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Week Beginning 26.2.18
Sun 25 Feb 2018WB 26.2.18
Welcome back to an exciting new half term, this week Class 2 put on their class assembly. It was fantastic and I am sure that all of the parents/carers who attended were very proud of their child’s performance. Year 5 went on their trip to Riddlesdown common in support of their IPC topic, it was cold but the children (and adults) came back smiling!Upcoming events
Monday is the start of Book Week- our author will be visiting us and delivering workshops for all of our classes. There will be many more activities during the week, including dressing up as your favourite book character for World Book Day on Thursday. We cannot wait to see what our children will be coming into school as (and our staff!)
Infant choir are at their CSMA rehearsal on Monday afternoon, thank you to all of those parents who are helping. On Tuesday our mixed football team are playing against Coulsdon, GOOD LUCK!! On Thursday it is Class 4s turn to put on their class assembly this will be at 9.15am and parents are invited to attend. Please also remember that it is Dress Up Day for World Book Day (also an important meeting that our HT has to go to, the question is ‘will she still dress up?!’) On Friday the Junior CSMA choir will be rehearsing at Park Hill, again thank you to all of those parents helping (due back around 440pm). On Saturday some of our pupils will be running in the South London Harriers Cross Country event at Farthing Downs, GOOD LUCK!!
Future events
*Monday 5th March - Infant CSMA concert at Trinity School at 7.00pm (2 tickets per family, as Mrs Yates letter states).
*Monday 12th March - Mother’s Day Breakfast from 8.00am. We will send a letter out this week regarding this. Classes will be staggered from 8-920am. To guarantee breakfast, you must sign up at the office or send an email to the office. We do not want to run out of food! admin@hayesprimary.croydon.sch.uk
*Monday 12th March - Dance Festival at Trinity School at 7.30pm.
*Tuesday 13th March – Parents Evening 3.30pm – 5.00pm
*Thursday 8th March – CSMA Rehearsal at Park Hill – 130-330pm (back in school approx. 440pm)
*Wednesday 14th March – Class 9 Assembly 9.15am
*Thursday 15th March – Parents Evening 3.30pm – 8.00pm
*Friday 16th March – Book Fair
*Monday 19th March – Junior CSMA concert at Trinity School 7.00pm.
We hope you are all having a relaxing weekend.The Hayes Team.
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Week beginning 19th February 2018
Sun 11 Feb 2018WB 19.2.18
Building on from the success of our BRECK workshops last week, we had Internet Safety Day on Tuesday. The children took part in a range of activities and discussions about how to stay safe whilst using the internet including appropriateness of what they should and what they should not write on various Apps or social forums. Always good to remember, once it is out there, it is there forever and the message is clear – never write something that you would not say to that person’s face. Some great discussions ensued, particularly in the upper key stages. Well done to all.
On Wednesday, Class 8 delivered their assembly to the school about the Winter Olympics. Many excellent messages given. Thank you to those of you who came. Well done children, we certainly have some aspiring actors in our midst.
Massive shout out to our girls football team: Croydon Champions! We are now the Croydon representatives in the School Games Level 3 Finals in March. Well done girls, Ms Langan and Coach Callum – proud! The girls netball team took part in the first of a 3 day tournament on Thursday- well done to all of those that took part. On Friday, the mixed football team played against Beaumont, it was a very close match and our team played with excellent spirit, determination and at times, tolerance. Well done to all – the final score was 2-1 to Beaumont.
We had an excellent Fun Day today to celebrate our good Ofsted. It was great to see our children playing games with each other and enjoying each other’s company. Perfect timing as we now sprint into the half term holidays for a much deserved rest!
Upcoming events:
*Monday 19th February -Children return to school -
*Thursday 22nd February -Class 2 Assembly (915am in the hall)*Monday 26th February -Book Week
-Infant Choir rehearsal at St Mary’s*Tuesday 27th February -Mixed football team quarter match
*Thursday 1st March -Class 4 Assembly (915am in the hall)
-World Book Day: Dress Up Day! J Children can dress up as a character from a traditional tale, or their favourite book character for the day.*Friday 2nd March -CSMA Junior Choir Area rehearsal at Park Hill
*Saturday 3rd March -Cross country at Farthing Downs
*Monday 5th March -CSMA Infant Concert at Trinity School
*Monday12th March -Mother Day Breakfast: times to be confirmed
*Tuesday 13th March -Early Parents Evening
*Wednesday 14th March -Class 9 Assembly (915am in the hall)
*Thursday 15th March -Late Parents EveningEaster Intensive Swimming Course led by Miss De Cruz
Tuesday 3rd - Thursday 5th April 2018: £22.50 for 3 half hour lessons.
9:00am: Non Swimmers; 9:30am: Beginners; 10:00am: 5m+ Swimmers; 10:30am 10m+ Swimmers
To register your interest please complete a booking form at the school office or call Miss De Cruz on 020 8660 4863.
Weekly School Swimming Lessons: a message from Miss De Cruz
As we are now at the mid-point of the year, the swimming groups 1 & 2 will swop over. Group 2 will swim first, going forwards for the remainder of the school year. Please ensure your children have their swimming kits each week, several are regularly forgetting kits and as already communicated, children who do not have their costume will not be able to swim. Many thanks.
