ALL SAINTS MARSH C OF E ACADEMY JUNE / JULY 2019 - All Saints (Marsh)
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ALL SAINTS MARSH C OF E
ACADEMY JUNE / JULY 2019
Head of Academy Update
Dear Parents and Carers,
As we approach the end of term I have been reflecting on what a wonderful couple of terms I have had
since I started at All Saints Marsh in January. I am delighted that I will be continuing as Head of
Academy and excited about what we can achieve in the next academic year together.
We were moderated in all Key Stages this term by the local authority, which involved moderators
deployed by Devon County Council coming into school to moderate in Reception, Year 2 and Year 6.
This was achieved by talking to the teachers about the children’s work and the assessments the
teachers had made. In all moderation visits, the moderators commented on how well the teachers knew
the children and their good understanding of the curriculum. The moderators were very impressed with
the children’s books and the effective feedback that clearly moved the children's learning forward. They
all commented on the wonderful 'feel of the school’, the learning environments and ultimately the l
earning opportunities for all children that were discussed. I am very proud of the All Saints Marsh team
for the tremendous teaching and learning that has enabled children to make the progress and attainment
that they have achieved and thank them for creating a culture where every child will succeed.
We love having such expert secondary P.E. specialists coming into support us. This term we have Miss
Warden from Spires College teaching every class; Mr Patchett from Newton Abbot College teaching PE
once a week, Miss Dawe from Coombeshead College teaching dance to Year 5, Mr Partridge teaching
Cricket skills and Year 6 taking swimming lessons! Phew! What an active school we are, no wonder we
achieved gold for school games - a brilliant achievement and shows our commitment to a high-quality
physical education curriculum. We recognise that physical education inspires all to succeed and flourish
in a way that supports both their physical and mental health and well being.
The recent Sports day and Summer Fair was an opportunity to come together as a school family and
what a fantastic time we had! It was brilliant to have so many of you come to Sports Day to cheer the
children along and support them as they showed a fabulous effort in all the races. Thank you to Mrs
Gray for the fantastic organisation that made it all run like clockwork and to Miss Warden, our P.E.
teacher from Spires College, for leading on the races. It was also great to have such participation from
young and old alike in the toddler and adult races!
As we celebrate our Year 6 children’s time at All Saints Marsh we will be looking forward to our leavers
service and wishing them every success as they make the transition into Secondary School. We are
incredibly proud of all their achievements, we hope they enjoy their end of term treat and can’t wait to
see their talents in the end of year musical! We are also excited about our whole school trip where we
will be spending time with our Dunsford Community Academy friends and have the opportunity to use
some of their wonderful outdoor facilities—more details to follow shortly!
I look forward to seeing you all at parent consultations and would like to thank you for your continued
support. Have a wonderful summer holiday and I will see you all in September ready for another
successful and fun packed year!
Mrs Edwards
Head of Academy
Page 2 ALL SAINTS MARSH C OF E ACADEMY JUNE / JULY PE and Sport The second half of the Summer term has got off to a good start with our Cricket Coach, Mr Partridge inspiring the children with his great cricket lessons and club and have really appreciated his teaching and skills. Mr Partridge is keen to recruit KS1 children for his All Stars Cricket club which is held at the Rec, in Newton Abbot. Please contact the office if you would like further details. Unfortunately, due to poor weather, the Cross Country race at Stover was cancelled, we hope to get a new date soon. Looking forward to the Autumn term, there will be, as always, many events and fixtures for the children to participate in....more details to follow at the beginning of term. We have been awarded GOLD in the School Games Mark! A BIG thank you to all the staff, adults and children who have worked so hard. This is a HUGE achievement and represents participation both inside and outside of school. Sports Day Our Super Summer Sports' Day began at 10.30am with our amazing children participating in a Round Robin of activities including Archery, Long Jump, Speed Bouncing, Javelin, Egg and Spoon, Bean Bag Target relay and Ball relay. We got off to a prompt start and each and every child took part in all of the races, with our older children supporting the younger children in their teams. By 11.45am we had finished and the points that the children had earned were counted and carried forward to the afternoon's scores. After lunch, we set off to the Park again and the afternoon races began. Both Key Stages ran their Flat, Sack and Hurdle races and the afternoon finished with a relay run by all of the Key Stage 2 children. The children loved cheering each other on, they thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and having their families watch them being fabulous!! To finish our fantastic day, the Toddlers' race was run, followed by the Mums’ and finally, the amazing stampede that we call the Dads’ race!! Thank you to all of the families for coming and making the children's day so memorable. Thank you to Premier Education and SPIRES for helping to facilitate the event. The Red team won the cup but, really, all of our children were winners yesterday. Having practised in their PE lessons and tackling all of the activities with enthusiasm, they really shone!
