Learning Together, Achieving Forever

Habit: Happiness

Issue 35 21st June 2019

Message from our Principal Ms Botley Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you so much for the lovely words we have had from you following our Ofsted report’s publication on Monday and for your understanding about how the Ofsted framework has changed since 2013, so despite the ‘good’ judgement rather than ‘outstanding’, our school has improved significantly since 2013. This is at the same time as starting our pre-Nursery and doubling in size in terms of pupil numbers, staff and buildings! When you read the report hopefully you will read all the positive comments about the Primary Phase. It was really lovely to see that a quotation from one of our Long Lane students made it into the report: ‘There is so much learning in this school, you can’t resist it.’ I was also pleased that our recognition from the Department for Education for being in the top 3% of schools nationally for progress was cited in the report. We received a lovely message from Robert Henderson, Director of Croydon Children’s Services which ended with ‘Please pass on my congratulations and thanks to staff, the governing body, the children and parents for all their hard work which has been recognised in this Section 5 inspection report’. I echo his thanks to you, our lovely parents, for your continued support and friendliness. We just need more of you to join our PTA! Please see their message below. We now start our sports day / open evening season. We hope the weather holds out for all our sports day events, and that we do not have to postpone any of them. Year 2 parents we hope to see lots of you at our Long Lane Open Evening on Wednesday 3rd July, from 6pm-7.30pm. This is a chance for you and your child to get to know Long Lane, or re-acquaint yourselves if your child was in our Nursery. Congratulations to our newly elected school councillors who will take up their positions now ready to hit the ground running in September. Thank you to all the school councillors from this year who have had a real impact across the school. Their job over the next few weeks is to pass on their skills and advice to the new councillors, in our transition council period. Best wishes, Mrs Botley

Scooters/Bikes at Stroud Green We have noticed that now the weather is becoming warmer more children are scootering to school. This is great but if your child is late, we can no longer store these by the office. Please can we ask that you now take them away with you or if on time park them in the playground. Thank you in advance The Office

Have we got up-to-date contact details for you? Please remember to let us know if you move, change your telephone number or begin using another email address as soon as possible. This is to ensure that efficient safeguarding and data protection procedures are being implemented at all times. We need two working contact telephone numbers in school for each child. If you are in doubt … Simply pop into one of our offices or email primaryadmin@oasisshirleypark.org so that we can check and update our records.

Our Words of the Week

Nursery display: to show something

Rec & KS1 normal: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.

KS2 Imply: Indicate the truth or existence of something by suggestion rather than explicit reference.

Lost Property This will now go on the main playground at the end of each day starting from Monday 24th June. Any remaining items will be disposed of at the end of the week. Thank you.

Wear your Favourite Colour On the Thursday 4th July Children will be invited to attend school in their favourite colour, this is to raise money for the 150th anniversary of Evelina Children’s hospital, where some of our children have been treated. To wear your favourite colour all is ask for is a £1 donation. Thank you in advance.

Mindful Parking and Driving Disabled parents and pedestrians have been finding it increasingly hard to use the pavements and to access school as a result of parents parking over the drop curbs. This is on top of several complaints from local residents about being blocked in their driveways. Please can we also remind you to pay extreme care and attention whilst reversing or making tricky manoeuvres and avoid driving on the pavements. Time we have to spend fielding angry calls from neighbours and apologising on behalf of those who park in this way is time taken away from our core business of learning and teaching. Likewise, money spent on signs and banners is money we could otherwise spend on visits, books and resources. Thank you Mr Craggs and Mrs Botley

SHIRLEY PARK PTA News JUST ONE WEEK UNTIL OUR SUMMER FAIR! On Saturday, 29th June 2019 we will hold our annual summer fair from 1-4pm to raise money for our children. Many thanks to the 3 volunteers who have contacted us to help so far. WE NEED LOTS MORE HELPERS! - if you can spare an hour to ‘man’ a stall, please email nataliebjensen@gmail.com or leave your name and number with Mr Rampasad, Mrs Evry, Mrs Morris or with the office staff who will pass the message on to us. We are still looking for the following items for the fair:

We had an offer of one gazebo so far. If anyone else could lend us a gazebo, we would be very grateful

for as many as we could borrow – especially if it is a sunny day!

If anyone has any good quality toys for our toy tombola – these would be used as prizes – anything that

you think your child might like to win!

If you are thinking of having a toy clear out, now is the time! The school are always looking for

toys/games for reception and breakfast club, but we are also collecting for our bric a brac stall.

WE NEED FACE PAINTERS! So far, no one has volunteered for this. Our children love having their faces

painted and we aim to keep prices low. If you know of anyone who can face paint, please let us know!

If anyone has a gas BBQ we could borrow, please let us know!

