Dear Parents & Carers The Year 6 pupils have been working hard in preparation for their production of “Peter Pan”. I am looking forward to seeing lots of you at tonight’s debut performance. Our summer fair is this Saturday, 11th July from 12-4pm. The PTA have worked tirelessly to organise this and it is looking to be a fantastic event. The weather forecast is good so I hope to see you there and I wish you all an enjoyable afternoon. Next week will be a very busy week with sports days (Years 3 and 4 from 9am to 12noon on Tuesday 14th July and Years 5 and 6 from 9am to 12noon on Wednesday 15th July), the second Year 6 production on Tuesday evening, the leavers’ party on Thursday and the leavers’ assembly on Friday morning. Please ensure that your child has had suncream applied before they come to school each day and that they have their water bottle with them. Yours sincerely Mr Rampton Executive Principal

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Message from the Executive Principal

Inside this Issue: Message from the Executive Principal Forest Camp Message from the Head Boy & Head Girl House Points, Tidy Cloakroom Award & Diner of the Week Attendance & Punctuality PTA News Sporting News Clubs Dates for your Diary

P A G E 2

P I C K H U R S T P O S T

Message from the Head Boy & Head Girl

Year 6’s time left in this outstanding academy is lessening by every second. To enjoy

it, we have prepared an amazing end of year production! Year 6 are really working hard to pull it off and enjoy themselves! Let the show begin!

Yashika Wahi (Head Girl)

I hope we will have an amazing last week at school and that you all enjoy the

summer fair.

Jacob Byfield (Head Boy)

House Points Tidy Cloakroom Award &

Diner of the Week

House Points for w/e 3rd July 2015 ... Sydney 1,018

Wolfe 998 Rochester 969 Chatham 967

The winner of the Tidy Cloakroom Award is class 4R! Diner of the Week is Jayda Thomas-Arnold - well done Jayda!

There are still a few spaces available for our Forest Camp sessions. If your child is interested and wishes to join in the fun, then please complete the application form which is located in the school office.

Also, the Forest Camp staff will be handing out the forms outside the school gates if you wish to find out more!

Forest Camp

P A G E 3

Attendance & Punctuality

ATTENDANCE &

PUNCTUALITY

Here are the attendance figures for each class for w/e Friday 3rd July. The overall attendance figure for Pickhurst Junior Academy for this period was 97.1%. Congratulations this week go to class 4P who achieved 100% attendance—fantastic! Every minute really does count so don’t be late! There were a total number of 21 children that were registered late this week. Please note that each child’s attendance and punctuality rate is monitored on a regular basis. If it is seen that a child’s attendance or punctuality is below our expected requirement, then parents will be contacted either by letter or a mutually convenient appointment will be arranged to discuss the situation in order for us to offer support.

Class Attendance %

Late children

3B 98.8 0

3H 98.4 4

3S 97.8 1

3T 98.2 2

4F 98.5 1

4P 100 0

4R 97.6 0

4S 94.1 7

5B 97.9 0

5M 94.7 1

5W 97.6 1

5WA 96.5 1

6C 99.4 0

6D 95.8 0

6S 94.2 0

6W 94.1 3

We are looking forward to seeing you all at the Summer Fair on Saturday! The forecast is looking good and we have a lot for you to see and do. As well as our usual stalls, we will have a Rodeo Bull, Cowboy Bungee Run, a Petting Farm, the Xtreme Gaming Van, Inflatables and Fairground Swings. We will also have performances from local performing arts schools, including cheerleading, line dancing and much more! We will be holding a Fancy Dress Parade at 2.30pm with a £10 Intu voucher for 1st prize and £5 for 2nd and 3rd, so please encourage your child to dress up and join in. You will need to register at the top gate on your way in. There will also be prizes for the adult and child who stay on the rodeo bull the longest! Please don't forget to return your raffle tickets to us - there will be a Grand Raffle Draw stall at the Fair so you will be able to return or buy additional tickets there. We are also holding a 'Lucky Draw' - you will need to check the last page of your programme for this - the prize is a meal at Prima Donnas.

We are now selling T Shirts for Sports Day! These can be purchased from the school office for the sum of £2.50. We have all 4

house colours; red/blue/green/yellow and the sizes are 7-8yrs and 9-11yrs. On the morning of each sports day we will be

selling cold drinks, ice creams and strawberries. We will also be giving each child taking part a free rocket lolly.

You can now follow us on Twitter! @PickhurstPTA as well as following us on Facebook, Pickhurst Junior School PTA. We

can also be contacted via our email address pickhurstpta@outlook.com.

