DAVIDSON POST

Dear Parents/Carers, I have been delighted to see the enthusiasm that the children have for sport here at Davidson. A huge well done to all the children who played in the hockey tournament this week. They played brilliantly and their behaviour was impeccable. The specialist sports coaches who teach the children each week are continually impressed with their talent and sportsmanship. Unfortunately there are some children each week who leave their PE kit at home and are unable to participate in PE lessons. I am sure you are aware this is an important part of the curriculum and children must bring in suitable clothing in order to take part. For your information, pupils PE kits should include the following:

White t-shirt Black shorts Plimsolls for indoor PE Trainers for outdoor PE Optional black/navy tracksuit if the weather is cold

Please do not hesitate to contact me if this presents a problem.

The house point system has been a huge success and the children have enjoyed receiving house points for good work. All children have been allocated a house and I am pleased to share with you the house points for last week which were as follows:-

1st Place - Nighthawk 60 house points 2nd Place—Harrier 47 house points 3rd Place—Falcon 41 house points 4th Place—Eagle 40 house points

During the Monday achievement assembly the results were announced and everyone congratulated Nighthawk on their victory! I wonder who will win next week...

Yours faithfully

Mrs Dando (Principal)

W E E K C O M M E N C I N G 1 6 T H J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7

Davidson Primary Academy

Dartnell Road Croydon CR0 6JA Tel. 020 8654 1460

office@davidsonprimary.com www.davidsonprimary.com

Davidson Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Message from the Principal

This Issue: Message from the Principal Parents Evenings Superstar Reading Records Y6 PGL Trip—Parent Information Meeting Reminder Phonics Workshop IPC Personal Goal Focus Sin Pads for Football & Hockey Sports News Class Focus Important Reminders Welling Boots Dates for Your Diary Clubs Message from the Head Girl & Head Boy Attendance & Punctuality

“Where Every Child Counts”

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News

SUPERSTAR READING RECORDS

We are pleased to introduce new “Superstar Reading Records” for children in Years 2, 3, 4 and 5. The children in Year 1 will continue to use their current reading records, which are working well. The Superstar Reading Records allow the children to list books that they would like to read, the high frequency key words are also listed and there is an opportunity for the children to complete a book review. It is important that the children read every day at home and that you discuss the book with your child. Can you please ensure you update the reading record with comments as indicated. The reading record will be sent home next week and should be returned to school daily.

YEAR 6 PGL TRIP—PARENT INFORMATION MEETING REMINDER Parents/carers who have booked a place for their child on this trip are invited to attend a meeting which will take place on 26th January at 9am (KS1 Hall) and 3.20pm (6A Classroom). The meeting has been arranged to discuss information about the trip such as preparation, travelling and activities. We will also be giving you handouts and discussing payment instalments. You only need to attend one of the meetings.

IPC PERSONAL GOAL FOCUS

This half term, we will be focussing on the personal goal “Enquiry” throughout the school. This compliments our science week which will be held from 30th January to 3rd February.

PARENTS EVENINGS

The parents evening dates are as follows:

20th February 2017 Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 27th February 2017 - Year 3 and Year 4 6th March 2017 - Year 5 and Year 6 We will be holding our Reception , KS1 and KS2 parents evenings from the 20th February onwards. Parents will have an opportunity to book an appointment to speak to the child's English/maths teacher and their class teacher. Parents/carers will also be able to look at their books and discuss the children's academic performance. Further information will follow on how to book your appointment.

ATTENDANCE TROPHIES AWARDED TO ... A huge well done to Class 2A and Class 6A who won the attendance trophy last week for KS1 and KS2!

PHONICS WORKSHOP

On Wednesday 8th February 2017, at 9.10 am, we will be holding a Read Write Inc Phonics Workshop for all parents/carers to come along and attend. It will offer ways to support parents with their child’s learning and to show how we teach Phonics in Reception at Davidson Primary School.

The session will include practical elements such as practising using FRED fingers to segment and FRED talk for blending and saying the sounds from set 1, 2 and 3. There will also be an opportunity to watch a video clip on how we demonstrate saying these sounds. Mrs Siggs will also provide a selection of practical ideas to show how you can continue the learning provision at home.

Please do come along it will be lovely to see you supporting your child’s learning journey. The presentation will take no longer than 20 minutes and refreshments will be provided.

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News

SHIN PADS FOR FOOTBALL & HOCKEY

Please note that for health and safety reasons, children must have their own shin pads for hockey and football during their PE lessons. These should be clearly labelled with your child’s name and class. These can be bought from any sports shop and start from approx. £4.50 a pair.

Shin pads can be kept at school in your child’s PE kit or alternatively brought in on the day they have PE, as follows: Monday Y4 and Y5 Tuesday Y3 Friday Y6

If your child attends football or hockey club after school they will also require their shin pads, on the days as follows: Monday After school football club – Y5 & Y6 Tuesday After school football club - Y3 & Y4 Wednesday After school hockey club - Y4, Y5 and Y6

I am sure you will agree, safety is of utmost importance. If you are unable to provide shin pads for your child, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

CLASS NEWS This week’s class: The activity was an independent writing for the writing assessment. We

made a story plan for "The Gingerbread Man" and the children wrote the

story independently using it.

