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No. 12: 29th November 2019
ROMAN VISITORS IN YEAR 3 Year 3 were lucky enough to have Tranio and Livia visit them this week, all the way from the forgotten Roman city
of Pompeii. They told the children all about the day that Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD and how they were
lucky enough to survive. Year 3 assured their visitors that their story would not be forgotten and that Pompeii
would live on in their writing. Here is a diary entry by Lola in 3LS, inspired by the chat with Tranio and Livia.
A VISITOR FROM OUTER SPACE
Over the past week, Reception have been receiving messages from an alien.
The first message said that the alien was looking for a new destination to
visit; using our investigation skills we worked out that they had spotted the
Wray Common windmill. Knowing that the alien was close to our school, we
searched for signs they had visited us. The next day, we received another
message that told us the alien had been busy in our mud kitchen and that they
had left some space objects behind. Upon examination, Reception decided
these were actually alien eggs and special moon rocks. The messages didn’t
stop there, we discovered the alien had been swinging on our playground
equipment that left them feeling quite sick. They were getting close; controls
were found inside our school and then this Monday, an incredible rocket ship
appeared. Unfortunately, the rocket ship had broken down and the alien had
to leave it here whilst they went back to their planet to collect supplies.
Then, on Thursday, the children received the final message from the alien,
thanking them for their help. The alien explained in the message that they
were now returning to their own planet. The alien was so kind and left a
parting gift for the children– some ‘Whatever Next’ books, without words,
which they have been writing in this week.
“Dear Diary I was walking through the busy crowded street to my Dad’s theatre
to watch the actors practise. Like a blast of lightning, the whole
building started to quiver. Suddenly, I ran to see if Livia was okay in the bakery. Under the ash cloud, we ran as fast as we could to the
harbour so we could hide in a boat and keep safe.”
CROCODILE EXPERT COMES TO SCHOOL Year 1 have been learning all about the Enormous Crocodile. On Monday they
were lucky enough to meet Miss Purkiss' cousin, Inga, the crocodile expert who
flew all the way from Australia! The children tested her knowledge on the Nile
crocodile, asking: Where does it come from? What does it eat and how many
teeth does it have? Inga impressed the children with her expert knowledge and
the children used this information to write fact sheets all about the Nile
crocodile. Did you know that some Nile crocodiles can live to up to 80 years old
and grow up to 6 metres in length?
“Inge was really good because she told us lots about the Nile crocodile,
especially learning how much it grows up to. I think it must have a thousand
scales!” Florrie
SPARKFISH CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
Bringing the Christmas Story Alive!
Yesterday, our Year 2 children went on a ‘Christmas Journey’ as they visited Redhill Methodist Church.
Talking animals, eating bread, singing and a craft activity were just some of the events that the children enjoyed.
It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to experience the Christmas story through story telling,
characterisation and celebration and the children were truly immersed in this memorable experience.
“I enjoyed it when we went into the stable to see where baby Jesus was born. I loved the talking puppets in the
stable: they were funny. I was surprised when the angel Gabriel appeared to tell Mary she was having baby
Jesus. We followed her to Bethlehem.” Erin
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? This half term we have been following the journey of Pria, a 9 year old girl who has been having a tricky time at her new school. She has been writing letters to Mr Murphy and our children have been replying. To start with things were going well, however, new relationships were soon tested. The children responded with suggestions of how to manage conflict between friends. Sadly, things became worse for Pria and it is clear that she is now being bullied at school and online. Here are some of the responses from the past two weeks.
“Dear Pria,
We are sorry to hear things have become more serious.
We feel this is more than falling out with friends and is in fact bullying. We think this because Annie and her friends are doing something EVERY DAY, ON PURPOSE to upset you. Friends do not do this.
Pria, we want you to know this is not your fault. There may be lots of reasons as to why Annie is bullying you. For example, she may be jealous of things that you have or the way you are because she is insecure about herself. Also, perhaps she has experienced hurt herself and is now taking it out on you.
As well as this, the school has a responsibility to support you. It sounds like Mr Jones is not upholding his duty of care towards you. We think the school needs values and PSHE lessons to teach the children about relationships and how to treat one another.
