NEWSLETTER NO. 7

NEWSLETTER 17th October 2014

IMPORTANT DATES

Mon 20th Oct: Christmas Card artwork project deadline

Tues 21st Oct: 6-8pm Parent Consultations

Wed 22nd Oct: 2.30-5pm Parent Consultations

Fri 24th Oct: 3.15pm End of first half Autumn Term

Mon 3rd Nov: Start of second half Autumn Term

Mon 10th Nov: 9am Bags2School collection

Achievement for All

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a ‘wow’ week we have had. It started on Saturday – although officially the new week

doesn’t start until Sunday, we won’t mind about that!

What an amazing turn out by parents and children for our first ‘Working party’. Despite the

weather being a bit miserable at first, and the total downpour later, everyone worked their

socks off—clearing, sweeping, cutting and drilling. It was one of those ‘OH’ moments when

you are a little over whelmed by the generosity and good spiritedness (if that’s a word) of

everyone who came together to make our school an even better looking place than it already

is. We can only say the biggest THANK YOU to you all. You were all absolutely brilliant!

I have to say one special thank you amongst all the wonderful volunteers to Mr Amos who

scared the life out of me on Wednesday night. Imagine a cold and stormy night...It’s raining

hard and pitch black...You hear banging in the night...What can it be? Is a child locked in the

new building? What has happened? How could they have got locked in? You turn the corner

and there…….hammering away is Mr Amos! - dripping wet, putting together our wooden

storage box! What wonderful dedication to the cause!

Please make sure you take a good look around the school to see the fabulous work that was

done, as sometimes things become a little familiar. If you spot something that you think

needs a little tender loving care please let me know as I am sure we will have another

working party in the future, and we all miss things.

Our Book Week is in full swing today with lots of wonderful costumes. I must say a big thank

you to those who responded so quickly to the plea to man the Book Fair. If you haven't

already visited please take the time to look around—there are some fabulous books available.

The book fair will be open again after school today until 4pm.

Have a wonderful, relaxing weekend and enjoy reading all those lovely new books. Kind regards, Lenia Greenaway

CHRISTMAS CARDS DEADLINE

Monday 20th

October

OPEN MORNING The children have been fantastic this week. On Wednesday we had a large number of visitors come to our first open

morning of the year. The children were beautifully behaved, as always, and many of the prospective parents commented

on the way the children answered their questions enthusiastically and with great detail. Well done to everyone for making

this a really good morning. I think it came across clearly that we are very proud of our school. Thank you to everyone who

helped put this morning together, not least to Mrs Frost in the office who spent a day putting our up-dated prospectus

together. She can now make them in her sleep. Our next Open Morning will be held on Wednesday 19th November.

Achievement for All

BUSY BEES

Busy Bees have been enjoying all the exciting activities surrounding book

week this week. We have been thinking about rhyming words and sounds

and have written a wonderful class poem about Autumn together.

We have also been learning about the disciples being friends of Jesus and

thinking about our friends in Busy Bees.

LADYBIRDS

Ladybirds were looking at nursery rhymes this week. We have been reading

and performing our favourite rhymes and talking about our favourite books.

In geography we have been thinking about the weather and the different

seasons and we wrote a lovely poem together about Autumn.

DRAGONFLIES Dragonflies have been preparing for our class collective worship on Diwali

next week. We also did some super story writing that is on display in the

entrance to the library area. We have been learning about time in our

maths lessons and had a fantastic trip to the Surrey Outdoor Learning

Development Centre yesterday where we spent the morning learning

woodland skills and orienteering.

CHRISTMAS CARD PROJECT DEADLINE—20th

OCTOBER The deadline for return of your child’s wonderful artwork is Monday 20th October. Please put your artwork, orders and

payment in the ‘Friends’ tray in the school office. Unfortunately we are unable to process orders received after this date.

TANDRIDGE BONFIRE & FIREWORKS — Saturday 8th

November Orders for tickets can be handed to Jules Iliffe (mum to Emily– Ladybirds) or put in the silver box in the school office.

The autumn leaves are red and brown, The autumn leaves are red and brown,

Wind whistling and rain dropping down, Wind whistling and rain dropping down,

The frost is cold and white, The frost is cold and white,

The sun goes out like alight at night, The sun goes out like alight at night,

Summer’s over, autumn’s begun, Summer’s over, autumn’s begun,

Let’s hope winter is good fun!Let’s hope winter is good fun!

