A big thank you for the wonderful school trip. My son came back bursting with excitement and talked non-stop all evening about it - pond dipping with long nets, finding water snails and a caddisfly nymph, hearing lions in the wood, visiting the secret garden, seeing a marsh harrier, learning about squirrel dreys in the dry woods, finding bugs in the wet woods, listening to a talk and going on the wherry made of shiny oak that was moored up and plenty more besides. He is full of new information, vocabulary and enthusiasm. He spent the afternoon in the woods with his friends den building and hunting for more bugs inspired by their day out, then dug up the garden to create a bug trap at home. It was the first school trip for this year group, and well worth the wait!
I just wanted to say a huge thank you from all 3 of us for your care over the classes for next year. Thank you for bearing with my worries when we are just one of many families to reassure and get it 'right' for. Honestly the immense relief in our home that our son is with friends is amazing! You all assured me you'd do the best for the children and to trust your judgement; thank you for showing once again what a wonderful place GH is.
Parent Focus Group – SEND 29th April 2025 Thank you to the parents who came to our Parent Focus Group this week to discuss SEND provision at Ghost Hill. It was good to hear from parents of children in different Year groups and at different stages of the journey with SEN. Mrs Michael led the discussion and began by outlining the process of identifying the SEN needs of children and how they are provided for within school and how and when external expertise is sought. Support Plans are a record of all extra support a child receives and the impact it has on their progress. Mrs Michael then opened the conversation up for feedback on what parents feel works well and what could be improved. What works well
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Parent Focus Group 20.11.24– Home Learning
The discussion started around the home learning sent home. Points raised: -
It was requested that physical paper copies are sent home at the beginning of each half term in book bags as putting them on the fridge etc is useful for reminding and keeping check.
The discussion moved onto reading and a reading scheme book and library book being sent home.
Numbots was then discussed: -
Parents were happy overall with home learning and how it is presented and communicated. They said the class/year What’s App groups were really useful for reminders and helping each other – Mrs Hamill pointed out these were not connected with school; but she was glad they were helpful. There is room for improvement with communication in terms of knowing the support her child is getting; if it is support beyond the classroom. |
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Parent Focus Group November 2023 - SEND
Thank you to the parents who came along to our Parent Focus Group this week on a theme of SEND. Mrs Michael ( SENDCO ) and Mrs Westall led the discussion and it was a really powerful, thought provoking session.
The SEND provision was explained and the steps we take to identify children who need extra support, the steps we then follow and how we work as a team with outside agencies to put the right support plan in place for each child who needs a little extra something.
We then opened it up to feedback on what parents feel works well and what could be improved.
What works well
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Next steps as a school
We are considering continuing with Tapestry into Year 1 from Sept 2024.