25/10/19

Issue 4

DIARY DATES

Friday 25th October

Break up for half term

Monday 4th November

Return to school

Wednesday 6th November

3RW Class Assembly

Monday 11th November

Flu Vaccination

Wednesday 13th November

4AB Class Assembly

Friday 15th November

Children in Need – details across

Wednesday 20th November

3OT Class Assembly

Thursday 21st November

Year 6 War Horse Trip

Friday 22nd November

6CM Class Assembly

Wednesday 27th November

6JC Class Assembly

Friday 29th November

4KR Class Assembly

Wednesday 4th December

2SK Class Assembly

Friday 6th December

Christmas Fete

Friday 20th December

Last day of term

Monday 11th May to Thursday 14th May

SATS WEEK

Parents are welcome to watch class assemblies. They take

place in the morning and are usually finished by 9.45am.

Other family members are welcome to attend if parents are

unable to watch.

ATTENDANCE

The classes with the best attendance

in week ending 18/10/19 and the

winners of the Graham James

Attendance shield are:

EYFS/KS1

Miss Knight’s Class REK and Miss

Walker’s Class 1MW with 98.7%

KS2

Mrs Conroy’s Class 6JC with 98.7%

NEW MENU

We have a new lunch menu starting

after October half term. A copy of

this can be found on our website. If

you require a paper copy please call

into the school office.

CHILDREN IN NEED

This year we will be supporting

Children in Need by joining with

millions of others in wearing

“Pyjamas for Pudsey”. The children

can wear pyjamas for a suggested

donation of £1.00. We will also be

“Baking for Pudsey” this year. We

are asking the children to bring in

cakes on Friday 15th November to

sell. The children will have the

opportunity to buy a cake each during

the day for 20p. Then the remaining

cakes will be for sale after school.

In the lead up to Children in Need we

will be selling Pudsey wristbands and

pin badges for £1.00 each. These will

go on sale from Monday 11th

November. Unfortunately, we will

only have enough for one item per

child. Can you make sure children

bring the money in an envelope

clearly marked with Pudsey

Merchandise and the correct money?

PARENT PAY

Thanks to all those who are now using Parent

Pay. If you would like to start using Parent Pay

and would like a log on, please ask at the school

office.

CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION:

Should you have any queries or concerns, in

the first instance please ensure you speak

with your child’s teacher. After speaking

with the class teacher, and you are unhappy

with the response received please follow the

escalation procedure below:

Class Teacher

Key Stage Assistant Head Teacher

(by appointment)

Deputy Head Teacher – Mr Turner

(by appointment)

Head Teacher – Mrs Back (by

appointment)

GIRLS’ FOOTBALL WIN!

On 11th October we played Arthur Buglar

Primary.

Our tactics were to pass to each other then

when we got close to the goal we would pass

the ball to our striker, Marissa.

Marissa stayed down one end so we could pass

to her in a clear area and she could score a

goal!

After 20 minutes we had a break and Holly

and Olivia got drinks for us to keep our energy

levels up.

We worked as a team to win and scored 5

goals. We really enjoyed it because it is great

exercise.

We were tired but we succeeded. We won

5-0!

By Holly (6CM) and Millie (5ES)

IMPORTANT NOTICE –

DINNER MONEY

Reminder that dinner money should be paid on

the day or in advance.

Our preferred method of payment is Parent

Pay. If you do not have a log-on, please ask

at the office and we can arrange this for you.

It is the parents’ responsibility to know how

much credit is on their account. Parent Pay now

shows up to date running balances.

Office staff will now only send dinner money

arrears texts once per week.

However, please note that we do not allow

arrears to go over £10.50. We will not provide a

school dinner for children if the arrears are over

£10.50 and parents will be contacted informing

them that they need to either pay before lunch

time, bring in a packed lunch or collect their child

to take them home for lunch.

REGULAR ARREARS

When an account is regularly in arrears, we will

insist on payment up front and a lunch will not be

provided without payment in advance.

BREAKFAST CLUB

When arrears reach £10.50, parents will be

contacted and asked to bring the arrears up to

date immediately. Failure to do this could

jeopardise a child’s place at Breakfast Club.

