www.corshamprimary.co.uk Follow us on Twitter @CorshamPrimary June 2017

Staff News We were delighted to hear that Mrs Kate Smith gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Monday 8 May.

She has named him Wilfred (Wilf) Richard and both Mum and baby are doing well and report that life is certainly busier in the Smith household with the arrival of baby Wilf.

We were also delighted to hear the news that Mrs Joella Long, one of our Teaching Assistants, has become engaged to her partner David. We are all looking forward to hearing her future wedding plans.

The stork has been flying over Corsham Primary again - Mrs Rachel Taylor and Mrs Nicola Tuplin are expecting their first babies and Mrs Melissa Ozteoman is expecting her second child. Many

congratulations to all three, we were all very pleased to hear their news.

Mrs Abi Doe has decided that, having worked at Corsham Primary since September 2001 and that now her two daughters are older, it is time for her to seek a new challenge and further her career. She has

successfully secured an exciting new position at Corsham Regis Primary School and we wish Abi all the best for the future. We know you will want to join with us in thanking her for everything she has done; her

dedication and hard work has made a real difference to many children's lives.

Miss Kate Allison and her partner have decided that they want to live closer to his place of work and she has therefore secured a teaching position in a school in Swindon. Kate will be leaving at the end of the

summer term and we will be sorry to say goodbye to her but want to thank her for stepping in to cover Mrs Pegrum’s maternity leave and wish her all the best in her new job and house move.

Miss Emily Griffin will also be leaving us at the end of the summer term. Emily has decided that commuting to and from Bristol every day is proving too much and wants to work closer to home. She has to get up

incredibly early to miss the traffic in the morning and is often caught up in long queues on the way home. We know that this has been a difficult decision for Emily and she will be missed by both staff and children.

Like Miss Griffin, Miss Chloe Allen has come to the conclusion that travelling to Cosham every day from Bristol is taking too long and that it is increasingly difficult to avoid the traffic jams. Chloe has secured a

teaching position closer to home and we will be saying goodbye to her at the end of the summer term. We have enjoyed getting to know Chloe this past year and know she will do a fantastic job in her new school.

Mrs Nicola Ryan has decided not to return to work following her maternity leave. With two young children at home Nicola has decided that she wants to stay at home for the foreseeable future. We all miss Nicola

and want to thank her for everything she has done to make the children’s time at Corsham Primary a happy one.

After 13+ years Ms Sara McKenzie has decided she wants a new challenge and will be leaving our Teaching Assistant team at the end of the summer term. Sara is planning to set up her own dog walking/

caring business. We will miss Sara very much; she is a very caring person who has supported many children over the years. We know Sara will make a real success of her new venture and we wish her all

the luck in the world. As the saying goes ‘never work with children and animals’ and Sara will have worked with both!

Following recent interviews we have appointed Miss Ellie Winward and Miss Sorcha Rudgely. Both ladies are full of enthusiasm and can’t wait to bring their love of teaching to Corsham Primary School. Ellie has recently been teaching in Wales and Sorcha in Salisbury. We wish Ellie and Sorcha all the very best as

they join our teaching team.

Playground Crazes of the Month

June’s crazes are colouring books, Polly Pockets, skipping, dinosaurs and Rubiks cubes.

Craze of the Moment—Fidget Spinners Please ensure that toys and other items are clearly labelled with your child’s name.

Governors’ Awards

These awards were presented to the school from former Governors and

families of the school. They are given to Year 6 children who have been

nominated by their teachers for super effort in Literacy, Numeracy and P.E.

Huge congratulations to:

Clarice J for Literacy

Megan W for Numeracy

Caitlin B for P.E.

Dogs on School Site

Please remember that dogs are not allowed on the school grounds at any time. They can be tied up on the entrance road whilst dropping off and collecting your children.

Code of Dress

Parents and carers, please remember that the

only jewellery allowed is small stud earring in

each ear and a single chain with a religious

symbol.

No other parts of the body should be pierced.

Extremes of dress, fashion, and hairstyles e.g.

shaven heads or tramlines, are not allowed.

Dyed hair must only be in a natural colour and

for all the hair, not just a part, unless of course

children are taking part in an agreed Mufti Day.

CORSHAM PRIMARY—FACEBOOK GUIDANCE

In line with police governance, we are keen that no children who attend Corsham Primary have a Facebook account.

Children under the age of 13 are not legally allowed to log on. As a school, we do

spend time sorting out issues that arise out of Facebook issues and would ask parents

and carers to please ensure that child/ren do not use this method of

communication.

