‘Maximum Effort for

Maximum Achievement’

Friday 13th December 2019

Forthcoming Diary Dates School Dinners - Week 1

Monday 16th December

Non-uniform day for Year 6 (for raising the most money at the Christmas bazaar)

Tuesday 17th December

Inter-House Galas for Year 4 (6.00pm) and Year 6 (7.15pm) at Mayflower High School

Wednesday 18th December

Carol Services at Christ Church - Year 3/4 at 9.30am, Year 5/6 at 10.45am

Thursday 19th December

Christmas Raffle Draw

Last day of the Autumn Term Monday 6th January 2020

Children return to school

Another busy week draws to a close as Christmas rapidly approaches! This time of year is always wonderful in

school as the children’s excitement grows in anticipation of what Father Christmas might bring them. On a more spiritual note, we’ve also been preparing for the Carol

Services next week which always seem to round off the term in the perfect frame of mind for Christmas.

Have a lovely weekend - hopefully you’ll have time to draw breath before the festive season fully descends!

Christmas Carol Services - Wednesday 18th December Please do come along and join us at Christ Church next

Wednesday for our Christmas Carol Services: Year 3/4 at 9.30am and Year 5/6 at 10.45am. Please could we politely request that early birds don’t save more than one seat for a

family member. Please also be aware that there is no parking available at Christ Church during the Carol Services

due to a regular, weekly group already using the car park. Please park in the surrounding streets or walk. Thank you.

The Christ Church Coffee Shop will be open as usual.

Thursday 19th December On the last day of term, children are invited to bring in

games to play for part of the day. Please note: no electronic games, iPods, iPads etc and no games with lots

of small pieces please! Thank you!

Please don’t forget to check the Lost Property boxes before the end of term as all remaining un-named items

will be re-cycled during the Christmas break. Thank you.

PE Kit We will be sending PE kits home before the end of term.

During the Christmas break, please can you check that your child has a complete kit which should be labelled. Indoor kit consists of the school PE top, black shorts, blue socks and

black plimsolls. Outdoor kit consists of the same but, instead of plimsolls, children need trainers. They may also wear either the school tracksuit or a dark coloured tracksuit over the top

of their kit. Please note that under-armour and running leggings should not be worn for class PE lessons. Thank you.

Holidays in Term Time Please could we remind you that we are unable to authorise

leave of absence in term time unless exceptional circumstances apply. Please check the school’s website for

the full policy. Thank you for your support.

Christmas Dinner Thank you very much to Jo and our Catering Team for

preparing such a lovely Christmas lunch for our children and to all our Midday Assistants and staff members who

helped to serve the delicious meals. Thank you also to the Friends’ Association who provided Christmas crackers for

all the children! We all had a lovely time! Thank you!

Christmas Raffle and Competition The raffle will be drown on Thursday morning so there’s still plenty of time to buy tickets - 50p each or for 5 for £2. We

have a huge number of prizes up for grabs so it’s guaranteed to be fun. We also have a competition underway - ’Guess the

number of chocolate coins in the jar’ which is 50p a go. All the money raised goes to the Friends’ Association.

Christmas Shop Thank you very much to the Friends’ Association and the parents who helped to run them, for the lovely Christmas shops this week - they were very popular and raised £888!

Urgent Help Needed Just a reminder that our Chair and two Vice-Chairs are

stepping down in the Summer so we desperately need new people to come forward otherwise the wonderful work of

the Friends’ Association will simply cease.

‘Well Done’ to all the children who were awarded MERIT certificates this week.

Justin Moody Arthur Ogden Isabella Shipway Ryan Strain Charlotte Hellings Scarlet Nugent Max Baker Heidi Webb Poppy Groves Ethan Boyce Alex Rowe-Goodey Ada Holder Hezar Musabak Daisy Mears Alex McKenna Arthur McSharry Jessica Jobbins Joshua Cooke Jack Green Isabel Challand Zak Smith Lola Johnston Gemma Lague Theo Wakerly

This week’s ‘Writers of the Week’ are: Claire Senior Jamie Jones Ayana Mushabe

Luiz Fellipe Lopes Sousa Eva Poloni George Dear George Legon Emily Simmons

Well done to our writing super stars!

This week’s attendance figure is: 96.7%! This year’s attendance target is 97.8%.

A special ‘Well Done’ to Class 3P and who had 100% attendance this week! Congratulations!

