The Rissington School NewsSeptember 2016

Headteacher Mrs. Liz BannisterChairman of the Governing Body Mr. Col in Campbell

admin@greatrissington.gloucs.sch.uk www.therissingtonschool.webs.com

telephone 01451 820857 MEET AND GREET – MONDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER AT UPPER RISSINGTON SCHOOL HALL 6.30PM –

8PM - COME AND MEET THE STAFF AND GOVERNORS AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE

Contents P1 WelcomeP1 Meet and GreetP1 School UniformP1 Music lessonsP2 HarvestP2 Book at Bedtime and Book WeekP2 Water Bottles/FruitP2 ClubsP2 Cake SalesP3 Pupil places at the schoolP3 PE/Games/drop offP4-10 Curriculum lettersWelcomeA big welcome to all of our new pupils. I hope that you will all be very happy at The Rissington

Music Lessons

We are fortunate to be able to offer woodwind (flute, clarinet, saxophone), violin and piano lessons to our children all taught by experienced music teachers. Violins are affordable and we have clarinets in school to loan free of charge. Children from Year 3 upwards from either site can take lessons in school-time at a cost which is far cheaper than private lessons. For further details, please talk to/phone/email Mrs Minchin or Mrs Jagger.

Dear Parents A huge “welcome back” to you all at this the start of another school year. Our little school has grown so much with 194 pupils now on roll over the two school sites.

During the summer break members of staff have been busily preparing the school sites to make the classrooms bright and exciting for the children to come back to; many thanks to them, but a particular thank you to Mr H, mini-bus driver and caretaker who has been putting up cupboards and a shed as well as answering alarm calls (all false-alarms) throughout the summer period.

In this newsletter you will find curriculum letters from each class, detailing some of the activities that your child will be carrying out in class. If you think that you can help in any way, either in class or with information about topics, please let us know – we are always grateful for help. You are all invited to our annual “Meet and Greet” on Monday 19th

September from 6.30-8pm on the Upper Rissington site. Please come along to meet other parents, members of staff and governors in an informal setting, enjoy some nibbles, cooked in our own school kitchen and find out about our plans for the school year. This year we are going to focus on “British Values”, an unusually-named aspect of the curriculum that is a teaching requirement. Some senior

School Uniform

The children all look lovely in their winter uniforms, which should be worn now right up until the clocks change in springtime. Please remember that socks and tights should be black, white or grey and that long hair should be tied back. Also only grown-ups in the school are allowed to wear nail varnish (phew!), so please have the remover handy to remedy those weekend makeovers! Please save those extreme hairstyles and fashions for holiday times; I am not a kill-joy, but when children come to school with shaved bits in their hair, it is distracting and doesn’t promote the school as a sensible work-place; it also puts pressure on other children to follow suit, so I am thinking of you as parents too!The weather can be chilly, so it’s a good idea to have coats in school at all times from now onwards and PLEASE buy name labels or a

With best wishesLiz Bannister

It’s going to be a(nother) MAD Making A DifferenceYear!

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Clubs We are just finalising arrangements for clubs, which will start on Monday 26th September and I hope to circulate a list next week. Clubs, which are run by staff on a voluntary basis, occasionally have to be cancelled because of other commitments, so please do not rely on them for child-care. Many thanks to everyone, who helps with clubs.

Harvest Our Harvest celebrations will take place at about 9.15 at St John the Baptist’s Church for Great Rissington children and at 9am at Upper Rissington on Wednesday 21st

September. You are all very welcome to join us at your child’s “site”. We would appreciate it if children in Year 2 on the Upper Rissington site could bring a gift of produce to take to the elderly folk at Jubilee Lodge. These children will take these gifts to the residents that afternoon. Next year it will be the turn of the Great Rissington children. All of the rest of the children are asked to bring a single fruit or vegetable item to the harvest celebration, which with the help of the children, will be used to prepare a school harvest lunch of soup, bread, cheese and fruit crumble to be served at lunchtime on Friday 23rd

September. The children will, (with a little help), prepare the meal and we hope that instead of having their usual school meal, they will make a donation of £1.50 for this harvest meal, which will be sent to our harvest charity. I am aware that all infants are entitled to a free lunch, so I must stress that this is NOT a compulsory amount of money – Infants and children in receipt of free school meals will still be provided with the meal donation or not. We hope that parents/carers and extended family will join us on your child’s site for the harvest meal

