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8 November 2013 School Newsletter Good morning and what a miserable rainy day it is! Needless to say the atmosphere in school doesn’t emulate that of outside and having walked around the school this morning, everyone was quietly working in class. I hope you all enjoyed a week away from school. I’ve been busy hearing from the children all the things they have been up to and the fireworks they’ve been to see. As usual we have hit the ground running. On Monday we had an INSET day where staff spent a long me discussing priories for the school, in parcular we looked at wring for a considera- ble amount of me and how we can connue to push children to gain the highest levels. Many thanks to those of you who came to parents’ meengs this week, we hope that you found the informaon valuable. Please can I remind you, though, that if you are concerned or have any quesons, you are able to make an appointment with the teacher at any me - you don’t have to wait unl the next parents meeng in March. Teachers will contact those of you who were unable to make it to the meengs for any reason so that we can update you on your child’s progress. Over the half term, the staff were busy preparing for Christmas at school. This year we will be holding a navity for the Foundaon Stage children, a producon for the KS1 children and the KS2 children will be doing an evening carol concert which we will be holding in the church next door. All the dates are on the dates list at the end of the newsleer and you will be receiving informaon about ckets shortly. Before then, we will be holding the Xmas Fayre so please read on for details about that, including the muſti day coming up. Now my weekly whinge about parking is going to take a different tack this week and that is to highlight to you the legal requirements for children to wear seatbelts (including taxis) and appropriate car seats whilst travelling in a car. I was horrified before half term to fol- low a Pyrford family into Woking aſter school where not one of the three children were sing in a booster seat, let alone wearing a seat belt. As you may have heard, I raised this issue in assembly with the children to make them aware that they MUST wear a seat belt in the car. It is however the driver’s legal responsibility to ensure this happens. I thought this may have been an isolated case but other parents have contacted me to say that they too have noced this issue with children from our school. The link has all the informaon and legal fines hps://www.gov.uk/seat-belts-law. Have a good weekend, hopefully the forecast will improve! Best wishes Kathryn Krynicki Headteacher Please note: There is a ‘No Dogs on Site’ rule for all school premises. This includes leaving the dog in the car park while collecng from class or aſter school clubs. Dogs need to be on the lead outside the school perimeter. We appreciate your cooperaon. Inside this issue No Dogs on Site please……..………... 1 Friends News./ Santa’s Groo…….. 2 Year 2 go ‘Around the World’…….… 3 Diary Dates…………..……………….. 4,5 Golden Book …………………………....... 5 Community Page………………….. 6 Special points of interest Friends’ Xmas Fayre plans Santa’s Groo booking info ‘Around the World’ with Yr 2 Shepherd’s Market Hope Rocks Concert
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8 November 2013
School Newsletter
Good morning and what a miserable rainy day it is! Needless to say the atmosphere in school doesn’t emulate that of outside and having walked around the school this morning, everyone was quietly working in class. I hope you all enjoyed a week away from school. I’ve been busy hearing from the children all the things they have been up to and the fireworks they’ve been to see. As usual we have hit the ground running. On Monday we had an INSET day where staff spent a long time discussing priorities for the school, in particular we looked at writing for a considera-ble amount of time and how we can continue to push children to gain the highest levels. Many thanks to those of you who came to parents’ meetings this week, we hope that you found the information valuable. Please can I remind you, though, that if you are concerned or have any questions, you are able to make an appointment with the teacher at any time - you don’t have to wait until the next parents meeting in March. Teachers will contact those of you who were unable to make it to the meetings for any reason so that we can update you on your child’s progress. Over the half term, the staff were busy preparing for Christmas at school. This year we will be holding a nativity for the Foundation Stage children, a production for the KS1 children and the KS2 children will be doing an evening carol concert which we will be holding in the church next door. All the dates are on the dates list at the end of the newsletter and you will be receiving information about tickets shortly. Before then, we will be holding the Xmas Fayre so please read on for details about that, including the mufti day coming up. Now my weekly whinge about parking is going to take a different tack this week and that is to highlight to you the legal requirements for children to wear seatbelts (including taxis) and appropriate car seats whilst travelling in a car. I was horrified before half term to fol-low a Pyrford family into Woking after school where not one of the three children were sitting in a booster seat, let alone wearing a seat belt. As you may have heard, I raised this issue in assembly with the children to make them aware that they MUST wear a seat belt in the car. It is however the driver’s legal responsibility to ensure this happens. I thought this may have been an isolated case but other parents have contacted me to say that they too have noticed this issue with children from our school. The link has all the information and legal fines https://www.gov.uk/seat-belts-law. Have a good weekend, hopefully the forecast will improve! Best wishes Kathryn Krynicki Headteacher Please note: There is a ‘No Dogs on Site’ rule for all school premises. This includes leaving the dog in the car park while collecting from class or after school clubs. Dogs need to be on the lead outside the school perimeter. We appreciate your cooperation.
