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Week Beginning 1st May 2017
Fri 28 Apr 2017Week Beginning 1st May 2017
This week we have had a wonderful time celebrating the arts during our ‘Arts Week’. The children have been involved in many great events. Academic success is of course important to us at The Hayes but so is ensuring that our children have the opportunity to experience a broad and balanced curriculum which gives them the chance to improve and further develop skills in areas other than the core subjects. This week we have seen some amazingly talented children and have been filled with pride watching the children improve their levels of confidence and expertise in new and exciting ways…look out for photos coming soon to the school website and Twitter feed!
Today we congratulated the following children who were all selected by their teachers to attend the Head Teachers termly reward for being wonderful individuals. Unfortunately, due to some technical difficulties, they did not receive the reward as planned (they did however receive a pen, popcorn and a drink!) but we will rearrange another day for our stars over the next few weeks. Congratulations to our children who responded sensibly and maturely when we realized that the reward just wouldn’t work!
Rainforest
*Alex for making huge progress since being in Reception: maturing into a child who tries hard with his learning, controlling emotions and overcoming eating certain food! Well done.
*Mason for developing into a confident young boy, speaking out in class and coming into class independently. Well done!Safari
*Erin because her behaviour is exemplary and she has made heaps of progress in all areas of the curriculum.
*Bobby who has developed massively this year, and is now super confident, saying every Monday ‘I missed you yesterday Mrs Nzelo!’Class 1
*Sofia - excellent effort all year always trying hard to be the best she can be in all lessons. Her confidence is growing daily. She is always well behaved setting a brilliant example to her peers.
*Sam - always sitting and listening sensibly during class discussions. His confidence is growing daily and he often makes good contributions in lessons. He is really trying hard and making progress in improving his handwriting and presentation.Class 2
*Isobel – is always the best she can be and puts 100% effort into all she does. She is very responsible, helpful and caring and takes her ‘Happy Hayes Patrol’ role very seriously setting a great example to others.
*Xavier – for always listening brilliantly and working hard on all he does. His confidence in class is growing and he has made great progress.Class 3
*Martina - For her mature and sensible approach to everything.
*Sofia - For always being kind and supportive to others.Class 4
*Nesrin for putting 100% effort into her learning in all areas of the curriculum and making excellent progress.
*Thomas for making excellent effort to focus and improve his writing.Class 5
*Anxo - He is hardworking and always keen to do the best he can. Anxo works hard during lessons and on his home learning and is a fantastic role model to others in the class.
*Aaminah for her for wonderful attitude to work and learning and for always being polite to those around her.Class 6
*Zachary- for his great attitude towards all his work, his kind and gentle nature, and always listens to adults and other children.
*Ruby-for always offering to help others, including adults. She also works hard and is proud of the work she produces.Class 7
*Ewan - For being generally fantastic and always trying his best.
* Mollie - For continuous improvement in all her learning throughout the year, she always tries her best and chooses to challenge herself whenever she can.Class 8
*Rosie -For consistently challenging herself in her learning and being a lovely classmate.
*Fraser- For continuing to challenge himself in all his learning and being a supportive member of the class.Class 9
*Thomas - For being helpful, conscientious and demonstrating a love of learning. He consistently works hard to ‘be the best he can be’.
*Olivia - For working hard this year and growing in confidence. There has been a noticeable impact on the quality and quantity of the work she completes. Keep up the good work!Class 10
*Toby is a conscientious pupil who always tries his best. He is kind, considerate and a wonderful member of Class 10.
*Isabella - is a wonderful member of our class, she always strives to be the best that she can be. She is kind, conscientious and hard working. She gets along with all of her peers.Class 11
*Anika for excellent class effort and teamwork in class.
*Sava for outstanding effort and progress this year.Class 12
*Amelie for always being beautifully behaved and caring for all those around her.
*Ryan for always striving to be the best he can be.Well done to all of our superstars!
A reminder…tonight we are hosting our annual ‘Hayes Has Talent’ Competition where you will get to see just a tiny snippet of the talent we have at our wonderful school. We are more than aware that we also have talented scientists, mathematicians, historians, authors, swimmers, poets, athletes to name just a few and that not all talents can be easily demonstrated on the stage. We are proud of all of our children but wish those performing in this evening’s event the best of luck! Time to see one of our values (Self-Belief) in action!
Coming up next week…
Monday is May Day holiday and school is therefore closed to children. We hope you enjoy the extended weekend!
It is Watching Week for swimming so we welcome any parents who wish to observe their children’s swimming lesson to join us this week. If your child usually swims on a Monday and you wish to attend, please do join us the following week (Monday 8th).
On Wednesday we welcome parents of children in class 10 to join us for their class assembly. This will be held in the school hall at 9:15. We hope to see you there!
