Johnston Community Primary School Friday, 23rd June

Attendance

Attendance this week:

• Yr1 91.6%
• Yr2 96.1%
• Yr3 92.8%
• Yr4 93%
• Yr5 89.2%
• Yr6 97%
• LRC 1 61.1%
• lrc2 98.4%
• AM 82.55
• P M 93.3%
• FT 90%
• School: 93%

School Attendance 93.7%. Well done to Class Four who have the highest attendance this week!

We are still working hard to improve our whole school attendance as much as possible. It is so important that children attend school everyday. In my experience, whilst children are occasionally nervous in the mornings, nearly all children love school, gaining a sense of achievement as they make progress in their learning. As we all know, the friendships that children form in school often last a lifetime and the social and emotional aspect of school life is just as important as the academic.

Our approach with attendance:

Our school target is for all pupils to have an attendance of 97% or above. Although illness does happen, wherever possible children should be in school if they are well enough to attend. Any non-medical absences will be unauthorised, other than in exceptional circumstances. Days missed quickly build up and have a real impact on learning. What absence means in real terms:

90% attendance = 1 day missed a fortnight = almost 4 weeks missed in a year

80% attendance = 1 day missed a week = almost 8 weeks missed in a year

Interesting (and shocking facts):

• A child with 90% attendance throughout their school life will have missed the equivalent of more than a year's worth of school lessons.
• Only 35% pupils who have less than 90% attendance achieve five or more good GCSEs, but 73% of pupils who have an attendance of 95% or more will achieve this.

Currrently, school attendance sits at 92.5%. Can we work together to push towards 94% by the end of the Summer Term?

Summer Performances

Pupils in Years One to Six are going to be working hard to produce Summer perfomances during this half term. Years One and Two will work together, Years Three and Four will work together, as will Years Five and Six. All performances will take place outside (as long as it doesn't rain) after school on Wednesday, 12th July. We know that the cost of living crisis has placed additional pressures on families and I am acutely aware that we routinely ask for money. Therefore, to make the performances as affordable as possible, we are going to sell tickets at £1.50 per person. The ticket will give you access to all concerts for example, if you have a child in Year Two and another in Year Six a £1.50 ticket will give you access to both of the performances.

Kind regards,

Mr. Williams.

Key Dates:

Summer Two

• Wednesday, 28th and Thursday, 29th June - Year 6 Haverfordwest High School Transition
• Friday, 30th June - Year Six Milford Haven School Transition Day One
• Monday, 3rd July - School Reports out
• Monday, 3rd July - Milford Haven School Transition Day Two
• Tuesday 4th July - Year Five Torch Theatre Choir Performance
• Wednesday, 5th July - Year One Manor Park Trip
• Wednesday, 12th July - School Performances!
• Friday, 14th July - Sports Day (we are going to try something different this year and run the event on a Friday morning).