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Issue Number: 07

                                                                                                               17th October 2025

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2 Johns Online Safety Parent Workshop

Last night's parent workshop by 'The 2 Johns' was a painful but necessary watch. The way that our children are accessing technology and the increasing influence of online personalities is having a profound impact on how our children view the world. Over 200 families across the the DEEP school attended the session and although that sounds alot, to put it into perspective, we have 201 families at Rodings. 
Because of this the 2 Johns have agreed to share a recording of the session. The link will be active for 28 days but must not be stored in anyway. 
 

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Ok0aS0ZLZgWVJAIAUncMA2tPG4YnJG3MZU04kBelzeVHPWYnenEQ2uQtnyfOtJMu.nieMVOPcw2fSR1Ul

Please take the time to watch this powerful session. The children at Rodings came top of a quiz run during their sessions. This was a quiz where they shoud have scored zero, so they do know a lot more than we suspect. 

 

Mrs B and baby Felix

Mrs B paid us a visit this week to introduce baby Felix to the staff and children. He safely arrived just before we broke up for the summer holiday and all are doing well. Felix is already 12 weeks old and is growing fast! Congratulations to Mrs B and all her family. We wish them all the best!  

Attendance Review

Last week, we had an attendance review which went really well. It was acknowledged that Rodings has an environment that children want to be in and feel safe. This contributes significantly to our good attendance rates. However, there were concerns from the local authority over the percnetage of children that are classed as persistent absentees (or attendance below 90%) as this is disproportionate to the rest of our other good attendance. This will be a focus going forward. I have attached the NHS guidance on illness and school attendance for parents as guidance. The first round of attendance letters will be sent out after half term. We really appreciate your support in maintaining good attendance in school. Thank you! 


                                                    Have a lovely weekend!

                                                               Mr Raraty 

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Weekly Attendance (week ending 17/10/2025)
School target:
97%		 Number on roll:
291
Whole-School Attendance Unauthorised Absences Persistent Absentees

Lateness

96 %

1.3% (down on last week)

115.% (down on last week)

0.5% (up on last wek)

 

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USSP KS2 Cross Country

This morning, we had the pleasure of taking 46 Key Stage 2 children to Great Easton to compete in the USSP Dunmow family Cross Country event. Children in years 3 and 4 ran approximately 1200m with years 5 and 6 running around 1500m! All of the children fantastically and we saw some brilliant results including lots of top 10 finishes! Special mentions must go to our medal winners:

 

Jack- 3rd, Year 6 Boys

Albie- 1st, Year 5 Boys

Lochie- 3rd, Year 5 Boys

Oisin- 2nd, Year 3 Boys

Harrison- 3rd, Year 3 Boys

 

This family level event was a qualifier for the next level- racing against the best of Uttlesford!

The following teams have qualified:

Year 3 boys, Year 3 girls, Year 4 girls, Year 5 boys, Year 5 girls, Year 6 boys.

The following individual runners also qualified:

Freddie M (Y4) and Sophie (Y6)

Well done everyone, we can't wait to see you race later on in the year!
 

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Bingo Night

Thank you to everyone who supported us at the school Bingo night last Friday the final profit was £350.60. We hope you all had a brilliant night whilst raising funds for the school.

A BIG thank you goes to Mr R for always supporting us at these events – the dedication and enthusiasm does not go un-noticed!

Firework Night - Thursday 6th November

Save the date! Our fireworks night will be held on Thursday 6th November.

This is traditionally one of our biggest evets of the calendar and is only possible with the fantastic support of local businesses.

We would like to thank the companies who are already kindly sponsoring this event, but would like to ask if there are any others out there that would be able to support us? It makes a huge difference to our fundraising total and the money we can directly out back into the school to help the children.

If you can help us with sponsorship please get in touch by email: friendsofrodings@gmail.com

Easy Fundraising

Thank you to everyone raising donations for Friends of Rodings Primary School with easyfundraising!

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Sign up today: 

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School Lottery

As some of you already know, we are a member of Your School Lottery. If you would like to support this you can sign up here: https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/rodings-primary-school. This is an easy way to support the school and you might be a winner!

If you would like to connect with us please follow us on social media:

Facebook – Friends of Rodings Primary School

Instagram - @the_friends_of_rodings_school

Or email us at: friendsofrodings@gmail.com

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w/c 20th October will be Week 3 on the menu

 

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Year 6 Kookaburras Learning Consultations
3:30pm – 5:30pm
21
October
Learning Consultations
3:30pm – 7:00pm
22
October
Learning Consultations
3:30pm – 5:30pm
23
October
Half Term
All Day
from 27 Oct until 31 Oct
27
October
Yr 1 Robins - Colchester Zoo
All Day
06
November
Fireworks Night
6:00pm – 7:00pm
06
November
Parent Drop in for Writing Performances
2:00pm – 3:00pm
07
November
Anti - Bullying Week
All Day
from 10 Nov until 14 Nov
10
November
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