The Grove Primary School

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22nd June 2018

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Dear Parents / Carers,

It is hard to believe that we are rapidly approaching the end of the academic year and, as our Year 6 children prepare to make the big step to secondary school, we look forward to our new intake of Foundation Stage children joining us at The Grove in September. To celebrate their primary school years, Year 6 are now working hard preparing for their end of year production ’Rock Bottom’. Further details on how to buy tickets will follow soon.

This week we have welcomed our new Foundation Stage children into school for their induction visits and it was lovely to see our new children full of excitement as they prepare to join us at The Grove.

Unfortunately, two of our chickens, Lucky and McFlurry, had to visit the vets on Thursday. They were star patients, who were treated by a lovely vet - a past pupil of The Grove! The chickens are now being cared for at Mrs Tozer's home over the weekend. Early signs are good - they are both eating and drinking well and seem much happier. We hope they will be back with their friends very soon.

On Monday, many of our lucky Key Stage 2 children spent the day at The Hidden Woods in Bath taking part in the final workshop of the musical opera project, Hansel and Gretel.

They joined in with songs which they had learnt throughout the project and they experienced the magic of joining in with live theatre in a lovely outdoor setting.

Please see overleaf for more photographs.

Mrs Kate Wilkins

Headteacher

Information Sent Home

18.6.18

Whole School Non-Uniform

Days

19.6.18

Class Photo Order

Envelopes

19.6.18

Year 4 Braeside Medical Forms

Reminder

21.6.18

Year 6 Trip to Junior

Good Citizen

22.6.18

Year 6 Production

...every moment matters!

Class photo & Year 6 leavers photo order envelopes were sent home with children on Tuesday. Orders must be returned to school by Monday 25th June at the very

latest please.

Year 4 Parents: Please return your child’s medical form for the Braeside Trip by Monday at the latest. Thank you.

Mrs Kate Wilkins - Safeguarding Lead

Frosty Fridays!

From Friday 22nd June, our lovely POTS team will be selling ice lollies, ice creams and tuck shop sweets at the end of the school day in the hall.

Please come along for a sweet treat and help support our wonderful team of fundraisers.

NON SCHOOL UNIFORM DAY FRIDAY 6TH JULY!

PUPILS MAY COME TO SCHOOL IN NON SCHOOL UNIFORM ON FRIDAY 6TH JULY IN EXCHANGE FOR DONATIONS OF SWEETS FOR THE POTS SWEET STALL!

POTS will be collecting reusable clothing for Rags to Riches. For every 1kg

collected, POTS will receive 50p which will be put towards enrichment activities for your

children in the coming academic year.

Last time, we raised over £207.00 Let's see if we can do better this time!

Collection Date Wednesday 27th June

Thank you everyone for your kind donations of chocolate for the non-uniform

day today.

The POTS Chocolate Stall will be very well stocked at this year’s Grand

Summer Fete!

The Summer Fete is fast approaching and to make this year’s event bigger and

better than ever, we need your help!

We need donations of the following items for our stalls:

Teddies (of any shape or size!)

Bottles (toiletries, soft drinks, sauce, alcohol etc.)

Lucky Dip Prizes (Small toys/games/stationery)

Adult & Child Tombola Prizes

All in a saleable condition, please.

We also need YOU! Please volunteer to help run a stall. The fete will not be able go ahead with out an army of volunteers!

Sign up in the school office!

POTS Grand Summer Fete

Friday 6th July from 3pm!

Mrs McPherson would like to say how proud of the Hansel and

Gretel Opera group she is. We all had an exciting morning in The Hidden Woods, Bath on Monday

where we were able to watch professional singers performing this well known story. We even

got to join in with some of the songs!

Feedback from the children says that this whole experience will stay with them

forever.

There will be a snapshot of video on our Facebook

page soon!

Firehouse Productions performed ‘Say No Or Say Nothing’ to our

Key Stage 2 Pupils on Wednesday afternoon.

This was a powerful, relevant and humorous production which

delivered a strong message to raise children’s awareness about

how to keep themselves safe, including online.

We would like to congratulate Lottie F, Lily D (Year 2), Lily-Mae S and Amber D (Year 5) on their recent achievements at the Trowbridge Club Swimming Championships!

