In this week’s

newsletter:

Golden Book

Assembly

Reception Area

Class Photos

Yr 5 Harry

Potter Trip

Yr 1 Chessington

Trip

Singing Picnic

Diary Dates

Spelling Shed

Swim Team

District Sports

Fruit & Veg

Volunteers

Summer Fayre

BBQ

Holiday Club

Bags2School

Flower Show

Panto Tickets

Community

Notices

Good morning, well I am delighted to say that Sports Day is actually taking place today! The

weather is looking good and the children are prepared for the events. My thanks in advance

to everyone who has come along to support today and for your understanding over the

changes of dates. My feet haven't touched the ground this week and I think I've managed to

clock up at least 50 working hours in 4 days alone and there's still today and Saturday to go!

Again our sporting teams have been busy out and about over the last week. Our swimmers

were in a gala last weekend and came third overall which is a great achievement. Our Y3/4

District sports team came 3rd overall too and our Y5/6 team did incredibly well considering

we didn't have any Y6 participants as they were away on residential. This bodes really well for

next year. Also our cricketers have been out this week, enjoying some great cricket in the

good weather. Please see overleaf for the sporting reports and photos.

Our Year 6 teachers and senior leaders undertook moderation of standards this week. This is

a process where exam moderators visit the school and randomly select pupils’ names from

the year group list and their work is scrutinised to ensure that the teachers are making

correct judgements on pupils’ attainment. I am thrilled to say that this was a very positive

experience and the school had a completely clean sheet! The moderators were looking

specifically at children's writing. The comments included the facts that 'teachers have

planned plentiful opportunities for a range of independent writing, teachers have been well

supported by the school's Senior Leadership team to ensure that they had sufficient time and

expertise to accurately assess writing. There were plentiful supplies of accurately assessed

independent writing which ensured the moderators were able to easily confirm

judgements.' Well done to all of the teaching team in school who work together to ensure

children get the best opportunities and outcomes!

It is the Summer Fayre tomorrow and the weather looks like it will be a scorcher. I look

forward to seeing you there; make sure you bring some sun cream and hats and hopefully we

will all have a great time. The PTA and class reps have been working relentlessly getting this

huge event organised so I am sure it will be well supported by the school community. The

funds raised will make a huge difference to what we are able to provide for our children.

A couple of gripes now I’m afraid; this week we organised the cleaning of the lunch box

trollies which were in a disgusting, unhygienic state. This is due to the number of lunch boxes

which get left in school on a daily basis with rotting food, etc. There were over 30 unnamed

lunch boxes. We clear the trollies on a regular basis but as you would expect, the warmer

weather does not keep leftover food fresh for very long. We will be clearing the trollies on a

Friday evening and any leftover boxes will be put in the bins. Please help us by reminding your

child to throw away leftover food and rubbish (there are plenty of food waste and recycling

bins in the dining hall). Please also label your child’s lunch box (a reusable lunch box is so

much better for the environment than a disposable carrier bag) and remind them every day to

check whether they have brought their lunch box home.

Another issue which I have been asked to write to you about is driving, parking and associated

behaviour. Church staff have been particularly offended by the abusive

behaviour demonstrated by some (a few) parents of the school. The church community are

very important to us and as such we are able to share parking facilities as good

neighbours. Please set a good example to our children by being considerate, upstanding

citizens. This comment is also for those of you who persistently park your cars on the

pavement/grassed areas outside the school. We all have a duty of care to look after the

children. The message about careful driving and parking is also extended to parents of

Treetops children. We allow the use of the staff car park for pick up so that it is easier for

you, however staff have reported that their cars have been damaged during the later pick up

times, so please try to be careful opening doors etc.

28 June 2019

Pyrford Church of England Primary School

Squirrels - Amelia McArthur for drawing a

beautiful self-portrait.

Hazel - Seb Scott for working really hard with his

writing.

Beech - Matthew Walker-Downie for good

Maths work.

Chestnut - Max Brownlie for sitting and listening

well and taking care with his work.

Oak - Arrietty Schifano for such enthusiastic

learning all year!

Cedar - Ava Theodorou for brilliant ideas in her

writing.

Hawthorn - Muhammad-Sadiq Hussain for

excellent behaviour all year.

Elm - Sofia Elliott & Thea Johnston for wonderful,

descriptive writing about a secret garden.

