‘Maximum Effort for

Maximum Achievement’

Friday 27th September 2019

Diary Dates for Next Week School Dinners - Week 2

Tuesday 2nd October

Isle of Wight Payment 2 due (£75) Friday 4th October

Harvest Festivals at Christ Church - Year 3/4 at 9.30am, Year 5/6 at 10.45am

There are three things which I seem to mention quite often in our newsletters - parking issues, lost property and how quickly

time is flashing by. The latter came to my mind as I was starting to prepare this week’s newsletter - we are almost in

October and it will be half-term before we know it! On Monday, we had our Friends’ Association AGM. It was lovely

to see one or two new faces but we do need to see more volunteers coming forward to join the committee. At the end of this year, Laura, Claire and Andrea are all stepping down, after three years in office, so we will looking for a new Chair

and two new Vice-Chairs at some point. It would be great if we could identify people to take over these roles sooner rather than later as this would mean there is a chance to shadow

Laura, Andrea and Claire, which would make taking over the roles so much easier. Without these roles being filled, it will mean no Friends’ Association which, in turn, means no discos,

film nights, Bonanza or Christmas Bazaar to mention just a few things. It will also mean no additional funds would be raised.

Last year, the Friends’ Association raised over £26,000 which was used to purchase additional resources for the school, such as laptops and Clevertouch boards as well as fund treats such

as the Year 6 Leavers’ Disco. Please do consider stepping forwards to help - it’s also great fun and a fabulous way to

make new friends! Today we said ‘au revoir’ to Mrs Mason as she starts her well-

deserved maternity leave - we look forward to hearing exciting news of Baby Mason’s arrival in the next few weeks!

Harvest Festivals Our Harvest Festivals are always extremely well-attended so

please forgive me for the house-keeping reminders below: Please could we politely ask that early birds don’t save more

than one seat for family members and can we also request that older siblings don’t come along – this is because the

church is usually bursting to capacity with just parents and grandparents so there will be no room for additional siblings. The Cornerstone Coffee Shop will be open for tea/coffee and light refreshments and seemed to be very popular last year! Thank you, in advance, for your support with our requests.

Year 6 ‘Open Door’ Afternoon Thank you very much to everyone who was able to come along to the Year 6 ‘Open Door’ afternoon. I hope that you found the afternoon both enjoyable and enlightening and

enjoyed assisting with the European culture art work. Thank you also to the Year 6 staff and children for being so

accommodating - as I am sure you can imagine, an additional twenty plus adults in the room certainly has an

impact!

Secondary School Applications for September 2020 A reminder for Year 6 parents

I have been asked by Essex Schools’ Admissions to remind Year 6 parents that the closing date for applications for parents of Year 6 children (for a secondary school place

in September 2020) is 31st October 2019. Applications should be made via their website:

www.essex.gov.uk/admissions Please note that you have to register on the site and create your own log in - the Local Authority will not send you any

information directly.

Mill Hill Drive Just a reminder that Mill Hill Drive is a pedestrian only private

road and should not be used to park cars when dropping children off or picking them up. This also applies when dropping

off or picking children up for before and after school clubs.

Walk to School Week The weather did not get the message that we were holding

our Walk to School week this week, but we have been

really pleased by the dedication and the willingness of everybody to battle against the elements. It has been

brilliant to see families walking to school together, completing the different activities from the week’s diary

and arriving at school with smiles on their faces. ‘Happy Shoesday’ was a huge success with a fabulous array of

footwear. This year the most popular choice of footwear

was slippers which led to an invasion of soft, oversized furry animals for the day. Thank you for your support this

week and we hope that you continue to adopt a cleaner and healthier option of travelling to and from school.

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

Miya Tyler Carys Foulser Josh Bateman Ellen Hood Elena Harris Tyler Mitchell Danni Obery Amaya Weeks Mia Garnett Darcey Wallis Charlie Joyce Daisy Barker Austin Kelly Elsa Ward Oliver McCreery Charlotte Seeney Thomas Fox Russell Salvatore Ava Wilkins Jamie Weddell Kesia Crees Anya Mistry Jenna Phillips Jack Warren-Gunn

This week’s ‘Writers of the Week’ are: Flora Noble Naomi Clements Tom Pearce

Zack Briggs Dominic Glover Isabel Henderson Aisha Sarfraz Harriet Rowe-Goodey

Well done to our writing super stars!

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

A special ‘Well Done’ to Class 4F who had 100% attendance this week! Congratulations!

This week’s ‘Mathematicians of the Week’ are: Poppy Barker Molly Wright James Hogarth

Advika Soni Thomas Pearce Ruby Rumsey Alex Curtis Harry Evans Florence Meade

Well done to our magical mathematicians!

This week’s ‘Readers of the Week’ are: Thomas Anderson Albert Longlade Lucy Evans Amelie Rippon Freddy Crooks Jessica Bowie

Isabelle Lee Grace Barker

Well done to our enthusiastic readers!

Top Table This week, the children chosen by the Midday Assistants to sit

at the ‘Top Table’ were: Poppy Dackombe

Jack Sawyer Maisie Burcombe

Grace Vasiliou George Murphy

Well done for being selected!

This week’s winning house:

Leopards

Afternoon Tea This week we were joined by the first children on the class registers. As ever, the children were very excited to make

their way into the staff room (usually off-limits) and to take their places on the comfy staff chairs! The children love sharing their favourite pieces of work, meeting children

from other year groups and, of course, tucking into the tasty treats, especially the Kit Kats and Penguins!