You can contact the PTA on pickhurstpta@outlook.com

PTA NEWS

Sporting News

Congratulations to the boys’ football team who competed in 2 finals. The boys won the first final, beating Oak Lodge 2-0 to become Bromley Schools Knockout Cup Champions. Unfortunately in the League playoff final we lost 1-0 to Oak Lodge. The boys played excellently and were the better team but just couldn't put away any of

the numerous chances we created. Well done to all the boys for a fantastic season. Congratulations to the Y3/4 mixed tennis team who represented Bromley at the London Youth Games. The boys and girls played some excellent tennis and were just denied a semi final place by the team from Barnet who won 15 games overall compared to our 14. Well done! Congratulations to our Y3/4 gymnastics team who also

represented Bromley at the London Youth Games. The boys and girls performed excellently and came 22nd out of 33 boroughs. Well done to our athletics team who came 4th out of 16 in the Bromley Schools Athletics Competition. 13 of the children qualified in their event for the chance to become individual overall champion of Bromley. To get down to the best 24 out of thousands across the Borough is an amazing achievement. The list below indicates the event and final position in Bromley

Shane Smith 75metres - 1st Gold Medal Champion of Bromley Jacob Byfield Triple Jump 1st Gold Medal Champion of Bromley Deji Joseph Long Jump 2nd Silver Medal Abdul Rahim 150m 3rd Bronze Medal Holly Elmy Long Jump 4th Lauren Carter 75 metres 4th Cameron Sergeant 150 metres 5th Jaedon Reynolds Triple Jump 5th Ramia Wedderburn-crooks Triple Jump 6th Natalie Nicoll Triple Jump 10th Mia Topping Long Jump 16th Katherine Pearce 600m 20th Abraham Bernard Fraser 75metres Didn't Run Well done to all the children—you were fantastic, but special congratulations go to the medal winners and also our 2 champions of Bromley, Shane Smith and Jacob Byfield, who have this accolade that will live with them forever. Finally our academy has achieved the gold kite mark for sport. This award is a Government led award that rewards schools for commitment and development of competition in and outside of school. Schools are assessed for them to achieve gold, silver or bronze and I am very proud to say we are the first school in Bromley to achieve gold. Ofsted use the mark as part of their inspection framework and only gold level schools are allowed to display their certificate and plaque within school. This is a whole school achievement so I would like to thank everyone for the effort they put into sport and we must now maintain this level of achievement.

P A G E 5

Thursday 9th July 7pm Y6 production

Friday 10th July 9am Summer music showcase

Friday 10th July Open afternoon

Saturday 11th July 12-4pm Summer fair (PTA)

Tuesday 14th July Y3 & 4 sports day (am)

Tuesday 14th July 7pm Y6 production

Wednesday 15th July Y5 & 6 sports day (am)

Thursday 16th July Y6 leavers’ party 7-9pm

Friday 17th July Y6 leavers’ assembly

Friday 17th July School closes at 1.30pm

Monday 20th July to Monday 31st August Summer Holidays

Tuesday 1st September Pupils return to school

Thursday 10th September 7.30pm PTA AGM

Friday 2nd October Quiz night (PTA)

Wednesday 14th October 6pm Happy’s Circus (PTA)

Dates for your Diary

DAY TIME CLUB VENUE MONDAY 8-8.45AM ART CLUB Y6 Y4 BAY

LUNCHTIME HOCKEY CLUB Y5 & Y6 PLAYGROUND

12-12.45PM DWX GYMNASTICS HALL

3.20-4.30PM FOOTBALL KRAZEE Y3/4 FIELD

3.20-4.20PM SPANISH CLUB Y3 Y3 CLASSROOM

3.30-4.30PM JU-JITSU HALL

3.30-4.30/4.45PM SEW COOL SEWING CLUB TBA

TUESDAY 8-8.45AM ART CLUB Y3 Y4 BAY

LUNCHTIME HOCKEY CLUB Y5 & Y6 PLAYGROUND

LUNCHTIME DWX BALLET HALL

3.20-4.30PM FOOTBALL KRAZEE Y5/6 FIELD

3.20-4.20PM SPANISH CLUB Y5 Y5 CLASSROOM

3.30-4.30PM JU-JITSU HALL

WEDNESDAY 7.45-8.30AM J’AIMES GYMNASTICS HALL

8-8.45AM ART CLUB Y4 YEAR 4 BAY

LUNCHTIME LEGO CLUB Y5 INT. ROOM

LUNCHTIME CODE CLUB ICT SUITE

3.20-4.20PM DWX STREET JAZZ HALL

3.20-4.20PM SPANISH CLUB Y6 Y6 CLASSROOM

3.20-4.20PM MAGICAL MATHS CLUB TBC

THURSDAY 8-8.45AM ART CLUB Y5 Y4 BAY

3.20-4.20PM SPANISH CLUB Y4 Y4 CLASSROOM

3.30PM BEES ACADEMY ATHLETICS FIELD

3.30-5PM POTTERY CLUB SCIENCE BAY

FRIDAY LUNCHTIME DWX TAP DANCING HALL

3.30-4.30PM TAG RUGBY CLUB Y6 FIELD/PLAYGROUND

3.30-4.30PM PHILOSOPHY CLUB TBC

3.30-4.30PM STEPHANEEZ PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE CLUB HALL

Clubs