Newsletter                

13 January 2023

 If you've not got much time please read:

• Staffing for 2023
• Reception and Nursery Open Events for Prospective Parents

Notices and Reminders

Welcome back and Happy New Year to everyone. At this time of year it is a good opportunity to look at the year ahead and look forward to sharing with you all the exciting things happening at Victoria for 2023. Our Whole School Calendar for Spring 2023 is available by following this link here. Please put key dates in your dairy and any additions or amendments to the calendar as the term progresses will be included in this weekly newsletter.

Staffing for 2023

We would like to give a warm welcome to Miss Walker, Miss Keeling and Miss Stafford to Victoria. Miss Stafford will be working in Hazel while on a teacher training placement for the next 8 weeks. Mr Palfi will return in 8 weeks once he completes his cross-phase school experience at another school. Miss Keeling will be supporting across Reception and Year 2.

For your information these are the teachers and teaching assistants working with each class:

Nursery and Reception

Acorn- Mrs Sargeant, Miss Dell, Mrs Aliotta and Mrs Lloyd

Ash- Miss Davies and Miss Morley

Oak- Miss Crawley, Mrs Hutchings and Miss Jackson

KS1

Beech- Miss Ayub and Mrs Calder

Cedar- Miss Healy and Mrs Channer

Hazel- Miss Dunn and Mr Palfi

Rowan- Miss Walker and Miss Ali-Bocus

New Value

Our new value for this half term is Perseverance. We have been talking about trying repeatedly to do something they find challenging until you can finally do it. If your child shows perseverance in something outside of school, please let the school know so we can celebrate their success.

Perseverance at Morning Drop-off

Please can Year 1 and 2 parents of slightly less confident children encourage them to go to their lines independently in the morning. If you need to give a brief message to the class teacher, we ask that you write this in your child's blue contact book. This will ease congestion around the lines and enable staff to focus on getting the children ready to go in. If a longer conversation is needed, the teachers are happy to telephone you during the day or meet with you after school. 

New Clubs

We have three new lunch clubs starting next week- 

Construction (Monday)

Musical theatre (Tuesday)

Computing (Wednesday)

These are run by teachers and free. They are 12-12.30 and will run on a first come first serve bases until they are full. There is no sign up sheet. We will make sure different children have a chance to go throughout the term.