The first cake sale of the year will be hosted by Harrier on Friday 30th September. For those of you who are new to the school, classes take turns to bring cakes from home, which are sold on their school site in the playground at the end of the day. Children in each class on that site are also asked to bring in 50p for a cake and a drink of squash. Proceeds go back to the class and the children decide what to buy for their own room for example - activities for privilege time. Other cake sale dates are on the back of this newsletter. This year each class will host just one cake sale during the year on their own site, as sharing cakes between two sites got very complicated last year. Each class has to do its own marketing to ensure the financial success of this one-off occasion for

Water bottles and fruit Please can all children from Y1 upwards bring a bottle of water to school , which can be re-filled either from our chilled water supply at Great Rissington or from the classroom taps at Upper Rissington. This is particularly important for children when they have games lessons on the Upper site – it’s hot work running about! Please note that only water should be put in the bottles, which should be provided in addition to the packed lunch drink container. Hawk children are given regular water breaks in class, so there is no need for them to worry about bottles. Children in Years 3-6 may also bring a piece of fruit/veg to school to eat at break-time. Fruit is provided, via a national scheme, for children in reception, Year 1 and Year 2.

Book CelebrationsMrs Jesson and Mrs Davis, members of the Great Rissington community, have done an amazing job of organising the school library on the UR site. Children are able to borrow a book each week and now that the non-fiction section has been organised, they can take two books out. Our annual book week will be held during the week of 3rd – 7th October. The children really enjoy this time as the teachers always plan interesting work around books.

Thursday 6th October on both sites (you choose) for ALL pupils BOOK AT BEDTIME! Come back to school at 5.45 until 6.30pm in your nightwear to be served hot chocolate, biscuits and enjoy a story read by the teachers

Friday 7th October Book Character DayThe children can come to school dressed as any book character. School Council will hold one of the now-famous tuck shops with proceeds going to the children’s nominated charity.

We will also be carrying out other book-

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Class 2

Animal WorldsUnknown JourneysHarrier & Tornado

Welcome back to a new school year, and a huge welcome to Upper Key Stage 2 - Harrier and Tornado Class! We hope you have all had a relaxing summer and are ready for a very busy term ahead.

Pupil Places at The Rissington SchoolI do wish that any concerns were shared with me or teachers before people resort to social media! I choose not to look at online discussions myself, but occasionally I am made aware of facebook content and lately it seems that mis-information is being shared around the community about pupil places at the school, particularly with regard to local children not being given school places. THIS IS NOT TRUE.

The extension to the old Great Rissington School at Upper Rissington was paid for by Bovis and Linden to provide school places for children in this area. There are legal reasons, due to the historic capacity of the school when it consisted of just the old Victorian building, why I have to initially say to new local families that we are full, but these families are then invited to write a letter of appeal for a school place. Every local family, where we are the nearest school to their home, has secured school places for their children without having to go through a formal appeal process – they are usually told within days of submitting the appeal letter to the local authority. Once I know that an appeal letter has been written, I keep in close contact with the admissions team to make sure that the process is as stress-free as possible for the family. The system isn’t as silly as it sounds because it safeguards places for local children rather than the school filling with children from neighbouring towns, which is a fair system. The only families that have had to progress to a full appeal are those that do not live locally. The governors have planned for the growth of the school very carefully, linked to the number of new homes that were planned. At the moment our predictions have been pretty accurate, although we recently appointed an additional reception teacher, Mrs Taylor, because families who bought new homes over summer mostly had reception-aged children, which is an indication of the way that the school wants to welcome local families. So if you hear about a local family with

PE and Games collection and drop off – FAO children who attend Great Rissington siteI would like to clarify the arrangements for PE and games delivery and collection with my apologies for any confusion that I caused last week! You are aware that Mrs Gabriel teaches PE and games on Mondays and Tuesdays on the UR site – the timetable is as followsMonday morning PE Monday afternoon - GAMES9am TornadoHarrier, Phantom, Vulcan

