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Peartree Spring Primary School Newsletter — 06/12/2019 Notices
Visit to the Pantomime - The children in Years 1. 4 and 6 thoroughly enjoyed going to the theatre this week to watch the
performance of Beauty and the Beast. A reminder that we are taking the Year 2, 3 & 5 children (whose parents have paid
£10 and consented) to the pantomime on Wednesday 18th December.
After School Clubs - A reminder that the After School Clubs (teacher-led) have now finished for this term. A flyer
will be emailed home to parents at the beginning of next term, detailing clubs being offered for the Spring Term
2020. Premier Sports After School Clubs finish on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th December.
Christmas Jumper Day (Friday 13th December) - Please see attached flyer for further information.
Year 3 Christmas Performance - A reminder that the afternoon performance on Monday 9th December starts at 1.45pm and will finish
at approximately 3.30pm. If you have a child/ren in other year groups, please collect them after the performance from:
Squirrel Class - Reception, Years 1 and 2
Year 5 Resources Area - Years 4, 5 and 6
Head Lice - A reminder to parents that if your child has head lice, they will not be allowed in school until their hair has
been treated. Children can return back to school once this has been done.
Christmas Fayre/Market - Thank you to everyone who came to this event last week. A profit of £1845 was raised - the
most we have ever made at a Christmas Fayre!
Admissions (Under 11s 2020) - Process is now open for parents and carers of children born between 1 September 2015 and 31
August 2016 to apply for a Primary School place for September 2020/21. All the information you need is available on the Hertfordshire
County Council website www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions. The closing date for applications is 15 January 2020 (please apply
online). Parents are welcome to use the school office computer if required.
Christmas Dinner - This is being served to children on Tuesday 17th December. Please make bookings / payments for
Christmas dinner via www.schoolgateway.com NO LATER than Friday 13th December. There will be NO chilled, deli,
street food or jacket potato options available on this day, therefore if your child does not wish to have either of the School
Christmas Lunch options they will need to bring in a home packed lunch.
Christmas Performances/Carol Concert - Information regarding these events have been emailed to parents. If you wish to book a place
(s)/order tickets please book via www.schoolgateway.com, located in the payments section.
Alzheimer's Day - Thank you to the children/staff who supported our dress as an Elf/non-uniform day today - £472 was raised.
W/c 9th December 2019 is Lunch Week 3
of the Winter/Spring 2019 menu
The lunch menu is available to peruse on our school website. The cost
of a school meal is £2.50 per day, £12.50 per week. Meals must be paid
for in advance via schoogateway.com.
Please note - the KS2 Street Food option of Gourmet Burger is NOT
vegetarian.
REMINDER - Due to some of our children having severe nut allergies,
please do not put items in your child’s packed lunch box that contains
nuts.
PE Noticeboard
Swimming - Year 3/Year 4 & 5 - A reminder that all outstanding
balances for swimming need to be paid before the end of term.
Boys Football Match - Well done to the boys who played the football
match yesterday. It was a great success winning 4-1
Schools Games Value Award - Each week, a class
receives a certificate for showing the best School Games
value. This week it has been awarded to Rockies Class
for the respect value. Well done!
Whole School Attendance (%)
1st Butterfly 100%
2nd Ladybird 98.9%
2nd Amazon 98.9%
3rd Rainbowfish 98.8%
4th Mole 97.8%
4th Jellyfish 97.8%
4th Caspian 97.8%
4th Coral 97.8%
4th Rockies 97.8%
5th Starfish 97.5%
6th Bumblebee 96.6%
7th Rainforest 96.2%
8th Desert 96.1%
9th Pyrenees 95.6%
10th Hedgehog 95.4%
10th Java 95.4%
11th Squirrel 95%
12th Savannah 94.4%
12th Alps 94.4%
13th Thames 93.3%
14th Nile 92%
December 2019 Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Year 2 Christmas
Performance @ 9.30am
(Adults only. Creche
available - please book via
schoolgateway)
Year 3 Christmas
Performance @ 1.45pm
(Adults only. Creche
available - please book via
schoolgateway)
Year 2 Christmas
Performance @ 2.15pm
(Adults only. Creche
available - please book via
schoolgateway)
Year 3 Christmas
Performance @ 6.00pm
(NO children under 8 and NO
crèche)
children to be back in
school for 5.30pm
NO Wednesday morning
workshops (Yrs 1-6)
Year 1 Christmas
Performance @ 9.30am
(Adults only. Creche
available - please book via
schoolgateway)
Reception Christmas
Performance @ 2.15pm
(Adults only. Creche
available - please book via
schoolgateway)
NO Reception library
Reception Christmas
Performance @ 9.30am
(Adults only. Creche
available - please book via
schoolgateway)
Year 1 Christmas
Performance @ 2.15pm
(Adults only. Creche
available - please book via
schoolgateway)
Save the Children
Christmas Jumper Day
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Coffee Morning from
9-10am in the Community
Room
Christmas Dinner Day for
children/staff
NO Wednesday morning
workshops (Yrs 1-6)
Years 2, 3 & 5 visit to
Pantomime
(only for children whose
parents have consented and
paid £10)
Years 4, 5 & Carol Service
@ 6.30pm in marquee on
KS2 playground
(NO children under 4 and
entry by ticket only)
Children finish at
1.30pm
(There will be NO
Mrs Brown’s After
School Club)
January 2020 Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Children return to
school
Stars of the Week
Mole
Matilda B For writing a fantastic letter to Santa.
