AUDLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL Newsletter 20 th November/Autumn 2 Wk 3

Transcription

1 AUDLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL Newsletter 20 th November/Autumn 2 Wk 3 Dear Parents, It s all about the Stone Age in Year 3 Fine Class have had a bumper week! First of all they had a whole day curriculum experience on Tuesday led by Portals to the Past. The children were fully immersed in the different hands-on activities. I think you will agree that the photographs say it all. Unfortunately I was unable to be at school to introduce and watch Year 3 s assembly yesterday. I have heard great things about it. Thank you to all the parents who came along to watch. Mrs Rebello had lots of positive things to say and writes: Congratulations to Year 3 on a wonderful, informative assembly on the Stone Age. Dressing up in Stone Age costumes really made the audience feel that they were travelling back through time. I was particularly impressed by the scientific learning on the different types of rocks that were used to build shelters and tools, as well as the creative singing. The children also shared a short video presentation on using place value counters to add 3 digit numbers. Thank you to all the staff and children in Year 3 for their hard work.

2 A Week in the Warren for Year 6 Year 6 have had a brilliant week at Hindleap Warren. I went down to visit the class on Wednesday with Mrs Simister and joined in with a few activities. I must say, I was very keen to try out the Crate Stack challenge! The children have been brilliant ambassadors for the school. Both Mrs Rebello and Mrs Koumis have been extremely impressed by the children s behaviour. I imagine that they will be absolutely exhausted this weekend and will need plenty of sleep. Thank you to the teaching team, including Mr Mould and Mrs McKenna for staying with the children throughout the week. It s been good to provide regular updates on Twitter. Setting up this account, along with the new school website that we launched back in February, has helped improve communication with parents. The Prevent Duty and Online Safety You may have heard of a new duty which schools must fulfil known as the Prevent Duty. This is the government s initiative to prevent children being drawn into radicalisation and extremism, which all schools are required to uphold. We mainly do this through teaching core values such as tolerance of people from different backgrounds and mutual respect and by providing a safe place for children to discuss controversial issues. There is a new section on our school website about this under Schools on the Prevent Strategy menu with information for parents which you may find interesting. Online safety is an important element of this, as many young people are drawn into extremism via material available online. There is also an Online Safety section which contains useful advice for parents on how to keep your children safe online, including guidance on different mobile and gaming devices. Please do take a look!

3 Sponsored Skipathon Update Well done everyone! Here is Miss Robinson with an update on the Sponsored Skip as promised in last week s newsletter: On Monday 9 th November the children took part in a sponsored Jump Off to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. The aim of the event was to encourage children to be more active whilst raising money for the British Heart foundation's life-saving work. One in every 180 babies born in the UK has a heart defect and, sadly, every seven minutes someone in the UK dies from a heart attack. With our support, they can drive the fight forward by doing more research, making more discoveries and offering information, support and care to heart patients and their families. We have now collected sponsorship money and we are delighted to announce the total raised was a fantastic 2, ! Thank you to all for your brilliant fundraising and support, and to the staff who also donated 5 each. Miss Robinson Out of School Achievements Harry Constable (YR) Black and Yellow stripes on his Karate White Belt Josh McCutchen (Y2) Caterham Pumas Medals and Trophies Caitlin McTighe (Y4 Gold Medal, Floor and Vault Gymnastics Competition)

