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John Wood School & Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Dear parents and carers, It was lovely to see so many of you dress up as rock stars today to celebrate the launch of TT Rock Stars! It’s crucial that children learn their times tables from an early age and this app is a fantastic way to engage children in the process and build their confidence as they see their scores and speed increasing. I’m currently a ‘Rock Legend’ so need to speed up a little to become the ultimate ‘Rock Hero!’ Miss Ffrench (Willow Class) and Miss Biney (Oak Class) held auditions this week for our Year 5 and Year 6 Young Voices choir. Well done to everyone who auditioned and demonstrated our core value of ambition. We’re looking forward to hearing you practise for the big event at the O2 arena in January 2022. Our parents’ evening slots are booking up fast, so please ensure that you have booked a time to speak to your child’s teacher on Wednesday 13th or Thursday 14th October. It will be a great opportunity to find out how your child is settling into the new school year and see the work being produced in their books. Finally, a polite reminder to avoid stopping or parking on the yellow zig zag lines outside the school in the morning and afternoons. The safety of our pupils is para-mount, so please be mindful of others on the school run. Our Junior Travel Ambas-sadors have put up some signs outside the school, generously donated to us by Croydon Council, to help keep this message front of mind for us all. Have a fantastic week. Yours faithfully,

Miss Davis Principal

Week

27th September 2021

Inside this issue:

Message from the

Principal

Message from Head Boy

and Head Girl

Composer of the Month

Safeguarding &

Children’s Mental Health

Class Focus Holly and

Palm

Pupil Art Corner

Thought of the Week

PTA

Nasal Flu Immunisation

Year 1 Hearing Test

Bikeability

Free School Meals and

Pupil Premium Eligibility

Parents’ Evening

Whole School

Attendance

Term & Holiday Dates

Key Dates

School Post

M e s s a g e f r o m t h e P r i n c i p a l


Message from Head boy and head girl

Hello parents and carers,

This week Year 2 Beech have been learning lots of interesting things. In maths,

they have been partitioning numbers from one to ten and practising their

number bonds. In English, they have been reading the beautiful picture book,

Giraffe’s Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae. They have acted out the story, made

predictions about what might happen next and then written their own version

of the story. On Friday, they all dressed up as Rock Stars to celebrate the

launch of TT Rock Stars with the rest of the school.

Kamila and Felix

Head girl and Head boy

#welovereading

Felix – In class, our class text is Rain Player by David Wisniewski

Kamila – Our Reading for Pleasure title in Year 6 is Percy Jackson and

the Lightning Thief by Rick Riodran


You can listen to Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ music here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmiuh_OL2Zg


Born on Christmas Day in 1745

A French classical composer, virtuoso violinist

and conductor of the leading symphony in Paris

He composed countless symphonies, sonatas,

concertos, opera and string quartets

He died in June 1799 aged 54

He is is best remembered as the first known

classical composer of African ancestry

Composer of the Month - October

Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmiuh_OL2Zg


Safeguarding & Children’s Mental Health

Who are the DSL/DDSL’s

Ms Magdalena Naworska SENCo

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Miss Julie Davis Principal

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

John Wood School & Nursery safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility and our top priority. We have many policies and procedures in school that are in place to keep everyone safe. These can be found on our school website for more information.

What is a Designated Safeguarding Lead / Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead?

Governing bodies should ensure that the school designates an appropriate senior member of staff to take lead responsibility for child protection. Key aspects of the ‘Designated Safeguarding Lead’ role:

Making sure all staff are aware how to raise safeguarding concerns

Ensuring all staff understand the symptoms of child abuse and neglect

Referring any concerns to social care

Monitoring children who are the subject of child protection plans

Maintaining accurate and secure child protection records

Raising awareness of the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures, and ensuring they are

implemented and reviewed regularly

‘HELLO YELLOW’ DAY On Friday, 8th October, we will be taking part in the ‘Hello Yellow’ campaign to raise funds for the Young Minds charity and help raise awareness of mental health. Children can come to school dressed in yellow and con-tribute £1 to the Young Minds charity, which carries out vital work around children’s mental health issues. Throughout the day, children will take part in a Hello Yellow assembly, which talks about mental health in an age-appropriate way.

https://johnwoodschool.com/academy-policies/

https://www.youngminds.org.uk/support-us/fundraising/helloyellow/?acceptcookies=


Class in Focus Holly Y5 Vanessa

writes a

monologue

based on a

character

from a cho-

sen text for

this term.

