Great Creaton Primary School

Head Teacher: Mr R. Camp

Deputy Head: Mrs J. Taffs

Tel/Fax: 01604 505535

7^th September 2009

Dear Parents

Welcome back. I hope that everyone had a really good break and managed to avoid all the wet weather. A new term, but especially a new year, is an exciting time as it gives us opportunities to start new lessons, subjects and projects.

Over the summer holidays I was very pleased to receive two letters from the British Council, the first saying that we had been awarded the nationally accredited International Schools Award, there are very few schools in Northamptonshire with this award and it is something to be really proud of. The second said that we had been accepted onto a Comenius project that involves the linking of 8 schools across Europe. Staff from these schools will visit each other over the next two years to share ideas and participate in producing a book of Festivals and Traditions in the various countries. The countries that we have managed to be partnered with are Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Germany.

Over the summer holidays there have again been some changes to the school, the fort has been redesigned and strengthened and I am sure you will agree, looks really good. Hopefully it will get a lot more use at lunchtimes to shelter pupils from the sun!

The doors inside the school have been painted blue and the staff room has been repainted, this is to fit in with our new uniform.

If anyone has any suggestions on how we may continue to improve the facilities, both inside and the school grounds please contact me.

Once again we are fortunate to have a full school role and have now started a waiting list for pupils entering the school in 2010. For a small village school this situation is really encouraging especially as a lot of schools are undersubscribed. This is due in a large part to the excellent work done by all the staff in providing a wide and exciting curriculum for the pupils.

Our “University” will be starting again next Friday 18^th September and running for 6 weeks. If anyone is able to give up time to help run a course on any subject they would be most welcome – the more variety of courses we can offer the better experiences the children will receive. If you can help please contact the school. Thank you to all those parents and other helpers who have run courses over the last year, the “University” has been a really successful project to extend our curriculum.

Please could you complete the attached Pupil Data Collection Sheet and Permission slip for 2009/2010 for each child in your family. The Pupil Data Collection Sheets need to be updated periodically as your details change.

I look forward to meeting you all throughout the year and hope that 2009 – 2010 can again be a very successful year for Great Creaton Primary School.

Yours sincerely

Richard Camp

Head Teacher