Newsletters
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Week beginning Monday 29th April 2024
Fri 26 Apr 2024We start with a HUGE thank you to all those who were involved in organising, running and supporting the Eid Fair this time last week. I am delighted to let you know that the event raised a staggering £1835! This is a fantastic amount which will go directly back to the children. We have asked the School Council representatives to find out from their class mates where they would like to see this money spent and will share their feedback with you following our next meeting.
Tonight, the PTA are hosting some exciting discos for the children at The Hayes. The children in Reception will have their disco between 2 and 3pm, Children in Year 1 and 2 will be between 3:30 and 4:30pm, Children in Years 3 and 4 will be between 4:45 and 5:45 and lastly, the children in Year 5 and 6 will have their disco between 6:00 and 7:00pm. Please bring children into the event via the main entrance and they will be dismissed via the Early Years/Reception class doors to avoid congestion. The children in the final disco will enter and leave via the main front entrance. Please can we remind you that NO MOBILE PHONES are permitted at this event. Please ensure these are left at home. Thank you.
Our children in Year 5 will be heading off on their residential visit to Carroty Wood on Monday morning and we know that they will have a fantastic time. They will be accompanied by Mrs Derodra, Mrs Burbeary, Mrs Roberts, Miss Deighan an Mr McEvoy and we are very grateful to these members of staff for working around the clock to make these opportunities happen. The children and staff are due back to school at approximately 2pm on Wednesday but we will keep you updated by text if this is likely to change.
On Tuesday, we bid farewell to Miss Smith, who has been covering class one for the last half term. We are grateful for all she has done for our children and wish her well for the future. We are delighted to be welcoming Miss Banner back to school. She will teach class one from 1st May.
On Wednesday, we invite parents of children in Class 2 to join us for a special class assembly. If you have a child in this class, please join us at 9:10am in the school hall. We would love to see you there.
On Thursday 2nd May, school is closed to children as we are being used as a polling station. We have tied this in with an INSET day to minimise disruption to families.
On Friday morning, 3Discovery will be joining us to lead an e-safety workshop for parents which takes place in the school hall at 9:10. Please do come along to learn more about how to keep your children safe online.
The PTA Ice lolly sale resume after school on Friday this week. From as little as 50p, children can purchase an ice lolly after school.
Please note that the following Monday, 6th May, is a bank holiday and school is closed.
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Week beginning 22nd April 2024
Sun 21 Apr 2024Week beginning Monday 22nd April 2024
It was wonderful to welcome the children back to school this week. We hope they have enjoyed seeing their friends and returning to their learning.
Thank you to all those who helped to organise our Eid Fair on Friday and to those of you who baked for, or came along to support this event. With amazing food, henna tattoos, sweet cones and cupcakes, it was a wonderful occasion. We will shortly be uploading some photographs to the school gallery on our website and look forward to letting you know how much was raised. Congratulations to Mrs Brincat who won the amazing cake from the amazing Cake Canvas and to Mrs Bittar who won the afternoon tea for 2 at Lord Roberts on the Green. I would also like to thank the many organisations who sponsored this event free of charge including: The Med Kitchen, The Future Plate, Lord Roberts on the Green, Smoking Grill and Steak House, Dawat, Spice Village, My Inky Journal and Cake Canvas.
Congratulations to all those children who took part in the Mini Marathon yesterday in London. We are very proud of them all and hope you enjoyed this opportunity. Please do send any photographs taken to school via email so that we can celebrate the children’s achievements in the next newsletter. Please also encourage the children to bring their medals to school on Friday and we will congratulate them in our celebration assembly.
Next week, we are exploring Allergy Awareness week. In assembly on Monday, we will talk to the children about what an allergy is, how allergies can affect some people and what we can do to help keep those with allergies to stay safe. Please can we remind all parents that we do not allow items containing nuts in school to protect children in our school with severe allergies. Thank you.
On Tuesday, it is St. George’s day and those who are members of uniformed organisations (Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Cubs, Scouts, Beavers etc) are all invited to wear their uniforms to school should they wish to do so.
