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Week beginning 28th November 2022
Sat 26 Nov 2022

Bulletin Week Beginning 28^th November

Road Safety Week: we have had a great Road Safety Week. Our newly appointed JTAs met together to plan and record a virtual assembly launching the week, reminding all about the importance of being safe on the roads. They examined the various vehicles that use our roads and the level of responsibility they all need to take to keep us all safe. They visited classes conducting a survey to establish how the children from The Hayes travel to school to review sustainable travel. At this point, we all need to be reminded where we park at drop off and pick up – double yellow lines mean that no parking is allowed, and would you like cars to park across your driveway? The JTAs also launched a Brighten Your Bag competition where children were encouraged to bring their school bag decorated so it can be seen in darker evenings. Prizes were given out for the best bags in each class. We discussed road safety and the week ended with a Be Bright be Seen Day where the children (and staff) were invited to come dressed in their brightest clothes – they all looked amazing! Well done to Mrs Draper who organised the week!
Mixed Football Team: a huge congratulations to our Mixed Football Team who have had a run of successes this week, winning their cup game on Tuesday against Greenvale: 3-2 on penalties. Lillybell and Darcy scored 2 goals and 1 goal, respectively in the game. During penalties, Harry W, Seasmus and Lilybell scored 3 goals – to win 3-2 against Greenvale. Well played Greenvale and The Hayes, we are proud of you! Then on Thursday, they played against Byron Oasis and won 7-0! A very wet game but a very great game! WELL DONE!
‘When we found out that we were in the school football team, we felt amazing, excited and happy. When we won our first match, we all celebrated with each other and congratulated each other. We have won every game so far, because we play as a team and love it!’ By Lemar, Lilybell and Harry K.

Class 12: a huge well done to Class 12 who performed a fantastic rendition of Crime and Punishment throughout the ages, in their class assembly on Wednesday. We all learned a lot about macabre punishments from the Middle Ages to the Tudors, and beyond. If you stole something as simple as a piece of bread in the Middle Ages, you might have been dipped in the local lake or worse! Fortunately, the Rule of Law today is much better than in the past!

Governors Morning: on Wednesday, our Governors visited, taking part in training, meeting their classes, embarking on a tour around the school and watching Class 12’s assembly. It was the first time our Tour Guide Pupil Advocates toured visitors on their own and they did a smashing job!
‘On Wednesday, we took our Governors around the school on a tour. It made us feel proud to do so. One of the things we enjoyed showing them were our displays: Black History, World War 1 artwork in frames and the RESPECT mural. They asked many questions about the school and how it felt to do our role. We told them that we love showing people around the school and were honoured to be Pupil Advocates. They were really impressed with how the Reception children had started their swimming lessons and how good they were! We enjoyed the morning very much’. By Ava, Erin, Oscar and Louie, Y6 Pupil Advocate Tour Guides.

‘Our thanks to everyone we saw: staff, children and of course the Pupil Advocates who toured us round. It was good to get such a direct sense of the pervasive enthusiasm and supportiveness of the school. Thank you!’
Alan Cogbill, Chair of Governors.
‘Children were very friendly, proud of their school and happy! We were encouraged to see the genuine enthusiasm and energy that the subject leads had for their areas. Well done to Miss Slade and her team’. Liz Davison, Governor.

Open Afternoon: we had a fantastic open afternoon yesterday where many of you came to spend time with your child in class, sharing with them their learning in their books. Thank you for coming and it was fantastic to see you all back in our school after such a long time! Additionally, well done for speedily evacuating our school, either onto the playground or outside our school during the fire drill (which was certainly not expected despite many children thinking that Miss Slade had burned her toast!) One thing is for sure, as expected, all children and staff evacuated calmly whilst the school was deemed safe to be able to come back inside again and usual practice ensued!

Christmas Fete: our Christmas fair is today, Saturday 26th November from 12pm-3pm. Please come along and help raise money for our school. This year we have a fantastic raffle with over 20 prizes including hair and beauty vouchers, meals out, a family photo shoot plus much more. Tickets are £1 each. We also have some star prizes including 2 hospitality tickets to a Spurs home game, a bottle of Bollinger champagne, Godstone farm entry for 4. Tickets for this are £5 each. We look forward to seeing you all there! A huge thank you to all who help today, the event could not happen without you, with particular mention to our amazing PTA.

