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We’re on the Web;

www.rydersgreenprimary.co.uk

Half Term: Monday 20th February 2017 to Friday 24th February 2017

Return to School: Monday 27th February 2017

Term Ends: Friday 7th April 2017

Easter Holidays: Monday 10th April 2017 to Friday 21st April 2017

Return to school: Monday 24th April 2017

May Day: Monday 1st May 2017

Polling Day: Thursday 4th May 2017

Friday 5th May 2017: School Closed for Staff Training Day

Half Term: Monday 29th May 2017 to Friday 2nd June 2017

Return to school: Monday 5th June 2017

Term Ends: Friday 21st July 2017

Holiday Dates for your information

Thank you to all the parents that made it to the book

fair and thank you to our Yr6 helpers who I think thoroughly enjoyed

themselves. We hope your children enjoy their new books too.

After a quick tally this morning, parents and children have spent

£565.41 on books at the fair, from this we are able to purchase more

books for the school library to the value of £226.00 Thank you once

again for your support.

School Book Fair

Inside this issue…..

Holiday dates, Book Fair, Red Nose Day

Page1

Birthdays, Weekly Attendance, In the

event of snow, Poppy Appeal,

Page2

Nursery Raffle Winners, Readathon,

Children’s University

Page3

Children’s University Continued Page4

Young Voices Page5

Swimming and Notice Board Page6

World Book Day, Attendance Page7

After School Clubs Page8

Noses will be on sale from Monday 13th March

Red Nose Day—Friday 24th March 2017

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Birthdays in the Next Two Months

A very happy birthday to the following children

Hope you all have a lovely day !

Nursery : Maysa, Muhammad, Ty and Ahmad RC : Ava, Cosmin and Joshua RD : Maria, Laciemai,

ThomasEsmee, Labib, Bavin and Parneet 1H : Muhammad, Kuwestan, Ridwaan and Oscar 1R : Adrian

and Shobhmeet 2F : Mahee and Ellie 2T : Denisha, Rajvir and Lily 3G : Zoe, Barbora, Chloe, Caitlin

and Eryk 3S : Hoply, Mardin, Falak, Gurkirat and Ashraf 4D : Lexi and Nayab 4M : Abdullah, Fawziyah,

Cejay, Alfie, Arshad and Alex 5B : Ellisha, Demi, Le-Vih and Emilian 5G : Tamim and Samanvitha 6A :

Prio, Nikola, Lennon and Gurjoyt 6F : Shayne 6G : Rayhan and Jada

13/01 Siaya Paul 20/01 Vy An

27/01 Rohan Saqib 03/02 Reeya Ahmed,

10/02 Chloe Ralley

Weekly Attendance Winners

In the event of snow…….School WILL BE OPEN unless;

1. You get a text from school – so

keep those mobile phones on !!!!!!!!

2. Listen to the radio—Free Radio

BRMB or WM—You will hear our

school name if we are closed.

3. Check the school website :

www.rydersgreen.sandwell.sch.uk

UNAUTHORISED LEAVE OF ABSENCE

We would just like to make you aware that parent/carers cannot demand a leave of absence as an

automatic right - since SEPTEMBER 2013 we no longer authorise '10 days absence'.

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Nursery Christmas

Raffle Winners 1st Maisha Jannat

2nd Arwan Ali

3rd Emmanuel Sakalauskas

4th Taiyarah Rahman

5th Aleena Khatun

During the past half term the children have been taking part in a

readathon to raise money for books for children in hospital.

We are very please to inform you that we have raised a total of

£208.32 for this very worthy cause. Well done to everyone who took part , a special well done to

Suneha and Ameen who between them raised £60.00 and to Rajvir

and Jaskiran who also managed to raise £84.00.

Children’s University 11th January and 1st February 2017

As most parents are aware, Ryders Green is a member of the Black Country Children’s

University and as such, again this year, we set up a number of after school clubs. The clubs

allow the children to experience a range of extra-curricular activities with other children across

the school. Each child that attends a club holds an official Children’s University Passport where

upon all hours spent doing extra-curricular activities are logged.

30hrs — Bronze Award, 65hrs — Silver Award, 100 hrs — Gold Award. Children exceeding

these hours will receive diplomas and degrees.

