Newsletter 25th June 2021

MESSAGE FROM MRS COLLINS

What an amazing sports day we had on Tuesday. We started our day, by performing our Sandfield

dance, as a whole school. Our marvelous dancing and singing, chased those grey, rainy clouds away, so the sporting action could begin. Well done to all the children for getting involved in so many different activities during the morning; racing on the track, the football dribble, the obstacle

course, skipping race, standing long jump, bean bag throw and of course the egg and spoon race!

For some of the team events points were awarded for sportsmanship and it was so great to see and hear the children cheering each other on and supporting each other when things didn’t go to plan.

This is what makes Sandfield such a special place.

Hopefully, we will be able to do it all again next year, but this time invite all the families to come and join in the fun too.

Have a great weekend! Mrs Collins

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RESPECTFUL SAFE

Sandfield Primary School, Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 4DT, 01483 566586

General enquiries: please use Studybugs as the first option or email parents@sandfield.surrey.sch.uk

Contact your child’s class teacher: Please send any messages via Seesaw or Tapestry (Year R only)

CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY

The following children mentioned in this week’s Celebration Assembly were:

Reception Class: Holly and Winter

Year 1: Lottie and Ines

Year 2: Eva and Sam and also a very sad goodbye to Sam

Year 3: Olivia and Sebastian

Year 4: Izz and Honey

Year 5: Lily and Ale

Year 6: Leo and Kornelia

MESSAGE FROM THE INCLUSION TEAM Zones of Regulation

You may have seen the below Zones of Regulation visual in your child's school bag.

Zones of Regulation is an approach used to support the development of emotional self-regulation in children and we use it in school - in assemblies and class. All the different ways children feel and the

states of alertness they experience are categorised into four coloured zones. Children who are well regulated are able to be in the appropriate zone at the appropriate time. The green zone is where we learn best. There is no 'wrong zone' as humans feel a range of emotions.

We encourage our pupils to think about their personal tools to help them move zones and your children might talk to you about this. Please contact the Pastoral and Inclusion team via parents@sandfield.surrey.sch.uk if you want more information.

NEWS FROM THE OFFICE SCOPAY

Owing to forthcoming changes in the set-up of the school’s SCOPAY programme, the system will be closed to parents from the afternoon of Friday 16th July 2021.

These changes will also mean that the system will not be operational during the first part of

September, possibly until 13th September!

Please can we ask that any orders of uniform needed for September are ordered online before 16th July.

We will notify all parents when the system is up and running again in September and we thank you for your understanding.

NEWS FROM THE PTA Thank you for the phenomenal response to the Sandfield Smarties challenge! So far we have raised approximately £1100. We are just waiting on collecting the last remaining

tubes to be added to this total. Thank you to everyone and final results will be announced in the next newsletter. If you do find any stray tubes at bottom of school bags, please hand them to staff

on the gate next week. Thank you for your continuous support

Happy School Bags!! Last chance to drop off will be Wednesday 9am - June 30th!

Items accepted:-

Adult and children's clothing

Paired Shoes

Fashion accessories

Handbags, Belts,

Hats, Scarves

Jewellery, Perfumes

Items NOT accepted:-

X Dirty, Damaged, Wet Clothes X Uniforms - GIVE TO OUR UNIFORM SHOP! X Underclothing

X Toys, Books, DVD's X Duvets, Pillows, Household linen X Carpets, Blankets, Curtains, fabric

X Bric-a-Brac

Please ensure that only clothing in good reusable condition is placed in the bags.

Thank you so much Team Sandfield!

NEWS FROM THE CLASSROOMS! Reception Class

Reception have enjoyed learning about The Very Hungry Caterpillar 🐛! They were able to retell the

story and put it in order. We have also been watching our caterpillars grow and they have now gone into their cocoons. They have also made their own caterpillar telling the story.

In maths we have been looking at doubling using our ladybirds and dominoes.

Year 1 & Year 2 What an amazing time we all had at sports day. The children showed real determination and resilience as they threw, skipped, jumped and negotiated our obstacle course with skill and finesse.

The sportsmanship and encouragement they showed their friends and teammates was fantastic as they were urging them to do their very best. We have a very talented team of athletes and they all showed this as we did our short and long races with every child being actively involved and doing

their very best.

Well done Year 1 & Year 2 we were all immensely proud of you and all your achievements.

Year 3 & Year 4

What a busy week Year 3 and 4 have had, with such a variety of super learning! Their sporting skills were so obvious on Tuesday and we were very proud of the demonstration of their sportsmanship, supporting and cheering all the athletes. Spot them in the photos of Sports Day on display.

Back in the classroom, they have been continuing to explore bridges in DT by building cantilever examples this week. In Science, they have continued with the unit on States of Matter by learning all about gases and their properties. They were amazed to discover that gas has weight!

We have been reading and writing about two of the main characters from Empire’s End – Camilla’s father and Septimius Severus. The children used a strategy, Diamond nines, to sort vocabulary that they might use to describe either man and to find the most effective words. Great examples were

discussed and egotistical, omnipotent and intellectual were all favourite choices. Well done Year 3 and 4 – great learning again this week.

Year 5 & Year 6 Year 5 and 6 had an awesome time going round for the different sports day events at Guildford

Cricket club!

Our running skills were first to be tested and the shuttles proved almost too much for some. Then we negotiated the obstacle course and managed to run whilst skipping! Mr Godber also had to

dodge a few nerf vortex as the Year 6 children tried to get him! Last up was the football dribble, Egg & Spoon race and then standing long jump wore us out and we had to have a lie down for lunch!

Well done to all!!