20 June 2014 School Newsletter

Good morning, You won’t be surprised to hear it has been a busy week, as always, at Pyrford! On Monday

we were joined by contractors who will bid for the new school rebuild. They visited the site

and heard from the chair of governors and the Education Funding Agency. It was a good

opportunity for contractors to see what was really important to us as a school. The next

stage is that contractors will submit bids and plans and the EFA will narrow that down to

two contractors before finally deciding which one to work with. We are looking forward to

finally seeing some concrete drawings! The only downside for me was the

mention of their willingness to have weekly meetings starting on the 7th July for

the entirety of the summer! Yesterday Year 2 enjoyed a great day out at the Brighton Sealife Centre and

you can read more and see some of their photos further on in the newsletter. Next week Year 6 are heading off on residential. My thanks in advance to the

staff accompanying the children for the week; they do this at Pyrford off their

own back (some arm twisting sometimes!) and the children have a fantastic

time away on residential. We shall look forward to hearing all about their ad-

ventures on their return. Tomorrow it is the summer fayre so a quick reminder that FS and KS1 children

will be performing in the arena and need to arrive by 12 mid-day dressed in

bright coloured clothes. I have seen the children practising and know how excited they are. Well done this week to our Year 1 pupils who have all undertaken the national phonics

screening test. Children have done fantastically well and the school is really starting to see

the fruition of our phonics work which we introduced al-

most two years ago. I will report back on assessment

scores once all the data has been validated by the DfE. The Chernobyl children will be arriving on Sunday evening

and we look forward to welcoming them into school over

the coming weeks.

Next week is our Book Fayre - please pop in after school to

have a look at the books. Any money raised is ploughed

straight back into books for the children in the school.

With best wishes Kathryn Krynicki

Headteacher

Inside this issue

Brighton Beauties …………………..…..… 2

Golden Book Awards ..…………………..… . 3

Freddie’s day at the AEGON Classic …… 4

PTA Pages - Summer Fayre news ..……. 5

Dates for your Diary ………………………… 5

Community Advertisements ……………… 6

Special points of interest

BOOK FAIR

SUMMER FAYRE / RAFFLE COMPE-TION

SILENT AUCTION

Drop by the Junior Hall after school on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday next week and purchase some summer reading and support your school as well!

Brighton Beauties! Yesterday, in lovely weather and to support our Seaside Holiday Topic, Year 2 enjoyed a

fabulous day promenading along the pier at Brighton and watching the sea creatures at

the Sea Life Centre. Lunch on the beach was a definite highlight, although the pesky

seagulls were on the look out for lunch! Well done Year 2 for being such well-behaved

seaside visitors and a big thank you to all the adults who helped make the visit possible.

Year 2 is asking for any spare

tissue boxes, shoe boxes and

long grey socks to use for DT

activities - by end of next

week, please.

Hazel - Lily Cook for being a kind

friend.

Beech - Hayan Zafar for trying hard

with the ‘Hungry Caterpillar’ story.

Chestnut - Lucy Hollingsbee for trying

her best at all times.

Oak - Josh Stimson for always working

hard and doing his best.

Pine - Emaan Zahir for trying really

hard in class.

Hawthorn - Poppy Davies for working

confidently and independently.

Cedar - Dan Yates for working well.

Elm - Taibah Khan, Ryan Duchnowski

and Zaynab Waheed for excellent add-

ing using splits.

Maple - Ismail Pazir for brilliant group

work in literacy on the River Nile.

Larch - Charlie Bromhead for a brilliant

rainforest photo collage.

Birch - Emily Alexander for beautiful

artwork based around the rainforest.

Rowan - Alexander Keane for always

trying his best at all times and working

well with others.

Willow - Jamie Hill for being extremely

polite and helpful to everyone.

Laurel - Abigail Harrison for her posi-

tive attitude to school, always trying her

best and being super helpful and polite.

Holly - Ruby Sutton for writing an ex-

cellent ‘Alex Rider’ diary entry.

Congratulations to the Golden Book Winners

Week beginning 16 June

Freddie’s day at the AEGON Classic Freddie Plummer, in Year 4, Birch Class, has been moving up the ranks in tennis over recent years, but last week was particularly special for him. Freddie was involved in the AEGON Classic tournament in London, play-ing for the South East team of Under 9s and Under 10s. They played against the Midlands team and after some great matches the South East won! The kids had a great day, as after their matches they were able to watch the pros on cen-tre court, as well as at the warm up courts. They met lots of the players and enjoyed au-tograph hunting and being pho-tographed with them too. Well done Freddie - we will look out for you at Wimbledon one day!

Ice cream will be sold every

Friday until 18th July. They are

available from the Infant kitch-

en window hatch into the play-

ground (outside Year 2 class-

rooms)

Please find your copy of the pro-

gramme for the Summer Fayre

2014 attached with this newsletter.

We have great stalls and attrac-

tions as well as performances in the

arena. At the time of writing the

weather forecast is great so it

should be a fantastic day out for all

the family.