This week’s ‘Mathematicians of the Week’ are:

Archie Neathercoat Luke Andrews Hugo Daniels Finley Walker Lola Johnston William Fuller Elsa Reason Millie Brown Well done to our magical mathematicians!

This week’s ‘Readers of the Week’ are: Zara Foulser Harriet Borg Ooviya Loganathan William Fuller Lotty Smith Amelia Violet-Cole

Amelie Robbshaw Jack Ahrens

Well done to our enthusiastic readers!

3PR Results Well done to everyone who managed to collect tokens this

week for walking in the 3PR zone! The results this week are:

1st - 4F and 3M - 30 tokens 2nd - 5T and 3R - 28 tokens

3rd - 6A - 26 tokens

Amazing Christmas Workshop Year 3 and Year 4 recently visited Christ Church to

participate in an Amazing Christmas Workshop. The children learnt about the Christmas story through a series

activities including cracking a code breaker, making a compass and they pulled out figurines from a hamper to

learn about important figures in the Nativity Story. We all had a fantastic time and would like to say a huge thank you

to the volunteers and SMB team at Christ Church for running the workshops.

This week’s winning house: Lions

Out of School Success Well done to Max Langshaw (5F) who competed in a swimming gala at Basildon Sporting Village last weekend, attaining all Personal Best times which included 2.5s off his 50m freestyle time, 7.5s off his 100m breaststroke and 13s off his 100 IM! Congratulations to Jack Watson (5M) who passed his Yellow belt in kickboxing on Sunday! Well done to Jonathan Warhurst (3M) who completed a 12 week cycling skills course last week. Congratulations to Jack Warren-Gunn (6R) and Kesia Crees (6A) who have been selected to represent Essex in the U11 regional sports hall athletics finals. Congratulations to Anna Pope (4F) who has passed her Grade 1 piano exam with a Merit. Well done to Austin Kelly (6C) and Erin Kelly (4P) who have both completed their special challenge of 19 different Parkruns in 2019 and enjoyed the wide variety of courses that they encountered.

Afternoon Tea Our final Afternoon Tea of 2019 was celebrated yesterday after-

noon with the same vigour as the very first one! It is getting harder and harder for the children to pick their favourite piece of work to

bring as they have a lot more to choose from.

Rainbow Awards Well done to this week’s VIOLET award

winners:

Joel De Groot, Harry Showell & Oliver Fryd.

Congratulations to this week’s INDIGO award recipients:

Korey Groves, George Legon, Kobe Keily, Henry Webb, Archie Sinclair, Gabriel

Tanner and Skye Greenan.

Well done to our BLUE award winners:

Amy Baker, Thomas Overton, Maya Tseayo, Milo Gould, Alana Louden, Isabella Barke, Sonny Bowerman, Olly Sunderland, Jacob

Collins, Taylor Hayes, Emily Crowe, Megan Obery, Edie Poulton, Lily Parker Compton,

Edward Cushing, Zack Briggs, Daisy Barker, Emily Harris, Lacey Gordon, Amy Holms,

Samuel Torrens, Freya Clark, Benjamin Anderson, Thomas Fox, Rosie Gould, Jack

Simnett, Jash Dalal, Holly Farrow and Olivia Joshi.

Congratulations to this week’s GREEN award winners:

Zara Foulser, Joey Hatchard, Isla Swift, Beau Cunningham, Arthur Ogden, Advika Soni, Izzy Cheesman, Amy Norman, Ollie Carter, Harrison Dempsie, Anika Gupta, Ava Harlow, Alex Carter, Abby Caldon, Ooviya Loganathan, Bethan Armsden, Caela McMorris, Oliver Neathercoat,

Harriet Rowe-Goodey, Jack Warren-Gunn, Oliver Coughtrey, Alfie Woolmer, Phoebe Thompson, Archie Henson, Ben Mesnard,

Sophie Bohle, Jaime Obery, Amelia Stephens, Freya Agate, Ella Walker, Grace

Marsh, Ruby Beckwith, Sophie Leach, George Dear, Finley Barber, Thomas

McIiquham, Zak Smith, Molly Sutton, Sophia Lightfoot, Amelie Robbshaw, Max Parish, Archie Neathercoat, Louise Pocklington, Abigail Small, Jie Long He, Blake Webb,

Amelie Rippon, Josh Harrington, Holly Bubb, Ava Dean, Darcey Lister, Georgina Nunney,

Dominic Glover, Oliver Baker, Olivia Huggett, Michael Wragg, Elena Stent, Albert Longlade, Theo Kirby, Toby Lashmar, Molly

Wright, William Clements, Tyler Mitchell, Ethan Wiles, William Hughes, Sophie Lee,

Jessica Toll and Stephanie Kharbouche.

