INGRAVE JOHNSTONE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ...
INGRAVE JOHNSTONE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ‘Realising the potential of every child within a caring Christian community’ Friday 4th December 2015 Dear Parents and Carers Two weeks to go! And what a very busy two weeks we have ahead of us. We have sent home a separate letter this week about all the events coming up over the next two weeks just to remind you and, as usual, we have included a list of dates of what’s on at the end of this newsletter. WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO THIS WEEK?
Class 3 went to ‘Kent Life’ for a visit – they had a great time and were very well behaved!
PA CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Thank you to all the members of the PA who have been working very hard to get ready for tomorrow’s Christmas Bazaar. We hope to see many of you there tomorrow and know it will be lots of fun. It’s not too late to volunteer your time to help on the day, just email Tina Clark on [email protected] if you have any time to spare on the day. We’ll see you tomorrow. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ANDREW GRAHAM CBE Years 4 and 5 had a special visitor on Thursday, Lieutenant General Andrew Graham for the British Exploring Society who came to talk to the children about Antarctica as a follow up to the Antarctica Day we had last half term. He also spoke to the children about Ernest Shackleton’s expeditions to the Antarctic and told them about a Shackleton Exhibition on at the moment at the Royal Geographical Society in London and at the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum in Cambridge. If you are looking for something to do over the Christmas holidays, we are sure either exhibition would be worth a visit, especially if your child has caught the exploring bug!
SPORTS NEWS On Tuesday afternoon, Damon Pearse, Roman Brandon, Toby Beeson, Harry StevensonFernley, Ellis Johnson-Briggs, Jack Summers, Alex Griffiths, Abi Nutman, Beth Savill and Izabelle Belcher played in a dodgeball tournament at St Martins Secondary School. We are extremely proud of the team who won ALL of their five games and sailed through to the finals which they then went on to win! The children were amazing and played some incredible dodgeball with some very impressive ducking and throwing! They will now play in the County Finals game which will take place early next year. Congratulations to the whole team involved and a special thank you Coach Mike and Pete Mynard for training and preparing the team so well. GIRLS’ FOOTBALL The Girls Football Team also had a successful game on Thursday night at home against St Helens. All of the girls played exceptionally well and won 5-1! We are very proud of all of the girls and are grateful to all of the parents and children who came to cheer the team on. We hope you can watch their future home matches as you were clearly their lucky mascots! ATTENDANCE As we always say, attendance at school at all times is very important and that 96% is considered by the Government to be good attendance. The class with the best attendance this week is Class 5 with 97.47%. The whole school attendance was 94.83%. HEADTEACHER AWARDS Congratulations to the following children who celebrated their success this week: Zac Bellingham Yasmin Buckles Jimi Parish Olivia Brewer-Boag Kai Debenham Adam Staunton Henry Reynolds Evan Hoad Ethan Fox Laura Arnold Matthew Waller Emma Hodge TIMES TABLES AWARDS Congratulations to:
Henry Clark – Platinum Award Santiago Bonwick – Platinum Award Freddie Linger – Gold Award Lila Berry – 2, 5 and 10 times tables
CELEBRATION STARS Congratulations to the following children who celebrated their success this week: Bethan Thomas George Reynolds Mia Ayres Dylan Mooney Harrison Jennings Max Savill Jayden Samuel Isaac Carlier Joe Tomalin Heidi Plumbridge Ryan Londors Sophie Hart Tilly Christian Evie Knight
WRITERS OF THE MONTH Congratulations to the following ‘Writers of the Month’: Hazel Davies Jake Davis S. Townsend Beau Ayres Henry Clark Benji Davis Phoebe Crawley
CHRISTMAS CARD COMPETITION The winner of the competition, chosen by the Parish Council was Mia Ayres in Class 1 who will be turning on the lights of the Parish Christmas Tree on Saturday 5 th December at 6.00pm. Maddie Drew in Class 3 came 2nd and Katie Miller in Class 6 came 3rd. GUESS THE MARBLES COMPETITION Beth Savill and Sophie Pettigrew from Class 6 ran a competition this week in aid of the Christmas Bazaar to guess how many marbles were in a jar. They raised £31.40. Well done and thank you girls. PARKING Once again, I would like to remind parents about parking at the beginning and end of the school day. We had reports of two ‘near misses’ this week due to parking on the main road near the school gate. The school gate should remain clear at all times.
