In this week’s

newsletter:

Golden Book

Junior Disco

Christmas Jumper

Day

Year 3 poems

Poppy Appeal news

Diary Dates

Christmas Tree Sale

Community news

Parties etc!

Christmas

Production tickets

Admissions

consultation

PE

Community news

Good morning.

Yet again another busy week in the life of the school. Christmas plans are in full

swing now and we look forward to welcoming you next week to our various

productions and events, all of which are noted in the diary dates further on in

this newsletter. Demand for tickets has been huge and we will be in touch early

next week with those on the waiting list. Some seats will be made available at the

dress rehearsal for the KS2 production on Wednesday afternoon.

The PTA are holding their Christmas tree sale tomorrow in the school car park

accessed via Coldharbour Road. Thank you in advance to all the class reps who

are helping out or who have organised the shift for tomorrow. It is greatly

appreciated.

Next week, alongside the Christmas productions, we will also be holding our

annual Christmas lunch for children. This will take place on Thursday and

children are encouraged to come to school wearing mufti, including a Christmas

jumper, with a donation towards Save the Children (see details on the next

page). They will all be making party hats for the big event in their classes on

Thursday morning .

The Pyrford School Christmas Post service is up and running. Please continue to

send in cards and remember to include a full name and class on the envelope. It

makes our post staff jobs so much easier!

Year 5 had a great day out this week visiting BDB school where they thoroughly

enjoyed watching a production of Peter Panto! I know many of you have signed

up for the PTA panto outing to Woking next week - I do hope you have an

enjoyable time.

Demolition of the old school building continues to take place. The intention is

that we will have some car parking, accessed via Peatmore Avenue, available to

staff in early January and also some hard play space for the children. The EFA

visited this week to check on progress of

demolition and to snag the new building. All is

progressing currently as expected.

Wishing you all a good weekend.

Kathryn Krynicki

Headteacher

9 December 2016

Pyrford Church of England Primary School

There seem to

be a number of

bugs circulating

at the moment.

We would like

to remind you

that if your child

vomits or has

diarrhoea, they

must not return

to school until

48 hours after

the last episode.

This is to

protect all the

other children

and staff.

Hazel - Jared Efedje for super writing.

Beech - Sam Holliday for always trying his best at school.

Chestnut - Jack Hannell for impressive progress with reading.

Oak - Sofia Elliott for brilliant independent writing.

Cedar - Tryston Webster for working really hard on his maths skills.

Hawthorn - Mahek Ahmed for writing some interesting facts about Mary Seacole.

Sycamore - Alex Armstrong for excellent writing.

Juniper - Naomi Parsons for a good Christmas poem.

Maple - Sam Mullally for making an excellent effort to solve a Maths investigation.

Alder - Milada Ilchuk for a creative adventure map in English.

Larch - Oliver Povey for a creative adventure map in English.

Birch - Kaelle Lorvo for a beautifully drawn story map in English.

Rowan - Wil Aldridge for some great work on A Christmas Carol.

Willow - Hayden Patel for fantastic work on his Mission to Mars.

Laurel - Zaynab Waheed for a fantastic storyboard explaining the story of Rama and Sita in RE.

Holly - Aisha Karim for a fabulous storyboard of the Rama and Sita story in RE.

JUNIOR DISCO

Tuesday 20th December

6:30 pm - 8 pm

School Hall

£3 on the door

(no tickets required)

Price includes crisps, sweets and a drink

(no need to bring any extra money)

Drop off at Coldharbour Road entrance only

Entry through main school entrance. Parents to take their

children’s coats home.

Collect at hall double doors.

We are once again supporting Save the

Children by taking part in Christmas Jumper Day on

THURSDAY 15TH .

For a suggested donation of £1 each, children are invited to wear a Christmas jumper instead of school

uniform - jeans/sports trousers/leggings are acceptable to wear with it.

It will be a party atmosphere as everyone will be in their Christmas jumpers for our school Christmas

lunch, with extra treats kindly supplied by the PTA.

The local Poppy Appeal organiser called in the other day to

thank the school for the record amount raised this year -

£683.10. He said that we were the top fundraising school in

the area and that overall donations were up considerably.

A cup of awfully jolly fun,

A teaspoon of exciting, sparkly presents,

A dash of kind and lovely children’s hearts,

A pinch of glittery frosty snow,

Grated snowflakes dancing around as children

play,

1 medium woolly Christmas jumper

A Christmas bowl of tasty sweet treats,

A sprinkle of colourful dust on the table while

eating Christmas dinner.

Sarah (Maple)

A mix of joy and love,

A teaspoon of superb presents

A dash of happiness,

A pinch of candy canes,

1 medium cup of hot chocolate,

A bowl of kind presents from aunties,

1 cheerful jug full of jokes,

A sprinkle of kindness,

And finally a bag full of carrots for

Santa’s reindeer.

Daisy (Maple)

A sprinkle of magic and a pinch of being spoilt,

A pint of love and a pour of craziness,

Add a cup of family and friends,

Crack a joyful day into Christmas,

Add a bit of naughty Elf on the Shelf,

Put in some Christmas dinner and a sprinkle of

icing sugar on the cake for pudding,

Crunch up a little cheerfulness

That’s how you make a good Christmas cake!

Merry Christmas!

Scarlett (Juniper)

A sprinkle of snow,

Crunch up the craziness,

Measure the friendliness and love,

Pour the frost,

Stir with Christmas joy,

Add the presents with the ribbon,

A pinch of light,

Grate the snowmen.

Have a lovely Christmas!

