11 March 2016

Good morning. I had hoped by now that the fog would have lifted, but having just walked the site I can see it really hasn't changed much at all since early this morning.

Many thanks to parents who attended this week's parent consultation appointments. It was good to see so many of you. I hope you found the meeting beneficial. Please let me remind you though that we are always here, so if something niggles or you have a question, please don't feel you have to wait until parents evening. Drop an email into school and we can happily arrange an appointment with the class teacher.

This week the senior leadership team met to discuss a variety of things, the new school build of course being one of them. We were looking particularly at the classroom plans to check that we would have all the furniture, fixtures and fittings we required for September. As part of the school move in August, Yorkon have commissioned a company to come in and look at all the legacy furniture, fittings and fixtures which can be transferred into the new school. There are detailed plans of every chair, table, cupboard and book shelf, to name but a few, which will be transferred as legacy furniture into the new classrooms. There are of course things which are no longer fit for purpose and will not fit into the new school. These items, we will either Ebay (if not condemned) or recycle in some way. We will use any monies raised to buy equipment for the new school.

I met with class reps briefly this week so that we could look at ways of raising further funds for the 'bells and whistles' in the new school. It was commented that perhaps there was still confusion amongst some parents over what the funds raised would be used for. Please let me reconfirm that the school buildings are all being paid for by the EFA as part of the £5.6million project - you can read all about that in this week's Surrey Advertiser. This £5.6million covers the total cost of rebuild of the main school, the modification/refurbishment of part of the old school as a Children's Centre and Nursery, demolition of the old school and landscaping/play space in its place. The money which parents and the community are helping to raise will be for the extra things not provided for the school such as outdoor play equipment, gazebos, a sound system for the hall, new staging for productions, additional computer equipment and whiteboards for the extra spaces we will have, amongst other things. We are in the process of compiling a list of 'must haves' and a list of 'would be nice to haves'.

Best of luck to those of you attending the Quiz tonight. I shall await the news of which team has won and how competitive everyone was! My thanks in advance for attending the event and supporting the school - it is greatly appreciated.

Wishing you all a good weekend.

Kathryn Krynicki Headteacher

School Newsletter

Next Friday, 18th March, the hoarding around the playground

will be extended to cross the path between Beech and Chestnut

classes. This will be for one day only to deal with a manhole.

Access from one end of the school to the other will be through

the Reception outdoor classroom on this occasion.

Congratulations to the Golden Book Winners

Week beginning 7th March

Hazel - Jack Hannon for super

shape investigation.

Beech - Alice Mayman-Palmer for

excellent independent writing about

the Gruffalo.

Chestnut - Aiden Willgoss for a

lovely poster about Easter.

Oak - Kelsey Freeman for great

reading.

Pine - Hassan Mughal for brilliant

writing.

Hawthorn - Samuel Mullally for

always working hard and trying his

best.

Cedar - Eleanor Alderman for some

great topic work and a lovely poster.

Elm - Jacob Beasley & Cicely Moller-

Butcher for brilliant pop-up fairy tale

books.

Maple - Danyal Ahmed & Milada

Ilchuk for trying really hard to do their

pop-up fairy tale books.

Larch & Birch - The whole class for a

fantastic Special Assembly.

Rowan - Ayaan Hussain for some

fantastic work in English on Harry

Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone.

Willow - Zaynab Waheed for her

fantastic effort in Literacy for the Harry

Potter unit.

Laurel - Rehaan Ahmed for fantastic

problem solving and effort in Maths.

Holly - Maya Khan for working really

well in Maths and making super

progress.

We know that parking is

difficult in the morning but

please leave your car so that

others can get up and down

the road and so children can

cross the road safely.

For each booking of parties of 10 or more, The New Haweli will donate 10% of the total bill

to the school’s fundraising pot. Just confirm when booking that you are a parent from the

school and bring a copy of the receipt in to the school office.

If you would like to make a donation to the fundraising campaign, please complete this form and return to

the school office: http://www.pyrford.surrey.sch.uk/_files/4A747C3A7512509139BA64E4CA5A1B5F.pdf

Keep up to date with the latest news on our Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/Pyrford-C-of-E-Primary-School-183641531974313/?fref=ts

Click on the notice below to go to

Jacy’s fundraising page

Emma Dodd is preparing to walk 100km non-stop from London to

Brighton with her 65 year old father to raise money for new play-

ground equipment.

Click on the link below to sponsor Emma’s efforts.

https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/emmadodd1

Children join representatives from the EFA and the Diocese at the Groundbreaking ceremony. See the Diocesan

website for the full story. http://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/whats-on/news/detail/2016/03/07/ground-breaking-occasion-at-pyrford-c-of-e-school

Windows have been

made in the hoarding so

we can see what’s

happening on site

Looking towards

Coldharbour

Road

In York the windows are being installed and the partitioning is being

erected to form the classrooms. Yorkon are pleased with the

progress being made and are on schedule for the building modules

to be delivered during the Easter holidays.

