6th June 2016 Dear Parents

Stars of the Week

N(am) – Subhan

RM – Eduardo RP - Ha

1A - Ellis

2F - Umaymah

3DM – Jacob

4M – Tallulah

5B – Kayleigh

5SH – Hamzah

6M – Yasmine

6Y – Aamina

w/c 6.6.16

N(pm) - Aleezay

rris RR - Muhammad

1BW - Ruqayyah

2K - Akerl

3DW – Jason

4T – Nimra 5G – Ifeoma

6A – Idris

6V – Alisha

Attendance & Punctuality w/c 23.5.16

Best Attendance 6V 100%

Best Punctuality 5G

Class that needs to improve

their attendance RP 92.1%

Class that needs to improve

their punctuality 1BW

School Attendance since September 97%

Reception Assembly

The whole school, staff and parents were treated to an assembly by RR and RP sharing their topic work on

Growing with us. What was amazing was the absolute confidence of them all to stand up and talk to a very

large audience about their work. The video that ran through the assembly was fantastic showing us

photographs of their outing to the garden centre, videos of their measuring the giant with various objects.

Their story telling of Jack and the Beanstalk was brilliant; the children had learnt it off by heart using all the

actions to re-tell the story. A song was sung too and ensured they had performed a whole range of activities!

My thanks as usual, go to all the EYFS staff and Mrs Turl, for their support of the children to ensure that they had

a fantastic time.

Here are some of our Reception parent comments:

‘Lovely assembly and beautiful artwork – the children should be very proud of themselves.’

‘Another wonderful assembly. The children were fantastic, the art work brilliant and their confidence was evident. Well done!’

‘Well done all of you. It was very enjoyable.’

‘It was really wonderful.’

The children said:

Assembly was good because everyone did good talking – Naomi

I was so proud of myself to say something on stage – Abdulrahman

I was good, my mum was at the front and she was happy – Kemari

I was proud because my mum was there – Salahuddin

I loved the assembly because my mum was there. She was proud - Wajiha

Welcome to new staff!

We give a warm welcome to Miss Amy Williams, who is our new Speech and Language Support Assistant. She will be working with a range of pupils within the Additional Resourced Provision and some key children across the school. She will work closely with the SENCo and the Speech and Language Therapist.

We also happily welcome Ms Selina Edwards who has taken over from Mrs Menawy as extra support in Years 1 and 2

We wish them both well as they settle into life at South Grove.

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We continue to develop our website and are planning a few new additional links and pages. I would like, at the next Parent Forum to design a Parent Page that would show prospective parents what our existing parents think

of the school, the educational and extended provision and generally about the life of the school. We have had some very positive quotes over time from parents and it would be good to share some of your thoughts and feedback. We can also explore other websites for ideas and develop our own to reflect South Grove. If anyone has ideas of what this may look like please join me on Thursday 23rd June at 9:00am for refreshments and lots of ideas!

E-Safety and Use of Social Media

We have had a couple of incidences involving children using ICT sessions inappropriately just before the half-term

break.

Parents do need to be aware that in order to safeguard the children we have a system to capture inappropriate use of ICT programs and my ICT Technician alerts me to these each week. Children have had to be spoken to about what is

acceptable and what is not, with parents being sent letters regarding this.

Also please can parents monitor their child’s mobile telephone if they have one. I am happy for them to bring their phones to school, particularly if they walk to and from school on their own

and leave them at the school office.

However, some of our children are using apps such as Instagram, Facebook and other social media sites, which are clearly meant for children aged at least 13 years old. It is parent’s

responsibility to monitor their child’s use, but very often when there is mis-use of such

programs, it is the school that invariably has to deal with upset children regarding inappropriate and unpleasant exchanges.

Can I urge parents to ensure that children are accessing and using appropriate programs for their age as this can lead

to children becoming very vulnerable. Please take the time to check what they are using their phone for and what they are accessing. Very often the children say ‘but my sister or brother knows.’

Unfortunately they do not have parental responsibility but parents do.

If you have any queries around this please do not hesitate to speak to myself, Ms Spain, Miss Marable (ICT Leader) or Ms Montgomery (Safeguarding Lead).

Thank you!

Gardening Club.

