NEWSLETTER –15th July 2016

Thank you all for your support at the MacMillan Coffee

Morning on Friday 2nd October. The children were fan-

tastically behaved and really enjoyed sharing their new

school with all of the parents. A special thank you to all

that donated cakes and to all the secondary phase stu-

dents who sold our treats.

We raised an amazing £257 this year which will be

matched by a generous company to take our total to

£514! Well done every one at TGS for supporting Mac-

Millan Cancer Support.

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Thursday 21st July—Paragon and Celebration

Assembly 2016

Primary 2pm - 3pm

Secondary 3.30pm—5.30pm

DATES FOR THE DIARY

Sports Day 2016

On Tuesday 12th July all of the children went to Crawley Town

Football Club for our first Sports Day. The children competed in

their houses in 6 sports events, and secondary also had an inter-

house football competition.

The children were fantastically behaved, and worked so well in

their house groups, with Year 7 and 8 modelling expectations of

the races and encouraging children to take part.

Well done to all the parents for taking part in the Parents’ Race,

the children really enjoyed watching it and were very proud!

Thank you all for coming to support your children in their first

Sports Day! We will announce the winners in our final Celebration

assembly, watch this space!

On Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July our DMT Dance Groups from primary and secondary per-formed at The Hawth. The children have only been learning these dances for 4 weeks previously and did so well performing in a thea-tre!

DMT at The Hawth

The Library Summer Reading Challenge begins to-morrow, Saturday 16th July 2016. They have a fun day at Crawley library to kick start, and lots of stories and prizes to encourage reading over the holi-days! Check your children’s bags for more information after their li-brary visitors came in this morn-ing!

The Big Friendly Read

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As you may be aware, the building work to prep us for 2016/17 has begun and in just 5 weeks we have seen amazing progress as you can see in the photos! We are also fully staffed for September 2016/17 following our appointment of Mark Roessler as our new Head of School, we have appointed 7 new teachers and 7 new members of support staff. Richard Keightley Class Teacher (Y2) Lewis James Class Teacher (Y1) Rob Grant Teacher (PE) Rosie Townsend Teacher (Drama) Emily Barnett Teacher (Food Tech) Sergio Ygon Teacher (MFL) Samantha Cronin Teacher (English)

Building and Staff 2016/17 Update

Stars of the Week—15th July 2016

Dragonflies’ star of the week was Eleanor. She is always following instructions and working independently. Eleanor makes

sure that she puts her hand up and is always on task, she sets a very good example in our class.

Crickets’ star of the week was Kaavya. She is very sensible and concentrates well in her learning. Kaavya is helpful and kind to

others in the class as well.

Peacocks’ star of the week was Nitya for working so hard on all her phonics sounds. She has been concentrating well which

has helped her in her reading.

Penguins’ star of the week was Daisy. Daisy has been working hard on her independence and has been coming into school

with a big smile!

Milly is the Delightful Dragonfly. She works hard in class and makes sure that she completes work to the very best of her abil-

ity. She is sensible and kind and enjoys helping others as well.

Khadija is the Clever Cricket this week. She has been working hard and is very kind and helpful in class. She follows instruc-

tions well and makes sure that she is listening on the carpet.

Reuben T is this weeks Proud Peacock. He has been very

kind in class and is playing really nicely with the other chil-

dren in the class.

Junaid is this weeks Perfect Penguin. He has been much

more independent in his learning, and shows that he is

ready to learn very quickly and sensibly.

Stacey Thorn Teaching Assistant (Primary) Steph Saltoglu Teaching Assistant (Primary) Luke Whiffin Teaching Assistant (Secondary) Dianne Lovegrove Receptionist/Admin Support Jen Poynton Midday Meals Supervisor & Breakfast Club Amanda Sales Midday Meals Supervisor Farrah Khan Midday Meals Supervisor