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St Mary’s C of E Primary School Hart Road, Byfleet, Surrey, KT14 7NJ Tel: 01932 410300 Email: info@stmarys-byfleet.surrey.sch.uk Newsleer - week ending 15th October 2021 ‘Learning For Life’ Kindness Trust Courage Dear Parents and Carers Open Day It was our Open Day this week for prospecve parents looking for Recepon places for next year. It was such a great event, we had over 45 parents join us. They were very impressed and complimentary about the manners and confidence of our Year 5 tour guides and our Year 6 café helpers. Huge thank you to the children for all of their help who got a special thank you and well done in our assembly today. The scones that Year 6 cooked for the event were yummy and I couldn’t resist having a couple myself. Well done to our bakers! Sporng News Huge congratulaons to our Year 5 and Year 6 girls football team who played really well and came fourth in their tournament on Friday! Coach Mr Craven said you were all fantasc. Well done team! Special Visitors Today we had our grand opening of the Outside Classroom organised by the PTA. It was lovely to celebrate such a great addion to the school grounds and to the fantasc effort of the PTA in raising funds to make it possible. We were very privileged to have our local councillors, Amanda and Mary, join us for the event. Ahead of the event we met and I gave them a tour of the school, they really enjoyed meeng everyone and hearing all about us. We are very grateful to them for giving up their me to join us. Thank you Immense thanks to St Mary’s PTA & Friends for organising our first disco since 2019 and to the parents and staff that helped last night! A great me was had by all. It was so lovely all being together, singing, laughing and dancing! Thank you for supporng the PTA at this event. Thank you to all of the parents who came to join us at open classroom today, we hope you enjoyed looking at the children’s learning. On behalf of us all, we hope you have a great weekend! Mrs Chambers
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St Mary’s C of E Primary School
Hart Road, Byfleet, Surrey, KT14 7NJ
Tel: 01932 410300 Email: [email protected]
Newsletter - week ending 15th October 2021
‘Learning For Life’
Kindness Trust Courage Dear Parents and Carers Open Day It was our Open Day this week for prospective parents looking for Reception places for next year. It was such a great event, we had over 45 parents join us. They were very impressed and complimentary about the manners and confidence of our Year 5 tour guides and our Year 6 café helpers. Huge thank you to the children for all of their help who got a special thank you and well done in our assembly today. The scones that Year 6 cooked for the event were yummy and I couldn’t resist having a couple myself. Well done to our bakers! Sporting News Huge congratulations to our Year 5 and Year 6 girls football team who played really well and came fourth in their tournament on Friday! Coach Mr Craven said you were all fantastic. Well done team! Special Visitors Today we had our grand opening of the Outside Classroom organised by the PTA. It was lovely to celebrate such a great addition to the school grounds and to the fantastic effort of the PTA in raising funds to make it possible. We were very privileged to have our local councillors, Amanda and Mary, join us for the event. Ahead of the event we met and I gave them a tour of the school, they really enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing all about us. We are very grateful to them for giving up their time to join us. Thank you Immense thanks to St Mary’s PTA & Friends for organising our first disco since 2019 and to the parents and staff that helped last night! A great time was had by all. It was so lovely all being together, singing, laughing and dancing! Thank you for supporting the PTA at this event. Thank you to all of the parents who came to join us at open classroom today, we hope you enjoyed looking at the children’s learning. On behalf of us all, we hope you have a great weekend! Mrs Chambers
Prayer
Our prayer this week has been written by Lemurs class!
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Farrelly
COVID Symptoms
Anyone with symptoms should get a PCR test as soon as possible and isolate. https://www.nhs.uk/ask-for-a-
coronavirus-test. Please also inform the school of any positive result.
Under 18’s and those that are fully vaccinated (2 weeks after second jab) no longer need to isolate as a close
contact of a case but are strongly encouraged to have a PCR test.
Polite reminder to sign your children up to the Hive electronically on SCOPAY by Sunday evening. Booking via
SCOPAY allows us to plan for staffing for the forthcoming weeks and saves you and us additional paperwork.
