Peartree Spring Primary School Newsletter — 06/12/2019 Notices

Visit to the Pantomime - The children in Years 1. 4 and 6 thoroughly enjoyed going to the theatre this week to watch the

performance of Beauty and the Beast. A reminder that we are taking the Year 2, 3 & 5 children (whose parents have paid

£10 and consented) to the pantomime on Wednesday 18th December.

After School Clubs - A reminder that the After School Clubs (teacher-led) have now finished for this term. A flyer

will be emailed home to parents at the beginning of next term, detailing clubs being offered for the Spring Term

2020. Premier Sports After School Clubs finish on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th December.

Christmas Jumper Day (Friday 13th December) - Please see attached flyer for further information.

Year 3 Christmas Performance - A reminder that the afternoon performance on Monday 9th December starts at 1.45pm and will finish

at approximately 3.30pm. If you have a child/ren in other year groups, please collect them after the performance from:

Squirrel Class - Reception, Years 1 and 2

Year 5 Resources Area - Years 4, 5 and 6

Head Lice - A reminder to parents that if your child has head lice, they will not be allowed in school until their hair has

been treated. Children can return back to school once this has been done.

Christmas Fayre/Market - Thank you to everyone who came to this event last week. A profit of £1845 was raised - the

most we have ever made at a Christmas Fayre!

Admissions (Under 11s 2020) - Process is now open for parents and carers of children born between 1 September 2015 and 31

August 2016 to apply for a Primary School place for September 2020/21. All the information you need is available on the Hertfordshire

County Council website www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions. The closing date for applications is 15 January 2020 (please apply

online). Parents are welcome to use the school office computer if required.

Christmas Dinner - This is being served to children on Tuesday 17th December. Please make bookings / payments for

Christmas dinner via www.schoolgateway.com NO LATER than Friday 13th December. There will be NO chilled, deli,

street food or jacket potato options available on this day, therefore if your child does not wish to have either of the School

Christmas Lunch options they will need to bring in a home packed lunch.

Christmas Performances/Carol Concert - Information regarding these events have been emailed to parents. If you wish to book a place

(s)/order tickets please book via www.schoolgateway.com, located in the payments section.

Alzheimer's Day - Thank you to the children/staff who supported our dress as an Elf/non-uniform day today - £472 was raised.

W/c 9th December 2019 is Lunch Week 3

of the Winter/Spring 2019 menu

The lunch menu is available to peruse on our school website. The cost

of a school meal is £2.50 per day, £12.50 per week. Meals must be paid

for in advance via schoogateway.com.

Please note - the KS2 Street Food option of Gourmet Burger is NOT

vegetarian.

REMINDER - Due to some of our children having severe nut allergies,

please do not put items in your child’s packed lunch box that contains

nuts.

PE Noticeboard

Swimming - Year 3/Year 4 & 5 - A reminder that all outstanding

balances for swimming need to be paid before the end of term.

Boys Football Match - Well done to the boys who played the football

match yesterday. It was a great success winning 4-1

Schools Games Value Award - Each week, a class

receives a certificate for showing the best School Games

value. This week it has been awarded to Rockies Class

for the respect value. Well done!

Whole School Attendance (%)

1st Butterfly 100%

2nd Ladybird 98.9%

2nd Amazon 98.9%

3rd Rainbowfish 98.8%

4th Mole 97.8%

4th Jellyfish 97.8%

4th Caspian 97.8%

4th Coral 97.8%

4th Rockies 97.8%

5th Starfish 97.5%

6th Bumblebee 96.6%

7th Rainforest 96.2%

8th Desert 96.1%

9th Pyrenees 95.6%

10th Hedgehog 95.4%

10th Java 95.4%

11th Squirrel 95%

12th Savannah 94.4%

12th Alps 94.4%

13th Thames 93.3%

14th Nile 92%

December 2019 Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Year 2 Christmas

Performance @ 9.30am

(Adults only. Creche

available - please book via

schoolgateway)

Year 3 Christmas

Performance @ 1.45pm

(Adults only. Creche

available - please book via

schoolgateway)

Year 2 Christmas

Performance @ 2.15pm

(Adults only. Creche

available - please book via

schoolgateway)

Year 3 Christmas

Performance @ 6.00pm

(NO children under 8 and NO

crèche)

children to be back in

school for 5.30pm

NO Wednesday morning

workshops (Yrs 1-6)

Year 1 Christmas

Performance @ 9.30am

(Adults only. Creche

available - please book via

schoolgateway)

Reception Christmas

Performance @ 2.15pm

(Adults only. Creche

available - please book via

schoolgateway)

NO Reception library

Reception Christmas

Performance @ 9.30am

(Adults only. Creche

available - please book via

schoolgateway)

