NEWTON ST. CYRES

PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

29th March 2018

FROM MR AKHURST - HEAD OF SCHOOL

We finished last week with a very successful tag rugby

tournament as we were named 6 Nations champions. The

team played 4 games, beating Cheriton Fitzpaine,

Brampford Speke and Haywards and drawing with

Thorverton. This gave them enough points to claim the

winners shield and trophy. Huge credit must go to

everyone involved as they played brilliantly and showed

exceptional sportsmanship.

Sport Relief was very popular in school as well and the

children enjoyed taking part in sporting activities on Friday

afternoon. I am delighted to say we have raised over £120

so far towards this great cause.

The book fair has now finished and I’m pleased to say we

have announced the winners for the books in a box

competition. There were some fantastic entries and

judging was extremely difficult. Well done and thank you

to every child who entered.

We were very lucky to have Oshi’s dad in school again on

Monday who delivered a very engaging and informative

assembly on Passover. A huge thank you to him for his

continued commitment to school and his enthusiasm in

leading learning about different faiths around the world.

On Wednesday we held our spring concert which included

some fantastic individual and group performances. A huge

thank you to everyone who helped make it such a great

event and to FANS for running the cafe throughout the

morning. The Easter egg hunt was a popular addition in the

afternoon and the sun even managed to make an

appearance.

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter break and I look

forward to seeing you next term.

Best Wishes James Akhurst

FROM MR JOLLIFFE

At the end of each term the whole federation gathers

together for a final assembly and today this took place

at Cheriton Fitzpaine School. It was lovely to see all the

children together in one hall and to see the way they

all join together as a larger group. The children sang

some of their favourite Easter songs and then we read

the story of The Three Trees by Tim Jonke. If you

haven't read this book or shared it with your children,

it really is a lovely read. All the staff and governors join

me in wishing you a very happy Easter and a good

holiday. I look forward to seeing all the children back at

school on Monday 16th April.

COURAGE

Our value for collective worship and assemblies for the first half of the summer term is COURAGE. It can take great courage to do something new or challenging and we sometimes call this ‘stepping out of our comfort zone’. Sometimes just small steps are needed but they can take us to new and exciting places! We will be learning about some characters from the bible who showed courage, as well as stories taken from contemporary life. We will be asking the children to set themselves ‘small step’ challenges and share them in class or assembly.

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “I’ll try

again tomorrow.” Mary Anne Radmacher

CALENDAR DATES

Monday 16th April – START OF SUMMER TERM 18th - 20th April - Year 5: two nights at Barton Hall PGL activity centre near Torquay 30th April - 1st May - Year 3: a one night stay at Escot Monday 30th April – FANS Bingo Night 7.45pm in the village hall Tuesday 1st May – KS1 Testing Period during month of May– year 2 Sunday 13th May – OPEN AFTERNOON AT THE OLD SCHOOL 2-4pm including The Silent Auction Monday 14th May – 17th May – KS2 Testing Period – year 6 Wednesday 16th May – Visit to the new school pm Friday 18th May – Old School - CLOSING CEREMONY 2.30pm Monday 21st -25th May – School closed – child care on the old site available if you have booked. Monday 4th June – New School Opening Day for children 6th - 8th June - Year 4: two nights at New Barn field centre near Dorchester Monday 11th June – Phonics Screening Week – Year 1 12th - 15th June - Year 6: three nights at Grenville House in Brixham Thursday 28th June – New school opening ceremony 11.00am Monday 9th July – Sports Day (Reserve date 10th July) Monday 16th July – KS2 School Production (Dress Rehearsal) Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th July - KS2 School Production 6-8pm Parents/Family welcome Wednesday 18th July – Reception/Newton Nippers Celebration Assembly 2.30-3.20pm Parents Welcome Thursday 19th – 20th July Class 3 Sleepover – Marble Reward Monday 23rd July Whole School END OF YEAR TRIP Wednesday 25th July – Celebration Assembly – Reception – year 5 2.30-3.20pm Thursday 26th July – End of Summer Term & Year 6 Leavers Assembly 2.00-3.20pm Tuesday 4th September – Start of Autumn Term TERM DATES - http://www.exevalleyfederation.co.uk/term-dates.ashx

Summer term 2018

Monday 16th April to Friday 25th May [SATS 14th to 17th May]

Monday 4th June to Thursday 26th July

Autumn term 2018

Monday 3rd September to Friday 19th October [Staff Development Day 3rd September]

Monday 29th October to Wednesday 19th December [Staff Development Days 29th October

& 30th November]

Spring term 2019

Monday 7th January to Friday 15th February [Staff Development Day 7th January]

Monday 25th February to Friday 5th April [Staff Development Day 25th February]

Summer term 2019

Tuesday 23rd April to Friday 24th May [SATS 13th to 16th May]

Monday 3rd June to Thursday 25th July

CLICK ON THE LINK- DATES FOR THIS ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 - Newton St Cyres Primary School

GOVERNING BOARD MEETING

The full governing board met at Newton St Cyres on Tuesday 27th March 2018.

Elly Babbedge welcomed the governors with a thoughtful poem entitled 'stillness' which encouraged us to take the time to reflect on ourselves, our duties, and just to appreciate a moment of silence - which was well received as we near the end of a busy term!