Maple - Megan Cantillon for detailed research

about animals and what they eat.

Birch - Liza Hussain & Theo Suwannakhan for

wonderful dragon designs.

Alder - Alfie Matthews for fantastic work in

Maths this term.

Larch - Musa Mushtaq for excellent, speedy recall

of times tables facts.

Cherry - Harry Freeman for excellent progress in

Maths - recalling times tables quickly.

Willow - Charlotte Peasey for a brilliant attitude

towards learning and her commitment to always

try her best.

Sycamore - Lauren Joslin for writing a fantastic

letter all about Year 6.

Laurel - Sunny Keenan for writing a fantastic

letter about life in Year 6.

Holly - Will Abbott, Zoya Akram & Mithra Raja

for writing a fabulous letter about life in Year 6.

Sad news … someone has pulled the heads off Mrs

Beal’s courgettes … and we have a source to say

that it was a toddler before school.

Please could we remind you that children must be

supervised before and after school and please not

to touch anything belonging to Reception.

A reminder that the class photos will be taken on Monday, so please

make sure your child is looking super-smart in the correct uniform!

Thank you.

Finally, we have another busy week ahead. Children are having class photos taken on Monday and our Y6 pupils

are off for induction days at their secondary schools whilst we are looking forward to welcoming our new

recruits! We are also aiming to send out end of year reports next week. Year 6 will receive SATs results

the following week when they are released from the DfE after 9th July.

I look forward to seeing you on Saturday and hope you have a good weekend enjoying the summer weather.

Kathryn Krynicki

Headteacher

Harry Potter!

On the 17th of June year 5 went on a school trip to

Harry Potter World near London. We had a

stunning view of all the sets and we even got to go

on one of the broomsticks.

One of my favourite parts of the trip was in

Gringotts; there was a dragon stomping towards

us and when it got to a certain point it would start

breathing fire and the whole place would smoke

up.

By Sarah D

Our day at Harry Potter Studios, London!

On Monday the 17th of June both of the year five classes went to Harry Potter Studio in London!!

This was by far the best school trip I have ever been on, it was really nice going with all of my friends and teachers.

It was very exciting entering the tour; the first room we went into was the lobby and then we entered the tour, the

second was the cupboard under the stairs. Then we had to wait for a bit because there were too many of us to get

in on the same tour. After about a 10 minute wait we waited some more and then went into the real tour, then we

heard some instructions and they told us a bit about Warner Brothers Studios. Then we went into the next room, it

was a cinema room.

After looking at many of the really exciting things on display, and having our photos taken riding broomsticks, we

made our way into Diagon Alley, the floor was like an optical illusion. It looked like it was wet, then we went to our

last room where there was a GIANT model of Hogwarts castle, it was soooo amazing.

Then in front of us was the wonderful shop. I managed to get three things two things for my mum and a lolly for

me!

In total it took us 4 hours to complete the whole tour!! By Millie

Year 1 Solve CSI Mystery!

Last week, in drizzly weather, the super sleuths from Year 1 solved the

mystery of which naughty animal had stolen the food from the Oryx. We had to

look carefully at all the clues and use our super science skills and knowledge to see

which animal was the culprit. It was a fabulous way of consolidating the learning

that we have been enjoying in school.

We had a great day and were extremely well behaved. We would like to say a HUGE

thank you to all the adults who helped us on our trip.

On Tuesday our choir enjoyed some singing games and a picnic

in Woking Park. They joined 175 children from 6 other local

schools. Each school performed a song they had prepared and

they all sang together a song they learned on the day. A lovely

end to a good year for our choir. Well done to everyone who

has taken part. Choir will resume in September.