Also on Tuesday, Miss Headley- our maths co-ordinator, will be hosting a Calculations workshop for parents of children in Years R, 1 and 2. If you would like to find out more about how we teach maths at school, please do join us in the hall for a 9:15 start.
Soundstart resumes on 23rd April, so if you have a child in Year 4, please do make sure they bring their instruments. Even number classes will be swimming next week.
There is a meeting for parents of children in Year 6 about the upcoming Isle of Wight visit on Thursday 25th April, after school. Please do join us in Class 12. We hope to begin at approximately 3:25. If required, children can wait in class 11 during the meeting, where they will be supervised by a member of staff.
On Friday, the PTA are hosting their next disco. Children in Reception will have their own disco this term, in the hall, with some party games from 2pm. All other Year group events will take place afterschool at the times advertised by the PTA. Tickets are available on the PTA events page which can be found here The Hayes PTA (pta-events.co.uk). Ticket sales close on the 23rd April at 8pm.
Lastly, please can we encourage you once more to vote for our PTA in the ‘Movement for Good’ programme in which, as a registered charity, they are eligible to win a £1,000 prize. If successful, this money will go back into our school to benefit the children. The more nominations we receive the higher our chance of winning. Please spread the word with your friends and family by sharing the link below. Nominations takes approx. 1 minute.
https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1105308&ct=education_and_skills#nominateACharity
Thank you for your ongoing support.
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Week beginning 25th March 2024
Sat 23 Mar 2024Week beginning Monday 25th March 2024
The children in Year one had a fantastic time with Karen's pets and ponies on Friday. With lambs (just one week old), rabbits, chicks, ponies and more, they certainly had their work cut out! The children learned how to care for the animals and enjoyed the opportunity to handle them and groom them. Check out the photos on our school website in the gallery. You can also see some images of our comic relief fund raising efforts...more to follow!
On Monday next week, we are hosting our egg rolling competition. For your child to enter they need to bring a HARD-BOILED egg to school. There will be a first, second and third place prize awarded in each year group and prizes will be given courtesy of the PTA.
Also on Monday, we are sending a small group of children from Year 6 to an interschool ‘Public Speaking’ competition. This is a great opportunity for our children to build confidence and discuss matters that are important to them. This event is taking place with children from the South Croydon Learning Alliance (a group of local schools who work in collaboration) and we wish all children competing the best of luck.
On Tuesday, Reverend Elizabeth is joining our Reception cohort to teach them about the Easter story. We are looking forward to welcoming her into school.
School finishes for the Easter holidays on Thursday afternoon (28th) at normal time. There will be an assembly on the last day of term, at which we will announce the winners of our Eggceptional people competition and draw the prizes for the Rainbow Raffle. Tickets can be purchasesd on the PTA events page. Sales close on Tuesday 26th March. Thank you to all those who donated an item to create the winner’s hampers. Summer term begins with an INSET Day on Monday 15th April and we look forward to welcoming back all children, at normal time on Tuesday 16th April.
SAVE THE DATE: After school on the 19th April, we will be holding a celebration of Eid event. At this event you could win a Lord Roberts on the Green voucher for afternoon tea for two, enjoy some delicious foods from local businesses including The Med Kitchen, Smokin' Grill and Steakhouse, Dawat and more, who have all offered to fry a huge number of samosas for us. The Future Plate will also be offering declicious jollof rice and parents and community members will be cooking biryani and pilau (veg and non veg options) served warm. Cake Canvas will be doing a cake give away alongside other stalls offering personalised bookmarks, Henna tatoos and more! We would like to thank all of the organisations for supporting this community fundraising event and all of our parents and the PTA who are involved in organising this. It is set to be a great afternoon and we hope to see lots of you there!
Lastly, to all those celebrating, we wish you a Happy Easter and to everybody in our community we wish you a relaxing and restful break. We look forward to welcoming everybody back for the Summer term on Tuesday 16th April.
