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Leavers Video 2022
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Open Days for 2024 Entry
Mon 09 Oct 2023Bookings for our Open Days are now open for parents with children starting school in September 2024. Please see the poster attached and contact the school to book a space.
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Healthier Together - Stay in Control of Your Childs Health
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Open Mornings for Prospective Parents 9.30am and 11.00am
Wed 12 Oct 2022School Tours 7th, 9th,10th, 14th and 16th November 2022
Please contact the school office to book a tour, 01425 473829
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Leavers Video 2022
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OFSTED Headteacher letter to Parents/Carers 18th November 2021
Thu 18 Nov 2021Dear Parents/Carers
As you know, a few weeks ago, the school had its Ofsted inspection. We have been waiting for this for 14 years! During this time, there have been many versions of the inspection framework and, indeed, a different national curriculum. We weren’t sure fully what to expect, but found the two days to be rigorous, challenging and professionally rewarding.
Our inspection was a Section 5. This means all areas of the inspection framework are assessed and graded. A Section 8 inspection, which many schools will have, only focuses on one area, the Quality of Education. So, we are pleased that all areas of school have been looked at and in depth judgements made.
We are very pleased with the outcome of our inspection and you will be able to read more about the inspector’s judgements in the published report. During the feedback from the lead inspector we were told that much of the detail is omitted from the final report because of constraints on the number of words for each section. As so many positive comments were made, I just wanted to share some with you.
The inspectors found our children to be very well behaved, kind and courteous and, through internalising the schools Christian ethos values, were developing their own strong moral compass. Children responded well to our high expectations and showed high levels of self-worth and self-respect. It was felt that character development is a real strength of the school. This validates the belief we have in our children, the integrity they show and how important this is as a crucial element of a child’s journey through school.
The inspectors realised the ambition within our Integrated Curriculum commenting on how it helped children connect their learning in one subject with another, giving them a better understanding of the world around them. No only this, but the opportunity for children’s personal growth was seen as central to their learning.
Inspectors looked at several subjects in depth and were impressed, particularly with our history, science and geography. These have been the focus of our work over the past few years and teachers have really developed a coherent and exciting curriculum to spark children’s interest and challenge their ideas. We are currently developing some of the other subjects to ensure that this high level is reflected across the whole curriculum. In our strategic plan we have set out the detail of our work and inspectors could see that, although there was a little way to go, the pathway was strong and would shortly realise our ambitions.
In the Early Years, the inspector praised the team for the amazing environment they had created, the range of exciting and engaging opportunities and the level of knowledge and skill in teaching these young children. This year, the new Early Years curriculum has been brought in by the government and every school is on a new journey to embed these new expectations. Although we have high aspirations and a thorough plan, as yet this curriculum is not fully embedded but the inspector commented that it’s ‘not exceptional yet but it won’t be long’.
I am immensely proud of my staff team and all that we have achieved together. This inspection fully validates all that we believe and the hard work we have put into it. We have worked on developing leadership at all levels and this grade of ‘outstanding’ for leadership and management is confirmation of all the hard work and dedication staff, leaders and governors have shown.
Ringwood CE Infant School strives to give all its children the best education that is possible. As they develop as rounded individuals in a climate which is safe, secure and enabling, we know that we are providing the firm foundations for their future lives. We know they will look back on their infant education with fondness, knowing they have each made a personal commitment.
We would like to thank you for your continued support, your positive comments in our parent’s survey and we hope you enjoy reading this report knowing a little more of the background.
Kind regards,
Hilary Silk Jane Warwick Dani Davies
Head Teacher Co-Chair of Governors Co-Chair of Governors
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Letter to New Parents of children starting in September 2021
Tue 08 Jun 2021Dear Parents and Carers,
Firstly, I would like to say how excited we are that your child/children will be joining us in September. It has been another strange year and we are sorry that we have not had the chance to meet you in person in the ways we would have previously. The purpose of this letter is to outline our transition plans moving forwards, which we hope will enable us to meet you and your children in person in the coming months.
