Year 4 BlogHello Year 4, We can't wait to hear your questions and find out what you are looking forward to in September 2020.
To ask a question, just visit the Year 4 Blog... Update 24/06/2020Parents and carers
Thank you so much for your continued support. I have spoken to many parents recently and know how hard you are trying to do the best for your child or children, whether they are in school or still at home. As I have said all the way through this pandemic, we will do our best to try and make work available for all the subjects and all the year groups but the safety and well-being of our pupils, our staff and yourselves will remain our number one priority. Our numbers coming into school have continued to increase and we are close to our maximum capacity. Our recent risk assessment, available here, is based on 2m social distancing and we will be maintaining this and all the other safety aspects that we have in place until September at the earliest. I hope this reassures those of you who have made the difficult decision to send your children back into school and may be wondering what the announcements about relaxing some of the current measures might mean for our school. We now have five Year 6 ‘bubbles’ and four other bubbles for the children with special educational needs or disability, children who fall into a vulnerable category, or children who have a parent who is listed as a keyworker. As well as a teacher and possibly a teaching assistant, each group also has a member of staff assigned for supervising handwashing, breaks and lunchtimes. Any reduction of the 2m distancing guidance to 1m would make very little difference to the number of children we can have in each bubble anyway. If you may need your child to come back to school before the end of term I would appreciate it if you could contact me by Monday, 29th June on jane.kennedy@school360.co.uk We have been thinking about our Year 8 pupils and what we can do to mark the end of their time at Corbridge Middle School. We have carefully considered all the risk assessment aspects of inviting them into school and unfortunately it is not possible for us to do this safely; much as we would love to see them. The challenges include not being able to free up the staff as they are working with their groups and have to remain in their ‘bubble’ as informed by government guidance. In addition the Year 8 pupils would have to be socially distanced from each other which would be a challenge! We just can’t offer the type of experience that your child, at the end of their time with us, deserves. We are arranging a ‘virtual’ leaver’s assembly for the last day and we will write to Year 8 pupils and parents shortly with more details. The speculation about opening in September continues. I really hope that we will be advised that it is safe to have all the pupils back and will of course communicate with you about the arrangements for the new term as soon as I can. We are very mindful of our new Year 5 pupils and it is possible that the first day back, Wednesday, 2nd September may be for them only but no final decision can be made until further guidance is shared by the DfE. So as July approaches and some of the lockdown restrictions start to ease please stay safe and (hopefully) enjoy the sunshine! 
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Helping our community With so many people in the community helping each other in current times, staff at CMS are doing their part to help the NHS and key workers by making visors on our 3D printer. We have also started helping to provide scrubs, scrubs washing bags and scrub hats to NHS staff in hospitals, care homes, GP practices and out in the community. Due to the number of NHS staff who have been reassigned to different areas, the need for protective uniform and equipment has increased and we are helping through an online Facebook group called, "North East England Sewing for the Front Line." You might have seen something on Facebook about the group already. We are asking you to help, if you can, by providing donations of fabric, bedding (sheets, pillowcases and quilt covers) made from polyester cotton or thin cotton. Children’s bedding is great too with colourful images as anything made from these fabrics are always welcome. All fabric must be washable at 60 degrees - it might say 50 degrees on the label, but this is fine and will tolerate a hotter wash. If you sew, and have a sewing machine, you might even make some of the items yourself and we will organise for delivery to hospitals, GP practices and health care workers in our area. We are also asking for donations of thread, cord and ribbon for the washbag ties. If you can help in any way, please get in touch and we can organise for fabrics to be dropped off and collected at school. Entitlement to free school Meals We are also very conscious that some of you may be under increasing financial pressure at the moment. Free school meals are available to pupils in receipt of, or whose parents are in receipt of, one or more of the following benefits:
https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Education/Schools/Meals.aspx Please look after yourselves and each other and remember to get in touch with us if there is anything at all that we can do to help. Mrs Kennedy Coronavirus: Supporting Children and Young People
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Uniform and PE Kit Orders
Uniform and PE kit orders can be made online at: studentuniform.co.uk.
Mental Wellbeing - Useful websites for parents
Digital Parenting MagazineThe latest edition of Digital Parenting magazine is now available and can be downloaded here:
The aim of Digital Parenting magazine is to provide parents with the latest expert advice so they can help their children develop the life skills and knowledge they need to use the online world.
E-safety is high on our agenda at school. We want children to be safe and responsible when they go online. Our Computing curriculum places emphasis on developing children's knowledge and skills to enable them to stay safe online. We would be happy to share any advice with you.
Parent Info provides high quality information to parents and carers about their children's wellbeing and resilience. In line with CEOP’s Thinkuknow programme, some of the content covers internet safety, but it all starts from the assumption that young people make little distinction between their online and offline lives and the issues for parents are often the same. | ||||||
We are delighted with our Year 6 pupils. Well done everyone.
2019 SATs results summary:
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2019 |
% of pupils who have achieved the expected standard |
% of pupils who are working at greater depth |
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C.M.S. 2019 |
National 2019 |
C.M.S. 2019 |
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Reading, Writing and Maths |
85 |
65 |
15 |
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Reading |
86 |
73 |
47 |
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Writing (Teacher Assessment) |
97 |
78 |
32 |
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GPS |
96 |
78 |
47 |
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Maths |
92 |
79 |
38 |
Charity fundraising
The children and Parents of Corbridge Middle School are always extremely generous in their support for charities. We have made substantial contributions to the charities below. Find out more ...
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