Thorney Tribune

Thorney Island CP School

Newsletter No 3 November 2021

November 2021

Dear Parents, Governors and Friends,

I hope this newsletter finds you well and looking forward to Christmas. This is often the busiest

half term of the year in school so please make a note of all the important dates as it is not always

possible to send out reminders

STAR OF THE WEEK AWARDS

5 November 12 November

Owl Class Beatrix Malone Owl Class Toby Atkinson

Osprey Class Elaina Hannah Osprey Class Poppy Gibbs

Prairie Falcon Class Layla Reith Van Beers Prairie Falcon Class Isabel Dippenaar

Peregrine Falcon Class Phoebe Allan Peregrine Falcon Class Bailey Harrison

Kestrel Class Freya Mingar Kestrel Class Hermione Hopkins

Merlin Class Phoebe Holcroft Merlin Class Freyja Wright

Goshawk Class Eva Carroll Goshawk Class Lily Knight

Hawk Class Khloe Ankomah Hawk Class George Heatley

Eagle Class Crystal Wright Eagle Class Filomena Baliveicau

Merlin Class – Wear it Wild

The children undertook some endangered animal art with the idea of the white animal outline

suggesting that if we don’t do something then the animal will soon disappear from its landscape

forever. In the afternoon they used modelling dough to design their own animal that would fit

somewhere in the school grounds - having to decide its eating habits, protection against predators,

how it hunts, where it lives and how it’s adapted etc. They were very creative! The class have also

decided to adopt an Amur Tiger this year.

New School Councillors

The following children have been elected to represent their class on the School Council. The

School Council meet with me fortnightly to discuss successes, needs, problems and responsibilities

after they have had a class meeting to raise any concerns they have. We always encourage children

and classes to sort out their own problems, but those that need further support are escalated to

the School Council and if necessary, Governors. As always the vast majority of things discussed

are the successes we have in school.

Osprey Class Finlay Mercer Lottie Bigby-Sutton

Prairie Falcon Class Henry Copland Isabel Dippenaar

Peregrine Falcon Class Isaac Dallimore Makelesi Naulumatua

Kestrel Class Sebastian Dallimore Soraya Scott

Merlin Class Api Navisiri Betsy Webster

Goshawk Class Oliver McFarlane Lilly-Mai Cotton

Hawk Class Lilly Norris Aston Biddlecombe

Eagle Class Stanley Porter Lily Young

Christmas Performances

We are planning to have Christmas performances this year for all year groups. The children enjoy

rehearsing and performing and this is an important and valuable part of our formal curriculum

(music, drama) as well as our informal teaching (working together, building confidence, performing).

Our hope is to be able to invite parents into school to watch the performances; however, this very

much depends on the COVID situation at the time. Please be assured that if circumstances

dictate that we are unable to have a live audience we may share with you virtually or with photo’s

depending on which we deem to be the most appropriate at the time.

We are constantly monitoring the situation and as always, thank you for your patience and

understanding.

Classes Performance Day Timings

Owl + Merlin Nativity Tuesday 7 December 9.30am

Wednesday 8 December 2.00pm

Hawk, Goshawk

and Eagle

Carol Service Thursday 9 December 9.15am

Friday 10 December 2.15pm

Osprey and

Kestrel

Gruffalo / Carol

Service

Wednesday 8 December 9.15am

Thursday 9 December 2.15pm

Peregrine and

Prairie Falcon

12 Days of

Christmas

Wednesday 8 December 1.30pm

Friday 10 December 9.15am

We expect the performances to last between 20 and 30 minutes.

Children in Need, Friday 19 November

This year, Children in Need is Friday 19 November. Children are encouraged to come to school

wearing their pyjamas, a onesie or ‘something different’ in return for a donation. Donations can be

made via our Just Giving page, www.justgiving.com/Thorney-Island-School We are requesting that

children do not bring money into school.

International Week

Football Match - Thorney v Westbourne

The team played extremely well considering

this was their first ever game playing

together. The children from Westbourne

were all from Year 6 and towered over the

Thorney players. Mr Harms was very

impressed with the teams’ resilience and

enthusiasm. We have quite a young team on

which to build and Mr Harms is keen to play

more games against other locality schools.

I have now hung up my Head Coach boots

and am looking forward to watching more games form the side-lines! I’m not sure if it will be any

less stressful, especially when you see Alex Ferguson in the stands at Old Trafford!

Roadworks at Thorney Island Gate Post

From Monday 29 November work will commence to Tarmac the road between the barriers and the

first speed bump, plus the installation of bollards to the front of the kiosk. This work should take

5 days depending on circumstances and conditions.

All families and visitors to Thorney Island are requested to be patient and are advised to allow

extra time to get on to the Island whilst these works are undertaken.

Dates for your Diary – Please See Below

Yours sincerely

Dean Clegg

Headteacher

DIARY DATES

15 November Kestrel Class to Tuppenny Barn

17 November Flu Vaccinations – whole school

18 November Play & Share – Owl Class

19 November Children in Need

22 November Last week of after school clubs

30 November Rainbow Theatre performing Dick Whittington – whole school

02 December Osprey Class to pantomime at Kings Theatre, Southsea

02 December Star Gazing – Hawk & Goshawk Classes

07 December Nativity – Owl & Merlin Classes, 9.30am

08 December Nativity – Owl & Merlin Classes, 2.00pm

08 December Gruffalo & Carol Service – Osprey & Kestrel Classes, 9.15am

08 December 12 Days of Christmas – Prairie & Peregrine Falcon Classes, 1.30pm

09 December Carol Service – Hawk, Goshawk & Eagle Classes, 9.15am

09 December Gruffalo & Carol Service – Osprey & Kestrel Classes, 9.15am

09 December Christmas Lunch – whole school

10 December 12 Days of Christmas – Prairie & Peregrine Falcon Classes, 9.15am

10 December Carol Service – Hawk, Goshawk & Eagle Classes, 2.15pm

16 December Christmas Party – whole school

17 December Last day of term – Merry Christmas to all

04 January 2022 First day of Spring Term – back to school for all children

Term Dates & INSET Days 2021/2022

02 September 2021: Start of Autumn Term

22 October 2021: INSET Day (children do not attend school on this day)

25 – 29 October 2021: Half Term

17 December 2021: End of Autumn Term - Break-up for Christmas Holiday

04 January 2022: Start of Spring Term

18 February 2022: INSET Day (children do not attend school on this day)

21-25 February 2022: Half Term

28 February 2022: INSET Day (children do not attend school on this day)

08 April 2022: End of Spring Term - Break-up for Easter Holiday

25 April 2022: Start of Summer Term

02 May 2022: Bank Holiday

27 May 2022: INSET Day (children do not attend school on this day)

30 May – 3 June 2022: Half Term

6 June 2022 INSET Day (children do not attend school on this day)

21 July 2022 End of Summer Term – Break-up for Summer Holiday