Parents were invited to watch their children, who achieved any of the above awards, experience a

graduation ceremony and receive their award in recognition of their achievements.

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Year 1

Rahad, Gurjivan, Maja, Adrian and Nicola.

Year 2

Rajvir, Nicola, Gurdeep, Sienna, Jakub, Thierry, Manveer, Lily, Brooklyn, Oscar, Tony, Abdi,

Suraj, Wayne, Aaliyah and Darren.

Year 3

Baljeevan, Justin, Karina, Bless, Rokhiya, Tjay, Chloe, Atari, Murshitha, Amrit, Eryk, Krystian,

Czeary, Zoona and Vy.

Year 4

Sabrine, Massamba, Christian, Jaiden, Arslan, Tegan, Ameen, Nayab, Numan and Tanpreet.

Year 5

Jasleen, Abbas, Jaanzeb, Daniella, Phydele, Kai, Karina, Ryan, Nafisa, Nadine, Alicja,

Vickminder, Mekhi, Aleeza, Amran, Emilian, Sukhraj, Anisha, Reeya and Tamiya.

Year 6

Amritha, Fathima, Sanjana, Elleja, Sahildeep, Hariss, Shanae, Harleen, Sammiyah, Fabiha,

Jada, Skye, Lennon, Thwaifa, Pawan, Kelsey-Lei, Salim, Igor, Maged, Huy, Deka, Jahron,

Renny, Jamal, Finn, Rhianna and Falak.

Well done to all the following children:

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On 26th January pupils from years 3 –6 very excitedly climbed aboard a coach to be whisked away

to the Genting Arena in Birmingham to perform the music and lyrics they have been learning over

the past few weeks in this ‘once in a life time experience’ as part of the Young Voices Concert. The children were part of a massed choir of 6000+ and performed songs such as: Birdhouse in my

soul, a Zimbabwean song called Maliswee, Sing! and Ain’t no Mountain High Enough.

The children had a memorable experience and hope to share some of the songs with you as part of

the summer concert.

Young Voices Provides children with the opportunity to perform in some of the world’s greatest arenas alongside incredible artists which has a massive impact on the children involved.

Furthermore, to achieve this with all their school friends around them for support, helps their self-belief, confidence and ability to communicate as part of a team, which is invaluable. Add to this the numerous health benefits of consistent singing in rehearsals, from breathing regulation to re-lieving stress, it’s no wonder that Young Voices is over-subscribed year after year.

One of the highlights of the whole process is to see the pride that the children have in their own performance, and this is further amplified when their parents are able to share the experience as part of the audience.

There is a massive sense of achievement gained from rehearsing and finally being able to per-

form in some of the world's largest arenas.

Here are the thoughts of the children who took part;

‘I enjoyed it when everyone jumped up and down and the lights turned everyone different

colours’ — Amritha.

‘It was an opportunity of a lifetime and would go again if I had the chance’ — Rhianna.

‘I thought Young Voices was great, next time I recommend we sit closer to the stage’ - Millie.

‘The dance moves were funny’ - Elisha. ‘I liked the flashlights’ - Zoona.

‘It was fun and I recommend it to every child in the world’ — Skye.

‘I enjoyed the raps and want to go again’ - Emilial. ‘Andy and David’s silly dances’ - Elisha.

‘I thought Young Voices was really good and it was very exciting, my favourite part was when we

sang ‘Bluebird In Your Soul’ - Elleja.

‘I enjoyed it when the lights were shining on us and when we were rapping’ - Sammiyah.

‘I enjoy doing different concerts and learning new songs’ - Rihanna

‘I liked it because instead of listening to people, we got to join in!’ - Nasrin.

‘The concert was really good and the beat boxers were really fun’ - Kelsey.

‘I liked the boom boxers moves’ - Chloe. ‘I enjoyed doing the dancing and singing’ - Jada.

‘The beat boxers were amazing’ - Baljeevan. ‘I liked it when we got to do the actions’ - Vy.

Young Voices

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May we remind parents that we have a NO SMOKING Policy that applies to the whole school site and grounds.

Police Notice

No Smoking

POLICE NOTICE

The Police will regularly patrol Claypit Lane and Wattle Road. We are taking this opportunity to politely

remind you of the speed you are travelling around the school area and where you are parking. Please do

not obstruct the pavement, babies in buggies, disabled people and everyone in general need access. Also,

please do not park on the double yellow lines they are there for a reason. There is also a speed limit of

5mph on the driveway. Parents should not be using the main driveway unless it is an emergency.