Page 3 ALL SAINTS MARSH C OF E ACADEMY JUNE / JULY Templar Class Templar class have had an eventful month that is to be treasured and remembered for years to come. Many of the children received the opportunity to visit London for a week. Highlights included a trip to the House of Parliament, the London Eye, Downing Street and a trip to the theatre to watch The Lion King. They even experienced a daily ride on the London underground! One of the best outcomes of the trip was that they all made new friends that they will be seeing soon on our next visit to Dunsford. Tickets for the Year 6 Performance of ‘The X Factory’ on Tuesday 16th July are available now - please check your emails or speak to Mrs Webber. Performances are at 9.30am or 2pm. Courtenay Class Courtenay class have been learning about sound! They investigated different ways in which sounds are made, and then learnt about how they are created by something vibrating. We then did an experiment with cous-cous on a drum. When we hit the drum, the cous-cous jumped up and down on the drum surface, showing the vibrations. The children finished off by making their own TV programme about what they had learnt!
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Bradley Class
Bradley class had the wonderful chance to become artists!
They explored three different artists, three different
techniques and three different mediums.
There was the chance to work with children from across the
whole school to make new friends and share talents. The final
pieces were incredible and all very unique to the artist!
“We painted like
Kadinsky and it was
really fun because we
found out how to mix
colours and how to
add layers to our art
“I wanted to make mine work.” - Darcie
really bright and colour-
ful so I didn’t mix my
colours in the begin-
ning. Then I used black
paint to add the lines
and shapes.” - Nadia “Pointillism was so
much fun because
you had to be really
careful to colour in
using dots. It took a
very long time!”
Kristabell
Forde Class
We have been so busy this term! We have been showing our school values and really trying hard
with our learning. We have really enjoyed playing Cricket with Mr Partridge as well as practising
for our Sports Day. We have also been learning lots about numbers and we even made our own
number blocks. Within Maths we investigated which animals were the heaviest, linking to our
topic! Here are a few photos from our learning this term.
Page 5 ALL SAINTS MARSH C OF E ACADEMY JUNE / JULY Breakfast and After School Club We are really excited to be able to offer our fun breakfast and after school clubs! Breakfast club starts at 8.00am and is a perfect way to start the day. The children can choose their own breakfast with toast, cereal, brioche and fresh fruit on offer. Children can relax or select from the many activities before they start their day. After school club runs from 3—6pm. We offer a variety of snacks ranging from wraps, sandwiches with a choice of fillings, salad, fresh fruit and yoghurts. Children can partake in lots of fun activities including arts and crafts, good old fashioned board games, computer games and seasonal activities. They also have access to the outside area to play. If you would like to book either breakfast or after school club, please log onto Edu Spot and register. Please note you need to register 24 hours in advance of any session you wish to book. Some of our sessions are fully booked already! If you have problems logging on, please speak to the office. Worship Our Christian values this half term have been based around ‘Respect’. We have been exploring this in our Act of Worship and Family Groups
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ALL SAINTS MARSH C OF E ACADEMY JUNE / JULY
LONDON RESIDENTIAL
What an incredible residential we had in London! It was action packed from
beginning to end! Travelling by train and then across London on the underground
every day meant we got a real taste of the hustle and bustle of London life. We also
had the double bonus of a camping holiday, camping in a school who generously
welcomed us and we ate there daily with some delicious meals. We visited Number
10 Downing Street, the National History and Science museums, the National Portrait
Gallery, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Horse Guards Parade, London Eye,
and even visited the West End to watch a show. The children’s behaviour was
amazing, we had happy resilient children all week who took every new and
wonderful experiences in their stride and we were incredibly proud of them.
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LONDON RESIDENTIAL
A fantastic cruise down the Thames enabled us to learn about the history behind
some of the famous bridges and other famous London landmarks including The
Houses of Parliament that we had already visited; watching a live debate and
meeting our MP Anne-Marie Morris.
We were able to get another view of London from the incredible London Eye and
were becoming experts on the London sights and history! Our final visit was to a
Sikh temple. Manjit and her team gave us an extremely warm welcome, explaining
the central beliefs of the Sikh religion to us all and sharing how Sikh people choose
to live. We were then treated to a delicious lunch! All of these experiences we
shared with children and staff from Dunsford Community Academy and the other
highlight of the week was making new friendships which in a small school is
sometimes hard to do. Our thanks and gratitude goes out to Dunsford’s Head of
Academy Mrs Alphey who organised this wonderful residential and who made sure
everything ran smoothly - she truly has some exceptional organisational skills!
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Adham has recently participated in the
Hurdlestone Challenge along with over 400
Scouts and Guides from throughout Devon.
His team completed all 15 activity bases
along the 8 mile route which the teams had to
navigate using a map and were the winning
team at base 15, scoring the most points out
of 85 teams. A huge achievement and one
which he, his team and Scout group and of
course us are very proud of!
