Issue 430: 30th June 2023

Dear Parents and Carers

After today, there will only be twelve days of school left for the pupils before we break up for the summer holidays. It is our busiest time of year, but those days will be packed full of exciting things. As you receive this newsletter I'll probably be pestering many of you for a pound to go in the bucket at the summer fair! 

Transition Week

Next week is transition week at OWPS. On Wednesday, the children will find out which class they will be in from September, and they will get to spend a couple of days in their new classroom with their teacher and classmates. On Wednesday evening we will host our transition evening event for parents. Details of the week were sent home yesterday. We look forward to seeing you in school from 6 pm on Wednesday 5^th July. If you can't make the first slot at 6.00 pm, you are welcome to arrive at school at 6.30 pm for the second presentation. 

Communication Survey

Thank you for all the responses that we received for the recent survey on Communications between school and parents. We are grateful for all your feedback, which will help inform parent-school communications going forward. There is overall satisfaction with how we communicate with parents, but we recognise that there are some areas to work on too.

We will be looking at communications across the whole of the Trust in the coming weeks, as well as at OWPS, to share good practices and establish a plan for how we can address the areas for improvement.  

We look forward to telling you more about this next term and sharing with you our Communications Guidance document.

House Captains 2023 - 2024

Today has been voting day for our new house captains. After a whole school assembly, Key Stage Two children split into the four houses to listen to the presentations from the Year Five children choosing to put themselves forward for the role. I popped into all four rooms and listened to about ten of the twenty-seven presentations and one thing is very clear, it is going to be a tough choice for the rest of the children. Voting will begin soon, and the captains will be announced in the final Monday assembly of the year. Well done to all the Year Five children who have put themselves forward for these roles. This is a great chance to teach children about democracy and the right to have your say. It forms part of the British Values work we do in the school. The current house captains have done a wonderful job this year and set a good example to those who will be stepping up. 

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Mr. Marks

Headteacher

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Each week, we publish the latest achievements of the children at Orton Wistow Primary School.

OBA Year 5 Primary Challenge

On Wednesday 28^th June, 8 children from Year 5 went to Ormiston Bushfield Academy to take part in a challenge day, competing against 9 teams from 5 other schools. Throughout the day, they completed challenges in Maths, English, Science, Art and French run by subject specialists from the school. It was a great opportunity to experience secondary-style learning and the Wistow competitive spirit came out in abundance!

It was a proud day for us as the two Wistow teams took first and second place overall, with one team also winning the Maths challenge and one team winning the French challenge. The children did brilliantly and were fantastic representatives for our school.

Celebrating Success

Here at Orton Wistow Primary School, we recognise that success comes in all different shapes and sizes! We celebrate the children's achievements in school in the Achievements section of the newsletter and website.

Many of the children, however, are also achieving things outside of school.  We would like to recognise these successes too.

It might be that your child has passed a music or dance exam, gained a karate belt, starred in a show, volunteered, taken part in a sporting event, or done something that they didn't think was possible!

If you would like to share your child's achievements with us so that we can celebrate their success, please complete the Celebrating Success form which can also be found below.  Contributions will be considered for inclusion in upcoming editions of the newsletter.

We look forward to hearing about your children's extracurricular achievements!

This Week's Successes!

This child is very proud to have passed her grade 7 level in figure skating. Well Done!

Discover what is coming up in the OWPS Dining Car, and don't forget, parents and carers are welcome to Join Your Child for Lunch at any time, just call the office on 01733 370646 to book.

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