Last month we asked parents and children to complete a questionnaire to look at what they think our school does really well and what we could do to get even better. Here are some ideas parents and chil-dren wanted us to consider and this is how we have responded. Thank you to all the parents and children that responded.

Last month Mrs Claire Clark made the decision to resign from our Governing Body due to work commit-ments, she has been a supportive governor or the last few years and we thank her for her contribution to our school. Mrs Karen Smith will be replacing her as she moves from a Parent Governor to a Co-opted Governor role. I am pleased to announce that from the Autumn term Mrs Sullivan our Inclusion Leader will become our Assistant Headteacher, she will still continue to be responsible for Inclusion and Safe-guarding.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing support, we have had an extremely busy year with lots of fantastic learning and events. It has been a delight to work with you all again this year. Finally I would also like to thank my staff for their hard work and commitment to our school this year. I wish you an enjoyable summer break and look forward to welcoming you back in September. (School reopens on Wednesday 5th September).

Many thanks, Mrs Merritt

A Message from Mrs Merritt

July 2018 Issue 10

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Maybury News Everyone is a learner and every experience is a learning opportunity.

The children said… We Responded

They wanted to learn more about different countries.

We will continue to hold our International week in the Autumn term to learn about countries about the world.

The children to be more involved in making decisions and solving problems.

We have set up a wellbeing committee including staff and children to discuss ways to enable all children and staff in school to be happy and healthy.

The Wellbeing committee asked for a new rock climbing wall in the playground.

A rock climbing wall will be installed over the summer holidays.

They wanted a quiet place to read and relax at lunchtimes.

We have set up a new reading shed which will enable children to have a quiet space at play and lunch to read.

The parents said… We Responded

They would like further opportunities for PE and physical activities.

We have organised additional workshops for archery this term and additional clubs including Judo will be offered from the Autumn term. We are also entering more competitions including Physifun competitions and inter school events. Next year we will be working with BDB for our sports/PE teaching and hope to use their facilities for our Key Stage 2 children in the sum-mer term.

What a busy and successful year we have had in the Early Years Foundation Stage. The children have made a very good start to their learning, developed good relationships with other children and adults are always excited to come to school and learn more.

This month we have been talking about ‘being brave’ as we move classes. The children have spent time in their new classes and are ready to move. This will help them settle quickly in September.

The whole Early Years Team feel that the children have been a delight to teach and we wish them all the best as they continue their learning journey.

Bumble Bees

Nursery have been learning about going on holiday and the children have enjoyed playing in their

aeroplane role play area as either the pilots or flight attendants. They have also made their own

aeroplanes outside and have been talking about remem-bering to take their passport, ticket and clothes on holiday with them.

Dragonflies

Dragonflies had a fun time on their trip to Alice Holt. We began by leaving school at 9am on a Yellow School Bus; this was exciting and we sang songs and talked all the way there. When we got to Alice Holt our first task was to find the forest treasure in the deep dark woods on The Highway Rat trail. We care-fully read the clues and followed the signs. After we finished the trail it was time for lunch which of course was the highlight of the day!

Finally, we had a quick play in the park before heading back to school.

The children were so well behaved, we were all very proud of them especially as it was such a hot day and we had to do lots of walking. Well done Dragonflies.

Have a lovely summer holiday, keep practising your phonics and reading, ready for Year One.

Mrs Eldred EYFS Phase Leader

Early Years Foundation Stage Update

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Diary Dates

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Ladybirds and Butterflies What a busy and fun time we have had in Key Stage 1 this month! Both classes took part in a Zumba workshop and visited the Muslim memorial peace gardens at Horsell Common. Butterflies took part in a Seaside workshop to celebrate the end of their Geography topic and visited the WWF to learn about British habitats and how to look after the animals that live in them. Ladybirds made grassheads as part of their Science topic about Plants and they went trampolining when they won the attendance award!

All the staff in Key Stage 1 wish you a very happy summer holidays. Please keep reading with your child over the 6 weeks and make the most of the time off from school to go on lots of trips and visits. Try to take part in the Woking library reading challenge, visit the WWF, go for a walk along the canal….. There is so much to do in and around Woking and you will give your child lots of wonderful memories and experi-ences. Mrs Roberts, Key Stage 1 Phase Leader

Key Stage 1 Update

We have been busy with Arts week. We have taken on many projects with many different media, such as: tissue paper, watercolour paints, poster paints and pastels. The children enjoyed going to the War Me-morial Peace Gardens and creating bark rubbings and doing some Andy Goldsworthy style creations.

Beetles class

As part of our DT curriculum, Beetles class have been getting creative creating photo frames. They started with a piece of plywood, they had to design, meas-ure, cut and join their wood together to make a frame. Once they had done this, they decorate their frame to their design. The children worked extremely hard creating their frames—they look incredible!

Ants Class

Ants class have been busy learning all about the Romans all of Summer term. The children wrote Roman menus and learnt about some of the disgusting foods that the Romans used to eat such as flamingo brains and rotten fish! To finish off their learning this week the children designed and made Roman mo-saics which can be used as drink coasters at home.