I am sure that you are aware that the current Year R staff have been visiting the pre-schools over the past couple of weeks. The purpose of these visits has been to talk to the children a little about coming to school and to answer any questions that the children might have.
On June 30th, we would like to invite you into school in small groups to come and meet your child’s teacher and to see the classroom your child will be in next year. As we need to continue to observe social distancing currently, only one adult per household will be able to attend and we would ask that you wear a mask at all times. This will ensure the safety and wellbeing of all the adults involved. To limit the number on site at a time, each class will have a different time slot. The parents in Hedgehogs will have the 6pm slot, Rabbits parents will have the 7pm slot and Squirrels parents the 8pm slot. We will let you know which class your child is in nearer the time. Please arrive at your allotted time slot and we will ask you to queue up at the gates that lead into the back of our school playground. I will then speak to parents briefly, either in the hall or the playground depending on the weather, and you will then have the chance to speak to your child’s class teacher and see the classroom. We would ask you to leave once you have had the chance to meet the teacher so that we minimise congestion as much as possible.
In order to help the children to know their new class teacher a little better, they are currently making videos for the children so they can introduce themselves. These will be available on our school website by Friday July 2nd.
We will be continuing with our usual changeover day and this will take place on Monday 5th July. The children will arrive in groups of 10 throughout the morning and will have the chance to spend some time with their class teacher and some of the children that will be in their class. The times are 9.00-10.00, 10.15-11.15 and 11.30-12.30. When you visit for your evening on June 30th, the class teacher will let you know which door to bring your child to on that morning. Once the visit times for each child have been confirmed, we will let you know. Our plan is to group the children in their pre-school groups as much as possible, to minimise them mixing with too many children from different settings.
Thinking ahead to September, we are planning to hold our ‘home visits’ in the same way as last year. We will be inviting one parent and their child into school for a 1:1 session with the teacher in their new classroom. This will give your child the opportunity to once again see their classroom and meet their teacher before they begin school later that week. The likely dates for these visits will be September 6th, 7th, 8th and we will ask you to sign up for one of these when you visit on June 30th.
I think that is all I needed to share with you at this stage. As I said previously, we are very excited for your child to join us in September and look forward to meeting you in the near future as we being this important partnership together.
Kind regards,
Hilary Silk
Head Teacher
Ringwood CE Infant School
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Important Message following Government Announcement - Please read!
Mon 04 Jan 2021Dear Parents,
As you are aware the Government has decided to close schools until February half term. This means that the vast majority of children will be learning from home and we will continue to use Google Classroom for this.
There will, however, be places made available for the children of key workers and for those children who are vulnerable i.e. have an allocated social worker, an EHCP or are deemed to potentially be vulnerable by the school or local authority. In order to see the number of children this applies to; please can we ask you to complete the form via the link below by midday tomorrow, Tuesday 5th January. If you do not complete the form a place may not be able to be allocated for your child. Once we have collated all the returns, we will be able to process them and confirm the allocation of 'in school places' by the end of tomorrow.
In order to allow us to plan for whole school remote learning and key worker and vulnerable provision we will need to shut to all pupils, including the above specific groups, on Tuesday 5th January.
Kind regards,
Hilary Silk
Keyworker/Vulnerable Child Place Request Form at Ringwood CE Infant School
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Sept 2021 Intake - Virtual Tour and New Parent Meetings
Thu 15 Oct 2020Please see the attached information regarding our Virtual Tours and Meetings for Prospective Parents (Children starting school Sept 2021)
Welcome to Ringwood CE Infant School
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New Parents Meeting 2 July 2020
Fri 26 Jun 2020Unfortunately, due to the current circumstances, we have had to cancel our New Parents Meeting on Thursday 2nd July 2020. As a result, we will be posting out all of the information that you require within the next week or so, including class information.
We are sad that we will not get to meet you next week, but we look forward to meeting you and your child in the Autumn Term.
Many thanks
Mrs H Silk
Headteacher
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Hampshire Libraries Summer Reading Challenge
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