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16 May 2014 School Newsletter
Good morning, It’s lovely to be typing this whilst the sun is streaming through the window! The children have coped exceptionally well this week, particularly those in Year 2 and Year 6 who have been sitting SATs papers. Today, Year 6 are celebrating the end of all their hard work. We were absolutely thrilled that so many of the pupils undertook level 6 papers in every sub-ject, which is the expected level of Year 9 pupils. We have also had a large cohort of pupils taking level 3 English and Maths at Key Stage 1. Many thanks to parents for sending in the Fun Run money as requested; the PTA have re-ported on the fantastic amount of money raised on their page in the news-letter. The PTA met this week to discuss the Summer Fayre and BBQ which we will be holding next half term. There are lots of activities to get involved in! Please look out in book bags next week for flyers and raffle tickets to sell for the Summer Fayre. This week Year 5 enjoyed a visit to Weybridge Synagogue as part of the RE cur-riculum and today, Year 1 are visiting Wisley Gardens as part of their Science work. I’m sure they are enjoying the sunshine! I am pleased to announce that Mrs Edis has had great news following her re-cent illness and will be increasing her time working back at school. The chil-dren have enjoyed having her back and I know how much she loves being with them, never a dull moment as she puts it! As always my thanks to staff, parent and chil-dren for their help and understanding during this difficult time for Mrs Edis. Next week is our last week of half term, where we will be running our ‘Good to be Green’ reward afternoon for all our pupils who have remained green all half-term and I will also be hosting children at my half-termly tea party on Monday.
Wishing you a good weekend,
Mrs K Krynicki
Headteacher
Inside this issue
Swimming reminders …………………………. 2
Reception’s ’beep-beep’ day …………….. 2
Year 1’s Toy Workshop ……………………… 2
PTA Page ……………………………..…………… 3
Golden Book ……………………………………... 4
School Meals - new menu …………………. 4
Internet Safety Parents’ Meeting ……… 5
Dates for the Diary ..…………………..… ... 6
Valentino’s Schoolwear Promotion …… 7
Secondhand uniform sale ………………….. 8
Community Advertisements ……………… 8
Important Swimming Reminders: Long hair needs to be tied up, even better if can be
plaited If children need armbands, could these be pre-inflated
by parents Verruca socks need to be worn (these can be purchased
from chemists and supermarkets) Children must wear a swimming hat Correct swimming attire must be worn (costumes only
without underwear!)
‘Beep-Beep’ Look out for me!
Reception classes enjoyed their 'Beep-Beep' day where they learnt about road safety. They brought their bikes and scooters into school and practised how to cross the road safely. They asked for dona-tions to go to the charity ‘Brake’ who tell children about keeping safe on the road and raised £40. They also made traffic light biscuits.
Toys Old and
New... Last week Year 1 were
visited by Chertsey
Museum as part of
their 'Toys in the
Past' workshop. The children did vari-
ous activities including sorting toys, playing with Vic-
torian toys and mak-
ing their own Thau-
matropes. They had
a fabulous time.
(just in case you did-
n’t know what a thau-
matrope was either
we included a sketch
found on ‘google’!)
DONATIONS / RAFFLE PRIZES
We are still looking for people to help secure raffle prizes and auction items. Are you or your employer able to donate or do you have time to join our donations team? Please contact Sarah Price (Hazel) [email protected] or Cathy Giddings (Beech and Cedar) [email protected]
Calling all Vendors - Stalls are avail-able for the Summer Fayre. The fee is £15. Please contact Joanne Attrill – [email protected] or text 07960 749123 for a Booking Form.
Saturday 21st June 2014
Match Funding - Would your employer be pre-pared to offer assistance with our fund raising initiatives? Many organisations offer to match fund money raised from charitable activi-ties. This can make a great difference to our proceeds. For further information please con-tact Sarah Price or Cathy Giddings.
Carla Hollingsbee and her ‘Ball Team’ for
the wonderful ball Sam Berry and her team for the great
quiz night Jens Moller-Butcher for the fun, fun,
FUN RUN These combined events have raised circa 9k!