Croydon Schools Music Association (CSMA) Minster Concert, Croydon (Years 5 and 6), Thursday 1^st December: this week, a letter went out to Year 5 and 6 parents regarding the orchestral concert we are going to at Minster, Croydon. The programme features a range of exciting and inspiring orchestral music, carols to sing and there will also be an opportunity to hear the fantastic ‘Minster Organ’ and some exciting brass music to get us in a celebratory mood! Additionally, there will be a performance by some children from the Year 6 Drama Group who will be taking part in the tableaux scene, it will be as always, an amazing event and very atmospheric. Year 5 and 6 will travel to the Minster by public transport and we need your support to enable the trip to take place – please sign up on Parent Pay to help! Thank you. We will not get back to school until around 12:50pm, so on this day, all children will need a packed lunch that they will eat in school, after the concert. We can provide packed lunch for those in receipt of FSM – please let the office know if you would like to order this. Thank you!
Reception: a message from Mrs Farr – we have the opportunity to visit our local church on Thursday 8th December from 9-11am. We will require many helpers to support our walk to and from school to make this visit happen. Please sign up on Parent Pay from Monday, if you can support us in the walk. Thank you.
May Bank Holiday and Year 6 Sats: an additional bank holiday in honour of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III will take place on Monday 8 May 2023. As this date had previously been announced as the first day of the 2023 Key Stage 2 (KS2) SATs, a change to the test schedule is necessary. Ministers have considered the situation and have decided that KS2 tests will take place in the same week with tests following the usual order but each taking place one day later than originally planned. As such, the new schedule will be:
*Tuesday 9 May: English grammar, punctuation and spelling (GPS) papers 1 (questions) and 2 (spelling)
*Wednesday 10 May: English reading paper
*Thursday 11 May: mathematics papers 1 (arithmetic) and 2 (reasoning)
*Friday 12 May: mathematics paper 3 (reasoning).

That is all!
Have a great weekend and hopefully see you all later on today.
Best,
The Hayes Team
Week beginning 21st November 2022
Sat 19 Nov 2022

Week Beginning 21^st November 2022
The Hayes Primary School, has been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM), demonstrating our commitment to excellence in science teaching and learning. Professor Jane Turner, PSQM National Director said: “There was never a more important time for primary children to have a high-quality science education. The coronavirus pandemic and climate change crisis have made everyone aware of the importance of science in our world. Primary schools have an important role to ensure that children understand how science works and keeps us and our planet healthy and safe. Schools that have achieved a Primary Science Quality Mark have demonstrated a significant commitment to science teaching and learning. The profile and quality of science in each awarded school is very high. Children are engaging with great science both in and outside the classroom, developing positive attitudes towards science as well as secure scientific understanding and skills. Science subject leaders, their colleagues, head teachers, children, parents and governors should be very proud.”
We are very proud, and a huge thank you to Mrs Piamya, our Science Lead who has led with passion in this area and worked tirelessly to achieve this award and make science fab at The Hayes. Well done!

A massive well done to Class 11, who on Wednesday, performed an amazing assembly based around the novel, Wonder. A bold book that was transformed with many messages, not least about the importance of kindness, tolerance, sand acceptance. Well done, Class 11 and to Miss Fidge who wrote the script and rehearsed the children – superstar!

Discovery@three: our children have had a great time this week discussing anti-bullying and creating a whole host of things using technology, for example, in Year 1, children created a poster using PicCollage and made animations.
In Year 3, pupil voice stated: Troy: we got to use our imagination when making comics, it was good to do work on anti-bullying. Tommy: using the ipads was fun to take photos and use these in our comics. Amy: I enjoyed it when they showed us our work on the big screen. It was great to see everyone’s hard work. Sienna: It was really fun, we got to work in groups to create comics! Hugo: We got to work with our friends to make comics!
Thank you to Discovery@three!

Road Safety Week: next week, we are excited to learn more about keeping safe when travelling to and from school. Next Friday, as part of the Be Safe, Be Seen initiative, our children are encouraged to wear their brightest colours to school, making sure they can be seen when travelling during the darker evenings, will help to keep our children safe so…the brighter the better! Mrs Draper has also said we will be doing another Brighten Your Bag competition – the JTAs (Junior Travel Ambassadors) will be introducing this on Monday. We are asking children to bring their school bag to school decorated in bright things, such as reflectors, etc. We look forward to the JTAs explaining more on Monday.
School Book Fair: will be running from Monday to Thursday after school next week. We aim for a cashless event and parents/carers will be able to pay for any purchases using a QR code on display at the Book Fair which can be scanned into a mobile. There will be a huge range of books on display for all age ranges. If you are unable to make the event after school you can still make purchases using this website: www.travellingbooks.co.uk/pay If making a payment at home you will need to return the wish list slip with a note of your confirmation code so that we can hand out any books ordered. You can also purchase gift vouchers up until midnight on the 23^rd November and your child can use these at the event. If you are using the website to purchase books, please ensure you select our school name. Thank you.

Governors Day: on Wednesday, we will be hosting a Governors morning, where we welcome members of the Governor Body into school to see us in action and to work strategically on school improvement. We are grateful for our governors who are all volunteers who dedicate their time to provide support and challenge to our organisation. Thank you to all those who stood or voted in our recent parent governor election. We are delighted to welcome Lee Harkness onto our team.

Sport: on Thursday 24^th, our school football team have an away match at Oasis Byron. Kick-off is at 3:30 and we wish them the best of luck! Be the Best You Can Be team!

Open Afternoon: on Friday, we are excited to be bringing back our open afternoons. This is an opportunity for you to join us in school and visit your child in their classrooms so they can show you their wonderful learning. Please come in via the main office from 1:45pm onwards. We politely ask that you, where possible, to avoid bringing buggies into the classrooms as we are sure you can imagine, they can become very busy with 30 children and their parents all in the same space! Please also, do not take photographs. Once your child has finished showing you their curriculum books, you are welcome to take them home.

