15 January 2016

Good morning. The weather has certainly turned since the mild period we were experiencing. I see that the weekend forecast for Sunday is that it will be exceptionally cold. The children do play outside and will continue to do so during the build, so please ensure that your child has a warm coat, hat, gloves etc for these times. Although snow is not forecast, should we have any unexpected snow, please log on to the school website or Facebook for information. Our policy is always to keep the school open during periods of snow but there may be times when we have to be flexible over opening and closing times and we are often dependent on staff who live further away being able to travel in safely. We will monitor the temperatures and if we think it is too cold for children to be outside for extended periods of time i.e. lunchtimes, then we will make provision for the children to have some supervised time inside. Builders will be on site for the next two Saturdays doing some preliminary enabling works before the official compound is put into place. You will find attached to this newsletter a leaflet drop that is taking place in the local neighbourhood. Enabling works include making additional staff car parking and top surfacing a play area. As a staff team we are currently working to put together a clubs offer for children for the spring term. Please be mindful that as the school site is limited and we are having to make adaptations to supervision and playtimes, some clubs may not be able to run. We are trying desperately to ensure we run as many as possible. Outside providers for whom you will have already received letters or information will run as proposed. We are sadly unable to run netball due to a lack of netball courts. The only space the school was able to offer Cardinals was an indoor hall for one evening per week, but the club felt that that wouldn't be big enough for their needs. We will aim to send out club offers within the next two weeks. If your child is due to start school in September, don’t forget that the deadline for applying is today!

With best wishes. Kathryn Krynicki Headteacher

School Newsletter

AFTER SCHOOL CLUB STAFF MEMBER

REQUIRED

3 afternoons (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)

3:15 - 6:15pm (9hrs per week)

Term time only

Salary FTE £15,156

Actual £3,147 per annum

Please contact Mrs McAllister for further

details / application form

info@pyrford.surrey.sch.uk

Congratulations to the Golden Book Winners

Week beginning 11th January

Hazel - Isadora Schifano for writing a

super letter to the Three Bears.

Beech - Emelia Parvin for excellent

writing about Goldilocks.

Chestnut - Aimee-Rose Parker for

super effort with sounds and reading.

Oak - Haider Sarmad for settling

really well into his new class.

Pine - Joshua Johnson for brilliant

letter writing.

Hawthorn - Sofia Kolby Southerland

for drawing a lovely pastel picture.

Cedar - Harry Freeman for really

good shape work.

Juniper - Mithra Raja for doing her

map neatly.

Elm - Lola Tipping for a beautifully

labelled map of the UK.

Maple - Freddie Moller-Butcher for

doing fantastic ‘slow writing’ describing

a setting.

Larch - Jesse Freeman for fantastic

effort in planning and writing his

picture book.

Birch - Tiara Webster & Grace Barnes

for a fantastic effort in planning and

writing their picture book.

Rowan - Abbas Khan for making a

super effort in all his lessons and

having a positive attitude.

Willow - not awarded this week as

teacher unwell.

Laurel - Sophie Eliadis for an excellent

descriptive letter written in Literacy.

Holly - Olivia Attfield for writing an

excellent letter as Odysseus in

Literacy.

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

Mufti Day Thursday 28th January 2016

On this day we would like the children to wear their own clothes and bring in a suggested donation of £1 which will be put towards our new outdoor learning and play equipment.

During the day each class will be finding out more about our new building and thinking of how we can all contribute to the excitement and opportunities it brings.