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Week beginning 18th March 2024
Sat 16 Mar 2024Thank you to all those who sponsored the children in their red nose day fundraising. So far, we have managed to raise £267, all of which goes directly to the comic relief charity. If you have not yet donated but would like to the link is…https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rnd24-the-hayes-primary-school-3187f6a4-35b1-487a-aaa4-a9f0bee39f98?reference=copyLink
On Monday, we are having a new sound field system fitted in Class 4 courtesy of TESCO. You may remember we won the ‘blue token’ vote to improve access for children with hearing impairments meaning that this improvement to our environment is fully funded. Thank you, TESCO!
The Scholastic Book fair is on next week and will be running from Monday to Wednesday out side of the Reception Classrooms. Please do pop along with your children. They may wish to spend their world book day vouchers.
On Tuesday and Thursday next week, we are holding our parents’ evenings. If you have not already booked an appointment and need assistance, please call the office who will be happy to help. Face to face appointments will be in the hall. Please take a seat outside the hall until you are called in. We are looking forward to sharing your children’s achievements with you.
Due to parents’ evenings, there will be NO YEAR 6 BOOSTERS next week.
Class 6 will be hosting our assembly on Wednesday morning. If you have a child in this class, please come to the hall for a 9:10 start. We hope to see you there. Photos may be taken for personal use only.
Year 1 will be visited on Friday by Karen’s pets and ponies on Friday morning. If you have not already provided your consent/payment on ParentPay, please log on to do so.
We are still collecting for our rainbow raffle until Friday 22nd. Thank you to all those who have donated an item for this PTA event.
There are still a small number of spaces left in the TSC miniLondon marathon event for children in years 4+. This is the slightly longer route 2.6K (approx. 1.6 miles). If this is of interest to you, please reserve a space for your child on Parentpay. Every finisher gets an official London Marathon medal and earns a £10 donation for the school. If your child has a space in the shorter, 1 mile race, and are in Year 2 or below, there are a very small number of parent places still available too (we were granted some additional places), these can also be booked on Parentpay.
Lastly, thank you to all those who supported the school council’s Valentines bake sale last month. Yesterday the children enjoyed playing with a wide range of new playground equipment that they requested themselves. We are still waiting on delivery of some of the larger pieces of equipment but lots of fun was had by all, thanks to your generosity.
I am also very excited to share that, after letting parents know about the Amazon ‘unlock a smile competition’ in a November bulletin, one of our year 6 pupils, Ajwah, entered the competition and has been announced as the winner of the 8-10yrs category. Ajwah has won herself an Amazon goodie bag and a whopping £1000 for our school! Ajwah has expressed that she would like this money to be invested in play equipment for the children and so we are currently looking at options. I will share a photograph of her winning entry in the April newsletter or, you may spot this for yourselves at Kenley station. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU AJWAH!
Have a lovely weekend.
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Week beginning 29th January 2024
Sun 28 Jan 2024Week beginning 29th January 2024
Congratulations to all of the children who participated in the Croydon swimming gala last week. They represented our school fantastically well and demonstrated our vision of being the best they can be! Our thanks go to Miss Browne and Mrs Aamir for helping the children to prepare for this gala. Thank you also to you, the parents and carers for your fantastic support on the day and in getting the children to and from the event.
A huge well done also goes to the girls’ netball team who won their match against Smitham 17-5…an amazing achievement!
On Monday, the children in the Infant choir will be attending their first area rehearsal for the Croydon Schools Music Association concert. This will take place at Beaumont and parents of children participating can collect from there at 3pm. Thank you to those parents who have agreed to help with this visit.
On Thursday 1st of February, Miss Hale will be spending time in school with Mrs Blewitt to get to know her class and have a hand over of information before her return to work following a maternity leave the on the 7th February.
On this day the school nursing team will also be visiting to conduct the Reception Height and Weight check. The team will also be seeing some of the Year 6 children.
We are very excited to welcome back Three Discovery next week who will be leading internet safety workshops with all of the children across the school. Unfortunately, only 2 parents expressed, on our interest poll, that they would be interested in a parent workshop on the same topic, so we have been unable to secure their expertise for such an event.
