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Weekly Newsletter - Friday 13th March 2020

Welcome to Newsletter No 9 of the Spring Term

Star of the Week

Reception - Maggie Culleton

Year 1/2 - Jessica King & Freya Webster

Year 3/4 - Bethany Tillett & Albert Gillespie

Year 5/6 - Aaron Long & Harper Thompson

Dates: Events:

17th March Parents to lunch - Year 1

17th March Visit from Parish Magazine Editor

18th March Poems for Parents - Year 3/4

19th March KS2 English Competition - Details to follow

19th March Open Classroom

23rd March No Explorers Club

24th March Read, Write Inc Workshop 9am -

24th March Year 3/4 Maldon Trip - Details to follow

24th March Parents to Lunch - Reception

30th March FOTS Cake Sale

30th March High 5 Netball Competition - Details to follow

31st March Anglo Saxons Day - Year 3/4

1st April Non Uniform Day for Reading Awards

1st April Reading Café - 2:45pm

2nd April Open Classroom

3rd April Easter Service at All Saints’ Church - 9:30am (everyone welcome)

3rd April Last Day of Term

Growth Mindset

Congratulations to Isabella Johnson who has received this week’s ‘Growth Mindset Award’.

Well done Isabella!

We would like to wish Toby Lines a very happy birthday this week. We hope you had a very

special day.

Our netball team played their first competitive match against Great Waltham this week. They did so well and built up a 4-1 lead at one point but eventually lost by one point.

Well done team!

Congratulations to Isabel Sime, Portia, Caitlyn Roby-Smith, Harry Webb and William Lodge who have all received certificates for good

work in Spanish this week.

Congratulations to Nicky Wynne and Gracie Gowers who have received this

week’s Times Table Rockstars‘ certificates.

We would like to thank everyone for the amazing response we have received this week to our Amazon

Shopping List. Parcels have already been delivered from Miss Burtenshaw,

Miss Hill, Miss Breen, Mrs Setford and Mrs Santos-Brien.

The items don’t necessarily have to bought from Amazon but the list of things are on

there. We will update this regularly. https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1G0P44VDWK54I?

&sort=default#

Staff Training

Ms Bacon attended a reading group

Governor Visits

Liz Millard met with Mrs Norrington and Mrs Meares to discuss Pupil Premium

Mrs Meares attended the EPHA Termly Meeting

Writing of the Week

Taylors (RN) - Eadie Toomey-Cobb

Sandypits (1/2) - Stanley Butcher

Leylands (3/4) - Peter Gowers

Fardings (5/6) - Ruby Hawthorn Meares

Attendance

Well done to Reception Class who achieved 100% attendance this week!

Flourish and shine in all that we do

“Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of heavens”

Daniel 12:3

Respect, Trust, Courage and Truthfulness are our school values

Thank you to everyone who helped support the Ready Steady Read

sponsored event.

We have raised a staggering £661.24, which means that we as a school now have £1057.90 to spend on Usborne

books.

Congratulations to Lyla Setford who was the pupil who raised the most and wins £20 worth of Usborne books

for herself.

Parents to Lunch

Year 2 parents/carers came to lunch this week to enjoy Beef Pasticcio or Macaroni Cheese with their children.

Thank you for coming along and supporting this event and thank you to Miss Doe and Mrs Dymond for

cooking the delicious meals in our kitchen.

A huge thank you to Mrs Leach and Miss Breen for the book

donations from the recommended reading lists last week.

Congratulations to Toby Lines and Ronnie Boswell who both moved up a

colour in reading this week.

Keep up the good work!

Congratulations to the following children on passing their level 2 Bikeability Cycle training this week;

Portia, Samuel Tugwell, Thomas Linnett-Loizou, Caitlyn Roby-Smith, Harper Thompson and

Mya Martin

This training develops skills for cycling on single-lane roads with simple junctions

and moderate traffic and includes the core functions for safe and responsible cycling.

Class Star Readers

This week Leylands received the class star readers certificate.

Holidays in Term Time

We would like to remind all Parents/Carers that we will not authorise holidays during term time unless the reasons

are exceptional.

Penalty notices may be issued where there have been at least 10 sessions of unauthorised absence during the

previous ten school weeks.

The penalty for each parent is £60, for each child, if paid within 21 days of receipt of the notice. This rises to £120 if paid after 21 days but within 28 days of receipt of the notice.

Sports Relief Day

The children had fun on Friday as they attempted to climb Mount Everest.

Mr Sime set up a mini Everest in the hall and throughout the day the children took part to ascend as many times as

they could with the aim of covering all 8,848 metres elevation to reach the summit of the tallest mountain in

the world!

Thank you to parents and carers for sponsoring their children to help raise money for this great cause. The amount raised will appear on next week’s newsletter.

Remi our Pets as Therapy dog even joined in for a bit.

Thank you very much to Mrs Wills, Mrs Oddie, La Senora Meares, Miss Breen and Mrs Ovenden for coming in to help reband our books in the

library. Your help is very much appreciated.

Well done to Ruby Hawthorn-Meares, Caitlyn Roby-Smith, Samuel Tugwell and Thomas

Linnett-Loizou for taking part in the KS2 Maths Competition on Thursday. Mr Sime said you did really well and should be proud.