INSPIRE. ASPIRE. ACHIEVE - Cogenhoe Primary School

Cogenhoe Primary School
                                                                                                     York Avenue
                                                                                                        Cogenhoe
                                                                                              Northants NN7 1NB
Mrs S Blackwell                                                                      Telephone/Fax: 01604 890380
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                           INSPIRE. ASPIRE. ACHIEVE
  Date: Friday 24th September 2021                 http://cogenhoe.northants.sch.uk/

Dear Parents and Carers,

It felt so wonderful to have the children back in our school hall for our first Whole School Celebration
Assembly this week- I know they really enjoyed seeing each other and having the chance to show off their
wonderful walking, legendary lining up and super sitting. As a lover of books, I was super pleased to find
out some children have completed the Summer Reading Challenge. The children proudly showed their
certificates and were able to talk confidently about their favourite books. Keep them coming in! After the
Assembly, the children who completed their Year group Project Conquer Steps enjoyed an Afternoon Tea as
well as receiving a certificate to take home. Well done to those children, who despite a challenging year
mastered so many new skills. Our challenge this year, is for all the children to get their names on the Project
Conquer wall. If your child needs support at school to complete a step, please do speak to your class teacher.

Pre-School and Reception New Starters.

There will be a lot of tired but happy children coming home tonight as they have completed their first full
week. It really does feel like they have been part of the Cogenhoe Family for much longer. They are settling
into new routines, making friends and enjoying investigating their new engaging learning environments.
Well done teachers too!

Sporting Success.

 A team from Years 5&6 have been chosen to represent Cogenhoe School in the Wellingborough and East
Northants School Sport Partnership football league, comprising 9 teams from across the county.
Their first match was played on Wednesday at Redwell Leisure Centre. A huge well done, they came top -
winning 5 and drawing one! We wish them well in the next two matches and hope they enjoy further
success.

                     A team from Years 3&4 played in a football festival at Wollaston school on Thursday
                     afternoon. Fantastic news, they won 5, drew one and only lost 1
                     resulting in them becoming joint winners! This is the first time some of these children
have had the chance to represent the school in a competitive way –well done team!

Our Very Own Super Champ.

We are our so proud of Jack Webb (Year 5) who we are delighted to announce has won the NLTC Mini
Orange (9/U) Champion 2021 and then went on to also win NLTC Mini Green (10/U) Champion 2021 at
                     Northampton Lawn Tennis Club! His name will go up on the NLTC honours board
                     for both of these tournaments. Obviously, Jack is delighted and can remember starting
                     his sporting success when he was only 5 years old. Move over, Emma Raducanu. We
                     will keep you posted. Watch this space.

                         After School Halloween Bags.

Mrs Minney is preparing her spooky Halloween filled Trick ’n Treat Bags

Cost: £3.50 each. A little higher priced this year but improved quality toys.
Available: Week Commencing 18th October, 2021
What’s Inside? Bags contain 15 items including: toys, sweets, jokes and activity pages.
Limited stock so first come first served.

Reception Starters September 2022 – School Tours

We are delighted to be able to offer individual parent tours before, during and after the school day on the dates listed
below. Please telephone us and book in your place to attend.
Tuesday 19th October, 2021           09.30 – 10.30 am and 6 -7pm
Thursday 4th November, 2021          09.30 – 10.30 am and 6 – 7pm
Wednesday 10th November 2021          09.30 – 10.30 am
Visits to our school are warmly welcome. If you would like to arrange a tour of our school on another date, please
don’t hesitate to contact the school office on (01604) 890380, who will be able to arrange an appointment for you.
We are really looking forward to meeting our Cogenhoe parents and children of the future: please do spread the word
to family and friends and tell them what a wonderful school we are.
Morning Drop Off Reminder.
In order to make sure all our Kst1 children are kept safe, please can I remind parents that Kst1 children must be
walked into school by their adult and handed over to the class teacher. Please do not ask older siblings to walk kst1
children into school or leave your child to walk into class from the Main Gate.

Online Parent Workshop
Teachers have been trained this week to deliver this programme and are very excited to start using it to support key
children.
Thursday 30th September 2021 (7-9pm) Jogo Behaviour Support will be delivering a parent workshop online on
‘Understanding and supporting your child with uncertainty and anxiety.’ All of our children have experienced a tricky
12 months with the pandemic and changes in routine. If your child is struggling with uncertainty or anxiety, it might

be worthwhile joining this workshop. Please email admin@cogenhoeprimary.org if you would like to book a place on
this workshop. Please provide me with your email address for your zoom invite which will be sent to you nearer the
time.
Mrs Blackwell’s Recommended Reads

               For younger readers, I recommend the book ‘Sulwe’ by Lupita Nyong’o and ‘Julian is a
               Mermaid’ by Jessica Love. Both are beautiful stories about individuality, acceptance and
               understanding who we are and being proud of ourselves. The illustrations are also wonderful.

                For older readers, I recommend the book: ‘You are a Champion’ by Marcus Rashford. This
               book is motivating and empowering. Marcus draws on his life before football and anyone who
               is looking to develop their resilience and self-belief should definitely read this. I particularly
               love the quotes dotted throughout it. A good one to read as a family. I also recommend:
               ‘Anisha Accidental Detective’ by Serena Patel and ‘Cyborg Cat’ by Ade Adepitan. Both
               books made me laugh aloud and are action packed.                                                   .

                                              Attendance for this week

 Pre-school     Reception        Year 1         Year 2         Year 3         Year 4         Year 5        Year 6
    100%          99.63%         96.05%         98.08%         99.57%         99.07%         94.07%         92.59%

School Meals

Reminder to book school meals on parent pay by Midnight on the Wednesday the week before the meal is
required. The deadline has been set by the Catering providers and not the school and is unfortunately out
of our hands. Therefore, please remember to be respectful to the office staff who will always do
everything they can to help you. We appreciate your patience during the transition between the catering
providers and hope and hope that anybody that experienced any teething problems have now been
resolved.

Message From Cogenhoe PTA

 Have a clear out for school! Our next Bags to School collections will be held on the 14th & 15th October. More details
to follow All the fun of the Book Fair – the Travelling Book Fair will be in school Monday 4th -Thursday 7th October.
More details to follow The PTA needs you! – We are always looking for new people to get involved with our fantastic
PTA, raising money by helping with fun events for the children and families. Speak to the office for details and come
along to the AGM which will be held in October. Halloween! – watch this space for exciting details of the PTA events
for Halloween, tip... start planning your spookiest pumpkin carving!

Mrs Hales’ Word of the Week

EYFS/KS1

Excellent
Example: his reading was excellent
Definition: very good or outstanding

KS2
Epiphany
Example: in that moment, she had an
epiphany.
Definition: a moment of sudden
revelation/realization
Synonym: revelation, vision, sign
Antonym: confusion

Exciting Opportunity

Would you or someone you know like to join our wonderful STAR Club Team? We are looking for someone to
recruit a STAR Club Assistant for a Friday afternoon from 3pm -5:30/6pm (finish time dependent on bookings). If
you are interested in the position, please email or speak to the office (admin@cogenhoeprimary.org)

 Dates for your diary:

 Thursday 30th September- Parent Behaviour Support workshop on-line (Understanding and supporting
 your child with anxiety) 7-9pm. Further details will be sent out for you to join.

 Friday 4th October- The Book Fayre will be starting in the school hall.

 Friday 22nd October- Pupils break up for half term at 3.20pm