Dementia Friends This morning, the School Council and House Captains were

visited by Maureen Lee who is a Dementia Friends Champion. During her visit, Maureen helped the children to understand more about dementia and how it affects people in different ways. She also spoke about the impact on the family as a whole. As our School Council members and

House Captains make regular visits to The Ark, who have many clients with dementia, they already meet the criteria to become ‘Dementia Friends’ themselves. During the talk,

the children listened attentively and asked some very pertinent questions.

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 - 5Fr - 28 tokens 2nd - 4F - 27 tokens

3rd - 3R and 6R - 26 tokens

Out of School Success

Well done to Evie Henson (3M) who recently passed both her Tap and Modern dance exams with Distinction.

Congratulations to Tilly Lashmar (3R) who received an award on Saturday evening for being Club Champ in the 7 year old age group in 5 events at the Basildon & Phoenix Swimming Club awards evening.

Well done to Toby Lashmar (6F) who represented Essex at the Junior Inter-County Swimming Championships on Sunday, in Luton. Essex successfully beat 7 other counties to win the cup!

Congratulations to Jamie Comitti (6C), Robert West (6A) and William Clements (6F) who, having made it through two tough trials, have been selected for the District Football team.

Rainbow Awards

Well done to this week’s VIOLET award winners:

Harry Phillips, Finley Walker, Zara Foulser, William Barrett, Henry Boswell, Isla Fitch, Justin Moody, Beau Cunningham, Alfie Healy, Ooviya Loganathan, Hesme

Muller, Alexander Guthrie-Blunkell, Joshua Cooke, Zakk Harris, Maisie Pamenter, Emily Crowe, Oliver

Sargood, Luke Andrews, Ollie Stroud, Honey Phillips, Daisy Mears. Megan Jobbins, Tommy Cripps, Mia

Eggleton, Carys Foulser, Amy-Leigh James, Georgina Nunney, Esme Pearson, Sam Torrens, Eva Barnes, Alya Brewer, Tom Gill, Ada Halder, Ethan Lightfoot, Henry

Murphy, Ayana Mushabe, Daniel Natusch, Elsie Orchard, Ben Pentecost, Alex Rowe-Goodey, Betsy

White, Gia Wilkins, George Water, Elena Harris, Ethan Wiles, Sam Hughes, Saxon Minto, Tyler Mitchell, Theo

Kirby, Archie Austin, Laura Simpson, Ellie Lovell, Olivia Joshi, Poppy Barker, Thomas Pearce, Danielle Obery, Stephanie Kharbouche, Christopher Markham, Lucy Evans, Elodie Domien, Ava Quincey, Isabella

Barke, Thomas Overton, Ava Harlow, Harrison Dempsie, Juliet Wenborn, Ollie Carter, William King, Abby

Caldon, Anika Gupta, Bethan Armsden, Emma Henry, Emma Shelley, Alex Carter, Hattie Garlick, Zack Briggs,

Edward Cushing, Holly Nethercoat, Jamie Cooper, Olivia Huggett, Elizabeth Salvatore, Freddy Crooks, James Blyth-Tancock, Robyn Brass, Ethan Young, Archie Connolly-Cole, Jessica Agg, Lily Lauder, Elsa Ward, Oliver Baker, Sam Stroud, Harrison

Campbell, Felicity Chiappe, Ruby Collier, Amelie Fairhead, Rosie Gould, Thomas Hall, Alex Hill,

Isabella Prior, Jack Simnett, Grace Vasiliou, Theo Wakerly, Megan Langshaw, Emily Simmons,

Elliott Stephens, Nicholas Kostic, Emma Tribe, Eleanor Chaplin. PJ Fulker, Isabelle Carroll,

Harry Alsemgeest, Athina Mitchell, Lola Johnston, Archie Cuching, William Rowley, Tilly Cranshaw, Lenny Batchelor, Isabella Howlett, Roxy Hartman,

Buddie Blewitt. Frankie Anson, Elouise Butler-Russell, Gemma Lague, Sienna Coffill, Amy Baker, Alexander Borg, Joshua Cannon, Harry Evans, Chloe Healy, Amy

Norman, Emelia Dear, Advika Soni, Eadie Hatchard and Alfie Mills.

50 Things To Do Before Leaving Primary School Well done to:

Mia Garnett (4U) and Sam Stroud (6C), who have completed 10 things at home!

Congratulations to Darcey Lister (4P) and Thomas Pearce (4U) who have completed 20 things!

A very special ‘Well Done’ to who Tilly Cranshaw(5T) has completed 30 things at home!

Rotakids Presentation On Wednesday morning, we

were joined in our assembly by Ben Clarke (President of the

Billericay Rotary Club) and Mike Sinclair (Youth Officer for the Billericay Rotary Club). Mike and Ben spoke to the children

about the role of the Rotakids and then presented this year’s

Rotakids with their badges of office. We look forward to seeing

our new Rotakids in action!

European Day of Languages For the first time ever, European Day of Languages

came to Buttsbury! Celebrated on the 26th September every year, its aim is to promote linguistic diversity and awareness of other cultures. The children participated

in a huge range of activities such as painting stones with flags, writing ‘hello’ in different European

languages, discovering the word for 'friend' and using this to create a friendship circle. They also found out which countries make up Europe. The House Captains

participated in a very tricky quiz in assembly. At lunch, Jo, our cook, and her team prepared a very special

taster menu, including foods from around Europe which all the children and staff enjoyed! A special mention goes to Aisha Sarfraz, Fatima Ahmed, Yahia Asfour,

Elena Stent and Andrew Dimitriev who prepared some fabulous presentations and delivered them to the Year

5 and 6 children. Not only this, but they also created great activities for the children. We would

like to thank their parents for their support in preparing for this activity. We would also like to say a

special word of thanks to Miss Unite, who organised the whole day!