Congratulations Sam on receiving your level 6 in
gymnastics .
THANK YOU…..
A Big THANK YOU to Mr
Hodder for organising our
Year 5 and 6 Bikeability
Course. The children had a
great time and learnt many
valuable lessons to ensure
they are safe and confident on
the road.
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PTFA SUMMER FAIR
It was brilliant to see so many of you enjoying the yummy refreshments on
offer and the children having fun in the sun at the summer fair! We were
entertained by sumo fights, thrills and spills on the bouncy castle, games,
stalls, lots of delicious cakes, a bbq, mocktails and even an opportunity to
cool down with a spell in the stocks!
Thank you for your support, the children gain so much from the fund raising
that the PTFA do with treats and trips paid for by them. A huge thank you to the PTFA for
their amazing hard work in organising, setting up, running the stalls and packing away at the
end - they are a small group at the moment so it was a lot of work but I know they enjoyed
every second and were really pleased how successful it was and how much fun the children
had. If you are able to support in the future do let us know!
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Excellent attendance at school is important to allow a child to fulfil their potential. Below are just
some of the key reasons why it is so important or children to attend school….
To learn
To have fun
To make new friends
To experience new things in life
To achieve
To have the best possible start in life
We have been asked by the Local Authority to ensure all parents
are aware of the process regarding unauthorised absences
during term time. Please see the information below, if you have
any questions regarding this, the Family Support Team will be
happy to help.
You may receive a penalty notice (PN) if:
Your child was absent from School for 10 or more sessions (5 or
more days) due to an unauthorised holiday; OR
Your child has accrued 10 or more sessions of unauthorised absence in any 6 month period.
A PN may be issued per parent/carer and per child and you are given two payment options,
these are:
Pay £60 within 21 days of receipt of the PN
Pay £120 between 22-28 days of receipt of the PN
If you do not pay the PN, we may start prosecution proceedings, unless the PN was issued in
error in which case it will be withdrawn.
Only one PN will be issued per parent/carer per child within a two year period. This means
that if you paid a PN and then committed a further offence contrary to s444(1) Education Act
1996 within the next two years, you are likely to be summonsed to Court for the most recent of-
fence. If convicted, you could receive a fine of up to £1000.
If you are convicted of an offence under s444(1) Education Act 1996, and you commit a further
offence within the next 5 years, you will be summonsed for the more serious offence contrary to
s444(1A) Education Act 1996. If convicted, you could receive a fine of up to £2500 or up to 3
months imprisonment.Page 10 ALL SAINTS MARSH C OF E ACADEMY JUNE / JULY
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Dates for Your Diary
JULY 2019
11 July PTFA Coffee and Cake 2—3pm
11 July Year 6 Swimming
15 July Year 6 Leavers Treat to Clip and Climb. Back at 3.45pm
16 July Year 6 Performance The X Factory 9.30am and 2pm. Please check your
emails to reserve tickets for the performances. Or speak to Mrs Webber.
15 July Parent Consultations 3.10—6pm Please book via Edu Spot
17 July EYFS Teddy Bear Picnic (new 2019 reception children) 1.30—2.30-pm
17 July Parent Consultations 3.10—6pm Please book via Edu Spot
18 July Year 6 Swimming
19 July Year 6 Cream Tea 2-3pm
22 July Whole School trip to Dunsford Academy.
23 July Leavers Service 1.45 St Paul’s Church
23 July LAST DAY OF TERM
2 Sept First day back of Autumn term.
No Hungry Holidays. If you feel that you could
benefit from this, please let us know
A warm welcome Amber
who has joined us in
Templar Class.
All Saints Marsh C of E Academy
Osborne Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2DJ
01626 365293 allsaints@lapsw.org
www.allsaints-marsh.devon.sch.uk @ASMLAPPage 16 ALL SAINTS MARSH C OF E ACADEMY JUNE / JULY
Term Dates 2019
Summer Term 2019
Start: 23 April
Bank Holiday: 6 May
Half Term: 27 May – 31 May
2019
Non Pupil Days: 3 June – 7 June
2019
Last Day of Term: 23 July 2019
Autumn Term 2019
Start: 2 September
Half Term: 21—25th October
Last Day of Term : 20 December
Spring Term 2020
Start: 6 Jan
Hal Term: 17—21 Feb
Last Day of Term: 27 March
The Head of Academy may not grant any leave of absence during
term time unless there are exceptional circumstances.
All requests for a child to be absent from school during term time
must be made in writing at least a half term in advance of the
proposed absence by completing the absence request form
obtainable from the Academy office.
Please call into the Academy Office if you would like to discuss your
child’s attendance or any aspect of absences.You can also read