There is a netball match (away) against Chipsted Valley next Friday. We wish the team the best of luck.
Just to finish with a couple of reminders…
We are a water only school. Please do not send children into school with cartons of sugary juices. Water is available to all children at lunch time and throughout the day. Please remind your children to bring a water bottle for this purpose.
The PTA will be holding the next school disco on Friday 9th February. All year groups are invited and tickets will go on-sale at 10am on Saturday 27th January. Sales will close at 10pm on Monday 5th February. Tickets are £5 and can be brought here https://www.pta-events.co.uk/thehayes/. Full details are on the website.
Odd number classes will be swimming this week.
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Week beginning 22nd January 2024
Sat 20 Jan 2024Week Beginning 22nd January 2024
Thank you to all those who attended our parent workshop on Thursday this week and for your positive feedback on our new approach to teaching spellings. We will soon be running a calculation workshop for parents to support your understanding of the methods we use to teach children maths. We are also about to work with 3Discovery to lead workshops on internet safety for the children. We are considering a parent workshop on the same topic but would like to gauge if there is interest in this before we confirm with the providers. We are aware that many of the children have been given new devices over the holiday period. If you would be interested in attending a parent workshop about keeping your children safe on line, please could you indicate your interest on the following google form. If there is enough interest, we will arrange this for you. https://forms.gle/2apPU7K4bic5Qirr7
If your child is unwell or going to be absent from school for any reason, please can we remind you that the correct email address to use to report this is absence@hayesprimary.croydon.sch.uk. Requests for leave of absence for routine appointments such as dentist check ups should be made during the school holiday. These will not be authorised.
Monday the 22nd January is World RE day and our RE co-ordinator, Mrs Derodra, will be leading assembly on Monday morning to celebrate the religious diversity within our school. One of our core values at The Hayes is tolerance and the more we learn about each other the better our understanding becomes.
On Wednesday, Class 9 will be leading assembly at 9:10 in the school hall. If you have a child in this class and wish to join us, we would love to see you there.
The school council will be meeting on Thursday this week, with the manager of Aspens, to share their feedback on school meals and ask any questions they may have. If your child would like an issue raised, please encourage them to speak to their class reps about it. They are the service users of our catering contract and it is important that their voice is heard.
Also on Thursday after school, there is a netball match scheduled at home against Smitham. We wish the children competing the best of luck.
On Friday, the children in Reception will be having a dental check with NHS staff. If any worries or concerns are identified, you will be notified directly.
Also, on Friday morning we wish good luck to those taking part in the Croydon School’s Swimming Gala. I would like to thank Miss Browne and Mrs Aamir for helping the children prepare for this event and parents for transporting your children to and from the event. We know the children will ‘Be the best they can be’ and will hopefully bring back some silverware for our trophy cabinet!
Have a great weekend.
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Week beginning 27th November 2023
Fri 24 Nov 2023Week beginning 27th November 2023
Well done to all those who decorated their bags for the ‘Be safe, Be seen!’ campaign today. The Junior Travel Ambassadors will be announcing the winners and distributing prizes soon.
Our ‘Bikability’ training is taking place next week for children in Years 5 and 6 who signed up for this event. Please ensure that any bikes coming into school on Monday are road worthy to ensure the children’s safety during this training. Signs have been put up at the front of the school to show the children where they can leave their bikes when they come in on Monday.
The children in Class 5 are leading their class assembly on Wednesday next week. If you have a child in this class and wish to join us, please come to the school hall for a 9:15 start. We hope to see you there!
There is a netball match against Smitham (away) on Thursday 30th. We wish the girls the best of luck and congratulate them on their 5-3 win last week. Great news!
On Friday we are holding our Open Afternoon event. Please do come along from 1:45 to visit your child’s classroom and have the chance to see their learning and talk to them about this. Where possible please try to leave younger siblings and buggies at home as the classrooms get very busy during open afternoons. Once you have finished looking at your children’s books, you are permitted to take your child/children home. Please let the class teacher know on the day, if you are taking your child early.