Swimmers are not allowed to wear earrings or any jewellery for swimming for health and safety reasons. Please remove earrings on swimming days to save time and them getting lost. If you want your child to have her/his ears pierced, it is preferable that s/he waits till the beginning of the summer holidays. However, if it is urgent, then please tape up the ear with a plaster. If the plaster comes off, then your child will not be able to swim. Drowning Prevention Week is June 15-25th. From Monday 18th - Friday 22nd June, we will be swimming in our clothes, please bring in long sleeve tops and bottoms so the children can feel what it is like to be in the water with clothes on. We will remind you nearer the time.
Have a great half term and see you all on Monday 19th February.
The Hayes Team
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Week Beginning 5th February 2018
Sun 04 Feb 2018WB 5.2.18
I am sure it will be no surprise to hear that we have had another awe inspiring week at The Hayes.
On Thursday, our children attended BRECK workshops that raised awareness of playing safe whilst using the internet. These were age appropriate for the key stages and provoked thoughtful and poignant classroom discussions. Thank you to the many parents who attended the parent workshop, we know this was also incredibly emotional and Lorin, mother of Breck was extraordinarily inspirational. Despite the extremely sad journey she and her family have been on, she is now determined to make sure parents don’t suffer her heartache and urges parents to report suspicions of online grooming or bullying to CEOP. She is putting her sadness into good and we applaud her for this.
Please, please be aware of what your child(ren) are doing on the internet and be very mindful in particular of them gaming with people/children who they do not know. Many children in Year 5/6 put their hands up when Lorin asked them if they play online games with strangers. This may not be the case, but please, be sure of who your child(ren) are gaming with or are in contact with. Thank you. The website for BRECK is as follows: http://www.breckfoundation.org/*The infant choir attended their first area CSMA rehearsal on Thursday.
*Thank you to the PTA for organising the school disco on Friday, a good time was had by all and the children looked amazing! Thank you.
*Advance notice that the Film Club which was due to take place on Monday 5th March 2018 has been cancelled due to a clash in the dairy with the CSMA Infant Choir performance at Trinity school.Misc:
*Ofsted: our Ofsted report is now published on Ofsted’s website so is in the public domain. This was emailed to you on Monday, but to see it again, please click on the following link which will take you to the Ofsted wesbite: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/101760 or click here to access a summarised version on our website: http://www.thehayesprimaryschool.co.uk/ofsted-report/We think Sir Robin (HMi inspector) captured our school well and is testament to all of our hard work – thank you as ever for your support and thank you also to our wonderful children and amazing staff who always work so hard to give so much to our school. To celebrate our positive inspection, on Friday 9th February, we will be having a Celebration Fun Day. Children can wear mufti to school and can bring in their favourite games (Twister, cards, Pie Face, Cluedo, Guess Who, etc – not sure if I am showing my age!) to share and play with their classroom friends. Teachers will talk to the class about what games are appropriate to bring as I am sure we do not particularly want pirates and cowboys running around the school, however fun that might be! J
*New appointment: some of you may have noticed Mrs Doble working in the school office. We welcome her new appointment and wish her all the very best in her new role.
*Swimming lessons available for school aged pupils: please could you advertise swimming lessons for school aged pupils on Social Media (such as Facebook). It is hoped if you advertise to family and friends we might be able to fill spaces. This is vital in ensuring that the cost of the pool is being covered. If you could put the following, we would appreciate it: swimming lessons are available for non-swimmers, beginners and improvers on Mondays and Wednesdays after school at The Hayes. Lessons are £7.50 for 30 mins. For more information please contact Miss De Cruz on 020 8660 4863. I have just tweeted this on The Hayes Twitter account, so just retweet this if you wish! Many thanks. J
*Polite reminder: if you haven’t paid for your school swimming lessons yet, please do so via our website: http://www.thehayesprimaryschool.co.uk/swimming-payment/ We are coming to the end of our financial year (April) and it will be so amazing if we can reduce our deficit budget even further, every little really does help! Thank you. Fees are £50 per child, which works out at approximately £1.30 per lesson for every child from Reception to Year 6 to enjoy the benefits of a weekly swimming lesson. I am sure you will agree this is excellent value in comparison to the costs you would incur for private swimming lessons elsewhere which average £6.70-£9 a lesson.
This Week:
*Monday 5th Feb: BRECK blue wristbands will be on sale during break time (£1, limited stock available) to support the very worthy cause of ‘No Tech 4 Breck’ (http://www.breckfoundation.org/no-tech-4-breck.html).
*Tuesday 6th Feb: Internet Safety Day: your child will be doing a variety of E-Safety activities during the day. Cake Sale on the playground after school to donate money towards BRECK. If you can bake/donate cakes please email admin@hayesprimary.croydon.sch.uk tomorrow, so we you know we have enough cakes to sell. Thank you!
*Wednesday 7th Feb: Class 8 Assembly (9:15am in the hall). Girls football tournament, we wish our girls good luck.
*Friday 9th February: Fun Day to celebrate our Good Ofsted (please see above for more details). It's an early Pancake Day! There will be pancakes as pudding with various toppings for school dinners, yum! League mixed football match away at Beaumont: good luck!*Holiday: we break up on Friday 9th Feb for half term (usual time, we are not closing early), children return to school on Monday 19th Feb.
Upcoming events:
Monday 19th Feb – Children return to school.
Thursday 22nd Feb – Class 2 assembly at 9.15amMonday 26th Feb is the start of Book Week
Thursday 1st March – World Book Day
Please remember to check the school calendar on the school website for dates and events.
Here’s to a great week!
The Hayes Team