Peartree Spring Primary School Newsletter — 18/10/2019 Notices

Half Term - A reminder that the school is closed from Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November. due to half term.

Children return to school on Monday 4th November.

Secondary Transfer - A further reminder to parents of children in Year 6 that the deadline to apply for a secondary school place for

their child is Thursday 31st October 2019. All the information is available online at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions.

Remembrance Service - We are holding our annual Remembrance Service for children in school on Monday 11th

November. We would love to invite any veterans from our community to attend, so that we can show them our respect

and gratitude for their service. If you know any veteran family members or friends who would like to attend, please

inform the school office of their name(s)/contact number(s). Parents will be able to view our annual poppy display on

the KS2 playground after school until 6pm.

Parent Consultations - A reminder to please sign up to our parent evening system if you have not already done so via

https://peartreespring.parentseveningsystem.co.uk. This system enables parents to book their parent consultation

appointments online. Please remember to book your appointment day/time by today, Friday 18th October 2019.

Flu vaccinations (Rec to Year 6 children) - These will be taking place on Thursday 24th October and Thursday 21st November during

the school day. This will only apply to children whose parents have returned their consent forms. Please contact the Herts

Immunisation Team on 01462 459595 if you require any further information.

Ocarinas for Year 2 children - Please remember to consent via schoolgateway if you would like your child to take home

their ocarina and book each day.

PE Kit - We have a number of pupils that DO NOT have a PE kit in school, which should consist of navy blue shorts, navy

blue jogging bottoms (for winter months), PE t-shirt with the school logo and trainers. Please can we ask parents to ensure

their child/ren have the correct PE kit in school at all times. Girls who wear tights to school will need to have a pair of socks

in their kit as well. Thank you for your support.

Family Library for Reception children/parents - If you would like to attend the weekly library sessions, please remember to

consent and pay the £3 deposit via schoolgateway.

Personalised Christmas Cards/Gifts - Children have individually designed their own Christmas picture. Parents

are able to view/purchase Christmas cards and personalised items. A flyer and sticker will be sent home with your

child/ren during the week of the 21st October 2019 with further information.

HCL NEW School Lunch Menu - A copy of the new Winter/Spring 2019-20 menu has been emailed to parents today. This will also

be available to peruse on the school's website. The new menu will start from Monday 4th November 2019.

Staff News - Today we are saying goodbye to Mrs Hobbs, Finance Assistant, who is taking up a new Office Manager position at another

school. We wish her all the very best and thank her for being part of the Peartree team.

W/c 21st October 2019 is Lunch Week 2

of the Summer 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 following

menu changes:

Tuesday (Week 1) - Red option is Lamb Slice NOT Lamb flatbread

Tuesday (Week 2) - Red option is Beef Burger NOT Beefy Joes

Thursday (Week 3) - Red option is BBQ pork NOT Ratatouille

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

Boy’s Football Match - Well done to the football team who played on

Monday. They played fantastically and worked as a team. They won 6-2

beating St Nicholas. Keep up the good work boys!

Dodgeball - Well done to the dodgeball team who took part in the

tournament this week. Their sheer effort and determination led them to

achieving a bronze medal. Well done!

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 Coral Class for the respect value.

Well done!

Whole School Attendance (%)

1st Bumblebee 99.3

1st Nile 99.3

2nd Caspian 99

3rd Hedgehog 98.6

4th Butterfly 97.4

5th Rainforest 97.1

6th Desert 97

6th Rockies 97

7th Ladybird 96.8

8th Mole 96.3

9th Alps 96

10th Rainbowfish 95

11th Coral 94.7

12th Starfish 94.4

13th Squirrel 94

13th Jellyfish 94

14th Amazon 93.4

15th Savannah 93

16th Thames 92.7

17th Java 90

17th Pyrenees 90

October 2019 Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

NO teacher led after

school clubs

Bumblebee Class

Parent Consultations

3.30pm to 7.00pm

Parent Consultations

3.30pm to 7.00pm

NO teacher led after

school clubs

NO Reception Family

Library

Parent Consultations

3.30pm to 7.00pm

NO teacher led after

school clubs

Rec to Yr 6 flu

Vaccinations

Year 3 swimming

Year 3 swimming

School finishes at

3.15pm

28 29 30 31 1 (Nov) 2 3

Half Term

(school closed)

Half Term

(school closed)

Half Term

(school closed)

Half Term

(school closed)