If you have any questions please contact us on [email protected] or 07387 396767
Home School Link Worker—Newsletter
Please find the HSLW Weekly Bulletin attached, which includes a link to Surrey's Family Help Hub, information
on a Young Parent Group, a recipe and a fun activity idea for families to try at home.
https://www.stmarys-byfleet.surrey.sch.uk/page/?title=Weekly+Bulletins&pid=385
School Photograph Order
Please be advised if you have NOT yet placed your School Photograph order, the order closing date
is Tuesday 19th October.
Please either return your Order to the School or visit www.smileYellow.com using
the passwords on the Proof card
Sickness Policy
Just to remind families that pupils must not come to school until 48 hours after any case of sickness
and/or diarrhea, as per the School policy. Thank you in advance.
Just like last year we will be supporting the Samaritan’s Purse with their Operation Christmas Child shoebox
appeal. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to show God's love in a tangible way to children in need
around the world, and together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. For
more information, please follow the links below.
Operation Christmas Child: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5VVDymhGr4&feature=emb_title How to
pack a shoe box and more information: https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-
christmas-child
If you would like to take part, we would love for your shoe boxes to be brought in to your child’s classroom on
the week beginning 8th November.
Thank you for your generosity,
St. Mary’s School Council
What to include…
Toys- A football and pump, cuddly toys, dolls, toy cars, small musical instruments, yo-yos, skipping ropes,
balls, small puzzles etc.
School Supplies- Pens, pencils & sharpeners, crayons or felt pens, stamps & ink pad sets, writing pads or notebooks, solar calculators, colouring & picture books etc.
Hygiene Items– Toothbrush, bars of wrapped soap, comb or hairbrush, flannel.. Due to more stringent import regulations, toothpaste can no longer be included in shoeboxes.
Other Items- Hat, gloves, scarf, sunglasses, cap, socks, T-shirt, flip-flops, hair accessories, jewellery set, watch, wind-up torch etc.
DO NOT INCLUDE:
Toothpaste, sweets, lotions and liquids; used or damaged items; war-related items; seeds, gum, chocolate or food items; religious or political literature; medicines, aerosol cans, sharp or fragile items.
Items packed from this list will be removed from shoeboxes.
Christmas Jumper Day
Christmas Jumper day is coming! On Friday the 10th December all you need to do is get your silliest jumper out and bring in a donation of £1 to raise money for Save the Children.
Here's some amazing examples of what Save the Children can do:
· £2 could pay for hand sanitiser to help fight coronavirus in one of Save the Children’s medical clinics
· £6 could buy a face shield for a superhero health worker in Yemen
· £10 could buy antibiotics to help five children beat malnutrition
· £20 could buy a back-to-school kit for a child in Indonesia
· £60 could buy toys and books to support children from struggling families in the UK
· £100 could buy a first aid kit for a health worker in Somalia
If you want to read about how Save the Children has helped people in need, follow this link: https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/christmas-jumper-day/how-you-help#more
Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing your Christmas jumpers on Friday 10th December.
St. Mary’s School Council
We had a great time last week celebrating World Space Week, here are some of the things each year group got up to.
Year 6 We have been learning all about the moon and the engineering that goes into astronauts being able to explore space. STEM Ambassador, Raffaella, gave us a talk about the engineering behind space exploration and showed us how to create our own versions. We made our own 'Space Launch Structures' which had to include a shock-absorbing system (marshmallows!) and be able to land without our astronauts falling out. There was a lot of teamwork, and a lot of fun, involved! We also visited the Planetarium, where we learned about all the different planets that make up our Solar System.
Year 2
We had an amazing time in the planetarium - the
excitement was palpable. We have been learning about
Neil Armstrong in History, so it fitted perfectly...we even
made some moon rocks too!
