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Week beginning 28th September 2015
Fri 25 Sep 2015Week beginning 28th September 2015
Thank you to all parents who came along to the Curriculum Meetings this year. I do hope that you found them useful; thank you to those of you who have already offered your feedback. We value this feedback so please do complete any forms that you may have taken with you or collect one from the office. Thank you.
I have just spoken to Mrs Einecker and she has said that she is still lending out a lot of swimming kits and caps to pupils, despite our reminder last week. She has washed between 25 and 30 kits this week! Please will you ensure that children bring what they need for their swimming day as this is causing her a lot of extra work. I’d like to remind you that this year, children will only be allowed to borrow kits three times and then will need to miss swimming if kits are not in school. May I also remind you that it is school policy that children wear swimming caps when in the pool; these can be bought from the school office if required.
Coming up this week …
We are following Week 2 menu next week. Thank you for preparing your children in advance for their menu choice; it is making things a lot more straightforward in school.
Year 4 will be doing a Woodland Walk on Tuesday morning as part of their Science work on Habitats. This will take place during the school day and children will be back for dinners as usual.
On Wednesday we are sad to say goodbye to Mrs Ritchie who is retiring after 20 years of working at The Hayes. Her association with the school goes back further than this as her children were pupils here before this time. We are grateful for her commitment to the school; she has always gone over and above what is expected, often working late into the afternoon voluntarily. We are sure that you would like to join us in wishing her well for her retirement!
On Thursday we have our first class assembly for the year: Class 12. This will start at 9.15am in the school hall and we look forward to welcoming parents of this class.
There is a Parent and Child Golf Festival coming up as part of the Croydon School Sports’ Partnership on Tuesday 20th October for pupils in Years 4 to 6. It will take place from 4pm until 5.45pm at Farleigh Golf Club. We are able to have 8 places but all pupils need to be accompanied by a parent. If this is something you and your child would like to be entered for, please email head@hayesprimary.croydon.sch.uk as soon as possible, but by Wednesday at the latest. Places will be booked on a first come first served basis. The CSSP only have a certain number of places overall so late applications will be placed on a waiting list.
On the 18th October there is also the 3km fun run for children between 9 and 14 at Lloyd Park as part of the Lexus 10K event. All are welcome to participate. Please see more details at: http://www.nice-work.org.uk/events.php?id=41
Our Writers of the Week this week are:
Class 1 – Elana Dal Din
Class 2 – George Jackson
Class 3 – George Kakoudakis
Class 4 – Josiah Hearn
Class 5 – Malik Bayou
Class 6 – Ewan Marr
Class 7 – Isabella Paloba
Class 8 – Harry Foyle
Class 9 – Ava Van Aalst
Class 10 – Daisy Rumble
Class 11 – Hannah Sheppard
Class 12 – Markus Nilsson
Congratulations to all of you! I look forward to reading all your work on display!
Have a lovely weekend.
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Week beginning 21st September 2015
Fri 25 Sep 2015Week beginning 21st September 2015
We have been pleased to be able to welcome our new Reception families to The Hayes this week. The children have settled in well and it’s been great to see them around the school looking so smart and confident.
We will be following Week 1 menu next week.
On Wednesday we are holding our curriculum meetings for parents at the times listed below:
Year 1 – 3.30pm in Class 1
Year 2 – 4.00pm in Class 3
Year 3 – 4.30pm in Class 5
Year 4 – 5.00pm in Class 7
Year 5 – 5.30pm in Class 9
Year 6 – 6.00pm in Class 11
Reception – 6.30pm in Safari Class
We will have tea and coffee available in the hall for parents that are waiting for siblings’ meetings as well as a space (in the hall) where school aged children can wait while parents are attending meetings. This space will be available until 5.30pm.
We are holding a Secondary Transfer meeting for Year 5 and 6 parents in the hall on Thursday 24th September at 2.15pm. Someone from Admissions will attend to talk you through the application process and answer any questions.
