Dear Parents and Carers,
We have come to the end of another busy week at school. Don’t forget to check the blog posts at the bottom of the newsletter to see what your child has been learning in class!
We are delighted to welcome Stacy Collins, a Family Navigator from the Barking and Dagenham Family Hub, to school on Tuesday morning for our next Time to Talk Session. Family Navigators can support families in areas such as housing, healthcare, special educational needs and childcare, as well as signposting you to services provided within the borough.
Stacy will give a short presentation and then there will be an opportunity to speak with her on a one to one basis if there is anything that you would like to discuss. We hope to see as many of you there as possible! Please enter via the playground after dropping your child to school.
We recently conducted a parent survey to gather your feedback about our school. Your opinions as parents and carers are very important to us and we are always looking for ways to develop our school to ensure that we are giving all of our children the best possible start to their education.
The response was very positive. 100% of parents and carers feel that their child is happy and safe at Dorothy Barley Infant School, that they are taught well and making good progress. Relationships with families are at the heart of everything we do as we know that our children have the best outcomes when parents and the school work closely together.
We will be celebrating Red Nose Day in school on Friday 21st March and learning about the importance of charity and helping others. It will be a non-uniform day and children are welcome to wear red clothes or Red Nose Day merchandise. As always, we will be collecting donations on the doors in the morning. The children will also have the opportunity to participate in karaoke at lunchtime!
Our Spring Term Parents Evenings are on Wednesday 2nd April (3:30-7:00pm) and Thursday 3rd April (3:30-5:00pm). During the meetings, teachers will be sharing information about your child’s progress and how you can support them with their learning at home.
Parents Evening appointments are now bookable for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 on Parent Mail. If you are having any difficulty booking an appointment, please come and see us in the office and we can help you.
Nursery parents can book a daytime appointment on Wednesday 2nd April by speaking to Miss Rehling, Sue or Zoe.
The KS1 choir are performing at a Music Festival at Parsloes Primary School on Wednesday 19th March. Please ensure that you return the consent form so that your child can attend.
The last day of the Spring term for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 is Friday 4th April. School closes at 1:15pm.
Please drive and park considerately in the roads around the school.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs S O’Hara
Head of School
We have been practising our counting skills in Nursery this week. We have been counting pasta, petals and leaves and matching the amounts to numbers. During our group times, we have ordered numbers to 5 and some of us went on to order numbers to......
This term we are reading The Enormous Turnip and looking at different fruit and vegetables. In Art we are learning how to print. This week we cut up a variety of green vegetables, mixed paint to make different shades of green and made some beautiful......
The children in Reception have been working hard all week finding two numbers that make 10. They used numicon and tens frames and now they know them off by heart!...
This week Year 1 have been learning how scientists group animals. We tried our own ways of grouping them, then discovered that animals with a backbone, called vertebrates, are also put into five groups. After learning the criteria for each, we worked in teams and......
Please note: If your child is absent you must inform the school on the morning of the absence. Please do this by phoning the school office on 0208 270 4655 or emailing us at office@dorothybarleyinfant.org.uk.
We aim for the best education for your children at Dorothy Barley Infant School. Full Attendance and Punctuality are essential for your child to make the maximum progress.
To reach the school target pupils must not have any more than 6 days off per academic year. If you need to make appointments for your child, please aim to make them out of school hours or during school holidays. Thank you.
Children with 100% attendance each half term will receive a certificate. Pupils with 100% attendance for the whole year will receive a special reward.
| Attendance during one school year | Equals this number of days absent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 90% | 19 days | ||
| 80% | 38 days | ||
| 70% | 57 days | ||
| Outstanding 100% |
Good 96% – 99% |
Requires Improvement 91%-95% |
Inadequate (PA)Below 90% |
Do you know our Child Protection and Safeguarding Team?
Mrs Ratford
Assistant Headteacher & Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mrs Osborne
SENCO & Designated Deputy Safeguarding Lead
If you have a concern about a child, please see a member of our Safeguarding Team.
In an emergency call 999.
| Class | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | |||
| Ladybird | 93.38% | ||
| Bumblebee | 98.97% | ||
| Butterfly | 95.00% | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| Rabbit | 99.12% | ||
| Squirrel | 95.58% | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Kingfisher | 97.86% | ||
| Woodpecker | 92.77% | ||
| Tawny Owl | 90.87% | ||
The whole school attendance this week is: 95.02%