Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Outstanding Behaviour and Welfare!

  Thu 15 Dec 2016 Mr Gray

  School Behaviour and Welfare Survey Results

   

  This week, each class's Learning Council representatives took part in an activity to grade the behaviour and welfare of our school's pupils.  Although they didn't realise it, the statements that they were choosing from had been lifted from Ofsted's inspection criteria!  This meant that the pupils were judging the school's success rate just as inspectors would... 

   

  The pupils' final judgement was:
  72% Outstanding - including excellent attitudes to learning, pride in achievements, respect for others, no bad language, no bullying, feeling really safe, trusting adults, being healthy, staying safe online, being thoughtful and caring.

  17% Good - including learning from the consequences of being caught misbehaving and how their families talk about how good their school is.

  11% Requires Improvement - including pupils being late and so disrupting everyone else's learning, and pupils forgetting to bring things they need such as homework or PE Kit from home. 

• Art Project Christmas Cards

  Thu 15 Dec 2016 Miss Bentley

  The children's Art Project Christmas Cards have finally arrived in school and will be in book bags this evening.  Please see below a message from the company responsible:

   

   

   

  A Statement from the CEO of Art Projects for Schools

   

  As the CEO of Art Projects for Schools, I take full responsibility for the distress caused during this

  year’s Christmas Card Project and recognise that I have let many children down. No amount of

  apologising can compensate for that. However, all outstanding orders and schools will have been

  delivered by the end of the week.

   

  My staff, both permanent and temporary, have worked tirelessly going above and beyond in their

  efforts to fulfil your orders. We are continuing to recruit as many staff as our infrastructure will

  allow, in order to help us fulfil your orders and deal with your enquiries as quickly as possible.

   

  The negligence of our software supplier caused the postponement of the online shop. We take full

  responsibility for this, as it is our duty to choose which suppliers we work with and in this instance

  we made a clear error of judgement. We then had to re-build a complete production system

  including late orders, returns and invoicing. As a result of this, our communication with you has

  suffered, something which we recognise is totally unacceptable. My regular attempts to keep you all updated were genuine forecasts made with the information at hand. As a business we firmly believe in the principal of transparency, so whilst the news I have delivered has often been bad news, it has always been honest and a truthful representation of the situation at the time.

   

  At Art Projects for Schools, we recognise that your trust in us has wavered. However, we will work

  tirelessly to regain your trust. All organisers will have received an email detailing our proposals for

  refunding parents who have not received their goods, as well as plans to compensate schools for the general distress caused. After all, this is why we are here; to encourage children to be creative and express themselves through art, as well as raising vital funds for schools. We will not allow school fundraising to be compromised by the mistakes we have made!

   

  We have a year to prove to you that, we have and will continue to learn from our mistakes. All

  organisers will receive regular updates on our progress, as well as receiving the full report from our

  independent auditing into this year’s project. We will also offer the opportunity to test any new

  system we put in place, which is something we have taken on board from your comments.

  Twenty years ago we started Art Projects for Schools. Since that time we have raised over £4

  million for schools across the country and beyond. Many companies have followed our lead and as

  a result, millions of children across the UK now have the opportunity to celebrate their creativity.

  We will continue to provide that opportunity, building on the lessons we have learnt this year, with

  more desire than ever to continue to promote the importance of creativity in education and raise

  funds for our schools.

• Our new tree lights

  Mon 12 Dec 2016 Mr Gray
  Many thanks to Mr Whalley (North Muskham) for again donating a Christmas Tree for our school hall - and to Mr Ford and Mr Potter for manoeuvring it into the building!  Thanks also to Councillor Sue Saddington, who purchased a new set of tree lights from her Councillor's Fund to really brighten up our festivities.  Pupils from Class 6 really enjoyed decorating the tree in their own way - although the highest braches proved a bit tricky!

  

• Christmas Fair Success

  Mon 12 Dec 2016 Mr Gray

  Wednesday 7th December saw our hugely successful Christmas Fair come to school! 

   

  An amazing raffle, enterprise project stalls from each class, a beautiful performance from the School Choir, exciting games, the 'big man himself' in his grotto - a long list of fun!   

   

  The total raised was just over £1250 - a FANTASTIC achievement on behalf of our pupils.  The school will be adding this to the MUGA Fund as we really need a new playing surface for our school games, sports and PE lessons.

   

  A huge thank you to everyone who shared in the event, and to Lucy, Michelle and the Muskham Events Group parents who gave up so much time to co-ordinate so successfully. 

  

• Christmas Tree Festival

  Mon 12 Dec 2016 Mrs Goodwin

  If you visited the Christmas Tree Festival at Newark Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene this year, we hope you enjoyed our school Christmas Tree!  Each class created their own decoration on the theme of 'Muskham Owls' (our logo).  We were very proud to receive positive feedback from the community. 

  Mrs Goodwin
  Community Council Leader