The PTA are very grateful to all the people who helped and attended the events. How-
ever, for anyone who hasn’t been able to at-tend, but would like to donate to the PTA
you can via ‘just giving’ text FRDS10 to 70070
and type in the amount, e.g., 10.00
We will be looking into using these funds to buy more technology to be used for teaching
and learning. Adrian Lovett
OH YES WE DO… have a few seats remaining for
Aladdin at Woking Theatre in December. It's been
confirmed that Cbeebies superstar Justin Fletcher
will be performing as well as lots of other familiar
faces I'm sure...
The date is Wednesday 10th December and there
are 3 tickets available.
If you are interested, please email Laura Cook on
Hazel - Daniel Lambkin for being a
super detective on ‘Cops & Robbers
Day’.
Beech - Harry Freeman for trying hard
with his reading.
Chestnut - Zoya Akram for a fantastic
retelling of ‘Jack & the Beanstalk’.
Oak - Lola Tipping for trying really hard
in numeracy this week..
Pine - Gabi Booth for an excellent
‘Jack & the Beanstalk’ story.
Hawthorn - Edward Broadhead for
fantastic numeracy.
Cedar - Ethan Harvey for concentrat-
ing on his work more this week.
Elm - Areesha Sultan for writing a
wonderful fairy tale.
Maple - Aisha Karim for writing a good
fairy tale.
Larch - Charlotte Holmes for having
such a positive attitude and always
trying her best.
Birch - Charlotte Satchithananda for
always working at her very best.
Rowan - Zayan Hussain for excellent
effort in his work, especially literacy.
Willow - Chloe Miller for an excellent
diary entry in literacy.
Laurel - Connor Ball for his hard work
and effort in literacy.
Holly - Max Wynne for writing a su-
perb explanation about an animal.
Congratulations to the Golden Book Winners
Week beginning 12 May
SCHOOL MEALS Your child should have brought home the menu for next half-term.
Please can these be returned by Tuesday next
week to guarantee a school meal. On Thursday, 10 July the children can come
dressed in their cycling gear for a ‘Tour de
France’ special meal. If you child does not usually have a school meal
they can join in for this one day at a cost of £2.05. Please stop by the
office with your request and menu choice by next Tuesday.
Practical advice to keep your children safe online
Why is internet safety important?
Barely a day goes by when we don’t hear about a child being harmed through their use of the internet. But, the risks posed to children can be greatly reduced if parents, carers and children are equipped with information and knowledge about the dangers and how to tackle them. Many parents may feel out of their depth when it comes to the internet or they may look to technical safeguards such as filters and blocking software to help protect their children. But these solutions can only ever deal with part of the problem and parents, whatever their technical ability, need to make time to understand the risks and get practical non-technical advice on steps they can take to keep their children safe.
Who we are
The Lucy Faithfull Foundation is a child protection charity which manages the Stop it Now! UK and Ireland campaign. We are passionate about working to protect children. One of our aims is to encourage safer online activity by delivering internet safety presentations to parents, carers and children.
What will the seminar cover?
The presentation will highlight your children’s vulnerabilities when using the internet. Don’t worry – this is not a technical seminar, instead we provide practical advice and offer solutions that parents can implement in the home immediately. It will cover areas such as grooming and cyberbullying. We will discuss: The benefits of using the internet Raise awareness about inappropriate (sexual)
content and contacts that children might come across online and ways it might happen
Provide advice and strategies about keeping children safe online, with details of where to go for further information, advice and support.
raise awareness about cyberbullying ;- how to prevent and respond to it.
Presentations have been well-received with 99% of parents stating they felt more confident about keeping their children safe online as a result of attending.
“I have become more knowledgeable about chat rooms and social networking sites and will educate my children before they start accessing these sites.” “A brilliant evening, very
well organised with a lot of thought and effort put into it.”
“The cyberbullying DVD was extremely powerful and useful.”
“This has really opened my eyes.”
Did you know……..