Lottie won gold in the 25m back and breast stroke and Lily won silver in the 25m front crawl and backstroke. This was Lottie and Lily’s first time competing!

Amber was awarded 2 silvers, competing in a fantastic 10 races overall and Lily-Mae competed in 8 races achieving 4th place!

Well done to each of you we are very proud of these fantastic achievements!

Key Stage 1

There was no KS1 Achievers Assembly today due

to Maranatha Assembly

Key Stage 2

Lucy (Lilac), Ellen (Alder), Joe O (Maple), Harry (Beech), Callum (Cedar), Reese (Willow), Maja (Hazel), Caitlin (Walnut)

Congratulations!

Many congratulations to our Achievers this week who have been nominated by their class teachers for this special award. They include:

This week in Year 1 we were transported around the word through the power of virtual reality.

As part of our Topic ‘Up, Up and Away’ we visited Iceland and got to wonder at the incredible Northern Lights. We also had the opportunity to travel to the other side of the globe and experience an amazing waterfall in Vietnam.

Great fun was had by all!

Mrs Bagnall needs an old baby bath for one of the stalls at the Summer Fete!

If you have an unwanted baby bath at home please pop it into the school office.

Thank you!

This week we welcomed the new vicar of St John’s to The Grove.

Reverend Wood introduced himself to the staff and children and also sang some lovely, uplifting

songs in assembly.

We are delighted to be seeing more of Reverend Wood and we are very much looking forward to continuing our wonderful relationship with St

John’s Church throughout the next academic year.

Mrs Kate Wilkins - Safeguarding Lead

All clubs will end on Friday 13th July. Clubs will not be running from Monday 16th July

onwards. We are currently preparing our exciting club

schedule for the next academic year and we hope to be able to bring you this information soon.

Good luck to our amazing Deputy

Headteacher, Mrs Pemberton, and

her son Toby, who will be

performing!

Splash Wiltshire - Formed in 1989 to divert young people from anti social behaviour, Splash now supports children aged 9-16 years who are facing challenges in their lives.

For more information please go to:

http://www.communityfirst.org.uk/yaw/splash/ Please note: In order to benefit form any of the ‘Splash’ programmes, Mr cousins, Family Link Worker, will need to make a referral on your behalf.

Please do not hesitate to speak to him to arrange this.

Sun Safety

The forecast for next week is currently looking very hot.

Please make sure all children have a named sun hat and a refillable water bottle in school every day. We kindly ask that, where possible, a 12 hour sun cream SPF is applied to children before school. Children may bring their own named bottle of sun

cream to school which they may apply themselves at break and lunch times.

Please click here to view our Sun Safety Policy.

An important reminder for Year 4 Parents

As you know, Year 4 children will be visiting Hope Nature Centre on Wednesday 27th June.

School uniform is not required for this trip and old clothes may be worn. Please ensure children are well covered, no bare shoulders and no vest tops. Children will need to be provided with plenty to drink

throughout the day to stay hydrated in the heat and they must have a named sun hat please.

Sun cream must be applied before coming to school, preferably a 12 hour SPF, please also provide a named bottle of sun cream which the children can apply themselves throughout the day. Please ensure children are wearing sensible shoes which are suitable for a very busy day and no flip flops or sandals

please.

Thankyou for your help in ensuring a fantastic, fun filled day!

The National Online Safety Team have published a free guide about ‘Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds’ (PUBG) - a game played by millions of

children and young people worldwide.

This guide informs parents and carers about the risks of letting their children play PUBG and how you can help keep

children safe online. We have attached the guide as a separate document with this newsletter.

If you have any concerns or worries about keeping your children safe online please speak to Miss Denmeade our

E-Safety Lead or Mrs Wilkins, Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Recently, one of our Key Stage 2 pupils, Angelo, had to call the emergency services at home when his mum was taken very ill. Angelo was able to call 999, whilst remaining very calm, he gave his full home address and details of the problem while taking very good care of his younger sibling until help arrived. We are all very proud of Angelo and his outstanding maturity - his mum thinks that he is amazing. We think this is very a good reminder on the importance of teaching

children their address and postcode from a young age. It is also important that children know how, and when, to call 999 if a grown up isn't able to. Here are some useful pointers you may like to share with your children:

Make sure you are safe before calling 999, particularly in the case of a house fire. Leave the house before calling 999. Remember the fire safety rules: Get out, stay out and call 999. Don't stop to pick up your valuables or go back into the house until it is safe to do so.