Description Date Time

Primary Admissions deadline Fri 15 January

o2 Young Voices Concert Wed 27 January

Mufti Day for outdoor learning & equipment Thu 28 January

Yr 1 to Windsor Castle Fri 29 January

Yr 6 Bikeability Course - Week 1 1 - 5 February

Assessment Week 1 - 5 February

Yr 6 Bikeability Course - Week 2 8 - 12 February

Yr 4 Anglo Saxons workshop Fri 12 February

Yr 3 Special Assembly Fri 12 February 14:00

PTA Cake Bake Fri 12 February

Spring Half term 15 - 19 February

Yr 6 Greeks Play in a Day Thu 25 February

Yr 5 to Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour Fri 26 February

Yr R & KS1 Perform drama workshops Wed 2 March

Yr 4 Special Assembly Thu 3 March 14:00

Spring Parents Meeting Tue 8 March 15:30 - 17:30

Spring Parents Meeting Thu 10 March 15:30 - 19:30

Friends Quiz Night Fri 11 March

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 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

Yr 3 class Residential to High Ashurst Mon 25 April

Yr 3 class Residential to High Ashurst Tue 26 April

Yr 3 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

SATs Week 9 - 13 May

Yr R Special Assembly Thu 19 May 14:00

Assessment Week 23 - 26 May

Yr 3 class to Henley Fort Mon 23 May

Yr 3 class to Henley Fort Tue 24 May

Yr 3 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 (due to curriculum changes) Thu 16 June

Summer Book Fayre Fri 17 June

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

Diary Dates continued...

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

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

RUNNING CLUB NEWS

To all runners - we start back on Friday 22nd January. Wrap up warm! Any

queries, please email jacquilmb@gmail.com

Current Running Club Congratulations to Lucas Collyer-Todd who has qualified for the national finals of the

Schools Biathlon Champs! A great achievement. We hope that his success will inspire more of our running group to

get involved in the event in 2016.

Old Pyrfordian Congratulations to Gus Cockle who was selected to run for Great Britain last weekend in the Great

Edinburgh Run. He was part of the GB team led by Mo Farah, running a very muddy, hilly 6k against teams from

Europe and the USA - more inspiration for our young

runners!

You can spot him (just look at the mud!) in the highlights here on http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06wdrv6/great-edinburgh-international-cross-country-2016 at 24.30-25.30

Isobel Berry in Rowan Class writes:

“I'm 9 years old and a keen swimmer. I want to help my school and Foodbank. I'm going to be swimming

100 lengths of a 25 metre swimming pool, with my Dad, on Saturday 30th January. I've been training for a

couple of months to do this but it will be really hard!” More details here - https://

crowdfunding.justgiving.com/isobel-berry. Please support Isobel and her dad in their aim of raising £250.

FUNDRAISING GOLF DAY - Friday 6th May

Richard Bohan is organising the Golf Day this year on Friday 6th May. It will be bacon

rolls and coffee followed by 18 holes and usual nearest the pin and longest drive. It will

be confirmed where it is to be held but Richard asks please that you contact him if you

are interested. richbohan@gmail.com

Endurance Running Club - Year 6

Trials will take place on Friday 22nd January. Anyone interested should come to Laurel Class

at 3:20 dressed in suitable running clothes, wearing trainers.

Please send your child with a note giving permission to take your child off-site. The trials will

involved a 2k road run.

Any queries, please see Mrs Cockle.

Don’t feel blue that your Christmas decorations have been put away for another year and the last mince pie has

been eaten, as we have a Christmas 2016 activity to look forward to!

As in previous years, the PTA have secured front stalls seats for one night, Wednesday 14th December at great

rates for the 2016 family panto, Peter Pan at Woking Theatre. It may seem early to book, but this is a great offer

which is too good to miss to make great savings on the normal seat prices. And every ticket bought through us will

automatically contribute £4 to our school funds, so your children will also benefit.

For more information and to order tickets, see below.

Freemantles School Outreach team are considering

extending their remit to include some training / infor-

mation sessions for parents of children with ASD. They

would like your input to ensure that as they plan

these sessions, they are covering topics and pre-

senting in a way which suit the attendees. They would

appreciate it if you would take a moment to answer a

questionnaire. The questionnaire can either be com-

pleted on paper and returned to Freemantles (copies

available in the office) or completed online at

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6GYXWVG