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Our Vision is :
To serve our children, parents, staff and local community by building and maintaining an excellent school where all pupils have the opportunity of the best possible education.
Term begins 11th April Sats weeks Key Stage 2 May 9th Sats weeks Key Stage 1 May 16th |
30th May Half Term Bank Holiday 2nd May |
19th July End of Term School begins 7th September |
Welcome back
Healthy Eating at Forches
Forches will be piloting the new Fresh Start Menu as from 3rd May- all food freshly prepared and containing no processed items. Further details available from Devon Direct Services
The first Interactive Whiteboard has been installed in the ICT suite, parents will be able to "have a go" on our next open afternoon.
The school is putting a bid together to establish a daily After School Club for the children. This will offer quality childcare in a safe secure and well managed environment. More details to follow shortly.
Photos taken in school and seen on display or on the website are available to order inside reception. 75p each all proceeds to the PFA .
Sats are approaching, two very good revision sites are Revisewise and Woodlands School
Water Bottles in class ?
The children have all been given water bottles in each class this term.
Many schools are encouraging children to drink water regularly and to have
open access to water. The PTA has financially supported this scheme. The
theory is that drinking water regularly has a positive impact on children’s
learning. The bottles will be washed once a week and are not to be taken
home. They will be used for water only and not juice.
It seems ironic that at a time
when millions of people lack basic access to water that we are able to almost
take this commodity for granted all the time.
Nursery Lunch Club – if you are interested in your child joining the Lunch Club in the Nursery – please contact either Mrs James or Mrs Redgwell
01271 325814
Breakfast Club
– Please note that the school is also considering the possibility
of offering a Breakfast Club on site … more information to follow
The official opening of the early years unit took place 1-12-2004, guests enjoyed a tour of the school and a musical performance by our reception class. Two of our reception children helped in the opening ceremony.
Click here to hear our reception class singing
The MUGA is now complete except for the surrounding landscaping. We are looking forward to using the facilities very soon. Building work is now complete. |
Year 1/2 are collecting stamps for the guide dog appeal.Please help them by sending in any used stamps. |
We are taking part in the government School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme. This entitles all children between four and six to a free piece of fruit or vegetable each school day.
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The future of our school The school is no longer in Serious Weaknesses and therefore will be treated the same as any other school. The curriculum will get more interesting i.e art,music and sport for both children and staff, but not at the expense of academic standards which are rising We want to build on the success of the Nursery and involve parents far more across the whole school. Children will have greater opportunity to get involved in the management and development of the school. Teaching will continue to improve- we want the standards in year 6 and the Nursery to go right across the school. |
We will continue to improve leadership and management, building upon the strength recognised by Ofsted. The building still needs to be improved and we will continue to argue with the LEA that money has to be spent on creating a much better learning environment for all. The school will continue to try and recruit the best possible staff regardless of role- we want the best of everything for our school. The children will develop greater awareness about themselves and their local community in a wider, more challenging context. Our school will continue to get better and better ! |
School Clubs
| Tuesday | Netball 5/6 | Football Year 4/5/6 | |
| Wednesday | Gym 4/5/6 | Ball Skills 4/5/6 | |
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We
have had a high level of vandalism recently, please report any incidents
you see to the police - 08705 777444. 
PC Jones is the community officer for Forches.
The School is continuing its drive to raise attendance. Last year we almost achieved our target of 95%. We will continue to reward classes each week who have the overall total weekly attendance.Class 1/2 PJ are regularly hitting 99% !
Children in our foundation stage learn many things through role play." It encourages individual and cooperative play and gives children the chance to express feelings, to use language, to develop literacy and numeracy skills and to learn without failure. Role play gives children the opportunity to make sense of their world. "(DFEE Early Years) The image below shows two children enjoying a spring wedding and seems to sum up the enjoyment they get from this learning experience.
School Council
Questionnaire put together by School Council members to use with Nursery-yr 5 children in the school
The questionnaire was administered by the School Council members themselves.
The results below are in percentages.
There were 42 children in the sample.
| Yes | Mostly | Sometimes | No | ||
| 1. | Do you like being at this primary school/nursery ? | 79% | 0% | 19% | 4% |
| 2. | Do you learn new things in lessons ? | 88% | 2% | 9% | 0% |
| 3. | If your lessons are interesting or fun, do you learn more ? | 76% | 14% | 7% | 2% |
| 4. | Is there anyone around to help you when you get stuck? | 86% | 2% | 9% | 2% |
| 5. | Do your teachers give you hard work ? | 33% | 7% | 43% | 11% |
| 6. | Do teachers help you to improve your work ? | 84% | 7% | 4% | 4% |
| 7. | Do children around you behave responsibly ? | 24% | 29% | 44% | 4% |
| 8. | Is this a friendly school ? | 82% | 4% | 8% | 7% |
| 9. | If someone was bullying you would you tell a teacher ? | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| 10 | Are teachers fair to you ? | 79% | 2% | 17% | 2% |
| 11 | Do teachers respond to your ideas ? |
67% | 5% | 26% | 2% |
| 12 | Are you allowed to do things on your own in school ? | 48% | 10% | 36% | 5% |
| 13 | Do you achieve merits, stars or other rewards if you work hard ? | 86% | 5% | 10% | 0% |
| 14 | Do you always behave well ? | 60% | 14% | 26% | 0% |
Use the search facility below to access a wide range of teaching resources available on schoolzone.com. Access to internet sites, printable worksheets and lesson plans and ideas. Well worth a look! Covers foundation stage and key stages one and two.Just choose subject area and key stage from pull down bars. Then press go.
