NEWSLETTER 11 Thursday 21^st May 2009

NEWSLETTER 11 Thursday 21^st May 2009

Dear Parents/Carers,

1. SPORTS NEWS: A) SWIMMING GALA: At the regional swimming gala at Putney Baths on 16/5/09 our children again excelled. Seven schools had entered and only the top four boys and top four girls teams would progress to the Wandsworth Grand finals on Saturday 6 June. Our squad of 24 Y3-6 children were excited and nervous as the girls and the boys both made it through to the finals: the boys missing out on first place by a narrow three points. Many congratulations to the team, thanks to our wonderful supporters and especially Sarah Austin and Laura Hurley who coach the team every Wednesday. B) On 20/5/09 Richard Huie took a team of Y4/5 children to compete against pupils from 32 different local schools in a football tournament at Wandle Leisure centre. Our team were superb, winning their league and finishing a magnificent third overall.
2. PTA FOUNDATION STAGE PARTY: Many thanks to Clare Fraser, especially, and Katherine Harvey, Y6 pupils and all others who helped at the Foundation Stage party on 20^th May. We had a visit from Vauxhall City Farm and many pupils enjoyed meeting a range of animals. It was also great to meet some of our new Reception children and families. The sun shone on what was a brilliantly organised, successful and happy event! Vauxhall City Farm is a great place to take the kids: only five minutes from Vauxhall tube and it’s all free!
3. DINNER MONEY: The cost for the final half term is £58.80 (28 days at £2.10 per day). Check the diary to see if your child is out on any trips etc. All children, apart from Nursery, will require a packed lunch on Wednesday 24^th June, Sports Day. Please remember to pay in advance on Monday morning: £10:50 per week.

During the summer more children tend to opt for packed lunches, but could we please remind you all to ensure that your child’s lunch is in a secure container (not a carrier bag) and clearly labelled. Thank you for your support.

4. THE FINAL HALF TERM: As you can see from the diary overleaf there is a lot happening in the final half term. I am very grateful that staff continue to be so keen to organise such a range and variety of trips. It is hard work. Can I remind parents that to accompany us, helping supervise children, you do need to be fully CRB checked. I realise that some parents feel rather strongly about this, but I don’t make the rules, however I do stick to them. I need to be able to guarantee to all of you that your children are safe and very well looked after when in our care. Nobody would disagree with that. There are many interesting trips, visits, sporting and other exciting events to look forward to. The final parents’ evening is rather late, but this is to ensure that we have all the relevant assessment data (KS1 and 2 SATs, QCA tests etc) to share with parents. This is assuming KS2 SATs papers are marked correctly and on time this year!
   HALF TERM: A reminder that we break for half term tomorrow and Monday 1^st June is an Inset day when staff are in school but not children. The children return at 8:45am on Tuesday 2^nd June. I wish you all a happy Whitsun break!

   With Best Wishes

    

   Alan Millington

DIARY [Inset days for 2009/10 still tbc]

Half term 25^th -1^st June 2009

JUNE 2009

2^nd Children return

4^th Nursery to Horton Park Farm

5^th Y5/6 Athletics Competition at Tooting Track

6^th Swimming Gala Finals, Putney Baths

9^th Y1 to Apsley House

10^th Y2CS to Florence Nightingale Museum, Y4 to I-Max Cinema: Egypt

12^th Y2MF to Florence Nightingale Museum

13^th Dance for Life, Shaw Theatre, Euston

17^th Y4 to British Museum

22^nd Y5 to London Zoo

23^rd WLTA Tennis Reception-Y2

24^th Sports Day Reception-Y6 Tooting Track

25^th Y3 ER to Dulwich Picture gallery

JULY 2009 2^nd Y6 MUNGA (Model United Nations General Assembly), Little Fish Theatre Y6, Y2 to Polka Theatre

2 Y6 MUNGA (Model United Nations General Assembly), Little Fish Theatre Y6, Y2 to Polka Theatre

4^th Summer Fair

7^th Meeting for new Reception parents 2:15pm

8^th Meeting for new Nursery parents 2:15pm

8^th, 9^th, 13^th, 14^th Summer Performances Y1-Y6 tbc

9^th Y3 AT to Dulwich Picture gallery

15^th Nursery Sports, Parents’ Evening

16^th Y6 Leavers’ Prize-Giving Assembly 2:00pm tbc

Last day of term 17^th July 2009

SEPTEMBER 2009 3^rd, 4^th Inset days

Term starts for pupils Mon 7^th

OCTOBER 2009 23^rd Inset Day

23 Inset Day

23 Inset Day

23^rd-30^th Half Term

NOVEMBER 2009 2^nd Children return

2 Children return

DECEMBER 2009 18^th Break for Christmas

18 Break for Christmas

JANUARY 2010 4^th Inset Day

4 Inset Day

4 Inset Day

5^th Children return