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Wynstream News & Events
Update from Headteacher
April 20, 2020
Dear Parents/Carers,
We are writing to let you know that we are all missing the pupils and we are hoping that everyone is staying safe during these difficult times.
Communication with parents/pupils
From this week teachers will be phoning pupils fortnightly to speak to them and stay in touch. These calls are about maintaining a relationship between your child and their teacher.
In addition, the Inclusion Team will also be making more regular phone calls to pupils who have additional needs. These calls are intended to be helpful, friendly and constructive during these difficult times. The phone calls between the teacher and inclusion team may overlap as everyone is working from home and our systems may not be updated in real time. Please rest assured that we have your best interests at heart when contacting you.
BBC Bitesize
From Monday 20th the BBC bitesize becomes fully operational providing daily lessons offering a tailored learning experience from Year 1.
DOJO system
You will soon start to receive an invitation email from the DOJO system to allow you to log into your child’s account. This will also allow communication between your child and their teacher. If your email address has changed recently please email to wynstreamadmin@ecfschools.org.uk to update our records and get you in touch with your child’s teacher.
Pupil Reports
Whilst this has been an unusual school year we are going to send a simplified report to parents on Thursday 21st May 2020. Again, if your email address is incorrect please let us know or provide us with other email addresses you would like the report to be sent to.
Change in term dates 2020/2021.
The governors have agreed to change the term dates for the next academic year so that some of the non-pupil days fall in line with those of Isca Academy. This is to minimise disruption to families who have pupils in both schools.
Next academic year the non-pupil days are:
Thursday 3rd September 2020
Friday 4th September 2020
Monday 2nd November 2020
Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Wednesday 4th November 2020.
Please note these dates in your diaries. Full Term Dates can be found on the website.
Looking forward to seeing you all again.
Mrs G Brown
Headteacher.
Wynstream Primary School has hosted a Gabrieli Roar workshop this month for three other schools, ahead of their performance at Exeter Cathedral on the 9th of December. Gabrieli is a choir and period instrument orchestra founded and led by Artistic Director Paul McCreesh. They perform and record choral, vocal and instrumental repertoire from the renaissance to the present day and have cultivated an international reputation for excellence, innovation and ambition. They offer first-class performance opportunities to young people through their education programme, Gabrieli Roar. Pupils from Montpelier Primary School, Ide Primary School and Ermington Primary School came along to join Wynstream’s choir of 45 pupils to prepare for the concert. This initiative is supported by the Devon Music Service whose representative at the rehearsal thanked Wynstream Primary School for hosting and said that their cooperation, organisation and choral preparation of the young people was “exemplary.” The children will be performing at ‘A Grand Georgian Christmas’, the show will be a festive exploration of English music for parish churches during the Georgian period. It has been designed to offer the perfect platform to encourage young singers to connect with choral and classical music. Tickets can be purchased here. Elise Redman, Headteacher at Wynstream Primary School said: "We are so proud of our choir and the dedication they are showing. We know that musical education is really important for children and supports their development in many ways. Rehearsing, working together and performing in front of an audience are all things that help build their confidence and that will help them flourish in every area of life." Matthew Shanks, CEO of Education South West said: “I am so pleased to hear that Wynstream Primary School played host to its neighbours for this exciting workshop. At Education South West we strongly believe in both the power of collaboration and the importance of promoting the arts and this initiative achieves both of those things. I wish the choir all the best with their performance next month.”
Steve Race MP visits Wynstream Primary School
Wynstream Primary School is holding a summer fayre on Thursday the 11th of July.
As you are aware there is currently an amber weather warning in place as storm Ciaran moves towards Devon. An amber warning presents a risk to life, but there is also a large amount of uncertainty about this weather front which means it could increase to a red warning overnight. The combination of wind, rain, and the storm moving over warm sea waters increases risk of very high wind speeds, flooding and trees falling. An emergency strategy meeting has taken place today and it was agreed that we need to ensure school leaders fully appreciate that the current weather warning presents a risk to life and could worsen. Based on the information we have, Devon County Council have taken the decision today to ask all staff where possible to work from home. We are asking all schools to consider the high level of risk presented by this storm and make a decision today about their operations tomorrow. This potential risk to life means that we have taken the regrettable decision to close schools tomorrow. We do not do this lightly. The school will be shut to all pupils and staff. Information on work provided will be sent out later this afternoon Schools will be open as normal on Friday 3rd November. Thank you for your understanding.
On Wednesday 19th April our children began to think about ‘rights’ and what being a ‘Rights Respecting School’ means. We will be looking for parents, carers, staff, governors, and children to help us on this journey. Please speak to Ms Redman or Miss Humphreys if you are interested in helping. Please look at the following for more information: What is a Rights Respecting School? - UNICEF UK
A message from our Chair of Governors. Hello. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all back to the school after the Easter holidays. As you are aware Wynstream is now part of Education South West Academy Trust. The school has already been working with the Trust for the past year. Together we are continuing to deliver support, exciting opportunities and high quality of teaching and learning across the school and the community. I hope you will all join me in embracing this new journey of Wynstream's future. Your sincerely Michaela Young Chair
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Do you know anybody who would make a great Community (Co-opted) Governor for our school? There is a vacancy on Wynstream's Local Governing Body and we are inviting nominations. Governors are welcomed as valued members of the governor team and play an important role. Life as a governor is interesting and varied. Meetings are at least once every half term. Training and support will be available. Please do let friends and family know, and ask anybody who is interested to pop into school for more information, or call 01392 284990. More information as well as the nomination form can be found by clicking here. Thankyou.
