Rodings Primary School Parent Portal

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Issue Number: 26

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Parent Governor Results

Thank you to everyone who returned a vote for the Parent Governor election. The votes have been counted and verified and I am pleased to announce that Natasha Simpson was voted onto the Governing Board, taking up her post from April. We look forward to working with Natasha in the future.

I’d like to thank all those that put a nomination forward. Your interest and eagerness to support the school is greatly appreciated. The fact we had so many interested parents is a testament to the support we receive from our community and the care and interest stakeholders have in Rodings.

Young Shakespeare Company

On Thursday, we had a visit from the Young Shakespeare Company who gave a performance of ‘A midsummer Night’s Dream’ to Year 4, 5 and 6.

Here is a review by Henry in Kingfisher class.

It was stunning, absolutely stunning! The enthusiasm was epic, the drama was dramatic and silliness was superb. My favourite actor was Bottom because he was so funny and I also liked the other actor, Max, because he was so overdramatic and also very silly. I liked that! Also, the play was good because they let lots of people join in and the sound effects were very good. The play was called A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It had only four actors which was very, very, very impressive and amazing.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mr Raraty

Weekly Attendance (week ending 28/3/2025)
School target: 97%		Number on roll: 289
Whole-School Attendance	Unauthorised Absences	Persistent Absentees	Lateness
95.22%	1.56%	15.22% (up 4%)	5.19% (up 4%)

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On Monday 17th March the Teaching & Learning Committee met for their second meeting of the school year. As its title suggests this meeting focuses on topics centered around the delivery of teaching in the school and Miss Beard kindly joined us to provide an update on Early Years.

The governors were firstly given an overview on the approach to the children's induction into Reception and initial assessment . This assessment is used as the baseline from which all progress through to Year 6 is tracked. It covers a series of Early Learning Goals which are then formally assessed at the end of Year R. We then visited Miss Beard's classroom where she explained the set up and some of the great experiences the children are having. Miss Beard updated us on some important research on the approach to EY and how the team are working on developing the provision further going forwards.

Following this Mr Raraty gave us an overview on the planning and current working approach for the Pilot of the Breakfast Club which will start in the Summer Term and initially run for 3 terms. Details for this have now been shared with parents, and we look forward to getting started after Easter.

We also heard about the progress on the installation of a beautiful new learning space which has been installed in an unused area. The staff are looking forward to making use of it once completed.

The voting in the election for our new parent governor closed last Friday. Thank you to all of the candidates for standing for nomination (and parents for voting), we look forward to welcoming our new governor to the next Full Governing Board in April.

Have a lovely weekend!

Leeann Goddard - Vice Chair on behalf of the Governing Board

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In Year 6 we have been studying the artist Clarice Cliff. The children have designed and painted their own Clarice Cliff inspired plates and have even made their own cup and saucer. These will be on show in the Create exhibition later in the year.

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Thank you to Laura again for running another fabulous pottery workshop.

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At this week's mindfulness arts and crafts club the children have been making clay Easter decorations which they will decorate next week.

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Year 5/6 Football

Yesterday afternoon, 8 boys from years 5 and 6 travelled to Takeley Primary School to play a match against Takeley's A team; the boys all played brilliantly, showing some real skill and determination. Although we weren't able to come away with a win, the boys enjoyed playing some competitive football.

KS1 Dance Festival

This morning, Sparrows (Y1) travelled to Dunmow St Marys to take part in the USSP KS1 dance festival. The children have been rehearsing hard in school and performed their dance, set to "Consider Yourself" from Oliver brilliantly!

Inter-House Cricket

Next Wednesday (2nd April), we are running inter-house cricket across the school. Children in KS1 will be playing Rapid Fire cricket, supported by our year 6 sports captains, while KS2 will be playing Dynamo Cricket. House points are up for grabs which could be crucial for the House Cup this term!

Please wear PE Kit on this day.

Clubs

After Easter, there will be a variety of sports clubs available for the children to join, including Netball, Rounders and Cricket- please book these on Arbor.

Prestige Sports have altered their offer for us, now running football clubs 4 days a week!
Monday- KS2 Girls Football
Tuesday- Year 5/6 Football
Wednesday- Year1/2 Football
Thursday- Year 3/4 Football

Please book these through https://www.prestigesportsdevelopment.com/make-a-booking

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This week at Forest School we were thinking all about our mums!

Goslings made beautiful Stick Mummies, and Year 2 bent dogwood sticks , winding wool and ribbons around them to make heart wands.

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Penny Wars

We met on Wednesday night with the promise of wine and ‘90s tunes to count all the coins collected. After around two hours of counting we arrived at the winner class and the grand total of over £855. The winning class and prize will be announced in Monday’s assembly. Thank you so much to all those that participated, we really hope the children really enjoyed this new event. Start collecting your coins for next year!

School Disco 2^nd April

The ever popular School Disco will be held on the 2^nd April. Tickets are on sale via Arbor/School Shop now! This is a child only event and will be split into Reception, years 1, 2 & 3 at 5pm-6pm and years 4, 5 & 6 at 6.15pm-7.15pm. Please book under each child’s name in Arbor. Please see the poster below for more information.

Easy Fundraising

If you are planning on booking a holiday (or doing any online shopping) please consider using Easy Fundraising for your bookings. Many holiday companies are part of Easy Fundraising, allowing you to donate to your school while booking your holiday.

To sign up go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk - download the app or sign up on your browser. When signing up please select “Friends of Rodings Primary School” (there are a couple of other Rodings schools!). Once you are signed up you can access websites through the app or if shopping in your browser Easy Fundraising will ask you if you want to donate, this doesn’t make any difference to the cost of your shopping but a percentage of anything you spend will go directly to the school.

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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Not only did George win player of the week at his Tennis Club but he also passed his first Karate grading and achieved his Blue belt - George worked so hard at both of these and deserved to see his efforts pay off, super proud of him!!

Well done George, we are so proud of you :-)

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