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Darlinghurst Academy News & Views Views 29th June 2018
Message from the Principal
Dear parents, carers and children
This week I had the pleasure of meeting and greeting families for our new reception intake for 2018-19. It was
wonderful to see familiar family faces in the hall and classrooms, alongside new comers. We are excited to
welcome their young children to the world of school and are keen to work in partnership with them.
We also held our first ‘moving to year one’ meeting for parents. Our EYFS and KS1 leaders worked together to
share how we bridge between Reception and Year One to help our children to transition happily and
successfully. The team shared similarities and differences between the key stages and helpful advice for
parents and children.
Take a look at our website which has information for families new to Darlinghurst, including induction and the
admissions process. www.darlinghurst.uk/new-to-darlinghurst
I firmly believe in our mission statement,
Achieving excellence together and working in partnership with families is integral to our community. This week
we were accredited the LPPA (Leading Parent Partnership Award) award in recognition of the many ways that
we engage, invest, involve, and communicate within our community.
Our children are at the centre of all we do and why we are here.
We have a number of shared and celebratory events coming up as we move into the final few weeks of this
academic year. Please refer to the school calendar and take a look at emails and texts. I am looking forward
to the forthcoming sports days and our PTA Afternoon Bouncy Castle event and much more.
As the end of the year approaches could I remind you to take a look at your ‘parent pay’ account and ensure
that payments are up to date. Our finance team is happy to communicate with you if you have any concerns
or questions.
Finally, with the temperatures reaching heights for the summer months could you ensure that the children are
protected by wearing sun-cream and a hat, bringing along a water bottle to keep hydrated in the heat. Ask
your children to share or sing to you; slip, slop, slap, seek and slide! Visit our website for more details
www.darlinghurst.uk
As always enjoy your family time together.
Stay safe in the sun.
Mrs Nicholls
Darlinghurst Academy News & Views Views 29th June 2018
News
EYFS
This week in Nursery we have been looking at travelling by bus or bike. Where would you/have you been on a
bus? What might you see on a bus? Our roleplay area has been a bus this week with a steering wheel and
chairs and a bus stop and there have been dressing up clothes for the children to wear. We also learnt about
keeping fit and healthy on our bikes and how to keep safe. We looked at exercise and healthy eating and in
ODL discussed this further while playing a running game and later, making a fruit salad for snack time, which
included, watermelon, grapes and blueberries. What a busy week, all of this running around should keep us
fit!!! Team Nursery
This week Reception have been learning about pirates, treasure maps, coordinates and positional language.
We enjoyed experimenting with items that float and sink and are eager to explore this further. The children
have enjoyed various pirate activities such as roleplay, walking the plank and making ships. We have all
enjoyed this learning and are looking forward to continuing with this fun and exciting topic.
Mrs Dennis and Miss Slade, Starfish class
KS1
Pelican class are looking forward to participating in the Year 6 Enterprise Day. The children have been
discussing and thinking about the value of money, what they can spend, to how much change they may have
left. They have been bringing in their money and looking forward to spending it on the different activities
today. Miss Carey, Pelican class
If you win the race with the Year 6’s, you get cream on a plate and put it on their face.
Devon, Pelican class
KS2
This week we have explored gender stereotypes in Year 3. As a year group we investigated what the children
thought a ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ job was and why. Then for each job we discussed, we broke the job down to see if it
really was a ‘boy’ or ‘girl’ job. The children’s conclusion was all jobs can be done by anyone, boys and girls.
You just have to work hard and be determined. Mr Porter, Rockpool class
This week Year 6 have been busy preparing for Enterprise Day. We have prepared business plans and applied
for a loan from the school to purchase prizes and other materials. Adverts have been made and we are ready
to raise some funds! We have also began to work on the leavers assembly, with some key speaking roles and
ideas for props decided. Mr Turner, Mayflower class
PTA News Inflatable Day - Thursday 5th July 4pm - 6pm for children aged 2-11 years. Wristbands are available to purchase
through ParentPay for Reception - Year 6 at £6.00 each and this will allow for 2 hours of unlimited bouncing
time. For Darlinghurst Nursery children and pre-school siblings age 2-4, £1.00 wristbands are available to
purchase on the day. Wristbands will be issued the week of the Inflatable Day. There will also be the
opportunity to purchase on the day, food from Eat Street and amazing face painting! We are always grateful
of your support, these events can't operate without it! So if you can volunteer your time to help with the
inflatables on the day please email [email protected].
