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email: info@tadworthps.surrey.sch.uk

Website: www.tadworthps.surrey.sch.uk 31 January 2014 Spring Term: No 4

School Uniform Rule Reminder We have recently noticed a lot of children are

coming in with nail varnish on. May we

remind parents that the children must remove

nail varnish before coming in to school.

Your co-operation with this is appreciated. FP

...38% of young people have been affected by cyberbullying…

...girls are twice as likely to experience persistent cyberbullying than boys…

E-Safety Information Session for Parents Helping children to be sensible and respectful in their digital lives

Tuesday 11 February—6.30—7.30pm & repeat session on Wednesday 12 February—9.10—10.10am

The information session, led by Mr Davies and Mr Kelly, we believe will be of interest to parents of children in

any year group (Rec - Year 6 and beyond).

Please inform the front reception office by Wednesday 5th February if you are planning to attend a session.

If there is not enough interest, in either of the sessions, it will be cancelled.

Congratulations I am delighted to announce that Mr

and Mrs Davies are expecting their first

baby at the beginning of August. Many

of you will know that Mr and Mrs

Davies met as teachers at Tadworth

Primary and we would like to wish

Mrs Davies well for the pregnancy. JK

Value of the Month - Friendship Alex has Marty, Peter Pan has Wendy, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and Dora has Boots. What do they have in common?

They are all good friends to each other. Friendship is an important part of life and some of our favourite cartoon

characters have a side kick that helps make life more fun and the tough times more bearable. That’s why this

month’s value is friendship. We want to be a school where friendship flourishes and everyone feels that there are

people who care about them. Friendships grow through all sorts of ways. You discover that someone else also

loves goldfish, or is good at the sport you like. Sometimes we find someone else laughs at the same jokes, or likes

the same TV programmes. Sometimes we make friends because someone helped us out when things were tough,

maybe because they faced the same struggles. Having a good mate can make all the difference. But in a school,

friendships can be tricky. We can use friendships to exclude others, make them feel sad, and left out. We can be

hurtful in breaking friendships for no good reason. Some people, especially if they are new to school find it hard

to make friends – they can feel that everyone seems to have a special buddy, apart from them. So, along with

valuing friendship and the special friends we may have, we want to be a school where everyone is ‘friendly’ –

where friendship groups expand with new people welcomed. Having someone new in your friendship group

means everyone benefits. So let’s enjoy our friends, maybe even tell them how special they are. Perhaps in the

next week you could be especially brave and reach out to someone who isn’t currently one of your friends and

welcome them into your group. They will be delighted. And so will you. NP

Newsle:er No 4 31 January 2014

Dates for Diaries

Tues 11 Feb E-Safety Information Session for Parents

6.30-7.30pm

Wed 12 Feb E-Safety Information Session for Parents

9.10-10.10am

Mon 17—Fri 21 Feb Half Term Week

Thurs 27 Feb Yr 6 Millennium Bridge Workshop

Fri 28 Feb Yr 2 Group Assembly

Wed 19 March Parent Consultations 1.30-5.00 and 5.30-7.00pm

School Closes 1.15pm

Thurs 27 March Yr 4 Celebrations Assembly

Fri 28 March Reception Bocke:s Farm Park trip

Thurs 3 April Spring Charity Concert at 6.15pm

Fri 4 April End of term—School finishes at 1.15pm

Tues 22 April Summer Term starts

Wed 30 Apr—Fri 2 May Yr 5 Alfriston trip

Mon 26—Fri 30 May Half Term week

Mon 2– Fri 6 June Yr 6 Sayers Croft trip

Fri 20 June &

Mon 23 June INSET Days—School closed to children

Wed 23 July End of term—School finishes at 1.15pm

Cake Days

Every Thursday is Cake Day, when individual

classes or year groups are asked to bring in cakes to sell

to the rest of the school at 20p each. Children who wish

to buy cakes need to bring their money into class. Cake

days for this half term are :

Feb 6 Yr 4 Feb 13 Lions

Yr 6 Leavers’ Disco Year 6 parents are considering organising a Leavers’ Disco on

Saturday 12 July (changed from 19 July as this is the PTA

Summer Ball) from 5.00-8.00pm in the school hall and would

love to hear from parents and children interested in a:end-

ing, before the event is confirmed. There would be a small

charge to cover the cost of the disco and some food.

Please provide details of names and classes to either :

Lisa Pa erson : or Jo Harrison :

lp3372@live.co.uk joannegharrison@hotmail.co.uk

07780 696569 07757 850395

FUN FRIDAY ‘HOUSE’ LUNCH Children will be able to sit in house teams

MENU Chicken Fajitas

Colour themed sponge

Squash

Deadline for orders Monday 10 February

PTA Kids Cinema Afternoon

Saturday 1 March

Reception, Yr 1 & Yr 2 from 1.00pm – 3.00pm

‘TURBO’

Years 3-6 from 3.30PM—5.30PM

‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2’

Tickets £3.00 (includes: popcorn,

sweets & drink) on sale from the

boat after school or from the Front

Reception Desk

Please complete the permission slip a ached to the

newsle er or available from the Front Reception Desk

Ofsted’s Parent View

At parents evening in March, we will be asking all parents

to complete a paper version of our annual survey. This

forms a very important part of our evaluation of the school.

We would always ask that you don’t wait for a survey to

tell us if you are concerned about any aspect of your son/

daughter’s education and that, if this is the case, you make

an appointment in the first instance to see the class teacher.

Another way that parents can comment on the school’s

performance is via Ofsted’s Parent View (the questions are

the same as in our annual survey). You are welcome to do

this at anytime either by following the link on our website

or by going to:

h:p://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/ JK

PTA Kids Cinema Afternoon

Saturday 1 March

Reception, Yr 1 & Yr 2 from 1.00pm – 3.00pm

‘TURBO’

Years 3-6 from 3.30PM—5.30PM

‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2’

Tickets £3.00 (includes: popcorn, sweets & drink) on sale from the boat after school or from the Front Reception Desk

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