Description Date Time

Primary Cross Country Champs at Reigate Sat 12 March

Yr 2 to Brooklands Museum Thu 17 March

SEN Parents Meetings Thu 17 March

Reception to Ladyland Farm Fri 18 March

Yr 6 to Junior Citizen Fri 18 March

Yr 5 Residential to Fairthorne Manor Mon 21 - Thu 24 March

Yr 1 Special Assembly Tue 22 March 14:00

School Easter Service at CoGS Thu 24 March 09:30

Last Day of Spring Term Thu 24 March finish at 13:30

Easter Holidays 25 March—10 April

INSET Day Mon 11 April

First Day of Summer Term Tue 12 April

Yr 4 Residential to Hindleap Warren 18 - 20 April

Yr 4 Rainforest Roadshow Thu 21 April

Maple class Residential to High Ashurst Mon 25 April

Elm class Residential to High Ashurst Tue 26 April

Juniper class Residential to High Ashurst Wed 27 April

Yr 5 Special Assembly Fri 29 April 14:00

May Bank Holiday Mon 2 May

Yr 5 to Shah Jahan Mosque Wed 4 May

“The birds and the bees! “ workshop for parents Thu 5 May 19:00-21:00

SATs Week 9 - 13 May

Yr R Special Assembly Thu 19 May 14:00

PTA Band Night Sat 21 May

Assessment Week 23 - 26 May

Maple class to Henley Fort Mon 23 May

Elm class to Henley Fort Tue 24 May

Juniper class to Henley Fort Wed 25 May

INSET Day Fri 27 May

Summer Half term 30 May - 3 June

INSET Day Mon 6 June

Yr 2 to Alice Holt Thu 16 June

Summer Book Fayre Fri 17 June

Summer Fayre Sat 18 June

Yr 6 Residential to Osmington Bay 20—24 June

Yr 1 to Chessington Zoo Thu 23 June

Yr 2 Special Assembly Fri 24 June 14:00

Yr 6 Leavers’ Service at Guildford Cathedral Mon 27 June 12:30 - 14:00

Yr 2 class Pedals Course Thu 30 June

Yr 2 class Pedals Course Fri 1 July

Pyrford Flower Show Sat 9 July

Yr 5 Away Day @ Fullbrook Wed 13 July

Yr 6 Special Assembly Fri 15 July 14:00

School End of Year Service at CoGS Fri 22 July 09:30

Last Day of Summer Term Fri 22 July finish at 13:30

SCHOOL DATES FOR 2015—2016 ACADEMIC YEAR Changes and additions are in bold

FRIENDS OF PYRFORD PRIMARY

SCHOOL

www.fpps.org.uk

FUNDRAISING GOLF DAY - Friday 6th May

at HOEBRIDGE

Meet at 8:00 for coffee and bacon rolls. Tee off at 9:00

Richard Bohan is organising the Golf Day this year. The price will be £50 per person and is open to

school and non school parents. It will be 18 holes with the usual nearest the pin and longest drive.

If you would like to take part, please contact Richard on richbohan@gmail.com

SATURDAY 21st MAY

2016

PTA BAND NIGHT

Please contact Sarah Patrick if you know of, or

work for, a business that might be interested in

sponsoring a band for the night. Email

elk2011@hotmail.com

2016/17 Term Dates & INSETs

INSET DAY Monday 5 September

INSET DAY Tuesday 6 September

INSET DAY Wednesday 7 September

First day of Autumn term Thursday 8 September

Autumn Half term 24 - 28 October

Last day of Autumn term Wednesday 21 December

Christmas Holidays 22 December - 2 January

INSET DAY Tuesday 3 January

First day of Spring term Wednesday 4 January

Spring Half Term 13 - 17 February

Last day of Spring term Friday 31 March

Easter Holidays 3 - 17 April

First Day of Summer term Tuesday 18 April

Summer Half term 29 May - 2 June

INSET Monday 5 June

Last Day of Summer Term Friday 21 July

Daffodil pins are now being sold at

the office in aid of Marie Curie

Cancer Care

Join the 97 other easyfundraisers who

have already raised

£1060.89

Have fun, play MINI TENNIS

Dear Parent

We hope that your child enjoyed attending the Mini Tennis sessions at the School. If they

would like to have another go then you can book a FREE taster session on the Mini Tennis

Programme at Byfleet Tennis club.

Lessons run all year round during term time, with sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays from

4.00 to 4.30pm for 4 – 7/8year olds & 4.35 - 5.30pm for 7/8 to 10 year olds, with fun ses-

sions in the holidays too!!

For more information please contact John Monckton on 07876 641057

Or email on: playstrongminitennis@gmail.com