Jen, Lisa, Sarah, Sally & Mike
Darlinghurst Academy News & Views Views 29th June 2018
Celebrating Excellence
Congratulation to our Year 6 children for running
such a successful Year 6 Enterprise Day
Darlinghurst Academy News & Views Views 29th June 2018
School dinner policy – a gentle reminder A gentle reminder that all school dinners should be paid for in advance so that your ParentPay account does
not go into arrears.
We recognise that people lead very busy lives and that checking ParentPay may not be top of your list of
priorities!
To ensure regular payments are made, and to prevent calls from our finance team could you please;
• Log in to your ParentPay account weekly to pay for school dinners in advance. You will only be
charged for meals that your child actually has, as these are registered on the day.
• If you are in arrears and are unable to make an immediate payment, please provide your child with
a packed lunch until such time as you can bring your ParentPay account into credit
• If you are experiencing any financial difficulties or difficulty with ParentPay, please contact the
finance team on 01702 509202 or e mail [email protected], who will be happy to help you.
Feedback from parents about an online payment system has been positive.
We are keen to succeed as a cashless school and to do so will continue to work with parents to ensure
everyone feels confident in using ParentPay.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Reminders Children should wear black school shoes with white or
black socks.
Reminders At Darlinghurst we are committed to being a healthy
school which is why we think it is important that our
pupils are eating healthy snacks. These should
comprise of fruit and vegetables only, unwrapped or
in a reusable pot in line with our commitment to the
environment as Eco Warriors.
Mrs Johnson, Wellbeing Manager
Dogs are not allowed access onto the school
grounds and should not be secured to the
surrounding school fences.
Please be considerate of our children, families and
our neighbours when travelling to and from school.
Please ride, drive or park responsibly. Please be
considerate of the hard work the school crossing
patrol officer does to keep us all safe.
Please ensure your contact details are correct, we
often share parental information via text and email.
Please contact the office should you wish to confirm
or amend the details we hold for you.
Darlinghurst Academy News & Views Views 29th June 2018
I reading
We are looking to share our love of reading across with the wider
school community as such we would love to receive book
recommendations and reviews from children to publish and share
in News and Views. If you would like to share your love of reading
with the wider world please email a brief description of why you
loved a particular book and perhaps tell us something exciting
that happened in the book. Send us this information along with
picture of you holding the book to [email protected]
Happy reading!
The Early Bird catches…
Group % Attend
TIDDLERS 93.3
JELLYFISH 98.7
SEAHORSE 97.8
STARFISH 94.3
ALBATROSS 100
PELICAN 92.4
PUFFIN 95.4
SEAGULL 97.8
CRAB 96.3
LOBSTER 96.7
OYSTER 96.0
SHRIMP 98.8
DUNE 96.7
PEBBLE 99
ROCK POOL 93.7
SEASHELL 97.3
PORT JACKSON 99.3
REEF SHARK 91.7
SAND TIGER 99.6
WHITE SHARK 96.6
NEPTUNE 93.5
POSEIDON 96.8
SUSANOO 97.5
TRITON 99.2
BEMBRIDGE 95.4
MAYFLOWER 95.8
WILTON 97
Highest attendance in each key stage
Highest attendance in each year group
Well done to the winners this week.
Keep up the good attendance aiming
to keep hold of the title, looking forward
to the results next week.
Come in to win
Wed 04 Jul
INSET - Non Pupil Day Mon 09 Jul
KS2 Sports Day Tue 10 Jul
EYFS Sports Day Wed 11 Jul
KS1 Sports Day Fri 13 Jul
Year 6 Leavers Disco Wed 18 Jul
Whole School Transition Fri 20 Jul
Year 6 Leavers Assembly Please visit www.darlinghurst.uk/calendar/ for future dates
Darlinghurst Academy News & Views Views 29th June 2018
School Dinner Update We are pleased to announce Pick & Mix Meal Boxes from Eats. This coming Thursday 7th July, the kitchen will be
trialing this instead of the planned roast dinner and jacket potato option. Below are examples of what the
children will be able to select from. Further details and the official launch date will be shared in News & Views
shortly. In keeping with our Eco School status, all items will be served in reusable or recyclable packaging.
Darlinghurst Academy News & Views Views 29th June 2018