Merry Christmas!
An incredible term!
At this point in the term, I normally wax lyrical about; how wonderful the children are, how hard the staff have worked and how Winshill Village is progressing well on its improvement journey. And this year will be no different: the children have made huge steps forward - the positive conversations at parents evening support this and I am delighted to tell you that 88% of our Year 2 children passed the phonics screening this term - brilliant! The staff have worked tirelessly to give your children the support and the best education possible - we have had a number of visitors in school, from other schools and from JTMAT - who have been impressed with the teaching and learning going on in school. Despite the disruption of the pandemic, Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School still continues to improve and provide your child with high quality teaching and learning.
However, the impact of the pandemic, should not be under estimated. In some ways, this last term has been the most difficult since the pandemic started - more difficult than lockdown, more difficult than remote learning, more difficult than bubbles. Why? Well, we all have been trying to continue as normal, to continue with the high expectations and determination to succeed, but this ‘normality’ is mixed in with anxiety regarding Covid cases, worry about poorly relatives and confusion over ever-changing rules. All of us - staff, children and families alike - have been impacted by Covid and the disruption is has caused. Whatever your political slant, whatever your views on the pandemic, you can’t help but be affected by it, and with the new variant, it looks like restrictions will be here for a while.
Despite all this, we have persevered, we have shown resilience and we have shown determination. I am more proud now - more than I ever have been - of the community of Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School, we have not only survived, we have thrived. Your children are doing amazingly academically, they are getting the emotional support where needed, we have further developed our links with St Marks, trips have started again, we had three brilliant Christmas productions, a face to face parents evening and some wonderful Christmas activities. We have managed to keep Covid out of school (for the most part, compared to other schools) by everyone following the clear guidelines, and helping each other keep safe, and going beyond government guidelines.
This term should not be defined by the pandemic, but the last few months have emphasised the hard work of all the staff, how they go above and beyond to support and educate your children. It has also shown us how resilient and adaptable the children are and how important it is to have such a close and supportive community. Although it has been a challenging term, it has also been incredible - we have achieved so much. Thank you all for your continued support. I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and I wish you all the best for 2022. Thank you. Miss Goodson
Stars of the Term
Reception: Bodhi
Year 1: Roman
Year 2: Tobee
Year 3: Theo
Year 4: Isaac
Year 5: Sienna
Year 6: Oscar
Headteacher’s Award: James
Unfortunately, due to the increase Covid cases in the local area, we did not invite parents to attend the Stars of the Term Assembly.
Congratulations to all the children for their hard work and positivity this term!
Attendance for the Autumn Term (since September)
Reception: 92.41%
Year 1: 94.44%
Year 2: 93.88%
Year 3: 94.14%
Year 4: 91.88%
Year 5: 94.78%
Year 6: 96.46%
Whole School: 93.99%
With colds, flu, covid tests and positive cases, attendance has taken a bit of a hit this term, although it is slightly above the national average in these Covid times.
We will continue to work hard together, to make sure the children are in school as much as possible, to improve our attendance.
Shobnall Football Coaching Information can be found here.
Message from the Flu Immunisation Programme
Dear Parent/Guardian
May we offer our sincere apologies that this session did not take place as planned.
We have rearranged to go back to Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School on Tuesday 11th January
All consent forms received previously via the on-line consent system will be made available for this revised date, so there is no need to complete another form.
However, if you did not complete a consent form and would like you child to receive the flu vaccination, please use the following link to access the on-line consent system. https://forms.mpft.nhs.uk/
Choose Winshill Village Primary School from the drop-down list and use the code that will be texted out this afternoon.
Please ensure you enter your email address when prompted to receive confirmation of submission
Should you have any queries regarding this please contact the team on 0300 124 0366
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
See you on Tuesday 4th January 2022.
Miss Goodson
