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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.

Dear Parents and carers, It has been a great week at Davidson Primary Academy, the children were involved in a whole school filming project. The purpose of the filming is to create a promotional video for the school which will be available to view on various social media platforms. I will update you when the video is available. The PTA opened up a pop up Mothers Day gift shop where the children were able to buy a range of items for their loved ones. The children put much thought into purchasing the gifts, thinking carefully about which item will be best suited. Enjoy Mothers Day this Sunday. The Drama Club run by Miss Mulhern came to an end this week, the children were given the opportunity to perform to parents and carers. The club has really helped the children develop their confidence, public speaking and acting skills. The children put on a great performance and very much enjoyed it. The performance was very entertaining and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done to the Miss Mulhern and the children. On Tuesday 2nd April we will be having a Fun Day to mark World Autism Day. The children are permitted to come out of school uniform and contribute in making a donation. The staff are running different activities which the children have been asked to sign up for. The PTA are also holding a sponsored bounce. All funds raised will go towards replenishing our Sensory Room with new resources. We are an inclusive school and are committed to ensuring all our children with autism are given a high quality provision - the Sensory Room will support this so please donate as generously as you can. Enjoy Mothers Day weekend. Farzana Begum

Acting Principal

Message from the Principal

This Issue: Message from the Principal Attendance Family Maths Challenge Gardening and Planting Autism Awareness Day Mother Day Gift Shop Head Girl and Head Boy Pixies Football Match Class In Focus— Ash School Feel Good song PTA Corner Dates for Your Diary Clubs

“Where Every Child Counts”

ATTENDANCE

Attendance for Week commencing 18th March 2019

Well done to Maple and Willow classes for achieving higher than our

school target!

Our whole school attendance target is:

Every time your child is late or absent from school they are missing vital

learning time.

Did you know that a late arrival after the registers has closed is an

unauthorised absence?

Lets all work together to be attendance H.E.R.O’s

Here, Everyday, Ready, On time!

Class Attendance Percentage

Maple Y2 100

Willow EYFS 99.5

Ash Y4 96.67

Cherry Y3 95.71

Oak Y6 95.71

Sycamore Y5 93.75

Silver Birch Y5 92.54

Palm Y1 92.38

Holly Y2 89.09

Whole School 95.05

97%

P A G E 3

FAMILY MATHS CHALLENGE

KS2

KS1

P A G E 4

GARDENING AND PLANTING

They planted sunflowers and forget me not

flowers.

Our Caretaker, Ste-ve, has been help-

ing year 1 with some gardening

and planting in the Solar Dome.

P A G E 5

AUTISM AWARENESS FUNDAY

We are all looking forward to the Autism Awareness Funday next week. If you have not yet returned your slip with your choice of activity please do not forget to bring it in

on Monday!

P A G E 6

MOTHERS DAY GIFT SHOP

Thank you to the PTA for the lovely Mothers Day shop, it was a great suc-cess. Thank you also to all the pupils who brought in money to purchase a

gift.

Happy Mothers Day!

P A G E 7 PIXIES

Pixies is our on site childcare facil-ity before and afterschool. It is a lovely provision which recently

received a “Good” outcome from Ofsted, independent to the

school’s inspection. There are places available, so if you are in-

terested or would like some more information please contact them

on the below contact details. E-mail: pixieskidz@aol.com

Tel: 07947 327976

MESSAGE FROM HEAD GIRL AND HEAD BOY

This term, every class has been participating in the 5p challenge. We have all

been collecting our 5p’s and putting them in a

large bottle. Congratulations to Year 3 who managed to collect

CLASS IN FOCUS—ASH

Ash class have been learning about Picasso and have recreated some of his masterpieces in mosaic.

FOOTBALL MATCH

Wednesday the 27th of March was our 3rd league game of the season against 1st place Woodside Primary.

The boys were excited for the first away game of the season. The first half started off slowly, then Woodside got the first goal which followed quickly by a penalty for Davidson. Amari stepped up and took the penalty which was saved by the

Woodside goal keeper. Woodside started to dominate the first half by scoring 3 more goals quickly. As half time approached Davidson were 4-0 down and needed a big second half.

The second half started with a chance from Lukman who put the ball over the crossbar. It was a good start from Davidson. Then a

goal by Oskar made the game 4-1. Davidson were creating a lot of chances early on in the second half, but two more attempts from

Oskar hit the post on both occasions. Woodside got another goal at the end of the game with the full time score at 5-1 to Woodside

primary. They are a good team but the boys were so unlucky after getting back in the game with a fantastic second half performance. Man of the match was Oskar who had a fantastic game getting the

only goal.

Davidson primary look forward to their next game after half term.

I look into the window of my mind Reflections of the fears I know I've left behind I step out of the ordinary, I can feel my soul ascending I am on my way, can't stop me now and you can do the same What have you done today to make you feel proud? It's never too late to try What have you done today to make you feel proud? You could be so many people if you make that break for freedom What have you done today to make you feel proud? Still so many answers I don't know Realize that to question is how we grow So I step out of the ordinary, I can feel my soul ascending I am on my way, can't stop me now and you can do the same What have you done today to make you feel proud? It's never too late to try What have you done today to make you feel proud? You could be so many people if you make that break for freedom What have you done today to make you feel proud? We need a change, do it today I can feel my spirit rising We need a change, so do it today 'Cause I can see a clear horizon What have you done today to make you feel proud? So what have you done today to make you feel proud? 'Cause you could be so many people if you make that break for freedom So what have you done today to make you feel proud? What have you done today to make you feel proud? What have you done today? You could be so many people just make that break for freedom So what have you done today to make you feel proud?

