Snowsfields Primary School

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NEWSLETTER Friday 1st November 2019 Letter of the Week: E - Empowering Everyone

IMPORTANT DATES

Tuesday 12th November - School Photos

Monday 11th November Pupil Review Meetings with Parents - School closed

Friday 13th December - Christmas Show/Morning performance for parents

bringing young children - Afternoon performance no children allowed

Tuesday 17th December - Christmas Dinner

Tuesday 17th December - Key Stage 2 Talent Show

Wednesday 18th December - Winter Concert EYFS

Wednesday 18th December - Class Parties

Friday 20th December - School Concert and Christmas Jumpers

Term dates for 2019-2020

Autumn Term Wednesday 4th September – Friday 18th October 2019 Monday 21st October – Friday 25th October 2019 Half

Term Monday 28th October – Friday 20th December 2019

Spring Term Tuesday 7th January – Friday 14th February 2020

Monday 17th February – Friday 21st February 2020 – Half Term

Monday 24th February – Friday 3rd April 2020

Summer Term Tuesday 21st April – Friday 22nd May 2020

Monday 25th May – Friday 29th May 2020 – Half Term Monday 1st June – Friday 17th July 2020

INSET DAYS – SCHOOL CLOSED

Monday 2nd September

Tuesday 3rd September

Monday 6th January

Monday 20th April

Stay and Learn / Parent Workshops

Each term we provide a range of workshops that are geared towards helping

you as parents and carers to support your child’s learning. Further information

will be made available on the school’s website and sent via email and text

messages. Please come along to support your child’s learning and progress!

Date Focus Year Group

5/11 Year 1 Phonics Year 1

19/11 Reception Applications Nursery

27/11 Behaviour Strategies All

11/12 Winter Crafts and Hats Nursery and Reception

Attendance and Punctuality Overall whole school attendance for week beginning 28/10/19: 94.4%

Termly totals Absences Lates Points

Year 1—Red Class 8 13 225

Year 2—Orange Class 10 2 657

Year 3—Yellow Class 6 14 575

Year 4 - Green Class 3 7 450

Year 5—Blue Class 14 13 275

Year 6—Purple Class 13 4 800

Meet the Nursery Teacher

On Monday 4th November at 9am we are inviting you to come in and meet your child’s teacher. You will be able to

ask questions about the daily routine in Nursery.

The ‘Tell a Good Tale’

certificate was awarded for playing with a pupil who was sitting on the ‘Buddy

Bench’.

Pixie in Year 5 for always being a good friend to everyone.

Katy in Year 3 for playing with a friend who was feeling sad.

Adnan in Year 4 for cheering up another child and being a very good friend.

We have received a certificate in

assembly this week!

Junior Travel Ambassador

Our School Council members from year 5 and year 6 attended a JTA

podcast workshop on Tuesday 29th October where they were reminded about safe, active and

independent travel. This was a fun and engaging way to spread important messages and build skills for life.

Year 4 Narnia Experience

Please support the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal! The following items are on sale in our school office:

Eraser: 50p Reflector poppies: 50p Pencil sharpener: 50p

Pencil: 50p Snap rulers: £1

Ruler: £1 Wrist bands: £1

Poppies: minimum 50p Metal Badges: £3

On Wednesday 30th October, we went on a trip to experience what it was like in Narnia. We all

pretended that we were evacuees and characters in the story ’ The Lion, the Witch and the

Wardrobe’ written by C.S. Lewis. Separated into groups, we got to experience different parts of the story. Our best part of the trip was eating snacks that were served on the set of the actual movie.

It was fun and we had a great time!

Param

During the workshop, we worked together to decide on what we would like to include in our podcast for other schools in Southwark to inform them about road safety. We felt brave and so we decided to

sing a song for the podcast which was recorded in the recording studio. Lunch was provided and we had a great time meeting children

from other Southwark schools.

Children in Need 2019 ‘To raise money for Children in Need on Friday 15th November, we would like

everyone to wear something yellow for a donation of £1.

We are also going to have face painting and a cake sale after school, so we would be very grateful if you could also donate some cakes (without nuts) to sell and raise more money.

Thank you for supporting Children in Need!’

The School Council

Parents can: Donate £1 for your child to wear something

yellow on Friday 15th November.

Donate cakes

Buy cakes after school

Meet our School Leaders

Science Leaders

School Council

Head Boy and Head Girl

Digital Leaders

First, I want to thank my class for giving me the opportunity

to be the Head Boy at Snowsfields Primary School.

I think I will be a good Head Boy because I want to

represent the School’s values and show all the younger and older children how to behave

and be kind to each other.

It is my duty and everyone’s duty to show the younger

pupils kindness, model resilience and listen to all

their concerns.

The reason why I wanted to be Head Girl is because I am helpful. Last year, I was a

lunchtime helper for Nursery and Reception and I really enjoyed doing this because I love helping people be happy

as it also makes me happy. My class encouraged me to put myself

forward for the Head Girl’s role because they know that I like taking risks in life and stepping out of my comfort zone. I

want to be a good role model to my class and the rest of the school. I am very

lucky to be given this opportunity. I will help support others when they are down and help Snowsfields to continue

to be a positive place to be. I want other children and their parents to join our

Snowsfields family and see how excellent our school is.

I will make sure everyone is confident and his or her voice is heard. I will stand

up to anyone who might not be following our school rules and I will always show

respect for Snowsfields.

Sports Leaders

The Leathermarket playground will be closed on 7th, 9th ,10th and 11th November while Council officers investigate the exten t of recent ground movement.