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TYMBERWOOD ACADEMY NEWSLETTER FRIDAY 27TH MAY 2016
Tymberwood Academy
@tymberwood
We have once again had a very busy term at Tymberwood with the children getting involved and succeeding in so many fun activities and tournaments. We expect Term 6 to be just as busy and would like to wish everyone well during their week off. It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Miss Turner. We would like to take this opportunity of wishing her well in her new job and to thank her for being a fabulous receptionist/secretary. At the same time we would like to welcome Miss Foster. I hope you will all remember that as a new member of the Admin Team there is a lot to learn, but with the continued support of Mrs Cook & Mrs Deamer it won’t be long before Miss Foster finds her feet - please bear with us. We also sadly said goodbye to Ms Jack (TA - King-Smith) last Friday who worked at Tymberwood for 23 years and we would like to wish her well on her move to Scotland.
Attendance and Punctuality Class
% Attendance - For Term 5
No of ‘lates’ - Term 5
Yr 6 - Horowitz
94.6
10
Yr 6 - Morpurgo
97.6
7
Yr 5 - Tolkien
92
23
Yr 5 - Strong
96
21
95.5
17
94
11
Yr 3 - Potter
93.9
34
Yr 3 - Dickens
94.4
33
Yr 4 - Dahl Yr 4 - King-Smith
Yr 2 - Seuss
95
20
Yr 2 - Donaldson
93.4
23
Yr 1 - Rosen
93.5
27
Yr 1 - McKee Yr R - Inkpen
95.5 90.3
20 17
Yr R - Carle
92.7
21
Attendance 96% and over for the year is highlighted in green Well done to Morpurgo Class for the best attendance for the term and the least amount of lates!
Marvellous May Results All this month, our pupils have been completing their Marvellous May Passports to monitor their own attendance. Overall, 229 pupils had 100% attendance for May 2016 so well done to you all! Congratulations must go to Morpurgo Class on an amazing 99.2% for the whole of May!! They will thoroughly deserve their pizza party which they will be arranging at the start of the new term. Well done Morpurgo! Congratulations also go to McKee Class who had the best attendance (94.8%) for Reception/KS1 in May. Pupils in McKee Class will also be arranging their own Pizza Party in the new term. Well done! Attendance badges for Term 5 will be awarded for the following: Gold badges: 100% attendance Silver badges: ½ day absence Bronze: 1 day’s absence
Year 6 Apprentice fair – 27th May 2016 th
Year 6 held their Apprentice Fair today Friday 27 May. Throughout the week, they have worked as mini companies to devise a project to raise money for the school. They designed, created and marketed products to sell to children and parents: mocktail drinks, cakes, biscuits, sweet kebabs, bookmarks, glitter pencils, play dough, loom bands and chocolate bananas and fairground games. Plus, they have organised a range of fairground games with exciting prizes! Also, Splat the Teacher returned due to popular demand, much to the teachers' dismay! A big thank you goes to all of those who have supported the Year 6s who have worked so incredibly hard on their projects. Watch this space for the grand total next term!
Year 4 – Sports It has been a busy term sports-wise for Year 4. We have entered 3 tournaments organised by Take Pride, competing against other schools from Gravesham and Dartford. The first, a Futsal tournament, took place on a hot afternoon at Gravesend Rugby Club. Our squad of 4 boys and 4 girls were brilliant and represented the school exceptionally well. Joseph was voted the Boy Player of the Tournament for his amazing feats in goal. The second followed very swiftly (the next morning!) and a squad of 10 girls and boys returned to Gravesend Rugby Club to take part in the Kent Qualifiers for Trigolf. Again, they were amazing, showing skills and team spirit aplenty. They finished 2nd overall, and were extremely unlucky to not go on to represent Gravesend in the Kent finals. Last week, 12 Year 4s took part in the Gravesham Sports hall Athletics tournament at Legends Sports Centre. Each child had to take part in 3 running events and 3 field events. Each member of the squad showed great determination to do well and, as always, represented Tymberwood exceptionally well. A special mention should go to Ellie Smith who stepped in at the very last minute, due to illness of another child and was amazing! Term 6 brings more tournaments for Tymberwood, and a chance to show our skill and sportsmanship.