On Saturday, between 12-3, our much-awaited Christmas Fair will be taking place. It will open with children from our infant and junior choirs singing outside year 1. If your child is in the choir, please can they be here by 11:45 to get ready. Thank you to all those parents who have volunteered your time to help run stalls and to prepare for this event. Without you, this event would not be possible. We still need more volunteers so if you can help, please do let us know. Raffle tickets are due back in school by 28th November if you wish to be in the prize draw. Our PTA work so incredibly hard to raise funds for our school and thanks to their hard work over the past year we hope to soon be able to replace the stage area in the playground with an outdoor classroom. This will provide much needed shade for the children in warmer months and enable us to teach out door lessons to whole classes. We are so grateful to all our parents for your support in raising funds for this project.
Lastly, please can we remind parents and carers of children in Year 5 and 6 to give consent for ParentPay for the CSMA Fairfield Halls trip if you have not already done so. This trip is taking place on the 4th of December. We are looking for parent helpers with this event. If you are able to assist, please drop an email to admin@hayesprimary.croydon.sch.uk and we will get back to you. Thank you.
Also on ParentPay are our residential trips to Carroty Wood and the Isle of Wight. Payment is not yet due but we wanted to let you know they were available in case you wanted to pay by monthly instalments.
Have a great weekend.
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Week beginning 13th November 2023
Fri 10 Nov 2023Week beginning Monday 13th November 2023
We start by saying a huge thank you to all our parents and carers who joined us for our parents’ evenings this week. We hope you found the meetings useful and had the opportunity to ask any questions that you may have had. Please may we remind you that we are always here to discuss any questions, worries or concerns that you may have, even outside of parent/teacher meetings. If you would like to speak to your child’s class teacher, you can catch them in the morning or send an email to admin@hayesprimary.croydon.sch.uk to arrange a mutually convenient appointment.
We would like to congratulate class 10 for a wonderful class assembly on Diwali. We were so impressed with their knowledge of this festival, their brilliant acting, super singing and beautiful Rangoli patterns. We wish all those celebrating this Sunday a very Happy Diwali.
Next week, we launch our Anti-bullying week with the theme ‘Make a Noise about Bullying’. The children will be thinking about how they can be a kind friend to others and discussing the importance of not being a bystander when they see somebody in need. Look out for some keyrings made by the children to mark this event, demonstrating our shared commitment to making our school a happy and safe place to be for all. On Monday, the children are invited to wear odd socks to school to mark the start of this important week. Odd socks show that we are all unique and our differences should be celebrated as something that makes the world a diverse and special place.
On Thursday, our netball team have a match against Chipstead Valley at home and the girls’ football team have two matches this week. The first is a home match on Tuesday 14th against Woodcote and the second is an away match against Kenley on Thursday. We wish all those competing, the best of luck and we know they will give it all they’ve got!
There will be a school council meeting on Thursday 16th at 12:30 in the computing suite. Please remind your child, if they are a class rep, to go for an early lunch on this day.
Year 6 booster groups begin next week. We thank parents and carers for ensuring their children’s attendance at these additional sessions which are designed to give free, personalised support for your children in areas of learning where they may need some consolidation.
Our Year 6 pupil advocates will also be launching a book club from next week for children in EYFS and KS1 (Years 1 and 2). This will take place in the library area at school between 12:30 and 1:00. In this club, our younger children can come in and read to, or with, some of our fantastic Year 6 readers. We love using peer support to inspire and encourage our pupils. There is no requirement to book a place at this club. Numbers in attendance will be managed internally and all children are welcome to participate.
The Scholastic Book Fair will return to school on Tuesday 21st November through to Friday 24th November. We are thankful to the support of the PTA for helping to manage the event after school at the top of the playground under the shelter. We hope you can pay a visit. All proceeds made support the school with investments in new texts for the classrooms. Purchases can be made using cash only.