MORE DIARY DATES

Tuesday 17th December Christmas Play*

Wednesday 18th December Christmas Play*

Thursday 19th December Jolly Jumper Day*

*details to follow

Monday Ju-Jitsu (run by Angela Conquest) All year groups

Tuesday Study Club (after October half term) Year 6

Wednesday Football Club (after October half term) Year 1

Thursday Football Club (after October half term) Year 3

Friday Girls’ Football Club (until further notice) Boys’ Football Club (until further notice)

Year 5-6 Year 5-6

IF YOUR CHILD IS OFF…

If your child is absent then you must phone

on the first day of absence and leave a

message when prompted. Please state the

following:

your child’s name

class

reason for being off

It is not sufficient to just say that they

won’t be in. As a school we are expected

by Ofsted and the Local Authority to know

why a child is not in school and report any

cases where there are persistent and/or

unexplained absences.

Please ensure that you send a letter in with

your child when they return to school.

Please state the reason for absence as we

need this for your child’s file.

When children are off regularly and

parents do not call in to report their child’s

absence we will consider doing a home visit.

WILL YOUR CHILD BE 5 YEARS OLD

BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2020 AND AUGUST

2021?

WHY DON’T YOU COME ALONG FOR A TOUR

OF OUR SCHOOL TO VISIT THE

CLASSROOMS AND SEE THE CHILDREN AT

WORK?

WE WILL BE CONDUCTING TOURS ON:

WEDNESDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2019 10.00am

THURSDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 2019 2.00pm

WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2019 10.00am

THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2019 2.00pm

WEDNESDAY 8TH JANUARY 2020 10.00am

MILK

Children under 5 receive free milk at

school.

If your child is over 5 and you would like

them to receive milk then please register

your child online, visit www.coolmilk.com

The current cost is approximately 22p

per day.

POLITE REQUEST FROM

EMMA, CROSSING PATROL

Please be considerate of other drivers and

pedestrians when dropping your child off to

school.

A small minority of parents are dropping their

child off at the kerbside, either holding the

traffic up or making it difficult for Emma to guide

your children across the road safely.

Term

HOLIDAY DATES 2019-2020

Start and end Date

Autumn Monday 2nd September – Friday 20th December 2019

Half Term: Monday 28th October – Friday 1st November 2019

Christmas Break: Monday 23rd December 2019 – Monday 6th January 2020

Spring Monday 6th January – Friday 3rd April 2020

Half Term: Monday 17th February – Friday 21st February 2020

Easter Break: Monday 6th April – Friday 17th April 2020

Good Friday 10th April 2020, Easter Monday 13th April 2020 (B/H)

Summer Tuesday 20th April – Friday 10th July 2020

Half Term: Monday 25th May – Friday 29th May 2020

May Bank Holidays – Friday 8th May and Monday 25th May 2020

Last day of school Friday 10th July 2020

LATENESS

The school day starts at 8.55am. We have an

increasing number of children arriving after

this time. It is disruptive to classroom and

office staff when your child is late and your

child is missing out on valuable learning time

when they arrive after their classmates.

Letters are sent home to those with persistent

lateness and meetings will be arranged if there

is no improvement after the first letter has

been sent.

PARKING

There is no parking for parents on the school

grounds. This includes Breakfast Club drop

off. The gate will be closed between 14:50 and

15:30 and the Site Manager has been

instructed not to open the gate to parents

during this time. This is to ensure the safety

of the children. Therefore, if you park at

school before 14:50 you will not be able to exit

the gate until after 15:30.

In addition, please be considerate of our

neighbours when parking in the side roads and

do not park across driveways (this includes the

dentist surgery).

AFTER SCHOOL COLLECTION

Please ensure someone is here to collect your child

at 3.15pm. If you know you are going to be late

then please make arrangements for someone else

to collect your child at 3.15pm.

If your child is going to a friend’s house after

school, please write a note letting the teacher

know that another parent will be collecting your

child.

BREAKFAST CLUB – IMPORTANT NOTICE

Due to the popularity of our Breakfast Club, you

will no longer be able to attend without pre-

booking. Places must be booked by Friday for the

following week. Forms can be collected from the

school office.

The advance notice will help us ensure that the

club is fully staffed and enough food is ordered.

Please arrive before 8.30am for your child to

receive breakfast.

P.E. KITS

Please could you ensure children have both indoor

and outdoor P.E. kits.