Well Done to this week’s YELLOW award recipients:

William Barrett, Harry Phillips, Ayana Mushabe, Ben Pentecost, Eva Barnes,

Arthur McSharry, Mason Grindrod, Mimi Tarraf, Millie Agate, Ruby Edwards,

Jessica Jobbins, Florence Meade, Lana Webb, Daisy Spencer, Eloise Lock,

Holly Nethercoat, Fatima Ahmed, Holly Fox, Megan Mecham and Harry Weston.

A special ‘Well Done’ to this week’s ORANGE award winners.

Maisie Anderson, Edie McLellan, Chloe Wang Gao, Georgina Harris and Thomas

Carter.

Year 5 Christmas Play - Primary School Christmas Musical Congratulations to the children in Year 5 who presented two

wonderful Christmas plays earlier this week. The children had been working extremely hard and this could definitely be seen in the qual-ity of their singing and the attention to detail throughout. The read-ers and actors also delivered very high quality performances, with

some beautiful dancing too. Well done to all the children and thank you to the staff for preparing them so effectively.

Thank you for coming along to the concerts and for your very generous donations to Shelter Box which, together with the sponsor money from the Random Acts of Kindness, totalled £937! Amazing!

Parents to Lunch Event This week we welcomed the parents and grandparents of the children in 4P to lunch. Everyone seemed to enjoy the tasty lunch and also the ambience of the dining hall. Thank you to

Mrs Risley, our Midday Assistants and our Catering Team for organising the event.

We look forward to welcoming the parents and grandparents of Year 6 children in the new year.

50 Things To Do Before Leaving Primary School Congratulations to Amelia Violet-Cole

who has completed 10 things! A very special ‘Well Done’ to Sienna Wiles who

has completed 20 things at home!

School Crossing Patrol Vacancy Do you know someone who would like a rewarding opportunity

within the community? We currently have a vacancy for a School Crossing Patrol Officer at this school. The crossing site is in Queens

Park Avenue. No experience is required and full training and uniform is provided. The role is part time and term time, assisting pupils and other pedestrians to safely cross the road. If you are interested or know someone who may be interested and want to find out more - please visit www.workingforessex.com or call the School Crossing Patrol Service on 03330 139788 or email your

details to school.crossingpatrol@essex.gov.uk. Thank you.

Catering Assistant Vacancy We are looking to employ an additional Catering Assistant

to work in our friendly kitchen for 2 hours per day from 12.00pm - 2.00pm (term time only). Duties include basic

food preparation, helping with service, clearing away, washing up and cleaning. Previous experience of catering is

desirable although not essential. Please contact Mrs Byfield in the School Office for further

details.

The Ark Day Care Centre School Council representatives enjoyed a very festive trip to

The Ark this week where they helped the clients wrap presents for their nearest and dearest, as well as listening

and dancing to some well-loved Christmas songs! Staff members were particularly impressed this week with how

well the children interacted with everyone at the centre and the huge effort they made with their delicious cakes (which

were thoroughly enjoyed by all)! A fun packed afternoon was had and a huge thank you goes to Mrs Willis and Mrs Felton

for supervising the trip.

Forest Schools On Wednesday, a selection of Year 3 pupils had a fantastic

session of Forest School. They had immense fun playing games, making mobiles with found objects, making dens, drinking hot chocolate and eating biscuits! They are looking forward to our

adventure next term!

Marathon Madness! Thank you very much to everyone who has

sponsored me for the London Marathon! I have been overwhelmed by your generosity and

encouraging messages! I will be busy this weekend writing thank you notes and also out training - I

can’t let you down now!

Boys’ Football Parish Cup - Roding Primary 1 - 3 Buttsbury

Thursday afternoon saw the boys take part in the next round of the Parish Cup with a place in the quarter finals

at stake. The boys started the game with their normal attacking flair and after several missed opportunities, Jack managed to lob the goalkeeper and float the ball into the far corner. Some quick thinking from Ollie in goal, saw a second follow with Kai curling the ball the ball past the goalkeeper to make it 2-0 at halftime. Buttsbury scored yet another goal in the second half thanks to Andrew, which wrapped up the game. With the last kick of the

match, Roding scored a consultation goal. Buttsbury were fantastic throughout and worked tirelessly as a team. Thank you to everyone who came along and

supported the boys and to Mr Graves, our team manager.