Mrs Palmer’s Recommended Reads

Please look out for these books in our school libraries, Corsham Library,

The Corsham Book Shop or on Amazon.

KS1

Gerald McBoing Boing by

Dr Seuss will have all children

making a plethora of new noises!

You have been warned!

KS2

The world of Tom Gates is a

fantastic one! For boys or girls

once you have read one you will

want to read the whole set!

Non-Fiction Book

A brilliant book on why looking

after our world is the

responsibility of us all.

DON’T FORGET...

CHILDREN’S CHOICE HOME LEARNING

If your child would like more home learning we would like to remind you of our home

learning scheme, ‘Children’s Choice’. This initiative runs alongside our current Home

Learning policy, in which children have home learning set regularly, aimed at

consolidating learning in class (see our policy for details).

Children from Year 2 upwards can choose extra home learning activities from the

special “Children’s Choice” box in their classroom. You will be able to recognise it

because it has a special stamp on the activity sheets. These activities will be

appropriate to your child’s year group but may not necessarily link with the learning in

class during the week or with the home learning that has been set. Children’s Choice

home learning should be marked at home by parents/carers or other family members

and can be returned to school to share with others in their class.

Medicines in School

School staff are not able to give non-prescribed or prescribed

medicine to pupils with short term ailments.

If pupils need non-prescribed medicine or prescribed medicine for short

term ailments during the school day, parents/carers will need to come in

and administer the medication themselves or nominate someone to do

so on their behalf.

School staff can only administer prescribed medication to a pupil if it is for

a life-long condition. In these circumstances, an Individual Health Care

Plan is drawn up in consultation with the school nurse, the school and the

parents/carers.

Request from Snapdragons’

Nursery team of wraparound

care staff:

Please remember if you have made

different arrangements for any reason,

to let staff at Snapdragons know what

your child is doing after school,

especially if involved in sports clubs

of if you are picking up.

All Stars Cricket is a brand-new initiative from the England and Wales Cricket Board aimed at

providing children aged five to eight with a great first experience in cricket.

Our programme features:

For all children aged 5 to 8

Delivered nationwide at over 1,800 centres

Eight one-hour sessions, held over eight weeks

Emphasis on fun and being active

Focus on developing your child's movement skills

Great first introduction to cricket

Safe and fully accredited

Valuable time with your kids – mums and dads are encouraged to take part too

Easy online registration - every child who registers will receive a backpack full of goodies including

a cricket bat, ball, water bottle, personalised shirt and cap, all sent straight to your door.

You can sign up to All Stars Cricket at www.allstarscricket.co.uk

Regards

Ali Goddard

Alistair Goddard

Wiltshire Cricket Limited

Head of Junior Cricket

Tel: 01249 445225

Mob: 07786 361222

www.ecb.co.uk

www.wiltshirecricket.co.uk

MORE SPORTS NEWS

Orienteering On Thursday 5 May, 12 students from Corsham Primary were selected to compete in

an orienteering event held at The Corsham School.

We all worked really well as a team and our sports teacher, Miss Perry, who

supported us and helped us with tactics. We had an amazing time; it was a great

adventure and we also came in 2nd place in the relay race. We really enjoyed every

minute of it.

By Juno B

Lacrosse

Everyone had a fantastic time during a

lacrosse tournament at the end of last

term. Pound Pill won 2 games and

scored some fantastic goals.

Broadwood lost their first game and

then managed to win every game after

this which resulted in them winning the

whole tournament! We are the first

school other than Colerne to win the

tournament since it started 5 years ago.

A great achievement—congratulations

to everyone who took part.

MORE SPORTS NEWS

Cricket By Olivia M

School Lunches …

Our school admin team are spending a lot of time chasing non-payment of lunches every day. Please bear in mind that your account needs to be in

credit and save us valuable admin time. (Currently, cost of a school lunch is £2.05.)

Thank you to everyone who has kindly collected Active Kids vouchers for us—we are proposing to buy a variety of sports equipment for school

with them.

Children’s News

Matilda B-S has achieved

her swimming stage 1

certificate.

Jack M has received a Tae

Kwon Do certificate—9th

KUP White Belt.

The following children have

received a certificate and

medal for running in the

Corsham 2k fun run:

Lauren F Edward O

Jade R Harry O

George O

Chloe T has received a

gymnastics trophy.

Ethan B has received a

trophy and medal for

playing rugby.

Harry B has received a

medal for completing the

Bristol Family Mile.