Squirrel
Grace B For trying very hard to write her letter
to Santa and for using the
‘oo’phoneme.
Hedgehog
Thomas P For his brilliant work solving missing
number problems in Maths this week.
Butterfly
Riley A For trying his best and persevering on
his first Maths test this year
Bumblebee
Joshua S For working incredibly hard to
complete his first Year One Maths
Test.
Ladybird
Aamir Z For his fantastic contribution on the
carpet when learning about tricky
witch sounds.
Jellyfish
Harrison C For working really hard to use
expanded noun phrases to describe
events in Zog.
Rainbowfish
Lenai-Jade S For always trying her hardest in
learning and persevering when things
seem tricky.
Starfish
Evie F-W For having a great attitude towards
learning and trying her very best in all
of her work this week.
Desert
Ethan W For dedicated work to learn how
to rap for the Year 3 play.
Rainforest
Jack-Kaleb S For paying attention to every detail of
our rich text story and answering
every question thoughtfully.
Savannah
Mia C For collecting her own data to create a
fantastic bar chart.
Amazon
Lenny D For fantastic learning in all subjects.
For being a supportive, kind friend.
Well done!
Nile
Charlie E For his fantastic approach to our
learning this week when we were
applying our times tables skills to
word problems.
Thames
Sienna C For her fantastic effort in Spanish this
week.
Caspian
Jack G For sharing his brilliant ideas and
opinions when discussing our reading
text.
Coral
Ashton C For a fantastic cam toy design in
Design and Technology.
Java
Lilly H For her brilliant reasoning when
finding equivalent fractions.
Alps
Harry S For fantastic work when creating a spy
manual in history when learning
about World War 2.
Pyrenees
Kayla K For taking part in guided reading
sessions with enthusiasm.
Rockies
Harry T For his summarising of key themes in
our class text.
Star Reader Reception - Dominic L, Nethra P, Yasmin I
Year 1 - William B, Bobbie –Ann M, Chloe B
Year 2 - Kimaya P, Myla E, Edwin K
Year 3 - Belle M, Brandon H, Maddison S
Year 4 - Tommy B, Jacob T, Iyla R
Year 5 - Corey C, Troy J, Layton R
Year 6 – Ryan W, Alissa N, Keirstine R
Star Mathematician Reception - Dylan R, Maya B, Kos R
Year 1 - Keira D, Joshua F, Hazel H
Year 2 - Jasmine R, Grace H, George N
Year 3 - Summer W, Lily-Rose D, Sienna W
Year 4 - Brodie W, Ronnie R, Sonny-Lee D
Year 5 - Summer D, Finley L, Reggie G
Year 6 - Tierney A, Ledjon C, Joshua A
Lunchtime Star
Reception - Jessica S, Jason H, Jenson C-D
Year 1 - Mia R, Blake B, Zayne S
Year 2 - Jethro R, Emmie B, Finlay S
Year 3 - Thomas D, Lexi-Lou C, Mia W-W
Year 4 - Leighton C, Chloe G, Reece C
Year 5 - Maisie F, Netas M, Thomas P
Year 6 - Charlie H, Olivia D, Louis H
Birthdays (children will receive their pencil next week) Reception - Gemma T
Year 1 -
Year 2 - Leandra O
Year 3 - Lily-Rose D, Belle M
Year 4 - Poppy P
Year 5 - Shay M, Kieran M
Year 6 - Yana A, Trei-Quan A, Chloe C, Louis H, Cheryl N
Star Children
Imogen B, Savannah B, Oliver T, Casey C (Yr2) Mela S, Ajus M,
Megan W, Ethan W, Charlie R, Jayme C, Isabelle L, Brodie P (Yr
3) Sadie D (Yr 4) Mia S, Tabitha T, Jack G, Ryan Z, Jake L (Yr 5)
Gemini B, Chloe C, Alexandra P, Isabel S, Jamie P, Liza K, Milly B
(Yr 6)