This week Welcome back to the last half term of the academic year. I hope that you all enjoyed a lovely half term break and were able to make the most of the good weather before it leſt us again! On my visits to classrooms this week I have been focusing on Maths’ learning. Well done to pupils in Year 1 who were only too keen to show off their new found skills and ability to find different amounts of money (just in me for the Summer Fayre). Well done especially to Olivia who told me all of the different ways of making 10p using different coins. A focus for our development of Maths has been enabling children to use reasoning to demonstrate mastery of skills and knowledge, teachers ensure that they plan for these opportunies during lessons. On Thursday we held an assembly about the General Elecon and what it means. Several children were very knowledgeable about the process and what Parliament and the Government were. Thank you to the children who presented their manifestos to become Leader of the school. They had great ideas and we hope to be able to put some of these into our School Development Plan. Please talk to your children about Cizenship and Democracy and see if they are able to give you examples of some of the democrac pracces we have in school for example how our School Council represents their views and also how they were elected. There are some excellent online resources which you can access from home and use to support your children’s polical understanding. Some are available at hp://www.parliament.uk/ if you are interested in developing this further. Newsleer 32: Week ending 9th June 2017 Pentecost message Our focus for our liturgies this week has been to follow in Jesus’ footsteps and bring peace to those around us. We have focused on Jesus’ words of comfort to his followers at Pentecost (John 20:19), when he appeared to his followers: “Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them. He said, “Peace be with you!” Several children expressed their concerns over recent events in Manchester and London and have asked that we pray for the families and vicms of these terrible events in our collecve worship.
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This week
Welcome back to the last half term of the academic year. I hope that you all enjoyed a lovely half
term break and were able to make the most of the good weather before it left us again!
On my visits to classrooms this week I have been focusing on Maths’ learning. Well done to pupils in
Year 1 who were only too keen to show off their new found skills and ability to find different
amounts of money (just in time for the Summer Fayre). Well done especially to Olivia who told me
all of the different ways of making 10p using different coins. A focus for our development of Maths
has been enabling children to use reasoning to demonstrate mastery of skills and knowledge,
teachers ensure that they plan for these opportunities during lessons.
On Thursday we held an assembly about the General Election and what it means. Several children
were very knowledgeable about the process and what Parliament and the Government were. Thank
you to the children who presented their manifestos to
become Leader of the school. They had great ideas and
we hope to be able to put some of these into our School
Development Plan. Please talk to your children about
Citizenship and Democracy and see if they are able to
give you examples of some of the democratic practices
we have in school for example how our School Council
represents their views and also how they were elected.
There are some excellent online resources which you can access from home and use to support
your children’s political understanding. Some are available at http://www.parliament.uk/ if you are
interested in developing this further.
Newsletter 32: Week ending 9th June 2017
Pentecost message
Our focus for our liturgies this week has been to follow in Jesus’ footsteps and bring peace to those
around us. We have focused on Jesus’ words of comfort to his followers at Pentecost (John 20:19),
when he appeared to his followers: “Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them. He said,
“Peace be with you!” Several children expressed their concerns over recent events in Manchester
and London and have asked that we pray for the families and victims of these terrible events in our
On Wednesday, the whole school enjoyed a music concert
led by some of our talented pupils. They then performed
again to their parents and friends in the evening at our ‘A
Celebration of Music 2017’ concert. We were impressed by
their performance skills, confidence and musical ability. I
was lucky enough to listen to the concert twice. Thank you
to Maya, Cameron (who also performed) and Alfie who
compered the concerts. Thank you to Mrs Martin for
providing the refreshments on behalf of the Friends. A special thank you goes to Miss Longmire for
organising the concerts.
Golden boot week 2017 Well done to all the children who have
travelled in a ‘greener’ way to school this week.
Results will be announced once counted and
finalised.
Parking
Thank you for continuing to park considerately on
St Nicolas Avenue t is greatly appreciated.
Building works and the school office
The building works are near their completion and we are looking forward to being able to move the
office back to the front of the building and to begin to use our wonderful new entrance. Although
the barriers have been taken away, please can you continue to enter the school office via the left
hand side of the school. I will inform you when this has been relocated and we begin to use the new
entrance. Thank you for continuing to bear with us during the disruption.