If anyone is a member of the London Ambulance Service and could help with organizing an Ambulance

to attend the fair, please email nataliebjensen@gmail.com The fire Service and police will be attending!

HAVE YOU SOLD YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS YET? The race is a close one for a class pyjama day and extra

playtime for the class who sells the most tickets! The raffles prizes are amazing – £100 CASH as first

prize, micro scooter, loads of brilliant days out and our great hampers.

Don’t forget to invite family and friends to come along to our fair. It promises to be a great day out!

Lunch Menu week commencing 17th June 2019

Italian Words of the Week

Please look here for pronunciation: https://www.transparent.com/learn-italian/phrases.html Ms Foskett and Mrs Groza, MFL Lead

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Years 3-6 Stroud Green 8:45am 8:55am

In cases of unavoidable absence or lateness please contact the Attendance Officer, Ms Clarke, on 0208 656 0222 ext. 78373.

Please remember school absence remains unauthorised until we have documentation to support the necessity for absence. School will not authorise any leave of absence requests, unless there are exceptional circumstances. Even with such circumstances, if your child’s attendance is below 96%, authorisation is extremely unlikely.

Attendance News – w/e 14.06.19

Highest Attendance Most Improved Attendance

Year 5/6 Lilac 98% Redwood 0.02%

Year 3/4 Hawthorn 98% Hawthorn 0.05%

Year 1/2 Ash 97% Ash 0.4%

Year Rec Pear 96% Pear 0.08%

Primary Diamond Positions 03/09/18 - Current

Primary Phase% = 95.05

Redwood 95.88↑ Birch 96.81↓

Oak 93.9→ Holly 95.76↓

Maple 93.58↓ Elm 95.48↓

Lilac 96.86↑ Cedar 96.11↑

Hazel 95.03↓ Ash 95.5↑

Beech 96.37 ↑ Plum 97.53 ↓

Rowan 95.62↑ Mulberry 96.9↓

Laurel 94.78↑ Damson 94.73→

Cypress 95.3↓ Apricot 94.01↓

Bamboo 94.5↓ Pear 95.73 ↑

Pine 97.21↓ Peach 93.85↓

Hawthorn 96.37↑ Cherry 93.07 ↑

Chestnut 94.41↓ Apple 96.39↓

Green Group 97–100%

Yellow Group 96 – 96.99%

Amber Group 95 – 95.99%

Pink Group 90 – 94.99%

Red Group 0-89.9%

Next Week’s Learning Nursery Orange & Lemon Class In Orange and Lemon this week we will be continuing our transport topic with the story Lost and Found, which is about a little boy and a penguin on a boat. We will make our own lost and found puppets to re-tell the story. We will also create boats out of junk modelling. If you have junk modelling materials at home, for example yoghurt pots, small boxes or tubes, we would gladly accept your donations. We will also be talking about things that sink and things that float. In Numeracy, we will be comparing amounts using the words more, less and the same. Have a lovely weekend. Little Acorns and Little Conkers Last week, we learned about road vehicles, zebra crossings, traffic lights and crossing the road safely. Next week we will focus on trains and trams and how they travel on ‘tracks’. We shall practise ordering number carriages, make and paint a Thomas the tank Engine for our role play area and continue our letter sound practice. Don’t forget if you have any spare wellies we would be very grateful for them. Thank you in advance. Have a lovely weekend. The Nursery Team.

In Reception Next week in Literacy we will be continuing our topic of transport. In Numeracy we will be revisiting sharing items between two or more groups. Don’t forget to put the date of the Reception Sports Day in your diary. Reception Sports Day (Stroud Green) – Parents Welcome, 9.15 am to 10.30am Have a lovely weekend. The Reception Team.

In Year 1 This week we will be continuing our new topic Africa. We will read Handa’s Surprise. In Science we will identify and classify deciduous and evergreen trees by studying their leaves. In our Maths lessons we continue to explore capacity and volume. In PE we will be practising our Sports Day events in preparation for the big event on Friday. In PSHE, we will be reflecting on our Sports Day and discussing the idea of everyone taking part and having fun. Have a great weekend, The Year 1 team

In Year 2 Next week in topic, we will have fun writing acrostic poems inspired by our topic Global Gardens. In Maths, we will start multiplication and division using the numbers 3 and 4, focusing on the relationship between multiplication tables and

the associated division facts. We will start off by learning the 3 and 4 times tables by skip counting. Then we will describe and interpret arrays showing the multiplication tables. In Science, we will observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants and find out how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. In PSHE we will practise our team skills by working as a group to solve a challenge. Thank you for your help. We are looking forward to our Sports Day on Friday. We hope to see you there. Have a relaxing weekend. The Year 2 Team