Inside this issue
No Dogs on Site please……..………... 1
Friends News./ Santa’s Grotto…….. 2
Year 2 go ‘Around the World’…….… 3
Diary Dates…………..……………….. 4,5
Golden Book …………………………....... 5
Community Page………………….. 6
Special points of interest
Friends’ Xmas Fayre plans
Santa’s Grotto booking info
‘Around the World’ with Yr 2
Shepherd’s Market
Hope Rocks Concert
Friends News
Save the Date Notices
12th November - Nearly New Toys and books to school for children’s tombola
19th November - Mufti Day - bring chocolate, wine, etc for Adult tombola
26th April - Friends Summer Ball Calling all Vendors
Stalls are available for the Christmas Bazaar & Fayre on 23 November 2013 – 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Fee is £20. Please contact Joanne Attrill – [email protected] or
text 07960 749123 for a Booking Form. The Decorate a Christmas-themed Jam Jar is on its way… Please can you save your jam jars and lids and if you have a few spares they can be left at the office for anyone
to collect if they don’t have a spare jar. Match Funding - Can you help? Does your employer offer any assistance with charity fund raising initiatives? Lots of
companies do so please check and see if your employer does. This would make a huge difference to our fund raising. If you have any queries contact Sam Berry 07968 395 893.
Please note: This year Santa’s grotto
will not have an official photographer.
Pyrford C of E Primary School
FRIENDS’ LOTTERY
WINNERS
OCTOBER 2013 (137 Members)
1
st Prize No. 71 Jill Challis
£45.50
2nd
Prize No. 58 Suzanna Eliot £23.00
NEW MEMBERS NEEDED- PLEASE
JOIN!
Only £1 per month To join the School Lottery please
contact Jo Stephens [email protected]
Just before our half term
holiday, Year 2 came to
school dressed in clothes to
represent a country. They
began their day parading
their outfits in the hall.
They then took part in a
range of activities based
around their Geography top-
ic for the half term; ‘Where
in the World is Barnaby
Bear?’ These included iden-
tifying countries on a map,
Chinese writing, cooking piz-
za, flag making and aborigi-
nal painting. The children
thoroughly enjoyed their
day and have learnt a lot
about different countries.
YEAR 2 GO ‘AROUND THE WORLD’ ON THEIR SPECIAL DAY
REMINDER: IF YOU RECEIVED A ‘SEN’ QUESTIONNAIRE AND HAVE
NOT YET RETURNED IT, MRS CARRINGTON WOULD APPRECIATE YOU
DOING SO. IF YOU HAVE MISPLACED IT, THERE ARE A FEW MORE
COPIES AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICE. THANK YOU!
