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PALM BAY PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: 13th September 2019

‘Loving learning, making a difference’

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome back! I do hope you all had an enjoyable summer.

Our new term has started incredibly smoothly and it is a pleasure to see all your children back at school. I am

especially proud of our new Reception pupils who are settling so quickly into school life.

I have enjoyed seeing the children’s enthusiasm for learning this week. Year 3 teachers set up a ‘crime scene’ for

their pupils to investigate, while Year 1 visited the forest on a scavenger hunt to find leaves and twigs for their

woodland crowns. Today, Year 2 are going beach-combing on Palm Bay beach to launch their topic. Next week 2 year

groups are out on trips – Year 4 to Reculver and Year 6 to Wildwood and the Bug Man will be visiting Year 5.

Thank you for the positive feedback we have received about having both gates open in the mornings. We took this

decision following lots of feedback from families over the past couple of years about the bottle neck and crowd caused

at the small gate, which was quite overwhelming for our little ones. The start of day certainly feels much calmer now

and having both gates open means the children can get into class more quickly too. Another change you may have

noticed, is that we have changed the entrance to Breakfast Club to the doors at the back of the hall instead of the

front. This is so that parents using the drop-off zone drive all the way to the end please, to avoid congestion and keep

the children safe. May I remind you not to park on the drop-off zone and to move on as quickly as possible, again for

the children’s safety.

It has been lovely to see so many of you attending our ‘Meet the teacher’ sessions. We’ve had a great turn-out,

especially in KS1 and we hope the sessions have been helpful and informative for you. We are hoping to be more

organised this year in giving families more notice of parent/carer events. Mr Cotton will be sending out a list of

Autumn term dates in the next week or so to enable you to plan ahead.

Finally, I would like to thank the PTFA for their marvellous work organising last Sunday’s boot fair. The weather was

on our side and there was a good turn-out – we raised £1,100 in total. Our final boot fair of the year will be held on

October 13th and I hope to see lots of you there. If you are interested in joining our PTFA, their Annual General

Meeting (AGM) will be held at school on the evening of 3rd October at 7pm.

Can we please advise you that we are a nut and sesame seed free school and ask that pupils refrain from bringing any

nut/sesame seed based foods into school. We do have a number of children with severe nut and sesame seed allergies

and therefore your cooperation and support is greatly appreciated.

Don’t forget ‘Jeans for Genes’ day on Friday (20th). Children can come to school in denim on their bottom half (skirt,

shorts or trousers) and their normal school uniform top for a suggested donation of 50p. We will be sharing our total

between Genes for Jeans and The Child Growth Foundation, a charity very close to our hearts.

Wishing you all a great weekend.

Miss Williams

Head Teacher

Teamwork Achievement Respect Perseverance Enthusiasm Creativity

Please go to our website for a colour copy of the newsletter: www.palm-bay.kent.sch.uk

For week ending 13th September 2019

Palm Bay Primary School, Palm Bay Avenue, Margate, Kent CT9 3PP

This week in photos and news...

Important Dates/Notices


PTFA

Next Boot Fair 13th October 2019

Thank you from the PTFA for the help from parents, grandparents and Palm Bay colleagues who supported

Septembers bout fair we raised £1100 for the school.

The final boot fair this season is October 13th if there is anyone that can support us please text Sam on

07799866140. All we ask is an hour or so of your time to shake a bucket on the gate or wander round the site.

This can be parents, grandparents and carers all welcome.

Another date for your diary is our AGM in the evening of 3rd October at Palm Bay school. Letters will be in your

child’s book bags shortly, everyone is welcome, there is the added bonus of cheese and wine!

Chair: Gary Burgess 07884 235189

Jeans for Jeans Day— On Friday 20th September we will

wear jeans to school with our normal school uniform as we

are taking part in Jeans for Genes Day. We ask for a

donation of 50p for the day. We will split the money

between Jeans for Genes, who raise money for research into

genetic conditions, and The Child Growth Foundation who

support families of children with growth conditions.

Palm Bay school is lucky enough this year to have 5 artists in residence, working in our classrooms as well as making

their own artwork in the mobile 'creative studio', within our school grounds!

The Big Draw

Thursday 3rd October 3.20pm - 3.50pm ALL WELCOME! Free.

The Big Draw is a national drawing initiative. This year, every child in school will draw either a seagull, dog or fish,

and at the end of the day our artists will bring together the drawings and families can add to the scenes that we will

create! (the air, the land and the sea). Please join us.

Wednesday 9th October

To celebrate our schools' GOLD ARTSMARK award (for our work with artists in school) Come and have a look in the

artists' studio! we will open up the space between 3.20 and 3.50 for you to come and meet some of the artists.


For week ending 13th Sept 2019


Phone: 01843 290050 E-mail: [email protected]



Music

Children in years 5&6 are invited to come to Rock School after school club with our drum teacher Mr Edwards.

Limited spaces available so sign up soon! See the flyer below for more details and how to apply.

Sports

A big thank you to all the children that turned up for football trials last Friday. Lots of very talented football-

ers here at Palm Bay which is fantastic for the upcoming football season.

Cross country: Saturday 5th October. Letters have gone out and we have had a great response so far, there is

still time to get your entries in and there are letters in the office if you need one. Deadline for entry is Friday

20th September.

Aldi are running a competition to win £20,000 for the sports department at school. Please can you collect

the stickers from Aldi when you spend over £30 and bring them in to school, there is a

box in the reception area where you can leave them. Thank you.

Art News







This week, year five have launched their 'Best Creator' topic with a bug hunt. They searched

areas in the school grounds where they predicted they would find mini-beasts before

recording their results on a bar graph. They're looking forward to a visit with the 'Bug Man'

next week!





For week ending 13th Sept 2019 This week in news

Respect Certificates

were awarded to:

Class: Pupils:

Woodpeckers Eliza B

Sparrows Georgina D

Jackdaws Ava B

Wrens Amelia-Rose H

Owls Florence H

Sandpipers Ashton F

Magpies Tio D

Wagtails Jack R

Jays William S

Kestrels Theo G

Sparrowhawks Kane P

Kingfishers Olexa M

Our attendance target is 97%

Every minute counts!

Class

Attendance Figures

for w/e 13th Sept

2019

Puffins 97.16%

Robins 99.36%

Woodpeckers 98.97%

Sparrows 98.62%

Jackdaws 90%

Wrens 98.21%

Owls 98.33%

Sandpipers 95.67%

Magpies 99.68%

Wagtails 98.33%

Jays 98%

Kestrels 98%

Sparrowhawks 98.33%

Kingfishers 95.31%

Head Teacher’s Tea for

Friday 20th Sept 2019

Y1: Rudi B

Y2: Maisie O

Y3: Flynn I-C

Y4: Ibrahim R

Y5: Holly D-M

Y6: Yasmin W

Fantastic Example of work from Kane in Year 6





For week ending 13th Sept 2019 This week in photos and news...

Year R reflecting their talent







New Autumn School Menu

Please Note:

From September

2019 the cost of

school dinners for

your child increases

to £2.15

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