Hercules, Vulcan, Spitfire

Tuesday morning PE Tuesday afternoon - GAMESSpitfire, Hercules, Hawk Phantom, Tornado, HarrierAll children on the GR site are transported to UR for their lessons. Tornado children have PE first thing on Monday morning and it is helpful if they can come to school in PE kit and bring their uniform to school if possible. Tornado who live in UR can come straight into the UR school on Monday mornings rather than getting the minibus. Other Tornado children will be collected from GR site (please can they be at the school gate for 8.45) and taken to UR as part of the morning bus run in time for their 9am lesson. On Monday and Tuesday afternoons all children who live in UR, or are in RASCAL, or attend clubs at UR when they start, will stay at the UR site for collection by parents at the end of the school day. All other children will be taken to the GR site by minibus for collection from there as usual, unless it is more convenient for you to collect from UR. One final school bus note – unless another arrangement is made with the school, for example where families have children on both sites, the bus leaving time for UR children who attend GR is now 8.35am. There is a second bus run, but that is for the children who attend morning RASCAL, so please do not rely on this for late arrivals; there may not be space. Last term there were complaints that UR “bus” parents had to wait at the bus stop for the second run, so I have tried to remedy this by organising the two groups in this way. We’ll get there in the end!

And now for that curriculum information…….

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The CurriculumOur main focus this term will be “Unknown Journeys”. This engaging topic was chosen collaboratively with the children at the end of last term and we will spend a large proportion of the term investigating and interpreting the past. One of the big questions raised was “How can someone convince a Nation to follow them?” We will be looking at conflicts around the world – past and present and use the topic to build an overview of world history and understand chronology of events. The topic also allows us to consider other people’s points of view and how a person might inspire us, as well as reflecting on fallen heroes.

In English we will study extracts from a variety of texts about children in a world in conflict e.g.: The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas, Carrie’s War and Goodnight Mr Tom. The texts will allow the children to write from different perspectives, write play-scripts and to use evidence from a text to map out events. We will be focusing on the use of inference and how we empathise with the characters or not. There will be a strong focus on improving accuracy of spelling, grammar and punctuation and the quality of handwriting. Reading and understanding the complexities of the different texts will also have a high priority throughout all our English lessons.

In Maths we begin by looking at place value and remembering those Roman Numerals before moving onto mental addition and subtraction of numbers and knowing multiplication and division facts to simplify fractions and find common multiples. Mental recall of all times tables up to 12x and the inverse, is essential and mental maths will

play an important part of all our maths lessons.

Science: Physics will be our key strand this term. The children will build on their prior knowledge of how we see. They will work scientifically to plan their own enquiries and explain scientific ideas. We will explore how light travels and understand how we see. During the second part of the term we will focus on electricity and the impact it has on our lives. We will use standard symbols to represent electrical circuits and move onto understand the terms resistance and voltage.

Throughout the Autumn term, RE and PSHCE will involve a range of activities that focus on trying new things and making the most of opportunities. We will learn about “How Believers Live” in different cultures and consider what religions say. Our topic allows us to consider other people’s points of view and how a person might inspire us, as well as reflecting on fallen heroes. We will also be thinking about “New Beginnings” and participate in the usual Harvest celebrations. After the October half term our Y6 children will be off on their own Unknown Journey – their residential trip to Woodlands and we will, of course, move onto our Christmas Celebrations.

In Upper Key Stage 2, the children will participate in PE twice a week. It is important that your child has correct PE kit in school and that all items are clearly labelled. PE kit should comprise: blue t-shirt, shorts/skort, long socks and suitable outdoor training shoes. In addition it would be a good idea to bring tracksuit bottoms and a warmer top for outdoor activities in colder weather.

In Upper Key Stage 2 the aim is to support the children in becoming self-motivated and organised with their homework. The children are expected to read for at least half an hour each evening and make detailed entries in their reading journal, to be handed in during their guided reading session, each week. Spelling lists will be sent

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home at the start of each term and it is then up to the children to learn their spellings for that week, ready for a spelling test on a Friday.

In addition, each week your child will be issued subject specific homework for topic and Maths. This will usually be given on a Thursday to be brought back into school by the following Tuesday.

Bags

The cloakroom area for the children is VERY small. Please ensure that all bags brought into school are of a reasonable size and that all personal property is taken home on a Friday. The children are encouraged to be responsible for their own belongings however, it is still worth checking for letters or emails at the end of the day.