Year 5
"It was really fun and relaxing" Sienna "I love it when the sun went down, all of the stars came up. It was really pretty. I like how big Jupiter was and we learnt about how the rings on Saturn were formed." Larenzia "I loved it when you looked at the stars and joined them up to make pictures. The dragon was my favourite." Bianca
Year 3
Year Three enjoyed a talk about Space Junk from Steven Williams and we learned all about satellites that are used to clean up other satellites and brought back to Earth to tidy up! We also enjoyed sessions in the Planetarium to learn about the planets and our stars in the night sky. "I liked seeing all the planets and what colour they were."- Tallulah "I liked to see all the patterns of stars that makeup the night sky."- Evie "I liked hearing the story about how the stars were made."- Rohaan On Thursday we joined a live Zoom with Buzz Aldrin's son and he answered Ruby's question of 'Why to rockets have a pointy bit at the top?'.
Year 4
We learnt all about our Earth from a STEM Ambassador, Liz, she taught us about volcanoes, meteorite impacts, seas, giant ice sheets, mountains and valleys. During PE, we embarked on Astronaut Training using the wall bars and ropes. It was great fun!
Reception
The children enjoyed reading the story 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy and choosing what items they would take to the moon with them! We also sang lots of space themed songs and enjoyed discussing what facts we already knew about the solar system!"
Year 1
We learnt about stars and how to find the bear
and the saucepan. We discovered how to find
Jupiter and Saturn. We collected hot rocks from
Venus, gas from the sun and dust from Mars. It
was amazing!
Star of the Week
Moles: Addie—for being friendly and initiating play with
others.
Phoebe—for being kind and thoughtful towards other members of Moles.
Hedgehogs: Izaac - for your super Phonics knowledge and for remembering all of your sounds!
Rabbits: Johnny - for showing so much enthusiasm towards his learning, particularly in phonics. Well
done Johnny!
Cheetahs: Albert –for showing perseverance with his home learning and coming back to school with
a positive attitude.
Panthers: Bryony - for being a reflective learner and thinking very carefully about how she can make
the correct sounds.
Lions: Sinatra—for being a kind and hardworking member of the class…good luck!
Tigers: Atarah - for always trying your best…we will miss you.
Polar Bears: Millie - for challenging herself in maths and showing great courage to give things a go!
Pandas: Megan - for challenging yourself in your maths learning.
Hippos: Jai - for putting significant effort into improving his handwriting in all books.
Elephants: Violet - for wonderful concentration in lessons and care over her work.
Kangaroos: Erin - for your fantastic story writing and for trying hard to include relative clauses!
Giraffes: Hardy- for your fantastic attitude towards your learning this week!
Chimps: Henry - for confidently sharing your ideas, and supporting others, in Science.
Lemurs: Emma - for always giving 100% effort in everything you do – you are a great role model!
TTRS Superstars
Year 2: Haleem– Tigers
Oliver– Tigers
Eddie– Tigers
Year 3 & 4: Nicola– Pandas
Sofie– Pandas
Daisy– Pandas
Year 5 & 6: Gracie A– Kangaroos
Alessia– Lemurs
Charlie H– Kangaroos
Dates for your Diary
(New dates in bold)
18 & 19.10.2021
19.10.2021
21.10.2021
Parents Evenings
Photo Orders - Closing Date
Year3– Harvest Festival
22.10.2021 Additional INSET Day
w/c 25.10.2021 Half Term
31.10.2021 Secondary School Applications DEADLINE
w/c 01.11.2021 Outdoor Learning Week
01.11.2021 Primary School Applications OPEN
02.11.2021 Sleeping Beauty Pantomime
02.11.2021
w/c 08.11.2021
10.11.2021
Firework Event - PTA & Friends
Operation Christmas Child shoebox appeal
Year 6– School Nurse Height & Weight Check
12.11.2021 Children in Need
w/c 15.11.2021
16.11.2021
10.12.2021
Life Bus
Year 6 Shakespeare Workshop
Christmas Jumper Day
10.12.2021 Christmas Fair - PTA & Friends
17.12.2021 End of Term - 1.05pm
04.01.2022 INSET Day
05.01.2022
03.02.2022
10.03.2022
17.03.2022
24.03.2022
Start of Spring Term
Giraffes Class Assembly
Kangaroos Class Assembly
Pandas Class Assembly
Rabbits Class Assembly
