CURLEDGE STREET NEWS

Final Summer Roundup Summer Term 2019 no 8 

 

Message from Mrs Carter, Head of School 

Dear All, 

Another busy year has flown by and we’ve had an amazing final half term here at Curledge Street.   

Our children have had a superb range of experiences including trips to Living Coasts, Dartmouth by steam                                 train, Forest School, River Dart Country Park and a Skills Build day. We have celebrated Bastille Day and                                   welcomed teachers from India, a veterinary nurse, our local MP, and an artist into school. We’ve ‘worn it                                   wild’, cheered our teams at Sports Days, hosted our first swimming gala and run a marathon to boot!   

And there are still more exciting things to come in this, our last week. 

I would like to say a huge thank you to all the staff, parents and supporters of Curledge Street who                                       make these things happen. We really couldn’t do it without you. 

Please read on for a final summer round-up of news and information about up and coming events for                                   Autumn 2019. 

Have a wonderful summer and see you all in September!  

Best Wishes   

Mrs V Carter   

PS: Don’t forget school closes @ 2pm on Friday! 

 

 

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Year 6 does it again! 

Year 6 has had a FANTASTIC year. They have much to be proud of. They have excelled                                 in so many areas. They have done their best to uphold the school values and have                               been great role models for the rest of the school.   

In their reading, spelling, punctuation and grammar and maths SATs, they achieved                       well above national scores. Their progress has been among the best we’ve ever seen                           here at Curledge Street and nationally too. 

We are so proud of you all Year 6 - You will be missed!   

 

Unsung Heroes of Summer 2019

Congratulations to Hector, Lewis, James, Jasmine, Mia, Reveah and Harry, our

Unsung Heroes of the summer term. These children are always in the right place, at the right time, doing the

right thing! They are an excellent example of our school values in action and are role models for the rest of the

school. Each received a certificate, a small gift and the extra special Curlew Award badge. Well done all of you!

Engineering Awards You may remember from a previous newsletter that Year 2 took part in the Primary

Leaders Award 2018-2019 for the Southwest Region. The awards asked children 'If you

were an engineer what would you do?'

During the project the children worked with South Devon College, Magnus Christie

(engineer) and Jane Clymo (science teacher).

There were 3,469 entries this year with 371 shortlisted for the final round of judging.

Congratulations to Ethan, Ryleigh, Olly and Livvie. Their entries were awarded a ‘distinction’ and were amongst

those shortlisted. Their entries were placed on display at the Awards Exhibition in Bristol.  

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Fundraising Children and staff who ran The Torbay Half Marathon miles have raised an incredible £2104.51 ! huge thank you to everyone who supported this fundraising event and who donated to our very worthy cause.

Our total fundraising for the term including cake sales, ice-pops, plant sales and donations on the door for the

Year 6 performance means we have raised over £2700 for our Opportunities Fund.

We were also able to donate £137.21 to the World Wildlife Fund from our Really Wild Day at the beginning of June.

An Incredible Effort - Well done all! 

 

Goodbyes and Farewells We are very sad to say goodbye to the following members of staff: Mr Fegan, Miss Welby, Mrs Smith, Miss                                       Courtney, Mrs Goodrich and Mrs Reynolds. Between them they have over 15 years of service to the school                                   and we are very grateful for all their hard work and efforts in                         making Curledge Street the successful learning community it is. They will be missed but they all go with our very best wishes for the                             future and we hope they will keep in touch. 

Successes continue beyond CSA Flicking through the pages of the PCSA

newsletter I came across news of past

pupils doing great things!

Corey Dowden and Bryony Vass have been

selected to play rugby for Devon and

Dacjcan Stychno winning medals for his

talents in chess. Well done all!

 

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Holiday ideas 

If you haven’t already signed up for the Summer Reading Challenge, pop down to                           Paignton Library as soon as you can.   

‘Travel across the galaxy on a very special reading mission … books have started to disappear from the Moon Library, and soon there won’t be any left. A mysterious ship has

been spotted on the radar – could these naughty aliens be behind the trouble at the

library?

Take part in the Summer Reading Challenge and join the Rocket family on a chase through space to find the

aliens and save the Moon Library.

Or …

Have you ever thought about winning a Blue Peter badge?

A Blue Peter badge is a special award given to Blue Peter viewers and fans.

Badge owners can gain free entry into over 200 Blue Peter Badge Attractions around the country, like theme parks, zoos and castles.

If you have some spare time in the holidays follow this link to find out what

you need to do.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges

Business bits ... Breakfast Club Fee Increase and Booking - 

From September breakfast club fees will be increasing by 20p. Without breakfast the fee will now be £1.70 per day and with breakfast £2.20 per day. Due to its increasing popularity we will also be introducing a booking system via Parent Pay. Please look out for more information on this in the new school year.

School Dinner Fee Increase and Change of Provider -  Aspens has taken over the contract to provide school dinners for the Bay Education Trust.

The price of a school dinner with increase to £2.35 from September 2019.

 

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If you haven’t done so already, please settle up your Parentpay account by the end of term. We would be very grateful for your support with this.

A booking sheet for after school clubs will be available after the summer break and clubs will commence on Monday 16th September.

We have an increasing number of pushchairs being left at the front of the school. We would like to remind parents that pushchairs should not be left at school and we cannot take any responsibility for any loss of or damage to these.

Sickness and diarrhoea  Return to school following a period of sickness or diarrhoea can now be 24 hours after the last bout of illness rather than 48 hours as previously. This is in line with NHS recommendations. The only exception to this is norovirus which will remain at 48 hours clear after the last bout.

Reminders! ➔ Please could parents and children check at home for any school library books and return them to                                 

Miss Cousins in the library as soon as possible.  

➔ Please ensure all items of clothing are named for the new year. 

➔ Please clear the playgrounds promptly at the end of the day. Children should not play on or with the                                     outdoors equipment at this time. 

➔ Please remove all scooters from the playground at the end of term. 

 

Key Dates For Your Diary!  July 19th Finish at 2pm  September 3rd BACK TO SCHOOL 6 - 13th Curriculum sharing events 9 -13th Y6 residential 

 

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 October 14 - 25th Half Term  December 20th End of term  

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