November 2019 Autumn Issue 9

THE WEALD CofE PRIMARY SCHOOL

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Legendary Learners 3

Sports Round Up 4

Around School 5

Focus On—Anti-Bullying 6

Children in Need 7

Certificates 8

CAKE RAFFLE

The FOTW cake raffle was won

by Luna who took home 12

delicious chocolate cup cake.

The cake was made by Annabel

De Vrij—thank you so much.

The cake raffle this week raised

£30.50.

ATTENDANCE

The class with the highest

attendance was 5 St Anthony

with 98.55%. Well done 5SA.

The attendance this year to date

is 95.59%.

Thank you for continuing to

support us with your children’s

attendance.

Dear Parents and Carers

Last week, there was so much to be proud of, and so many achievements to celebrate both as a

school and for individuals and teams.

First of all, we held two open days. One was Tuesday morning and another Thursday evening.

Both were well attended. I was so proud on Tuesday showing off our school, as the children

worked away in their classrooms. They had such focus and amazing behaviour-for-learning

that our visitors could not have been anything but impressed. On Thursday evening it was

again a joy to show off all our children’s learning.

I want to say a big thank you to the Year 6 children who showed around our visitors on

Tuesday, and an even bigger thank you to those who came back on Thursday evening. Thank

you also to the parents who brought them back to school. On both occasions the children were

beautifully behaved, articulate, enthusiastic and polite. You should be very proud of them.

We are very proud of our Year 5 and 6 girls, who this week came a very close third in the

Dorking Schools’ Partnership Girls’ Football tournament. In fact they beat both of the teams

who came first and second, winning one match 5-0! In fact we scored more goals than any

other team and there was only one point between first, second and third. The girls played with

passion, skill, and enthusiasm and their team work was outstanding. Thank you to the parents

who came to spectate. Your girls should show off their medals with pride.

Amellie held a cake sale on Thursday to raise money for The Little Princess Trust. More about

that later in the newsletter, but I just wanted to say how proud I am of any child who would

give their time and effort for the benefit of others. Not only did she make the cakes, but she is

also boosting the donation with her own birthday money. Amellie— we are very proud of your

generosity and selflessness.

We have a very busy week ahead of us with lots of things to remember. During the whole week

we have an anti-bullying week with a focus on how to be a good friend. More of that on page 4.

Wednesday is the deadline for ordering Christmas Cards so make sure you bring in your order

forms and money to guarantee your order. Then on Friday we have our Children in Need Odd

Sock Day (please bring £1) as well as a cake sale after school. Children can wear odd socks,

spotty socks, crazy socks, but please still wear school uniform. You may also bring your Bags to

School in on Friday before 9am. During the week you can bring your Shoebox for the

Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Appeal—Friday is the deadline. We would also kindly ask for cake

donations for the Children in Need cake stall. We know it is a lot to remember, and a lot to ask

so we are very grateful in advance for your support and generous contributions to our many

and various causes!

With thanks for your ongoing support

Mrs S Stevenson, Head of School

Dear Parents/Carers

I would like to say a huge thank you to the warm welcome I have

received from the children, staff, parents and the Good Shepherd

Trust.

This is my 31st year in education, I have worked across at least six

London Local authorities and led a school on the South Coast,

undertaken consultancy work supporting leaders in a range of

schools and worked on behalf of the Institute of Education. Prior to

this role, I deputised for the CEO of a small multi- academy Trust.

I am so excited about how I can support and guide the work of the school in partnership

with Mrs Stevenson, our head of school, governors, the whole school team and the Good

Shepherd Trust.

The Weald is a great place to be and together we can achieve GREAT things.

Miss Sandra Miller, Executive Headteacher

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LEGENDARY LEARNERS

What a lovely example of an Acrostic poem from Mollie in Year 2. It has lots of

description, and some really good observation.

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NETBALL JUNIOR LEAGUE

Kaitlyn and Isla not only participate

in the school netball team. they also

represent Dorking within the

Nonsuch and Mid Surrey Junior

Leagues. Both girls took part in

their first tournament recently at

Manor House School playing

alongside other Year 6 girls from a

number of local schools. The girls

played various positions so that the

team gain experience and include all

the girls, as taking part is key for

the girls in the early stages. Dorking

Juniors won their first match but

despite all their efforts they lost the

second match.

Well done Kaitlyn and Isla—we hope

you enjoyed your tournament.

YEAR 5 AND 6 GIRLS’ FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Well done to our Year 5 and 6 girls’

football team who played

wonderfully in the DSP Tournament

last week. The girls had some

fabulous goals, beating one of the

other teams 5-0. Our team came

third overall, narrowly missing 1st

and 2nd place by just a few points.

As always the children behaved

beautifully and showed great

sportsmanship.

They were very proud of their

medals—and rightly so.

Today our KS2 gymnastics team are

competing in a DSP competition—we

wish them all the best.

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PRINCESS TRUST CAKE SALE

Amellie’s cake sale for The Princess Trust raised a fantastic

£65 today. This was made up of 30 cupcakes and 16 squares

of chocolate cake at £1 each plus some kind and generous

donations.

Amellie says “thank you very much to everyone who

supported the Princess Trust”.

