‘Maximum Effort for

Maximum Achievement’

Friday 10th January 2020

Diary Dates for Next Week School Dinners - Week 2

.Monday 13th January

Swim Team training at Mayflower High School - 7.45am - 8.30am

3.30pm - 5.00pm Update Parents’ Meetings for children who are slightly below their target level.

Tuesday 14th January

Friends’ Association Meeting - 8pm - in the Meeting Room - accessed via the car park

Friday 17th January

School Discos - Year 3/4: 5.45pm - 7.15pm, Years 5/6: 7.30pm - 9.00pm

Welcome back! I hope that you enjoyed the Christmas break and that it was both peaceful and fun!

The term ahead is already quite full with lots of exciting events and activities planned! Please see details of forth-

coming dates on our school website. Further information regarding the events will follow, but do

please make a note in your new diary. Do also keep an eye on your emails - I know we do tend to send quite a lot but

we like to keep you informed. On behalf of the staff team, thank you very much for all

the lovely gifts, cards and messages of goodwill which we received before Christmas. Your thoughtfulness and

generosity were very touching. Finally, I would like to wish you a wonderful 2020!

Save the Date - A Musical Celebration Evening Wednesday 1st April at 7.00pm

During our Musical Celebration Evening the Year 3/4 choir will be performing ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ to family and

friends and some of the children who play instruments with our peripatetic music teachers will also be performing.

Further details will follow but we thought early notification of the date would be helpful.

On a similar note, I am always encouraging children to play at the start of our assemblies - if your child is Grade 1 or

above, please ask them to let me know as we would love to hear them share their talent.

Just a few reminders about uniform as we start a new term:

Trainers and boots are not allowed - only black shoes should be worn.

No jewellery (including wrist bands) should be worn other than a simple watch (no Apple watches please) and small studs for pierced ears.

Nail polish is not allowed.

Hair accessories should be small and discreet please. Large flowers and/or bows are not appropriate for school. Hair should not be shorter than a Number 2.

For outdoor PE, children should wear royal blue socks please. This is particularly important for girls who are wearing tights as it is unhygienic to wear these for PE lessons. School tracksuits or dark

coloured tracksuits may be worn on top for outdoor PE lessons. Under-armour and running leggings should not be worn. For indoor PE, children need black plimsolls (particularly important this term as the focus for this term is dance). Thank you for your ongoing support in helping to ensure

that our children look smart at school.

Governing Body Membership Sadly, Simon Harbrow, one of our Community Governors, recently stepped down from the Governing Body due to time constraints. We would like to thank Simon for his

support and commitment during his time as a governor and for his assistance in helping, both staff and governors, to

prepare for our recent Ofsted inspections. On a happier note, we look forward to Louise Dibsdall and

Stuart Fryd joining the Governing Body this term. The Governing Body has also appointed Andy Gilbert (who has a son in Year 4) as a Community Governor. Andy has

a background in finance which is an area which the Governing Body is looking to strengthen.

We are sure that Louise, Stuart and Andy will all be a great asset to our officially ‘outstanding’ Governing Body.

Dance in a Day Yesterday, a group of talented dancers from Year 6 took part in a ‘Dance in a Day’ workshop. The children worked throughout the day to create a ’Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ themed dance which they performed to Years 5 and 6 as

well as their parents. Although the day was intense, it was tremendous fun. A huge ‘thank you’ goes to Louise Hunt from DOT productions for running the day with such enthusiasm and also to the Teaching Assistants who

assisted with supervision and to Miss Carroll who organised the logistics.

‘Well Done’ to all the children who were awarded MERIT certificates this week.

Lorcan Curley-Sanchez Michael Wragg Lily Lauder Erin Kelly Samuel Torrens Leah McFeely Abigail Povey Harry Dackombe Charlie Doman Matthew Tanner Toby Lashmar Saxon Minto Isabel Henderson Ruby Collier Bella Prior Vasilis Vasileiadis Christopher Markham Logan Ellis Zack Briggs Eliza Hobden Jie Long He Grace Barker Archie Henson Jaime Obery

This week’s ‘Writers of the Week’ are: Fraser Brown Summer Robinson Daniel Tanner

Jasmine Briggs Ruby Toll Henry Joyce Sebastien De Gray Birch Josh Harrington Well done to our writing super stars!

This week’s attendance figure is: 96.3%! Oh dear! This year’s attendance target is 97.8%.

A special ‘Well Done’ to Classes 3M, 4C and 5F who all had 100% attendance this week! Congratulations!

This week’s ‘Mathematicians of the Week’ are: Amelia Bird Darcey Lister Izzy Cheesman

Harvey Heathfield Jasmine Briggs Michael Wragg Charlie Joyce Amaya Weeks Amelia Slater

Well done to our magical mathematicians!

This week’s ‘Readers of the Week’ are: Ethan Young Judah Savage Angus Noble Freya Clark Amelia Johnson Jack Martin

Edie Poulton Philippa Warhurst

Well done to our enthusiastic readers!

