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Friday Flyer – 17th July 2020

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Message from the Leadership Team

As this is the final day of the school year, it seems only right and proper that we allow our young leaders of

Year 6 2020 the opportunity to write the closing leadership message of the year.

We are very proud of all our children and wish you all a happy summer. The staff and Governors at

Deanesfield would like to wish those that are leaving us today for the last time and not returning all our

best wishes for every future success. Take care, and remember to:

Dream, Believe, Achieve... and make a difference!

Year 6 Young Leaders Message – Classes of 2020

Wednesday 15th July was a momentous day for all of us in Year 6! The whole world has been gripped by the

Coronavirus, which has changed the way we go to school, the way we play and interact with our friends and how

we live our lives. Our teachers, leaders, all the staff and school governors at Deanesfield Primary School, did not

let these challenges take away our fun. Everyone at school was totally committed to giving us the best farewell

ever and we will remember this day forever!

We ate lunch together and talked about our Lockdown stories. It felt amazing to see everyone and actually talk to

one another. We realised what a fantastic team we are, across all the three classes and how great it felt to be

together – perhaps something we took for granted in the past. We played games and races on the field and took

selfies. Somehow the grass smelt sweeter and the air fresher-you could almost taste the sense of excitement.

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Later on, we watched our Leavers Assembly in the vast hall at Queensmead and we felt so grown up crossing the

threshold into a bigger school. Our new journey was almost beginning. Ms O’Sullivan told us ‘Let No One Steal

Your Dreams’ and our school leaders read us this moving poem to give us courage for our exciting journey ahead.

Our teachers reminisced about all the happy and funny memories they have of us all and a real highlight were the

pictures from our younger years and our rendition of ‘When I Grow Up’.

At the end of the assembly, we

all clapped for our parents – to

thank them for all their hard

work in supporting us during

Lockdown. We were reminded

of how challenging these times

were not only for us but for our

families, who have been

supporting us over the last few

months with our learning at

home. It made us realise what a

big family we have become, and

that with Deanesfield by our

side, we are never alone.

Ms O’Sullivan reminded us that our school doors would always be open to us if we needed help or if we wanted to

share any worries, as well as sharing all the great things that will be happening in our futures. It felt warm and fuzzy

to know everyone at Deanesfield would still be there for us, if ever we needed it!

We didn’t think our celebration could get any better and we were beginning to feel a little sad at having to say

goodbye. However, at the end of the Junior gate stood the most gigantic balloon arch we have ever seen. It was

bursting with colours of the rainbow-a real symbol of the NHS and how they have helped us and been true heroes

over the last few months. A line of friendly, familiar and supportive smiling faces cheered us, blew party blowers

and shook sparkly pompoms at us. Bubbles magically flew in the air. We walked on a vivid red carpet and rose petal

confetti greeted us along the path. Uplifting and cool music was drowned out with all the cheers and claps from all

our teachers, school staff and parents. It will be a sight and feeling of sheer joy, that we will never forget! Never

before has there been a Year 6 Leavers Guard of Honour so magnificent – we felt so very special.

So now it’s time for us to say goodbye and we are both scared and excited about secondary school. Deanesfield has

done an amazing job in giving us confidence in ourselves, helping us form lasting friendships as well as filling us

with so much knowledge and great experiences so we have happy and bright futures ahead of us. We cannot thank

our school enough-so from the bottom of our hearts:

Thank You To Everyone at Deanesfield School – You ROCK!!!

Our Leavers assembly is now available on our Your Tube Channel, and you can find pictures of the

leavers event and more on our School website by clicking here.

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Transition – Classes in September 2020

Please refer to the tables below to see which class your child will be moving to when they return in September:

Current Class New Class Teacher Current Class New Class Teacher

Bluebells 1W Miss Williamson 3B 4W Mr Wallace

Roses 1C Mrs Craig 3G 4G Mr Gill

Buttercups 1M Miss Marsh 3H 4P Mrs Pearson

1C 2H Miss Hedges 4H 5C Mrs Childs

1F 2C Miss Cachra 4I 5I Mrs Iqbal

1W 2B Miss Benn 4W 5F Miss Fundrey

2B 3M Miss McDermott 5C 6T Mr Thorp

2LC 3T Mrs Townsley 5M 6H Miss Harragan

2T 3S Miss Simmons 5T 6I Miss Imane

Please remember to view the transition information for each Year Group on the relevant year group page of the

school website. They contain information to help children prepare over the Summer as well as videos from the

staff to welcome your child into their new year group. The transition videos are also be available on our

school’s YouTube channel, which we hope the children enjoy before they return to school in September.

SUMMER HARVEST

Each year, the children in different year groups plant all sorts of vegetables. Harvesting them is great fun and gives children an opportunity to see what they have grown and to take pride in their efforts.

On Tuesday, the children helped Mr Bowman harvest their potatoes… we found 38!

Oliver: It was really fun getting our hands dirty finding the potatoes!

Filomena: The potatoes were all different shapes!

TRANSITION

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NOTICES / REMINDERS

Hillingdon SEND Summer Activities

Summer holiday activities will be

available for all SEND children and

young people, at the Wren Centre

in South Ruislip.

For further information, please visit our SEND webpage by

clicking here.

Parent Survey Reminder

Earlier this week, we sent out a short parent survey via Survey Monkey, giving you the opportunity to provide your feedback with regard to the School’s support and provision of home learning over lockdown.

This survey will close on Monday 20th July. Therefore, if you haven’t already done so, we will be grateful if you can complete this survey as soon as possible in order for us to review the feedback provided and plan the best

way forward. If you did not receive this this survey, please e-mail admin@deanesfieldschool.org.uk.

We thank you for your continuing support during these unprecedented times.

Think U Know - Final Online Safety Packs

Children love to socialise and will want to stay in touch with their friends as they get older. The final online

activity pack explores how they can stay safe while connecting with others on social media apps and platforms:

• 4-5s

• 5-7s

• 8-10s

• 11-13s

A new video guide and accompanying article helps parents and carers to understand

the risks of using social media, what they need to consider when deciding if their

child is ready to use it and how they can make social media safer for their child.

Upcoming Parent Governor Vacancies

So that you are aware, we will have a couple of Parent Governor vacancies coming up at our School in the

Autumn Term. If you are interested in applying for this position, please think about how your skills and

availability would help benefit and support the School’s vision.

Further information will be given about the process when we return in September.

Mental Health and Wellbeing

over Summer The #SelfcareSummer Primary pack is full

of fun activities designed to help

children look after their mental health

and wellbeing while enjoying

themselves.

It also signposts them and their families

to additional support if they need it.

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REMINDERS

Wishing you all a wonderful

Summer Holiday!

We look forward to welcoming the return of all children in Years 1 – 6

when school will re-opens for the start of the Autumn Term on

Thursday 3rd September 2020

We also look forward to welcoming our existing Nursery children back

on Monday 7th September 2020.

New Nursery children and Reception children will return on the start

date as communicated in their individual Induction letters.