4 PA News Christmas Cards Thank you to everyone that handed their Christmas cards order in. The order has now gone off. As soon as we get them back, your PA Rep will hand these out to you. Year Three Cake Sale Thank you to all the Year Three mums who baked and covered the stall on Thursday after school. Year Three have some cakes left over from the sale, and will be selling these off after school today. Once we know how much they made we will let you know. Chocolate Donation Day Please don t forget that it s full dress down for the school on Friday 27th November In return for the dress down day the school may bring in chocolates, biscuits and sweets for the chocolate tombola stall that we will be having at the Christmas Fayre. Thank you for supporting this event. Christmas Fayre - Saturday 5th December pm Don t forget it s the school Christmas Fayre on the 5th December. Helpers slips have already been sent out to you. Please may I ask that you return your helpers slips as soon as possible, so that we can arrange stall cover. We are in need of any clean jars, books, DVDs, cakes for the cake stall the morning of the Fayre please. We are in need of some face painters, if there is anyone that can help us with this, please can you let your PA Rep know. If you have any raffle tickets, please may we ask that you return them to your PA Rep. We will be holding a large raffle again this year. If you have or know of anyone that would like to donate a gift for the raffle, please may I ask that you pass the prize on to a PA Rep. The PA will need your help and support to pull this event together, so please fill in your helpers slips and return them to us ASAP. The Giving Machine We are doing really well with money coming through from the Giving Machine. Please don t forget to have a look at the Giving Machine before going on line to make your orders. There are lots of companies on the Giving Machine, and the school receive a percentage of your order. Stamps Please don t forget to keep your stamps. Please place these in the white PA box located just inside the school office. We will soon have another large bundle to send off to the horse society that the school support. The school thus far have received two lovely certificates from the horse society in recognition of the schools support. Thank You Lorraine Hewitt Chair

5 Mathletics I have logged into Mathletics and intend to promote its usage across the school, including at home. The top three scorers from the records to date are: 1 st Jay Simpson 28,549 points 2 nd Zakari Amassoul 28,530 points 3 rd Marley Blossom 21,116 points Attendance this week Ahlberg Class 90% Rosen Class 99% Browne Class 99% Fine Class 99% Kinney Class 98% Dahl Class 99% Morpurgo Class 99% The 12 Golden Award winners this week are: Golden Award Winners Kaci Brown Yasmin Amassoul Emily Davey Alex Gurr Isobel Cronin Erin Brimble Tobi Walton Ryan Richardson Caden Evans Robert Thomas Ben Hamilton Charlie Pew The winning house team this week was Red House with 220 house points. Yours sincerely, Brian Grogan Headteacher

6 I have listed some important dates and events below. DATES AND EVENTS LIST Dates and Events Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 Tuesday 24/11/15 Tuesday 24/11/15 Wednesday 25/11/15 Wednesday 25/11/15 Thursday 26/11/15 Friday 27/11/15 Monday 30/11/15 Thursday 03/12/15 Saturday 05/12/15 Tuesday 08/12/15 Wednesday 09/12/15 Wednesday 09/12/15 Friday 11/12/15 Tuesday 15/12/15 Thursday 17/12/15 Friday 18/12/15 Friday 18/12/15 Friday 18/12/15 Wednesday 24/02/16 Wednesday 02/03/16 Themed Week Money, money, money What s Money Worth Day (Barnabas in School workshops Y1-Y6) Swimming Gala (1:30-3pm) Dentist Visit. Workshops held for Y1 to Y4 (am only) Y5 Bible Explorer (2-3pm) Rocksteady Assembly 10am Mufti-Day Chocolate Donation to support Christmas Fayre PA Meeting (7:15pm) Y2 Educational Visit to London Zoo (Living Nativity) Christmas Fayre 1-3pm FS/KS1 Christmas Production (2pm siblings) FS/KS1 Christmas Production (9am no siblings) Christmas School Lunch School Discos Carol Concert at St. Mary s Church (2pm start) Class Christmas Parties (1:30-3pm) Jack and the Beanstalk Panto for Whole School (funded by PA) Christmas Jumper Day School Breaks Up at 1:30pm for the Christmas Holiday Football Match - Audley vs Warlingham Village (Home) Football Match - Audley vs Whyteleafe (Away) St John's Church Christmas Fair St John's Church Caterham is holding its annual Christmas Fair on Saturday 28th November from 10 am until 2 pm in the Church Hall. The entrance fee of 50p will include your first cup of coffee (or other drink) and a biscuit. There will be various stalls to browse including gifts for Christmas, cards, books, CDs, DVDs, toys, homemade cakes and jams and hot lunches (from 11 am - 1 pm) and raffle. There will be several stalls for children to enjoy including a 'make and take' and the ever popular Chocolate Tombola. We look forward to seeing you on the day.