A Few Dates For Your Diary: Woodlands Residential Meeting for Parents - 5pm-6pm Tuesday 13th September UKS2 trip to Steam in Swindon – Thursday 22nd September UKS2 - KNEX workshop in school – Wednesday 12th October Y6 Residential trip – Monday 31st October to Friday 4th November

Further detailed information regarding all trips, events and visits will be sent separately. Make sure you check your email or the school website which will have more important school dates for your diary. In addition to these dates, check out the local Secondary School Open Evenings and take the opportunity to look around; remember Y6 children will need to make your final decision before 31st October 2016.

Additional Information

The children are able to drink water and may have access to a water bottle throughout the day. If your child has an inhaler, please could you make sure that it is clearly named and in date. Their inhaler should be in school to be accessed at all times. If your child requires any other medication please could you make both myself AND the office staff aware.

Social Media: Harrier and Tornado Class have their own twitter pages. Throughout the term we will post photographs and updates about our learning. Please follow us on @harrierclass and @Tornado_Class.

Formal parent evenings will be held in October to discuss settling in and your child’s progress. However, if you would like to discuss any aspect of your child’s education or have any concerns at any time throughout the term, please do not hesitate to make an appointment.

Kind regards,Lisa Loxton and Emma BrearleyHarrier and Tornado Class Teachers

Phantom and Hercules

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Here come the Vikings!

This term, we will be jumping in our time capsules and travelling back to explore the fascinating Nordic lands of the Vikings! In English, we be discovering some exciting Norse mythology surrounding the gods Thor, Loki and Odin; the children will then have the opportunity to write their own. We will also be becoming Viking poets and writing our own Nordic poetry with a focus on different structures and rhyming patterns. Later on in the

term, the children will be writing newspaper articles after some pesky Vikings manage to invade our school (uh oh!) before looking at writing diary entries based on a day in the life of a Viking child.In Maths, we begin by focusing on number and place value. This will cover aspects such as adding, subtracting, rounding, and counting in multiples. We then move onto looking at shape, space and measures. Alongside this, the children will continue to work through their STOPs problem solving, and will continue to develop their mental maths and their times tables.In Science, we will be focusing on the digestive system during which time the children will have the chance to make their own poo (yes you read correctly!). The children will be investigating different parts of the human body and how these parts help with digestion. Our focus then moves to teeth where we will look at different types of teeth and how to look after them, before then moving on to looking at our skeletons, different bones and our mighty muscles!In computing, the children will be becoming film producers creating their own stop-motion animations based on Viking raids and battles. We will be designing and making our own ‘Marvel’-ous (see what we did there?!) Thor comics using the Comic Creator app and programming ‘Viking Beebots’ to navigate the open sea and raid the gold!Art and DT will be action packed this term with us designing and creating our own Viking longboats, building Nordic shields with Papier Mache, cooking some traditional Viking food such as ‘flatbread’ and ‘oatcakes’, whilst practicing and developing our technical art skills with a range of activities involving charcoals, pastel and water colours – all Viking and Anglo-Saxon related!

History and Geography will be a major focus this term, concentrating on the life and achievements of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. This is a fascinating period of history with people having very different beliefs to our own. Our maps will come out to chart the paths that the Vikings will have taken on their ships. We will be investigating how the Vikings used their lands and how this was different to ours, as well as looking in depth at the Nordic countries themselves such as Norway and Denmark. This term, we shall be focusing on Islam as part of our religious education.

We will cover the Qur’an and why it is important and also what stories from the life of Muhammad tell Muslims about Allah. Alongside this, the importance and symbolism behind the Harvest festival will also be looked at.

Mrs Winter and Mrs Erasmus – Phantom and Hercules

PHANTOM - HOMEWORKSpellings and times tables will be given out on a

Friday and tests will take place the following Friday. Home work will be given out on a Monday and is due

in the Friday of that week.

HERCULES – HOMEWORKChildren will receive homework in their homework books, along with their spellings and times tables each Monday. These are then due in the Friday of that week when their spellings and times tables

test will also take place.

