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• Jeans for Genes Day!

  Fri 22 Sep 2017 Mr. Fountain

  A big thank you to children and parents of Broughton Primary School for supporting our Jeans for Genes day. An extra-special thank you go to Archie, Jake, Koen and Thomas of Badgers class for their organising!

  

• Fruit picking 2017

  Thu 21 Sep 2017 Mr. Fountain

  Otters and Foxes had a very plentiful time picking fruit from around the village and thoroughly enjoyed cooking with and eating them! Many thanks for all those who helped take the children around, and extra-special thanks to those who allowed us to pick their fruit.

  

• Attendance Update: Relating to Legal Intervention for Term Time Absence

  Mon 11 Sep 2017 Mrs Lucy Macey

  Update to parents regarding term-time absence, issuing of penalty notices and the HCC Code of Conduct in the spring term 2017

  Term time absence: Final position following Isle of Wight Council v Platt decision in Supreme Court

  Updated June 2017

  Further to previous communications, the Supreme Court has now delivered its judgement in relation to the Isle of Wight Council's appeal which sought clarification on what is meant by “fails to attend regularly” in the context of a prosecution for unauthorised non-attendance at school.

   

  The Supreme Court said that “regular” means “in accordance with the rules published by the school” and rejected the view that regular meant “sufficiently frequently”. Full details of this judgement can be found on the Supreme Court website: www.supremecourt.uk.

  This clarifies the position regarding term time absence and it is clear that schools can determine whether an absence is authorised or not. In coming to their decision schools need to abide by Hampshire County Council's Code of Conduct when issuing Penalty Notices. All schools, maintained and academies, should be implementing the Code of Conduct and warning parents of the likelihood of legal action if absence is not authorised. A copy of the Code of Conduct for legal intervention is :

  http://www3.hants.gov.uk/code_of_conduct_-_issuing_penalty_notices_for_unauthorised_absence_from_schools.pdf 

  together with a leaflet which explains how Penalty Notices are issued

  http://www3.hants.gov.uk/information-on-penalty-notices-for-non-attendance-at-school-leaflet-july-2015-revised-final.pdf 

• We've been HIIT by Joe Wicks!

  Mon 11 Sep 2017 Mr. Fountain

  Otters, Foxes and Badgers are taking part in Joe Wicks' HIIT work out for schools at 10am for half an hour every day at school this week. Live streamed on YouTube, the children (and teachers!) will be working out, guided by Joe Wicks, the Body Coach. Check out his YouTube channel if you want to join in!