Newsletter Perry Wood Primary and Nursery School

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to our new-look newsletter. We hope it shows you the wonderful things we are achieving in school. I have had an superb first month as the new Head Teacher. You may notice a few changes have already happened. If you have any ideas or suggestions to improve things further, please pop in and see me. I’m always looking for new ideas. We have had a successful start to the new year, starting with Perry Wood winning an award for the Most improved School for Sports. This is a great achievement for us and I am very proud of Perry Wood children and families. The PTFA had a successful meeting this month and they are enthusiastic about setting up some fantastic events for your children. If you’d like to get involved please get in touch: the more helpers we have, the bigger the events can be. There will many opportunities this year for you to work with your child in school and join in on the fun. Please keep an eye out for the dates. My door is always open and I will always endeavor to deal with your questions on the same day. Lets have an amazing year of fun and learning! Suzanne Beston Head Teacher

29 Sept 2017 Issue 1

Tues 3 Oct Volunteering course

Wed 4 Oct Family Links group

Fri 6 Oct Dress down day in return for harvest donations

Mon 9 Oct Y1-6 Halloween disco tickets on sale (see “Next Month”)

Mon 9 Oct Harvest Assembly led by Year 5 (date change)

Tues 10 Oct School Photos

(new date)

Tues 17 Oct 2:30 PTFA meeting

Fri 20 Oct

School closed for GST training day

Our value this month: Respect As a whole school we have decided upon 11 values which will be celebrated each month. The values will be embedded in all areas of the curriculum and children will be rewarded with house point tokens for showing the value of the month.

We have been exploring this month’s value in assemblies and through our lessons. Our new values tubes are filling up fast with house point tokens with our children showing great respect across the school by being polite to each other, opening doors for others, listening to the ideas of their peers and showing respect for their teachers by listening, working hard and concentrating well in lessons.

Our 11 monthly values are:

September Respect October Perseverance November Friendship December Encouragement January Self-control February Love and Trust March Unity April Truthfulness and Honesty May Tolerance June Kindness July Equality

Key dates

FREE courses for parents

Mrs Gardner is running several FREE family learning courses and groups throughout the year:

Tuesday 3 October Volunteering Course (leading to a recognized volunteering qualification)

Wednesday 4 October PM Family Links group

Monday 6 Nov 9-11:30 Games & Giggles (Y1 & Y2 children)

Tuesday 7 Nov 12:30-2:30 Let’s Play Together (Reception)

See posters around school or speak to Mrs Gardner!

Harvest Festival On Tuesday, 10 October, Year 5 will be leading the Harvest Festival assembly for Years 3 to 6. Parents and carers are welcome to attend. We will also be collecting our usual harvest items (tinned and dried food, toiletries etc) which will be donated to a local charity. We are holding a special harvest dress down day on Friday, 6 October when children can wear their own clothes to school in return for bringing in a harvest donation or a £1 donation.

On Friday, 13 October, Nursery, the Nest, Reception & Years 1 &2 will receive a visit from local environmental group, Transition Worcester, who will show the children how to make freshly pressed apple or pear juice.

We need as much fruit and containers as possible to make this event a success, so we would really appreciate donations of the following from Monday, 9 October onwards:

apples or pears from trees in your garden (there is no need to buy any fruit from a shop!)

Empty & clean squash/soft drinks bottles (at least 1L size)

Proud traditions School Parliament School Parliament

We are in the process of electing our new School Parliament. We are looking forward to finding out who will be the new Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, as well as who will be elected to the other exciting minister roles, which will include a new Values Minister. We can’t wait to see how they get involved in decisions made at school.

Afternoon tea with Mrs Beston

Congratulations to the children

below who were chosen to attend the first afternoon tea with Mrs Beston this month.

Keep up the brilliant effort!

Bella (Swifts)

Ava (Kingfishers)

Aleena (Jays)

Rihanna (Magpies)

Harley (Doves)

Holly (Lapwings)

Mohammed (Owls)

Rosie (Kestrels)

Paige (Hawks)

Brooke (Herons)

Lilly-May (Eagles)

Ben (Falcons)

I really enjoyed eating cake and biscuits with these children. We had some great discussions and few laughs too!

Griffin Sports Festival Griffin Sports Festival went very well with all children being involved in an inter-house competition, as well as running or walking at least one mile to help us reach France on our Road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics”.

The house points results are as follows:

Elm 241 Ash 236 Willow 198 Oak 193

Well done to all children for demonstrating so many of our school values when taking part.

Fixtures and results

This term, we have

upcoming fixtures in

tag rugby, athletics

and hockey. Football,

netball, hockey and

multi-skills training

has started and

fixtures for these will

be underway shortly,

once the league

starts.

Wide Horizons

Year 2 were the first class to enjoy a trip out of school this term when they visited The Hive to celebrate Roald Dahl Day. They listened to an extract from the story, The BFG and then drew their own dreams in “dream jars” for a collaborative display which was brought back to school. Staff from The Hive also gave them a tour and showed them how to borrow and return books. The children had a lovely morning and are keen to return again!

Introducing our new lollipop lady...

We are delighted to welcome Julia Hodgson (mum of Myles in Year 6) as our new School Crossing Patrol Warden. Many of you will already have seen her on your journey to/from school. We are very grateful that she has taken over this very

important role, helping to keep our children safe.

Mrs Stevens and Miss Mahoney had the privilege of taking four children to London to perform with a real life opera singer and two other Griffin schools in ‘The Cotton Mill’ opera.

Despite not having rehearsed since July, the children performed magnificently in front of an audience of other Griffin schools.

Isabelle Fradley, Vince De Jesus, Ellie Broome and Maya Ryall definitely made us ‘Perry’ proud with their fabulous and energetic contributions to the show. Well done to all of you!

High achievement Attendance Our attendance for this term so far is 95.8%.

Every moment of your child’s education is important! Please help us to improve our attendance by sending your children to school every day and making sure that they arrive on time.

If your child is sick or attending a medical appointment, please phone the school before 8.30 a.m. Please try your best to ensure that dental and medical appointments are made outside the school day.

NO holidays, for any reason, will be authorised.

We thank you for your continued support and cooperation.

Our top five classes for attendance so far this term are: 

Thank you for making every day, every half day and every

lesson count this month.

We need your wool! Children who attend our Oscars before and after school club are helping to decorate the Perry Wood Christmas tree that will be on display in the Cathedral. They are on the lookout for any spare wool (any colour or thickness!). Please leave any donations at the front office. Thank you to those of you who have already donated!

Harvest Festival donations Friday, 6 October

Apple donations Monday, 9 October onwards

Dyslexia Awareness Week 2-15 October

Armistice Day 11 October

Apple Pressing 13 October

Halloween discos Thurs 2 November (new calendar date)

Film Night Wednesday 29 November (new calendar date)

Next month...