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Report to Parents 2003/04

Letter from the Chair of Governors

Special Educational Needs report

Letter from the Chair of Governors

Dear Parents

The Governing Body are pleased to forward their report for the last School year to you and to invite all parents to meet them if they would like to discuss any points between 7 and 7.3Opm at the Barrington Base before the Governing Body meeting at 7.3Opm on Wednesday, 24th November.

We report on a quieter year of success and consolidation after the previous year of OFSTED inspection. After the staff changes at the end of 02/03 and the loss of Mrs. Toms just over a year ago, we are pleased to move into the new year with an unchanged team.

The Governing Body has appreciated the efforts of all the Staff and the support of the Parents and look forward to another good year in 04/05.

Yours sincerely
David Watson
Chairman of the Governing Body Back to top

Message from the Headteacher

Dear Parents

The Annual Report to Parents Evening provides us with the opportunity to look back on the previous school year, to celebrate our successes and to focus on improvements in the corning year.

I beleve that following on from our very positive OFSTED inspection in March 2003 we built on that achievement and carried on working hard to provide all of our children with the very best education possible. I think that this is one reason why our school is so successful. The staff is never satisfied and continually strives to do better. This means that we have very high expectations of the children and the children, in turn, are encouraged to give of their best at all times.

You will see from the report that we offer many activities which enrich the lives of the children and open their eyes to the world around them. Our teaching is based on Christian principles and we hope that children will grow up to be thoughtful and caring individuals who always consider the needs of others.

I do hope that you will able to be present on November 24th at 7:00pm on the Barrington base to discuss the report. If you cannot attend but have points you wish to raise, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,
P.A.Ferguson
Headteacher. Back to top

Introduction

An Education Act passed in 1986 requires school governors to present a report on the school to parents for consideration at a meeting of parents registered at the school. This year the meeting will be on Wednesday 24th November, 2004, between 7.00 and 7.3Opm at the Barrington base.

If there are 20% of parents present, after discussion, a resolution may be proposed on matters arising from the report and, if passed by a simple majority, can be presented to the Governing body, the Head teacher or Local Education Authority (Somerset County Council).

The prospectus of the school contains useful information for parents.

St. Mary and St. Peter's CE First School operates on two bases, Barrington and Ilton. It is a co-educational day school for pupils aged 4+ to 9+. It is a voluntary controlled school which means that the Church of England is represented on the governing body. The number on roll at the end of the summer term, 2004, was 66. Back to top

Admission of Pupils

Admission of Pupils
At present this is determined by the LEA. The planned admission number for the Barrington base is 15 per year group and on the Ilton base the number is 12. Back to top

The Governors

Chairman Commander David Watson MLA representative
Vice-Chair Mr. David Amor LEA representative
Revd. Tim Cook Ex-officio
Mrs. Patricia Ferguson Headteacher
Mrs. Julia Marshall Teacher representative
Mrs. Lesley Cable Staff representative
Mrs. Lesley Jones PCC representative
Mr. Tony Bell Parent representative
Mrs. Kim Board Parent representative
Mr. Nigel Key Parent representative
Dr. Janet East LEA representative
Revd.Dr Andrew Tatham Co-opted

Clerk to the governors - Mrs. Sue Cunningham
The Chair or Clerk may be contacted via the school.

Sub-committees:-
Finance and staffing - Dr. J. East (Chair) Cdr. D. Watson, Mr. N. Key, Mrs. L. Jones, Mrs. P. Ferguson.
Publicity - Mr. D. Amor, Mr T.Bell.
Health and safety - Mr. D.Amor, Mr.T.Bell, Mrs.L.Cable.