Around a third of children have received an unwanted or ‘nasty’ message via the internet and a quarter have received an unwanted or ‘nasty’ image of a sexual nature?*
Around one in five 10-11 year olds and 12-17 year olds have been cyberbullied in the last year?*
You do not need to have technical knowledge of computers to protect your children online
*Children’s Online Risks and Safety, National Foundation for
Educational Research, 2009
Pyrford Primary HAS ARRANGED AN INTERNET SAFETY SEMINAR FOR PARENTS AND CARERS Tuesday 10th June 7pm Infant Hall
Past participants have said:
Sign me up! (Name/s) I/we will be attending the internet safety seminar on 10th June. Please return to the school office by Wednesday 21st May.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS LETTER SENT HOME
VIA YOUR CHILD, BUT IT IS REPRODUCED HERE JUST IN CASE...
Description Date Time
Reception Special Assembly 20/05/14 14:30
Summer Half term 26/05 - 30/05/14
INSET Day 02/06/14
‘British Nutrition Foundation’ Healthy Eating Week 03/06 - 06/06 14 throughout the week
Yr 3 to Pizza Express 03/06/14 all day
Yr 3 to Pizza Express 04/06/14 all day
Yr 4 to Wisley, ' Tiger in the Jungle' 05/06/14 all day
Church of the GS’s ‘Birthday Concert’ (see below) 06/06/14 18:30 - 20:30
Yr 5 to Intech Planetarium 10/06/14 all day
KS2 Parents’ meeting re: Internet Safety 10/06/14 19:00
Yr 3 Special Assembly 11/06/14 14:00
Yr 2 to Sealife Centre, Brighton 19/06/14 all day
Year 5 Special Assembly 20/06/14 14:00
PTA’s Summer Fayre 21/06/14
Yr 6 to Shorefield Residential Ctr 23/06 - 27/06/14 5 days
Surrey District Sports - Field Events 30/06/14 16:00 - 18:00
Yr 1 Special Assembly 02/07/14 14:00
Surrey District Sports - Track Events 03/07/14 13:00 - 16:00
Reception ‘Ugly Bug Ball’ 10/07/14 all day
Pyrford Flower Show 12/07/14
Foundation & Key Stage 1 Sports Day 15/07/14 am
Key Stage 2 Sports Day 16/07/14 am
PTA’s Summer BBQ 18/07/14 18:00 - 21:00
Last Day of Summer Term 23/07/14
SCHOOL DATES FOR 2013—2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
Please come to our Birthday Bash! celebrating
the Church of the Good Shepherd’s 50th Birthday! On Friday 6th June, 6.30pm at the Church.
With music from the last 5 decades, played by musicians from both the Church of the Good
Shepherd and Pyrford C of E Primary School.
Entry is free! Refreshments will be available in the interval and there will be a retiring collec-tion, with proceeds going to the refurbishment of the Church.
Come along and enjoy the festivities!
PS - If there are any parents willing to offer their help to serve / organise refresh-ments during the interval, please contact Anita Reynell.
Valentino Schoolwear
Special Invitation
We at Valentino Schoolwear would like to invite
you to book an appointment for a personalised uniform fit-
ting for your child soon to start at
Pyrford C of E Primary School Appointments are available between the dates of Monday 12th May 2014 and Friday
6th June 2014 (during normal opening hours) whereby you will qualify to receive 10%
off of your schoolwear purchases and you and your child will also receive a comple-
mentary drink in our coffee bar.
(Although we allow for growth when sizing, please don’t worry about your child grow-
ing out of any items as you are always welcome to return goods as sold for an ex-
change in size whilst retaining your discount)
In order to book an appointment please call our telesales team on 01483 475051
SECOND HAND UNIFORM On Tuesday 17th June we will be holding
a second hand uniform sale for the par-
ents of our new Reception children. If
you have good quality items you would
like to sell on a 50/50 basis please:
Wash items and remove any name
tapes
Put in a carrier bag marked with
your child’s name
Drop off at the office by Friday 13th
June.
We will hold another sale later in the
summer term so all sizes of uniform are
welcome. If you would like all the money
to go to school funds, simply send the uni-
form in an un-named carrier bag.