¿Como Estas? This week in Spanish, children looked at feelings asking fellow

classmates how they were and listening to responses (extra thanks to our Span-

ish speaking classmates for support!)

Cianna and Natali look at features of

character development. Firstly they

look at interactions between different

characters then what kind of people

they might be.

Our Maths focus this term is on place val-

ue. Children have been looking at various

ways to represent numbers as well as

rounding, ordering and comparing num-

bers up to six digits.

Karolina and Zoe

team up to com-

pile a character

comparison pro-

file as part of our

text analysis

Class in Focus Palm Y4 This week, Palm Class have been learning about rainforests through our text 'The Great Kapok Tree' and in our Geography lessons, where we are learning about where rainforests are in the world and why they are important for the whole world. We have also been learning and investigating about how roots and stems transplant water within the plant in Science. In Maths, we have been learning to identify different types of fractions and which fractions make one whole, using maths materials to help us. We have also been reading our class text 'Varjak Paw' together, working on a different VIPERS skill each day. I won-der what is going to happen next!


A brief summary of this week's art for

KS2 classes from Mrs Freyone

Y3 Topic The Stone Age. Using sketching

skills the children drew and used teabags

to give an authentic appearance to their

cave art. Also using natural resources from

John Wood Forest School.

Y4 text The King who banned darkness. Us-

ing watercolours.

Y5 Holly Text Cosmic. Designed and deco-

rated models of rockets in D.T./Art

Y6 Cherry John Wood Core values - hand

drawn and beautifully decorated.

Y6 Topic The Mayans. Drawn and painted

using watercolours and blending skills.

Y6 Mayan pottery using clay and modelling

tools.

Pupil Art Corner


Keeping you informed!

John Wood School PTA

Your PTA is recruiting!!!

Would you like to join PTA?

If you are interested in joining the PTA the PTA on [email protected]

Keep looking here for updates on future events which you can support and get involved in!

HEARING TEST YEAR 1

4th and 5th October 2021

Year 1 will be having their hearing tests on Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th October. The test will be carried out by the Croydon Health Services—NHS Trust Children’s Hearing Centre.

Permission letters must be submitted in order for your child to have this test.

The annual flu vaccination programme will run be-tween September and December 2021. The Im-munisation Team will be visiting your our school to administer the nasal flu vaccine to all children Re-ception to Year 6 on Wednesday 10th Novem-

ber.

For further information on Flu Immunisation for

children, please go to: https://www.nhs.uk/

conditions/vaccinations/child-flu-vaccine/

Nasal Flu Vaccination all Year Groups

Wednesday 10th November

Keeping you informed! Thought of the Week

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/child-flu-vaccine/

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/child-flu-vaccine/


Reminders

PUPIL PREMIUM / FREE SCHOOL MEALS ELIGIBILITY CHECKER FOR PARENTS

Each year John Wood School & Nursery receives additional funding from the government called Pupil Premium Funding. This funding is to provide additional support and educational experiences for chil-dren whose families meet certain criteria.

In addition, any children who are in KS2 (Y3 to Y6) may be entitled to Free School Meals.

If you do not wish for the school to check the eligibility for Free School Meals on your behalf, please check whether they are eligible to claim for Free School Meals by visiting this confi-

dential website https://pps.lgfl.org.uk. If you are entitled, please print your Eligibility

Certificate and bring it to the school. Alternatively, you can email it to [email protected]

Parents’ Evening

Have you booked yours?