Gardening Club
Year 5 – Outer Space Year 5 have been very busy learning about outer space. They have written stories and drawn various pictures of space over the past few weeks and received a challenge to make their own spaceship built from Lego! They started off by designing their spaceship and choosing what colour lego to use and their results were absolutely fantastic.
This term our Gardening Club have worked hard to bring the school garden back to life. They have been doing general tidying of the garden and are in the process of growing carrots, chillies, peppers, runner beans, peas, pumpkins, wild flowers, radishes, lettuces, sweetcorn, tomatoes and spinach! We look forward to watching them grow!
Kingswood 16th-20th May 2016 Last week, some of our Year 6 pupils were lucky enough to spend a week at Kingswood Activity Centre in Ashford. Despite a daily 07:10 breakfast call, all of those involved had an amazing week. Our days were filled with challenging but exciting activities. We conquered the climbing wall, overcame the abseiling drop, survived the leap of faith, swung through the jungle vines, dared to ride the 3G swing, and beat the heights of Jacob's ladder. All of our Year 6s (and the adults, may I add!) challenged themselves so well and achieved so much more than anyone expected. Centre staff even commented on the impeccable behaviour and outstanding teamwork our children showed. After 5 days of fun, non-stop singing and Mr. Smith’s boot camps, we returned home on Friday ready for a well-earned break. All of the staff would like to say a big thank you to the pupils for making the week so enjoyable.
Free School Meals If you think your entitled to free school meals, you can apply online at http://www.kent.gov.uk/education-andchildren/schools/free-school-meals . If your application is successful, your child’s name will automatically be sent over to our free school meals list. Please speak to the office if you wish for your child to then be added to the Cool Milk list. If for any reason your application is unsuccessful and you believe that you should be entitled, call Free School Meals directly and they should be able to help you. 03000415123
Dinner Money and Gate Times
Please be aware… We would like to gently remind all parents/carers to be considerate of the school’s neighbours when dropping off and collecting your child/ren. We are aware that parking is limited but please make sure you are not parking across driveways, causing an obstruction or in residents marked parking spaces to avoid any potential conflict. We also expect our children to behave in a polite and sensible manner when arriving/leaving our school premises by walking with their parent/carer. In the mornings, children are NOT permitted to be on playground apparatus unsupervised. Also, children are not to be left unattended on the playground until they have entered their classroom door at 8:40am.
All dinner money needs to be paid in advance. If you have a debt of more than £10.00 Chartwells will put your child on “stop” and they will not be able to have school dinners until the debt is cleared. All dinner money should be put in an envelope with your child’s name and class clearly written on the front. All cheques to be made payable to Chartwells -------------------------------------------------------Our gate times still remain the same: Closed to any vehicles entering, leaving or driving on/around school site between 8.30am - 9.00am and 3.00pm - 3.30pm Please remember: -There is NO on-site parking for anyone dropping off or collecting their child to or from the nursery. -No parking or dropping off children outside the office unless permission has been granted by the school .
Cool Milk All children below the age of five are entitled to and will receive a free carton of milk daily. As soon as your child turns 5 you should receive a letter letting you know their milk will stop. If you then wish to pay termly for your child to have milk at school you will need to contact Cool Milk to arrange this, your child will then be transferred to the school’s milk list. 08448542913, www.coolmilk.com Did you know: If you receive Free School Meals you are also entitled to free milk. To arrange this please speak to someone in the office for your child to be added to the milk list.
Polite Reminders
Dates th
We would like to politely remind all parents that;
Friday 27 May – Year 6 Apprentice Fair (After School) th
Friday 10 June – Class Group Photos -
Smoking is NOT allowed on school site. This includes all types of electric cigarettes.
