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Friday 12th July, 2019
Dear Parents and Carers,
GOLD Sports Mark
We are delighted to announce that, for the second year
running, Twyford St. Mary’s has been awarded the Gold
School Games Mark due to our commitment to the
development of competition, school sport and physical
education for all children at our school. The School Games
Mark is a Government led award scheme, facilitated by the
Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to
the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we
are thrilled to have been recognised for our success. Many thanks and
congratulations for a good job well done to Miss Etheridge for her coordination and
leadership of this. Is there a Platinum Mark?
Transition Morning
We had an extremely successful transition morning
this week with another one planned for next week.
This is where all the children spend time in their new
classes with the new adults they’ll be working with in
September. The vast majority of children embrace
this with excitement and eagerness despite a few
small reservations and fears. As a school, we recognise the latter and develop a
positive understanding of the inevitable: change and new beginnings. As parents, we
would always encourage the same approach in order for this process to be as
smooth as possible.
Mary Poppins
A montage of just some of the highlights…. Great acting, Working 9 to 5 dance, lengthy line learning, exits and entrances, solos and duets, Just a spoonful of Sugar, props galore rapidly moving on and off the stage, the circus came to town, lengthy line learning, exits and entrances, solos, Supercallifragilisticexpialidocious, ‘practically perfect in every way’, ‘In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun’ - what a great show they put on!
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We are so proud of our children in every way; they never cease to amaze us! From the collection, you raised £288.03, to be split equally between our chosen charity Shelterbox and also next year’s production. Thank you for your generosity. Many thanks go to Kat Molesworth for taking some wonderful photos of the play. The full set of photos can be found via a dropbox link which has been sent out in a separate parentmail.
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Senior Citizen’s Tea Party
On Monday, we welcomed local senior citizens from Brackenlea Care Home for a
tea party. Our choir performed beautifully to entertain our guests, with Livi and Rosie
also singing solos. Year 6 also sang a medley of Mary Poppins songs as well as
performing their Glenn Miller dance from the Summer Fair. Special thanks must go
to Mrs Parker who came along to lead our choir.
Strawberry Tea
It was a week of tea parties this week, as on Tuesday we welcomed an amazing
group of parents, governors and grandparents who regularly help in all aspects of
school life – with trips, workshops, reading in class, on the PTA committee etc. We
are always so grateful for all the help we receive, as many events couldn’t happen
without it. If you are interested in becoming a parent helper next year, please contact
Mrs Wyatt in the school office to start the DBS check process.
Faith in Action Assembly
In assembly this week, Sycamore Class presented David Attenborough as a person
of strong faith. They were interested in talking about him because of his strong faith
in science, nature and humans. They spoke about David Attenborough's work to
sustain the planet and told the school about changes they can make to help.
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Yew Class then presented Gandhi as an Indian activist who was the leader of the
Indian independence movement against British colonial rule. Gandhi came up with a
new type of action called SATYAGRAHA. Satyagraha means truth force and
involves never allowing violence and only speaking the truth. Gandhi led India to
independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
In the eyes of millions of his fellow Indians, Gandhi was the Mahatma meaning
“Great Soul”.
The Christian value that Gandhi’s faith embodies is to be respectful of others and to
be considerate of people’s differences. He also reminds us to deal peacefully with
one another in disagreements.
NSPCC It’s always lovely to hear from the various charities we support across the year. Here is a recent certificate of thank you we received from the NSPCC. Well done and thank you to all pupils and parents who always willingly support our fundraising events.
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Dinner Money Price Increase A communication was sent out this morning to let you know that HC3S are increasing the cost of a school dinner from £2.30 to £2.40, effective from 1st September 2019. Please ensure that, from September, you adjust the amount you are sending into school or when paying on-line to cover the increase.
Star of the Week
Ash Elizabeth For being a great Curious Cat with numbers and solving a subtract problem with hen’s eggs in a nest.
Beech Joseph For being a Curious Cat when sorting natural and man-made materials AND was the only person in the class to sort them correctly
Oak Isaac For writing and publishing a short story and for making a truly brilliant effort with this task and with his handwriting.
Sycamore William For great teamwork and reasoning in history!
Willow Violet B-L For her sensational organisation in maths (and for her star quality performance in our step in time dancing!)
Yew Year 6 For all your hard work and commitment culminating in three amazing performances of Mary Poppins. We are so proud of you all!
Roll of Honour
Ash Flora For painting some joyful pictures for the class display about Noah.
Fraser For solving the hen’s problem of sharing 12 eggs equally into 2 nests.
Beech Rafferty For showing great ‘care’ when making his model of Portchester Castle as part of his home learning.
Myanna For being an Incy Independent when writing her fable ‘The turtle and the fox.’
Oak Betty For being an Incy Independent and Persevering Pig in maths and literacy and for being a truly superb role model at all times.
Bella For her outstanding effort and work in literacy writing a story for the royal children.
Sycamore Josie For fantastic enthusiasm during the summer performance.
Marcus For being thoughtful and respectful during PSHE.
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Willow
Monty For showing excellent teamwork skills by standing in as a ‘professional stage crew’ member.
Angus For being really reflective in our English planning sessions by asking excellent questions when hot seating characters.
Yew Ariana For excellent involvement and teamwork when solving logic problems in Maths
Katie P For her courage and organisational skills when having to stand in for an absent actor in the play as well as doing her own part.
Dates for your diary
Summer Term
15th July Yew Class Parents’ Lunch – 12.00pm
16th July Final session of the Swimming Programme
16th July Anne Wan visit to KS1
16th July Parents’ Evening – 4.00 – 6.00pm (inc. afternoon for KS2)
17th July Transition morning
17th July Sycamore + Willow Banquet Event for Parents – 2.45pm
18th July Listen 2 Me concert for Parents (Sycamore Class) – 9.00am
18th July Parents’ Evening – 5.00 – 7.00pm (inc. afternoon for Sycamore/Willow)
19th July Year R Bible Presentation Assembly – 9.00am
19th July Peer Mentor Programme Picnic – 1.15pm
22nd July Yr 6 TSM Leavers’ Service – 9.30am
23rd July Last Day of Term
Autumn Term
4th September First day of Autumn Term
9th – 13th September Year 6 Residential to Calshot Activities Centre
26th September TSM Election Day
26th September Young Shakespeare Company – Romeo + Juliet (KS2)
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30th September INSET day
1st October School Photographer – individual + sibling photos
4th October Harvest Festival service – 9.30am
25th October INSET day
28th – 31st October Half Term
Mrs Hannah Beckett
Headteacher
