Peartree Spring Primary School Newsletter — 10/01/2020 Notices

Teacher Led Clubs for Years 1 to 6 - Due to the lack of commitment for clubs, the dark evenings and staff twilight

training, we WILL NOT be holding teacher led after school clubs this term, however the children will be able to take

part in a lunchtime club if they wish. The lunchtime clubs will start on Monday 20th January 2020. A flyer will be

emailed to parents next week with more details and how to book places via schoolgateway. Please note, there are only

an allocated number of places available.

Hydean Dental Practice - This practice is taking on new patients and wishes to ensure they see children from as young as possible.

They are a very caring practice and aim to make the visit to their practice a relaxed one. They educate all of their patients on good

dental hygiene, as well as diet advice to help prevent tooth decay. Below is a link to their website, email, address and telephone number:

https://www.hydeandental.com

info@hydeandental.com

1 Hyde Green South, Stevenage, SG2 9XU

Tel: 01438 351548

Class Assemblies - A reminder of the following changes:

Rainbowfish Class Assembly is now being held on Thursday 6th February 2020

Starfish Class Assembly is now being held on Thursday 30th April 2020

Curriculum Overviews - Curriculum overviews for the first half of the Spring Term 2020 have been emailed to

parents today. You will also be able to peruse these overviews on our school website.

Rights Respecting Schools (Career day) - A flyer with further details has been emailed to parents today. Please

note - it is NOT compulsory for children to take part in this event.

Admissions (Under 11s 2020) - Process is now open for parents and carers of children born between 1 September 2015 and 31

August 2016 to apply for a Primary School place for September 2020/21. All the information you need is available on the Hertfordshire

County Council website www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions. The closing date for applications is 15 January 2020 (please apply

online). Parents are welcome to use the school office computer if required.

Children’s Illnesses - We are pleased to announce that we will be introducing a new, more efficient and secure

system for reporting your child’s absence due to illness, called Studybugs. We will let you know over the next few

weeks when this will start. Further information on how to get the free app or register is detailed below:

Get the app or register now (https://studybugs.com/about/parents)

Top 3 reasons to use Studybugs

1. It helps us know sooner if your child is unaccounted for.

2. It’s quick and easy to register and use and automatically reminds you to keep us posted.

3. You’ll be helping the NHS and other public health organisations improve children’s health. (https://studybugs.com/about/schools)

W/c 13th January 2020 is Lunch Week 2

of the Winter/Spring menu

The lunch menu is available to peruse on our school website. The cost

of a school meal is £2.50 per day, £12.50 per week. Meals must be paid

for in advance via schoogateway.com.

Please note - the KS2 Street Food option of Gourmet Burger is NOT

vegetarian.

REMINDER - Due to some of our children having severe nut allergies,

please do not put items in your child’s packed lunch box that contains

nuts, this includes Nutella. Thank you.

PE Noticeboard

Year 3 Swimming - Thank you to the parents who have already

paid for their child’s swimming lessons. A reminder to parents who are paying

weekly to make payments via www.schoolgateway.com.

Schools Games Value Award - Each week, a class receives a

certificate for showing the best School Games value. This term

we are focusing on Teamwork. This week it has been awarded to

Pyrenees Class. Well done!

Whole School Attendance (%)

1st Rainforest 99.4%

2nd Amazon 98.6%

3rd Savannah 98%

4th Java 97.9%

5th Caspian 97.3%

6th Desert 96.8%

7th Rockies 96.7%

8th Bumblebee 96.6%

9th Butterfly 96.2%

10th Squirrel 96%

11th Rainbowfish 95.7%

12th Ladybird 95.2%

13th Pyrenees 95%

14th Starfish 94.8%

14th Nile 94.8%

15th Thames 94.3%

16th Coral 94%

17th Hedgehog 93.1%

18th Mole 91.7%

18th Jellyfish 91.7%

19th Alps 89.7%

January 2020

Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Year 4/5

Additional

Swimming

Reception Bug Ball

(during the school day)

Rec Family Library @ 3.00pm

Year 6 TLM Height and weight

Caspian Class Assembly @

9.15am (crèche available)

Year 3 Swimming

Year 6 TLM Height and

RRS Career Dress Up Day

Year 3 Swimming

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Year 4/5

Additional

Swimming

Yrs 1 to 6 Teacher Led

Lunchtime Clubs start

NO Rec Family Library Thames Class Assembly @

9.15am (crèche available)

Year 3 Swimming

Year 3 Swimming

27 28 29 30 31

Year 4/5

Additional

Swimming

Rec Family Library @ 3.00pm Rainforest Class Assembly @

9.15am (crèche available)

Year 3 Swimming

Year 3 Swimming

Friends of Peartree -

children’s disco

(more details to follow soon)

Stars of the Week

Mole Harry B

For reading and writing cvc words.

