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29 April 2016
Good morning.
I usually make some reference to the weather in the weekly
newsletter, but no doubt by the time I have finished typing this we
will have experienced sun, snow, hail, thunderstorms and a variety
of temperatures! I can only hope that as we head into the Bank
Holiday weekend, it gets more settled so at least we'll know what
to wear!
This week Year 3 have attended their residential to High Ashurst
where great fun has been had by all. I know how excited all the
children were before departing each day. Their feedback has been
wonderful to hear. My sincere thanks to all the adults who have
again given up their free time to look after the children and for
having the patience to make 90 bunk beds over the last few days -
definitely an unenviable task.
Last week in the newsletter I wrote about the issue over the
SPAG papers for Year 2 assessments. By the end of Friday I had
received an email from the DfE confirming that they had mistakenly
published the test papers online, with an instruction for schools
not to issue the delivered test papers this year. Therefore Year 2
will not sit the SPAG test and a teacher judgement will be used.
Interestingly the pupils in Year 2 had taken a keen interest in
this matter as they had picked up information from home and were
quizzing Mrs Porter on 'exactly what was the state of play with
their education?' Having had a discussion, the children decided
that a letter to the Secretary of State for Education, Nicky
Morgan, was required. They came to share their letters with me in
my office. They were excellent and made real light of my Friday
afternoon admin trudge. We've sent the letters off and will let you
know if we have any feedback.
Tony Dimmer, our overview partner who comes in to school to
check on pupil progress and general school improvement, visited
this week and was impressed with much that was going on. He
focussed some of his visit on the Year 1 curriculum that we are
delivering. The children were full of enthusiasm and were keen to
share all their learning opportunities with him.
The new school continues to move forwards at pace. Inside the
building, it is a hive of activity with a number of different
trades working together. All partitions are now up, the half tonne
boiler was delivered whilst I was on site, temporary electrics are
up and running and various pipes, cables and electrics were being
installed.
As you will know, offers for places in Reception classes in
September were made on the 18th and regretfully a large number of
families were disappointed not to be offered places at the school.
Legally our Admissions Policy has to be strictly applied and as we
experienced unprecedented demand from parish residents this year,
siblings living outside the parish were, for the first time ever,
not offered places. The governors are genuinely sympathetic to the
difficulties that families will experience having children at
different schools and we are happy to put parents in similar
situations in touch with each other if that would help people.
School places are predicted to be short in the coming years and
the Regional Schools’ Commissioner has approached us to ask if we
would resubmit our bid for Newark CofE Primary School, a new
two-form entry Free School in Woking. I will keep you updated on
the progress we make towards that goal.
Wishing you all a good long weekend.
Kathryn Krynicki Headteacher
School Newsletter
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Congratulations to the Golden Book Winners
Week beginning 25th April
Hazel - Jake Jessop for always
trying his best.
Beech - Jack Hannell for excellent
maths doubling numbers.
Chestnut - Sophie Lovett for
thinking of really good questions.
Oak - Cameron Blacker for great
number work.
Pine - Saaniya Zaman for brilliant
maths work.
Hawthorn - Truly Keenan for
working really hard.
Cedar - Mylee Alison for trying to
answer lots of questions during
carpet time.
Juniper, Elm & Maple classes - not
awarded as on residential this week.
Larch & Birch classes - Fantastic
effort and achievement at Hindleap
Warren.
Rowan - Maddy Simons for a lovely
story board in Literacy.
Willow - Abaan Naseem for
wonderful illustrations in his story
board for Literacy.
Laurel - Millie Bunyan for a
wonderfully drawn map of a desert
island and descriptive phrases in
Literacy.
Holly - Ibrahim Ahmad for a
beautifully described and drawn map
of a desert island.
WATER BOTTLES
Please can you make sure that your child has a
water bottle with them every
day? Some children are
spending time out of class
every day coming to the office
to get a plastic cup and this is
neither good for the budget or
the environment. It doesn’t
have to be an expensive bottle -
a small mineral water bottle
that can be re-used is ideal.