Each governor has a responsibility for a curriculum area.
Mr. Amor : Literacy. Mrs. Jones : Music/Literacy
Mr. Bell : Numeracy/PE . Mr. Key : Numeracy
Revd. Tatham : RE . Mrs. Board: Art and Design
Dr. East : Science/ICT . Cdr. Watson : History and Geography Back to top

Staff development

Mrs. Ferguson:
CASS Heads' Management Day
Primary Focus and Curriculum meetings
Liaison meetings with local heads
SAPHTO Conference
Small Schools' Conference
Performance Management
Three day Child Protection course
Programme of release for staff for one session per half term
Monitoring teaching of literacy, numeracy, history and geography
Foundation Stage Assessment
Higher Level teaching Assistants (HLTA)

Miss Marshall:
Performance Management
Literacy and numeracy for Year 3
Tudor portraits at Montacute House
Phonics and spellings
Springboard maths

Mrs. Tulloch:
Performance Management
ICT meetings
Literacy and numeracy for Year 3
Phonics and spellings

Mrs. White:
Performance Management
Early Years Foundation Stage Profile
Gifted and Able children in literacy and maths
Geography Conference
Foundation Stage Assessment

Miss Vickery:
Performance Management
ICT
Guided reading

Mrs. Cable:
Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTA)

Mrs. Bell:
Springboard maths

Mrs. Cunningham:
Clerks' briefings
Finance meetings
FMS6 training Back to top

Staffing

Mrs. Toms left the Ilton base in October 2003 after many years working there as a SEN/Learning Support Assistant. Mrs. S.Bell was appointed to replace Mrs. Toms. Mrs. T.Paul was appointed to work with one child on the Ilton base Back to top

Curriculum Development

During the Autumn term staff focused on updating history and geography policies and schemes of work. Planning sheets for Collective Worship were introduced. Provision for SEN was updated.
During the Spring term we focused on literacy and numeracy and assessing the impact of the strategies. Staff were keen to improve handwriting, spelling and performance maths amongst children. We also reviewed the new DfES strategy on Speaking and Listening.
During the Summer term we continued the focus on literacy and numeracy and considered ways to improve performance at KS1 SATs. Back to top

Special Educational Needs report

Our aim is to provide a challenging and rewarding education for all children. The way in which children reach the goals we set are different as, at various times, some children may require additional help from staff for educational or behavioural reasons. This may be a short term or long term issue but parents are kept informed throughout.
We aim to identify children requiring additional support as early as possible and put into place measures to help the child. This could be in class support or small group work. The help and support of parents is vital for the child to make the necessary progress and meetings are held to discuss issues with parents.
Last year we had nine children on the SEN Register (six on basic entitlement, two on school action and one on school action plus) and four children on the Able Children Register.
If anyone has any concerns about Special Educational Needs please speak to Miss Marshall on the Ilton base. Back to top

Activities

We admitted eight children to the Barrington base and seven children to the Ilton base in September, 2003. Foundation Stage Profile was administered on both bases.
A book fair visited both bases.
The Harvest Festival Service was held at St. Mary's Church, Barrington. Money raised was £55.72 which was donated to the charity harvest Help and a basket of fruit was taken by the children to the Horton Cross Nursing Home.
The Annual Report to Parents evening was held at Barrington on November 19th at Ilton.
A Christingle Service was held at St. Peter's Church, Ilton.
The Ilton Christmas production was "The Little Fir Tree" and Barrington children performed "Hosannah Rock".
Christmas parties were held.
KS1 children visited the British and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol on two occasions
KS2 children visited Maiden Castle, a Roman town house and Dorchester Museum.
Shrove Tuesday was celebrated with egg shackling and pancakes.
Year 4 children attended a leavers' day Wells Cathedral.
KS1 SAT's were administered and Year 3 and Year 4 tests.
A Mothers' Day Service was held at St. Mary's Church and an Easter Service was held at St. Peter's.
Children visited Swanmead School.
Mrs. Cable and Mrs. Ferguson ran First Aid classes for Year 3/4 children.
KS2 children received athletics coaching and football training and played in the CASS unihoc tournament, our team came second.
KS2 children took part in Shakespeare workshops and put on a presentation of Twelfth Night with Shepton Beauchamp School.
KS2 children visited Knighthayes Court in Devon as part of the National Trust guardianship scheme.
All children went swimming for six weeks at Chard.
Sports Day was held on the Ilton base.
Children visited Lyme Regis and Abbotsbury Swannery.
Twelve Year 3/4 children went to Camp at West Bay with Miss Marshall and Mrs. Bell.
Each base held a Fun Day and leavers' assemblies were held.
Fruit trees were planted on each base which were funded by Orchard Grants. Back to top