KITCHEN ASSISTANT Our catering Company ISS are looking for a kitchen assistant for our school. 7 ½ hours per week – Monday to Friday 12.15pm to 1.45pm. Main duties are washing up. If you are interested, please call in to the school office.
PA EVENTS Sat 5th Dec
School Christmas Bazaar. 12.00pm to 3.00pm
ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH EVENTS Sundays at 9.30 am Holy Communion and Sunday school There is also communion at 10.00am on a Wednesday morning Sun 6th Dec Family Service – Years 3 and 4 th Wed 9 Dec 9.15am Eucharist Service at School th Thu 17 Dec 4.00pm. Christingle Service
Have a good weekend. Ms K. Phillips Headteacher
KEY DATES FOR PARENTS Sat 5th Dec:
12.00pm-3.00pm - PA CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
Mon 7th Dec :
Reception Class trip to South Weald Country Park
Wed 9th Dec:
Children are invited to bring in their Christmas Jumpers to wear for Christmas dinner over their School uniform. Eucharist Service in School – 9.15am (Parents Invited) Christmas Dinner
Thu 10th Dec:
WW2 Themed Day for Year 6
Fri 11th Dec:
9.30am KS1 Dress Rehearsal 2.00pm KS2 Dress Rehearsal
Mon 14th Dec:
2.00pm KS1 Christmas Performance After School – Choir Singing at Christchurch, Warley
Tue 15th Dec:
9.30am KS1 Christmas Performance KS2 Christmas Celebration: Parents of children in Years 3 and 4 at 1.15pm Parents of children in Years 5 and 6 at 2.15pm
Wed 16th Dec:
Flu Immunisations
Thu 17th Dec:
Christingle Celebration at St. Nicholas Church- 4.00pm (Families invited to attend the Church Service)
Fri 18th Dec:
Last day of Term. As this is the official Christmas Jumper Day and the children will be watching the film ‘Polar Express’ during the day if they wish to do so, they may wear non-uniform today with their Christmas Jumper or they can wear pyjamas ( as in the film).
Class 3 went to ‘Kent Life’ for a visit – they had a great time and were very well behaved!
PA CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Thank you to all the members of the PA who have been working very hard to get ready for tomorrow’s Christmas Bazaar. We hope to see many of you there tomorrow and know it will be lots of fun. It’s not too late to volunteer your time to help on the day, just email Tina Clark on [email protected] if you have any time to spare on the day. We’ll see you tomorrow. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ANDREW GRAHAM CBE Years 4 and 5 had a special visitor on Thursday, Lieutenant General Andrew Graham for the British Exploring Society who came to talk to the children about Antarctica as a follow up to the Antarctica Day we had last half term. He also spoke to the children about Ernest Shackleton’s expeditions to the Antarctic and told them about a Shackleton Exhibition on at the moment at the Royal Geographical Society in London and at the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum in Cambridge. If you are looking for something to do over the Christmas holidays, we are sure either exhibition would be worth a visit, especially if your child has caught the exploring bug!