Mrs Einecker has mentioned to me this week that she is already lending out a lot of swimming kits and caps to pupils. Please will you ensure that children bring what they need for their swimming day as this is causing her a lot of extra work. This year, children will only be allowed to borrow kits three times and then will need to miss swimming if kits are not in school. May I also remind you that it is school policy that children wear swimming caps when in the pool; these can be bought from the school office if required.
We have had some feedback from staff and some parents this term that it is getting increasingly chaotic as pick-up time at the KS2 exit as parents are standing too far forward, which makes it difficult for pupils to remain under the supervision of the teachers until released to your care. We will place some plastic cones out on the playground next week as an indicator of where we’d like parents to start waiting so that we can ease some of the tension that is being created. We’d really appreciate your support in waiting behind the cones until your child is released from their class teacher. Thank you.
Our Writers of the Week this week are:
Class 1 – Calum Knight
Class 2 – Luca Paloba
Class 3 – Olive Thomas
Class 4 – Millie Bullock
Class 5 – Sebastian Sanchez
Class 6 – Olivier Hirshman
Class 7 – Thomas Farrelly
Class 8 – Ava Buchanan
Class 9 – Aleena, Ava, Marie, Julian, Lucas, Luella
Class 10 – Ruby Weatherill
Class 11 – Philomena Bradford
Class 12 – Joshua Mihalop
Congratulations to all of you! I look forward to reading all your work on display!
Have a lovely weekend.
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Week beginning 14th September 2015
Fri 11 Sep 2015Week beginning 14th September 2015
Coming up next week…
We are delighted to welcome everybody back to school after the summer break and are pleased to report that the children have settled into their new classes and year groups really well. We especially welcome all of our new starters. They are all looking very smart in their full school uniforms too! Thank you Mums and Dads! You could also help us by ensuring that all items of uniform including PE kits have your child’s name and class on them, to assist us in returning lost items.
We look forward to welcoming our new Reception pupils for their start of half days next week. Parents of children in Reception are also invited to an additional meeting called ‘How we learn in Reception’ which will take place at 6.30 on Wednesday 23rd September in your child’s classroom.
The rest of the curriculum evenings will also take place on the 23rd September at the following times:
Year 1 – 3.30pm in Class 1
Year 2 – 4.00pm in Class 3
Year 3 – 4.30pm in Class 5
Year 4 – 5.00pm in Class 7
Year 5 – 5.30pm in Class 9
Year 6 – 6.00pm in Class 11
On Friday 18th September we will be participating in ‘Jeans for Genes’ Day where the children can wear jeans instead of trousers / skirts for the day for a £1 donation to support the work that the charity do. A letter will follow early next week.
We will have an additional meeting for Year 5 and 6 parents to talk through the application process for secondary school on Thursday 24th September at 2.15pm. We will have someone from Admissions attend the meeting to answer any queries.
To give you advanced notice, parent evenings are scheduled to take place from 3:30-5:00 on Tuesday 10th November and from 3:30- 8:00 on Thursday 12th November. There will also be a chance to look at your children’s work at Open Afternoon on Friday 4th December from 2-3pm. There will also be an INSET day on Friday 23rd October.
Please help us by ensuring your children have the necessary equipment in school for PE and Swimming. Just a reminder of the revised swimming times for this year…
Swimming 2015:
Reception will swim on a Wednesday morning
Yr 1 swim on Thursday morning
Yr 2 swim on a Wednesday afternoon
Yr 3 swim on a Tuesday afternoon
Yr 4 swim on a Monday morning
Yr 5 swim on Tuesday morning
Yr 6 swim on a Monday afternoon
If you have any younger children that would be interested in the pre-school swimming classes, please leave your phone number at the school office for Mrs Einecker (our swimming instructor) to contact you to discuss.
Class Assemblies for autumn term:
1st October Class 12 Miss Harman
15th October Class 7 Mrs Boylan
19th November Class 6 Mrs Piamya
26th November Class 3 Miss Smallwood
10th December Class 10 Miss Cumming
May we remind you that we are always here to discuss any concerns or worries you may have. Please do catch your child’s class teacher at the end of the day or phone the school office to make an appointment.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.