We also wanted to let you know that our PTA will soon be running the Grand Raffle again this year. The first prize is an electric Lexus Rz for the weekend. The second prize is a £50 Love2Shop voucher and the 3rd prize is a Space NK Advent Calendar. The ticket books will be sent home with the children shortly. If you would like to enter the raffle, tickets are £1 each or £5 for the book. There will be a box in the office labelled 'raffle tickets' for parents to drop money and tickets in. This will be emptied on a daily basis. The draw will be made at the Christmas fair so the deadline to return the tickets and money will be Tuesday 28th November.
Lastly, we have recently received some concerns from parents in our community who have sighted a man acting suspiciously in our local area. He is described as being approximately 35 years old, with brown skin and usually wearing a hoodie. We have shared these concerns with our safer neighbourhood policing team who are aware of the man in question. The police have asked that if any parents or staff members witness this person acting suspiciously near our school, to phone the police immediately. A member of staff is always on the gates in the mornings but please do remind any children walking home alone to go straight home and not deviate from their route.
Thank you for your ongoing support. Have a wonderful weekend.
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Week Beginning 6th November 2023
Mon 06 Nov 2023Week beginning 6th November 2023
The children have had a great first week back at school following the half term break. This week in assemblies we have been thinking about ‘effort’, what it means and how we can show it even when we are finding things tricky. We have been really impressed with the effort and determination that the children have been putting into their learning in order to be the best they can be!
Congratulations to our girls’ netball team who took part in their first interschool competition this week. Although they did not win, they put in a great collective effort and represented the school brilliantly, we are very proud of them. Well done girls!
Friday was a mufti day and we would like to thank all those who donated so generously to our PTA Christmas Fair. If, you forgot your donation, please feel free to drop it into the office next week. The Fair is scheduled to take place on Saturday 2nd December between 12-3 so please make sure you pop this date in your diary. It is set to be a great event!
Next week, we start the week with a Reception Open Morning for parents of children who are due to start school in September 2024. If you have not already signed up to attend, you can do so via the following link on our website. Reception Open Mornings | The Hayes Primary School. Those attending will hear a short talk from the leadership team along with the pupil advocates and be given the opportunity to tour the school to see our facilities and our children engaged in their learning. We look forward to seeing you there.
Our parents’ evenings are scheduled to take place next week on Tuesday (EYFS and KS1 in person and KS2 virtual) and Thursday (EYFS and KS1 virtual and KS2 in person) next week. If you have booked a face-to-face appointment, please come in and sit outside the school hall until you are called in at the time of your appointment. If you have a virtual appointment, please check that you are able to log in in advance of the meeting. If you are experiencing any difficulties, do let us know ahead of the meeting date so we can try to resolve these for you.
Also on Tuesday, the children in Year 6 will be having their height and weight checks with the school nursing team. If you do not want your child to take part in this, please opt out by following the instructions that were sent to you in the information about this check. Thank you.
We are pleased to be working with the NSPCC to teach our children about keeping safe. On Wednesday next week they will be leading workshops for children in Years 2, 5 and 6 and will be encouraging our children to seek help if and when it is needed via a trusted adult or through Childline if they need it.
Also on Wednesday, the children in class 10 will be leading their class assembly at 9:15 in the school hall with a focus on Diwali. If you have a child in this class and you would like to join us for this event, we would love to see you there. Please may we remind all parents who attend class assemblies, that any photographs taken are for personal use only and should not be shared on social media if there are any children other than your own in the image. This is for the children’s safety and we thank you in advance for adhering to this.
On Friday we will be holding a Remembrance Day assembly for the children. At the end of break time, we will hold a 2-minute silence on the playground in memory of those who lost their lives in the war. We shall remember them.
We have a parent who is interested in running an afterschool chess club for children in Years 4-6. In order to see if this club is viable or not, we are asking families to let us know if this opportunity might be of interest to you. The club will run from 3:15 until 4pm and will cost £6 per session. The parent hoping to lead this extra-curricular activity is a qualified teacher who has taught chess previously to develop logical and strategic thinking. If your child would be interested in attending an after-school chess club please drop us an email on admin@hayesprimary.croydon.sch.uk so we can get an idea of numbers. Thank you.