In addition, she will be sending £30 of her birthday money

and we will top it up to £100 in total.

Amellie, we are very proud of your kind and generous nature

and putting other people above yourself. You should be very

proud of what you have achieved.

FOTW DRAWING COMPETITION

Calling all budding artists. FOTW are

inviting all of the children to draw a

Christmassy picture for Santa’s Grotto.

Please draw something suitably festive

and pop it into the box in the school

office. Father Christmas himself will pick

a winner from each year group with

prizes up for grabs for his favourites. All

of the pictures will be displayed in the

grotto. Here are some photos from last

year to get your feeling nice and Festive!

The deadline for handing

in the picture is Monday

25th November.

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...ON ANTI-BULLYING WEEK

Our Anti-bullying week starts on 11th

November. Each class will be working on

anti-bullying with a friendship focus, and

we will have assemblies, classroom work,

and workshops. The theme is ‘Change

starts with us’ and we have lots of poems,

scenario cards, and guided reading

activities which we will use throughout the

week.

Each class will work on its own 'Change

Starts with Us' charter, which will be

displayed in school along with poems,

pictures, photos and other work.

We will also have a visit from the NSPCC

on Monday morning who will launching

the week with an assembly on staying safe.

The assembly is part of the NSPCC’s

Nationwide Speak Out, Stay Safe

programme, and the ambition is help every

child in the UK to stay safe.

The week will end with our Odd Sock Day

and cake sale in aid of Children in Need.

This is a lovely opportunity for our

children to support children less fortunate

than themselves.

Here is some information from the anti-

bullying website:

THE THEME FOR ANTI-BULLYING

WEEK: CHANGE STARTS WITH US

We have worked with over 1,000 children

and young people to decide the theme for

this year. The theme aims are as follows:

Small change. Big difference.

Whether it is verbal, physical, online or in-

person, bullying has a significant impact

on a child’s life well in to adulthood. By

making small, simple changes, we can

break this cycle and create a safe

environment for everyone. Because

together, we can challenge bullying.

Change starts with a conversation. It starts

with checking in. It starts with work

together.

Change starts here.

Change starts now.

Change starts with us.

You cand find more information here:

https://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/

anti-bullying-week/anti-bullying-week-

2019-change-starts-us

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FRIDAY 15TH NOVEMBER—ODD SOCK DAY AND CAKE SALE

Come along to school on Friday 15th November and show us

your odd socks! We will be supporting Children in Need this

year with an odd sock parade. The socks can be wild and wacky,

spotty, stripey, or very plain—but the important thing is they

must be ODD! Please wear your normal school uniform and

show off your individuality with your wild and wacky socks.

Please bring a suggested donation of £1 towards this wonderful

charity.

We will also be having a cake sale after school, hosted by FOTW.

Please bring cake donations to school in the morning at drop off.

You and the children will be able to buy cakes from 3.10pm at

the front of the school (weather permitting). We will let you

know if the location has to change due to the weather.

Please visit https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/ for more

information.

READY RESPONSIBLE

RESPECTFUL

6 St Petroc Sidney, for taking responsibility in his fractions learning by accepting the challenge in new areas and persevering as the tasks developed.

5 St Joan of Arc

Jessica, for her positive attitude and contribution to English this week. Well done and keep it up.

5 St Anthony Poppy, for taking up the challenge of understanding and problem solving when using line graphs. Brilliant learning!

4 St Nicholas

Lucy, for always being ready to learn in every lesson and for her enthusiasm in Maths, Writing and Computing. Lucy always makes sure her work is presented beautifully and she shows pride in her work.

4 St Mary Magdalene Rosie, you have shown responsibility and how ready you are for your learning by persevering with ‘inverse’ in Maths. It is great to see you push through your ‘stuckness’ and come out the other side. Well done.

3 St Francis

Angioletta, for a consistently positive attitude to her learning and a great improvement in her handwriting.

2 St George

Alastair, for great reasoning skills in Maths. He explained what he was thinking clearly in writing.

R/1 St Paul Alex, for always being a kind friend and taking care of others.

KEY DATES

November Monday 11th—Friday 15th—National Anti-bullying week.

Monday 11th—Friday 15th—Bring a shoebox to school to Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child

Tuesday 12th—Year 2 Museum Workshop

Wednesday 13th—Christmas Card order form deadline

Friday 15th—Bag 2 School collection at 9am

Friday 15th—Children in Need Odd Socks Day

Friday 15th—Children in Need Cake Sale 3.10—3.30pm

Friday 22nd—Mufti Day

Tuesday 26th—Parent Forum 9.00-10.00am.

Friday 29th—Inset Day.

Saturday 30th—Weald Winter Wonderland—12.00-17.00pm.

December Tuesday 10th—EYFS/KS1 Nativity 9.30-10.30am

Wednesday 11th EYFS/KS1 Nativity 2.15—3.15pm

Thursday 12th—Year 3 Stone Age Day.

Tuesday 17th—KS2 Carol Service. Years 3 and 4 10.00am. Years 5 and 6 1.45pm. St Mary’s Church

Wednesday 18th—Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Lunch

Friday 20th—Last Day of Term

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