15 January 2016
Good morning. The weather has certainly turned since the mild period we were experiencing. I see that the weekend forecast for Sunday is that it will be exceptionally cold. The children do play outside and will continue to do so during the build, so please ensure that your child has a warm coat, hat, gloves etc for these times. Although snow is not forecast, should we have any unexpected snow, please log on to the school website or Facebook for information. Our policy is always to keep the school open during periods of snow but there may be times when we have to be flexible over opening and closing times and we are often dependent on staff who live further away being able to travel in safely. We will monitor the temperatures and if we think it is too cold for children to be outside for extended periods of time i.e. lunchtimes, then we will make provision for the children to have some supervised time inside. Builders will be on site for the next two Saturdays doing some preliminary enabling works before the official compound is put into place. You will find attached to this newsletter a leaflet drop that is taking place in the local neighbourhood. Enabling works include making additional staff car parking and top surfacing a play area. As a staff team we are currently working to put together a clubs offer for children for the spring term. Please be mindful that as the school site is limited and we are having to make adaptations to supervision and playtimes, some clubs may not be able to run. We are trying desperately to ensure we run as many as possible. Outside providers for whom you will have already received letters or information will run as proposed. We are sadly unable to run netball due to a lack of netball courts. The only space the school was able to offer Cardinals was an indoor hall for one evening per week, but the club felt that that wouldn't be big enough for their needs. We will aim to send out club offers within the next two weeks. If your child is due to start school in September, don’t forget that the deadline for applying is today!
With best wishes. Kathryn Krynicki Headteacher
School Newsletter
AFTER SCHOOL CLUB STAFF MEMBER
REQUIRED
3 afternoons (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)
3:15 - 6:15pm (9hrs per week)
Term time only
Salary FTE £15,156
Actual £3,147 per annum
Please contact Mrs McAllister for further
details / application form
Congratulations to the Golden Book Winners
Week beginning 11th January
Hazel - Isadora Schifano for writing a
super letter to the Three Bears.
Beech - Emelia Parvin for excellent
writing about Goldilocks.
Chestnut - Aimee-Rose Parker for
super effort with sounds and reading.
Oak - Haider Sarmad for settling
really well into his new class.
Pine - Joshua Johnson for brilliant
letter writing.
Hawthorn - Sofia Kolby Southerland
for drawing a lovely pastel picture.
Cedar - Harry Freeman for really
good shape work.
Juniper - Mithra Raja for doing her
map neatly.
Elm - Lola Tipping for a beautifully
labelled map of the UK.
Maple - Freddie Moller-Butcher for
doing fantastic ‘slow writing’ describing
a setting.
Larch - Jesse Freeman for fantastic
effort in planning and writing his
picture book.
Birch - Tiara Webster & Grace Barnes
for a fantastic effort in planning and
writing their picture book.
Rowan - Abbas Khan for making a
super effort in all his lessons and
having a positive attitude.
Willow - not awarded this week as
teacher unwell.
Laurel - Sophie Eliadis for an excellent
descriptive letter written in Literacy.
Holly - Olivia Attfield for writing an
excellent letter as Odysseus in
Literacy.
2016/17 Term Dates & INSETs
INSET DAY Monday 5 September
INSET DAY Tuesday 6 September
INSET DAY Wednesday 7 September
First day of Autumn term Thursday 8 September
Autumn Half term 24 - 28 October
Last day of Autumn term Wednesday 21 December
Christmas Holidays 22 December - 2 January
INSET DAY Tuesday 3 January
First day of Spring term Wednesday 4 January
Spring Half Term 13 - 17 February
Last day of Spring term Friday 31 March
Easter Holidays 3 - 17 April
First Day of Summer term Tuesday 18 April
Summer Half term 29 May - 2 June
INSET Monday 5 June
Last Day of Summer Term Friday 21 July
Mufti Day Thursday 28th January 2016
On this day we would like the children to wear their own clothes and bring in a suggested donation of £1 which will be put towards our new outdoor learning and play equipment.
During the day each class will be finding out more about our new building and thinking of how we can all contribute to the excitement and opportunities it brings.