A huge thank you to Mr Kendrick who volunteered to come and

strim the Secret Garden for us. He spent an afternoon doing it

and it has really made a huge difference. The children are very

pleased with the Garden and we are now looking for flowers for

the area at the side. If you are a gardener and have a spare

plant to give us it would be much appreciated.

P

Maisie’s Letter from Battersea Dog’s Home As you will remember Maisie raised £183 through a bake sale in the KS2 Playground. This is the lovely letter and

certificate she received for all her efforts. Well done Maisie!

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Jackson Kavanagh from AS creatives came to school on Saturday 28th May and delivered an excellent maths trail for lots of families from Years 1 and 2. This was part of the Count on Us project funded by the Mayor of London. The families undertook a variety of Maths

challenges and most of all everyone enjoyed doing Maths outside!

The children who took part also designed a question each for future Maths trails at South Grove so watch this space! Thanks to all those who came on the day and it was great to meet the parents!

The feedback was very positive: I really enjoyed it and it’s fantastic to add more knowledge between mother and child Lovely Saturday afternoon full of numbers and shapes. We loved it! Very interesting method to let the children like maths!

Music Assemblies – STOP PRESS!

Yrs 2-6 Recorders New Date Announced

This will now take place at 9.15am on

Tuesday 28th June

KS2 Music Concert

will take place at 9.15am on Friday 8th July

Extra Summer Fair Thanks

Thanks to Coppermills Estate Agents for

making the boards and advertising the fair and

thanks to Baker Ross who made a donation of

bubbles for children and beads which all helped

us to reach our total of

£628.08

We really appreciate the support of these local

businesses – thank you!

Queen Elizabeth’s 90th Birthday Picnic

Lunch this Friday 10th June

Come to school wearing red, white

and/or blue

Remember to book if you usually have

packed lunch and would like to change

for this day.

Ramadan Fasting Arrangements

As we enter the month of Ramadan we know

that some of our older Muslim children in

Years 4-6 choose to keep some days of the

fast.

If someone is at home during the lunch

break these children must go home to

rest. We can only supervise in school if

you are working or at college and require

a note to that effect.

A letter was given out before half term -

please ask at the office if you require a

copy.

Holiday Dates Attached are next year’s school calendar dates which the Governors have agreed to. Ensure that you save these dates somewhere safe. We will also get them printed onto business cards for you to have handy in a wallet or purse.

Also can I remind parents that the children break up for the Summer holidays this year on Friday 15th July at 2.30pm. Please note that this is an earlier date than a lot of other schools and many do not break until the following week, so we expect to see the children in school until this day.

SOUTH GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL

CALENDAR 2016-2017

Autumn Term 2016:

Term: Thursday 1st September – Wednesday 21st December 2016

SCHOOL STARTS MONDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2016 (Years 1-6)

w/c 5th September Reception & Nursery staggered entry

School closed to pupils on:

Staff Training Days: Thursday 1st September & Friday 2nd September

Half Term: Monday 24th October – Friday 28th October (inclusive)

Winter holiday: Thursday 22nd December – Monday 2nd January 2017 (inclusive)

School finishes at 2:30pm on Wednesday 21st December 2016

Spring Term 2017:

Term: Tuesday 3rd January – Friday 31st March 2017

SCHOOL STARTS TUESDAY 3rd JANUARY 2017

School closed to pupils on:

Half Term: Monday 13th February – Friday 17th February (inclusive)

Spring Holiday: Monday 3rd April – Monday 17th April (inclusive)

School finishes at 2:30pm on Friday 31st March 2017

Summer Term 2017:

Term: Tuesday 18th April – Wednesday 19th July 2017

SCHOOL STARTS TUESDAY 18th APRIL 2017

School closed to pupils on:

Public Holiday: May Day Bank Holiday: Monday 1st May

Half Term: Monday 29th May – Friday 2nd June (inclusive)

Staff Training Days: Monday 17th, Tuesday 18th & Wednesday 19th July

School finishes at 2:30pm on Friday 14th July 2017

With my very best wishes,

and finally…

Sainsbury’s Vouchers have now finished

Please have a good look at home and send in

Julie Maltwood any that might be lurking! Head Teacher The more we have the more

equipment we can order …