Suttons Primary School Choir - Romford Shopping Hall

On Friday the Suttons Primary School Choir visited the Romford Shopping Hall to sing Christmas carols to busy shoppers.  During this time parents and carers were collecting money for a new multi-sports pitch to be built in the playground of the new school.  Altogether we raised £390.

New Building-first 3 weeks.

As you may be aware, Suttons Primary is in the process of having a new school built.
Year 4 have been given the honour to keep a close eye on the progress of the new building.
Every week, year 4 have been taking pictures next to the building site to allow us to document this special time in Suttons Primary School history.

Below are some of the photos taken so far in the past 3 weeks. See if you are able to spot the difference in each week!

Before the building process started.

WEEK 1

 

WEEK 2

WEEK 3

 

 

Year 4 will continue to keep you updated on the new building!

Suttons Primary School Choir - Lakeside Shopping Centre

On Thursday the Suttons Primary School Choir entertained busy Christmas shoppers at Lakeside Shopping Centre by singing a range of Christmas carols.  An experienced they will never forget!

          "They were amazing!" Year 3 Parent
                    "The children sang so beautifully - They did Suttons proud." Year 5 Parent

Primary League Tables - Well done Suttons!

Dear Parents & Carers,

I wanted to take this opportunity to write to you and share our exciting news with you all.

As lots of you will know, primary school league tables were released yesterday and published via the Evening Standard – see attached for Havering schools.  You can also access the DfE Performance Tables via the school website – Learning/Assessment tabs.

As a school we have continued year on year to improve our results. This year, based on these tables, Suttons Primary was the fifth (5^th) highest performing school in Havering last year for pupils achieving Level 4 and above in all three areas of Reading, Writing and Maths.  In fact only one of our children (equalling 3%) did not achieve this in Mathematics by only a couple of marks.  Had this  happened we would have been 2^nd in Havering, only slightly behind our nearest neighbours Scotts Primary.

As a school we are very proud of the achievements our pupils have made, which is only possible through good quality teaching and good quality learning opportunities.

Other key headlines which might interest you:

• KS2 value added progress (Yr2 – Y6 progress) was above expected national levels in all subjects.
• 5 out of 6 disadvantaged pupils made and exceeded expected national progress in reading, writing & maths.
• Disadvantaged pupils had an average point score well above the national score for writing.
• The proportion of KS2 pupils, who attained at least a Level 4, was well above national figures for reading, writing & maths.
• The proportion of KS2 pupils, who attained at least a Level 5 was well above national figures for reading and maths and significantly above for writing.
• The proportion of KS1 pupils that attained, at least a Level 2B, was well above national figures in reading, writing & significantly above in mathematics.
• The proportion of KS1 pupils attaining a Level 3 or above was significantly above national figures in reading, writing and maths.
• The proportion of Year 1 pupils that exceeded the expected standard was significantly above national figures.

3AK Science- Magnetisim

During our science lessons, we have been discovering about magnetism, here are a few photos from our thorough investigations.

Big Write of the Month - November

Big Writers of the Month - November

Year 1 - Ava B

Year 2ML - Ben P

Year 2S - Saule

Year 3DK - Leo H

Year 3AK- Oliver B

Year 4 - Lexi RT

Year 5 - Louis F

Year 6 - Kane W

Congratulations on fantastic writing!

Top ten things to know about the new Tax-Free Childcare scheme

Tax-Free Childcare will be available to around 2 million households to help with the cost of childcare, enabling more parents to go out to work, if they want to, to provide greater security for their families. Here’s the top ten things to know about the scheme…

1. You’ll be able to open an online account

You’ll be able to open an online account, which you can pay into to cover the cost of childcare with a registered provider. This will be done through the government website, GOV.UK. Tax-Free Childcare will be launched from early 2017.

2. For every 80p you or someone else pays in, the government will top up an extra 20p

This is equivalent of the tax most people pay - 20% - which gives the scheme its name, ‘tax-free’. The government will top up the account with 20% of childcare costs up to a total of £10,000 - the equivalent of up to £2,000 support per child per year (or £4,000 for disabled children).

3. The scheme will be available for children up to the age of 12

It will also be available for children with disabilities up to the age of 17, as their childcare costs can stay high throughout their teenage years.

4. To qualify, parents will have to be in work, and each earning just over an average of £100 a week and not more than £100,000 each per year

The scheme is designed to be flexible for parents if, for example, they want to get back to work after the birth of a child or work part-time.

5. Any eligible working family can use the Tax-Free Childcare scheme - it doesn’t rely on employers offering it

Tax-Free Childcare doesn’t rely on employers offering the scheme, unlike the current scheme Employer-Supported Childcare. Any working family can use Tax-Free Childcare, provided they meet the eligibility requirements.