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For each booking of parties of 10 or more, The New Haweli will
donate 10% of the
total bill to the school’s fundraising pot. Just confirm when
booking that you are a
parent from the school and bring a copy of the receipt in to the
school office.
If you would like to make a donation to the fundraising
campaign, please complete this form and return to the
school office: http://www.pyrford.surrey.sch.uk/
_files/4A747C3A7512509139BA64E4CA5A1B5F.pdf
Keep up to date with the latest news on our Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Pyrford-C-of-E-Primary-School-183641531974313/?fref=ts
Emma Dodd is preparing to walk 100km non-
stop from London to Brighton with her 65 year
old father to raise money for new playground
equipment. Click on the link below to sponsor
Emma’s efforts.
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/
emmadodd1
The fit out of the new building continues apace.
The first photo shows the width of the central
corridor running down the centre of the building
on both floors. The second photo is one of the
upstairs classrooms. Access should be possible to
show staff towards the end of May.
On the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Karen
from
Friends of Chernobyl Children came in to school to speak at
assembly. A number of families in the school host children
each
year from Chernobyl and raise money to provide them with
unique experiences whilst they are here. After assembly,
balloons were released on the school field in memory of
those
affected by the disaster.
UPDATE The children have been running laps round the school
field aiming for 5,700 miles to Rio. So far they have clocked up
1,953, way past Athens, the home of the Olympic Games and well on
the way to half way there!
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Last week we entered a team of pupils in a tag rugby tournament
at Pirbright Village School.
After a shaky start which resulted in a loss in the first game,
the team worked hard on playing
together and supporting each other and they were rewarded with a
win in the next game. After
a couple more close games, Pyrford finished 3rd in their group
and went on to narrowly lose
their final match against the 4th place team from the other
group.
All members of the team played well and should be proud of the
way they pulled together as a
team - Christian Challis, Eesa Hussain, Oscar Mallinson, Macey
Roberts, Gemma Robins, Hiba
Salim and Lorenzo Vanotti.
A big thank you to Miss Wilson for driving the minibus.
Mrs Edis
A team of Year 3 boys and a team of Year 4 boys took part in a
schools football
tournament on Friday and they all did very well.
The results were:
Year 4 Year 3
Pyrford 0 - Goldsworth 1 Pyrford 1 - Goldsworth 0
Pyrford 1 - St Dunstan’s 1 Pyrford 1 - St Dunstan’s 1
Pyrford 2 - Sythwood 0 Pyrford 3 - Sythwood 2
Pyrford 3 - Pirbright 2 Pyrford 1 - Pirbright 0
ESSA South East Division Primary Schools Relays - Saturday 23rd
April
On Saturday, Pyrford girls and boys relay teams once again
headed down to
the Spectrum in Guildford to compete for the school. The girls
had qualified
as fastest runners-up in both the freestyle and medley
competitions, with
the boys qualifying for just the medley relay. However, on
arrival, a space
became available in the freestyle race, so the boys had a
minimum of two
races as well.
Well done to George Broadhead, Lucas Collyer-Todd, Oliver
Mantell, Charles
Crossley (who stepped in at the last minute), Evangeline
Maloney, Rosina
Hanington, Maddie Livingstone and Gemma Robins, who once again
swam their hardest in what was a very tough
competition. Unfortunately, the teams did not make the finals,
but did themselves proud and kept their nerve
competing as one of the top 18 teams across the south east of
England. Well done all!
We are very proud to say that Oscar Malllinson passed his
black-belt grading on Sunday and became
the youngest pupil ever at the school to reach this very high
level at the age of 10! Oscar started
karate at the school in Year 1 and has been training 3 times a
week leading up to the grading, as well
as helping in the after school class. Oscar has shown great
dedication and worked so hard towards
achieving his black-belt. This really is a well-deserved and
fantastic achievement at such a young age!
