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Bulletin 8th June 2018
Dear Parents/Carers
READING COMPREHENSION
Our picture this week is entitled, “DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH”.
Credit: Erik Johansson
What has happened here?
Where did the diamond come from?
How long has it been here for?
Has anyone seen in it yet? Did anyone see where it came
from?
Who might be the first person to discover it?
What do you think they will do?
What would you do if you discovered this?
Role play the reactions of different people:
Owner of the house in the background
Farmer who owns the field
Local policeman
Local journalist
Geologist from the nearest university
Local businessman
Buyer at Tiffany&Co.
What headline would you give this story in a
newspaper?
GROUNDS FORCE MORNING
Following our Grounds Force morning this week,
we are going to continue to hold a weekly event
for the next two weeks to help us finish off the
clearance of the YR wooded area and the painting
of the woodwork. On Tuesday 12th June, both Mrs
Clarke and Mr Jordan will be on hand to help with
the weeding! On Tuesday 19th June, we will also be joined by
Mr Farrer. As previously, we would appreciate any willing
parent volunteers to help us on these mornings.
PTA QUIZ – 21st JUNE 2018 - Thursday
Do you have the kind of mind that can retain the names of Katie
Price's children and also the length of an
Olympic swimming pool? Has everything you learnt at school
fallen out of your brain and been replaced by
obscure lyrics? If so, then the POTLEY HILL PTA QUIZ is the
place for you! Join us for a fun-filled night where
everyone's a winner - apart from the losers of course. The quiz
takes place on THURSDAY 21ST JUNE in the
Help! The weeds are like triffids!
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school hall, 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Bring your own drinks and
nibbles. Tickets are £3 per person with up to 6
people allowed per team. Fill out the entry form attached to the
bulletin and return it to us ASAP to guarantee
your place at this popular night which raises vital funds for
the PTA. We'll see you there!
CLASS ORGANISATION FOR SEPTEMBER
We have now finalised which classes teachers will be leading
next year. The major change is the organisation
of Y3/4. This will be similar to Y5/6 with 3 x mixed classes for
registration and afternoon lessons; in the
mornings, children will split 4 ways in order to have 2 x Y3
groups for English and Maths and 2 x Y4 groups.
This means that children will be in smaller groups of
approximately 22/23 pupils. We will be organising
information sessions for parents in July to share year group
expectations. You will also notice that we have
tweaked a few class names!
Your child’s class will be emailed to you later in the term via
ParentMail.
Year Group Class Name Teacher
R Caterpillars Mrs Stark
R Ladybirds Miss Hook
1 Toucans Miss Anstey (new teacher)
1/2 Flamingos Miss Barton
2 Hummingbirds Miss Boxall
3/4 (Y3 morning group) Sharks Mr Farrer (new teacher)
3/4 (Y3 morning group) Dolphins Mrs Samuel & Mrs Wallace
3/4 (Y4 morning group) Narwhals Miss Miles
Additional Y4 morning group Whales Miss Bucknell
5/6 (Y5 morning group) Tigers Miss Clarke (new teacher)
5/6 (Y5 morning group) Leopards Mrs Bellingall
5/6 (Y6 morning group) Lions Mrs Richards
Additional Y6 morning group Panthers Mr Jordan
While Mrs Burningham is on maternity leave, Mrs Elkins is taking
the lead as SENCo – Please see her letter
which is attached to this bulletin.
Mrs Samuel is also stepping up as one of our Key Stage Leaders
next year, sharing this role with Mrs Wallace
who has previously been leading KS1 alongside Mrs Wilson. Mrs
Wilson will continue to lead KS1 and the
Early Years but does not have her own class as she will have
leadership responsibilities as well as teaching in
various classes as ‘release time’ for other teachers.
We hope the children will be excited about their potential new
teacher for September and look forward to
sharing the details with you in a few weeks’ time.
SPORTS DAY
What a lovely sport’s day! Well done to all the children who
showed such good sportsmanship. Our biggest
thank you goes to Miss Bucknell who has been quietly organising
the event behind
the scenes and came in today to run it. Although she was tired
by the end, she
was really pleased to be well enough to attend and enjoyed
chatting to the
parents. Well done to YELLOW TEAM who came first – they have not
won the
sports day trophy for many, many years so are particularly
delighted that it was
their year in 2018!
BOOK FAIR
Our Book Fair has now arrived! Please come and have a browse
next week and
potentially choose some new books for that summer holiday
reading!