Description Date Time
Primary Admissions deadline Fri 15 January
o2 Young Voices Concert Wed 27 January
Mufti Day for outdoor learning & equipment Thu 28 January
Yr 1 to Windsor Castle Fri 29 January
Yr 6 Bikeability Course - Week 1 1 - 5 February
Assessment Week 1 - 5 February
Yr 6 Bikeability Course - Week 2 8 - 12 February
Yr 4 Anglo Saxons workshop Fri 12 February
Yr 3 Special Assembly Fri 12 February 14:00
PTA Cake Bake Fri 12 February
Spring Half term 15 - 19 February
Yr 6 Greeks Play in a Day Thu 25 February
Yr 5 to Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour Fri 26 February
Yr R & KS1 Perform drama workshops Wed 2 March
Yr 4 Special Assembly Thu 3 March 14:00
Spring Parents Meeting Tue 8 March 15:30 - 17:30
Spring Parents Meeting Thu 10 March 15:30 - 19:30
Friends Quiz Night Fri 11 March
Primary Cross Country Champs at Reigate Sat 12 March
Yr 2 to Brooklands Museum Thu 17 March
SEN Parents Meetings Thu 17 March
Reception to Ladyland Farm Fri 18 March
Yr 5 Residential to Fairthorne Manor Mon 21 - Thu 24 March
Yr 1 Special Assembly Tue 22 March 14:00
School Easter Service at CoGS Thu 24 March 09:30
Last Day of Spring Term Thu 24 March finish at 13:30
Easter Holidays 25 March—10 April
INSET Day Mon 11 April
First Day of Summer Term Tue 12 April
Yr 4 Residential to Hindleap Warren 18 - 20 April
Yr 4 Rainforest Roadshow Thu 21 April
Yr 3 class Residential to High Ashurst Mon 25 April
Yr 3 class Residential to High Ashurst Tue 26 April
Yr 3 class Residential to High Ashurst Wed 27 April
Yr 5 Special Assembly Fri 29 April 14:00
May Bank Holiday Mon 2 May
Yr 5 to Shah Jahan Mosque Wed 4 May
SATs Week 9 - 13 May
Yr R Special Assembly Thu 19 May 14:00
Assessment Week 23 - 26 May
Yr 3 class to Henley Fort Mon 23 May
Yr 3 class to Henley Fort Tue 24 May
Yr 3 class to Henley Fort Wed 25 May
INSET Day Fri 27 May
Summer Half term 30 May - 3 June
INSET Day Mon 6 June
Yr 2 to Alice Holt (due to curriculum changes) Thu 16 June
Summer Book Fayre Fri 17 June
SCHOOL DATES FOR 2015—2016 ACADEMIC YEAR Changes and additions are in bold
Diary Dates continued...
Yr 6 Residential to Osmington Bay 20—24 June
Yr 1 to Chessington Zoo Thu 23 June
Yr 2 Special Assembly Fri 24 June 14:00
Yr 6 Leavers’ Service at Guildford Cathedral Mon 27 June 12:30 - 14:00
Yr 2 class Pedals Course Thu 30 June
Yr 2 class Pedals Course Fri 1 July
Yr 5 Away Day @ Fullbrook Wed 13 July
Yr 6 Special Assembly Fri 15 July 14:00
School End of Year Service at CoGS Fri 22 July 09:30
Last Day of Summer Term Fri 22 July finish at 13:30
RUNNING CLUB NEWS
To all runners - we start back on Friday 22nd January. Wrap up warm! Any
queries, please email [email protected]
Current Running Club Congratulations to Lucas Collyer-Todd who has qualified for the national finals of the
Schools Biathlon Champs! A great achievement. We hope that his success will inspire more of our running group to
get involved in the event in 2016.
Old Pyrfordian Congratulations to Gus Cockle who was selected to run for Great Britain last weekend in the Great
Edinburgh Run. He was part of the GB team led by Mo Farah, running a very muddy, hilly 6k against teams from
Europe and the USA - more inspiration for our young
runners!
You can spot him (just look at the mud!) in the highlights here on http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06wdrv6/great-edinburgh-international-cross-country-2016 at 24.30-25.30
Isobel Berry in Rowan Class writes:
“I'm 9 years old and a keen swimmer. I want to help my school and Foodbank. I'm going to be swimming
100 lengths of a 25 metre swimming pool, with my Dad, on Saturday 30th January. I've been training for a
couple of months to do this but it will be really hard!” More details here - https://
crowdfunding.justgiving.com/isobel-berry. Please support Isobel and her dad in their aim of raising £250.
FUNDRAISING GOLF DAY - Friday 6th May
Richard Bohan is organising the Golf Day this year on Friday 6th May. It will be bacon
rolls and coffee followed by 18 holes and usual nearest the pin and longest drive. It will
be confirmed where it is to be held but Richard asks please that you contact him if you
are interested. [email protected]
Endurance Running Club - Year 6
Trials will take place on Friday 22nd January. Anyone interested should come to Laurel Class
at 3:20 dressed in suitable running clothes, wearing trainers.
Please send your child with a note giving permission to take your child off-site. The trials will
involved a 2k road run.
Any queries, please see Mrs Cockle.
Don’t feel blue that your Christmas decorations have been put away for another year and the last mince pie has
been eaten, as we have a Christmas 2016 activity to look forward to!
As in previous years, the PTA have secured front stalls seats for one night, Wednesday 14th December at great
rates for the 2016 family panto, Peter Pan at Woking Theatre. It may seem early to book, but this is a great offer
which is too good to miss to make great savings on the normal seat prices. And every ticket bought through us will
automatically contribute £4 to our school funds, so your children will also benefit.
For more information and to order tickets, see below.
Freemantles School Outreach team are considering
extending their remit to include some training / infor-
mation sessions for parents of children with ASD. They
would like your input to ensure that as they plan
these sessions, they are covering topics and pre-
senting in a way which suit the attendees. They would
appreciate it if you would take a moment to answer a
questionnaire. The questionnaire can either be com-
pleted on paper and returned to Freemantles (copies
available in the office) or completed online at
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6GYXWVG