Phoenix (Juniper)

SCHOOL DATES FOR 2016—2017 ACADEMIC YEAR

changes & additions in bold

Description Date Time

Friends’ Christmas Tree Sale Saturday 10 December

Reception Classes Christmas Production Tuesday 13 December 09:45

KS1 Carol Concert at the Church Tuesday 13 December 14:00

School Christmas Lunch & Christmas Jumper Day Thursday 15 December

KS2 Christmas Production Thursday 15 December 18:45

KS2 Christmas Production Friday 16 December 14:00

Reception Christmas Movie Night Friday 16 December 17:00

FS & KS1 parties Tue 20 December

KS2 Junior Christmas Disco Tue 20 December 18:30-20:00

School Christmas Service at CoGS Wed 21 December 09:30

Last Day of Autumn Term Wed 21 December finish at 13:30

Christmas Holidays 22 December to 2 January

INSET Day Tue 3 January

First Day of Spring Term Wed 4 January

Primary Admissions deadline Sun 15 January

o2 Young Voices Concert Fri 20 January

Bikeability Course - Week 1 30 January - 3 February

Yr 1 to Windsor Castle Mon 30 January

Bikeability Course - Week 2 6- 10 February

Spring Half term 13 - 17 February

Yr 4 Saxons workshop Mon 27 February

Spring Parents Meetings Tue 7 March 15:30 - 17:30

Spring Parents Meetings Thu 9 March 15:30 - 19:30

Yr 5 Residential to Fairthorne Manor Tue 14 - Fri 17 March

Yr 2 to Brooklands Museum Fri 17 March

Assessment Week w/c 20 March

Science Week w/c 27 March

School Easter Service at CoGS Fri 31 March 09:30

Last Day of Spring Term Fri 31 March finish at 13:30

Easter Holidays 1 - 17 April

First Day of Summer Term Tue 18 April

Reception to Ladyland Farm Fri 21 April

Yr 4 Residential to Hindleap Warren 24 - 26 April

Yr 5 Warner Brothers Studio Tour Wed 26 April

May Bank Holiday Mon 1 May

SATs Week 8 - 12 May

Yr 5 Vikings workshop Tue 9 May

Yr 3 Residential to High Ashurst 10 - 11 May

Yr 4 to Wisley Gardens Wed 17 May

Yr 3 class to Henley Fort Mon 22 May

Yr 3 class to Henley Fort Tue 23 May

Summer Half term 29 May - 2 June

INSET Day Mon 5 June

Yr 2 class to Alice Holt Mon 12 June

Yr 2 class to Alice Holt Tue 13 June

Yr 2 class to Alice Holt Wed 14 June

Yr 1 to Chessington Fri 23 June tbc

Assessment Week w/c 26 June

Yr 6 Residential to Belsey Bridge 26— 30 June

Yr 3 class to Pizza Express Wed 28 June

Yr 3 class to Pizza Express Thu 29 June

Pyrford & Wisley Flower Show Sat 8 July

Yr 2 class(es) Pedals Course Thu 13 July

Yr 2 class(es) Pedals Course Fri 14 July

Leavers’ Service at CoGS Fri 21 July 09:30

Last Day of Summer Term Fri 21 July finish at 13:30

PARTY TIME!

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2

have their parties on Tuesday

20th. The children can come to

school in their party clothes to

avoid having to change, but they need sensible

shoes and cardigans/jumper and a WARM COAT as

they will be outside for playtime and lunch time.

CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION TICKETS

The tickets are being sent out early this week

(Foundation Stage went home last week). If you

are on the waiting list for extra tickets we will be

in contact with you early next week to let you

know if we can fulfil your requests. Due to the

huge demand, we are making some seats

available at the KS2 dress rehearsal on

Wednesday afternoon and we will contact those

on the waiting list to whom we can offer tickets.

Priority will go to those with no tickets rather

than extras.

CONSULTATION ON A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE SCHOOL’S ADMISSIONS POLICY FOR 2018/19 ENTRY

Governors propose a change to the oversubscription criteria of the Admissions Policy for entry into the school in

2018/19.

Minor changes have been made to wording for the purposes of greater clarity. The substantive change affects the

criteria that relate to regular church attendance (criteria 6 & 7 in the 2016/17 policy, and criteria 6 & 8 in the

2017/18 policy). It is proposed that the definition of regular church attendance be amended to TWICE per month

for a period of one year, rather than ONCE per month for a period of one year.

The proposed policy is on the school website. If you wish to comment on it, please email

c.anderson@pyrford.surrey.sch.uk or address a letter to the Chair of the Governing Body and drop off at the

school office. The deadline for comments is Thursday 26th January 2017.

COMING SOON TO A RECEPTION

BOOKBAG NEAR YOU!

Details of the Christmas Movie Night on

Friday 16th December at 5pm in the

Reception classrooms

Visit Santa in his twinkling grotto before he returns to the North

Pole to start his Christmas deliveries. He is very busy so catch

him early!

Wander down the snowy path to his cosy grotto and receive an

early Christmas gift.

WHEN - 10 December & 17 December, 10am - 2pm, Christmas

Eve, 11am-1pm

WHERE - Suzanne’s Hair Salon, 5 Marshall Parade, Pyrford

COST - Donation to Knights Foundation Charity supporting dis-

abled children and their families

http://theknightsfoundation.org

If you’re a Co-op member, log in to your membership account and choose the school as the cause you want to support. And if you’re not a member, you can pick up a card from the local Co-op. Then every time you buy Co-op branded products and services, from buying a loaf of bread to planning a funeral, we receive 1% of what you spend. We’re part of the fund for the next six months which means that we will get a contribution towards new playground facilities.

The stores supporting our school are the Co-ops in Pyrford, Knaphill (High Street), Knaphill (Victoria Road), Ripley and Wych Hill.