Issue 18 15th June 2018 Important Items in this newsletter: Diary Dates Summer Fair School Uniform Collecting Pupils from School Class Star of the Week These awards are given out in Celebration Assembly every Friday w/ending 25.5.2018 w/ending 8.6.2018 RNL Xhefri Joshua RMP Charlie Heath 1EB Bluebell Violet 1HS Whole class for their assembly Jacob 2KB Daniel Xhafer 2NO Harrison Megan 3LS Alice Jessica 3VT Marlo Sacha 4FM Millie Freya 4CP Max Jack 5SJ Logan Markie 5GW 6HS Y5/Y6 Residential children for their excellent behaviour Rohey Bradley 6VW Ryan Reuben Sports Archie Alfie Forest James Dear All The second half of the Summer term seems to be going very quickly, probably because so much has been happening! On the final Friday of the half term a girls football team from Years 3/4 took part in the final of a competition organised by Albion in the Community and managed to win! They have brought home a fantastic cup which is just being engraved before going on display in our very full trophy cabinet! Year 4 have visited Fishbourne as part of their Roman Topic and Year 3 have enjoyed a Stone Age WOW day. Our choir have been out to sing at the local Methodist church and three sports teams have represented us in locality competitions: 3/4 Football, 5/6 Tag Rugby and 5/6 Cricket. Year 6 have started to attend various transition sessions at Shoreham Academy or the secondary school they will be joining in September. We have also met the parents of the children who will be entering our Reception classes in September. They joined us for a meeting where we were able to talk about the curriculum in EYFS and have a good look at the incredible learning environments they will be working in. As we think about next year we will have a few staffing changes to announce. The first one which we would like to share with you is that Kristen Fawcett, our Deputy Head, will be leaving at the end of the Summer Term. He has not been in school as much as normal this year as he has been supporting another REAch2 school, several days a week, to help improve their Year 6 results. He has in fact already relocated to Buckinghamshire but enjoys working in our school so much that he has been travelling back to work each week, a round trip of over 150 miles! Unfortunately this arrangement cannot last forever so he has successfully applied for a new role, as Deputy Head, in a school nearer home. We will all miss him as he has contributed so much during his time at Eastbrook. I am sure you will join me in wishing him well. We will definitely be keeping in touch with him, especially as he is due to become a father later in the year. We have not had to look far for a replacement as there is so much talent and experience in our school; I am delighted to inform you that our new Deputy Head will be Natalie Lay. Many of you will already know her as she has been a teacher for many years at our school and is currently working in early years. If you don t know her you will have plenty of opportunities to meet her over the course of next year. We hope to see lots of you at the Summer Fair tomorrow. Julia Sherlock (Headteacher) Summer Fair and Fun Run Don t forget our Summer Fair and Fun Run will take place on Saturday 16th June (tomorrow). The running starts at 11 am with the fair running until 2.30pm. More details are available later in this Newsletter, including a sponsor form for the run.
Ice Cream Friday Returns! A range of ice creams will be for sale after school every Friday (when the weather is suitable). All profits go to the PTA to support various initiatives across the school. This Friday only there will also be a second hand book sale organised by Mrs Green s Maths Set. School Uniform We would like to take this opportunity to remind parents that we expect children to dress appropriately for school. This includes sensible black shoes (trainers or flip flop style sandals are not suitable for everyday use). We also ask that pupils do not wear jewellery, apart from simple stud-earrings (which must be removed for all sporting activities) and/or a watch. Finally we strongly discourage hairstyles with shaved patterns, high spikes and dyed hair. Thank you for your support in maintaining standards at our school. Collecting Pupils from School As parents/carers are aware, the school day finishes at 3pm for pupils in YR to Y2 and at 3.05pm for pupils in Years 3 to 6. We appreciate that occasionally parents can be delayed and we will take messages and ensure your child is kept safe. However staff have a range of roles to complete at the end of the day and if you are regularly late collecting your child or your child is not collected by 3.25pm, then we may ask them to join the Skoolz Out club until you can arrive at school. If this happens regularly we will consider making a charge. We would encourage that all pupils are collected promptly at the end of the day. Thank you for your co-operation. Solving Crime with Science Many of our Year 5 children have been given the chance to attend different activities at Christ s Hospital. This week a group went with Mrs Walker to act as forensic scientists and solve a range of clues using their scientific knowledge. We were very proud of the way they all worked. Their behaviour was also perfect. More trips will follow to this very impressive local school.
Class Attendance School attendance is incredibly important as it can have an impact on your child with both their learning and their friendship groups. Our school target is to be in line with national figures: 96% Each week classes have the opportunity to win attendance prizes for the best attendance and least number of recorded lates. Well done to the following classes : w/ending 25th May 2018 KS1 1st place 1EB with 98.67%, KS2 1st place 5SJ with 97.74% Whole School Attendance w/ending 25th May = 93.88% w/ending 8th June 2018 KS1 1st place 2NO with 97.33%, KS2 1st place 6VW with 99.63% Whole School Attendance w/ending 8th June = 95.05% Intergenerational Projects There have been several opportunities recently for our pupils to work with, or perform to, people of an older generation. The first was a project organised as part of Shoreham Wordfest: Generation Gap? What Generation Gap? We Two is a new initiative committed to bringing the generations together to create great art. This summer, We Two launches with workshops at Eastbrook, North Lancing, Our Lady of Sion and St Nicholas and St Mary schools. Published novelist Richard Bingham and professional artist Angela Edwards will lead the sessions. These proved very popular, with some great art work and creative writing being produced. Eastbrook Choir Our choir also had the opportunity to entertain a group of elders, who meet regularly at our local Methodist Church. It was a pleasure to see the different generations talking to each other. One lady, who was celebrating her 96th birthday, said the children singing to her was the best present she could ever have had!
Term Dates for your Diary Sat 16th June All Summer Fair and Fun Run Mon 18th June EYFS RNLI visiting as part of topic Thurs 21st June Y5 Fun Day at Shoreham Academy Thurs 21st June Y2 Shoreham beach trip Fri 22nd June EYFS Sports morning and picnic Fri 22nd June Y6 Enterprise Afternoon Tues 26th June 2NO Class Assembly for parents/carers Tues 26th June Y4/6 Community Games Wed 27th June Y3/5 Community Games Wed 27th June 2KB Class Assembly for parent/carers Thurs 28th June Y3/5 Sports Day (AM) Thurs 28th June Y4/6 Sports Day (PM) Thurs 28th June EYFS Drusillas trip Fri 29th June Y1 WOW Day Fri 29th June Y6 Swimming Gala Wed 4th July Y6 Chessington Trip Thurs 5th July KS1 Sports Morning Fri 6th July Y6 Shoreham Port Visit Fri 6th July EYFS End of Year Celebration Assembly W/C 9th July Y6 Bikeability W/C 9th July Y6 Transition for Shoreham Academy Mon 9th July Y5 Adur Activity Day Tue 10th July Y1/2 Swimming Fun Sessions Wed 11th July Y4 Swimming Gala Thurs 12th July Y5 Swimming Gala Fri 13th July EYFS/Y5 Reptylers Fri 13th July Y6 Leavers Barbecue W/C 16th July Y6 Year 6 Productions Thurs 19th July All Eastbrook s got talent Fri 20th July Y6 Year 6 Leavers Assemblies Fri 20th July - Last Day of Term for pupils Autumn Term 2018 starts Tuesday 4th September Swimming Money Just to remind you that swimming money is now due for the final term of the year. Please check at the office for the amount owed. Mrs Julia Sherlock, Headteacher Eastbrook Primary Academy Manor Hall Road, Southwick