Indoor - red or black shorts, plain

white T-shirt and

plimsolls/trainers

Outdoor - Outdoor trainers, tracksuits

or joggers and sweatshirts

or hoodies (any colour)

GOLD AND STEP AWARDS

The following children have recently received a Gold/STEP Award:

01.10.19 Evie Bean 4KR Helping to tidy up

01.10.19 Maya Smith 4KR Helping to tidy up

01.10.19 Daisy Baalham 4KR Helping to tidy up

03.10.19 Mabel Farmer 2LP Excellent Literacy

03.10.19 Ella Ajayi 2LP Excellent Literacy

03.10.19 Joey Piper 2LP Excellent Literacy

04.10.19 Maxwell Benefield-White 6JC Finding prime numbers up to 200

04.10.19 Eva Cornwell 4KR Being so helpful

07.10.1 9 Savva Lapajev 1AC Fantastic Literacy

07.10.19 Albie Stone 1AC Fantastic Literacy

09.10.19 Aiden Kercher 5JC Excellent Division

10.10.19 Charly Dunne 6CM Helping children with Maths

11.10.19 Lily Bennett 6CM Amazing letter writing

14.10.19 Minh Tran 3RW Fantastic calming poster

14.10.19 Kaydn Jackson 3RW Fantastic calming poster

14.10.19 Daisy Turner 3RW Fantastic calming poster

14.10.19 Madison Pogmore 3RW Fantastic calming poster

14.10.19 Rosa Smith 3RW Fantastic calming poster

14.10.19 Arlo Robinson 3RW Fantastic calming poster

14.10.19 Lilly Franks 3RW Fantastic calming poster

14.10.19 Graciella Challis 3RW Fantastic calming poster

14.10.19 Jacob Foote 3RW Fantastic calming poster

14.10.19 Kaydn Jackson 3RW Demonstrating he can swim on his front

and back. He has moved up to the next

group.

14.10.19 Lewis Hatchett 5JA Diary writing

TIMES TABLES ROCKSTARS AWARDS

Biggest increase in correct answers from 4/10/19-25/10/19

25.10.19 Mason McGovern Year 2 1st

25.10.19 Riley Beckman Year 2 2nd

25.10.19 Ayden Nason Year 2 3rd

25.10.19 Travis Gorham Year 3 1st

25.10.19 Mack Boxall Year 3 2nd

25.10.19 Jacob Fox Year 3 3rd

25.10.19 Adam Wafik Year 4 1st

25.10.19 Thomas Pope Year 4 2nd

25.10.19 Clayton Pope Year 4 3rd

25.10.19 Tyler Oakley Year 5 1st

25.10.19 Samuel Munro Year 5 2nd

25.10.19 Bobby Iceton Year 5 3rd

25.10.19 Hollie McLean Year 6 1st

25.10.19 Paighten Fenwick Year 6 2nd

25.10.19 Hope Johnson Year 6 3rd

READER OF THE MONTH AWARD

AWARDED IN SEPTEMBER 2019

1AC - Tiana Carlosama

1MW – Ethan O’Sullivan

2LP - Hannah Ojuri

2SK - Olly Perry

3OT - Frankie Unwin

3RW - Toby Moore

4AB - Clayton Pope

4KR - Cameron Akdeniz

5ES - Bethany Moore

5JA - Anthony Rawles

6CM - Charlie Watson

6JC - Katrena Timson-Hunt

SAFEGUARDING SECTION

GYMNASTICS SUCCESS FOR KAYDN

Kaydn, age 7, competed two weeks ago at his 3rd

national competition. He trains high level elite

which involves 21 hours per week training and he

puts so much into his training. After watching his

family friend, Max Whitlock, come away with gold

at the World Championships on Pommel Kaydn was

determined to go out there and give it his all. He

did just that coming away with a bronze medal all

around. We are all so proud of him!

ESSEX POLICE VISIT TO YEAR 6

On 11th October we were visited by Essex Police and a Police puppy in training and her puppy walker,

Nikki. They talked to us about knife crime and how long the sentences are for different crimes.

Next they talked about their lovely training dog, she was very fluffy. She was a cross between a

German Shepherd and a Belgium Malinois. Her name is Summer and she is 5 months old. They

talked to us about what different Police dogs do. Summer will be trained to chase and take down

criminals when the criminals are running. At the end we were allowed to stroke Summer if we

wanted to and we went up one at a time. She was so cute and we all really appreciated it and

enjoyed it.

By Marissa and Cameron (Class 6JC)

A HUGE THANK YOU…

… to the children from Year 6 who gave enthusiastic and informative tours to parents at last

night’s display evening. They have all been awarded a STEP award for being exceptionally

polite and well-mannered throughout the evening.

Lily Bennett, Hope Johnson, Callum Rudman, Harry Finch, Olivia Barrett, Holly Knowles,

Maxwell Benefield-White, Katrena Timson-Hunt, Bailey Caudwell, Connie Cross, Chloe Clark,

Niamh Humberstone and Tommy Turner.