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For contents on this page please follow these links to:

- Welcome to our School                                          - Spring Term 2010 News & Events

- School Inspection Reports, Ofsted and CofE    - Autumn Term 2009 Report

- Our Teachers                                                         - Haiti Fund-raising Report & Song

- School Governors                                                   - Term Dates 2010

- Friends of Yaxham School                                    - Easter Holiday Activities

- Traffic Speed Campaign 

 

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 Welcome to our School

"The school aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice.  It encourages an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith and promotes Christian values through the experience it offers to all its pupils."

Our school is a very popular primary school for 4-11 year-old children serving Yaxham and the surrounding area. Our new school building was completed in October 2005 - replacing the old Victorian school that had been on the same site.  We are a small village school and in the current school year 2009/10 there are now 80 children.  Many of our children come from the catchment area of Yaxham and Whinburgh, and others from Dereham, Mattishall and the surrounding areas. The school is well supported by the "Friends of Yaxham School" and is closely linked to our parish church, St Peter's, Yaxham - see www.yaxham.com/church  - led by Rev Sally Thurgill.

Please note: the school is now full for the current academic year and we have limited places for September 2010.  If you would like your child to come to the school then please come and visit us.  Contact Mrs Sandra Nightingale, Headteacher - see the contact details on this page.

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 Spring Term 2010

April 1^st - last day of term

March News & Events:

31^st, trip to the Planetarium

February News:
11th, See Dereham Times report - "Pupils see funny side of Democracy"
11th, Thursday, Fiesta Day - Latin American Music - great success - the children very much enjoyed the Latin American music and activities during our Fiesta Day, yesterday. They were all dressed very colourfully and had made some really excellent masks. During the day they took part in various activities related to the whole school topic and enjoyed a Mexican style lunch followed by games.
25^th, Thursday, Music Presentation and After-school Book Fair

January Report:
- Haiti Earthquake Appeal - The children raised the amazing amount of £522.22 - our thanks to everyone who took part.  See Dereham & Fakenham Times, 6^th February 2010 and below at the end of this page, including the song our children composed.
- Planning Permission granted for change of use for new land to be purchased to extend the playing field.
and...
"The snow did not stop us from going to see 'Robin Hood', this year's Pantomime at the Theatre Royal in Norwich. We got to chat with one of the actors who played the Sheriff of Nottingham's wicked mother."

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 School Inspection Reports:

 Ofsted 2009 Inspection Report - Yaxham Primary School was inspected as overall as "Good" with "Outstanding" elements. 
Schools are graded by Ofsted as "Outstanding", "Good", "Satisfactory" or "Inadequate".
See: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_providers/full/(urn)/121129

Church of England 2009 Inspection Report - Yaxham Primary School was inspected for its religious education and was rated overall as "Good".

See: http://www.natsoc.org.uk/siasinspectionandreports/yaxhamapril09.pdf

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Autumn 2009

 

Class 1 Activities:

Some of the Nature Club members enjoyed a day out at Holt Country Park. We planted a pumpkin to bring home and then we had a walk through the park. We collected leaves and took lots of photos.

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 Friends of Yaxham School

 Thank you Yaxham!  We raised record-breaking amounts at our two major events of the year.  The Autumn Fair raised over £1,500 and our popular Christmas Bingo raised more than £500!  All the money raised will go towards additional activities and equipment for the children during the year.  For example, the children are looking forward to their trip to the Theatre Royal pantomime in January, which has been funded in part by the Friends.

Thank you once again and we look forward to seeing you at our various events during 2010.

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 "Pupils raise money for people in Haiti

EMMA KNIGHTS, Dereham & Fakenham Times 6^th February 2010

Youngsters from Yaxham Primary School have raised more than £500 to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

The school near Dereham held a Haiti Day on Friday where the children learnt about what happened in the disaster before taking part in a special assembly. Class three, made up of children from years four, five and six, created a song urging people to help the people of Haiti, which they performed in the assembly.  Class two, made up of pupils from years two, three and four, made a recreation of an earthquake. Class one, made up of reception and year one pupils, spelt out the word international and used each of the letters to begin a sentence related to the situation in Haiti.

After the assembly 11-year-old Charlie Wright organised an auction and took on the roll of an auctioneer, raising £32 in five minutes, and each classroom was turned into a shop to raise funds.  Class three teacher Mark Ward said: “It was fantastic that the Haiti Day went so well and raised such a large amount of money.”