In Year 3 Next week, In Maths we will improve our understanding of time. We will practise our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. In our topic Rainforest, we will continue looking at deforestation in different parts of the world. In English, we will be writing a thank you letter to the Horniman Museum after our lovely visits last week. Thank you to our parent helpers on the trip, your support is always invaluable. Within Science, we will be explaining how to keep a plant healthy using all our scientific knowledge and vocabulary. In PSHE, we continue to explore relaxation strategies. Remember that we all have PE on Monday. The Year 3 team

In Year 4 Next week we will continue work on our book The Iron Man. In Maths we will practise mental and written strategies for multiplication and division, linking this to fractions and decimals, and dividing by 10 and 100. In Topic will continue to make our fashion items ready for the upcoming fashion show and in Science we will continue learning more about living things and their habitats. In PHSE we will be discussing making the right choices. The Year 4 team

In Year 5 Next week in year 5, the children will be tested on everything they’ve learnt so far this year in English, Grammar and Maths. In Science, children will be learning about Stonehenge. In Topic, children will be learning about African cultures. In PSHE, children will be learning about different ways to forgive. Have a good weekend. Year 5 Team

In Year 6 After a week of crazy golf, next week we continue with our theme park projects. We look forward to our relationships education sessions, in which we will build on what the children learned in Year 5. We will also continue our rehearsals for the Year 6 production, so please encourage your children to learn their lines as well as practise singing ‘Colours’ by Jason Derulo and ‘Heal the World’ by Michael Jackson. In the afternoons, we will continue with our transition to Secondary work. Please also remember that we have our Croydon Citizenship day on Wednesday. Have a great weekend. Year 6 Team

Sycamore Class Next week in Sycamore … We are finishing our Oceans display work. We will continue with coordinates and looking at Google maps. The children have started the story Jessie Crosses the Atlantic. We will look at links to Judaism and also sailing ships in through history. Children will also continue with famous painters who painted the sea. Please continue to practise number bonds, times tables, and mental addition and subtraction. See you at the coffee morning! Sports day Yr 3 10th July and Yrs 4-6 12th July The Sycamore Team

In Willow Class Willow class children are all joining year 1/2 for sports day on Friday 28th June. We are also all joining year 1 on their trip to Brighton Sea Life on Friday 5th July. Please ensure you make payment on ParentPay if you have not already done so. This half term are learning about planet Earth studying continents and oceans. This Friday we walked to the local library and brought home a library card form. Please sign and return. We would like to make visiting the library a regular feature in our time table. The Willow Team

Dates for your diary

New or changed items are in bold Events for parents in purple

Tea & Toys every Thursday at 9 am In our Stroud Green Hall.

All parents and carers welcome

Date Event

HABIT Happiness

June 2019

Monday 24th – Friday 28th June Diversity Week

Monday 24th June Audiologist Year 1

Wednesday 26th June Cherry Class Assembly 2.30pm - Parents Welcome Stroud Green Open Evening, 6-7.30pm, Stroud Green for September’s Reception parents.

Friday 28th June KS1 Sports Day (Years 1 and 2, Stroud Green) – Parents Welcome, 9.15 am to 10.30am

July 2019

Monday 1st – Friday 5th July Futures Week

Monday 1st July Reception Sports Day (Stroud Green) – Parents Welcome, 9.15 am to 10.30am Football Freestyle Year 4

Wednesday 3rd July Apple Class Assembly 2.30pm – Parents Welcome Long Lane Open Evening, 6-7.30pm, Long Lane. This is for September’s Nursery parents and current Year 2 parents.

Thursday 4th July Favourite Colour Day - dress up in your favourite colour! Careers Fair after school at Long Lane – Parents Welcome Music Recital 6-7.30pm

Friday 5th July Year 1 Sea Life Trip Year 6 Induction/Transition Day at Secondary schools.

Picture of the Month

The picture of the month for June is of this sculpture by London-based artist Michelle Reader. She is

influenced by environmental concerns, and many of her sculptures are made out of recycled

materials. These sculptures are a life-size portrait of a family made from their own waste materials,

collected over a period of one month. Why don’t you make your own sculpture using junk modelling

materials from your recycling bin?

Thursday 11th July Reports to Parents via Class Teacher (have you returned your form?)

Wednesday 10th July Peach Class Assembly 9.15am – Parents Welcome Year 3 Sports Day (Long Lane) 9-11am – Parents Welcome Informal Parents Evening

Friday 12th July Year 4-6 Sports Day (High School Field) 9am-12pm - Parents Welcome

Monday 15th July Meet the Teacher Day – Year 2 children to line up at Long Lane!

Friday 19th July Last day of Summer Term - Stroud Green finish 1.45pm Long Lane 2 pm