SPRING 2 ISSUE 02 2nd March 2018 EMAIL: office@welldonparkprimary.harrow.sch.uk

WELLDON PARK: NEWSLETTER

ASSEMBLY THEMES THIS WEEK ARE: Sing Up Day & World Book Day

World Book Day—AGAIN!

On the new date of Tuesday 6th March, all Parents/Carers

are invited to come into school at 8.50am– 9.40am for our World Book Day celebrations! Governors will also be joining in the fun. A full plan is attached to the newsletter! But remember: Children should come to school

dressed as their favourite charac-ters! Teachers and Support Staff will also dress up!

Children can bring in a toy or book

to donate for the School Spring Fair on World Book Day!

Highlights from this week:

We achieved the Youth Sports Trust Silver Award for our excel-lent Sports teaching across the

school. Well done to Mr Walsh and all the pupils!

Despite the snow, building work is on

track for our incredible new hall. We have now said goodbye to our

old Wyvenhoe Sports Hall.

House Team Captains have been working on our new House team Points system with Miss Rushton,

watch this space!

SNOW FRUSTRATION As you will have received and read, we have had to close the school on Wednesday and Thursday this week. This was incredi-

bly frustrating and not something we wanted at all! However, there are still lots of positives to take from this week. Read on to find out more. World Book Day is now confirmed for Tuesday 6th March with the weath-er forecast being slightly warmer for our wonderful costumes, and of course we cannot wait to invite parents into classrooms to take part in fun, interactive lessons. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @WelldoneWelldon to see the amazing pictures each day of life in school.

Let’s keep Striving Together To Success!

Weekly Online Safety News (From Mr Bottle, ICT Leader)

We wanted to draw your attention to a great new app

for internet safety introduced by Google recently.

Family Link allows adults to track what children are up to on their phones at any time, allowing parents to see whatever is on their child’s screen wherever they are. For primary age children this could be a very useful tool for parents!

Parents simply need to set up a Google account on the phone they wish to safeguard and download the Family App on their own. They will pay a one-off 1p fee on a credit card to

verify their identity, and will then be given access to weekly or monthly usage reports which show what apps their child is using along with child location tracking, which is optional.

Google said the app was aimed at under 13s but that children up to the age of 18 could also use it if they were happy with being tracked.

A parent must approve any apps that the child tries to download and will be shown whether they include adverts, the suggested age range and the rating it has been given. Whilst it is important for children to have freedom and safety growing up—you can never be too safe

when it comes to proper internet usage and e-safety.

You may want to download it on the app store to give it a go! We would love to hear your feedback.

WILL YOU CHOOSE A HARROW SECONDARY SCHOOL WHEN YOUR CHILD LEAVES YEAR 6? We want our brilliant children at Welldon Park Pri-

mary to go on to do even better at a Harrow Secondary school. However we re-alise there is more and more choice and as parents/carers you have the right to ensure you make the best choice for your child. We are collecting views from all Harrow Pri-mary School parents, especially those in Year 5 and 6, to help us work closely with secondary schools in Harrow, so they are always your first choice. Please complete this anonymous survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HarrowSchools

It will close at 12pm on MONDAY 12TH MARCH. Thanks for your support in advance.

ATTENDANCE We expect all children to have at least 97%+ attendance, ideally 100%. Please do not request time off in term time for holi-days as it could lead to a £120 fine.

There are 13 weeks of holiday a year so please avoid term time holiday!

Current Attendance Statistics:

Re-

member in the last week of the half term we will be giving out our special 100% Club reward stickers! Can you be one of the first children to get one?

Sporting Success Continues!

Last week we brought you the news of the great success of our netball team coing second place for the borough—a great achievement! This week we can confirm that the amazing sports teaching and coaching

from Mr Walsh and the wider staff during PE has been recognised in our achievement of the Silver Award from the Youth Sports Trust. The Youth Sport Trust is a national charity that is building a brighter future for young people through PE and sport. Through 20 years of experience they have developed a unique way of maximising the power of sport to grow young people, schools and communi-

ties through the development of qualities including creativity, aspiration, resilience and empathy. The Quality Mark took has been aligned to Ofsted guidance supporting the PE and Sport Premium and comprises a series of straight forward benchmarking statements, where schools can select their level of provision in areas including:

Overall vision of PE, physical activity and school sport

Quality of PE

Quality of school sport

Quality of physical activity

Use of PE, physical activity and sport as a catalyst for wider learning

Look out for the Quality Mark on all letters coming from school!

