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• Week beginning 21st May 2018

  Sun 20 May 2018

  WB 21/5/18
  I hope you have all had a great warm weekend and whether you celebrated the Royal Wedding or Chelsea winning (or not), you had fun doing something! Apologies for the lateness of this, for some unknown reason, our email system has been down all day today- too much partying perhaps.
   

  Last week saw the end to KS2 SATs week for our Year 6 cohort. They faced their many papers with resilience and a smile and we are all very proud of them. Our children were the best they could be. I thank all of the staff involved with the SATs this year – from their class teachers: Ms Spinks, Ms Harman and Ms Draper and teacher assistants to all the teachers who took time out of their before school-time or after school-time to deliver weekly boosters. As my letter to the children stated: ‘remember, the scores you achieve at the end of July will tell you something, but they will not tell you everything. There is no way to ‘test’ all of the amazing and awesome things that make you YOU’.
   

  Safari put on their assembly about the Little Red Hen which was simply awesome – well done children who all displayed confidence in abundance! Thank you to the parents/carers that attended. Well done Safari and Safari staff!
   

  This Week: Walk to School Week made even more poignant by some very close near misses last week while our children walked to school. One incident was caused by parents parking on the zig zags in front of our school, before school. The child tried to cross the road but due to the parked cars had to actually walk onto the road in order to see if she could cross the road, she nearly got knocked down. This would not have happened if she could have stayed safely on the pavement and looked right and left to see if there were any travelling cars.

  
  Another incident which is not connected to zig zags, was down to a car which was travelling over 20mph and mounted the pavement where two of our children were walking. They were understandably shaken and the Police were called and took a statement.
   

  I have since been in contact with the Community Police (as we are constantly) and it is hoped that they will be a presence regularly from now on. This will stop the speeding traffic (we are in a 20 mph zone now) and also parents parking on zig zags and across our resident’s driveways. The incident that involved the child who had to walk onto the road to cross the road was a near miss, she was lucky. This was caused by one of our parents parking in  a place which is not permitted at this time – the message is clear and simple – it is unsafe. Please stop parking on the zigzags! Please watch out for the Community Police – we look forward to them being visible within our community.
   

  Monday 21st May: Year 5 and Year 6: road safety fun project (delivered by our JTAs: Junior Travel Ambassadors).

  Tuesday 22nd May:  Year 6 to Kenley Aerodrome. No Junior Choir this week.

  Wednesday 23rd May:  Class 10 assembly, 915am in the hall.

  Thursday 24th May:  Year 5 trip to Shirley Park Tennis club.

  Friday 25th May:  ‘Wear your happy shoes to school’ day to walk to school! 
  Break up for half term – have a great break!

  
  Message from the office:
  *Why not boost your children’s swimming with a lesson after school before the summer holidays? Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays available, contact Miss De Cruz via the school office to discuss timings. 6 weeks = £45.  7 weeks £52.50. Contact the school office.
  *Year 1 Hearing Test forms to be returned. The test cannot be conducted without the completed consent form.
  *S6 & GDPR forms to be returned no later than Friday 25th May.
  *No class swimming on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. This is due to Ms De Cruz’s wedding. We wish her and her husband-to-be a fantastic and exciting wedding and future life together.  
  *No choir on Tuesday 22nd and 5th June. Choir will return on 12th June.
  *Invoices for Wraparound Care will be issued week commencing 21st May. Please pay these in a timely manner.
  *Year 5- if you have not yet paid for/consented for your child to go to Shirley Park Tennis Club trip, please do so online.
   

  Have a great week!

  The Hayes Team

   

• Week beginning 14th May 2018

  Sun 13 May 2018

  WB 14.5.18

  On Monday we held our IOW meeting for parents/carers of Year 6. If you were unable to attend, this presentation is now available to view on the school website (http://www.thehayesprimaryschool.co.uk/parent-workshops/) and has also been emailed out to you. On Wednesday Class 6 put on their class assembly. The children performed amazingly (with a lot of humour and vibrancy) to get across the meaning of one of our values ‘Co-operation’. Well done Class 6! Well done to the children that took part in the Table Tennis Tournament on Thursday, our children won! Excellent skills and performance Team The Hayes – we are all very proud of you. Year 3 went on a visit to Broadstone Warren on Friday as a starter to their IPC (International Primary Curriculum) topic, they had a thoroughly enjoyable day.
   

  Upcoming:

  Year 6 SATS start next week- good luck all!

  Wednesday 16th May – Bags2School Collection

  Thursday 17th May – Safari Class Assembly, 915am in the hall

  Friday 18th May – Royal Wedding dress up day: children (and staff) to come to school dressed in anything ‘Royal’ or anything red, white and/or blue. This to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle on Saturday 19th May.

  Monday 21st May – WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK

  Tuesday 22nd May – Year 6 visit to Kenley Aerodrome

  Wednesday 23rd May – Class 10 assembly, 915am in the hall

  Thursday 24th May – Year 5 trip to Shirley Park Tennis Club

  Friday 25th May - Wear your ‘happy shoes’ to school. Break up for half term holiday

  
  Reminders:
  Please return your S6 and GDPR forms to the school office please. If you have not got these forms, they can be collected at the office.

  Thursday 17th May – Change to the school menu: beef burgers or golden vegetable nuggets with wedges, sweetcorn and peas (there is also a gluten free burger option).
   

  See you all tomorrow!

  The Hayes Team

• Week beginning Tues 8th May 2018

  Fri 04 May 2018

  WB 7/5/18
  This week Year R visited Bockett’s Farm, we were very lucky with the weather and had a fantastic day meeting the animals and riding on the tractor! Thank you to all of the parents who helped out on the day. On Wednesday, Class 7 delivered their assembly on cooperation. It was very funny looking on their take of how adults interact in school and the acting was fantastic – as was the playground game! The children put on an amazing performance and I am sure that all of the parent/carers will agree we have some budding actors to look out for in the future.

  Next Week
  *Monday 7th May – Bank Holiday Monday
  *Tuesday 8th May – IOW meeting for Year 6 parents at 5pm in the hall
  *Wednesday 9th May – Class 6 assembly at 9.15am
  *Friday 11th May – Year 3 visit to Broadstone Warren – all children will need a packed lunch.

  Upcoming
  Monday 14th May – Year 6 SATs week
  Thursday 17th May – Safari Class Assembly at 9.15am.
   

  We hope you all have a wonderful bank holiday weekend in the sun. Don’t forget your sun cream!!

  From The Hayes Team