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Peartree Spring Primary School Newsletter — 07/02/2020 Notices

School Crossing Patrol Person - We would like to inform parents that Mr Shaw (Lester) will be retiring at the

end of this half term. We would like to thank him for his services to the school and would like to present a

leaving gift for him. If you wish to make a donation or have a gift for him, please hand these into the school

office by Thursday 13th February 2020.

School Nurse Team - Reception parents have been emailed a letter from the school nurses team to take part in an online health

assessment of their child. The assessment is confidential between parents and the school nurse team. Further information is available

on their website: https://www.hct.nhs.uk/our-services/schoolnursing. The assessment should be completed by Monday 24th February.

To access the online questionnaire please follow this link: https://hertfordshire.hapi-system.com/school-entry Password: Jupiter1

Family Support Worker Coffee Mornings - Our coffee mornings are now being held once a month. The next one

will be on Wednesday 11th March from 9.15am to 10.30am in the Community Room. There will also be a

presentation from Stevenage Library on this day.

Lost Property /Second Hand Uniform Sale - We have quite a lot of unnamed lost property in school - if your child has lost any items,

please feel free to come to the school hall on Thursday 13th February from 3.20pm to have a look through our lost property.

Disabled Badge Holders - If you are a HCC Blue Badge Holder please ensure we have your up-to-date details including car registration

and a copy of your disabled badge. Thank you.

Smoking - A reminder that our school operates a NO SMOKING (including E-Cigarettes) policy in school grounds, this

also applies to outside the school gates. Thank you for your support.

PGL residential trip (Year 6 children) - There are still a few parents that have not made the second instalment of £150 for

the residential trip. Please can the parents, who this applies to, contact the school office as soon as possible.

Marvellous Me (Parental Engagement) - This software/app engages parents by telling them about their children’s learning and success.

Our school will be using this after half term. Parents will receive login details via their child’s home contact book.

School Gateway Links – We have included the following links on to the schoolgateway app for parents Studybugs, Facebook,

Twitter , KS1 Menu, KS2 Menu, Calendar, News & Events, School Website, Parents Evening System, Free School Meal

Application, Parent Lite, DSPL 2 and OFSTED Parent View.

Half Term - School finishes on Friday 14th February at 3.15pm for the Half Term. The school will be closed

from Monday 17th to Friday 21st February. Children return to school on Monday 24th February at 8.50am.

Dreamcatcher Assembly - Mrs Chowdhury is organising some assemblies, whereby parents/relatives who have an

interesting job are invited into school to speak the children about their role. This would hopefully encourage and

inspire children to think about their careers for the future. Please contact the office on 01438 233900 if you or anyone that you know

would be interested.

W/c 10th February 2020 is Lunch Week 3

of the Spring 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, this includes Nutella. Thank you.

School Meal Debts - Please may we remind parents that ALL

OUTSTANDING DEBTS MUST BE PAID BEFORE children are

allowed to have any further meals.

PE Noticeboard

Year 3 Swimming - Thank you to the parents who have already paid

for their child’s swimming lessons. A reminder to parents who are

paying weekly to make payments via www.schoolgateway.com.

Speed stacking - Well done to both the speed stacking teams that

made it to the finals. They all showed great determination and

teamwork. Well done to Peartree 1 who came 2nd overall.

Girls Football Match - Well done to the girls football team who played

very well. Unfortunately they lost against Camps Hill.

Schools Games Value Award - Each week, a class receives

a certificate for showing the best School Games value. This

term we are focusing on Teamwork. This week it has been

awarded to Nile Class. Well done!

https://hertfordshire.hapi-system.com/school-entry

Whole School Attendance (%)

1st Rockies 99%

2nd Savannah 98.7%

2nd Rainforest 98.7%

3rd Java 98.3%

4th Caspian 98%

5th Ladybird 97.6%

5th Butterfly 97.6%

6th Thames 97.4%

7th Bumblebee 97.2%

8th Nile 97.1%

9th Jellyfish 97%

10th Desert 96.7%

11th Squirrel 96.3%

12th Alps 95.5%

13th Coral 95.3%

14th Rainbowfish 95%

15th Starfish 92.6%

16th Mole 92.3%

17th Hedgehog 91.4%

18th Amazon 91.1%

19th Pyrenees 90.3%

February 2020

Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Year 5

Additional

Swimming

Yr 5 Cycling Proficiency

Yr 5 Cycling Proficiency Rec Family Library @ 3.00pm


Year 3 Swimming


Amazon Class assembly @

9.15am (crèche available)

Year 3 Swimming


Dress as a Rock star /

non-uniform day

School finishes at 3.15pm

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Half Term Half Term Half Term Half Term Half Term

24 25 26 27 28 Year 5

Additional

Swimming

Online Safety Workshop for

parents (more info to follow

soon)

Scholastic Book Fair @

3.20pm in the Atrium.