Busy Bees 2014

Today is very, very cloudy,Today is very, very cloudy,

The birds chirping are very rowdy,The birds chirping are very rowdy,

There are lots of shiny, sparkling leaves,There are lots of shiny, sparkling leaves,

Spiders make cobwebs as they weave,Spiders make cobwebs as they weave,

Today is also rainy and cold,Today is also rainy and cold,

It makes lots of fungus and mould,It makes lots of fungus and mould,

Red berries on the tress,Red berries on the tress,

Flowers with buzzing bumble beesFlowers with buzzing bumble bees

““Autumn” by Ladybirds 2014

DRAGONFLIES TRIP TO S.O.L.D. CENTRE, DORKING When we arrived we had to be squirrels and we were given 5 nuts to hide in the glade. We then had several other

activities—a scavenger hunt, pretending to be birds of prey using mirrors and we all made a ‘journey stick’ as we explored

the woods. We had to find small sticks to make fairy houses as the flat bottomed dragon had destroyed them! We all had

a really fun day out and learned lots about nature, and about ourselves!

MORNING MILK If your child would like milk next term please let the office know before half term so it can be ordered in advance. Milk for

the rest of the term to Christmas will be £7.35. Cash or cheques payable to “St Peters C of E Infant School” please.

“I enjoyed putting leaves on the string, we had to put holes in the leaves” Ben

“I liked looking for bugs, I found a millipede” Harry W

“My favourite part was building fairy homes” Darby

My favourite part was when I looked for nuts when we were being squirrels” Ellisha

I came to school today,I came to school today,

It rained, it rained, it rained.It rained, it rained, it rained.

We stayed in school all the time,We stayed in school all the time,

It was wet, it was wet, it was wet.It was wet, it was wet, it was wet.

We worked hard, but we were happy,We worked hard, but we were happy,

It was Book Week for us all,It was Book Week for us all,

The clouds moved on and the sun came out,The clouds moved on and the sun came out,

It was sunny, it was sunny, it was sunny. It was sunny, it was sunny, it was sunny.

Hooray, hooray, hoorayHooray, hooray, hooray

Dragonflies 2014

CHURCH NEWS

Sunday 19th October

8am: St Mary’s Holy Communion 9.30am: St Mary’s Parish Communion (Junior Church & crèche in the hall) 11.15am: St Peter’s Morning Prayer 6.30pm: St Peter’s Holy Communion

7pm: Evening Café in OCH

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BOOK WEEK 2014

This week we have had ‘Book Week’. The book fair, as I am sure many of you will already know, has been an enormous

success. As I say time and again ‘you can never have too many books’. The children love them. It inspires their love for

reading (or building – as those with the infamous ‘Mine Craft’ book have found, or will find, out! If anyone doesn’t want

their copy any more, I’ll have it! They sold like hot cakes!).

When the book fair was delivered we were lucky enough to have Karen come in from the Travelling Books company to

give the children a little taste of the books on offer and read a story to each of the classes. It is always lovely for others to

come in and share their love for reading with the children too. Nigel Shaw from Oxted Library also visited us today to

share a few stories, rhymes and poems with the children and was our VIP guest for lunch.

LEST WE FORGET…

The children will be bringing home a template of a poppy this week.

We would like all of the children to colour in the poppy and bring it

back to school – if possible with £1 for the British Legion. We will

laminate each poppy and tie it to the front fence at the top of the

school. We hope this will show that we have thought carefully about

those people who died for our country in one of the world wars,

fought for, or are fighting for us in wars across the world. If you have

a relative or friend who died in one of the

World Wars you might like to write their

name in the centre of the poppy to show

that they are not forgotten. We hope to

fill the whole of the front fence with our

poppies.

PARENT CONSULTATIONS

I’m sure you won’t, but don’t forget parent consultations this Tuesday and Wednesday. Please be considerate to those

who are waiting after you by sticking to the allocated time slots. If you need additional time please arrange another

appointment with the class teacher. Thank you.

GOVERNOR’S MAINTENANCE FUND

Many thanks to all parents who have so far supported the Governor’s Maintenance Fund. A letter was sent out in

September and we appreciate the donations already received. Over recent years the Fund has supported the refurbish-

ment of the Busy Bees classroom and the office area and the installation of a new heating system. If you have not yet

replied, and feel that you are able to do so, we would be very grateful if this could be done before half term. A copy of

the letter and form can be found on the school website or, alternatively, please ask for a copy in the school office. If you

have any queries please do not hesitate to contact myself, Mrs Mesher or Miss Greenaway.

Thank you for your continuing support. Linda Weight – Finance Governor.

Achievement for All

BOOK WEEK 2014