If found parking illegally or speeding, police will issue fixed penalty notices of £30.00.

THIS IS FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR CHILDREN AS THEIR SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT

No Dogs

Dogs are NOT allowed on school premises at any time. This does not apply to Guide Dogs. Thank you.

No Entry

Parents bringing children to school in a car should not be using the main driveway. This is for emergencies

only. Any cars on the school premises at 8.45am will not be able to leave until 9.15am. This is for the

safety of your children. Thank you.

Scooters/Bicycles

We would like to remind parents that their children must not ride their scooters or

bicycles on school premises. They must dismount at the top of the drive and push

them to the designated storage area. This is to prevent any accidents. Thank you for your

cooperation.

Swimming

Swimming continues for 3G on Tuesday 28th February 2017 until 4th April 2017. The whole

of Yr5 will continue swimming on Thursday 2nd March 2017 until 6th April 2017. Please

make sure you bring your swimming costume/trunks and a towel and also your underwear if

you come to school with your swimming things on underneath your school clothes.

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We strongly recommend that you check exact dates with school - especially before you book a

holiday.

You may get fined if you take your children out of school during term time.

Schools can now issue fines to parents who take their children out of school during term time.

Please think carefully before booking a holiday in term time. You should consider the potential

impact on your child's education.

Statistics show that 10 days' absence in any academic year means pupils' learning suffers and they

do worse in tests and exams.

Remember that schools do not have to provide work for students taking holidays during term time.

Leave of Absence During Term Time

Attendance

This half term our attendance is 96.2%

For the year so far, it is 96.1% — Well done.

We have 34 pupils with 100% attendance

for the whole year — well done lets see how

many of you can keep this up.

ATTENDANCE NOTE TO PARENTS

If children are taken out of school during Term

Time it is classed as unauthorised absence. If it

extends to more than 10 days we can and will

remove your child from roll. Attendance

Services collect all absences and will take

further action if necessary.

Requests for leave of absence—Parents will be

required to attend a meeting with the chair of Governors,

Head Teacher and PSA. Please make sure you give

enough notice to be able to schedule a meeting.

World Book Day - 2nd March 2017

Children can come to school dressed as their favourite book character.

There will be a book stall where children can buy books for as little as

£1 and no more than £2. Also Mr Gadd is running a competition for the children

to win selected books by creating a ‘book in a box’ please see the letter sent out

by Mr Gadd for more information. Good Luck.

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What your children have been up to in the After School Clubs

During the Autumn term Band, Ukulele and choir performed during Christmas events: pre-concert ensemble for Christmas Fayre. Some choir and band performed at a residential home. Twenty two of our Choir members took part in Young Voices at the Genting Arena. All the music clubs will now be preparing for the end of year concert in June.

In Mr Gadd’s Yr6 Booster class this half term they have been focusing on some of the skills necessary for the arithmetic test. They have looked at subtraction and addition of mixed fractions in particular. They will continue this in to next half term and will spend time working through worded problems, applying the skills they have learnt.

It has been a very successful start to 2017 in Miss Swingler’s Netball Club for years 3 & 4 - They have more members than ever! So far they have been learning and putting

into practise a range of different passes including chest pass, bounce pass and shoulder pass. Next term, they will be focusing on different defending tactics and techniques.

In Miss Geddes’s theatre club, over the last couple of weeks the children have started to look at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The children have performed in mini auditions, reading from a script as different characters. Next half term they will be rehearsing the play each week with the hope of performing it to some of the children in school.

This half term Science Club with Miss Davis, have been focusing on the area of Geology. The children have spent the half term finding different rocks in the Nursery Garden. They have since used these rocks to describe them using adjec-

tives. They have examined the rocks like Geologists, measuring and weighing them. The children have briefly discussed the different rock types and how they are formed. They are now moving on to focus on Chemistry for a few weeks. Last week the children set up an experiment called 'Colourful Sugar'. They predicted what was going to happen, ask your children what their predictions were and if their predictions were correct.

In Green fingers gardening club with Mrs Love, the children have been learning about healthy foods and how to grow them . They have designed their own gardens.