Please don’t forget that the children return to school on 3 rd January. 2nd January is an INSET training day and the school is closed for children on this day.

Many of you will remember the tragic story of Breck Bednar, a pupil at St Bede’s School in Redhill. The Breck Foundation was set up in his name to help educate parents and young people about dangers they may face online. We are lucky to secure free (age appropriate) sessions for Yattendon pupils together with a parent workshop on 8th January between 6pm and 7pm. I urge you to put this in your diary. Joining instructions will be sent to you in the new year. To find out more about the work that the Breck Foundation do, please see: https://www.breckfoundation.org

In Autumn Term and Spring Term we send out a summary of your child’s attainment in the core subjects of English and maths. This follows Assessment Week last week. The test results are shared along with information explaining how we make judgements about how well children are doing. Of course, we know your children well and understand their different starting points in their learning. The progress they are make is, in many ways the key marker of success.