He plans to continue with karate and has just started
kick-boxing to try a different martial art.
Nigel, the karate coach, also reports that “as well as a clean
sweep at the lower belt grades in Karate
on Saturday, on Sunday the high belt grading went extremely
well. Jessica, Joe and Peter all
attempted and passed the brown to second brown grading.”
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Description Date Time
Fundraising Car Wash Sat 30 April 09:00-13:00
May Bank Holiday Mon 2 May
Yr R ‘Cops & Robbers’ Day Tue 3 May
“The birds and the bees! “ workshop for parents Thu 5 May
19:00-21:00
Fundraising Golf Day Fri 6 May 08:00
SATs Week 9 - 13 May
Hawthorn Class sleepover Fri 13 May Overnight!
Yr R Special Assembly Thu 19 May 14:00
KS1 Movie Night Fri 20 May 17:30-19:30
PTA Band Night Sat 21 May
Assessment Week 23 - 26 May
Maple class to Henley Fort Mon 23 May
Elm class to Henley Fort Tue 24 May
Juniper class to Henley Fort Wed 25 May
INSET Day Fri 27 May
Summer Half term 30 May - 3 June
INSET Day Mon 6 June
Perform ‘Queen’s Birthday’ workshops Wed 8 June
Perform ‘Queen’s Birthday’ workshops Thu 9 June
Tea Party to celebrate the Queen’s Birthday Fri 10 June
Mufti day for donations to Summer Fayre Tue 14 June
Yr 2 to Alice Holt Thu 16 June
Summer Book Fayre Fri 17 June
Summer Fayre Sat 18 June 11:00-14:00
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
WASPS Swimming Gala @ Pool in the Park Sat 25 June
18:00-21:00
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
New Reception children induction day Wednesday 6 July
10:00-11:30 or 13:30-15:00
Valentino’s pop up uniform shop in the Junior Hall Wednesday 6
July 10:00-11:30 & 13:30-15:30
Pyrford Flower Show Sat 9 July
Yr 5 Away Day @ Fullbrook Wed 13 July
Yr 6 Special Assembly Fri 15 July 14:00
Friends Summer Barbecue Fri 15 July evening
School End of Year Service at CoGS Fri 22 July 09:30
Last Day of Summer Term Fri 22 July finish at 13:30
SCHOOL DATES FOR 2015—2016 ACADEMIC YEAR Changes and additions
are in bold
LUNCHTIME SUPERVISORS
Byfleet Primary School are looking to recruit some lunchtime
supervisors with immediate effect. If you would like to work
with children and have some hours at midday then please contact
the school: 01932 403116
[email protected]
Byfleet Primary School is committed to safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of children. Full DBS checks will be
made.
mailto:[email protected]
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FUNDRAISING CAR WASH
TOMORROW 9am to 1pm
Bookings are now open for your car to be washed. Please follow
this link to
book a convenient time.
http://www.slottr.com/sheets/978805#st_refDomain=&st_refQuery=
It will really help with planning if you can book your slot
before the day and it
will save you money too - £8 instead of £10 which will be the
charge on the
day.
We still need helpers to wash cars - anytime but particularly
9-9:30, 11:30-12
and 12:30-1:30. Please email [email protected]
FUNDRAISING GOLF DAY
Friday 6th May at HOEBRIDGE
Meet at 8 am for Bacon Rolls & Coffee. Tee off at 9 am.
It’s not too late to sign up for the Golf Day next Friday. The
price is £50 per
person for 18 holes with the usual nearest the pin and longest
drive. The
event is open to all and everyone is very welcome.
Email Richard Bohan if you wish to book a place -
[email protected]
MUFTI DAY
TUESDAY 14TH JUNE
Children are invited to wear mufti in return for donations to
the
Summer Fayre. More details of donations requested in the
next
newsletter.
http://www.fpps.org.uk/http://www.slottr.com/sheets/978805#st_refDomain=&st_refQuery=mailto:[email protected]
