STANLEY DRAPKIN
PRIMARY SCHOOL,STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD
Bower Hall Drive, Steeple Bumpstead, near Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 7ED
telephone: 01440 730220 fax: 01440 730907
email enquiries: sbump_carol@hotmail.com
Welcome to our GREAT school's website!
CELEBRATE!
BE PROUD! 
OFSTED NOVEMBER 2007 - " ... undoubtedly a very effective school, which is well led and managed by an effective and experienced team ... there are elements of school life that are outstanding ... Personal development and well being [of the children] are good with outstanding features. Pupils talk excitedly about the 'great school' they attend ... care, guidance and support are outstanding ..."
Farewell Miss Furlong ...
The hankies will be out again as another superb teacher will be moving onto new and greater challenges ... A pillar of energy, ability and talent, Miss Furlong will sadly be heading for life as a deputy head when she leaves the school at Christmas.
The very latest newsletters bring you not only this but important information about helping others by joining in with the Samaritan's Purse Shoe Box Appeal. All it will take is a shoe box of small gifts to light up the life of a far less fortunate child. The deadline for our Operation Christmas Child will be Monday November 3rd, so box clever and get packing! Other key news is how school attendance really does make a proven difference to learning progress and attainment. Also, a polite request about parking around the school on behalf of our neighbours ... So read on and remember that now in the 'Documents' section, to supplement the paper versions sent to parents, is the 2008-9 school term calendar (along with the 2009-10 dates too). So wherever you are in the world ... the school term dates will be there at your fingertips, as will be all the newsletters! But have have you sometimes not received the newsletter via your child's book bag? Would it be easier for you if the school newsletters were emailed to you? If so, please give your email address to Mrs Carol Smith in the office or alternatively email your address to sbump_carol@hotmail.com ... so while getting all the school news, you'll also help save paper too!
So, as this year continues, the school will continue to build on all the progress and successes of, not only last year, but all previous years to maintain our school as the happy, successful and welcoming place that it is. Last year memorably set high standards and the story for the whole school was also excellent too - not only did 54% of Year 6 achieve great Level 5s in their Writing test but, after writing was identified as a focus for improvement and lots of effective strategies were put into place throughout the school, externally marked writing assessments by the NFER (National Foundation for Educational Research) showed that our improvements in writing are really making a difference throughout all year groups - excellent evidence of improvement in standards and an excellent take off point for the the 2008-9 year!
Just on a website whistle stop tour? Then do the following!
Our website is the home for a wide range of information that is equally useful to parents, children, prospective children and parents aswell as all our staff and friends of the school community. We know that you will find it useful. Why not head off the 'Web Links' section and follow the link to the BBC website, where you will see our page showing where we are in the Government's new set of school league tables - the 'value added ones' you have heard about in the news recently. Comparisons can be made both locally and nationally on how children have progressed during their primary school careers. Also, in this section are some web links for parents - for helping your child with school work and a general site run by the DfES where parents can find out loads about what goes on in a school. Finally, always worth a detour is a visit to the 'Guestbook' section to read some of the lovely comments from past pupils. So there it is ... what a fabulous filling feast of information there is laid before you to find out what the school is really like! So, do continue to come back and visit and stay in touch! A reminder ... an important reminder about online safety at home. While the content of the school web access is strictly filtered, children's web access at home may not be. Worthwhile advice for parents can be found at : www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/your_kids/safety_internet.shtml while advice aimed at younger people can be found at:
Visit the 'Documents' section containing important school policies (vital sources of key information for parents and prospective parents alike). Additionally, there is 'Class Matters!' section here too, and by following the hyperlinks, this section splits into separate class section sub-categories and then further into a place where each class will publish the class's termly teacher to pupils and parents and copies of each class's termly reports that are sent to the school's Governing Body. These new documents make a useful read to gain more information about what goes on in the classrooms and offer another wonderful resource to complement the other available information, giving website visitors a broad picture of life at Stanley Drapkin!