-
NO dogs allowed on school site - this includes carrying small dogs (except guide dogs)
-
No riding bikes/scooters around school. If your child rides to school they must make sure they dismount their bike/scooter before entering school grounds and bring a lock and key to secure their bike during the day.
th
Friday 24 June – Year 6 Gravesend Messenger Photograph Next Summer Term: th
st
Monday 6 June – Thursday 21 July (1:30pm finish) Friday 22
nd
July (staff development day)
TYMBERWOOD ACADEMY NEWSLETTER FRIDAY 27TH MAY 2016
Tymberwood Academy
@tymberwood
We have once again had a very busy term at Tymberwood with the children getting involved and succeeding in so many fun activities and tournaments. We expect Term 6 to be just as busy and would like to wish everyone well during their week off. It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Miss Turner. We would like to take this opportunity of wishing her well in her new job and to thank her for being a fabulous receptionist/secretary. At the same time we would like to welcome Miss Foster. I hope you will all remember that as a new member of the Admin Team there is a lot to learn, but with the continued support of Mrs Cook & Mrs Deamer it won’t be long before Miss Foster finds her feet - please bear with us. We also sadly said goodbye to Ms Jack (TA - King-Smith) last Friday who worked at Tymberwood for 23 years and we would like to wish her well on her move to Scotland.
Attendance and Punctuality Class
% Attendance - For Term 5
No of ‘lates’ - Term 5
Yr 6 - Horowitz
94.6
10
Yr 6 - Morpurgo
97.6
7
Yr 5 - Tolkien
92
23
Yr 5 - Strong
96
21
95.5
17
94
11
Yr 3 - Potter
93.9
34
Yr 3 - Dickens
94.4
33
Yr 4 - Dahl Yr 4 - King-Smith
Yr 2 - Seuss
95
20
Yr 2 - Donaldson
93.4
23
Yr 1 - Rosen
93.5
27
Yr 1 - McKee Yr R - Inkpen
95.5 90.3
20 17
Yr R - Carle
92.7
21
Attendance 96% and over for the year is highlighted in green Well done to Morpurgo Class for the best attendance for the term and the least amount of lates!
Marvellous May Results All this month, our pupils have been completing their Marvellous May Passports to monitor their own attendance. Overall, 229 pupils had 100% attendance for May 2016 so well done to you all! Congratulations must go to Morpurgo Class on an amazing 99.2% for the whole of May!! They will thoroughly deserve their pizza party which they will be arranging at the start of the new term. Well done Morpurgo! Congratulations also go to McKee Class who had the best attendance (94.8%) for Reception/KS1 in May. Pupils in McKee Class will also be arranging their own Pizza Party in the new term. Well done! Attendance badges for Term 5 will be awarded for the following: Gold badges: 100% attendance Silver badges: ½ day absence Bronze: 1 day’s absence
Year 6 Apprentice fair – 27th May 2016 th
Year 6 held their Apprentice Fair today Friday 27 May. Throughout the week, they have worked as mini companies to devise a project to raise money for the school. They designed, created and marketed products to sell to children and parents: mocktail drinks, cakes, biscuits, sweet kebabs, bookmarks, glitter pencils, play dough, loom bands and chocolate bananas and fairground games. Plus, they have organised a range of fairground games with exciting prizes! Also, Splat the Teacher returned due to popular demand, much to the teachers' dismay! A big thank you goes to all of those who have supported the Year 6s who have worked so incredibly hard on their projects. Watch this space for the grand total next term!
Year 4 – Sports It has been a busy term sports-wise for Year 4. We have entered 3 tournaments organised by Take Pride, competing against other schools from Gravesham and Dartford. The first, a Futsal tournament, took place on a hot afternoon at Gravesend Rugby Club. Our squad of 4 boys and 4 girls were brilliant and represented the school exceptionally well. Joseph was voted the Boy Player of the Tournament for his amazing feats in goal. The second followed very swiftly (the next morning!) and a squad of 10 girls and boys returned to Gravesend Rugby Club to take part in the Kent Qualifiers for Trigolf. Again, they were amazing, showing skills and team spirit aplenty. They finished 2nd overall, and were extremely unlucky to not go on to represent Gravesend in the Kent finals. Last week, 12 Year 4s took part in the Gravesham Sports hall Athletics tournament at Legends Sports Centre. Each child had to take part in 3 running events and 3 field events. Each member of the squad showed great determination to do well and, as always, represented Tymberwood exceptionally well. A special mention should go to Ellie Smith who stepped in at the very last minute, due to illness of another child and was amazing! Term 6 brings more tournaments for Tymberwood, and a chance to show our skill and sportsmanship.
