Whole school

Code of Dress Policy

A copy of the dress code Policy is available on the school website under ‘Information’ – school dress code.

School Dress Code Policy

Introduction

At Stretton Handley CE Primary School we believe it is important our children come to school dressed smartly and appropriately, in a way that shows they are a part of our school community.

Clothing

GIRLS BOYS
  • Red sweatshirt or cardigan
  • White polo shirt
  • Grey or black skirt or grey or black trousers (no jeans in any colour)
  • Red/white gingham dress (summer)
  • Grey, black, red or white accessories
  • Grey, white or black plain tights or socks
  • Black shoes with strap,buckles or lace ups. (No heels)
  • Red sweatshirt or jumper
  • White shirt or polo shirt
  • Grey/ black trousers (not jeans)
  • Grey/ black plain shorts (summer)
  • Grey, white or black socks
  • Black shoes or trainers (without logo, flashing lights etc)

All clothing should be clearly named.

Sweatshirts, polo shirts and items with the school logo are available to order through school.

Bookbags and PE kit bags are also available

PE kit forms part of our school Dress code

Indoor PE kit Outdoor PE kit
  • Red t-shirt (plain or with school logo)
  • Black or dark blue shorts
  • Plimsolls – black ( slip-on or laced or Velcro)
  • PE bag.
  • NO ear rings or jewellery
  • Red t-shirt (plain or with school logo)
  • Black or dark blue shorts or
  • Black ,dark blue, or plain track suit bottoms or joggers
  • Red jumper, sweatshirt or a tracksuit jacket.
  • Trainers ( different to those worn during school day)
  • NO ear rings or jewellery

We are the ‘Dragon’s Den’ competition winners!

Dragon’s Den competition winners! Dragon’s Den competition winners!

Our winning Dragon's Den presenters
Our winning Dragon’s Den presenters

Fantastic news – our school has won the Cluster Primary School Dragon’s Den Competition! The £250 prize money will be presented to our school by members of the Dragon’s Den Panel in the next couple of weeks. Well done to everyone who contributed ideas and a special thank you to the three children (one Year 6 and two Year 4s) who went along to pitch the winning idea for a ‘learning garden’ to the Dragon’s Den. Our team spoke clearly and well and answered questions confidently. The Dragon’s Den panel were impressed with the way the children talked about the plans and also loved the fact that the ‘Learning Garden’ is building on and developing what we already have. They thought it was great that, as a school, children have already organised Enterprise fund raising activities to support putting plans for the ‘learning Garden ‘ into place.

CONGRATULATIONS – What exciting news!

Well Dressed!

We managed to complete our contribution to the Brackenfield Well Dressings on schedule; it will be on show with the rest of the well dressings over this Bank Holiday weekend. It’s been hard work but we’re sure you’ll agree it was worth it! For the first time the boards were put together in school which meant the children could see the board develop over the week from start to finish. As always, they were involved in all stages of its design from the initial drawings, assisted by Anne Robson, through to adding the variety of natural materials needed to complete the well dressing.

Visit our well dressing page to find out how we make our well dressings and for pictures of our earlier ones.
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Well Dressing Materials Wanted

During next week we will be putting together our contribution to the Brackenfield Well Dressings, “The Parting of the Red Sea”. We need natural materials:

Well Dressing Materials Wanted

Fresh materials such as flowers are added last and should be brought in from next Wednesday.

Pictures of our well dressings from previous years can be seen on the web site’s well dressing page.

Easter Egg Competition

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The children were challenged to design and make an egg scene and/or person. The competition was judged by our Chair of Governors, Mrs Gill, and Easter egg prizes were awarded for the best ideas in each class. The Winners were as follows:

Class 1
1st – One DirEGGtion
Runners up – Magic Tomb and Glen the Goldfish

Class 2
1st – Neil Egg-Strong
Runners up – Captain Eggman and Horrid Henry

Class 3
1st – Egg-lection of Pope Fran-chick!
Runners up – The Very Greedy Spider and Easter Chicks

Ofsted ‘PARENT VIEW’ website

Parent View is a website (www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk) that gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school. Parent View asks for your opinions on 12 aspects of your child’s school, from the quality of teaching, to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. There needs to be a minimum number of responses before any results are made public and displayed on the website. Inspectors will consider Parent View when making inspection judgements. We could receive an Ofsted inspection at any time and it would be great, if those of you who would like to, or have already given, positive feedback to us in person about the school and activities etc, would take a few moments to complete the survey on the website. It is designed so that there can only be one response from a particular e mail address. (Details available on the web site)

As stated on the website, this survey is not designed to receive complaints about schools and schools can raise concerns with Ofsted about Parent View if someone posts something inappropriate. If you have any concerns or worries about your child or about the school then, as usual, please come into school and talk to us so we can work together to sort things out. In the first instance you should speak to your child’s teacher and head teacher.

Please see separate letter sent out Friday 8th February for further details.

We are a top performing school!

Praise for Stretton Handley CE Primary School from the Minister of State for Schools

Dear Parents, Governors and Children,

I am delighted to inform you that at the end of term I received a letter from Rt Hon David Laws MP, Minister of State for Schools praising the

“…excellent performance of the pupils in the 2012 national Key Stage tests as published on the 13th December 2012.”

The letter goes on to say –

 “The overall percentage of your pupils achieving Level 4+, combined with excellent rates of progress in both English and mathematics place you amongst the top performing primary schools this year…..

I would like to congratulate, your staff, governors and pupils for their hard work and success, and to thank you for your leadership in continuing the drive towards the highest standards of educational achievement.”

As I am sure you will agree, this is fantastic recognition for all the hard work and effort of everyone involved in the life of the school. I look forward to continuing to work in partnership with all of you to ensure that all the children get the best possible start at Stretton Handley Church of England Primary School so they are prepared for the next stage of their education and for their future success.