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Thorney Tribune
Thorney Island CP School
Newsletter No 3 November 2021
November 2021
Dear Parents, Governors and Friends,
I hope this newsletter finds you well and looking forward to Christmas. This is often the busiest
half term of the year in school so please make a note of all the important dates as it is not always
possible to send out reminders
STAR OF THE WEEK AWARDS
5 November 12 November
Owl Class Beatrix Malone Owl Class Toby Atkinson
Osprey Class Elaina Hannah Osprey Class Poppy Gibbs
Prairie Falcon Class Layla Reith Van Beers Prairie Falcon Class Isabel Dippenaar
Peregrine Falcon Class Phoebe Allan Peregrine Falcon Class Bailey Harrison
Kestrel Class Freya Mingar Kestrel Class Hermione Hopkins
Merlin Class Phoebe Holcroft Merlin Class Freyja Wright
Goshawk Class Eva Carroll Goshawk Class Lily Knight
Hawk Class Khloe Ankomah Hawk Class George Heatley
Eagle Class Crystal Wright Eagle Class Filomena Baliveicau
Merlin Class – Wear it Wild
The children undertook some endangered animal art with the idea of the white animal outline
suggesting that if we don’t do something then the animal will soon disappear from its landscape
forever. In the afternoon they used modelling dough to design their own animal that would fit
somewhere in the school grounds - having to decide its eating habits, protection against predators,
how it hunts, where it lives and how it’s adapted etc. They were very creative! The class have also
decided to adopt an Amur Tiger this year.
New School Councillors
The following children have been elected to represent their class on the School Council. The
School Council meet with me fortnightly to discuss successes, needs, problems and responsibilities
after they have had a class meeting to raise any concerns they have. We always encourage children
and classes to sort out their own problems, but those that need further support are escalated to
the School Council and if necessary, Governors. As always the vast majority of things discussed
are the successes we have in school.
Osprey Class Finlay Mercer Lottie Bigby-Sutton
Prairie Falcon Class Henry Copland Isabel Dippenaar
Peregrine Falcon Class Isaac Dallimore Makelesi Naulumatua
Kestrel Class Sebastian Dallimore Soraya Scott
Merlin Class Api Navisiri Betsy Webster
Goshawk Class Oliver McFarlane Lilly-Mai Cotton
Hawk Class Lilly Norris Aston Biddlecombe
Eagle Class Stanley Porter Lily Young
Christmas Performances
We are planning to have Christmas performances this year for all year groups. The children enjoy
rehearsing and performing and this is an important and valuable part of our formal curriculum
(music, drama) as well as our informal teaching (working together, building confidence, performing).
Our hope is to be able to invite parents into school to watch the performances; however, this very
much depends on the COVID situation at the time. Please be assured that if circumstances
dictate that we are unable to have a live audience we may share with you virtually or with photo’s
depending on which we deem to be the most appropriate at the time.
We are constantly monitoring the situation and as always, thank you for your patience and
understanding.
Classes Performance Day Timings
Owl + Merlin Nativity Tuesday 7 December 9.30am
Wednesday 8 December 2.00pm
Hawk, Goshawk
and Eagle
Carol Service Thursday 9 December 9.15am
Friday 10 December 2.15pm
Osprey and
Kestrel
Gruffalo / Carol
Service
Wednesday 8 December 9.15am
Thursday 9 December 2.15pm
Peregrine and
Prairie Falcon
12 Days of
Christmas
Wednesday 8 December 1.30pm
Friday 10 December 9.15am
We expect the performances to last between 20 and 30 minutes.
Children in Need, Friday 19 November
This year, Children in Need is Friday 19 November. Children are encouraged to come to school
wearing their pyjamas, a onesie or ‘something different’ in return for a donation. Donations can be
made via our Just Giving page, www.justgiving.com/Thorney-Island-School We are requesting that
children do not bring money into school.
Football Match - Thorney v Westbourne
The team played extremely well considering
this was their first ever game playing
together. The children from Westbourne
were all from Year 6 and towered over the
Thorney players. Mr Harms was very
impressed with the teams’ resilience and
enthusiasm. We have quite a young team on
which to build and Mr Harms is keen to play
more games against other locality schools.
I have now hung up my Head Coach boots
and am looking forward to watching more games form the side-lines! I’m not sure if it will be any
less stressful, especially when you see Alex Ferguson in the stands at Old Trafford!
Roadworks at Thorney Island Gate Post
From Monday 29 November work will commence to Tarmac the road between the barriers and the
first speed bump, plus the installation of bollards to the front of the kiosk. This work should take
5 days depending on circumstances and conditions.
All families and visitors to Thorney Island are requested to be patient and are advised to allow
extra time to get on to the Island whilst these works are undertaken.
Dates for your Diary – Please See Below
Yours sincerely
Dean Clegg
Headteacher
DIARY DATES
15 November Kestrel Class to Tuppenny Barn
17 November Flu Vaccinations – whole school
18 November Play & Share – Owl Class
19 November Children in Need
22 November Last week of after school clubs
30 November Rainbow Theatre performing Dick Whittington – whole school
02 December Osprey Class to pantomime at Kings Theatre, Southsea
02 December Star Gazing – Hawk & Goshawk Classes
07 December Nativity – Owl & Merlin Classes, 9.30am
08 December Nativity – Owl & Merlin Classes, 2.00pm
08 December Gruffalo & Carol Service – Osprey & Kestrel Classes, 9.15am
08 December 12 Days of Christmas – Prairie & Peregrine Falcon Classes, 1.30pm
09 December Carol Service – Hawk, Goshawk & Eagle Classes, 9.15am
09 December Gruffalo & Carol Service – Osprey & Kestrel Classes, 9.15am
09 December Christmas Lunch – whole school
10 December 12 Days of Christmas – Prairie & Peregrine Falcon Classes, 9.15am
10 December Carol Service – Hawk, Goshawk & Eagle Classes, 2.15pm
16 December Christmas Party – whole school
17 December Last day of term – Merry Christmas to all
04 January 2022 First day of Spring Term – back to school for all children
Term Dates & INSET Days 2021/2022
02 September 2021: Start of Autumn Term
22 October 2021: INSET Day (children do not attend school on this day)
25 – 29 October 2021: Half Term
17 December 2021: End of Autumn Term - Break-up for Christmas Holiday
04 January 2022: Start of Spring Term
18 February 2022: INSET Day (children do not attend school on this day)
21-25 February 2022: Half Term
28 February 2022: INSET Day (children do not attend school on this day)
08 April 2022: End of Spring Term - Break-up for Easter Holiday
25 April 2022: Start of Summer Term
02 May 2022: Bank Holiday
27 May 2022: INSET Day (children do not attend school on this day)
30 May – 3 June 2022: Half Term
6 June 2022 INSET Day (children do not attend school on this day)
21 July 2022 End of Summer Term – Break-up for Summer Holiday
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