Mr Jolliffe spoke about the importance of the federation review, which was led recently across all 4 schools by Gill Winston. Governors commented on the benefit of this triangulation, and the ability to prove what is being done well, and which areas we can focus on further. It was noted that the strategic review was important in driving school improvement across the whole spectrum of school life.

Governors discussed feedback from recent training, notably an 'Ofsted preparation' session led by the Dartmoor Teaching Schools Alliance, and 'Primary Data' which supported governors in gaining a greater understanding of the IDSR document, which analyses the schools data. These sessions were very well received and ensure that we are up to date with changes in primary education.

The views of parents about their experiences of the four schools and the Exe Valley Federation as a whole are extremely important to the governing body and, as a result, we looked at the questionnaire which was sent previously in order to ensure the questions we ask are relevant to this academic year. We take the questionnaire very seriously and use the results to gauge opinion among parents in general and feed your ideas and concerns into our development plan for next September. Your contributions to the future development of the schools are really important, and so we do hope that when the questionnaire is sent home in the summer term you are able to share your thoughts with us.

THERE WILL NOT BE ANY CLUBS THE FIRST WEEK BACK

Monday Homework Mrs. Wilkinson 3.20-4.30pm All year groups

Monday Sports Club Mr Hookway 3.20-4.30pm KS1 (Yrs. R-2)

Tuesday Reading Miss Scott-Hake 3.20-4.00pm All year groups

Tuesday Football Mr James & Mr Hamidullah 3.20-4.30pm KS2 (Yrs. 3-6)

Wednesday Singing Mr Hamidullah 12.45-1.15pm All year groups

Wednesday Revision Y6 Mrs Theedom or Mrs Wilkinson 12.45-1.15pm Year 6

Thursday Dance Mrs Tempest 12.45-1.15pm KS1 (Yrs. R-2)

Thursday iPad/Computing Mrs Theedom 3.20-4.30pm KS2 (Yrs. 3-6)

Friday Recorder Mrs. Dunn 12.50-1.15 Years 2 and 3

BIRTHDAYS

Wishing the following children, a tremendous birthday…HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Jessica, Ruby, Ash, Melody and Daniel

STAR AWARDS

CLASS 1: OSHI- FOR A GREAT GROWTH

MINDSET TOWARDS WRITING

CLASS 2: THEA- FOR WORKING

SCIENTIFICALLY

CLASS 3: SEBBY – FOR SUPER REASONING

CLASS 3: ERIN – FOR EXCELLENT

ENTHUSIASM AND EFFORT FOR HER ICE

BEAR WRITING

OUR FANTASTIC BOOKS IN A BOX WINNERS

DYLAN TOM

AMBER JOE

WELL DONE EVERYBODY!

Drum Assembly – a report by the drummers

Thank you to everyone who watched our Drum Assembly on 27th

March. We performed a show with all the drummers beats that they

have learnt.

The children who played were: Ruby, Jess, Joe, Grace, Sam, Amber,

Henry, George, Theo and Oscar. Tony the drumming teacher helped us

learn the beats that we played, he is an amazing drummer and he

played a fantastic beat at the end of our assembly. We all worked very

hard to try and get all the beats right and this was the first time class 1

had watched us perform this year.

Copper Trail

Dig deep for your house team

There’s still time to raid the back of the sofa for

1p, 2p, 5p and 10p

Collection pots available in the school hall for your

donations – we will be collecting until 26th April

All monies collected go to FANS

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Langford Smallbrook Sweetham West Town

Totals at 29th March

Newton Nippers Preschool Newsletter report

This week, has been full of Easter art, craft and events. We worked

together to create our Easter Tree and showed it at the Spring

Concert.

We practised the song “Wonderful World” with Class 1 and then

performed it at the Spring Concert. There were some confident

singers and everyone remembered the actions.

Amongst other things, we had fun taking part in the Easter Egg Hunt,

made some Easter Egg Nests to take home and eat as well as playing

outside “What’s the time, Mr Bunny?” and having a hopping/bouncing

competition

Wishing you all a Happy Easter and Happy Holidays!

Bikeability Courses Level 1

Ages 7 and 8 (Year 3 or 4 only) Monday 09th Apr 2018 | 10:00 - 12:00 St Luke’s Science &

Sports College, Harts Lane, EX1 3RD & Monday 09th Apr 2018 | 13:00 - 15:00Parents

can book at the following link: http://www.cyclepssp.co.uk/Course/bikeability-level-1/

For children who are able to ride a bike without stabilisers. At Level 1, new riders learn to

control and master their bikes in a space away from traffic such as a playground or closed car

park. Children will usually be trained in a group of up to 12 per instructor.

At Level 1 you can:

Prepare yourself and your bike for cycling

Get on and off your bike without help

Start off, pedal and stop with control

Pedal along, use gears and avoid objects

Look all around and behind, and control the bike

Share space with pedestrians and other cyclists

Due to the adverse weather conditions Bingo night was

postponed to:

Monday 30th April 2018

At Newton St Cyres Village Hall

Adults come and join us for an evening of

FUN and PRIZES!

Monday 30th April 2018

7:45pm

Food and drinks available

Raffle provided by FANS

Raising funds for Newton St Cyres School