The Sherwood Bulletin...2020/06/26 · This week’s work from Year 6 Friday 26th June 2020 Abbotts Road, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 1JP Webpage: Email: [email protected]

Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope you have enjoyed the wonderful sunshine this week, while managing to keep cool.

We have been very busy with children enjoying a range of activities within each of our bubbles.

Our focus has been Sports and Fitness this week, with lots of outdoor PE activities taking place

and plenty of drinks breaks in the shade! We still have a few places remaining in Year 1 and

Year 6. Do get in touch to book your place if you would like your children to attend for the last

few weeks of term.

We now have three key worker and vulnerable children bubbles, which are all full to capacity.

Should you require a place, please get in touch as we may be able to arrange a further bubble

to accommodate your request. When booking places in any of our bubbles, please let us know

if you require a school packed lunch and if your child has any medical needs or allergies.

Please email us at the address below and we will write to confirm your place once our

procedures and checks have been completed: [email protected]

We are now planning for the return of Year 5 children during the last week of term and have

written to parents and carers separately about how to book a place. This will be with our Year 6

teaching team and will mean that our Year 6 cohort will finish week beginning 6th July.

We are currently making arrangements for Year 6 children to come in to collect their leavers’ t-

shirts, folders and gifts. We are planning for this to take place over the next few weeks, with

small groups attending to ensure safety for all. We will write with further detail next week.

Annual Reports

Teachers are in the process of completing children’s annual reports. These will be sent out via

Parentmail this year, as we will not be able to run our regular open afternoon event or send

them home with children in the usual way. Should you prefer to receive your report as a paper

copy, please contact the school office so that arrangements can be made for safe collection.

Reports will contain information about achievement up until the end of the spring term as well

as brief information about children’s remote learning during the period of school closure. Should

you wish to discuss your child’s report with their class teacher, please contact the school office

so that a telephone appointment can be arranged for you.

While we are planning for the return of all children in September, as yet we have not yet

received the government’s guidance and therefore cannot give further detail at this point. As

soon as we are able to, we will of course write with more detailed information.

Burnet News Club

We would like to congratulate Mr Short for his fantastic

work with the Year 6 Burnet News Club. He has been

shortlisted for ‘Outstanding Teacher’ award and Roshan

in 6 Chestnut has received the ‘Outstanding Student’

accolade. What a fantastic achievement!

Wishing you a good weekend,

Mrs Samouel, Miss Matharu and Mr Steenkamp

Friday 26th June 2020

Abbotts Road, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 1JP Webpage: www.thesherwoodschool.co.uk Email: [email protected]

Tel: 020 8764 5100 Mrs A Samouel Headteacher

Miss K Matharu Assistant Head

Mr P Steenkamp Assistant Head

The Sherwood Bulletin

http://www.thesherwood.ik.org

In Reception,

we have used

our pencils to

create texture

when drawing

polar bears

PE in Year 6







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Year 6 Art








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National School Sport Week 2020

On Tuesday, we did some athletics. We

were learning how to jump over hurdles

with both our feet together. We also

practiced racing from starting positions.

This helped us to user different muscles

in our legs. On the Thursday we played

cricket. We learnt about different batting

skills and how we could change the di-

rection of the ball. An example would be

the hook shot and the defensive shot.

Michael K, Year 6



Dear Parents and Carers, SCHOOL MEALS DEBT RECOVERY POLICY The school budget is calculated each year to maximise teaching and learning. However, if debts are incurred, then the school budget has to pay for them. This means that money, which should be spent on teaching and learning, is used to pay for debts incurred by parents. We all agree that this is unacceptable and unfair to the students. Therefore, we request that all parents give this policy their full respect and support. Free School Meals are available to eligible students. If parents believe that their children may qualify for entitlement to Free School Meals, then they should contact the school office for more details. This allowance is a statutory right and it is important that parents who qualify access it; the school administrative staff can help parents with their applications. Parents can check Free School Meal eligibility by applying online at: https://www.merton.gov.uk/education-and-learning/schools/free-school-meals Alternatively, application forms are available from the school office. Due to an increase in the number of school meals that are regularly not being paid for, The Sherwood School has adopted a NO DEBT policy relating to payment of school meals. If debts are not cleared, they would ultimately have to be referred to the Governors Board for debt recovery arrangements to be made. All pupils in the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 are entitled to receive Universal Infant Free School Meals. Therefore, this policy relates to pupils in Key Stage 2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6) whose parents pay for school meals. As a school, we wish to avoid a situation which allows parents to accrue large amounts of debt for school meals which they then find difficult to clear. School meals must be paid for in advance using any of the methods of payment outlined below:

Online at www.parentpay.com

Pay Point bar code (available from the school office) If a parent genuinely forgets to pay in advance, the school will grant a debt allowance of one week. However, this debt must be paid by the following week and future meals must be paid in advance before any meal is provided. If the debt is not cleared, parents must provide a packed lunch. In a case when a debt payment is not received and a packed lunch not provided, the office will phone the parent to ask them to pay online at Parent Pay or collect a Pay Point barcode or provide a packed lunch before lunchtime. If parents and carers are struggling to make payments, particularly in the current circumstances, we will work with you to arrange a repayment plan. However, should the debt not be cleared within a reasonable time frame, the school reserves the right to inform the Chair of Governors, who may decide to begin formal proceedings. By implementing this policy, we are aiming to help parents limit unmanageable dinner money debts. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. Kind Regards, The School Finance Team


https://www.merton.gov.uk/education-and-learning/schools/free-school-meals



Bulletin News – EAL and Transition to Year 7

Supporting parents of pupils who use English as an Additional Language

Helping your child learn

We are keen to support you to support your children learn.

The Bell Foundation has created a short, easy to understand guide for parents of students who

use English as an Additional Language. The leaflet is available in the 11 most commonly used

first languages in UK schools (including English) and is designed to help parents to get in-

volved in school life and to help their child to learn. The leaflets are available to download from

our website.

The guide is available in the following languages:

Arabic

Bengali

Bulgarian

Chinese

English

Lithuanian

Polish

Punjabi

Romanian

Somali

Urdu

Gujarati

Transition Update

For Year 6 pupils who are attending St Marks Academy, the link below for pupils and parents will

answer some of your questions about Year 7

http://www.stmarksacademy.com/page/?title=Year+6%2D7+Transition&pid=165

For transition information from other school, look on the individual schools websites. Some of

the links are provided here:

https://www.harriswimbledon.org.uk/790/student-passport

https://www.carshaltonboys.org/page/?title=Transition+From+Year+6+To+Year+7&pid=473

https://www.nmbec.org.uk/lrc/recommended-reading-key-stage-3

Reminder: Year 6 Parent Transition Workshops available

This week we shared a link to a series of workshops available to our Year 6 families. This online series of workshops for parents of current year 6 children aims to provide a space for parents to support one another and build on their knowledge and skills to help their children through this transition. To sign up for this series of 4 online workshops please use this link: www.talkofftherecordonline.org

Mrs Hughes, SEND Co-ordinator

http://www.stmarksacademy.com/page/?title=Year+6%2D7+Transition&pid=165

https://www.harriswimbledon.org.uk/790/student-passport

https://www.carshaltonboys.org/page/?title=Transition+From+Year+6+To+Year+7&pid=473

https://www.nmbec.org.uk/lrc/recommended-reading-key-stage-3

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.talkofftherecordonline.org_&d=DwMFAg&c=HmJinpA0me9MkKQ19xEDwK7irBsCvGfF6AWwfMZqono&r=jjjgn1dTAMorGrc6-LaR8UhP5VUIxH9I-idwK7RnnLw&m=K7mudsSXGpFeucwoKbbRp3ZMoQy1lonqJe3BV_uZKbA&s=pd6aApg044oykvGj4sohtOubUS

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The Sherwood Bulletin...2020/06/26 · This week’s work from Year 6 Friday 26th June 2020 Abbotts Road, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 1JP Webpage: Email: [email protected]