“Once upon a time there was a little old woman and a little old man. The little old

woman decided to bake a gingerbread man. Suddenly the gingerbread man ran out

of the house! The gingerbread man said “Run run as fast as you can, you can’t

catch me I’m the gingerbread man”. The gingerbread man ran on until the

gingerbread man came to a pig and a cat. The gingerbread man said “Run run as

fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man”. The gingerbread

man came to a dog, the gingerbread man said “Run run as fast as you can, you can’t

catch me I’m the gingerbread man”.”

SPORTS NEWS

Hockey Tournament at Harris Academy Crystal Palace Thursday 19th January Hockey Team: Blazej, Eldon, Andrew, Taheim, Sofia, Shakara, Poshell and Bronte On Thursday 19th the school hockey team went to Harris Crystal Palace to take part in the Croydon Schools hockey competition. The team played their first game against St. James The Great and although going 3-0 down early on they, played some excellent hockey and narrowly loosing 3-2. The second game we were up against Selsdon and with the children less nervous and believing in their ability they convincingly won the game 3-0.

Our final group game was against Heavers Farm and the team needed a win to take us into the playoff final. In what turned out to be a great game the final score ended 2-2.

This resulted in us missing out by 1 point and instead we played in the plate competition. Our first game in the plate was against All Saints again the team put in a fantastic performance and won by 3 goals to nil. We then played against Cyprus and although we created plenty of chances we lost the game 1-0. Our final game of the morning was against Selsdon and again the team played extremely well but just couldn't score and the game finished 0-0.

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Dates for your Diary

Tuesday 24th January 2017 No swimming for Y4 due to Swimming Gala

Tuesday 24th January 2017 E-Safety Workshops for Parents at 9am and 6pm

Tuesday 24th January 2017 PTA Meeting 2pm

Thursday 26th January 2017 Y6 PGL Trip Parents/Carers Meeting 9am (KS1 Hall) and 3.20pm (6A Classroom)

Tuesday 31st January 2017 Y4 Swimming

Monday 30th January –Friday 3rd February 2017 Science Week

Friday 3rd February 2017 Dress Up As A Famous Scientist Day (Non-uniform day)

Tuesday 7th February 2017 Y4 Swimming

Wednesday 8th February 2017 Year 1 Phonics Meeting 9.10am-9.30am

Monday 13th February— 17th February 2017 Half Term

Tuesday 21st February Y4 Swimming

Tuesday 28th February Y5 Swimming

Wednesday 1st March 2017 Maths Day

Thursday 2nd March 2017 World Book Day

Tuesday 7th March 2017 Y5 Swimming

Tuesday 14th March 2017 Y5 Swimming

Monday 13th March—Friday 17th March 2017 Book Fair

Monday 20th March 2017 World Story Telling Day

Tuesday 21st March 2017 Y5 Swimming

Tuesday 28th March 2017 Y5 Swimming

Wednesday 29th March 2017 Easter Parade/Easter Bonnet Parade

Thursday 30th March 2017 Easter Egg Hunt

Monday 3rd April 2017— Monday 17th April Easter Holidays

Wednesday 14th—Friday 16th June 2017 Y6 Residential Trip PGL Marchant Hill

News

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Please remember the e-safety meeting on Tuesday 24th January at 9am and 6pm for parents and carers. Also, on Tuesday 24th January, is a PTA meeting at 10am. Everyone is welcome to attend if interested in joining the relaunch of the PTA. Both meetings will take place in the KS1 hall. Dress up as a scientist day. On Friday 3rd February , children are invited to dress up as a famous scientist as part of the Science Week. The Book Fair takes place from 13th—17th March. The World Book Day tokens will be sent via pupil post in February, which can be used to purchase books at the fair and in any participating bookshops. At the end of the day when you collect your children they should not be playing ball games unless it is part of an organised club that is supervised by a member of staff.

WELLINGTON BOOTS FOR RECEPTION CHILDREN

It would be helpful if you could provide a pair of named wellington boots. This will allow the children to explore the outdoor environment, and particularly the mud kitchen, in all weathers more safely and will stop their shoes becoming muddy.

PLASTERS AND ANTISEPTIC WIPES

Reminder to parents/carers. If your children are allergic to plasters and/or antiseptic wipes, please inform the school office at

your earliest convenience.

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Clubs

Before and After School Activities for Spring Term 2016-2017 For externally provided clubs (below), please contact the club provider directly for places, enrolments and payments. Please note, all clubs are open to boys and girls.

Zamariah’s Dance Academy (ZDA) E-mail: zamariahsdanceacademy@outlook.com Website: www.zdadance.co.uk Mobile: 07534 440273 Collect forms from the school office

Active1st E-mails: info@active1st.co.uk Website: www.active1st.co.uk Mobile: 07772209564

Little Rascals Crafty Crafts with Miss Shantel Mobile 07852 768360 Tel.

Davidson Primary Academy Clubs—please call the main school office 020 8654 1460 or email office@davidsonprimary.com Sports Clubs at Davidson Letter sent 14.12 can be collected from the school office.

