ALL SAINTSC of E PRIMARY

All Saints’ C of E Primary School Upper Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, London SE19 3LG Tel: 0208 771 9388 Fax: 020 8653 5466 Email: admin@allsaintsschool.croydon.sch.uk Website: www.allsaintsschoolcroydon.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Josephine Copeland MA All Believing, All Achieving

Dear Parents/Carers 20th October 2017 - Week 7

“Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other”. 1 Thessalonians 5:13

Themed School Dinner To celebrate Black History Month Olive Dining will be serving a special menu on Tuesday 31st October, with different foods from around the world. A letter went out today to give our packed lunch pupils the opportunity to have a themed school dinner on the day. Please return slip by Monday 30th October.

Whales Class Assembly Well done Whale Class for a rendition of

Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. The children performed a lovely piece from The Tempest with fabulous singing and acting. Mrs Copeland was

also part of their performance with the class writing personal letters to her!

Diversity Week The children in KS2 were treated to another fabulous drama workshop to celebrate Diversity Month. A huge thank you to all the children and staff who dressed up to celebrate the many different diverse countries we all come from.

Thank you for the donations for diversity week, we raised £92.72p which will go towards the

school funds.

Message from the Headteacher Thank you so much for supporting your child whist settling into the New School Year and new class. Happy Diwali to all of our friends and family who celebrate the Hindu festival of Light! Next term our theme is PEACE as we move into Advent before Christmas and think again of the birth of baby Jesus. Bishop Karowei Dorgu will be visiting us on Tuesday 31st October to lead our assembly and speak with us all about his journey becoming a Bishop.

Peace and Love to you all – Enjoy your half term

Josephine Copeland

All Saints’ Stars of the Week Reception - YR – Aidon & Florence

Kingfishers Y1 – Amelia & Kyelle Dolphins Y1 – Ambreen & Lucas

Lions Y2 – Ruby & William Hummingbirds Y2 – Mazie –Leigh & Oscar

Orangutans Y3 – Emmanuel & Maria S Bilbys Y3 – Henry & Luken

Cheetahs Y4 – Ava & Mattia Tigers Y4 – Bruno & Pavan

Whales Y5 – Krishanth & Victoria Pandas Y5 – Straford & Sofia

Pygmy Owls Y6 – Cyshelle & Ziggy Peregrine Falcons Y6 – Ilwad & Taahseen

Dates and Reminders – A lot to look forward to!

Monday 30th Oct – School reopens

Monday 30th Oct – Poppy on sale for Remembrance Day

Tuesday 31st Oct – Parents Evenings - 3.35 pm – 6 pm

Tuesday 31st Oct – Bishop Dorgu of Woolwich visiting as part of Diversity Month

Tuesday 31st Oct – Deadline for Secondary Schools transfer

Wednesday 1st Nov – All Saints’ Day Church Service - KS1 – 9.30 am & KS2 – 10.00 am

Thursday 2nd Nov – Tigers Assembly – 9.10 am

Thursday 2nd Nov – Parents Evenings - 3.35 pm – 7 pm

Friday 10th Nov – Remembrance Day Church Service

Friday 17th Nov – Children in Need

Word of the week This week’s words are:

KS1 – SONOROUS KS2 – MAGNANIMOUS

See if you can find out what these words mean and try and use

them them over the half term!

Open Mornings Our Open Mornings are on Fridays; the next open morning will be 10th Nov at 9.45am. If you know any families that would like a place in our Nursery or Reception, details are on the school

website. The 2018 deadline for Reception applications is 13th January 2018.

Secondary School Transfers All applications need to be submitted online by 31st

October 2017 via www.eadmissions.org.uk.

School Dinners Please ensure you have cleared your school dinner account. All payments need to be paid in advance via ParentMail. Prices for the next half term.

£2.20 per day £11.00 per week

£83.60 for half a term till 20th December. If your child’s in Reception to Year 2 they are entitled to universal free school meals.

After School Club and After School Activities Clubs will start back week commencing 30th October.

Two in a row for Hummingbirds can they make it three in a row on the first week back to win the class

prize?? Pandas are back on top with a very good attendance score this week, can they stay there

next half term??

Kingfishers have received no lates this week each child received a sticker award.

Well done to them and all the other classes who got below 5 lates this week. Peregrine

Falcons, Giraffes and Lions classes your number of lates were disappointing but I believe that

you will turn this around next half term with the support of your parents/carers.

The overall winners for the title of ‘Best Punctuality’ this term was KS1 – Kingfishers and KS2 – Pygmy Owls.

They each received a Gold Punctuality Certificate for their classrooms. The classes with the most certificates at the

end of the year will receive a class prize.

Have a wonderful half term break and we look forward to seeing you back on Monday 30th October bright and early to get through the gates when they open KS1 – 8.40am and KS2 8.45am

New punctuality incentive beginning next half term so watch this space………….

Mrs D Mitchell Parent Liaison & Attendance Officer

Attendance and Punctuality Review Attendance and Punctuality: Please see below our weekly attendance and punctuality (lates) flyer.

Let’s keep working together to get our figures up!

Year

Group

Class Name Attendance Lates

Excellent over 97%

Good over 96.1% Needs improvement less than 96% Highest class attendance this week

(Own clothes on Monday 30th October) KS1 – Hummingbirds

KS2 – Pandas

Y R Reception 95.7% 10

Year 1 Dolphins 91.2% 1

Kingfishers 96.3% 0

Year 2 Hummingbirds 97.7% 3

Lions 95.5% 8

Year 3 Bilbys 94.6% 6

Orangutans 90.4% 4

Year 4 Cheetahs 97.7% 2

Tigers 96.8% 7

Year 5 Pandas 99.2% 3

Whales 97.0% 5

Year 6 Peregrine Falcons 98.6% 11

Pygmy Owls 95.7% 4

Overall attendance is currently at its highest - 96%. Well done All Saints’