Parents’ Evenings will take place on:

Wednesday 13th October—3.30pm—5pm

Thursday 14th October—3.30pm—7pm

Reception/Y1/Y2—KS1 Hall—entrance via Junior Gate

Y3/Y4/Y5/Y6—KS2 Hall—entrance via main school entrance

You will have an opportunity to see your child’s books on the day.

The Parents’ Evening system will close on 11th October, after which you will not be able to change/book your appointment.

Deadline to subscribe is Monday

8th October

Bike check: 5th November

Course dates : 8th—12th November

https://pps.lgfl.org.uk


https://pps.lgfl.org.uk./


Whole School Attendance

Our whole school attendance target

is: 97%

Every time your child is late or absent from school

they are missing vital learning time.

Did you know that a late arrival after the registers

has closed is an unauthorised absence?

Lets all work together to be attendance H.E.R.O’s

Here, Everyday, Ready, On

time!

Please report your child’s absence by 8.50am 020 8654 1460 Option 1

[email protected]

School attendance week commencing 27th September 2021

Class Attendance Percentage Whole school 92.04?%! !

Beech Y2 97.59

Holly Y5 95.27

Palm Y4 92.86

Olive Y1 91.67

Oak EYFS 91.43

Cherry Y6 91.26

Willow Y3 90.69

Cedar EYFS 90.4

Rosewood Y1 86.8

Acorn NUR 86.15

Well done Beech! Good work!



School Term & Holiday Dates

Key School Dates Monday 4th October Year 1 Hearing Test

Tuesday 5th October Year 1 Hearing Test

Wednesday 6th October Individual Class Photos—All year groups

Thursday 7th October Reception 2022 and Nursery Open Morning

Thursday 7th October Shaniqua Benjamin - Poetry Workshop with Y5

Friday 8th October Hello Yellow Day—wear something yellow (non-uniform day)

Wednesday 13th October Parents’ Evening—All year groups 3.30-5pm

Thursday 14th October Parents’ Evening—All year groups 3.30-7pm

Thursday 14th October Reception 2022 and Nursery Open Morning

Monday 18th October—Friday 29th October October Half Term

Sunday 31st October Deadline for secondary school applications Year 6

Tuesday 2nd November Mayor of Croydon Visit— KS2 Assembly

Thursday 4th November Reception 2022 and Nursery Open Morning

Wednesday 10th November Flu immunisation Reception to Year 6

Thursday 11th November Reception 2022 and Nursery Open Morning

Monday 8th November—Friday 12th November Y5 and Y6 On-Road Cycle Course

ACADEMIC YEAR 2021 - 2022

Year 6 Induction Day for – TBC

INSET DAYS & OTHER DATES (PUPILS DO NOT ATTEND)

You may access the school term dates and holidays here: https://johnwoodschool.com/term-dates/


Autumn Term 1st Half Half Term Autumn Term 2nd Half Christmas Holidays

Monday 6th September to Friday 15th October

Monday 18th Oc-tober to Friday

29th October

Monday 1st November to Friday 17th December

Monday 20th December to Tuesday 4th January

Spring 1st Half Half Term Spring 2nd Half Easter Holidays

Wednesday 5th January to Friday 11th February

Monday 14th Feb-ruary to Friday 18th February

Monday 21st February to Friday 1st April

Monday 4th to Monday 18th April

(Good Friday 15th April) (Easter Monday 18th April)

Summer Term 1st Half Half Term Summer 2nd Half Summer Holidays

Tuesday 19th April to Friday 27th May

(Bank Holiday 2nd May)

Monday 30th May to Friday 3rd June

Monday 6th June to Friday 22nd July

Monday 25th July to TBC

Academic Year 2021/2022

Thursday 2nd September 2021

Friday 3rd September 2021

Tuesday 4th January 2022

Monday 25th July 2022

https://johnwoodschool.com/term-dates/

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