Gardening Club
Year 5 – Outer Space Year 5 have been very busy learning about outer space. They have written stories and drawn various pictures of space over the past few weeks and received a challenge to make their own spaceship built from Lego! They started off by designing their spaceship and choosing what colour lego to use and their results were absolutely fantastic.
This term our Gardening Club have worked hard to bring the school garden back to life. They have been doing general tidying of the garden and are in the process of growing carrots, chillies, peppers, runner beans, peas, pumpkins, wild flowers, radishes, lettuces, sweetcorn, tomatoes and spinach! We look forward to watching them grow!
Kingswood 16th-20th May 2016 Last week, some of our Year 6 pupils were lucky enough to spend a week at Kingswood Activity Centre in Ashford. Despite a daily 07:10 breakfast call, all of those involved had an amazing week. Our days were filled with challenging but exciting activities. We conquered the climbing wall, overcame the abseiling drop, survived the leap of faith, swung through the jungle vines, dared to ride the 3G swing, and beat the heights of Jacob's ladder. All of our Year 6s (and the adults, may I add!) challenged themselves so well and achieved so much more than anyone expected. Centre staff even commented on the impeccable behaviour and outstanding teamwork our children showed. After 5 days of fun, non-stop singing and Mr. Smith’s boot camps, we returned home on Friday ready for a well-earned break. All of the staff would like to say a big thank you to the pupils for making the week so enjoyable.
Free School Meals If you think your entitled to free school meals, you can apply online at http://www.kent.gov.uk/education-andchildren/schools/free-school-meals . If your application is successful, your child’s name will automatically be sent over to our free school meals list. Please speak to the office if you wish for your child to then be added to the Cool Milk list. If for any reason your application is unsuccessful and you believe that you should be entitled, call Free School Meals directly and they should be able to help you. 03000415123
Dinner Money and Gate Times
Please be aware… We would like to gently remind all parents/carers to be considerate of the school’s neighbours when dropping off and collecting your child/ren. We are aware that parking is limited but please make sure you are not parking across driveways, causing an obstruction or in residents marked parking spaces to avoid any potential conflict. We also expect our children to behave in a polite and sensible manner when arriving/leaving our school premises by walking with their parent/carer. In the mornings, children are NOT permitted to be on playground apparatus unsupervised. Also, children are not to be left unattended on the playground until they have entered their classroom door at 8:40am.
All dinner money needs to be paid in advance. If you have a debt of more than £10.00 Chartwells will put your child on “stop” and they will not be able to have school dinners until the debt is cleared. All dinner money should be put in an envelope with your child’s name and class clearly written on the front. All cheques to be made payable to Chartwells -------------------------------------------------------Our gate times still remain the same: Closed to any vehicles entering, leaving or driving on/around school site between 8.30am - 9.00am and 3.00pm - 3.30pm Please remember: -There is NO on-site parking for anyone dropping off or collecting their child to or from the nursery. -No parking or dropping off children outside the office unless permission has been granted by the school .
Cool Milk All children below the age of five are entitled to and will receive a free carton of milk daily. As soon as your child turns 5 you should receive a letter letting you know their milk will stop. If you then wish to pay termly for your child to have milk at school you will need to contact Cool Milk to arrange this, your child will then be transferred to the school’s milk list. 08448542913, www.coolmilk.com Did you know: If you receive Free School Meals you are also entitled to free milk. To arrange this please speak to someone in the office for your child to be added to the milk list.
Polite Reminders
Dates th
We would like to politely remind all parents that;
Friday 27 May – Year 6 Apprentice Fair (After School) th
Friday 10 June – Class Group Photos -
Smoking is NOT allowed on school site. This includes all types of electric cigarettes.
-
NO dogs allowed on school site - this includes carrying small dogs (except guide dogs)
-
No riding bikes/scooters around school. If your child rides to school they must make sure they dismount their bike/scooter before entering school grounds and bring a lock and key to secure their bike during the day.
th
Friday 24 June – Year 6 Gravesend Messenger Photograph Next Summer Term: th
st
Monday 6 June – Thursday 21 July (1:30pm finish) Friday 22
nd
July (staff development day)
