Dear Families,
Thank you to everybody who turned up to the parents evening-the feedback was very positive, and we would like to capture this support with the following questionnaire. I promise it will only take two minutes of your time. It's a good way to present what our community thinks about the school and its provision.
https://www.menti.com/al1ztwjsaj44
Another big Vielen Dank to everybody who organise the Oktober festival and everybody who attended; it is the most impressive and heart-warming community event that I have ever seen a community create.
Please read the email from the friends which you should have read before this to explain how we will be spending some of the money. I want to thank them for their hard work for turn this around so fast.
Homework
Because of parents' evening, some of children may not have brought home their paper copies of their homework home. Have no fear they will be emailed to you with this newsletter and things will be back to normal next week. Thank you to the parents who have engaged with this. I know that homework can be a divisive tool, but in this case, we believe it is what our children need and this will support them with their learning . External moderations and internal moderation of the children's work, shows a need to focus on spelling and handwriting. The children practising these words at home enables them to place this key knowledge into their long-term and apply it in their writing.
A reminder that all the slides from the Curriculum Meetings are on our website:
https://www.judithkerr.anthemtrust.uk/page/?title=Curriculum+Meetings&pid=94
Anthem Training Day-What are the teachers doing in school?
Today is our annual Anthem training day, where the staff learn about Anthem Institute which is the virtual school for all training and professional development for Anthem staff in every role. This will be a valuable resource to our staff in rolling our the Anthem Way and the Anthem Strategy.
The Strategy- what does this mean in practice?
If in every lesson, every student 'gets it', and understands the main idea, then they are ready to move on to the next lesson successfully. Setting students up to succeed means focusing on building up their knowledge and skills, day in day out.
The Anthem Way
The Anthem Way will specify how we teach in our schools. Our teaching approach is grounded in cognitive science, designed for maximum impact on learning. We will work consistently, lesson by lesson, student by student, to provide evidence-based instruction within a knowledge-rich curriculum.
The Anthem Way will also guide how we support students and families. Our goal is to create ambitious, successful schools in which every child thrives. The Anthem Way reflects our commitment to making this vision a reality in all aspects of our work.
Anthem Vision
Our vision is that together, we will create ambitious and successful schools in which every child thrives. The Anthem Institute makes different pathways of development available to all staff - teachers and support, in schools and our National Team – because when our adults thrive, our children will thrive.
https://www.anthemtrust.uk/
October is Black History Month and an opportunity to shine a light on black history, heritage and culture. The theme for Black History Month 2023 is Saluting our Sisters, recognising and celebrating the crucial role that black women have played in building communities, inspiring change and shaping history in the UK and around the world. First, we would like to salute the inspirational women who we have named our classrooms after: Olive Morris, Kelly Holmes, Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks. Across the month, we will be 'saluting' other black women, reading stories and listening to poems to learn about their struggles and celebrate their successes.
A reminder that each class will be visiting the Dulwich Picture gallery to partake in a workshop- please ensure that you pay the £4 contribution.
Thank You!!!