19th July 2010

I am sure you will agree that it has been a really fantastic year for us all!

Looking back this is what we have achieved:-

An Outstanding Grade for English from OFSTED in January ( click here to read all about it)
Our end of Key Stage 2 results for the Y6 pupils are amongst the best in York! Congratulations Y6 pupils!
Excellent achievements from many children across the school especially in Y2. Well done children!
Well done Y6 for their end of year production.

Now we are keeping our fingers crossed that every child in Y6 will be awarded a personal Arts Award from Trinity Guildhall, London, for their individual Project work they have been doing this summer term.

We have also celebrated a 40^th birthday
( click here to read all about it)
for a school being on the site which enabled former pupils and staff to visit and talk about their memories when they were at school. The celebration also enabled the children to study history over the 40 years. As ever, we always think about others in need and we raised £606 for national and international charities.

End of term arrangements

We have planned quite a few happy end of term arrangements which are:-

Next Year’s Classes 2010/2011

All families know which classes their children will be going into next year. If you do not, then please contact school. Today, the children will spend a little time with their next year’s teacher.

Teddy Bears’ Picnic on Friday 23 July

Children can bring their Teddies to school and share a healthy lunch with them!

Y6 Play

Monday and Tuesday evening, starting at 6.30pm.

Tickets are now on sale. £1.00 for adults, 50p for children and Senior Citizens.

Y6 Leaver’s Party

An evening of fun for all the Y6 pupils on Wednesday 21 July at 6.30 pm.

Presentation of School Certificates

Special Assembly on Wednesday 21 July at 9.00am. Parents welcome.

Goodbye Mrs Audsley Assembly

Special Assembly on Thursday 22 July at 10.00am. Parents welcome

Leavers Service

We are having a special leaving service for the Y6 children who will be moving on to secondary school in September. It will be in the school hall, on the last day of the term – Friday 23 July at 9.30am, to which everyone is invited to attend.

At the end of this term

Ø Miss McBride is leaving to start a teacher training course from September.

Ø Mrs Marshall is retiring from her work as Administration Assistant.

Ø Mrs Woodward’s contract comes to an end this summer so she sadly she is leaving us.

Ø Miss Philips is leaving to start a teacher training course in Special Needs from September.

Everyone wishes these members of staff the very best of luck for the future and

our grateful thanks for the excellent work they have undertaken at the school.

During the school holidays Mrs Taylor and Mr Murray are getting married but not to each other!

Good luck Mrs Taylor and Mr Murray!

New staff arriving

Mr. Gibbons, to teach Y2 for the Autumn term, whilst Mrs. Calverley is Acting Headteacher.

The New School Year – The first day back for all the children is THURSDAY 2 September

Please ensure your child wears the correct school uniform to include correct footwear (black/dark shoes or trainers). Some children have been wearing white trainers over the summer which is not the school uniform. Please ensure your child observes this school rule.

The PE uniform is white top, black shorts and black plimsolls.

Thank you for the excellent support

Finally, as the end of term draws to a close may I, on behalf of everyone at the school, thank you all, as well as friends of the school, for the superb help and the support you have given over the past year.

A special thank you to all the teachers, support staff and other staff. It is a very special team of people who strive hard to ensure the children are happy and achieve well in their school environment.

A special thank you to the Governors of the school who so readily volunteer to give their time in helping to make this an effective and very happy school.

A special thank you to the children who work tremendously hard through the year, and make our job so very, very rewarding.

The school has celebrated much success during 2009/2010.

Well done the children, well done the teachers and well done everyone!

All good wishes to you and your families this summer.

School certainly ends for me this summer as I retire after teaching for 37 years. Being Headteacher at Clifton Green has demanded challenge and determination but it has been one of the most truly fulfilling times in my career. However, I know that the success of the school has not been achieved through my work alone but through a very effective relationship with you, the governors, and a highly focused commitment from the staff. Our vision that children matter and children come first has established a culture where everything is made possible to help children achieve their full potential. As a result, we have developed very positive relationships with the agencies, including the Local Authority, who is connected to the school and a respect from the local community. Clifton Green’s success has now gained the recognition it so rightly deserves as being one of the most effective schools in York and in the country.

I feel humbled and so very honoured to have given the children in Clifton the chance to develop their aspirations and their love of learning which, it is hoped, will increase their life chances in the future.

Good bye and good luck everyone!

I am very pleased with these acting up arrangements because it will enable the school to remain on a very secure footing next term as it awaits the arrival of Mr Brown.

Sheila Audsley

Clifton Green Primary School ( 01904 627270

19 July 2010

Dear Parent

Entry/Exit to school

As from September we would be very pleased if everyone and a good number of you already do, use the correct entry/exits to school.

Nursery and Reception Children please use the pathways that skirt the building and enter the building through the Nursery door. Pick up from the Nursery play area.

Mrs Holmes’ and Mrs Bewley’s class. Please follow the instructions given for the Nursery and Reception children. Pick up at the end of the day from the classroom fire door.

Y2 Mrs Calverley/ Mrs Green, Y2 Miss Mould’s and Y1 Mr White’s classes. Please enter from the footpaths that skirt around the building. There is a side door for entry which is outside room 11. Pick up at the end of the day from classroom fire doors.

Miss Holdsworth, Mrs Ryan/Mrs Taylor, Mr Murray’s, Mr Binns and Mr Reed’s classes. Entry from the footpath through the playground. Please line up at the start of the day. Children to leave by their fire doors at the end of the day.

Parents please avoid coming through school unless you have visited the school office or you have younger children in Reception and Y1 and you need to come through the hall to the other side of school. Please avoid, if at all possible, coming through the front door.

Parents with buggies – please leave outside and carry your infant into school or, if this is not possible, arrive at the classroom fire door. This will avoid jamming up the narrow corridors with buggies.

The car park at the front of school belongs to the Children’s Centre?

Please do not use this car park unless you have a disabled pass or you are arriving by taxi. Please park outside the school grounds (not in the Health Centre as this is for patients only) and use the footpaths to enter school. Children must not walk up the main driveway which is only for vehicles but to be encouraged to use the children's footpaths. All cyclists to dismount when entering the site if entry is by the children’s footpaths.

Sheila Audsley

School telephone number 01904 627270
Attendance hotline number to leave a message 01904 627059