Please don’t stop going to school. Perhaps your mum could speak with the Head teacher to address this problem?
We care about you Pria. Keep us updated!
From, 4R”
“Dear Pria,
Thank you for your most recent letter. I am really sorry to hear that things have got worse, even though you tried lots of the things that work at Wray Common. It doesn’t sound like our school at all: no values, peer mediators and teachers don’t sort out problems.
One of our children thought this is now bullying as it is constantly happening and more people are getting involved. Have you thought about why Annie may be bullying you? Is she unhappy herself? Is she jealous of you? Does she even realise the impact that it is having on you?
Maybe your mum could talk to the Headteacher if Mr Jones isn’t helping. A face-to-face meeting of you and Annie with the Headteacher may help to mediate and sort out the problem.
Let me know how it goes. I hope the conflict is sorted out soon.
6C”
What does your child think about Pria’s plight?
CHOIR SING CAROLS AT ST. MATTHEW’S CHURCH CHRISTMAS FAYRE
Well done to the 32 members of our Wray Common Choir
for giving such a lovely performance of songs during the
Christmas Fayre at St. Matthew’s Church, Redhill last
Saturday. The Choir is now well tuned and ready for their
next performance—catch them at the Wray Common
Christmas Fayre next Friday, 6th December.
ATTENDANCE MATTERS At Wray Common we passionately value education,
excellent attendance and punctuality, so that the
children benefit from everything our school has to
offer. The Education (Pupil Registration) (England)
(Amendment) Regulations 2013, which came into
effect on 1st September 2013, states that head
teachers may not grant any leave of absence during
term time unless there are exceptional circumstances.
The guidance from Surrey County Council states that
if a parent/carer takes their child out of school e.g. on
holiday or other unauthorised leave of absence, for 5
days (10 sessions) or more, without the authority of
the head teacher, each parent/carer will be liable to
receive a penalty notice for each child who is absent.
We would like to remind you that penalty notices will
be issued for 5 or more days unauthorised leave of
absence. The amount payable on issue of a penalty
notice is £60 (issued to each parent/carer, for each
child) if paid within 21 days. These will then increase
to £120 after 21 days but within 28
days. After 28 days, the LA may
prosecute under Section 444
Education Act 1996.
CLUBS FOR NEXT TERM A letter regarding clubs for the Spring Term has been
sent home this week via email. Please access the letter
here and have a read through it with your child to
decide which club/clubs they would like to attend and
then fill in the preference form and return it to the
school office by Monday 2nd December. Once clubs
have been allocated, you will be informed, again via
email, with a permission letter attached to be
completed and returned with payment (either via
Tucasi or by cash/cheque) by Friday 20th December.
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES .As part of our Emergency Procedures, we consider a range of possible scenarios. One such scenario is a fire and the children are well drilled in how we evacuate the school. We also consider scenarios where children may need to “shelter” inside the school, for example, if there was a warning of serious air pollution in the locality or the close proximity of a dangerous animal roaming loose. With this in mind, Wray Common will be carrying out a “sheltering drill” next week. We want to share with you the following in case, whilst extremely unlikely, there was a serious emergency situation: Please be assured that the school understands your
concern for your child’s welfare and that it is doing everything possible to ensure your child’s safety.
Please do not contact the school as calling could tie up telephone lines that are needed for contacting emergency service providers.
Please do not come to the school as this could interfere with access by emergency services and may put parents at risk.
Please wait for school to contact you about when it is safe to collect the children and where this will be from.
We would communicate with you via our Tucasi communication system during the period.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR NASAL FLU SPRAY The Immunisation Team have kindly re-opened the
online portal to allow any parents (not just those of
year 5 children) who missed the flu vaccination earlier
this week. This will be your child’s final opportunity to
have their nasal flu spray at school. The vaccination
will take place on Tues 17th December. To consent, you
will need to go online to www.surreyimmunisations.co.uk
and input our school’s unique code :SR145226. Please
call the Immunisation Team on: 01737 775467 if you
have any problems accessing the system.