Singing Clubz Miss Niki llclubz@gmail.com Collect forms from the school office

www.facebook.com/reliefcrechecare

Collect forms from the school office

Activity Open to Years Cost per session

Day No. of weeks

Time From Time To Location Providers Comments

Football Years 5 and 6 Free Monday 5 3.15pm 4.30pm Field/Netted Area Davidson PE Coach

Full

Ball Games Reception to Year 2 £4.00 Monday 11 3.15pm 4.15pm Field/Netted Area Active1st Spaces

Cheerleading Years 1 to 6 £4.00 Monday 11 3.15pm 4.15pm Infant Hall Zamariah’s Dance Academy

Spaces

Street Dance Years 1 to 6 £4.00 Tuesday 11 3.15pm 4.15pm Infant Hall Zamariah’s Dance Academy

Spaces

Football Years 3 and 4 Free Tuesday 5 3.15pm 4.30pm Field/Netted Area Davidson PE Coach

Spaces

Crafty Crafts Year 1 to 6 £4.50 Tuesday 9 3.15pm 4.15pm Year 3 Shared Area

Little Rascals Crafty Crafts

Spaces Starts Mon 24th Jan

Chess Years 3 to 6 Free Tuesday 5 3.15pm 4.15pm Year 3/4 Shared Area

Mrs Zahra—Davidson Parent Volunteer

Full

Multi-Sports Reception to Year 6 £4.00 Tuesday 11 3.15pm 4.15pm Field/Netted Area Active1st Spaces

Multi-Sports Reception to Year 6 £4.00 Wednes-day

11 7.45am 8.45am Infant Hall Active1st Spaces

Hockey Years 4 to 6 Free Wednes-day

5 3.15pm 4.30pm Field/Netted Area Davidson PE Coach

Spaces

Contemporary Dance

Reception to Year 6 £4.00 Wednes-day

11 3.15pm 4.15pm Infant Hall Active1st Spaces

Singing Reception, Years 1 and 2

£4.50 Thursday 8 3.15pm 4.15pm Reception Shared Area

Miss Niki—Singing Clubz

Spaces

Football Reception to Year 2 £4.00 Thursday 11 3.15pm 4.15pm Field/Netted Area Active1st Spaces

Gymnastics Reception to Year 2 £4.00 Thursday 11 3.15pm 4.15pm Infant Hall Active1st Spaces

School Choir Years 3 to 6 Free Thursday 5 3.15pm 4.20pm 5C Class Mrs Ajani and Miss Lin

Full

Tag Rugby Years 4 to 6 Free Friday 5 3.15pm 4.30pm Field/Netted Area Davidson PE Coach

Spaces

Gymnastics Years 3 to 6 £4.00 Friday 11 3.15pm 4.15pm Infant Hall Active1st Spaces

Attendance & Punctuality

Here are the attendance figures for each class for week ending Friday 13th January 2017.

The overall attendance figure for Davidson Primary Academy for this period was 94.6%

Congratulations this week goes to classes 1A, 5A, 5B and 6A who had no lates (late arrivals).

Congratulations also goes to class 2A who achieved the best attendance at 99.0%.

Every minute really does count so don’t be late!

If you are reporting your child absent, please call 020 8654 1460 and press option 1. Please leave your child’s name, class and reason for absence.

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This is to remind all Parents and Carers that any queries must be directed

to Davidson Primary Academy email: office@davidsonprimary.com

Good attendance is an important factor in their education.

A child who is absent a day of school per week misses an equivalent of two years of their school life.

A child who is absent may fall behind in their work which will affect their enjoyment of learning.

A child who has poor attendance may lose their desire to attend school regularly.

Low attendance may mean they miss out on the social life of school and extra-curricular opportunities.

Low attendance may affect their ability to have or keep friendships.

Please note that each child’s attendance and punctuality rate is monitored on a regular basis. If it is seen that a child’s attendance or punctuality is below our expected requirement, then parents will be contacted either by letter or a mutually convenient appointment will be arranged to discuss the situation in order for us to offer support.

As a new initiative we have introduced a KS1 and KS2 attendance trophy, which will be awarded to the class who have the best attendance for that week.

The winning classes will receive a trophy, which will be kept in their classroom for the week and they will be rewarded with an additional 10 minutes Dojo time.

A huge well done!

MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD GIRL & HEAD BOY

I really enjoy the new timetable in year 6 because all our subjects are equally set out so we have the same amount of Maths as we do English. Ella 6A

The new playground equipment is very exciting and gives us a varied range of things to play with.

Arthur 6A

Class Attendance % Late

children

School target - 97%

R1 94.2% 1

R2 89.5% 1

1A 93.0% 0

1B 93.7% 1

2A 99.0% 4

2B 95.9% 3

3A 90.3% 10

3B 97.0% 3

3C 92.3% 3

4A 96.5% 4

4B 93.7% 6

5A 94.7% 0

5B 91.7% 0

5C 98.0% 5

6A 98.6% 0

6B 95.7% 3

6C 96.0% 2

6D 93.8% 2