November 2019

Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Children return to

school

Family Support Workers

Coffee Morning from 9am

to 10am in the Community

Room

NO Reception Library

Reception 2020

Open Afternoon from

3.30pm to 6.00pm

Year 3 swimming Year 3 swimming

Year 4 Field Trip to

Fairlands Valley Park

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Remembrance Service

(for children during

school day)

Poppy display KS2

playground from

3.15pm to 6.00pm

Reception dental talks

for children (during the

school day)

Year 5 visit to the STEM

Centre

Reception Library

Year 3 swimming Children in Need

(non-uniform day)

Year 3 swimming

Stars of the Week

Mole Jil J

for doing a fantastic drawing of a mouse from the Gruffalo story.

Squirrel Jack H

for being able to independently retell the story of the Gruffalo and directing

his friends to help him.

Hedgehog Esme C

for independently retelling the whole of ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ with

expression and her own actions.

Butterfly Harrison B

for his brilliant regrouping of numbers to twenty

Bumblebee Lydia C

for her careful sorting of animals into different groups.

Ladybird Jaycob M

for fantastic segmenting and blending during our Angry A afternoon.

Jellyfish Lacey H

for her fantastic work using time conjunctions and imperative verbs to

inform a monster about our day at school.

Rainbowfish Rhys S

for writing an amazing set of instruc-tions to catch a monster.

Starfish Jake C

for his fantastic instruction writing using time conjunctions.

Desert Amelia O

for consistently producing thoughtful and beautiful writing.

Rainforest Jayme C

for creating an excellent set of diagrams for his explanation about

Earthquakes.

Savannah Erin B

for her fantastic learning all about earthquakes this week and

remembering all of the technical vocabulary.

Amazon Nickolai L

for showing appositive attitude and working hard in all subjects.

Nile Leighton C

for using his retrieval skills to help his group to find all the information about

the different features of the 5 vertebrate animal classes.

Thames Corey F

for exceptional improvement in his handwriting and presentation.

Caspian Ryan Z

for challenging himself to complete the (expected) higher challenge in his

learning.

Coral Esmay S

for a confident and expressive performance in our class assembly

Java Bobby H

for working so hard all week and really impressing me!

Alps Kai R

for brilliant problem solving in maths using mental strategies and getting his place value target questions correct.

Pyrenees Sarah-Marie I

for her understanding of direct and indirect speech and always having her

hand up!

Rockies Jack S

for his inventive prediction using clues from the text in our Big Reading

session.

Star Reader Reception - Jessica R, Nancy P and Ivy H

Year 1 - Jaden G, Philip R and Zayne S

Year 2 - Charlie B, Adam D and Camille W

Year 3 - Ajus M, Tiani R and Jessica H

Year 4 - Lucan H, Jack S and Kayden K

Year 5 - Tommy B, Kieran S and Molly S

Year 6 – Casian M, Lisa K and Krishan A

Star Mathematician Reception - Alexandra R, Thomas P and Aaliyah L

Year 1 - Dylan O’’D, Aria C and Daniel T

Year 2 - Lenny E, Aadil S and Alfie M

Year 3 - Tyler S, Ruben W and Elisa O

Year 4 - Zayn C-D, Jacob T and Lexis S

Year 5 - Sam M, Preston M and Eddie W

Year 6 - Donald B, Trei-Quan A and Lewis H

Lunchtime Star

Reception - Mila S, Donika B and Amara O’D

Year 1 - Evie W, Bobbie Ann M and Zak B

Year 2 - Jessica A, Eli P and Skye D

Year 3 - Megan S, Akeelah B-J and Jamel H

Year 4 - Charlie E, Poppy P and Ella P

Year 5 - Thai C, Jack G and Jayden K

Year 6 - Sophie-May H, Louisa T and Alfie S

Birthdays

Reception - Dylan R, Michael T

Year 1 - Sydney B and Erin U

Year 2 -

Year 3 - Leo J-A, Nicholas D, Jamel H and Danny C

Year 4 - Youcef M

Year 5 - Lillie-Mai C

Year 6 -

Star Children

Jack P, Amir A, Ben H, Eveline V (Yr 1), Harry R, Ollie D-S,

Youcef M, Archie M, Julia B, Lexis S, Mae C, Sienna C,

Shareeze B, Liam R, Zani A, Malachi B, Jack A (Yr 4), Alfie

R, Alesha B, Rachel S, David T (Yr 5), Neve U

and Casian M (Yr 6).