Chloe G has received a

certificate for ASA

Swimming Survivor Award 1.

George and Wynne L have

received medals for

completing a successful

season for Chippenham

Rugby Club.

Sidney L has received a

medal and certificate for

completing a successful

season with Corsham Rugby

Club.

Eve G has been to Go Ape

and received a Tree Top

Junior certificate.

Charlotte A has received a

ballet certificate from the

Royal Academy of Dance.

Susie S and Evie W have

received medals for playing

hockey.

Harry O has achieved his

Level 5 gymnastics

certificate.

Freddie B has played with the

Corsham RFC 2016-17 season

winners.

Mikey S is the rugby Coaches

Player of the Year.

William H-B has received a

chief scout silver award in

cubs and a certificate or

achievement and medal from

Devizes Rugby Club.

Etta K has achieved her 25

metre swimming distance

award.

Jacob A has achieved his 9th

Kup White Belt in Tae Kwon

Do.

Harrison C received Coaches

Player of the Year in Rugby.

Adam T has received Player’s

Player in Rugby.

Joshua M received Man of

the Match from Corsham

Football Club.

Isla R and Carys W were

Player of the Week in judo.

Katie S has achieved Stage 4

in her swimming lessons.

Chloe G has achieved her

Primary in Dance certificate

from the Royal Academy of

Dance.

Chloe T has received a

gymnastics medal.

At the Liberty Gymnastics

Tournament, Amelia J

achieved:

Vault: bronze

Bar—silver

Floor—gold

Overall—gold

Harrison W has received

Coaches Player of the Year

in rugby.

Dominic C:

With regard to Dominic's trip to Africa in April, he was pleased to visit the children of the Zeekoegat School in Oudsthoorn, SA. He raised close to £1200 for the school with support from family and friends when he climbed Snowdon last year (the same height as Table Mountain). A company from the Netherlands had previously donated 20 old PC's and the children were delighted that the money raised means at long last there will be a power upgrade to get computers working for the children.

Devon P and Alfie G have

received fencing trophies.

Kaspar W has received a

medal from Corsham

Football Club.

Jacob P and Betsy K have

received a street dance

trophy and medal

respectively.

Lily C has received an award

and certificate from the

Royal Academy of Dance.

Oscar S has received a

certificate from Corsham

Running Club for his 2km

distance.

Congratulations!

Scarlett S, Connor W, Matthew W, Pippa T, Ethan B, Jessica P, James T, Oscar M,

Max H and Megan E

who will be entered into the Golden Book for completing 9 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Henry N, Isaac F, Megan B, Maisie B, Tulola L, Lilia B and Noah F

who have received Peacock Awards for completing 6 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Jemima O and Faye G

who have received achievement pens for completing 12 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Ben L, Jasper B, Hannah E and William H-B

who have had their names added to the roll of honour for completing 15 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Rhys A, Lila M, Matthew D, Josh G, Jack M and Charnelle S

who have received Golden Badges for completing 18 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Esme F, Millie S and Faye M

who have received book tokens for completing 21 merit cards.

Congratulations!

Gracie W

who has received a memory stick for completing 24 merit cards.

Dates for your Diary

June Monday 5 School starts

Thursday 8 Years 1, 2, 3 Sports Morning at BW *

Tuesday 13 Years 4, 5, 6 Sports Morning at PP

Thursday 15 Reception Sports Morning at BW

Friday 16 Cake Sales 3P/3S at PP

Cake Sale Strawberries at BW

Thursday 22 Music Evening at PP 6pm

Friday 23 PTA Summer Fayre at BW

Thursday 29 Parent/Carer Open Evening

Friday 30 Deadline for Talent Show Applications

July Wednesday 5 Year 6 Production “Be Our Guest”

Thursday 6 Year 6 Production “Be Our Guest”

Monday 10 Meet New Teacher for children and parents/carers

Thursday 13 Year 6 Leavers Assembly at St Bartholomew’s Church 2pm

Monday 17 Year 6 Leavers Party at Boomerang 6.30pm—8.30pm

Friday 21 School Closes at 2.30pm for the summer holidays

* To be rescheduled.

Gina Cooke Lindsay Fry Kerry Parker

Senior Headteacher Head of School Pound Pill Head of School Broadwood

At Pound Pill site …

May we respectfully ask parents and carers to post any correspondence that needs to come back to the school office through our secure letterbox outside the foyer. Return slips, forms, payments etc can all be securely posted—please be reassured that we check this every day and it will save you

having to queue at the office during busy times.