Thorney Tribune

Thorney Island CP School

Newsletter No 6 February 2020

Dear Parents, Governors and Friends,

The children have continued to work hard this term and are

hopefully on track to achieve the challenging targets that they have been set. I hope that you will

find Parents Evening useful; your support as always is crucial. The difference you make when you

support your child with reading and homework is always noticeable in school and I cannot stress

enough how much staff appreciate this.

STAR OF THE WEEK AWARDS

17 January 24 January

Barn Owl Class - Brody Johnston Barn Owl Class - George Harling

Tawny Owl Class - Evie Herbert Tawny Owl Class - Choegyal Tamang

Osprey Class - Lessie Hughes Osprey Class - Savannah Males

Falcon Class - Molly Kettle Falcon Class - Edward Quin

Harrier Class - Khloe Ankomah Harrier Class - Eva Fox

Kestrel Class - Darcie Allison Kestrel Class - Benjamin Jeffery

Merlin Class - Shaniqua Mtekateka Merlin Class - Crystal Wright

Hawk Class - Alfie Bowley Hawk Class - Krystal Ankomah

Eagle Class - Morgan Vincent Eagle Class - Anna Simonaitis

31 January - 7 February -

Barn Owl Class - Aleina Kama Barn Owl Class - Lloyd Quansah

Tawny Owl Class - Frankie Mills Tawny Owl Class - Tia Richards

Osprey Class - Daniela Wood Osprey Class - Archie Herbert

Falcon Class - Sala Naiyaga Falcon Class - Freyja Wright

Harrier Class - Duane Richards-Pichon Harrier Class - Elodie Fung

Kestrel Class - Lacey Rose Harrier Class Kelsang Tamang

Merlin Class - Sofia Wood Kestrel Class - Lily Tucker

Merlin Class - Zack Farrell Merlin Class - Amelia Delana

Hawk Class - Liam Bulmer Hawk Class - Jenson Edwards

Eagle Class - Molly Graham Eagle Class - Theo Fung

Why do we have ‘Hook Days’? To make learning as enjoyable and fun as possible

Contact Details

It is vitally important that we have the correct contact details for parents/carers and also an

emergency contact in case you are not available. Please let Mrs Fung in the School Office know if

you have changed your phone number or e-mail address.

Indoor Football Tournament at the Bourne Community College, Monday 28 January

We had a very enjoyable evening with all the boys showing great determination. Some of our

players just need to learn to go for accuracy when shooting not power. This is something we will

work on. Overall the team played extremely well only conceding one goal.

Compton v Funtington 0 - 6

Southbourne v Thorney 0 - 0

Compton v Southbourne 1 - 3

Thorney v Compton 5 - 1

Funtington v Southbourne 4 - 0

Funtington v Thorney 0 - 0

Team: Finley Gordon, Liam Bulmer,

Lenny Tucker, Cayden Bowman,

Alfie Porter, Mackenzie Roberts,

Ollie Mills and Owen Simpson.

Play and Share – Owl Classes

I would like to say a big thank you to all the parents who made it to the ‘Play and Share’ session.

Showing an interest in what your child is learning is so important and makes such a difference to

how they view learning and how they approach school work. It is not called Foundation Stage for

nothing; if you build strong foundations the rest of school should go well.

Clown Day – Osprey Class – A picture paints a thousand words!

Kestrel Class and Harrier Class visit St Nicholas Church on Thorney Island

I would like to thank the Padre for giving up his time to talk to the children all about the

importance of baptism.

Merlin Class visit Dell Quay

Merlin Class had an excellent Day at Dell Quay working with Chichester Harbour Conservancy to

use the natural environment as a starting point for art work. The rain held off for most of the day

which made the day even better! The children produced some excellent pieces of work and their

behaviour was outstanding. I would like to thank all the parents who helped with the visit as

without your support we would not be able to do such things.

Falcon Class visit to Gilbert White’s House

Indoor Netball Tournament at the Bourne Monday 3 February

The team played extremely well winning all of their games. Miss Goss was very proud of them and I

know that some of these players, along with new ones, will be playing next week at the Bourne. I do

hope that they do as well then and that we remember to take the camera so we can have a picture

of the team! Again thank you to all those parents who drove as without your support events like

this would not be possible.

Funtington v Bosham 5 - 1

Westbourne A v Thorney 0 - 1

Funtington v Westbourne A 1 – 0

Thorney v Funtington 2 – 1

Bosham v Westbourne A 0 - 2

Bosham v Thorney 0 - 5

Dates for your Diary – Please see attached sheet

Yours sincerely

Dean Clegg

Headteacher

Team: Marian Delana, Khalel Kydd, Alicia

Peters, Aida Williams, Scarlett Turvey,

Nyerah Charles and Xavier Williams.

DIARY DATES

February 2020

10 - Indoor Netball Tournament (after school) at Bourne Leisure Centre

12 - Osprey Class to St Nicholas Church, Thorney Island

13 - Eagle Class to E-Safety Workshop at Southbourne Junior School

14 - INSET Day – CHILDREN DO NOT ATTEND SCHOOL

17-21 - Half Term

24 - No after-school clubs this week

26 - Parents Evening, 3.15 – 6.00pm

27 - Parents Evening, 3.15 – 5.30pm

28 - Hawk Class Mayan Day – Paul Ullson, Local Historian, visiting

March 2020

5 - World Book Day

9 - Indoor Girls Football Tournament (after school) at Bourne Leisure Centre

10 - SATS Meeting for Year 2 parents

11 - Ali Sparks, author of Shapeshifter series of books visiting the school

13 - Sport Relief

16 - Last week of after-school clubs

18 - Dance Festival

19 - Tawny & Barn Owl Classes Play & Share

25 - Osprey Class visit to Pizza Express, Chichester

30 - Rainbow Theatre Company performing, ‘The Easter Story’ (whole school).

April 2020

3 - INSET Day – CHILDREN DO NOT ATTEND SCHOOL

6-17 - Easter Holiday

20 - Back to school – first day of Summer Term

20-24 - Eagle Class Bikeability

Term Dates 2020

06 January 2020: Start of Spring Term

17-21 February 2020: Half Term

03 April 2020: Break-up for Easter Holiday

20 April 2020: Start of Summer Term

08 May 2020: Bank Holiday

25 - 29 May 2020: Half Term

20 July 2020: End of Summer Term

In September 2020, we return to school on Thursday 3 September.

Half-term is 26 – 30 October 2020 (inc)

INSET Days

Friday 14 February 2020

Friday 3 April 2020

Friday 22 May 2020

Monday 20 July 2020