NO Rec Family Library



Year 3 Swimming

Nile Class assembly @

9.15am (crèche available)



Year 3 Swimming

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Scholastic Book Fair @


Year 5 Swimming



Rec Family Library

@ 3.00pm

World Book Day

(dressing up day)

Year 3 Swimming

Year 3 Swimming

March 2020

Stars of the Week

Mole Lucca A

for not giving up, to be able to use a number line for subtraction.

Squirrel Baxter H

for writing an amazing list of all of Miss Aulsberry’s lunch choices using his phonic knowledge to help him.

Hedgehog Rosie S

for all the determination she put into making a woodwork model of a train,

even when she found it difficult.

Butterfly Maisie C

for always working exceptionally hard and being an amazing member of

Butterfly class.

Bumblebee Lily P

for her wonderful enthusiasm during Guided Reading.

Ladybird Joshua G

for his excellent attitude towards all his learning this week.

Jellyfish Kimaya P

for a fantastic effort to independently use expanded noun phrases in her

description of a setting.

Rainbowfish Casey G

for his amazing effort in our class assembly.

Starfish Casey C

for challenging himself in maths this week with his addition and

subtraction.

Desert Tiani R

for always producing attractive and well thought-out work, impeccable

behaviour and for being a great example of a lovely friend.

Rainforest Brodie P

for excellent creative writing about how minpins live without technology.

Savannah Lenny D

for a fantastic piece of written work about where Minpins live as a part of

learning to write a fact file.

Amazon Lawrence N

for trying really hard and doing his best in all subjects.

Nile Bryan A

for his fantastic use of conjunctions when writing a persuasive Circus

advert this week.

Thames Malachi B

for showing resilience and determination when solving number

puzzles this week, in Maths.

Caspian Roni D

for working hard to identify and use relative clauses in her writing.

Coral Tisha J

for using direct and reported speech in her writing about Odysseus.

Java Albie S

for working really hard to improve his work and his behaviour this week.

Alps Isabel S

for fantastic effort during our practice SATs and huge improvements to her

scores!

Pyrenees Rehan A

for trying his absolute best in his mock SATs and always giving it his all!

Rockies Riley G-M

for creating a functioning SATS revision app on Scratch.

Star Reader Reception - Mohsin A, Asha H, Bethany E

Year 1 - Maddison D, Luke M, Sophie H

Year 2 - Aston T-M, Olivia B, Scarlett H

Year 3 - Harry C, Micheal A, Sienna W

Year 4 - Jacob B, Evie J, Isaiah M

Year 5 - Emma B, Troy J, George N

Year 6 – Teddie M, Louisa T, Abigail C

Star Mathematician Reception - Eliza C, Alexia L, Katie S

Year 1 - Sophia S, Philip R, Ronnie W

Year 2 - Lacey H, Oliver T, Tucker O

Year 3 - Akeelah B-J, Michael A, Bradley M

Year 4 - Leighton C, Archie S, Caris J

Year 5 - Mia S, Tabitha T, Phoebe M

Year 6 - Leon S, Harry T, Krishan A

Lunchtime Star

Reception - Teddy O, Jayden M, Saffron T

Year 1 - Ben H, Laney F, Louis D

Year 2 - Lily-May D, Aadhya A, George N

Year 3 - Noah M, Lily-Rose N, Ruffta S

Year 4 - Brody H, Jasmine S, Jack A

Year 5 - Sam M, Curtis C, Grace B

Year 6 - Kai R, Blake J, Joshua A

Birthdays

Reception -

Year 1 - George L-S, Rosie M

Year 2 -

Year 3 - Samuel B, Cassie P

Year 4 -

Year 5 -

Year 6 - Alissa N

Star Children

Mohsin A, Dominic L, Lenny W, Remi-Ley G, Abby K (Year R) Helen M, Jack P, Joshua

S, Jude A, Alfie S (Year 1) Jessica A, Amy B, Harrison C, Lily-May D, Lenny E, Louie G,

Ivy J-A, Daria L, Brogan L-N, Albie P, Jasmine R, Myah S, Eli P, Josiah B, Camille W,

Rhys S, Jacob B (Year 2) Lucas C, Erin B, Shai’Lyn S, Liam M, Layci-May C-P, Lily-Rose

D, Freddie D, Ethan W (Year 3) Jada J, Lea N, Lucan H, Oliver G, Leona B, Bryan A,

Charlie E, Leighton C, Ronnie R, Jasmine S, Alfie E, Archie S, Evie J, Lawrence N, Caris J,

Lenny D, Sapphire W, Malachi B, Youcef M, Johnny O, George L, Sienna C, Anton R

(Year 4) Lilly V, Jaisey P, Lexi M, Bobby H, Jack D, Lillie Mai C, Arnie B, Tommy B,

Anik H, David T, Charlie V, Cameron J, Grace G, Jake L, Forum P, Netas M (Year 5).

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