We will update our attendance statistics next week as SNOW DAYS have meant it is not a fair week to judge attendance! Thank you.

SPRING FAIR!

Miss Rushton has e-mailed parents who have volunteered for the Spring Fair. Please have a look if you have put your name forward!

Key deadlines:

Tuesday 6th March – deadline for books and toys Friday 9th March – deadline for eggs and chocolate Thursday 15th – deadline for cakes Friday 16th March – the fair happens!!!!

The next meeting for volunteer helpers will be held in the Kingsley Hall at 9.00am on Thursday 8th March to sort and price items! All parents welcome to help what will be a fantastic day for our school.

Attached to the newsletter: Updated Spring Calendar 2018

World Book Day Invite Spring Fair Advert

As always, if you have any concerns, meet your child’s class teacher first – speak to the office and they will ar-range an appointment for you. If there is something more urgent or private, a senior member of staff will always be made available to see you. Thank you for your con-

tinued support.

Mr J Rogers

Associate Headteacher ht@priestmead.harrow.sch.uk

New Build Progress —Wyvenhoe Site We are pleased to announce that building work on the new school sports hall and classrooms is going well. See below for some pictures of the latest developments. These will be discussed with the children during assembly time over the coming days. Ask them for up to the minute info on what is happening! The pictures show the demo-lition of the old sports hall which we are sad to say goodbye to but we are extremely excited about regaining this so it forms our brand new playground! It’s going to be gigantic. School Council will be helping to shape plans for our new space in the next few weeks.

PARKING RESTRICTIONS A reminder that there is no parking outside the Kingsley site until the building work ceases. We know this does cause some frustration and parking is limited but it will be worth the wait when our brilliant new sports hall and classrooms arrive. Please be mindful of children crossing the roads when parking near the school site and be safe! If a disability means you require closer access to the school please do not hesitate to discuss this with a mem- ber of leadership team , who can be found in Hi Vis jackets on the gates each morning! Thank you for your continued support.

SPRING 2 CALENDAR 2018

DATE TIME EVENT

Tuesday 20th Febru-

ary

3.45pm—7.00pm

Parents’ Evening 1

Tuesday 20th Febru-

ary

9.00am Reception Explorers trip to Welsh Harp Centre

Wednesday 21st Febru-

ary

9.00am Reception Investigators trip to Welsh Harp Centre

Thursday 22nd Febru-

ary

3.45pm—7.00pm

Parents’ Evening 2

Thursday 22nd Febru-

ary

3.30pm Mayhew Animal Home visiting our Animal Club!

Wednesday 28th Febru-

ary

9.00am Reception Discoverers trip to Welsh Harp Centre

Monday 4th March

All Day In School

Year 2 – 5 have special World Book Day Drama Workshops!

TUESDAY 5th MARCH

8.50am World Book Day Open Morning—Parents/Governors invited into class, see attached invite for details!

Children to bring in toys and books for the Spring Fair in ex-change for dressing up as their favourite book character!

Thursday 1st March

2.00pm Girls Football Tournament—Y5/6 girls selected by Mr Walsh POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW

Thursday 8th March

8.50am Spring Fair Volunteer Meeting – Family Room, Kingsley Site

Thursday 15th March

3.45pm Mayhew Animal Home visiting our Animal Club!

Friday 16th March

3.45pm SPRING FAIR! See newsletter and invite

Monday 26th March

11.15am-4.00pm

Y5/6 Boys Football competition—selected students with Mr Walsh

Wednesday 28th March

4.00pm—7.00pm

Progress Reports sent home to parents

Thursday 29th March

1.50pm KS2,

2.00pm EYFS/KS1

End of Term and School Holidays Year 6 Booster School will be running in the holi-days—more

info will be sent to Y6 parents

EASTER HOLIDAY

Friday 30th March—Sunday 15th April 2018 1.50pm KS2, 2.00pm EYFS/KS1