Spiders Class

Spiders have been learning about the Tudors and have recreated Tudor Roses by sewing them. We de-signed them first and then carefully cut out our materials. We sewed them together and then evaluated our work. The final roses looked lovely!

For art week, we have been studying aboriginal art with the theme of the sea. We created secret stories with symbols of lines and dots and then worked on creating our own aboriginal style paintings of sea-scapes.

Glow Worms

We have had a great time working with water colours and poster paints and cre-ating some Seurat style pointillism work. The children also created a pastel Mo-net– Lilies piece of work. We had lots of fun using our imagination to create some surrealism inspired by Dali.

Times table rock stars

What an incredible term we have had learning our times tables! Over the summer holidays we are going to run a times tables competition.

In September, when you come back to school, the teachers will be looking for the most improved player in each class—this doesn’t mean you have to be the fastest or have the most coins. You just need to beat your own score by practising your times tables!

Good luck!

Key Stage 2 Update

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Diary Dates

Attendance for each for the month of July.

The attendance award this term was awarded to Ladybirds class, well done! The children were treated to a trampolin-ing party at Woking Leisure Centre. The next award will take place at the end of the Autumn term.

A gentle reminder to parents and carers that any outstanding balances must be paid by Friday 20th July at the latest. Thank you in advance.

Please note that from September a school dinner will cost £2.30 per child per day. Please pay £11.50 on a weekly basis by/on a Monday via our online payments system, Tucasi. If you would prefer you are also able to pay on a half-termly basis at a cost of £75.90, this can also be paid using our online payments sys-tem.

We would also like to remind parents that in line with the Government’s free school meal scheme, chil-dren in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will be entitled to free school dinners.

Please remember school will finish on Friday 20th July at 1.30pm.

Have a great summer break and we look forward to welcoming you back on Wednesday 5th September!

School Dinners

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Every Day Counts

Dragonflies 97.1%

Ladybirds 97.9%

Butterflies 94.9%

Beetles 93.8%

Ants 92.3%

Spiders 91.8%

Glow worms 95.5%

Summer Holidays

Useful Dates

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July

Friday 20 End of Summer Term—School closes at 1.30pm

Monday 23 INSET Day—SCHOOL CLOSED FOR STAFF TRAINING

Summer Holidays—24th July to 3rd September2018

AUTUMN TERM 2018

September

Tuesday 4 INSET Day—SCHOOL CLOSED FOR STAFF TRAINING

Wednesday 5 Children return to school

Monday 10 Butterflies parent welcome meeting – 2:45pm

Tuesday 11 Beetles parent welcome meeting – 2:45pm

Wednesday 12 Ladybirds parent welcome meeting – 2:45pm

Friday 14 Ants parent welcome meeting – 2:45pm

Monday 17 Spiders parent welcome meeting – 2:45pm

Wednesday 19 Grasshoppers parent welcome meeting – 2:45pm

Thursday 20 Dragonflies parent welcome meeting – 9am

October

Monday 1 Harvest Festival

Monday-Friday 1-5 Swimming for years 2, 3 and 4

Tuesday 9 Prospective Parent Tour and Meeting – 9am-10am

Monday-Friday 15-19 International week

Tuesday 16 Parent drop in session – 3:15pm

Thursday 18 Spiders Class Assembly – 9am

Thursday 18 International food event – 3:15pm

Friday 19 Break for half term

Monday – Friday HALF TERM 22nd -26th October 2018

October

Monday 29 Return to school

April: Responsibility

May: Perseverance

June: Honesty

July: Courage

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Our Values – Summer Term

Responsibility

April’s value is Responsibility, some suggestions to encourage this important value at home are:

Discuss the importance of looking after property, taking care of things and looking after environ-ment

Encourage your children to be responsible for bringing the correct equipment to school (book bags, library books, P.E kits etc.)

Read ‘Dear Greenpeace’ by Simon James and ‘Dogger’ by Shirley Hughes

Perseverance

May’s value is Perseverance, some suggestions to encourage this important value at home are:

Talk about the importance of never giving up

Regularly encourage children to try new things

Share some instances when you’ve needed perseverance and grit to accomplish a difficult task

Honesty:

June’s value is Honesty , some suggestions to encourage this important value at home are:

To ensure children play fairly, no cheating in games!

To praise and value your child when they tell the truth.

To read stories such as “The boy who cried wolf”.

Courage:

July's value is Courage, some suggestions to encourage this important value at home are:

Talk about standing up for what is right and being brave.

· Talking about when you have been scared

· Encouraging children to have a go at new things: swimming, sports activities etc.

· Read ‘The Owl who was afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson and ‘ The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson

Issue 10

Autumn Term 2018

4th September 2018 to 19th December 2018

Half Term 22nd October 2018—26th October 2018

Spring Term 2019

3rd January 2019 to 4th April 2019

Half Term 18th February 2019—22nd February 2019

Summer Term 2019

23rd April 2019 to 24th July 2019

Half Term 27th May 2019— 31st May 2019

INSET Days (School closed for training)

Tuesday 4th September 2018

Wednesday 19th December 2018

Thursday 3rd January 2019

Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Monday 3rd June 2019

Academic Dates 2018/19

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