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Attendance Information

Attendance Policy

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  • In September 2013 the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 came into force. These regulations make it clear that Headteachers should not grant approval for any leave of absence during term-time, including holidays, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
  • Any requests should be on an official school absence request form and handed into the school office for consideration prior to any holiday/leave arrangements being made.
  • You may be issued with a Penalty Notice should leave be taken which is not authorised.

There has been some uncertainty recently regarding regulations about unauthorised holidays in term time and the issuing of penalty notices. We have received DCC guidance to clarify that, from September 2017 penalty notices may be issued for holidays in term time that are unauthorised, regardless of a child’s overall percentage attendance.

Penalty notice guidance

Living Eggs Project

The eggs and incubator arrived in school in May. We all had a chance to watch to watch the eggs hatch and the to look after the chicks. Of ten eggs, only seven hatched and sadly one chicken died soon after hatching. Mr Cooke looked after the chicks over the first weekend and nurtured a sick one back to health by setting his alarm and getting up several times during the night to hand feed the chick and rub its wonky leg, so it could stand up and walk.

Soon it was time to Find a home for the growing chicks. JW and his family offered to look after all the chicks and they have been adopted by one of the family’s hens. See below.

Have a look at our photos……….

Caring for the chicks:

In their new home with adopted mum:

Brackenfield Well Dressing 2017

We hope you enjoyed your half term break and had the opportunity to visit the well dressings and flower festival at Brackenfield. The children did a fantastic job designing this year’s board which depicted various computer games. How many can you spot?

Brackenfield well dressing 2017
Games, Computer Games – 2017

For further information about how well dressings are made for photographs of our past well dressings, please visit our well dressing pages.

Red Nose Day Friday 24th

There is a non-uniform day on Friday. Children are invited to dress up and bring £1.00 for Comic Relief. Remember there will still be swimming and outdoor breaks during the day, so please bring sensible footwear and a coat!

The Enterprise team have also organised a fundraising tea party for parents/ visitors in the hall – 2.30pm to 3.20pm. Please support by donating cakes, buns etc. We look forward to seeing you there.

Climbing Wall Revamp

Our climbing wall mural has been looking rather tired for a while, so we asked Pete Barber, Graffitti Artist  to visit again to work with the children to design and paint a new mural. This activity was funded through our Awards For All Lottery grant. We’re sure you’ll agree it looks great.

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Girl with the Roses

You may have seen some of Peter Barber’s work in Chesterfield which includes the “Girl with the Roses” mural on the the bridge supports near the cafe in Queen’s Park. It is based on the story of a little girl who sneakily picked one of her father’s roses and was made to pose for a statue as punishment. The statue can be seen in the glass conservatory which is also in Queen’s Park.

‘Children in Need’ 18th November

We are raising funds for ‘Children in Need’on November18th by inviting children to come along to school wearing something spotty or stripy and donating £1.00/£2.00 to the collection. Children will be taking part in some fun games and activities during the day but please remember to bring coats and sensible footwear as there will still be swimming for KS2 and outdoor breaks.

School Games Mark GOLD 2015-16

Well, it’s official. We are delighted that Stretton Handley have again been awarded School Games Mark Gold Award! Well done everyone and a special thank you to Mr Cooke for leading our school PE and sport and coordinating and organising our Games Mark application.