DADS & LADS AFTERNOON – WHOLE SCHOOL
We would like to invite dads, grandads, uncles or other male
family members over 18 to Dads and Lads
afternoon on Thursday 14th June from 1.15 – 3.15pm. Each year
group will be doing a different activity and
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adults with children of different ages will be able to ‘ping’
between the activities, spending some time in each.
Our activities are:
YR: Pirate themed activities
Y1/2: Newspaper sculptures linked to ‘the beach’
Y3/4: Roman shields
Y5/6: Cricket & Rounders
We know that some adults enjoy a bit of dressing up – if this is
you, then please feel free to come as a
pirate, a Roman, a beach goer or in PE kit ready for some sport.
There may be some of you who are visiting
more than one activity; in this case, we will leave it up to you
and you might just want to accessorize! The
aim is to have a fun, casual afternoon, working alongside your
children/grandchildren/nephews/nieces etc!
THE HART LOTTERY
The Hart Lottery is an exciting weekly lottery that raises money
for good causes in Hart and you can now
support our school through it. The PTA has joined this lottery
as a replacement for our previous ‘100 Club’. Tickets are just £1
per week and each ticket has a 1:50 chance to win a prize, with the
top prize being
£25,000! 60p goes towards good causes in Hart and you can choose
Potley Hill PTA to receive 50p of that. Simply go to
www.hartlottery.co.uk to register, start playing and support the
school at the same time. Good luck!
YEAR 4 ‘CLASS’ ASSEMBLY
Our Y4s will be sharing their experiences of their residential
trip to Marchants Hill with the rest of school on
Thursday 14th June at 9.10am. All parents/carers and family
members are welcome to join us!
MASSAGE IN SCHOOL PROGRAMME
The Massage in Schools programme (MISP) was introduced in the UK
in 2001 and is a programme of positive
touch and clothed peer massage for children aged 4-12 years – it
is used to improve children’s wellbeing.
Research has proved the benefits to be:
Improved calmness and concentration
Increased self confidence and self esteem
Improved social skills with a greater number of
relationships/friendships with peers and adults
Children feel happier and more relaxed
A reduction of aggressive behaviour and bullying
Improved ability to work in groups and independently
Increased awareness of the body and signs of stress and anxiety.
Mrs Jordan is a qualified mobile therapist and will be working with
different year groups.
This half term, she has started her sessions in Y3/4 and
children in every single class
enjoyed their first massage time earlier in the week. These
sessions are carried out in an
appropriate way and it is peer-on-peer massage with permission
sought from the child
before any touching is allowed. If you have a child in these
year groups, please ask them
to explain and show you what they have been doing.
EASY FUNDRAISING
As some of you may recall, the school is registered with ‘Easy
Fundraising’. This is a site
which allows you to set up a log in and to download a quick link
on your internet
browser page. Then, every time you shop online and use this
link, a donation is made to
the school. There is a wide range of sites including Amazon,
Travel sites and even
energy providers and mobile providers. We currently have 44
parents registered with
the site and have so far raised £590.81. Every penny counts and
helps our fantastic PTA
to raise money for additional resources for all children in the
school. We will shortly
be having new playground markings re-painted at a cost of £6500
– the
majority of this cost has been donated by our PTA. Our link
is:
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/potleyhillprimaryschool/
http://www.hartlottery.co.uk/https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/potleyhillprimaryschool/
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ABSEILING FOR CHARITY
On Saturday Amelia H is abseiling off Guildford Cathedral for
local charity CSSEF,
(Chloe & Sophie’s Special Ear Fund) if you would like to
sponsor Amelia please see
her giving page link:
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Hoskins
SNOWDON
Ben F climbed to the top of Snowdon all 3,560 feet and climbed
back down again on
Monday 28 May 2018. He wanted to do it for the ‘Make a Wish’
charity but did not
get the time to advertise his Just Giving page as he was
poorly.
His dad was in the RAF and did mountain rescue for 15 years and
they wanted to
inspire him and prove to him you can do anything if you put your
mind to it!
It took them 10 hours mainly due to sore feet but they did it!
Mum and Dad are so
proud of him as he did it straight after having chicken pox too
- what a star!
E-SAFETY
Our e-safety section over the next few weeks is aimed at
children so please encourage yours
to have a go and see if they know how to stay e-safe!
Answers at the bottom of the page…
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Hoskins
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YATELEY 2K FUN RUN
Lucy A took part in this event on Wednesday 6th June and came
first in the Under 11’s category. She is
pictured here receiving her trophy from the mayor of
Yateley.