SCHOOL DATES FOR 2018—2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

Description Date Time

Singing Picnic in Woking Park Tue 25 June 10:30 - 13:30

Winston Churchill Primary Music Day Tue 25 June

Yr 6 Leavers’ Service at Guildford Cathedral Thu 27 June

KS2 Sports’ Day Fri 28 June am

Summer Fayre Sat 29 June 12:00 - 15:00

Class Photos Mon 1 July

Secondary School Induction Days Tue 2 and/or Wed 3 July

Yr 5 Self Defence sessions Tue 2 July

Yr 2 Pedals Course Thu 4 July

PTA Family BBQ Fri 5 July 18:00 - 21:00

Brass Summer Concert at CoGS Sat 6 July 18:00 - 20:15

Yr 5 Away Day at Fullbrook Tue 9 July

Yr 3 Self Defence sessions Tue 9 July

Yr 3 Evacuation Walk Thu 11 July

Pyrford & Wisley Flower Show Sat 13 July

Yr 6 Showcase at CoGS Fri 19 July 13:30 - 15:00

Yr 6 Disco Tue 23 July 18:30 - 20:00

Leavers’ Service at CoGS Wed 24 July 09:30

Last Day of Summer Term Wed 24 July finish at 13:30

2019/20 Term Dates & INSETs

INSET DAY Wed 4 September Spring Half Term 17 - 21 February

INSET DAY Thu 5 September Last day of Spring term Fri 3 April

First day of Autumn term Fri 6 September Easter Holidays 6 - 17 April

Autumn Half term 28 October - 1 November First Day of Summer term Mon 20 April

Last day of Autumn term Fri 20 December Summer Half term 25 - 29 May

Christmas Holidays 23 December - 3 January INSET DAY Mon 1 June

INSET DAY Mon 6 January INSET DAY Fri 3 July

First day of Spring term Tue 7 January Last day of Summer term Wed 22 July

Years 1-5 have been busy using our new app, Spelling Shed, and we

have some fantastic scores after just one week! If you haven’t played

yet, visit https://play.edshed.co/login and type in your login

information. If there are any problems, please email me on

s.bourne@pyrford.surrey.sch.uk and I’ll do my best to help. Well

done to Alex, Jasper, Daniel, Willow Class, Cedar Class and Oak

Class!

Individuals Classes

1st Alexander Sutherland- 26,184,106

Willow - 46,988,065

2nd Jasper Eysenck - 22,266,093

Cedar - 34,675,955

3rd Daniel Mullins - 16,243,064

Oak - 25,133,766

WASPS SWIMMING GALA – PYRFORD WIN BRONZE!!!

The WASPS swimming gala took place on Saturday 22nd June. There were ten

schools taking part this year and some fearsome competition!

The Squad consisted of Jessica Zone, Lilly Staton, Stephanie Curtis, Oliver Johnson,

Srinath Nair, Benjamin Broadhead, Sarah Devapragasam, Hannah Giddings, Eleanor

Alderman, Mia Darling, Sam Mullally, Joshua Johnson, Leo Snelgrove, Sam Platts,

Dylan James, Eleanor James and Jack Hannon.

We started well but with such strong competition Pyrford were joint 7th at the

halfway point! We then had some wonderful individual swims and then it was time

for the relays. The team had

worked hard on their

handovers and ensuring that

there were no

disqualifications. In the

freestyle relay Pyrford came

first, then in the float relay

second and finally second

place in the boy’s medley.

The team were a credit to the

school with their dedication

and team spirit!

DISTRICT SPORTS UPDATE

I am pleased to report that Years 3 & 4 came 3rd

overall in district sports out of 25 schools. Year 5

(year 6 were on residential) came 15th in the year

5/6 event out of 25 schools.

There were outstanding performances from all the athletes who

represented the school and we had one overall individual medal winner -

Amelia Theodorou won overall bronze in the girls’ 400 metres. Well done

everyone! Mrs Cockle

Calling all Vendors

Stalls are still available for the Pyrford & Wisley Flower Show on Saturday 13 July 2019. Rates are £40 (commercial) or £25 (charity or

homemade goods). Please contact Joanne Attrill on 07960 749123 or joanne@attrillassociates.com for a Booking Form.

www.pyrfordflowershow.org.uk

FORMS AVAILABLE FROM THE

SCHOOL OFFICE

Beaver Scout Leader vacancies- Pyrford Can you help inspire adventure?

Beavers is for boys and girls aged 6 to 8 years. We meet weekly on a

Wednesday from 6.30pm to 7.30pm at The Arbor in Pyrford. We take part in a wide range of activities including games, crafts, visits and camps, along

with plenty of outdoor activities.

If you have children of Beaver, Cub or Scout age then they can be

placed at the top of our waiting list if you enjoy your first term with

us.

What are we looking for?

You don't need to know anything about scouting to get involved - but you do need enthusiasm and a

willingness to get involved. We provide an induction, lots of ongoing support and training which can

result in external recognition.

Interested on this role?

Email Lynne Broadhead at lynne_broadhead@hotmail.co.uk