King Offa Primary AcademyNewsletter ~ May 2013

Down Road, Bexhill on Sea, TN39 4HS01424 211548

KingOffaOffice@auroraacademies.org www.kingoffaprimaryacademy.org

Dear Parents,Many thanks for the overwhelming supportyou showed for King Offa by supporting ourSummer Spectacular so well. It was awonderful afternoon which raised £1200.Thank you very much! KOSA membersworked very hard to put on such a greatevent and we are extremely grateful tothem. We will keep you updated on howthe money is used to benefit the children.

You may have noticed the building worksthat are going on behind our school. EastSussex County Council have begun work onbuilding a brand new nursery that willaccommodate Bexhill High Nursery which is

currently housed in the old KDRbuilding. For a few weeks wecouldn’t access our topplayground or field but I ampleased to say we can now doso again.

We are always looking for ways to improveand know that good communicationbetween home and school is essential.From next term we are going to bepublishing a weekly newsletter to keep youupdated about life at King Offa. At the endof each term we will also publish a longernewsletter with information about theforthcoming term. As always any feedbackis welcome.

Finally I want to say an enormous well doneto all the children and teachers for theamazing Paragon events this week. Thankyou to everyone who came and supportedthe children and joined in with thecelebrations of all their learning. Pleaselook out for photos going up around theacademy!

Mr J Freeston ~ Head of School

Aurora Academies Trust Presents

Paragon Night SpectacularWe are really excited to announce that the final Paragon celebrationfor Key Stage 2 pupils will be a joint event with the other threeAurora Academies. The event will be on 9�� July at6:30pm at the Winter Gardens in Eastbourne.

Full details will be announced very soon!

Save The Date!

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Family Learning

Keeping up with the Children (Maths)Tuesday 4�� June; Thursday 6�� June; Thursday 13�� June; Tuesday 18�� June

8.45am – 11.45am in the Studio

Support your child by looking at the maths work they are doing in the classroom.

Look at the activities they do in class such as place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication,division and mental calculation

Help your child grow in confidence and enjoyment of maths by giving your support.

Refreshments provided

If you would like to sign up for this very interesting and enjoyable course,please contact the school office.

Please remember to check your child’s hairregularly for headlice to prevent them

spreading.

They are most easily detected by fine tooth combing really wet hair.

To treat - wash hair as normal, whilst hair is wet apply conditioner, comb hair through fromroots to tip. Repeat this routine every 3 – 4 days for 2 weeks.

If headlice prove to be a more stubborn problem lotion may be used - consult your schoolnurse, GP or pharmacist.

To prevent - Encourage regular brushing and combing & use detection method weekly.

Sketch Book ClubMrs Crampton will be starting a sketch book

club for Yrs 3, 4, 5 & 6 after school onWednesdays 3.00 - 4.00pm in her room. The

first session will be on 5�� June.

Children will be investigating how to use asketch book and learning different ways ofpresenting ideas. There are only 15 spacesavailable on a first come first served basis,

please express your interest to the main office.

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Festival Dance Club

Congratulations to all our dancers for putting onsuch a fabulous show at the Bexhill Old TownMay Day event, it was a beautiful spring day,quite unlike the May Days we are used to! Thegirls worked very hard to put on a first classdisplay, and to cap it all Grace in year 6 waschosen to be the May Queen.

We have already had three successful displaysthis year, during March a small groupperformed at Grosvenor Park Nursing Home on

the seafront as part of a BUPA communityproject and then May Day and our school‘Summer Spectacular’ when we were joined bysome of our year 2 children who have beenregularly attending our Tuesday lunchtimesessions.

Our next displays are at Sussex Day on Sunday16th June (Father’s Day) in Egerton Park at 2.00pm. and then at St Mary’s School,Wrestwood Road on Saturday 22nd

June at 1.30 pm.

Year 3 & 4 Trip to theNatural History Museum

On Monday 13�� May Years 3 & 4 had awonderful visit to the Natural History Museumin London. They thoroughly enjoyed it; hereare comments from a couple of the children.

I liked the Natural History Museum becausethere were a lot of interesting things to look at.

The investigating room was really good becausethere were a lot of things you could touch, holdand investigate on. My favourite thing was thejewels.

Milly Duffy

The investigation room was amazing becausethey had lots of different historical objects thatyou could feel, hold and examine.

They had trays full of rocks and minerals, shellsand even animals (insects). There was a wholesection in the museum with dead stuffedanimals from dodos to ferocious lions.

It was fantastic!

Aron Patel

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Parent Information ContactsFor information, support and advice about local services, parenting issues and more,please see our website www.kingoffaprimaryacademy.org and click on the link for detailsabout our Parent Information Contacts (PICs).

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday9.00 - 10.30 Orange 3W 3/4F Green Class Blue & Red

10.30-12.00 5/6W 4A 5GO Purple Class Blue & Red

13.00-14.00 6N

Swimming re-starts Monday 3�� June. Please make sure your child brings a swimmingcostume, towel and swimming hat in a bag. Swimming hats can be purchased from themain office for £1. All items should be clearly marked with your child’s name. Earrings

must be removed for swimming. If necessary please provide a verruca sock for your child.We would be very grateful for any volunteers who can help with swimming.

Please speak to the school office.

Swimming Timetable

Term 6 DatesFriday 21�� June to Monday 24�� June - Year 6 PGL TripWednesday 26�� June - New Parents EveningFriday 28�� June & Tuesday 2ⁿ� July - Taster Afternoon for new reception childrenMonday 1�� July to Friday 5�� July - Sponsored splashFriday 5�� July - Bexhill High Transition DayTuesday 9�� July - Winter Gardens Paragon SpectacularWednesday 10 July - Taster Afternoon for new reception childrenThursday 11�� July - Reports to parentsFriday 12�� July - Sports Day KS1 morning KS2 afternoonThursday 18�� July - 2.30pm Paragon Open Afternoon (reports feedback)Monday 22ⁿ� July - Children to their new classesTuesday 23�� July - Leavers Assembly at 9.30Wednesday 24�� July - INSET Day (last day of Term 6) (NO school for children)