Save the

date:

18th July

FPPS SUMMER FAYRE Raffle books sold up to Thursday 19 June

CLASS

BOOKS SOLD PRIZE EARNED

BEECH 13

HAZEL 20 A treat for each child

CHESNUT 15

PINE 9

OAK 15

HAWTHORN 14

CEDAR 8

MAPLE 14

ELM 15

BIRCH 16

LARCH 7

ROWAN 16

WILLOW 4

HOLLY 10

LAUREL 6

TOTAL 182

Keep selling to win YOUR class prizes

These are the prizes the classes can win:-

If your class sells 20 books = treat for each child

If your class sells 30 books = a NO homework award

If your class sells 50 books = outside play

If your class sells 60 books = mufti day and outside play

CURRENT

1st PLACE

JOINT 2nd

PLACE

JOINT 2nd

PLACE

The Jam Jar Competition

Winners Hazel Drew Jones and Grace Lockwood-Cowell

Beech Morgan Goslett and Naomi Parsons

Chestnut Taylor Beal and Zoya Akram

Oak Nate Hurles and Phoebe Quintal

Pine Freddie Moller-Butcher and Emma Stephens

Hawthorn Isaac Beynon and Grace Barnes

Cedar Joe Nicholas and Fatima Ahmed

Elm Finn Bateman and Macey Roberts

Maple Ayaaz Akram and Sufna Azam

Larch Charlie Bromhead and Freya Berville

Birch Shayaan Sultan and Anna Baker

Rowan Isaac Wong and Madeline Harrison

Willow Joseph Monday and Mia Hayward

Laurel Joseph Barr and Anisa Adel

Holly Luke Allington and Gemma Trinder Well done. All have received a voucher for 3 goes on the Jam Jar stall.

The ultimate KS1 and KS2 winners will be announced at the Fayre.

SCHOOL DATES FOR 2013—2014 ACADEMIC YEAR Description Date Time

Yr 6 to Shorefield Residential Ctr 23/06 - 27/06/14 5 days

Surrey District Sports - Field Events 30/06/14 16:00 - 18:00

Yr 1 Special Assembly 02/07/14 14:00

Surrey District Sports - Track Events 03/07/14 13:00 - 16:00

Reception ‘Ugly Bug Ball’ 09/07/14 all day

Year 2 Special Assembly 10/07/14 14:00

Pyrford Flower Show 12/07/14

Foundation & Key Stage 1 Sports Day 15/07/14 am

Key Stage 2 Sports Day 16/07/14 am

Yr 6 Special Assembly 18/07/14 14:00

PTA’s Summer BBQ 18/07/14 18:00 - 21:00

Last Day of Summer Term 23/07/14

INSET DAYS FOR 2014 - 2015

INSET 02/09/14 ALL DAY

INSET 19/12/14 ALL DAY

INSET 05/01/15 ALL DAY

INSET 13/04/15 ALL DAY

INSET 01/06/15 ALL DAY

FPPS SUMMER FAYRE Raffle books sold up to Thursday 19 June

CLASS

BOOKS SOLD PRIZE EARNED

BEECH 13

HAZEL 20 A treat for each child

CHESNUT 15

PINE 9

OAK 15

HAWTHORN 14

CEDAR 8

MAPLE 14

ELM 15

BIRCH 16

LARCH 7

ROWAN 16

WILLOW 4

HOLLY 10

LAUREL 6

TOTAL 182

Keep selling to win YOUR class prizes

These are the prizes the classes can win:-

If your class sells 20 books = treat for each child

If your class sells 30 books = a NO homework award

If your class sells 50 books = outside play

If your class sells 60 books = mufti day and outside play

CURRENT

1st PLACE

JOINT 2nd

PLACE

JOINT 2nd

PLACE

The Jam Jar Competition

Winners Hazel Drew Jones and Grace Lockwood-Cowell

Beech Morgan Goslett and Naomi Parsons

Chestnut Taylor Beal and Zoya Akram

Oak Nate Hurles and Phoebe Quintal

Pine Freddie Moller-Butcher and Emma Stephens

Hawthorn Isaac Beynon and Grace Barnes

Cedar Joe Nicholas and Fatima Ahmed

Elm Finn Bateman and Macey Roberts

Maple Ayaaz Akram and Sufna Azam

Larch Charlie Bromhead and Freya Berville

Birch Shayaan Sultan and Anna Baker

Rowan Isaac Wong and Madeline Harrison

Willow Joseph Monday and Mia Hayward

Laurel Joseph Barr and Anisa Adel

Holly Luke Allington and Gemma Trinder Well done. All have received a voucher for 3 goes on the Jam Jar stall.

The ultimate KS1 and KS2 winners will be announced at the Fayre.

Thank you to everyone who

entered our World Cup / Rio

Carnival Drawing Competition.

Congratulations to the follow-

ing winners: Reception - Matilda Hodges -

Beech

Year 1- Milada Ilchuk, Pine

Year 2 - Herbie Hunter, Hawthorn

Year 3 - joint winners - Charlotte

Lambert, Maple & Annabel Mul-

lins, Elm

Year 5 - Natalie Newell, Rowan