Photo Competition: Share Your Creativity in the Great Outdoors Photography Competition: each season we run the Great Outdoors Seasonal photography competition. The second yearly competition, taking place over Autumn is called ‘Miracles of Nature’, so get outdoors and enjoy the wonders of nature and wildlife around us!

What to do: take a photograph that celebrates autumn as you see it. Photos should feature landscape photographs of natural settings. It can be of wildlife, woodland, seascape – of anything that depicts autumn at its finest.
Equipment: the photo can be taken on an iPad, phone or camera.
Winners: there will be one winner chosen from each Key Stage: EYFS, KS1, lower KS2 and upper KS2.
Prizes: winning photos will take pride of place in our news bulletin, website and Twitter pages. There will also be a display in school which will be seen by all with photos going up in frames.
Terms and Conditions
*Photograph to be taken by a child (not adult) on either a camera, ipad or smart phone.
*One entry per child.
*Photo to have a title.
*Entrants: email to Mrs Staines: wstaines.306@lgflmail.org who is the administrator for this exciting, new competition.
*With entries (jpg), please state name of child and class.
*Judges: our School Council, Governors and Miss Slade.
*Closing date: Friday 2^nd December, 2022.

Have a great rest of the weekend!
The Hayes Team
Week beginning 14th November 2022
Sun 13 Nov 2022

Week beginning 14^th November 2022.
We Will Remember Them: today in school we held a poignant and reflective assembly for Remembrance Day. The children listened, read, played and sang beautifully, showing their respect for those who gave their lives in the war. We are really proud of them.
Your selflessness and bravery will never be forgotten. #Remembranceday

Antibullying Week: next week is Antibullying Week and this year, the theme is ‘Reach Out!’. On Monday, the children are encouraged to wear odd socks to school in celebration of our unique differences and individuality! During the week there will be a special assembly to mark this event which aims to ensure that children have a clear understanding of the definition of bullying and know different ways that they can reach out in school and why this is important. There will also be an assembly led by ‘3 discovery’ on Monday morning followed up with Anti-Bullying themed workshops that run throughout the week. We are excited to be working with 3-Discovery once more to develop our children’s digital literacy skills.

Reception Open Morning: on Tuesday we are hosting our Reception open morning where we welcome parents and carers of children due to start Reception in September 2023. If you have a younger sibling due to start school next year and you wish to attend, please sign up for a place on the school website. The meeting will involve a talk about the school from some members of the senior team and some pupil advocates and a tour of our facilities.

Class 11 Assembly: on Wednesday 16^th November, we will be holding our first class assembly of the year and we are excited that this will be back IN PERSON! If you have a child in class 11 and you wish to come in and watch the class assembly, please join us in the school hall for a 9am start.

School Photographer: on Friday, our school photographer will be in to take individual and sibling photographs. ALL children should come to school in full school uniform on this day. Those who would usually have PE may wear their trainers with their uniform.

Save the date! During the week of 21^st November we will have the Scholastic Book Fair in school. We are aiming for it to be a cashless event so you will be able to purchase books using a QR code that will be displayed. There will be an opportunity to purchase books online if you are unable to make it after school. Please look out for further details nearer the time!

Christmas Fayre: a reminder of the Christmas Fayre which is on Saturday 26th November, 12-3pm. The PTA are taking donations all week, next week, for items for the Fayre. Every morning at drop off there will be 2 PTA members at the front gate to collect these. Please see below.

Lastly, please can we remind parents that if you are sending in any correspondence to the school it would be really helpful if you could include your child’s class, along with their name. Thank you.

Have a lovely weekend.
The Hayes Team
Monday 7th November 2022
Sun 13 Nov 2022

Week Beginning Monday 7^th November 2022

Many thanks to our PTA who organised the Spooky Cake Bake sale today and to all of our parents and carers who provided such amazing cakes!

Parents Evening: on Tuesday and Thursday next week we will be hosting our Autumn term parents’ evenings. Both days will offer 10-minute appointments between 3:45 and 6:15pm. This term, we are attempting a hybrid model with Tuesday being face to face appointments for children in EYFS, KS1 while KS2 offer online appointments only (preferential for working parents or those with younger children at home) and then on the Thursday, KS2 (Years 3-6) teachers will offer face to face appointment while EYFS and KS1 holding virtual sessions. These slots have been allocated on a first come, first serve basis. We will review this arrangement after the event.

Tuesday: in school on Tuesday, the children in Years 4-6 will be visited by the founder of BetterShared, a platform that showcases African and Caribbean artists. She has been described as ‘a leader with a social heart’ and we are excited to see her inspire our children.

Wednesday: the children in Rainforest will swim for the first time. Safari did brilliantly well this week! Well done!

On Friday, we will be holding our Remembrance assembly for children in our school. Sadly, this is for children and staff only, as much as we would love to invite parents and carers, there is not enough room in our hall.

Finally, please find below a newsletter from the PTA.

That just leaves us to say, have a safe and relaxing weekend.
All the best,
The Hayes Team.