‘TOP HAT OF THE WEEK’
Child/ren Reason
Caterpillar Mason H For using his White information thinking hat
to make fantastic progress with his writing.
Ladybird Thomas E For using his White information thinking hat
and using phonics facts to
support his writing.
Flamingo Jonathan H For using his Blue and Red thinking hats to
always think about others
feelings and be a good friend at all times.
Hummingbird Sienna C For using her Yellow thinking hat to
approach her editing of writing with
positivity and focus.
Puffin Lily M For using her strengths to persevere with her
English editing and
improving it independently.
Dolphin Wei W For always having a positive working attitude and
for continually bringing
a smile to Dolphin class.
Whale Henry W For using his White and Blue thinking hats when
answering “time”
questions in Maths this week.
Shark Alfie-Jack B For using his Blue and White think hat to
find durations of time.
Leopard Gaby G For using her Red, Green and White thinking hats
to sing her solo in the
play rehearsal.
Lion Leo W For using his White and Yellow thinking hat to help
out during
rehearsals and when learning his lines.
Tiger Rehan For using his White thinking hat to problem solve
and edit in Maths.
CALENDAR DATES
DATE EVENT
W/c Monday 11th June Phonics testing for Y1
Tuesday 12th June Grounds Force morning with Mrs Clarke & Mr
Jordan
KS1 Multi-skills festival 4- 5.30pm at Samuel Cody
Thursday 14th June Whole school Dads & Lads afternoon
4pm Tri-Golf festival at Samuel Cody
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Friday 15th June Reserve Sports Day
w.b. Monday 18th June Lifeskills week
9.15 – 10.15 Visit 1 for new YR Grps 1 & 2
4-5.30pm KS1 World Cup Football festival at Cove Juniors
Tuesday 19th June Grounds Force morning with Mrs Clarke, Mr
Jordan & Mr
Farrer
Y3/4 Songfest at Hawley Primary School
4-5.30pm Y5/6 Rounders Festival at Wellington Community
School
Wednesday 20th June 9.15 – 10.15 Visit 1 for new YR Grps 3 &
4
Thursday 21st June 9.10 Puffin Class Assembly
1 – 4pm Girls Kwik Cricket festival Y5/6 at St Nicholas’
2.45pm New YR storytime
PTA Quiz night
Monday 25th June 9.15 – 10.15 New YR Visit 2 Grps 2 & 4
Y5 Activity day at Yateley Secondary School
Tuesday 26th June Potley Has Talent to school
Wednesday 27th June 9.15 – 10.15 New YR Visit 2 Grps 1 &
3
Potley Has Talent to Parents
Thursday 28th June 9.10am Ladybird Class Assembly
Monday 2nd July Y5/6 Production to rest of school
Tuesday 3rd July Y5/6 Production to parents at 2pm
1-3pm Y3 trip to the Primary Prom, The Anvil, B’Stoke
2-3.30pm KS1 tennis festival at F’Boro’ Tennis Club
Wednesday 4th July 2.45pm New YR storytime
Y5/6 Production to parents at 7pm
Thursday 5th July 9.10am Hummingbird Class Assembly
Y6 Induction Day at Secondary
Move up day for rest of school
Friday 6th July PTA SUMMER FUN NIGHT
W/c Monday 9th July Y6 Residential to France
2.45pm New YR storytime
Tuesday 10th July Y5 trip to Paulton’s Park
Y1/2 ‘Seaside’ themed day
Wednesday 11th July Y5 Technology Day at FCC
Thursday 12th July 9.10am Caterpillar Class Assembly
Friday 13th July New YR visit 3 in classes 9.15-1pm
Monday 16th July End of Year Written reports to be sent home to
parents
Tuesday 17th July 9.10am Rocksteady performance – parents/carers
invited
Move up afternoon to new classes
2.50pm Ukulele/drum performance to school, parents/carers
Wednesday 18th July Y6 Fun Afternoon with BBQ & Bouncy
Castle
Friday 20th July Last day of summer term for children
Leavers Assembly at 9.10am School closes at 1pm.
Monday 23rd July INSET
Monday 3rd September INSET
Tuesday 4th September Children return for new academic year
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PTA QUIZ NIGHT REPLY SLIP THURSDAY 21st JUNE
(ADULTS ONLY) I would like …..… Tickets at £3.00 each =
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£………………………
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