HONOUR BOOK 1S Sybil For her super story writing about the colossal shark. Max For applying his phonics in his story writing. Great job! 1W Ahmed For a super attitude to learning all week. Jack R For writing an entertaining story with great use of similes. 2B Evie For putting in super effort to finish her Leeds Castle recount. Jaxon For super focus on handwriting to write up his Leeds Castle recount. Callum For super writing today about the Redhill Ridgeback. Arah For settling in to 2B so brilliantly. 2DS Joshua W For practising his handwriting both at home and at school so that there is a big improvement. Harriet For writing an excellent recount about the Redhill Ridgeback dragon and remembering to refer back to her writing target. 2V Zahraa For starting at Wray Common with such enthusiasm and working hard. Harry F For an amazing effort to improve his handwriting. 3F Henry For his detailed non chronological report using lots of technical vocabulary. Rhys For his focussed independent maths work on division and multiplication. 3LS Luka For an excellent working attitude this week. Keep it up! Henry L For inferring so brilliantly, even challenging Mrs Laing’s interpretation of the text! 4M Izaak For using his times table facts to work out other times tables. Edward For always having a great attitude to learning and being engaged in discussions. 4P Max For writing an excellent piece of handwriting building tension using his tension toolkit. Alex For a much more focussed approach to his learning, particularly in writing. Keep it up! 4R Bethany For brilliant suspense writing about the lighthouse—I was gripped! Emma For being so caring and helpful towards everyone, especially me! Thank you! Adwit For being a super mathematician during our division lesson on remainders by making links between divider, divisor and quotient. 5B Freya For being well organised and attentive in class and always giving her best. Ben H For working conscientiously all week and making good progress in maths. He is now able to use the chunking method in division confidently. 5Bu Spencer For great reflecting and editing skills with his description of Wind in the Willows characters. Elena For showing great independence and progression in our division lessons. 6C Adam For fantastic use of punctuation, description, tension and author voice in our German in the Woods writing. Henry For some great descriptive similes and phrases to describe a setting in German in the Woods. Wow! Harrison For super ideas and impact when writing his WWII recount. 6E Macie For her amazing descriptions included in her German in the Woods writing. Marni For really developing her writing style and author voice through use of description and punctuation. Hugh For his deep level of thinking when explaining our science objective of ‘How do we see’?.
DATES FOR NEXT WEEK Mon 2nd Year 3 catch-up swim
Tues 3rd House Factor auditions (Rubies and Sapphires)
Y3 Reigate School drama performance
Weds 4th House Factor auditions (Emeralds and
Diamonds)
Y5 SES Water talk
Fri 6th MUFTI day for the Christmas Fayre
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friends Christmas Fayre
WRAY COMMON CHRISTMAS FAYRE FRIDAY 6TH DECEMBER 5:00 - 7:00 P.M.
Thank you so much for all of your contributions this
morning for the Christmas Fair. Don’t forget that next
Friday is the big day, so in exchange for wearing mufti
clothes, we are asking for donations of cakes as well as
chocolate, books and bottles. Please bring your
donations to the covered area by the Main Entrance at
school drop-off time. Please note that we will also be
selling Wray Common tokens after school at the gate
on 3rd, 4th and 5th Dec. With many new festive stalls,
including: a secret present room, a brand new grotto,
bauble bobbing, as well as delicious new café items,
there is something for everyone, so please do come
along and support this fantastic event! As always, we
really need your help to make this
event as successful as it can be, so if
you can give the Friends an hour of
your time, please contact Sophie
Swann on 07802 584173 or leave
your name with the school office.
Thank you.
AVAILABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY? We are looking for anyone who would be prepared to work as a Lunchtime Supervisor, as and when required, to cover absences at short notice. If you would be interested in joining a list of ‘bank’ Lunchtime Supervisors, and particularly if you are already a school volunteer i.e. have been DBS checked and attended our safeguarding training, please let the office know.
SWIMMING Swimming has now finished for the term, with the exception of Year 3 who have a catch-up swim on Monday 2nd December at their usual swimming times. Swimming will resume after Christmas, upon our return to school on Tuesday 7th January.