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Animal Worlds – Spitfire and Vulcan

As children from Spitfire and Vulcan enter their new classrooms, they may well ask, ’Why do we have an animal hospital in here?’ and the next question will surely be , ‘Can we help them?’ Our reply will be a resounding ‘ Of course!’ as it just happens to be the theme for this term’s topic. We would like the children to learn all about different animals and their worlds, and to try to help them in whatever way is possible. We will start by exploring the world of pets. How should we look after them? What do they need to live? What are their similarities and differences? We will be writing information leaflets to help others understand what to do to care for them and in our Science work, we will be identifying and classifying many of the different animals in the world, as well as finding out about their habitats. We will also be looking at what kind of homes animals have for shelters and will have a go at building some to provide for their needs. As we look from domestic animals to wild ones, we will try to understand their different

environments and needs and will be asking the question, ‘What do they need to live happily?’ Hopefully, a visit to, ‘The Cotswold Wildlife Park’ will help us to answer this question, but may also raise some others, such as, ‘ , Why are so many animals threatened and endangered and what does this mean? ‘ As the children investigate, their findings may lead to the now traditional adoption of some wild animals in an effort to help protect the species. We’ll see what the

children decide!The traffic between the human world and the animal one is not just one way- animals help us, too! We will be looking at examples of just which ones help us to work. We will be thinking of guide dogs for the blind, horses for the disabled and pets that help us to stay calm, fit and healthy.Stories about animals can help humans to behave well; this seems to have been the intention of Aesop with some of his fables such as ‘The Boy who cried Wolf,’ and ‘The Hare and the Tortoise.’ We’ll

investigate the intentions of moral fables and other animal stories. We may also put our own musical accompaniments to the fables, after we’ve listened to composers such as Saint-Saens (Carnival of the Animals) and have made some ‘elementary’ progress with rhythm, duration, pitch, timbre, and tempo in our Music lessons. Thinking about how animals move in their worlds, gives us plenty of opportunity to observe them and so in much of our art work we will be drawing, painting and sculpting our favourite ones. We will even be able to make our own fantasy animals with the help of the computer. We wonder what shapes and sizes they will be and what

stories come with them! We can’t wait to find out!To help us discover where some of the wonderful animals live, we will be going on a journey with ‘The Snail and the Whale,’ of

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Julia Donaldson fame. We will sail with the snail and the whale to different continents and countries and look at the variety of climates and conditions in which animals live and try to survive. There is no doubt that on our travels we will discover a wonderful world, and children may well ask, ‘Who made it?’ In our RE, we will explore the way both Christianity and Judaism answer the question and try to find answers, as well as suggest provoking ones such as, ‘Should humans look after the world, and in what ways?’Our topic theme of caring for the world and for animals also extends to ourselves. We will be delving into past times when people did not have the medical knowledge to look after themselves as well as we do today. One shining example from the past is the ‘Lady with the Lamp,’ herself, Florence Nightingale. In Victorian times, she took a team of nurses to care for the injured of the Crimean War, where more soldiers died because of infections and bad hygiene than on the battlefield. Florence Nightingale went on to lay down the foundations for the nursing standards of today, so we will be taking a look at her story and that of Mary Seacole.We are all looking forward to holding the lamp up to the animal worlds and we think we’re in for an exciting time!

Best wishes, Mrs Grosvenor, Mrs Wilcock and Mrs Moore.

Our routinuesTuesday – English homework given out to be returned on Thursday

Thursday- Spellings and times tables given out to be tested the following ThursdayFriday – Maths homework to be given out and brought back on Monday

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Tuesday – English homework given out to be returned on ThursdayThursday- Spellings and times tables given out to be tested the following Thursday

Friday – Maths homework to be given out and brought back on Monday

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Hawk Class Topic Autumn 2016

We hope you have had an enjoyable summer holiday and your children are enjoying ‘Big School’. We have a very busy term with lots ahead of us and a great deal of fun too.If you have any questions regarding your child or the Curriculum please come and see us. We are looking forward to working with you and your children over the forthcoming year. This letter provides a brief curriculum overview of what your child will be covering this term.

This term our topic will be focussed around the stories written by Julia Donaldson. The children will be enjoying lots of activities surrounding the stories of the ‘Gruffalo’, ‘The Scarecrows’ Wedding’, ‘Room on the Broom’ and ‘The Stickman’. Our role play area this term will be the Gruffalo’s cave.

