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Visitors and Meetings

• Frenchwood Coronation Procession Picnic and Parade

  Fri 05 May 2023

  We gathered in the school yard to have a picnic lunch with our families, friends and staff members in school to celebrate the Kings Coronation. Some of our parents then accompanied us in our parade around Frenchwood Knoll.  

   

  

• PLEASE HELP

  Fri 31 Mar 2023

  
  We are designing a history display in the entrance that celebrates the important events of the past 100 years that are important to us all. This will be printed on a special material that will last for decades. Click the link below to add the events that your family believe should be recognised.
  
  https://forms.office.com/e/BkNBMvyYgS

  

• Aim High Maths Day

  Thu 23 Mar 2023

  These amazing Y3/4 children had a super day at the AIM High Maths day at Queen’s Drive School. They took part in really tricky maths challenges and even saw some Mathematical magic from Andrew Jeffrey the Mathemagician. They were all superstars and represented Frenchwood brilliantly. A super well done to you all.

  

• Multi-sports competition at Fulwood Academy

  Tue 31 Jan 2023

  KS2 had a super afternoon competing in a multi sports competition at Fulwood Academy. The children had to demonstrate their skills in running, throwing and football and then the finale was a relay race. All the children performed their best, smiled and were perfectly well behaved. Thank you to our wonderful parents who came along to spectate.

  

• LKS2 visit Author Colin Parsons

  Wed 25 Jan 2023

  10 students from across Falcons, Harriers and Kestrels met with children's author Colin Parsons this week. 

   

  They had an amazing time listening to stories and taking part in the exciting workshop. 

   

  We are very proud of them and the exemplary behaviour displayed whilst representing Frenchwood community primary school on the outing. Thank you to all the wonderful staff who arranged this and volunteers who assisted on the day. 

   

  See if your child can spot a Colin Parsons book in our school library to loan and read! 

  

• Football Tournament

  Fri 20 Jan 2023
  

• UKS2 Theme Day - 15.12.22

  Thu 05 Jan 2023

   Today the year 5 and 6 classes had a fantastic finish to their theme work on the United Kingdom! They travelled to the four countries (or classrooms!) of the UK to find out more about them. They listened to their national anthems, made flags, found out interesting facts and looked at their unique features.

  

• Welcome to the 2022-2023 academic year at Frenchwood!

  Wed 31 Aug 2022

  Welcome to the 2022-2023 academic year at Frenchwood!

   

  Hopefully, everyone has had a safe and happy summer spending time with family and friends and are looking forward to coming to school tomorrow.  The last two Septembers we have had to manage government Covid restrictions, but this year we can make a fresh start and just focus on our learners and their needs.

   

  Frenchwood Values

   

  Those of you with access to the Class Dojo will have followed the link to the website and our revamped values:

   

  Members of The Frenchwood Family are ASPIRATIONAL; we develop the skills to be successful citizens of a future that we will be responsible for shaping.

   

  By working and learning in a COLLABORATIVE way, we make the best of all our talents, support each other and develop skills for life.

   

  We are HARD-WORKING; there is no short cut to success.  Through our efforts we build up our skills, confidence and can feel proud of our achievements.

   

  We are KIND to ourselves, to each other and to the environment.

   

  We are RESPECTFUL of ourselves, and other people, especially those with the experience to guide us, such as parents or adults in the school and community. 

   

  It is important to members of The Frenchwood Family that we are WELCOMING to new pupils, families, guests and the wider community; whoever they are, wherever they are from, whatever their beliefs or life experiences.

   

  In the coming weeks we will be asking for your views on our vision statement as we move forward as a school.

   

  In school, on time, everyday!

   

   Prior to the epidemic we were really proud of the punctuality and attendance of our pupils which had been improving.  Unfortunately, the events of the past couple of years have had a major impact on this, and when we reviewed pupil outcomes at the end of the year it was really clear that those pupils with the best attendance also made the best progress.

   

  To enable our pupils to have the best chance of success in their learning, we have reviewed our attendance policy and have new systems in place. You can read the full policy on our website.

   

  Good attendance is a learned behaviour, and we will be working alongside you as parents to ensure that good habits are embedded early in each child’s education. Although the vast majority of parents and carers have no problem in meeting their responsibility to get their children in school on time every day, there are others who will need help and support.  Pupils at risk of poor attendance will be identified as early as possible by Mrs Hobson, our new Attendance Manager, who will work with each identified pupil and their parents to understand and address the reasons for absence.

   

   

  Making the best start

   

  • Help your child to lay out their uniform before they go to bed, so it is ready for the morning.
  • Set off from home in plenty of time (if driving, expect traffic to be busy)
  • Try to walk to school, or use the Park and Stride at least two times every week – a fun and healthy way to start the day.
  • The doors open at 8.45 am– we welcome all our children at this time. Breakfast club starts at 7.30 am.
  • The doors close at 8.55 am – if your child arrives after this time, you will need to come in to the office and sign them in.
  • The registers close at the end of the first session – 9.10 am.  Please note that anyone arriving after this time will be marked as an unauthorised absence for the morning session.

   

  How can we help?

   

  Next Thursday (8^th September) there is a ‘Parent Pop In’ after school when you can visit your child’s classroom and have an informal chat with staff.  In the meantime, please contact the office if you need help or advice. 

   

  Links:

   

  Attendance Policy - https://www.frenchwood.lancs.sch.uk/attendance/

  Park and Stride - https://www.frenchwood.lancs.sch.uk/wow-the-walk-to-school-challenge/

  Uniform - https://www.frenchwood.lancs.sch.uk/uniform-information/

  Reporting absence – Ring 01772 253244 (Press Option 1) to leave a clear message before 9 o’clock

   

  

• Summer Book Fair 2022

  Tue 12 Jul 2022

  Our summer Book Fair was a huge success, thanks to all involved, especially Mrs Bull for organising and running it. A really great turn out from all our Frenchwood families and pupils. 

   

  Pupils accross each key stage also entered a competition to design their own book cover and we had some fantastic entries. Each winner received a book of their choosing from the fair as a prize. 

   

  We hope everyone enjoys their new books and it has inspired you to read more! 📚 

  

• Able Writers Day

  Thu 07 Jul 2022

  Queens Drive Primary School, Fulwood, welcomed some of our students for Able Writers Day.  The children had a fabulous time creating their own poems and performances with input from special guest Donovan Christopher. 

   

  Donovan is a renowned rap performance poet who has been writing poetry for 20 years as a tool of self expression and to tackle social issues, respect and cultural diversity. He engaged the children in fun and imaginative ways helping them capture and express their own thoughts and ideas into poetry. 

   

  A great day was had by all! Sincere thanks to Queens Drive Primary school, Donovan Christopher, all our staff involved and our children for representing Frenchwood community primary school with their exemplary behaviour and wonderful poems.