Peartree Spring Primary School Newsletter — 15/03/2019 Notices

Comic Relief 2019 (Red Nose Day) - Well done to all the children and staff who took part in this event by wearing noses

and/or having wacky hair. We still have a few noses for sale in the school office at the cost of £1.25 each.

Online Safety - Education Child Protection will be visiting our school on Tuesday 19th March to provide workshops

for the children on how to ‘keep safe’ in respect of ‘Online Safety’. These workshops will help educate the children

to develop resiliency in response to the challenges they may face online. We would also like to invite Parents/Carers

to attend an evening presentation on this day from 6 -7pm in the School Hall. Doors open at 5:45pm – entry via the walkway. Please

note this presentation is for adults ONLY.

Marie Curie (Daffodil Appeal) - A reminder that children are able to purchase a daffodil for a minimum donation of £1.00

in aid of Marie Curie nurses. The last day for donations will be Friday 29th March.

Science and Technology Week - Thank you to all the parents and children who attended our Science and

Technology evening on Thursday and for all the positive comments/feedback. A fun time was had by all and special

thanks go to Miss Ratty and staff for organising the event.

Reception WOW day - Well done to the Reception children and staff who dressed as a Prince or Princess for the Fairy

Tale Ball on Wednesday. Parents are able to watch the video of the event on Thursday 21st March during the morning

workshop which runs from 8.50am to 9.15am.

Bicycles/scooters - For Health & Safety purposes, please ensure your child/ren DO NOT ride their bicycles/scooters on school

grounds.

Parent Consultations - A reminder that these are being held on Tuesday 26th March and Thursday 28th March. Please remember to

book your preferred date and time via this website: https://peartreespring.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/ . The online system will be

open from Monday 18th March to Friday 22nd March. Only the front pedestrian gates will be open to the school.

Mother’s Day Fayre - (Friends of Peartree) - Children will be able to choose a gift for someone special, wrap and label it

during the school day on Friday 29th March. A flyer with further details was emailed to parents on Wednesday. Please

remember to book via Schoolgateway. Thank you.

Eco Week - The week commencing Monday 18th March is Eco Week - children will be focusing on Biodiversity and taking

part in various activities throughout the week. They will looking at making bird feeders, planting, building a mini Eco System

as well as other activities.

After School Clubs - A reminder that teacher led After School Club finish on the week ending Friday 22nd March. A letter will be sent

to parents in April 2019 regarding clubs for the Summer Term. Premier Sports After School Clubs will finish the week ending 5th April 2019.

Garden House Hospice Non-Uniform Day - This is being held on Friday 22nd March. Please see separate flyer for

further details.

W/c 18th March 2019 is Lunch Week 1

of the menu

The lunch menu is available to peruse on our school website. The cost

of a school meal is £2.40 per day, £12.00 per week. Meals must be paid

for in advance via schoogateway.com. Please note - Week 1 green

option will be Pizza and NOT Pizza Wrap as indicated on the menu.

REMINDER - Due to some of our children having severe nut allergies,

please do not put items in your child’s packed lunch box that contains

nuts.

PE Noticeboard

Quicks Sticks Hockey - Well done to the Quick Sticks

Hockey children who came 4th in their group and 7th

overall. They played amazingly well, won 3 of their games and showed a

strong sporting spirit.

Whole School Attendance

1st Hedgehog 100%

2nd Thames 99.7%

2nd Amazon 99.7%

3rd Ladybird 98.9%

4th Savannah 98.2%

5th Coral 98%

6th Squirrel 97.9%

6th Caspian 97.9%

6th Alps 97.9%

7th Desert 97.7%

8th Jellyfish 97.6%

8th Rockies 97.6%

9th Pyrenees 97.5%

10th Bumblebee 97.3%

11th Rainbowfish 97.2%

12th Java 96.7%

13th Starfish 96.3%

14th Rainforest 96%

15th Nile 92.3%

16th Butterfly 91.4%

17th Mole 89.6%

March 2019 Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 After School Clubs finish

this week.

Eco Week.

Parent Evening System

open for bookings.

Yoga Parent Session in

Community Room from

9 to 10am.

Coffee Morning

from 9 to 10am.

Parent Evening System

open for bookings.

Online Safety

(Keeping Safe) day

Presentation for parents from

6-7pm in school hall

(please book places via

schoolgateway).

Reception Library @ 3.00pm.

Parent Evening System

open for bookings.

Amazon Class

Assembly @ 9.15am.

Yr 2 visit to Gulliver’s

Dinosaur/Farm Park.

Yr 3 swimming.

Parent Evening System

open for bookings.

Yr. 3 swimming.

Parent Evening System open

for bookings.

Garden House Hospice

Non-uniform Day - more

details to follow soon.

Easter Bonnet information

letter to be emailed to

parents.

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Yoga Parent Session in Oak

Suite from 9 to 10am.

Parent Consultations from

3.30-7.00pm (please note -

this is not being held on

the 27th March as

previously advertised).