Communication, Language and Literacy

This term we will be working on speaking and listening skills, both independently and as part of a group, talking about home life and family, as well as other significant events. Your children will have a daily phonics session and will begin daily writing activities focussing on fine and gross motor control. The children will start to use some of the sounds they have learnt, to write and read simple words.

We will be sequencing stories and describing the characters that appear in them. The children will also have opportunities to act out familiar stories and make up their own.Later on in the term we will be writing to Father Christmas and exploring Christmas poetry and recipes.

Maths

For Maths we will be covering topics such as counting, recognition of numbers, 1 more, 1 less, addition, subtraction, number patterns, ordinal numbers, length, height, prepositions and will be exploring 2D shapes.

Expressive Arts and Design

The children will be making their very own clay Gruffalos and masks. We will be making scarecrows from ‘The Scarecrows’ Wedding’ and bats and witches from ‘Room on the Broom’. In music we will be learning a range of different traditional songs. The children will also be making their own Stick

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man family. Children will be learning Phonic songs, exploring and changing sounds using percussion instruments and joining in with familiar class songs. They will also be practising songs for the Harvest Festival and the Christmas Nativity Play. The children will be making crafts for Diwali, Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day and Christmas.

Understanding the World

The children will be learning about the similarities and differences between themselves and others and among families, communities and traditions. We will also be celebrating Diwali and will be making Diva lamps out of clay and decorating them using paint and glitter. We will be creating Rangoli patterns and having a Diwali party, tasting traditional Diwali celebration food. We will also be exploring the traditions surrounding Bonfire Night and Christmas.

Personal Social and Emotional Development

This term we will be developing the children’s social skills, confidence and self-esteem. We will be establishing classroom rules, routines and codes of behaviour. In the second term will be exploring what they are good at and what they would like to be better at. Together the children will find ways of helping each other to accomplish their goals.

Physical Development

We will be taking part in regular PE lessons so we would prefer that the children’s PE kit is always available in school. P.E kits will be returned at the end of the term for washing, unless you wish to wash them more regularly. Please help your child gain independence when dressing themselves e.g. fastening buttons and putting shoes on etc.This term the children will be participating in gymnastic sessions, learning balancing and simple gymnastic skills, as well as dance sessions building on co-ordination.

Homework

Once your children are settled they will begin to bring home sound flash cards, word cards, captions and books to help practise their phonic skills. They will also have tricky words which are unable to be sounded out and must be learnt by heart. All of these will be checked throughout the week and new words issued as needed. Your children will now begin to learn a phonics sound each day, once a sound has been covered with your child it will come home in their Phonics books for them to practise writing and recognising. This work at home is designed to be fun and will help to consolidate their learning they do at school.

Please feel free to come and see what we are up to any day after school and if you have any ideas or questions please come and see us, our doors are always open...

Miss Porter and Mrs Taylor

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Here are dates for the coming year – please cut this out and stick it on the noticeboard – please note that although I try not to change set dates, occasionally this has to happen, so keep an eye on newsletters as the year progresses! Y5 and 6 cycling will be arranged for the summer term.

SEP Mon 5th First day of school yearThurs 8th Swimming starts for Y5 Harrier 11.05 leave (11.30-12.00) Tues 13th Y6 residential meeting – Harrier -5-6pmWed 14th Hercules and Phantom trip to BirminghamMon 19th Meet and greet – governors and staffThur 22nd Vulcan and Spitfire trip to Cotswold Wildlife ParkThur 22nd Tornado and Harrier trip to Swindon steam museumWed 21st 9.15am GR Harvest Assembly in Church 9.00 UR Harvest Assembly –

Upper site – pm UR Y2 children to Jubilee House with Harvest giftsFri 23rd Harvest lunch made with harvest gifts

Week beginning 26th September – clubs startFri 30th Harrier cake sale

OCT Week beginning 3rd October – Our school book weekThur 6th Book at Bedtime 5.45-6.30pm GR and UR – you choose where suits!Fri 7th Book Week dress up day – Be a Book CharacterWed 12th STEM Knex day – Y5 and 6Fri 14th Tornado Cake SaleMon 17th PARENTS EVENING FROM 3.30 – 7 p.m.Tues 18th PARENTS EVENING from 3.30 – 7 p.m.