On Friday 5th, Year 3 are heading out on their trip to Butser Farm where they will be bringing the past to life! We are sure they are in for an amazing fun filled day and look forward to sharing photos and feedback from the children soon!
Finally, we would like to pass on our congratulations to Mrs Olley who is expecting a baby in August. We wish her a happy and healthy remainder of her pregnancy and look forward to sharing news of the arrival in the new academic year.
Have a great weekend.
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Week Beginning 24th April 2017
Fri 21 Apr 2017Week beginning 24th April 2017
We hope you have had a great first week back and a super start to the summer term!
Congratulations and a warm welcome to all those who found out this week that their children have been allocated a place in Reception for September 2017. We shall be in touch shortly with dates for upcoming events and further information. We are very much looking forward to meeting our new starters. We will confirm all arrangements in writing over the coming weeks but to give some advance notice there will be a Meeting for parents of new Reception starters on Tuesday 27th of June at 6:30pm in the school hall and a picnic for the children joining Reception between 2:00 and 3:00pm on Wednesday 5th July where the children will have the opportunity to meet some of their new friends, their teachers and see their classrooms. Over the coming weeks our Early Years Team will be visiting your children in their nursery settings and starting the process of getting to know them.
You will all, no doubt, be aware that a General Election has recently been announced for the Thursday 8th June. We now have it confirmed that we will be used as a polling station on this day and this something that we cannot refuse. As usual, we will have to close on this day to ensure the children’s safety. A number of parents have asked if the planned INSET on Friday 26th of May will be going ahead and the answer is yes as many parents have now already booked to go away on this day and the INSET for staff has also been booked. No one was expecting the General Election and we called the council offices only a month ago to see if they were having an election, the answer was of course no which is why we had to plan the INSET day on the 26th May. This was unexpected and we apologise in advance for the frustration this may cause.
Next week is Arts Week and we have a whole host of exciting activities for the children to enjoy. At The Hayes we are proud of our children’s achievements in all areas and our broad and balanced curriculum celebrates the importance of the arts in developing well rounded, happy children. On Tuesday all children in the school will experience a drumming workshop which we are sure they will thoroughly enjoy. Our thanks go to Mr Rogers, our drum teacher and school governor for leading these workshops.
On Wednesday, you are invited to attend our Art Gallery in the school hall from 3:10-5:00pm. All children will be exhibiting a framed piece of art work which is available for you to purchase at a cost of £8.50.
On Thursday we invite parents of children in class 2 to join us for their class assembly. This will be held at 9:15 in the school hall. Rainforest will also be visiting Pizza Express in Purley on Thursday and we are sure they will have a great time.
On Friday, the Movie Mobil will be returning to school and two children who have demonstrated exemplary behaviour and effort during the spring term will be invited to attend a viewing of a Movie as part of the termly Head Teachers Reward to recognise exemplary achievement. We look forward to announcing the names of the attendees in next week’s bulletin!
On Friday there will be a special celebration assembly where children from each class will present some of their art work, perform some of their songs and share other achievements with the rest of the school. The school day will conclude with a whole school line dance on the playground that the children will have been taught during the week. You are welcome to come in a little earlier on Friday (from 2:50) to watch…or join in with the children! Your child is welcome to bring/wear a cowboy/cowgirl hat to wear during the dance. They will all be wearing their school uniform for this event.
In the evening we will be concluding our wonderful week with our annual ‘Hayes Got Talent!’ competition from 6:30pm. This is always a wonderful evening showcasing some of our children’s AMAZING talents and we are always blown away by the confidence they display along with the kindness and consideration that they show to their fellow performers. It truly encompasses what a special, kind, caring and supportive children we have at The Hayes. If you would like to attend, to avoid overcrowding and to ensure your safety, we have had to restrict the tickets available to 200. These are free of charge but MUST be booked via the PTA page www.pta-events.co.uk/thehayes . There will be no admittance without a ticket. Our thanks go to the PTA for all the hard work in organising this wonderful event.
Reminder 1st of May is May Day Holiday and the school is closed to children.
Finally, to finish this weekly bulletin we would like to celebrate a whole school achievement. The British Council have awarded us with the foundation level of the International Schools Award in recognition of all the work that takes place in the school to promote and celebrate diversity and raise international awareness of other faiths, cultures and locations. The assessors comments were full of praise for our organisation and stated ‘You have shown that your whole school is committed to developing your pupils as citizens who are interested in other cultures, faiths and environments, are beginning to discuss issues of equality and fairness, and recognise that their own actions can make a difference. International awareness is becoming embedded within in the curriculum and in the life and ethos of the school, underpinned by the adoption of the International Primary Curriculum and the Rights Respecting School project.’
WELL DONE TO THE TEAM!
Have a great weekend.