Baby News
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Moore on the birth of their
first baby Alexander Christopher Moore who was born on
Monday 5th June at 2.20am., weighing in at 9lbs 12oz. Mrs
Moore has let us know that she and Alexander are happy and
healthy! We look forward to him visiting us.
Journey in Love
Please remember that the
resources our now on our
school website and that
these lessons will be
taught during next week.
FRIENDS Our Summer Fair is taking place on Sunday 18th June, and it promis-
es to be an action-packed event; filled with games, food, crafts and
plenty of sunshine! To make it a success we need your help in selling
raffle tickets. This year each winning raffle ticket will win a Goodie
Bag, stuffed full of prizes like family passes to local days out, restau-
rant vouchers and fabulous pampering treats. This week your child
will be bringing home 2 booklets of raffle tickets to sell. We need you
to sell each ticket for £1 and return the completed stub and collect-
ed money to school.
Please return these to school by Friday 16th June. As an added in-
centive, the first 40 children to return their stubs and money will re-
ceive a 3-day pass to Cranleigh Golf and Country Club! Thank you for
all your ongoing support – it is very much appreciated, The income
received from the school raffles is vitally important and is spent in a
variety of ways – all of which benefit our children.
This year there is a focus on developing the playground to create an
exciting, dynamic and engaging environment to stimulate our chil-
dren.
Attendance figures for w/e 9th May
Reception 98.6%
Year 1 99.3%
Year 2 93.7%
Year 3 98.3%
Year 4 99.3%
Year 5 98.6%
Year 6 99.3%
School Target 96.5%
Best attendance this week Y1, Y4 and
Y6
Diary Dates Summer Term 2017
June
14.06.17 KS2 Sports’ morning
15.06.17 KS2 Sports’ morning (rain off)
15.06.17 3.15-4pm Open classrooms
work share
16.06.17 2pm Parent forum
18.06.17 Summer Fair
19.06.17 Class photographs
20.06.17 9.30 am KS1 Sports’ morning
23.06.17 9.30am KS1 Sports’ morning (rain off)
29.06.16 Mass for St Peter and St Paul
30.06.17 INSET DAY 5 School closed
July
02.07.17 Bikehana
07.07.17 9am Parent forum
10.07.17 Annual Reports to parents
11.07.17 2.45pm St David’s Class assembly to
parents
13.07.17 3.30-6pm Open evening and
celebration of children’s work
14.07.17 Y6 Leaver’s Party
17.07.17 Y6 to Waverly singing Picnic
20.07.17 Y6 Leaver’s Mass 1.45pm
21.07.17 LAST DAY OF TERM
School place available for September 2017
We currently have spaces available in
Reception for September 2017. We also have a
limited number of spaces in other year groups
across the school. If you know of anyone who
would be interested in joining our school
family then please ask them to contact the
school office to arrange a visit to the school.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Natalie McCarthy (Head Teacher).
Parent forum
Please join us for this half term’s parent forum
on Friday 16th June at 2pm in the Parish
Room. If you are unable to join us then
remember to send in agenda items to me via
the school office.
Safe in the Sun
Please remember to ensure that children have
hats, sun cream and water bottles in school, on the
off chance that Summer returns! particularly
important for our Sports’ mornings which the
children are busy practicing for.
Notice Board
First Holy Communion Candidates Enrollment for 2017/18 - Parents Information Session
The Cranleigh and Bramley Parish First Holy Communion programme starts in the Autumn each year and runs through to the following Summer. To take part children should be aged seven or older and baptised. The Programme is designed to help families work together with catechists to prepare their children to receive their First Reconciliation and then later their First Holy Commun-
We are inviting parents to an information session on Thursday 6th July 7.30pm in the Cranleigh Par-ish Meeting Room. At this meeting we will explain the format of the Programme.
Please sign up to the Parents Information Session using the Parish web-site www.rcchurchcranleighbramley.org.uk and go to the Parish Events page. Alternatively please email [email protected]. http://www.rcchurchcranleighbramley.org.uk/parish-events/
