In this week’s

newsletter:

Golden Book

Toy Appeal

Squirrels

Nursery update

Swimming

Owl Photos

Uniform Offer

Diary & next

year’s term

dates

Moon Walk

Half Term

Camp

Theatre Tickets

Uniform Offer

Fun Run

Summer Fayre

Good morning.

I can certainly say I am glad we are reaching the end of the working week. It has

been hectically busy this week with all that has been going on.

Year 6 have been sitting SATs this week which has meant that many staff have

been diverted in helping to administer these and supporting children. These tests

continue to be challenging but we are very proud of the children and how they

have approached the tests calmly and with resilience and determination. The staff

have worked very hard helping the children to cope with the tests in a

supportive manner, as will be the case for Year 2 when they sit their tests over

the next couple of weeks. My sincere thanks to all the staff who have had to be

flexible this week with their classes, as there has been some disruption to our

usual timetable. I am also grateful to Julian Walker who came in to check that

everything was being done properly in terms of the administration of the tests.

There are very clear rules and regulations to which we must abide and all

schools were asked to arrange for a governor to carry out checks.

The younger children have been enjoying their first week of swimming lessons

and have mainly been blessed with good weather, although I don’t think it would

bother them if it was lashing down with rain! We are fortunate to have secured

the services of our swimming instructor Mark for the whole 8 weeks that

swimming is taking place.

Improvements continue to be made to the school grounds and we have received

a set of very exciting playground equipment plans from one of the companies we

have asked to quote. More companies are visiting over the next couple of weeks.

Unfortunately I have received more reports of poor and inconsiderate driving

and parking near the school, including parking on the zig-zag lines outside school

and aggressive driving behaviour. We are working in collaboration with the local

police and with the PCSO who was here at drop off this morning. This school

aims to have the best possible relationships with our neighbours and we need

everyone in the school community to play their part. More importantly we must

all do everything we can to ensure the safety of our children. Therefore please

use the path around the edge of the car park on Coldharbour Road rather than

cutting across where the cars are parked.

Wishing you an enjoyable

weekend.

Kathryn Krynicki

Headteacher

12 May 2017

Pyrford Church of England Primary School

There is a funeral at the Church of the Good

Shepherd next Friday, 19th May. The car park

will not be available for parents to use at

afternoon pick up and there is likely to be more

traffic than usual, so please allow extra time to

find a safe and considerate place to park.

Hazel - Joseph Platts for super writing about

fire safety.

Beech - Sam Darling for being such an

enthusiastic learner.

Chestnut - Ryan Kershaw for trying hard with

his reading.

Oak - Alfie Westen for trying really hard with

his reading.

Cedar - Uzair Ahmed for always working

incredibly hard.

Hawthorn - Theo Suwannakhan for writing a

fantastic story with his own ending.

Sycamore - Kiki Schifano for working so hard

on the reading challenge.

No KS2 assembly this week due to SATs.

Exciting news! We are pleased to announce that we have appointed a teacher for Squirrels Nursery. Mrs Hannah Hope will be joining us in September to work along

side the Reception team. Mrs Hope is an experienced Nursery teacher and we are very excited to welcome her to our school.

The Squirrels Facebook page is now up and running, please 'like' our page to keep up to date with all our news. We have had some exciting deliveries this week, including our very own squirrel!

Please email s.murray@pyrford.surrey.sch.uk

If your child has a verruca you must send them

with a verruca sock to wear when they go in the

pool.

Please remember to

return your owl photos

and/or payment as soon

as possible.

SCHOOL DATES FOR 2016—2017 ACADEMIC YEAR

changes & additions in bold

Description Date Time

Yr 4 to Wisley Gardens Wed 17 May

Yr 4 Movie evening Fri 19 May 18:30

Yr 3 class to Henley Fort Mon 22 May

Yr 3 class to Henley Fort Tue 23 May

Class Photos Wed 24 May

Reception’s Cops & Robbers Day Thu 25 May

Yr 3 WWII Day Thu 25 May

Fun Run Fri 26 May

Summer Half term 29 May - 2 June

INSET Day Mon 5 June

Mufti Day for Summer Fayre Fri 9 June

Cedar class to Alice Holt Mon 12 June

Hawthorn class to Alice Holt Tue 13 June

Sycamore class to Alice Holt Wed 14 June

Meeting for parents of Reception 2017 children Wed 14 June 10:00

Yr 5 Away Day to Fullbrook Fri 16 June

Summer Fayre Sat 17 June

Yr 4 Tropical Zoo workshop Mon 19 June

Yr 1 to Chessington Tue 20 June

Assessment Week w/c 26 June

Yr 6 Residential to Newland Park 26— 30 June

Leavers’ Service at Guildford Cathedral Mon 26 June pm

District Sports - Field Events Mon 26 June 16:00-17:30

Yr 3 class to Pizza Express Wed 28 June

Yr 5 parents meeting with Fullbrook Headteacher Wed 28 June 14:30

Yr 3 class to Pizza Express Thu 29 June

District Sports - Track Events Thu 29 June 13:00-16:30

New Reception children visit classes Wed 5 July

Pyrford & Wisley Flower Show Sat 8 July

Yr 2 class(es) Pedals Course Thu 13 July

Yr 2 class(es) Pedals Course Fri 14 July

Friends’ Summer BBQ Fri 14 July

Leavers’ Service at CoGS Fri 21 July 09:30

Last Day of Summer Term Fri 21 July finish at 13:30

2017/18 Term Dates & INSETs

INSET DAY Mon 4 September First day of Spring term Mon 8 January

INSET DAY Tues 5 September Spring Half Term 12 - 16 February

First day of Autumn term Wed 6 September Last day of Spring term Thu 29 March

Autumn Half term 23 - 27 October Easter Holidays 30 March - 13 April

Last day of Autumn term Thu 21 December First Day of Summer term Mon 16 April

Christmas Holidays 22 December - 3 January Summer Half term 28 May - 1 June

INSET DAY Thu 4 January Last day of Summer term Fri 20 July

INSET DAY Fri 5 January INSET DAY Mon 23 July

TOMORROW Miss Adams and Mrs Tolley will be taking part in the London

Moonwalk; a marathon distance power walking event, through the night, to raise

money for Walk the Walk, a breast cancer charity. Walk the Walk is based in

Woking. As the charity aims to raise awareness of breast cancer symptoms they ask

all participants to complete the walk in a decorated bra, even the men!

Miss Adams and Mrs Tolley are both doing the walk in memory of Mrs Edis and have been training hard. Their

bras will feature both pink and sparkles in her honour. Both of them would be grateful of any support anyone can

give and the links to their fundraising pages are below.

Thank you very much. Miss Adams and Mrs Tolley

Miss Adams https://moonwalklondon2017.everydayhero.com/uk/sarah-79

Mrs Tolley https://moonwalklondon2017.everydayhero.com/uk/shelley-7

I’ve made a group

booking for 30 tickets

to see Dirty Dancing at

Woking on Thursday

7th September. Tickets

work out at £36 per person for great seats in

the Stalls (a discount from the regular price

and much less than the West End). I have

already invited some friends but we have 11

tickets left. Please email me to let me know

if you’d like to come aong and, if so, how

many tickets you would like. £1.50 per ticket

goes to the Friends of Pyrford Primary

School.

Emily Kidd emilykidd78@gmail.com