberton Mr Wilson Miss Cottrell Mrs Anderson Mrs Burt-Williams
Year 3 Teacher Year 4 Teacher Year 5 Teacher Year 6 Teacher Year 6 Teacher








Mrs Browne Mrs Middleton
Year 5 Teaching Assistant Year 6 Teaching Assistant

Specialist
Teachers
and
Teaching
Assistants

Mrs Noble Mrs McMahon Rachel Robin Mrs White Mrs Hershaw Mrs Batchelor
RE French & Outdoor Learning Learning Mentor Mathematics Speech &
English Language


Meet the Windmill Caf, Miller Club, Administration Staff and Site Maintenance Staff next newsletter.

Autumn Term Curriculum
Every term each teacher in Years 1 to 6 provides an overview of the curriculum for parents. This includes specific
subject information for English, mathematics, ICT, RE, science, personal, social and emotional development, Forest
School and any general information. The overview also provides further information about what the children will be
learning in history, geography, music, art, PE, design and technology within their Context for Learning. Due to the
changes in the National Curriculum there will be 5 Contexts for Learning across the academic year rather than the
previous three.

The first Contexts for Learning this academic year are








The curriculum information newsletters for families will be available on the school website www.millviewschool.co.uk
(Icon Parents Curriculum Information Termly Overviews) on Friday 12 September. If you have any resources
which you feel could support your childs Context for Learning please contact the class teacher directly.

2014 to 2015 Holiday Dates
Autumn 2014 Spring 2015 Summer 2015
02 September 24 October
(39 days)
05 January 12 February
(29 days)
20 April 22 May
(23 days)
Half Term
27-31 October
Half Term
16-20 February
Bank Holiday
04 May
Whitsun Half Term
25-29 May
3 November 19 December
(35 days)
23 February 2 April
(29 days)
01 June 17 July
(35 days)
Christmas Holiday
20 December 4 January
Spring Break
3 April 17 April
Summer Holiday
20 July 31 August

School staff training days (school closed for children)
Monday 01 September 2014 Friday 13 February 2015 Monday 27 April 2015* (school involved in Primary Writing Project)
Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 July 2015

* Reminder . From the 01 September 2013, the new law does not give any entitlement to parents to take their child
on holiday during term time. Parents can be fined by the Local Authority for taking their child on holiday during term time
without consent from the school.

Leave of Absence Request In line with our school policy all pupil absence, other than illness and medical,
requires a leave of absence form to be completed by parents. This includes musical examinations, religious events,
sporting activities, dance examinations and visits to other schools as part of transition. This is a formal process and
record to enable your childs absence to be recorded as a specific code on the statutory register. If we do not
receive the leave of absence request form your childs absence will be recorded as unauthorised.
Illness
If your child is absent through ill health please telephone the school office between 8.30am and 9am. Thank you.

Use of Social Media
The use of social media has soared in popularity in the last few years and as a school we have created a Twitter
account as a communication/marketing tool with the community. There are clear guidelines established for the safe
use of our Twitter account by staff and it is monitored closely by Senior Leaders. We would encourage our parents
following Mill View to ensure their personal account has the appropriate security settings. We do not propose to use
our account to check or monitor families use of Twitter; however, if an issue is brought to our attention via Twitter
it will be dealt with through our usual safeguarding procedures.
Year One
Year Two
Why cant a meerkat live in the North Pole?
What makes Chester a great place to live?
Year Three
Year Four
Year Five
Year Six
Why do so many people go to the Mediterranean for their holidays?
Why is Liverpool such a cool place?
Why is Brazil in the news again?
Who were the Vikings and where did they come from?

Mill View Primary School does not have a Facebook account, however, if an issue is brought to our attention
regarding comments made about individual staff or the school on social media sites which may be regarded as libel
or defamation it will be dealt with through our usual safeguarding procedures. Mill View Primary School has a strong
commitment towards working in positive partnership with the whole school community and when there are
particular concerns we would encourage the complainants to refer to the Complaints Procedure Statement which
can be found in the information section on the school website www.millviewschool.co.uk so that the matter can be
dealt with. We would encourage parents to discuss any concerns with the classteacher or myself first.

Summer Reading Passport
Thank you to those children who have returned their Summer homework Reading
Passport; these are being used in the childrens reading areas in the classrooms. If you
havent returned your homework yet please do so as soon as possible.


Reading Roundabout
During the INSET day on Monday 01 September Mrs Gibbons and Miss Hetherington (English Leaders) shared with
the teachers and teaching assistants our new approach to teaching reading. Every class in Years 1 to 6 will establish
a daily Reading Roundabout consisting of reading activities (SPAG spelling, punctuation and grammar) and all the
children will complete the five activities during the week.















We have also introduced new reading diaries throughout the school and would welcome a parental comment at
least once a week in your childs dairy. Thank you.

Please remember to return to school your signed Home School Agreement by Friday 05 September. There is a
copy on the school website in the information statutory policies section. Thank you.

Diary Dates
Wednesday 17 September Year 6 visit to the Jorvik Centre, York
Friday 26 September Macmillan Coffee Morning (PTA)
Tuesday 14 & Wednesday 15 October Parents Evenings
Tuesday 21 October Tempest Individual Photographs
Friday 24 October School closes for half term (Miller Club open)