Squirrel Ivy H

For adapting her own hop scotch game as part of our 1920’s experience,

influenced by our focus story, The Spider and the Fly.

Hedgehog Nancy P

For all her effort in our phonics sessions and using her phonics

knowledge in her writing.

Butterfly George L-S

For having excellent ideas about Mr Spider’s character when writing

character profiles.

Bumblebee Kaitlyn K

For trying her very best to improve her handwriting.

Ladybird Blake B

For such a positive start to the Spring Term.

Jellyfish Myah S

For her wonderful use of adjectives when describing what the ghost thinks

of Mr Spider.

Rainbowfish Samantha S-A

For her excellent questioning when interpreting information in charts.

Starfish Romany W

For having a fantastic attitude towards her writing this week.

Desert Charlie P

For a very creative and clever phonics story and the confidence to volunteer

to read it in front of the class.

Rainforest Haris A

for working extremely hard in maths all week.

Savannah Kyle E—E

Using a bead string effectively and showing that he could count in jumps

of 4 and 5

Amazon Chloe G

For her resilience and hard work on identifying and describing the

properties of a wide range of shapes. Fantastic!

Nile Jada J

For her excellent work identifying the properties of quadrilaterals.

Thames Sonny-Lee D

For an exceptional effort and determination while independently

finding factors in maths.

Caspian Rachel S

For writing a fantastic review in role as a food critic using persuasive

language.

Coral Judy D

For fantastic use of the bar model to support reasoning.

Java Josh C

For having a brilliant week and being a conscientious learner.

Alps Donald B

For his amazing vocabulary work this week based on The Spider and the

Fly.

Pyrenees Joshua A

For his excellent persuasive writing piece, trying to convince the fly to

enter the spider’s parlour

Rockies Daisy P

For her resilience in solving

multiplication problems in maths.

Star Reader Reception - Esme B, Esme C, Monique M

Year 1 - Helen M, Jaycob M, Arabella G-S

Year 2 - Daria L, Archie B, Gabriella C

Year 3 - Samuel B, George B, Jamel H

Year 4 - Stevie L, Jack S, Youcef M

Year 5 - Connie D, Netas M, Lamaia R

Year 6 – Callum R-H, Trei-Quan A, Luke C

Star Mathematician Reception - Zahra R, Henry D, Kiana N

Year 1 - Harry W, Colby B, Fraser M

Year 2 - Rhiya M, Anun B, Gabriella C

Year 3 - Shai’Lyn S, Ethan W, Jayme C

Year 4 - Lea N, Jasmine S, Liam R

Year 5 - Tyler R, Eli L, Emma F

Year 6 - Charlie H, Lucas A, Rehan A

Lunchtime Star

Reception - Dominic L, Aliyah S, Maddison S

Year 1 - Zaydan S, Frederick W, Alfie S

Year 2 - Ada A, Baileigh E, Mia W

Year 3 - Jessica J, Travis K, Cassie P

Year 4 - Katelyn P, Archie S, Lexis S

Year 5 - Imogen A, Kieran S, Aston H

Year 6 - Logan H, Lewis B, Meso O

Birthdays

Reception -

Year 1 - Joshua G

Year 2 - Eli P, Romany W, Lilly A

Year 3 - Frankie P, Micheal A, Michelle A, Alfie S

Year 4 - Aivaras B, Tyler K

Year 5 - Arnie B, Morgan W

Year 6 - Louisa T, Oakley M, Alessio L

Star Children

Lydia C, Erin U, Oscar C, Corey F, Brogan W, Arabella G-S (Year 1) Blake

I,Aadhya A, Olivia B, India J-C, Evie F-W,Lilly A, Oliver H, Daisy M, Ellena S

Samantha S-A, Mia W, Antonina S, Lilly-Grace L, Macie E, Akeelah B-J,,

Michael A, Haris A Tife B, Lottie C, Jamel H, Leo J-A, Eduard M, Reegan S,

Jack-Kaleb S Ruffta S, Jada J, Sadie D, India M, Alice C, Ollie D-S, Dylan

D,Teddie M,Sam G,Jamie P, Isabel S,Joshua F, Oakley M, Daisy P, Leah B, Charlie

D, Scarlet H, Riley I, Blake J, Cheryl N, Zack R, Jack S