6. The scheme will also be available for parents who are self-employed

Self-employed parents will be able to get support with childcare costs in Tax-Free Childcare, unlike the current scheme (Employer-Supported Childcare) which is not available to self-employed parents. To support newly self-employed parents, the government is introducing a ‘start-up’ period. During this, self-employed parents won’t have to earn the minimum income level.
The scheme will also be available to parents on paid sick leave and paid and unpaid statutory maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

7. If you currently receive Employer-Supported Childcare then you can continue to do so

You do not have to switch to Tax-Free Childcare if you do not wish to. Employer-Supported Childcare will continue to run. Parents won’t be able to register for Employer-Supported Childcare after Tax-Free Childcare is introduced, but those already registered by this date will be able to continue using it for as long as their employer offers it. However, Tax-Free Childcare will be open to more than twice as many parents as Employer-Supported Childcare.
Employers’ workplace nurseries won’t be affected by the introduction of Tax-Free Childcare.

8. Parents and others can pay money into their childcare account as and when they like

This gives you the flexibility to pay in more in some months, and less at other times. This means you can build up a balance in your account to use at times when you need more childcare than usual, for example, over the summer holidays.
It’s also not just the parents who can pay into the account - if grandparents, other family members or employers want to pay in, then they can.

9. The process will be as simple as possible for parents

The process will be light-touch and as easy as possible for you. For example, you’ll re-confirm your circumstances every three months via a simple online process; and there will be a simple log-in service where parents can view accounts for all of their children at once.

10. You’ll be able to withdraw money from the account if you want to

If your circumstances change or you no longer want to pay into the account, then you’ll be able to withdraw the money you have built up. If you do, the government will withdraw its corresponding contribution.
More information will become available ahead of the scheme being introduced so parents making childcare decisions are able to consider all their options.

Suttons Choir - Christmas Concert

Children in need - Superhero day!

This year the school council decided they were going to raise money for Children in Need. After getting some ideas from their classes the school council met and voted on a superhero dress theme. They also decided on a other activities, a superhero fashion show and some superhero crafts at lunchtime, to help raise some additional funds.


The day was a fantastic success, with so many dressing up in different superhero outfits!

The superhero craft activity was a hit with nearly 70 children attending!

The fashion show was the highlight of the day. We saw some extraordinary catwalks and some amazing superhero outfits.

Well done to our catwalk winners from...

Reception..

Year 1/2.....

Year 3/4/5/6......

Well done year 4 and 5 for having the best catwalks overall.

 

In total we raise over £280 for Children in Need!!!!

Well done to all the school council members who worked really hard to make this day a success.
 Rosie (yr1), Issac (yr1) Kayla (yr2) Tolga (yr2) Lexi (yr 2) Thiago (yr 2) Vashika (yr3) Gianluca (yr3) Teddy (yr3) Aaliyah (yr3) Shayan (yr4) Keiron H(yr4) Donna (yr5) Krishan (yr5) Louie (yr6) Rhiannon (yr6)

Keystage 2 Assessments 2015

End of KS2 Summer Term Assessments 2015

Contextual Information:

• There were 29 children within this cohort.  18 Females / 11 Males.
• 2 pupils were registered as having special educational needs (SEN) – 1 Statemented.
• 7 pupils were registered as Free School Meals (FSM), who made good or better progress in reading, writing and mathematics.
• 3 pupils with attendance below 90% achieved outstanding progress in reading and writing and good progress in mathematics.
• We were one of 5 schools within LA to achieve 100% in two subjects.

Year 6 Results Summary:

Curriculum Area	Level	Percentage Achieved
MATHS	Level 4+	97%
	Level 5+	48%
	Level 6+	17%
READING	Level 4+	100%
	Level 5+	53%
	Level 6+	0%
WRITING	Level 4+	100%
	Level 5+	59%
	Level 6+	3%
GPS Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation	Level 4+	93%
	Level 5+	52%
	Level 6+

 The average point score in Reading was30.1      (2014=29.6; 2013 = 27.3)
The average point score in Writing was30.7      (2014=31.3; 2013 = 28.6)
The average point score in Maths was30.5      (2014=30.4; 2013 = 26.1)

(Expected National APS 27)

 

Comparison from previous years:

Attainment at KS2  (2014 National figure in brackets)	2012	2013	2014	2015	Comment
% L4+ Combined - M,R,W (80)		64	92	97	Improving
% L5+ Combined - M,R,W (24)		18	28	35	Improving
% L4+ Mathematics (87)	86	68	92	97	Improving
% L5+ Mathematics (41)	45	18	48	48	Improving
% L6+ Mathematics (9)			16	17	Improving
% L4+ Reading (89)	86	77	96	100	Improving
% L5+ Reading (48)	66	36	48	52	Improving
% L6+ Reading (0)
% L4+ Writing (87)	97	91	100	100	Improving
% L5+ Writing (36)	62	36	60	59	Maintained
% L6+ Writing (2)	7	5	8	3	Maintained
% L4+ EGPS (80)		64	80	93	Improving
% L5+ EGPS (55)		45	60	52	Improving
% L6+ EGPS (4)
APS All subjects (28.8)	29.8	27.1	30.4	30.5	Improving
APS Reading (29.0)	30.1	27.3	29.6	30.1	Improving
APS Writing (28.2)	30.9	28.6	31.3	30.7	Maintained
APS Mathematics (29.0)	28.9	26.1	30.4	30.5	Improving
APS EGPS (29.1)			29.4	29.7	Improving