HURST PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

www.hurst-park.surrey.sch.uk 15.10.2021

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MESSAGE FROM MR JAMES

I had the pleasure of visiting Year 6, who are currently on their residential in Bowles, this week. What an amazing venue! All the children were having a brilliant time completing an array of

activities including: kayaking, rock climbing, orienteering, skiing and archery to name just a few. I was surprised to hear that they had slept well and the highlight for many was the ‘scrumptious’ food! The staff informed me that the children have all been so well behaved and shown great

resilience in completing some of the adventurous activities. I am sure they will be talking about the visit for the rest of the year.

Next week, I have introduced a ‘low level week’ for staff. The main aim of this initiative is to allow staff to focus primarily on delivering excellent lessons without having to attend meetings or

complete marking in books. Low level week also enables teachers to start considering their plans for next half term. We will not send a newsletter out next week, so I hope everyone has a

wonderful last four days of this half term and enjoys a relaxing half term holiday. Mr James

STAR OF THE WEEK

Star of the Week

Forthcoming Dates

Message from Mr James

Vacancy

Dinner Money

Mindfulness

Online Courses for Parents/Carers

Piece of the Week and

Instrument of the Week

Medication at School

Secondary School Applications

Penalty Notices

Robins Arabella C for always coming in with a smile and consistently having a positive attitude.

Kingfishers Leila B for being an extremely responsible member of the class who is always kind and a positive role model to others.

1 Owls Gabriel F for working really hard on his writing and producing work to a high standard.

1 Penguins Dolly M for working really hard at using adjectives in her sentences.

2 Puffins Imogen B for being a quiet and conscientious learner who always does her very best.

2 Toucans Ilyas H for excellent concentration, wonderful listening and lots of hard work!

3MG Ben S for his consistently excellent behaviour and attitude to work. He is a fantastic role model to those around him.

3T Joel M for his excellent place value knowledge.

4M Sophia P for being a superstar in our class assembly and producing some excellent maths work this week.

4K Esme B for her positive attitude to learning and exceptional effort across the curriculum.

5B Junior W for settling in so well at Hurst Park Primary School and for showing such resilience in his learning.

5C Amber S for always displaying exemplary behaviour and consistently produc-ing excellent work.

6E Robert B, Francesca H, Layla HJ and Soha U for their incredible help and sup-port around the school in different classes this week.

6H Lily-May, Kara R, Lara R for their incredible help and support around the school in different classes this week.

PIECE OF THE WEEK

This week’s piece of the week has been:

The Click Song by Miriam Makeba.

The link to listen to this is:

https://youtu.be/onBLru8SfOk

INSTRUMENT OF THE WEEK This week's instrument of the week has been:

the congas.

ONLINE COURSES FOR PARENTS/CARERS

Parents and carers of children and young people in Surrey are being encouraged to take advantage of some great online courses for families from the Solihull Approach

Team.

These free courses are based on research about children's emotional needs and behaviour; written by CAMHS

experts, clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, health visitors, and Educators; are evidence-based, and trusted

by professionals.

There is a range of courses available, including 'Understanding your child' (0-19+ years).

For full details of the courses available and how to book, please see the attached letter.

FORTHCOMING DATES Tuesday 19th October—Class Rep/PTA Meeting 6:30pm

20th & 21st Oct—Y3-6 Harvest Concert

Fri 22nd Oct—INSET Day

Mon25th to Fri 29th Oct—HALF TERM

Mon 1st Nov to Mon 6th Dec—4K Swimming Lessons

Mon 1st to Thurs 4th Nov—Y4 Bikeability

Weds 3rd Nov—Nasal Flu Spray R-Y6

Fri 5th Nov—3MG Family Assembly

Thurs 11th Nov—Year 3 Open Morning

Fri 12th Nov—Year 1 Open Morning

Tues 23rd Nov & Thurs 25th Nov—Parent/Teacher Consultations (online)

Mon 15th to Fri 19th Nov—Anti-Bullying Week

Mon 15th Nov—Odd Sock Day

Wed 17th Nov—4K Family Assembly

MINDFULNESS The link to this week’s mindfulness activity is

https://drive.google.com/file/

d/1mcWbgOsBcObRnBoUsE5c4Db7SWwmkNxW/view?

usp=sharing

MEDICATION AT SCHOOL If your child requires medication during the school day, it must be handed into the school office and a medication

form completed. The medication has to be prescribed by a medical professional and should be in its original box

with the pharmacist label detailing the name of the child and dosage information.

PENALTY NOTICE

We would like to remind parents, that if you take your child out of school without the school’s permission for 5

or more days, you will be liable to receive a penalty notice. Currently, the amount payable under a penalty notice is £60 if paid within 21 days, rising to £120 if paid between 21 and 28 days. If the penalty notice remains unpaid after 28 days, the Local Authority will consider a prosecution in the Magistrates’ Court. Please note that

penalty notices are issued per parent/carer per child, so if there are 2 parents and 2 children they will receive 4 penalty notices. Further details are available in our

attendance policy.

BREAKFAST CLUB AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB

We would like to inform you that you can now book

breakfast club and after school club sessions for next half

term on the Scopay app.

LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT VACANCY Would you like to join the Hurst Park team? If so, we

currently have a vacancy for a learning support assistant to start after half term for 27 hours per week over 38.6 weeks of the year (term time plus 3 days). Applications

can be made via Eteach: https://www.eteach.com/job/learning-support-assistant-

1181897?lang=en-GB&frmsrh=Y The closing date for application is Wednesday

20th October 2021 at 12.00pm.

SECONDARY SCHOOL APPLICATIONS

Secondary school applications are to be made by 31st October. However, as this is during the half term, Surrey County Council have suggested that all applications are

submitted by Friday 22nd October.

DINNER MONEY Meals should be paid for in advance and can be paid by

cash or cheque (Surrey County Council), or online at Scopay. The cost of meals for the second half term will be

£85.75 (35 days).