Lastly, we know that we have many creative and artistic children in our school. For Comic relief, Amazon are hosting an ‘unlock a smile’ competition that we think some of our children may enjoy taking part in. To participate, children are invited to design an (original) image for an amazon locker. Winning entries could be displayed in our local area. Those wishing to enter should grab an A4 piece of paper and draw your ‘wildest boldest ideas’ to celebrate comic relief. Entries should be scanned in on the comic relief website found here: Unlock a smile challenge | Comic Relief. Winning artists will receive a goodie bag crammed full of red nose day treats and their school will receive an amazon voucher to be spent on resources for our children. The closing date for entries is the 24th November 2023. If your child chooses to enter…Good luck!
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Week Beginning 9th October 2023
Sun 08 Oct 2023Week beginning 9th Of October
Thank you to our wonderful PTA for organising the school discos on Friday evening. The children all had a great time dancing the night away! Thank you also to all of the parent volunteers who supervised this event. Without you, events like this would not be possible. If you would like to see some images of the disco, be sure to check out the recently updated gallery on our school website which can be accessed via the following link: Gallery 2023-2024 | The Hayes Primary School
Congratulations to the children in class 11, who led a fantastic Harvest assembly on Monday. They spoke confidently, sung in 2 parts and helped us to always remember to be grateful for the food we eat. Your generous donations will be collected by the Purley food hub on Monday morning. We thank all those who contributed.
Last week the children thoroughly enjoyed the amazing drumming workshop that took place as part of our Black History Month celebrations. The children learned drumming techniques that originated from Western Africa and played rhythms in 4 parts. Thank you to our PTA for fully funding this opportunity for all children.
I would also like to congratulate the children in Year 5, who successfully completed their training to become qualified Mental Health Champions. They now have an in depth understanding of strategies that can be used to look after their own mental health and wellbeing and also how they can support others to do the same. Those who enjoyed the training and wish to put this to good use, now have the option of applying for a job in our lunchtime Calm Club. If they wish to do so, they can write a short paragraph to Mrs Rich, our nurture assistant, explaining why they think they would be good at the job and sharing their ideas for how we can better help any children who become dysregulated during the lunch hour. Past ideas have included Yoga, painting, jigsaws, colouring etc. The deadline for applications is Monday 16th October in order to ensure that we have enough time to get the club up and running again after the half term break.
On Monday, we wish the best of luck to the children in Years 5 and 6 representing the Hayes in the cross-country event at Lloyds Park. You are all superstars, and we will be cheering for you along the route! Parents are responsible for transporting their children to this event. Registration is from 3:45.
Tuesday is ‘Hello Yellow’ day! Your children are invited to wear something yellow with their school uniform (e.g. T-shirt, socks, hairband) in support of the charity Young Minds who do essential work in supporting children who are experiencing mental health difficulties. We have added the option of making a voluntary donation (suggested amount £1) for this event and all monies raised will be sent directly to the charity. If you would like to learn more about this charity you can use the following link: #HelloYellow | World Mental Health Day | YoungMinds . If you or your child are struggling with your mental health, please do talk to us. We now have 4 trained Mental Health First Aiders, who can support you through signposting to relevant services.
Leading on from the above, this Thursday, the children in Class 12 will be leading our assembly about wellbeing at 9:10 in the school hall. If you have a child in this class and wish to attend, we would love to see you there.
Some advance notice that we will soon be hosting our first SEND Coffee morning of the year. This will take place on the 19th of October and the focus will be on reducing anxiety. We will be joined by Zoe Barkham-Manlow, an expert in the field. If your child is not on the SEND register, but this is an issue that you would like to know and understand more about, you are also welcome to come and join us. Please pop the date in your diaries.
Lastly, a lost and found notice. We have found 2 sets of keys in the last week. If you or your child has lost them please let us know. We are also trying to locate a missing pair of glasses. These are black with orange rubber on the ear pieces. If your child has picked these up accidently, or you have seen these, please do return them to us as soon as possible.
Many thanks, have a great weekend.
