News - 23 JANUARY 2020
Next week’s value is Enthusiasm
“Every time you find work, do it the best you can.” Ecclesiastes 9:10
Dear parents/carers
This week’s value is enthusiasm and we have seen many examples of this in school in the last week. I was approached by two very enthusiastic Year 6 pupils last Thursday afternoon as they told me all about their class getting a mention on Radio 2’s introductory lesson for the annual 500 words story writing competition. We shared the clip with the school in assembly on Friday morning, and hopefully the enthusiasm has spread throughout the classes with many children eager to write a winning entry.
This term, writing will be a whole school focus, with an emphasis on providing frequent opportunities for extended pieces of writing and continuing to develop independent proofreading and editing skills throughout the school.
From a personal point of view, I have been conducting pupil progress meetings with all teachers this week, wherein we discussed current attainment, progress and set targets for all groups of children. I am pleased to report how well teachers know each individual pupil in their care and how best to support them to reach their full potential.
On a staffing note, Mrs Spong came out of retirement and returned to Y2E on Tuesday morning. Mrs Spong will be here on Tuesdays to release Mrs Evans to complete her Senior Leadership duties. The children were delighted to see her and she slipped back into the old routine seamlessly!
On Tuesday, we had our first full governing body meeting of the term, directed by our new Chair of Governors, Mr Brett Freeman following Mrs Caroline Doherty’s decision to step down after 7 years of service to the school.
Finally, there have been many opportunities for staff training and development this week. Mr Freeman and myself attended the Heads and Chairs meeting run by Guildford Diocese on Thursday morning, whilst Mrs Newton attended a Science Coordinators network meeting on Thursday afternoon, and Mrs Porter attended an RE course on Wednesday evening.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Mrs Sheila Buckley
Acting Headteacher
24th Jan @9.00am |
Assembly – All welcome |
31st Jan @9.00am |
Assembly – All welcome |
3rd Feb |
Y6 Guildford Museum Trip |
6th Feb |
Reception Height and Weight for children born between Sept - Feb |
6th Feb @ 9.00am |
Y4 Assembly – Y4 Parents/Carers |
7th Feb @ 9.00am |
Assembly – All welcome |
13th Feb @ 9.00am |
Y2P Class Assembly – Year 2P Parents/Carers |
14th Feb @ 2.15pm |
Celebration Assembly – All welcome |
17th Feb |
Half Term |
24th Feb |
Spring Term Starts |
24th Feb |
World Week |
26th Feb @ 1.00pm |
Football Tournament Tillingboune – Selected Y5&6 boys |
27th Feb |
Jungle Book Production |
28th Feb @ 9.00am |
Assembly – All welcome |
4th Mar |
Y4 Woolmer Hill Dodgeball |
5th Mar @ 9.00am |
Y1 Assembly – Y1 Parents/Carers |
5th Mar |
Bikeability – Year 4 Group A |
6th Mar @ 9.00am |
Assembly – All welcome |
6th Mar |
Bikeability – Year 4 Group B |
9th Mar |
Y4 Rural Life Centre |
9th Mar – 12th Mar |
Bikeability Y6 |
9th Mar @ 2.30pm |
Netball Tournament selected Y5&6 pupils |
10th Mar |
Sports Relief |
11th Mar |
Y5 Winchester Science Museum |
11th Mar @ 1.00pm |
Football Tournament at Tillingbourne Selected pupils |
12th Mar @ 9.00am |
Y2E Class Assembly – Y2E Parents/Carers |
12th Mar |
Y3 Seacity Trip |
13th Mar |
YR Forest School Trip |
13th Mar @9.00am |
School Assembly – All welcome |
16th Mar |
Book Week + Book Fair in school |
18th Mar |
Book Character Dress Up Day |
19th Mar @ 9.00am |
Y3 Class Assembly - Y3 Parents/Carers |
19th Mar @ 6.00 – 7.00pm |
KS1 School Disco |
19th Mar @ 7.15 – 8.15pm |
KS2 School Disco |
20th Mar |
Football Tournament @ Pennthorpe School Y2 |
24th Mar @ 3.30 – 7.30pm |
Parents Evening – whole school |
26th Mar @ 9.00am |
Y5 Class Assembly – Y5 Parents/Carers |
26th Mar @ 3.30 – 6.00pm |
Parents Evening – whole school |
27th Mar @ 2.15pm |
REACH Assembly – All welcome |
30th Mar |
Y2 Marwell Zoo Trip |
31st Apr @ 10.00am |
Easter Service @ St Marys Church |
1st Apr |
Pause Day |
2nd Apr |
School Photos and Y6 Leavers Photos |
3rd Apr @ 9.00am |
Celebration Assembly + Rocksteady Concert – All welcome |
3rd Apr @ 1.30pm |
End of Term |
Please note bank holiday is Friday 8th May and not Monday 4th May
2020-2021 Academic Year Dates are attached.
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
Please ensure that you pay the after school club registration fee of £15.00. (Free school meal pupils and lunchtime clubs are free).
PE
We have had a disappointing number of boys sign up for Football club on a Wednesday after school. At the moment the club has 10 players in total, 4 from Year 4, 4 from Year 5 and 2 from Year 6.
Our selection policy states that to be selected to represent the school in a match; the child has to attend the relevant after school club. We have two tournaments coming up this term, which are both 9 a side, but with our current club numbers, we do not have enough players to choose from. It would be a great shame if St Mary's were not represented at our District events; but this is likely to happen, unless we can encourage more boys to sign up for Football club.
In addition to this, the Kickstart coach - managing director Jack Sollis (FA Level 3) - is training the boys at a cost of £50 per hour to the school. Your £15 club fee assists this cost, but obviously does not begin to cover it. With the current participation levels, the school will be paying £300 for this term - £3 per head each week. I am sure you can agree that this is not sustainable, but it would be a shame to cancel, as the boys are lucky to receive such expert coaching at a small cost.
I understand that other commitments, especially mid-week CFC training can make after school clubs tricky. However, many of the boys stay after school to play football on the tennis courts before going home, when they could be in a club with an experienced coach.
I hope that we may get a few of your boys to reconsider - I would really like to be able to take a strong team to our district football fixtures this term.
Many thanks
Lindsey Wright
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