SPORTS NEWS On Tuesday afternoon, Damon Pearse, Roman Brandon, Toby Beeson, Harry StevensonFernley, Ellis Johnson-Briggs, Jack Summers, Alex Griffiths, Abi Nutman, Beth Savill and Izabelle Belcher played in a dodgeball tournament at St Martins Secondary School. We are extremely proud of the team who won ALL of their five games and sailed through to the finals which they then went on to win! The children were amazing and played some incredible dodgeball with some very impressive ducking and throwing! They will now play in the County Finals game which will take place early next year. Congratulations to the whole team involved and a special thank you Coach Mike and Pete Mynard for training and preparing the team so well. GIRLS’ FOOTBALL The Girls Football Team also had a successful game on Thursday night at home against St Helens. All of the girls played exceptionally well and won 5-1! We are very proud of all of the girls and are grateful to all of the parents and children who came to cheer the team on. We hope you can watch their future home matches as you were clearly their lucky mascots! ATTENDANCE As we always say, attendance at school at all times is very important and that 96% is considered by the Government to be good attendance. The class with the best attendance this week is Class 5 with 97.47%. The whole school attendance was 94.83%. HEADTEACHER AWARDS Congratulations to the following children who celebrated their success this week: Zac Bellingham Yasmin Buckles Jimi Parish Olivia Brewer-Boag Kai Debenham Adam Staunton Henry Reynolds Evan Hoad Ethan Fox Laura Arnold Matthew Waller Emma Hodge TIMES TABLES AWARDS Congratulations to:
Henry Clark – Platinum Award Santiago Bonwick – Platinum Award Freddie Linger – Gold Award Lila Berry – 2, 5 and 10 times tables
CELEBRATION STARS Congratulations to the following children who celebrated their success this week: Bethan Thomas George Reynolds Mia Ayres Dylan Mooney Harrison Jennings Max Savill Jayden Samuel Isaac Carlier Joe Tomalin Heidi Plumbridge Ryan Londors Sophie Hart Tilly Christian Evie Knight
WRITERS OF THE MONTH Congratulations to the following ‘Writers of the Month’: Hazel Davies Jake Davis S. Townsend Beau Ayres Henry Clark Benji Davis Phoebe Crawley
CHRISTMAS CARD COMPETITION The winner of the competition, chosen by the Parish Council was Mia Ayres in Class 1 who will be turning on the lights of the Parish Christmas Tree on Saturday 5 th December at 6.00pm. Maddie Drew in Class 3 came 2nd and Katie Miller in Class 6 came 3rd. GUESS THE MARBLES COMPETITION Beth Savill and Sophie Pettigrew from Class 6 ran a competition this week in aid of the Christmas Bazaar to guess how many marbles were in a jar. They raised £31.40. Well done and thank you girls. PARKING Once again, I would like to remind parents about parking at the beginning and end of the school day. We had reports of two ‘near misses’ this week due to parking on the main road near the school gate. The school gate should remain clear at all times.
KITCHEN ASSISTANT Our catering Company ISS are looking for a kitchen assistant for our school. 7 ½ hours per week – Monday to Friday 12.15pm to 1.45pm. Main duties are washing up. If you are interested, please call in to the school office.
PA EVENTS Sat 5th Dec
School Christmas Bazaar. 12.00pm to 3.00pm
ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH EVENTS Sundays at 9.30 am Holy Communion and Sunday school There is also communion at 10.00am on a Wednesday morning Sun 6th Dec Family Service – Years 3 and 4 th Wed 9 Dec 9.15am Eucharist Service at School th Thu 17 Dec 4.00pm. Christingle Service
Have a good weekend. Ms K. Phillips Headteacher
KEY DATES FOR PARENTS Sat 5th Dec:
12.00pm-3.00pm - PA CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
Mon 7th Dec :
Reception Class trip to South Weald Country Park
Wed 9th Dec:
Children are invited to bring in their Christmas Jumpers to wear for Christmas dinner over their School uniform. Eucharist Service in School – 9.15am (Parents Invited) Christmas Dinner
Thu 10th Dec:
WW2 Themed Day for Year 6
Fri 11th Dec:
9.30am KS1 Dress Rehearsal 2.00pm KS2 Dress Rehearsal
Mon 14th Dec:
2.00pm KS1 Christmas Performance After School – Choir Singing at Christchurch, Warley
Tue 15th Dec:
9.30am KS1 Christmas Performance KS2 Christmas Celebration: Parents of children in Years 3 and 4 at 1.15pm Parents of children in Years 5 and 6 at 2.15pm
Wed 16th Dec:
Flu Immunisations
Thu 17th Dec:
Christingle Celebration at St. Nicholas Church- 4.00pm (Families invited to attend the Church Service)
Fri 18th Dec:
Last day of Term. As this is the official Christmas Jumper Day and the children will be watching the film ‘Polar Express’ during the day if they wish to do so, they may wear non-uniform today with their Christmas Jumper or they can wear pyjamas ( as in the film).