P A G E 8

SCHOOL FEEL GOOD SONG

Our school feel good song will be “Proud” by Heather Small. It would be great if all pupils could learn the lyrics so we can all sing it together!

The bottles have been

collected and the

money has been

counted. We can

reveal that we raised

a total of £175.25

from this event and that

the class that has won

the movie afternoon on

Wednesday is Cherry

Class, who collected

£44.75 in their bottle.

We would like to take

this opportunity to

thank everyone for

their support in this.

World Autism Awareness Day is on Tuesday 2 April

2019 and the school will be holding various fundraising

activities on this day. Not only will it be a non-uniform

day but we will be selling cupcakes after school as well

as holding a sponsored bounce.

By now you should all have received information relat-

ing to the sponsored bounce as well as a sponsorship

form, if you haven’t then please contact the office. In

summary, we will be asking children how many times

they can bounce on a bouncy castle within a minute.

All children will be taking part in this fun activity and

we hope that we will be able to raise lots of money

from it so please encourage friends, family and neigh-

bours to sponsor your child.

Finally, we would like to take

this opportunity to thank

Croydon Bouncy Castles

for donating a bouncy castle

for us to use for this event.

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2nd April 2019 World Autism Awareness Day

5th April 2019 Last day of Spring Term—School Finish at 1.30pm

6th April—22nd April 2019 Easter Break

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

2019

Spring Term 1st Half Half Term Spring Term 2nd Half Easter Holidays

Tuesday 8th January to Friday 15th February

Monday 18th February to Friday 22nd February

Monday 25th February to Friday 5th April

Monday 8th April to Monday 22nd April

Summer Term 1st Half Half Term Summer Term 2nd Half Summer Holidays

Tuesday 23rd April to Friday 24th May

(Bank Holiday 6th May)

Monday 27th May to Friday 31st May

Monday 3rd June to Thursday 18th July

Wednesday 24th July to Friday 30th August

Autumn Term 1st Half Half Term Autumn Term 2nd Half Christmas Holidays

Wednesday 4th September to Friday 18th October

Monday 21st October to Friday 25th October

Tuesday 29th October to Thursday 19th December

Friday 20th December to Friday 3rd January 2020

2020

Spring Term 1st Half Half Term Spring Term 2nd Half Easter Holidays

Tuesday 7th January to Friday 14th February

Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February

Monday 24th February to Friday 3rd April

Monday 6th April to Friday 17th April

Summer Term 1st Half Half Term Summer Term 2nd Half Summer Holidays

Tuesday 21st April to Friday 22nd May

(Bank Holiday 4th May)

Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May

Monday 1st June to Monday 20th July

TERM DATES

INSET DAYS (PUPILS DO NOT ATTEND SCHOOL)

Academic Year 2018/2019 Academic Year 2019/2020

Monday 3rd September 2018

Tuesday 4th September 2018

Monday 7th January 2019

Friday 19th July 2019

Monday 22nd July 2019

Tuesday 23rd July 2019

Monday 2nd September 2019

Tuesday 3rd September 2019

Monday 28th October 2019

Monday 6th January 2020

Monday 20th April 2020

Tuesday 21st July 2020

P A G E 1 1

CLUBS

Club Open to Years

Day Time From

Time To Location Dates Cost:

Football Club Year 3 to 6 Mon 3.20pm 4.30pm Field Start: 29/4/2019 End: 2/7/2019

£20

Football Club Year R to 2 Mon 3.15pm 4.20pm KS1 hall Start: 29/4/2019 End: 2/7/2019

£20

Tennis Club Year 3 to 6 Tue 3.20pm 4.30pm Field Start: 30/4/2019 End: 2/7/2019

£20

Multi-sports Club Year R to 2 Wed 3.15pm 4.20pm KS1 hall Start: 1/5/2019 End: 3/7/2019

£20

Science / Debate Year 3 to 6 Wed 3.20pm 4.15pm

Syca-more Class

Start: 22/5/2019 End: 3/7/2019

£3

Sewing Club Year 5 to 6 Wed 3.20pm 4.15pm Oak Class

Start: 22/5/2019 End: 3/7/2019

£10

Singing/

Karaoke Club Year 3 to 6 Thu 3.20pm 4.15pm

Holly Class

Start: 23/5/2019 End: 4/7/2019

£3

Basketball Club Year 3 to 6 Thu 3.20pm 4.30pm Field Start: 2/5/2019 End: 4/7/2019

£20

Gymnastics Club Year 1 to 6 Fri 3.20pm 4.30pm KS1 hall Start: 3/5/2019 End: 5/7/2019

£20

Important dates: Deadlines:

Date for the forms to be submitted to the office by: Friday 22nd March 2019

Text and permission slips to parents/carers to confirm if place allocated:

Tuesday 26th March 2019

Payments via Parent Pay to be made by end of day on: Thursday 4th April 2019

All of the current clubs have now finished for the term, except Archery and Multi-Sports which have a session to make up for a week missed.

All pupils have now been notified of the outcome of their application to the clubs due to start after the Easter Holidays.

All payments for clubs are due no later than 4th April 2019.