Don't be scared about calling 999 - the emergency services are there to help you and are used to taking calls from children. They will guide children and offer their support as you wait for help to arrive.

To help the ambulance or fire service understand where you are and what has happened, speak as clearly and calmly as you can. Try not to rush your words or the operator won't be able to understand you. Don't hang up until the operator tells you to. The operator needs to have all the info they need to get help to you a quickly as possible.

Make sure children know their full address including the postcode.

Weekly and Whole School Attendance

This week our whole school attendance has improved at 96% which is much better.

There were 18 sessions missed this week due to unauthorised holiday and 118 sessions missed this week due to illness.

A huge well done to Silver Birch and Walnut as they both have 100% attendance this week….. Keep it up!

We have recently published ‘An

Attendance Guide for Families’ on our school

website.

Sports Day Tuesday 10th July

Reception 9am – 10am

Y1, Y2, Y3 10.15am – 11.45am

Y4 Y5, Y6 1.15pm – 3pm

Picnic lunches will be available to order for all children at a cost of £2.30 (no charge for Key Stage 1 pupils). Pupils may bring a packed lunch from home if preferred. You are warmly invited to come along and watch Sports Day and parents are also invited to bring a picnic lunch to share on the school grounds with the children, we hope that many of you will be able to attend. Hot dinners will not be available on Sports Day and lunch will be at 12 noon for all year groups. If you wish to order a picnic lunch from the school kitchen please ensure you place your order via the ‘forms’ tab on ParentMail by Thursday 28th June. Please be aware that all year groups must order a picnic lunch, we will not automatically cater for KS1 pupils. Many thanks and we look forward to a fantastic day!

All Sports Day information including picnic lunch order forms have been sent electronically via

‘FORMS’ tab on ParentMail.

Advance Notice of Club Cancellation

There will be no Science Club on Tuesday 3rd July 2018.

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

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Dates for Your Diary

Tuesday 26th June - Year 5 Taster Day at Clarendon Academy / Triple P Parenting Course (Session 3)

Wednesday 27th June - Year 4 Trip to Hope Nature Centre

Monday 2nd July - Year 2 Trip to Lacock / FS Induction Visit

Tuesday 3rd July - Year 6 Induction Day / FS Induction Day / Shuffle Up Afternoon / Triple P Parenting Course (Session 4)

Wednesday 4th July - Music Festival at Civic Centre 6.30pm

Thursday 5th July - Year 6 Trip Junior Good Citizen Event Devizes (morning only)

Friday 6th July - POTS Grand Summer Fete

Tuesday 10th July - Sports Day

Wednesday 11th July - Year 4 Braeside Residential Trip (Return Friday 13th July)

Thursday 12th July - Year 5 Taster Day at The John of Gaunt School / Year 3 Superhero Day

Friday 13th July - Year 5 Life Exhibition Trip

Monday 16th July - Year 6 Production 6.30pm

Tuesday 17th July - Reserve Sports Day

Wednesday 18th July - Year 6 Production 6.30pm

Thursday 19th July - Open Classrooms 2.30pm

Monday 23rd July - Year 6 Inflatable Fun (morning in school) / Year 6 Disco

Tuesday 24th July - Celebration Day

Wednesday 25th July - INSET Day - School is closed & End of Term 6

Monday 3rd September - Term 1 Begins - INSET Day school is closed

Tuesday 4th September - Pupils return to school / Foundation Stage home visits all week

Wednesday 12th September - Year 6 Osmington Bay Residential Trip Meeting 6.30pm

Thursday 13th September - Parent Information Evening 6.30pm (whole school)

2018-2019

INSET DAYS

Monday 3rd September 2018

Wednesday 24th October 2018

Friday 21st December 2018

Friday 15th February 2019

Thursday 25th July 2019