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Attendance and Punctuality 

A massive well done to all of our children and a massive thank you to all of our parents for their support with our first full week of focusing on both attendance and punctuality! We are really proud that last week we saw a 0.5% improvement on our whole school attendance and the minutes we lost from children being late has dropped from 907 minutes lost to 424 minutes lost. Please continue to encourage children to be arriving at school on time and being in school unless they are unwell with any of the symptoms listed on the NHS website. Children will be entered into the half way draws on Friday and we can't wait to share with you who are first winners are!

Online Safety Coffee Morning - 13/03/2026

We are holding a coffee morning for parents on Friday 13th March 2026 which is focusing on gaming and gambling awareness specifically for parents, carers and guardians. The parent awareness coffee morning is free of charge and will last for 1hr 30mins 🙂. Within the session the team from Y Gam will cover:

-How young people encounter gaming and gambling in their daily lives
-The role of advertising, social media, and evolving gaming mechanics
-The blurred lines between gaming and gambling
-Understanding in-game purchases, microtransactions and virtual currencies
-Spotting the changes in behaviour that may signal harm
-Where to find help when you need it

This coffee morning needs at least 12 parents/carers/guardians to sign up via the link (https://ygam.org/bespoke-parents-workshop/?crb_workshop=13.03.26%20Parent%20Awareness%20Lea%20Community%20Primary%2009:00-10:30) for it to be able to go ahead. If you feel this will beneficially to you, please do sign up and register for a place!

As always with our coffee mornings, tea, coffee, cake and good company will be provided!

Parking

We have had further complaints from local residents this morning with respects to parking at both entrances to school. Please can you ensure that you are parking respectfully. Complainants have been told to log registration numbers with the police for anyone parking across driveways or unsafely.

Safety is paramount at drop off and collection times. Please ensure you park considerately and safely and allow enough time to park appropriately, even if this involves parking a short distance away from school. To reiterate again, registration numbers should be reported to the police if you witness inconsiderate or unsafe parking. Thank you

Attendance and Punctuality Month

Thank you everyone for your support do far with our attendance and punctuality month!

Last Monday (12/01/26) there were 9 children who arrived late to school. They missed a total of 85 minutes combined of learning time in the classroom.

This Monday (19/01/26) there were only 5 children who arrived at school late and they missed a total of 51 minutes. This is 40% reduction and a strong move in the right direction!

When comparing last Monday's attendance to yesterdays attendance we have also seen a 2.3% increase in our whole school attendance.

Another well done for everyone's participation in attendance and punctuality month.

We have seen another improvement on last weeks data, which is excellent! Our attendance compared this Tuesday compared to last has increased by 1.4% and our minutes late has decreased by a whopping 191 minutes! This is especially brilliant as it can be very daunting and nerve wrecking for a child to walk into class or assembly late and feel everyone's eyes on them!

School Attendance

Just a quick reminder to parents and carers about school attendance. As a school we regularly monitor attendance and punctuality and have noticed a decline in our whole school attendance and an increase in children arriving late in a morning.

Parents, carers AND school both have a legal duty for attendance, which is why we regularly remind parents about it, and it is a legal requirement for each and every child to access regular education.

We do understand that there are a lot of illnesses going around, but we ask that parent's follow the NHS guidelines regarding school attendance which can be found here: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/.

We'd also like to take this opportunity to remind parents and carers about not taking holidays in term time. The government have implemented much stricter fining strategies from August 2024 and not only has the fine amount gone up in price, it also comes with stricter guidelines. If parent's take 3 holidays within a rolling 3 year period, they could end up being prosecuted and taking to court. This is not something that has been set up by our school, it is something that has been enforced by the government and we want to make sure all parent's are aware of the implications of this to protect them from fines and the possibility of prosecution in the future. The official guidance on this can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66bf300da44f1c4c23e5bd1b/Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance_-_August_2024.pdf

I have attached some more information regarding school attendance to this post and encourage everyone to read through it when they get the chance. All of this information can also be found on our website (https://www.leacp.lancs.sch.uk/page/?title=School+Attendance&pid=204)

Breakfast Club

Please could I remind parents that an adult should be dropping children off at the door for breakfast club and only children who have been booked on to via SCOpay will be admitted in the morning. There are only a certain number of places available each day and if your child is not booked on then unfortunately they will be turned away at the door. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this matter.

Parking Around School

Please can we ask that all parents park safely and respectfully in and around school. We have had a number of complaints recently from both our neighbours and other parents about some families parking unsafely. This involves parking over driveways, parking on dropped kerbs and blocking other vehicles in. We appreciate that everyone is dropping off their children at the same time but safety and respect for our neighbours and school community as a whole is a priority. I have shared Lancashire County Councils parking guidelines again on this post. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.