Newsletters

October 2022

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Image of head teacher Mrs Creasy

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been a very busy half-term and both the children and staff have all worked incredibly hard.  We enjoyed a lovely Harvest Assembly where the children sang songs and read poems beautifully. Thank you so much for your generous donations of food which will be collected after half-term.

We are on track for conversion to academy on November 1st. Even though we are already working collaboratively with other schools in the Bourne Education Trust (BET) and benefitting from their services, it will be great to finally be fully fledged official members! 

We will have a link on our website to BET but in the meantime if you would like to find out more information about the Trust please click on the following link:  https://www.bourne.education/

Thank you for all of your continued support and I wish you all a happy and safe half-term break. We look forward to seeing you all again on Monday, November 7th 

Kindest regards 

Mrs Creasey 

            Refurbishment of the School Library 

I am delighted to share with you our designs for the refurbishment of the school library which will be happening in the first week of December. We are really excited that the children will have such a lovely space to have stories and enjoy and share books with each other. Thank you to the PA who have donated £10,000 towards this project, we really appreciate it.  

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Dear Zoo… I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet.

They sent me a slithery snake and a jumpy frog!

Nursery had a hands-on experience with Gomez the carpet python and Penny tree frog after reading the story ‘Dear Zoo’. ‘Slithery, slimy and bouncy’ were just some of the new vocabulary they learnt.

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Scooters and Bikes in         the Playground

Please remember that children and adults are not permitted to ride scooters or bikes in the playground for safety reasons. The scooter and bike racks are next to the year one classrooms where you are very welcome to leave them. 

            Coats 

As the weather is becoming colder, please ensure that your child brings a named coat to school.

Thank you

 

           Parking 

We have noticed that some parents are still continuing to park on Cudas Close during drop of and pick up times.

Please remember that parking is not permitted on Cudas Close or Cuddington Avenue during drop off and pick times. 

Parents are asked to park safely and considerately on the roads surrounding the school.

Please help us keep the children safe.

                    Harvest Appeal

This year we have chosen to support the Epsom and Ewell Foodbank, a very worthwhile charity in our own community. The food bank provides three days of nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people. Over 90% of the food distributed by foodbanks is donated by the public; that is why your food donations are vital to their ability to give everyone referred to them a balanced and nutritious three-day supply of food. 

                                 Thank you for your generous donations. 

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                    WHOLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

Whole School Attendance currently stands at 96.5%. Attendance is strongly linked to how well pupils achieve academically and socially and emotionally; for this reason, the attendance of all pupils is closely monitored.

Please remember that holidays are not authorised during term time, and you may be liable for a fine.

Thank you for your ongoing support on this matter.

                           Dot Day

On Thursday 6th October, The Mead celebrated 'Dot Day'. This was a cross-curricular day, themed around the book ‘The Dot’ by Peter Reynolds. In the story, a little girl named Vashti feels frustrated in Art class because she thinks she can't draw.  Her teacher encourages her to make a mark on the paper and see where it takes her. This begins her journey into discovering that you can make beautiful Art with just DOTS, and also that you can do anything that you set your mind to doing. The overall theme of the story is ‘growth mindset’, the idea that intelligence and skill are not fixed but rather can be developed through hard work and perseverance over time. 

 All the children created their own dots.  The Nursery children worked together to create their own large whole class dots. The children used their favourite colours and used different objects to print patterns into larger dots. In Reception, the children learned how they can mix primary colours to make new colours. The children explored colour mixing and also created their own dots of different sizes.  Year 1 children looked at adjectives to describe different types of dots e.g. furry, spiky etc and then worked on creating their own. They were introduced to the new resource oil pastels.  Year 2 children learned about the power of the little word 'yet' and how, if they think they can't do something, they just can't do it.....yet! Children also created symmetrical patterns using dots in maths. In the afternoon, all the children had a large empty dot, which they filled in the style of German artist Hannah Hoch, using cuttings from magazines that caught their eye. All the children really enjoyed this!

There was no worrying that they weren't creative enough....they just thought about the book's motto which is 'just make a mark and see where it takes you'.  

 

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       School Admissions Reminder

If you have a child who is due to start school in September 2023 in Reception or Year 3, the closing date for admission applications is 15th January 2023. All applications are made to the Local Authority and you can apply online at 

https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/admissions/primary-junior-and-infant/apply

Nursery applications are made directly to the school. Please see our website under admissions for an application form or pop into the School Office.

                           Golden Plate Award

Well done to Turtle and Jellyfish class who have been awarded our Golden Plate Award. The golden plate is awarded to the class who have earned the most tokens at the end of the week for showing "Marvellous Manners" at lunchtime. 

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