3PR Results Well done to everyone who managed to collect tokens this

week for walking in the 3PR zone! The results this week are:

1st - 4U - 36 tokens 2nd - 6A - 35 tokens 3rd - 3M – 34 tokens

Top Table This week, the children chosen by the Midday Assistants to sit

at the ‘Top Table’ were: Summer Seabrook

Millie Agate Marcus Slater Emma Shelley

Erin Kelly Well done for being selected!

This week’s winning house:

Panthers

Afternoon Tea This week, we were once again very impressed by the

amazing standard of the work brought along by the children and also by the diverse range of subjects we were able to

celebrate.

Applications for Year 3 - September 2020 I have been asked by the Admissions Department, at Essex County Council, to remind parents who may have a child

in Year 2, that if they have not yet submitted an application for Year 3, they need to do so by 15th January 2020.

Applications should be made via the following website: www.essex.gov.uk/admissions. Thank you.

Out of School Success

Well done to Oliver Baker (6C) who recently took part in an indoor sky diving event at Milton Keynes.

Congratulations to Ben Nash (5F) who recently passed his Grade 1 cello with Distinction.

Well done to Naomi Clements (6F) who passed her Grade 3 piano exam with Merit.

Congratulations to Edward Taylor (5T) who successfully conquered the Black Olympic Downhill ski run on Val-d'Isère, France, during the Christmas break.

Well done to Jack Martin (4U) who attended French ski school over the Christmas break and achieved 3eme Etoile (3 stars) which included a series of parallel turns and advanced speed stopping and also completed his first Black run.

Congratulations to Aaron Bickerstaff (5M) who recently achieved the Snowlife Blue Star 3 award for skiing and to Sophie Bickerstaff (3R) who also achieved the Snowlife Blue Star 3 award for skiing.

Rainbow Awards

Well done to this week’s VIOLET award winners:

George Goodwin, Emily Hyatt, Max Langshaw, Toby Munro, Harry Vail and

Jacob Pickworth.

Congratulations to this week’s INDIGO award recipients:

Poppy Groves, Judah Savage, Charlotte Hellings, Ethan Ferris, Hermione Poulter,

Harry Hawkins, Annie Jerreat, Matilda Pierce, Farrah Keniry, Esther Davies, Ollie

Alsemgeest, Jamie Jones and Daniel McGibbon.

Well done to our BLUE award winners:

William Clarke, Emma Henry, Max Baker, Luiz Fellipe Lopes Sousa, George McCreery,

Fraser Brown, Ethan Lewis, Summer Robinson, Ava Wilkins, Ethan Adlum, Austin

Fearne, Skye Greenan, Alex Hill, Marcus Slater, Poppy Dackombe, Aidan Sterry and

Megan Lyons.

Congratulations to our GREEN award recipients:

Rupert Duncan, Jack Watson, Ethan Young, Sam Stroud, Joshua Bateman, Robert West, Aisha Sarfraz, Jack Sawyer, Eadie Hatchard, Zakk Harris, Tilly Lashmar, Mornay Botma,

Yoris Pranevicius, Freya Spencer, Sophie Trainer, Lauretta McKenzie, Emily Simmons,

Elouise Butler-Russell, Megan Langshaw, Arlo Kittridge, Athina Mitchell, Roxy

Hartman, Elliot Stephens, Lenny Batchelor, Harry Alsemgeest, William Rowley,

Edward Taylor, Isabelle Carroll, Eleanor Chaplin, Isabella Howlett, Tilly Cranshaw,

Buddie Blewitt, Gemma Lague, Archie Cushing, Grace Vasiliou, Ella Walker, Danielle Obery, Amber Harbrow, Shay

Coughlan and Connor Gutteridge.

Well done to our YELLOW award winners:

Arthur Ogden, Isla Fitch, Juliet Wenborn, William King, Daisy Lewi, Austin Kelly, Lily Lauder, Lucy Clarke, James Blyth-Tancock,

Jamie Cooper, Ava Dean, Jessica Park, Polina Carter, Joshua Cooke, Finley Barber,

Christopher Johnson, Isabelle Sargant, Ethan Lee, Matthew Tanner, Ellen Hood, Gene Sullivan, Albert Longlade, Theo Kirby, Toby Lashmar, Jake Barrett, Ethan Bird, Florence Brooks, Abigail Small, Edith

Longlade, Megan Lee, George Waters, Tom Gill, Matilda Chaplin, Betsy White, Ethan

Lightfoot, Daniel Natusch and Chloe Nicel.

A special ‘Well Done’ to this week’s ORANGE award winners:

Abigail Huggett, Finley Walker, Justin Moody, William Barrett, Henry Boswell,

Archie Doyle, Carys Foulser, Naomi Clements and Amelia Bird.

And HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our first RED awards this academic year:

Maxwell Sawyer and Taylor Halfhide.

50 Things To Do Before Leaving Primary School

Well done to Isabel Henderson who has completed 10 things at home.

Congratulations to Caela McMorris, Isasbel Henderson and Thomas McIlquham who

have completed 20 things!

Clockwise from Top Left: Oliver, Naomi, Edward, Sophie, Aaron and Jack.

Dance in a Day - the planning begins!