Description Date Time
Bring in nearly new toys & books for Xmas Fayre 12/11/13 Look out for details
Yr 4 to Hampton Court 13/11/13 all day
Prospective Parents Tour 15/11/13 14:00 - 15:30
Friends Mufti Day for Xmas Fayre donations 19/11/13 Look out for details
Prospective Parents Tour 19/11/13 10:00 - 11:30
Friends Christmas Fayre 23/11/13 all day
Prospective Parents Tour 28/11/13 14:00 - 15:30
SCAT assembly 29/11/13 11:00 - 11:30
Foundation Stage Christmas Production 10/12/13 10:00
Key Stage 1 Christmas Production 10/12/13 14:00
Key Stage 1 Christmas Production 11/12/13 10:00
Key Stage 2 Carols by Candlelight Service 12/12/13 19:00
'A Christmas Carol', Tickled Pink Productions 13/12/13 all day
Last Day of Autumn Term 19/12/13
INSET Day 20/12/13
Christmas Holidays 21/12/13 to 05/01/14
First Day of Spring Term 06/01/14
o2 Young Voices Concert 29/01/14 all day
Yr 1 to Windsor Castle 31/01/14 all day
Spring Half term 17/02 - 21/02/14
Yr 6 Ancient Greeks Play, Jr Hall 27/02/14 all day
Elm Class to Home Front Day at Henley Fort 12/03/14 all day
Maple Class to Home Front Day at Henley Fort 13/03/14 all day
Bikeability Course - Week 1 17/03/14 all day
Yr 2 to Brooklands Museum 18/03/14 all day
Spring Parents Meeting 18/03/14 15:30 - 17:30
Spring Parents Meeting 19/03/14 15:30 - 19:30
Bikeability Course - Week 2 24/03/14 all day
Yr 5 to Fairthorne Manor 25/03/14 all day
Yr 4 Tropical Zoo Roadshow 27/03/14 all day
Reception to Ladyland Farm 28/03/14 all day
Last Day of Spring Term 04/04/14
Easter Holidays 07/04 to 21/04/14
INSET Day 22/04/14
First Day of Summer Term 23/04/14
Yr 3 to High Ashurst 24/04/14 all day
Friends Summer Ball 26/04/14 look our for details
May Bank Holiday 05/05/14
Yr 1 Toy Workshop (in school) 07/05/14 all day
Yr 1 to Wisley Gardens 16/05/14 all day
Summer Half term 26/05 - 30/05/14
SCHOOL DATES FOR 2013—2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
Diary Dates continued...
INSET Day 02/06/14
Yr 3 to Pizza Express 03/06/14 all day
Yr 3 to Pizza Express 04/06/14 all day
Yr 4 to Wisley, ' Tiger in the Jungle' 05/06/14 all day
Yr 5 to Intech Planetarium 10/06/14 all day
Yr 6 to Shorefield Residential Ctr 23/06/14 all day
Foundation & Key Stage 1 Sports Day 15/07/14 am
Key Stage 2 Sports Day 16/07/14 am
Last Day of Summer Term 23/07/14
Maple - Daniel Wass for writing an
excellent newspaper report.
Larch - Hiba Salim for excellent effort
in numeracy.
Birch - Vinomie Managei for excellent
responses in RE about the uses and
symbols of a church.
Rowan - Bella Goodman for trying
hard in all subjects, especially numera-
cy.
Willow - Sana Munir for working really
hard in numeracy.
Laurel - Thomas Eliot for a fantastic
detective story.
Holly - Angus Caruth for writing a fan-
tastic poem about the sea.
Hazel - Jacob Brockway for always trying
his best.
Beech - James Swindells for trying hard
with his writing.
Chestnut - George Phillips for trying so
hard with his reading.
Oak - Adan Sultan for excellent behav-
iour at all times.
Pine - Taylor Goodrich for a super
‘Goldilocks’ story.
Hawthorn - Emily Cobbett for always
working hard.
Cedar - Raheem Hussain for always try-
ing hard.
Elm - Taibah Khan for working really
hard to split numbers in numeracy.
Congratulations to the Golden Book Winners
Week beginning 4 November
Hope Rocks returns to Pyrford on 23rd November at the Arbor. If you would like tickets please email [email protected]
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