Year 1 Christmas

Performance @ 2.15pm

(Adults only. Creche

available - please book via

schoolgateway)

Save the Children

Christmas Jumper Day

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Coffee Morning from

9-10am in the Community

Room

Christmas Dinner Day for

children/staff

NO Wednesday morning

workshops (Yrs 1-6)

Years 2, 3 & 5 visit to

Pantomime

(only for children whose

parents have consented and

paid £10)

Years 4, 5 & Carol Service

@ 6.30pm in marquee on

KS2 playground

(NO children under 4 and

entry by ticket only)

Children finish at

1.30pm

(There will be NO

Mrs Brown’s After

School Club)

January 2020 Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Children return to

school

Stars of the Week

Mole

Matilda B For writing a fantastic letter to Santa.

Squirrel

Grace B For trying very hard to write her letter

to Santa and for using the

‘oo’phoneme.

Hedgehog

Thomas P For his brilliant work solving missing

number problems in Maths this week.

Butterfly

Riley A For trying his best and persevering on

his first Maths test this year

Bumblebee

Joshua S For working incredibly hard to

complete his first Year One Maths

Test.

Ladybird

Aamir Z For his fantastic contribution on the

carpet when learning about tricky

witch sounds.

Jellyfish

Harrison C For working really hard to use

expanded noun phrases to describe

events in Zog.

Rainbowfish

Lenai-Jade S For always trying her hardest in

learning and persevering when things

seem tricky.

Starfish

Evie F-W For having a great attitude towards

learning and trying her very best in all

of her work this week.

Desert

Ethan W For dedicated work to learn how

to rap for the Year 3 play.

Rainforest

Jack-Kaleb S For paying attention to every detail of

our rich text story and answering

every question thoughtfully.

Savannah

Mia C For collecting her own data to create a

fantastic bar chart.

Amazon

Lenny D For fantastic learning in all subjects.

For being a supportive, kind friend.

Well done!

Nile

Charlie E For his fantastic approach to our

learning this week when we were

applying our times tables skills to

word problems.

Thames

Sienna C For her fantastic effort in Spanish this

week.

Caspian

Jack G For sharing his brilliant ideas and

opinions when discussing our reading

text.

Coral

Ashton C For a fantastic cam toy design in

Design and Technology.

Java

Lilly H For her brilliant reasoning when

finding equivalent fractions.

Alps

Harry S For fantastic work when creating a spy

manual in history when learning

about World War 2.

Pyrenees

Kayla K For taking part in guided reading

sessions with enthusiasm.

Rockies

Harry T For his summarising of key themes in

our class text.

Star Reader Reception - Dominic L, Nethra P, Yasmin I

Year 1 - William B, Bobbie –Ann M, Chloe B

Year 2 - Kimaya P, Myla E, Edwin K

Year 3 - Belle M, Brandon H, Maddison S

Year 4 - Tommy B, Jacob T, Iyla R

Year 5 - Corey C, Troy J, Layton R

Year 6 – Ryan W, Alissa N, Keirstine R

Star Mathematician Reception - Dylan R, Maya B, Kos R

Year 1 - Keira D, Joshua F, Hazel H

Year 2 - Jasmine R, Grace H, George N

Year 3 - Summer W, Lily-Rose D, Sienna W

Year 4 - Brodie W, Ronnie R, Sonny-Lee D

Year 5 - Summer D, Finley L, Reggie G

Year 6 - Tierney A, Ledjon C, Joshua A

Lunchtime Star

Reception - Jessica S, Jason H, Jenson C-D

Year 1 - Mia R, Blake B, Zayne S

Year 2 - Jethro R, Emmie B, Finlay S

Year 3 - Thomas D, Lexi-Lou C, Mia W-W

Year 4 - Leighton C, Chloe G, Reece C

Year 5 - Maisie F, Netas M, Thomas P

Year 6 - Charlie H, Olivia D, Louis H

Birthdays (children will receive their pencil next week) Reception - Gemma T

Year 1 -

Year 2 - Leandra O

Year 3 - Lily-Rose D, Belle M

Year 4 - Poppy P

Year 5 - Shay M, Kieran M

Year 6 - Yana A, Trei-Quan A, Chloe C, Louis H, Cheryl N

Star Children

Imogen B, Savannah B, Oliver T, Casey C (Yr2) Mela S, Ajus M,

Megan W, Ethan W, Charlie R, Jayme C, Isabelle L, Brodie P (Yr

3) Sadie D (Yr 4) Mia S, Tabitha T, Jack G, Ryan Z, Jake L (Yr 5)

Gemini B, Chloe C, Alexandra P, Isabel S, Jamie P, Liza K, Milly B

(Yr 6)