HURST PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Issue 228 www.hurst-park.surrey.sch.uk 27.09.19

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NATIONAL SCHOOL TRAVEL AWARD

We are delighted to announce that Hurst Park has become the first school in Surrey to achieve Gold

accreditation in the Modeshift STARS National School Travel Awards for all our work towards the school travel plan. The award was presented in assembly, last Friday, by Councillor Julie Iles and Edward Cowley from Surrey

County Council's safer travel team. Well done to everyone for all your hard work - keep swapping those

'school runs' for walks, scoots and cycles!

CHANCE TO WIN

As part of Save our Planet Week, the kitchen are running a special

competition.

Do you have a favourite vegetable? Make it a cute cartoon character

that excites everyone and spreads the word: Eating vegetables is good

for your body, food for the Earth! Grab your brush/pencils and some creative time and make sure you give your drawing to our catering team by 14th October. The catering team will select a winner, who will be entered into the overall final, where it will compete with other school’s entries. The top 3 winners will get a

vegetable hamper with recipes, together with a chef’s hat and apron. In addition, the first prize will have their winning entry turned into an amazing soft toy

character. The top 3 winners will be announced on 8th November.

National School Travel Award

Forthcoming Dates

Chance to Win

Piece of the Week

Sun Sails

Instrument of the Week

Reminder

Year 6 Bowles Parents’ Meeting

School Photographs

Year 6 Bikeability

Nut Free School

SUN SAILS

We are pleased to inform you that the school has been awarded a Community Infrastructure Levy Grant. This money, combined with parents’ donations to the school fund and money raised by the PTA, will enable the school to install some

sun sails on our field.

PIECE OF THE WEEK

This week’s piece of the week has been:

Albatross by Fleetwood Mac

The link to it is:

https://youtu.be/KQ_wA_EvOoo

YEAR 6 BOWLES PARENTS’ MEETING

There will be a meeting for parents on Monday 30th September at 5.30pm in the hall. At the

meeting you will be given further details of the trip and have a chance to ask any questions you

may have.

Would you please enter the hall via the doors at the front of the school. The drop-off zone will

not be open, but you may use the staff car park. The gates will be opened at 5.15pm.

INSTRUMENT OF THE WEEK This week's instrument of the week has been:

the electric guitar

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS

On Thursday 3rd October, the school photographer will be in school to take

photographs of the children in reception to year 6. If you have more than one child in the school,

they will be photographed together. If your child is absent from school due to illness, they

will not be permitted to come in for the photograph. Children in nursery will have individual photographs taken in January.

REMINDER

Please could parents/carers inform the school if your child is being collected by another adult.

Parents/carers should only collect other children if this has been pre-arranged between parents

and the school has been notified.

FORTHCOMING DATES

Mon 30th Sept to Fri 4th Oct: Y6 Bikeability

Mon 30th Sept: Y6 Bowles Parents’ Meeting 5.30pm

Thurs 3rd Oct: R-Y6 School Photos

Mon 14th Oct to Fri 18th Oct: Y6 Bowles

Wed 23rd Oct: Y3-6 Harvest Concert 2pm

Thursday 24th Oct: Y3-6 Harvest Concert 9.30am

Fri 25th Oct: Macmillan/Wear It Pink Coffee Morning

Mon 28th Oct to Fri 1 Nov: Half-Term

Mon 4th Nov: INSET Day

Tues 5th Nov: Y4 Bikeability

Wed 6th Nov: Y4 Bikeability

Thurs 7th Nov: Y4 Bikeability

YEAR 6 BIKEABILITY TRAINING

Children taking part in bikeability training next week should come to school dressed in their outdoor PE kit and trainers. Depending on the weather, they may need a waterproof coat. During the week, they

will only need their uniform to change into on Thursday, for the school photographs. On arrival at school, would children please leave their bike in the correct section of the bike shed by the drop-off zone.

Helmets may be taken into the classroom.

NUT FREE SCHOOL Please could you note that we have several children at school who suffer from a severe allergy to nuts. Consequently, the school is a nut free zone. However, on occasions, we notice that some children are bringing in packed lunches that contain nuts, e.g. peanuts, peanut butter, Nutella, oat bars (containing

traces of nuts) etc. Please could you support the school by leaving nuts / nut products at home for your children to enjoy and provide nut free items for school.