Friday 1st November 2019
Myatt Garden Newsletter Issue 265 www.myattgarden.lewisham.sch.uk
Dates for diary
6/11 Parents’ Evening
4-8pm
7/11 Parents’ Evening
4-6pm
8/11 Year 6 Tower of
London trip
11/11 Anti-bullying week
14/11 Year 5 & 6 Athletics
18/11 INSET DAY
20/11 Year 5 Cinema trip
Horrible Histories
Governors’ Meeting
21/11 Year 4 Science
Museum
International Evening
22/11 Year 5(Pons) trip to
Parliament
26/11Year 5(Damant) trip to
Parliament
28/11 Flu Vaccinations
29/11 FOMG Christmas Fair
4/12 KS1 Maths meeting
5/12 Year 6 National Portrait
Gallery trip
6/12 Vicky Foxcroft MP
visiting Year 6
Our free range playtimes are off to a great start
Playtime makes up 20% of the time that children spend at school, so we
want to make sure that children get every opportunity to build their
physical, emotional, social and intellectual development…. and to have
LOTS of fun while they’re doing it.
Working alongside OPAL, over
the next 12 months, children will
be offered new challenges and
allowed to play with a range of
new equipment and resources. As
we introduce new play items, we
will use play assemblies to talk
through the potential risks, as well
as develop a set of boundaries
agreed with the children so that
they know what they can and can’t do with the
resources available to them.
This week, we introduced tyres, crates and chair
tops. You can see from the photographs how
much fun we had.
We’ll keep you updated as we introduce new
resources and will be inviting all of you to come
and play alongside us on TUESDAY 26th
NOVEMBER from 3:15 to 4pm. Please put the
date in your diary!
You may find that your child is a little
dirtier when they arrive home, but we promise
that the experiences and learning that will have taken place have been
worth the mess. Please let them wear clothes and coats to school that they
are allowed to get dirty.
Huge thanks to the Friends of Myatt Garden for their fabulous support.
You’re helping to make our playtimes amazing!!
Anti-Bullying Week
We will be marking Anti-Bullying week at Myatt Garden (W/B Monday
11th November) in a number of ways - special assemblies, lessons in class
and the launch of our new children’s leaflet on bullying.
We will also be raising awareness by celebrating our
individuality and what makes us all unique with Odd
Socks Day on Tuesday 12th . It’s easy and we’d love
everyone to get involved!
No Idling Banners - PLEASE HELP !!
We are keen to get some banners up outside of the school reminding all
families about the importance of switching off car engines and not idling.
But we need more art work. Can you help us out this weekend? We’re
asking children to paint, crayon or use felt tips to create colourful pictures
of traffic, congestion, pollution, etc. that we can use to fill the letters inside
our message about clean air, avoiding unnecessary car journeys and idling.
A YEAR OF 'FUN' RAISING
The Friends of Myatt Garden needs to raise £20,000 this year, supporting the new Playground Develop-ment Project and educational enrichment activities for all our children. This is £10K more than previous years and we know we can do this together.
See our Friends of Myatt Garden noticeboards for more details.
How You Can Help with our Fun-Raising
The FOMG will hold a number of 'fun' raising events throughout the year. We would love you to come along and enjoy these events. The first date for your calendar is the Christmas Party on 29th Novem-ber, with a Christmas Disco, raffle prizes, treats and food.
Unrivalled Farm Fresh Christmas Trees Delivered Locally
We will be taking orders shortly for our famous Christmas trees, with deliveries in the local area on 30th November and 14th December. They will come direct from our Kent farm to your doorstep, deliv-ered by our very own Christmas Elves. If you have a large car or van and would like to join our elves de-liver trees locally please get in touch.
easyfundraising.org.uk
Do you shop online for anything from insurance, to holidays, clothes or the weekly food shop? Please spend a moment to visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk At no cost to yourselves you will be raising money from over 4,000 shops. It's easy fundraising for Myatt Garden, just add our school name in the search box.
There are so many ways you can pledge your support:
· Volunteer to help before or during one of our events - we always need help · Bake a cake for our Christmas Party and the Summer Fair · Donate chocolates and sweets for our Tombola and drinks for our bar · Are you an entertainer, crafter or just have a flare for fun? Ask how your you can get involved with our events · Match-Funding: If you work for a large business such as a bank, supermarket, or highstreet store, ask your manager if they offer 'Match Funding.' We can provide you with the details. This would mean a donation from that business, when you volunteer some time at one of our events · Run Your own event: from fun-runs, to marathons, yard sales, cakes sales and clothing swaps you can raise money with your friends and families. With donations made directly online with wonderful.org the Friends of Myatt Garden will receive every penny from your effort · Promote your business with the Friends of Myatt Garden; from advertising within our Summer Fair programme, to providing raffle prizes and donating a resource or skill we would love to chat.
Email us at [email protected] , follow us on facebook Fr iends of Myatt Garden or ask to join our Friends of Myatt WhatsApp for regular updates on everything from social events to fundraising.