Co-op Academy Grove Parent Portal

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Welcome from Mrs Robinson, Headteacher

I cannot believe how fast this half term is going – they say time flies when you are having fun. How are we in October already?

We were reminded of the season from our amazing Year 3s today, who led our harvest assembly. Thank you to all the parents who joined us to celebrate and to everyone who has provided a donation. All donations received are going towards our community shop, which will be opening very soon. If you do still have any donations you are able to share, please bring them into school on Monday. Thank you.

A huge thank you also goes to our amazing kitchen staff! Our new food service is proving to be a real hit, with meals served increasing to 162 on census day. The feedback from the children has been overwhelmingly positive, and it is wonderful to see them enjoying their lunches so much.

Attendance continues to be a priority for us. Please remember, as the upcoming dark nights loom and winter bugs arrive, we will always let you know if your child is too unwell to be in school. Please send them in and we can support them in school, administering Calpol, antibiotics, etc. Just speak to a member of staff who can support.

On Monday, we will be celebrating all of our amazing teachers for World Teachers' Day. We cannot thank them enough for their daily hard work and commitment. Without them Grove would not be Grove.

We also have our Maths 'Watch Me Learn' parent sessions on Thursday. Please do join us in school. Year 3 and 4 is 9–9:45am and Year 5 and 6 is 10–10:45am. More information is on Class Dojo or message your child's class teacher.

Finally, please follow the link here here (and scroll down to the bottom to view the PDF) or listen to the audio version of our October Screensafe newsletter to ensure you are more knowledgeable than your child online.

Thank you for your continued support – have a lovely weekend.

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Succeed Together

At Co-op Academy Grove, we are incredibly proud of how hard our children work!

This week, certificates were awarded and celebrated in class. (As year 3 were hosting our Harvest assembly). A huge well done to all of our certificate winners.

Let's find out who our weekly certificate winners are ...

Hot Chocolate Award

Y3: Issac G (3BG) and Fabeha (3CBa)
Y4: Aleks (4GC) and Razan (4AM)
Y5: David (5JBC), Delilah (5JW) and Connor (5CC)
Y6: Aaron (6DT), Daisy-Lou (6CB), and Lexi H (6SJ)

Star of the Week

Y3: Isla (3BG) and Aadhya (3CBa)
Y4: Hibba (4GC) and Shaneale (4AM)
Y5: Bobby (5JBC), Ruby (5JW) and Ambeta (5CC)
Y6: Oscar R(6DT), Ryda (6CB), and Ariana (6SJ)

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Fair deal

Dear Parents and Carers,
At Co-op Academies Trust, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to participate
fully in school life, regardless of their background or circumstances.
That is why we are proud to introduce our Fair Deal. Your child will be hearing about this in
school soon, we also wanted to share it directly with you. The Fair Deal is our promise to
every child and family across our Trust.
We are committed to removing barriers that prevent children from thriving both inside and
outside the classroom, and we will ensure every child feels seen, supported and able to
flourish, across all of our 40 academies.
You can read our full Fair Deal promise here.
This work has been shaped by conversations with staff, school leaders, students and families
across our Trust and reflects our continued commitment to social inclusion, fairness and your
community.
Yours sincerely,
Chris Tomlinson
CEO of Co-op Academies Trust

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Attendance matters

Every day makes a differnece - keep us this super attendance!

Here is how we did last week:

Best Day's Attendance: Wednesday – 97.5%
Whole School Weekly Attendance: 95.9%
Trust Leader board: We are currently in 9th place! Let's see if we can climb even higher next week.
Attendance Champions: Huge congratulations to 4AM for having the highest attendance this week with 100%, followed closely by 4GC at 98.8% - these classes have earned an extra playtime!

Every day counts – let's keep this momentum going!

Did you know?

Children who attend nearly every day in Year 6 (85% to 100% attendance) have 30% higher odds of reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths compared to pupils who attend 90% to 95% of the time.

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SEND coffee morning

Thank you to the parents who joined us for our SEND coffee morning - we hope you found it useful!

One parent who attended said, I found this morning very helpful and received information that I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t attended. Everyone was welcoming, friendly and supportive. Bonus having tea and biscuits. Highly recommend!

Miss Cacia will hold more events throughout the year. Let us know if there is an idea you have for an event.

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New to Y3 welcome event

Please spread the word to all of our prospective parents. Our new to year 3 open night is on Tuesday 20th October from 3pm.

Everyone is welcome.

Please complete this short survey to sign up.

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MESSAGE TO YEAR 5

Please see your ClassDojo message about signing up for our Standon Bowers residential trip. Take a look at all the fun Year 5 had last year—it's a trip not to be missed!

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Dear Parents and Carers,

We have been informed that our uniform supplier, has now closed its shop.

We’re working closely with the supplier to make sure that any uniform orders already placed and paid for are still fulfilled. These items will be delivered to school, and we will contact parents and carers when they are ready to be collected.

If you have already paid for and pre-ordered uniform, please do not worry – your order will still be honoured and you will not lose the money you’ve paid.

We are also working to secure the uniform stock currently held by the supplier so that we can make this available directly through school.

Please do not visit the shop, as it is now closed.

We will share further information about uniform availability and how to purchase as soon as we have it.

Thank you for your patience while we put these arrangements in place.