Reception Library

@ 3.00pm.

Desert Class

Assembly @ 9.15am.

Yr 3 swimming.

Parent Consultations from

3.30-7.00pm.

Mother’s Day Fayre for

children during

school day.

Yr 3 swimming.

April 2019 Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Yr 4 performance

‘Mistery at Magpie Manor’

@ 6.30pm

Coffee Morning

from 9 to 10am.

Easter Bonnet Competition

- last day for entries.

Yr 4 performance

‘Mistery at Magpie Manor’ @

6.30pm.

Reception Library @ 3.00pm. Easter Bonnet Parade

(for children during

school day).

End of Term - school

finishes at 1.30pm.

8 (school holidays)

9 (school holidays)

10 (school holidays)

11 (school holidays)

12 (school holidays)

13 14

15 (school holidays)

16 (school holidays)

17 (school holidays)

18 (school holidays)

19 Good Friday

(school closed) 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Easter Monday

(school closed) Children return to school Class Photographs.

Reception Library @ 3.00pm.

Stars of the Week

Mole Jaycob M

for doing beautiful ballroom dancing with his princess at the fairy tale ball.

Squirrel Sophia S

for blowing Miss Aulsberry’s socks off with her amazing reading!

Hedgehog Daisy D

for working hard to identify her initial phonemes and using them in her

reading.

Butterfly Aston T-M

for his brilliant effort and discussion during our Materials topic in Science.

Bumblebee Myla E

for her hard work and dedication to all areas of her learning.

Ladybird Rhys S

for his fantastic listening, learning and volunteering during our science

workshop with Professor Bubbles.

Jellyfish Macie E

for working really hard to improve her reading.

Rainbowfish Summer W

for sharing her fantastic ideas all through science week.

Starfish Jack S

for his fantastic role in our class assembly.

Desert Archie M

for his fantastic research into the function of the different parts

of a plant.

Rainforest Evie J

for her excellent use of speech punctuation when writing dialogue for

our retelling of Journey.

Savannah Freddie F

for describing a story’s setting using lots of fantastic similes.

Amazon Netas M

for working exceptionally hard in all lessons at all times.

Nile Jasmine B

for fantastic reasoning in our comprehension lesson this week.

Thames Sam M

for excellent observations on our trip to West Stow this week.

Caspian Lucas A

for showing improved independent skills in his work and trying to use scientific vocabulary to explain his

understanding during science week.

Coral Abigail C

for great work exploring the properties of 3D shapes and using the correct

vocabulary to describe them.

Java Isabella J

for her brilliant explanations of our experiments during science week

using the correct scientific vocabulary.

Alps Lenny B

for excellent independent reading comprehension answers all week.

Pyrenees Callum D

for his fantastic work on colons, semi-colons and dashes.

Rockies Ethan N-S

for his amazing work in all our science week learning about space.

Star Reader Reception - Efe O, Corey F and Struan F

Year 1 - Grace H, Leila R and Lily-May D

Year 2 - Lexi C, Leo J-A and Jessica T

Year 3 - Luka P, Reece C and Jada-May B

Year 4 - Lamaia-Rose J, Kieran S and Lilly V

Year 5 - Jem G, Joshua F and Lexi W

Year 6 - Jake H, Poppy D and Grace W

Star Mathematician Reception - James A, Kayden S and Lily P

Year 1 - Oliver P, Skye D and Lauren P

Year 2 - Tiani R, Tom R and Megan W

Year 3 - Imogen P, George L and Dylan D

Year 4 - Thomas P, David T and Danielle D

Year 5 - Chloe B, Riley G-M and Nigellus O

Year 6 - Keira M, Steven R and Oliver M

Lunchtime Star Reception - Jovanni R, Phoebe W-H and Zayden S

Year 1 - Evie F-W, Honey G and Amy B

Year 2 - Angela N, Cassie P and Noah M

Year 3 - Bryan A, Malachi B and Jacob T

Year 4 - Jayden K, Jack G and Jaisey P

Year 5 - Alex P, Milly B and Meso O

Year 6 - Gabriela B, James B and Kelsie B

Birthdays

Reception -

Year 1 -

Year 2 - Lenny D

Year 3 - Caris J

Year 4 - Sienna B, Rachel S, Curtis C

Year 5 - Blake J

Year 6 - Elise D

Star Children

Casey W, Bailey-Rae A, Adam D, Emmie B (Yr 1), Sienna W, Henry C, Jack

S (Yr 2), Cole P (Yr 3), Judy D, Phoebe M, Paige W, Emma F, Netas M ,

Charlie V, Alesha B, Jack C, Curtis C, Rachel S, Reano A, Lizzie W, Tyler R,

(Yr 4), Yana A, Lily-Rose B, Keirstine R, Isabelle W, (Yr 5), Jason A, Ellie K,

Chloe B, Kenzie C, Morgan S, Charlie T and Ruby W (Yr 6).