The song written by children at Yaxham Primary School:

Horror and hope in Haiti
Hear the screaming from Haiti
From that earthquake flattened land
People are dying
Parents are missing
Children are crying
From that earthquake flattened land
Hear their call from Haiti
From that earthquake flattened land
Homes destroyed
Lives are shattered
Hope is lost
Does it really matter?
It's their land
But it's our one world
We can't leave them to their fate
It's their land
But it's our one world
We can't leave them to their fate
We can make a difference
We must make a difference
And now
Before it's too late
Our help must go to Haiti
As much and as quick as we can
Homes rebuilt
Lives are saved
Hope reborn
So let's do what we can!"

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Easter Holiday Activities:

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 Term Times 2010

Spring term last day 1^st April 2010

Summer term commences 20^th April 2010 (Inset day 19^th April)

Half-term 31^st May to 4^th June 2010

Summer term last day 23^rd July 2010

Autumn term first day 6^th September 2010 (Inset days 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd September)

Half-term 25^th to 29^th October 2010

Autumn term last day 17^th December 2010

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 School Governors

The school has an active Governing Body made up of 12 people, representing the Diocese of Norwich, Yaxham Parochial Church Council, Parents, Staff and Norolk County Council.  The Governing Body and its committees (Curriculum, Finance & Premises) each meet twice a term.  If you would like to learn more about the role of the Governing Body and or are interested in becoming a governor at Yaxham then please contact the Chairman.

The Chairman of the Governors is: Mike Chase

The Clerk to the Governors is: Mrs Pat Twite

The Governors are (and basis of appointment):
- Rev Gordon Kegg, Bishop Governor           - Annette Cheeseman, DBE
- Justin Stagg, DBE                                      - Grahame Davies, DBE/PCC
- Mike Chase, PCC                                          - Richard Hughes, PCC
- Ian Martin, PCC                                           - Jennie Smith, LEA (to be confirmed)
- Ian Faircloth, Parent Governor                 - Richard Dew, Parent Governor
- Mark Ward, Staff Governor                     - Sandra Nightingale, Staff Governor

Photos and biographies to follow!

Definitions
DBE = Norwich Diocesan Board of Education
PCC = Yaxham Parochial Church Council (the local church "parish council")
LEA = Local Education Authority i.e. Norfolk County Council

To contact the governors please write or email the school via the contact details on this page and mark your email or letter for the attention of the Chairman or the Clerk.

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The School's Teachers:

 Mrs Sandra Nightingale - Head Teacher

Mr Mark Ward - Class 3

Mrs Marsha Smith - Class 2

Mrs Sue Osborne - Class 2

Mrs Maxine McGarr - Class 1

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"Petition Presented by Friends of Yaxham Primary to Yaxham Parish Council to help achieve school road safety improvements" 
A petition with some 80 names of parents, staff and residents was presented by Racheal Higgins of the "Friends of Yaxham School" to Yaxham Parish Council at its meeting, Thursday, 11th March.  The parish council agreed and there is to be a meeting with the Parish Clerk to see how we can all work together on this.  This followed a governors meeting with Norfolk County Council on the school travel plan, which includes the speed limit, ahead of the Parish Council meeting. Watch this space!!!

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Contact Information

For further information, or to receive a prospectus contact the Headteacher, Mrs Sandra Nightingale

Address:
Norwich Road, Clint Green, Yaxham NR19 1RU
Email:  head@yaxham.norfolk.sch.uk
Tel/Fax: 01362 692033

To contact the School Governors, write to the address above or email: office@yaxham.norfolk.sch.uk, marking your letter/email for the attention of the Clerk to the Governing Body.

To contact the Friends of Yaxham School (our PTA), write to address above or email office@yaxham.norfolk.sch.uk, marking your letter/email for the attention of  the Secretary of the Friends of Yaxham School. 

Website links for more information about our school

http://www.norfolkesinet.org.uk
http://www.schoolsnet.com/ 
http://www.derehamschools.org/schools/yaxham-primary-school.html 
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/performancetables/index.shtml
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_providers/full/(urn)/121129

For details of the Dereham cluster of schools, of which Yaxham is part, see

 www.derehamschools.org

For our local church, St Peter's, Yaxham, see:

www.yaxham.com/church

 NB Some useful reference numbers when looking for information about Yaxham Primary School:

- Ofsted URN: 121129
- Local Authority: 926 Norfolk
- DCSF Establishment No: 3373

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