Thur 20th – Fri 28th Oct HALF TERMNOV

Mon -Fri

31st Oct -4th

Y6 Residential trip

Thurs 10th Swimming starts for Y5 TornadoFri 11th Individual photosThur 17th Tornado assembly 9amFri 18th Harrier assembly 9amFri 18th Children in Need Day Mon-Fri

21st -25th

Road Safety Week

Thur 24th Phantom assembly 9amFriday 25th Hercules assembly 9amFri 25th Hercules cake sale

Week beginning Mon 21st – last clubs for Autumn termDEC Thu 1st Advent Walk in hall at 1.15 GR 2.45 UR

Fri 2nd Hawk Cake Sale Wed 7th Choir from 4,5 and 6 to Jubilee House for carols p.m.Thur 8th PANTOMIME – Panto - at Everyman (Y3-Y6) 8.30 a.m. for 10am back

for late lunchThur 8th 9.10 Vulcan Christmas Assembly in school 2.30 – Hawk and

Spitfire Christmas Assembly at UR Thur 8th NO SWIMMINGFri 9th Possible Friends’ Christmas Party – disco at UR – Lisa L to organise

disco manTues 13th Our School Pantomime at UR – Y3-6 afternoon and evening

performances – 6.30 startWed 14th Thank you tea for parent helpers at URThur 15th School Christmas lunch and dvd afternoon Fri 16th Church Service at GR at 9.15 a.m.

CAROLS IN THE PLAYGROUND FOR EVERYONE AT 1PM at GR and UR TERM ENDS AT 1.15 P.M.

Mon /Mon

19th – 2nd Jan

School Closed for Christmas

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JAN Tue 3rd Inset day School – will be done as twilights – no staff in schoolWed 4th School begins for the Spring Term Thur 19th Swimming starts for Y4 HerculesFri 27th Phantom Cake Sale Monday

30th Young Voices- selected group

W/B 30th Jan – Clubs start through until summerFEB Tues 7th Parents’ Evening - 3.30 – 7pm

Wed 8th Parents’ Evening - 3.30 – 7pmHalf Term 15th – 19th Feb 2016

Thu 23rd Tornado Assembly 9amFri 24th Harrier Assembly 9am Fri 24th Spitfire Cake SaleTues 28th Pancake Races in playground at 2.45pm celebration day! Both sites

MAR

Thurs 2nd Phantom Assembly 9amFri 3rd Hercules assembly– 9amThur 9th Vulcan assembly 9amFri 10th Spitfire assemblyThu 16th Swimming starts for Y4 PhantomFri 17th Hawk AssemblyFri 24th Red Nose DayFri 31st Vulcan Cake Sale

APR Fri 7th 9.15am Easter Church Service GR1pm Easter hat parades in playgrounds – school closes at 1.15pm

Easter holidays Mon 10th – Fri 21st April MAY

Mon 1st Bank Holiday School ClosedStandardised assessment tests SATs Monday 8th May – Friday 12th May inclusive

Thurs 18th Swimming starts for Y6 Harrier and TornadoMon-Fri

22nd – 26th

Theme Week – Where in the World?

Thurs 25th Music evening at URMonday 29th – Fri 2nd June HALF TERM

JUN Thurs 8th Tornado assembly 9amFri 9th Harrier assembly Tues 13th Possible Bourton Fete run by Y6 Thur 15th Phantom assembly 9amFri 16th Hercules assembly

Week beginning Mon 26th – clubs end for Summer termThur 22nd Vulcan assembly 9amFri 23rd Spitfire assembly 9am Fri 23rd Reports due in to headteacherFri 30th Hawk assembly 9am Fri 30th Possible summer fete TBCFri 30th Reports due out to parents

JUL Thurs 6th LAST SWIM FOR Y6 Mon 10th Parents’ Consultations to discuss reports if requiredTues 11th 1.15 – Sports’ Afternoon (18th if wet) at URFri 14th Class Allocations and Class swapWed 19th 2.30 pm – Helpers’ tea Thur 20th 9.00 Year 6 leavers’ assembly and film afternoonsFri 21st End of year Church service 9.15am School Closes at 1.15 for

summer 2017 (Staff training on Mon 24th and Tues 25th )