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NEWSLETTER 4th October 2019 LATEST NEWS Dear Parents and Carers Harvest Assembly. This assembly is just for the This week has been Safety Week for the whole children in school. school. The children have been learning about fire THURSDAY 10th OCTOBER – YEAR 2 will be safety, stranger awareness, self-safety, e-safety celebrating at St Mary’s Church with Long Ditton St and some basic 999 emergency skills, the PANTS Mary’s Junior School. Year 2 parents and carers rules (from NSPCC), be seen be safe rule, are welcome to join us at the church to celebrate. playground safety and what to do if you get lost. Please note that photographs at the church should To support at home over the weekend you could follow our photograph guidelines – only of your talk to your child about safety in your home, what child and they should be taken in as unobtrusive to do if there was a fire in your house, help them to way as possible – try not to run forward down the learn your phone number and address and talk to aisle in a gang blocking everyone’s view. them about what to do if they were worried about This year we will be collecting for the EAST something. In the past some parents and carers ELMBRIDGE FOOD BANK. The have specifically have said that talking about safety in this way will requested these food items: make their child anxious – experts say that Tinned meat/meaty meals allowing your child to know what to do in an Pasta Sauces emergency helps them to feel in control and could Coffee save lives. Biscuits On Monday we will be watching a Road Safety The children can bring in the items above to be show to further help the children to learn how to be presented at the harvest table in school and at the safe when crossing the road. church. nd On the 22 October the NSPCC will be talking to the children about their work and how to keep YEAR 2 ONLY will be walking to the Church to themselves safe. They will talk to the children celebrate along with Long Ditton St Mary’s Junior about Childline and showing them fun ways to School on Thursday! remember the number to call if they are seriously worried about things. We will be holding a Weather Preparations fundraising day for the NSPCC after they have As the weather gets colder please ensure your been. child comes to school with a suitable coat, hat, scarf, gloves – all named of course! This week we Harvest Festivals! have had a number of children outside in Next week we will be celebrating Harvest Time and inappropriate clothing for our changeable weather! saying thank you to how lucky we are for all the And now as the weather turns even colder it will be things we have. important for them to be prepared – even in the th WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER – in school Year 1, worst weather we try to ensure the children all get Reception and Nursery will be holding a special outside to play! Ditton Hill Road, Long Ditton, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 5JB T: +44 (0)20 8398 4398 http://longditton.surrey.sch.uk [email protected] Positive Behaviour really appreciate the time and dedication you give The children in our school behave excellently and to our school we were talking about ways to celebrate this with parents and carers. After some thinking together Thought for the Week we have decided to begin a ‘I am Brilliant Board’ in The new Value of the Month is Responsibility. This each classroom. All the staff will be looking out for links in perfectly with Harvest and celebrating what kindness, politeness, good manners and taking we have while understanding our responsibility to care of each other. When they see an excellent share with those who don’t. example of this, they will write the name of that ‘Responsibility is the realisation that you are in child down on the boards. Then each week the control of every thought, feeling and action that you children whose names appear the most will be make. When you stop blaming others for how you celebrated in the assembly and newsletter. That feel, your life will change.’ North Star Martial Arts way they will get recognition for the things they do every day! Have an excellent weekend! Mrs Paines PE Kits In the next school parliament, we will be talking to the children about how they have come to school in PE kits and whether this is practical, effective Nursery and helpful. I know that parents and carers feel quite strongly about the change we have tried so We have had a very productive week and the please also put forward your views to your class children are settling well into routines, thank you reps who can then feed back to the teachers. We for your support by encouraging your children to be will then decide how to move forward with this in independent and also by saying goodbye at the the best interests of everyone. door. We have been learning about responsibility when Birthday Books using toys and helping each other share and put Thank you to Finn C and Olivia G for choosing a toys away when we have finished using them. birthday book to give to their classes to celebrate her birthday. We have been an alphabet line to help us practise the alphabet song and we have been sharing Attendance stories making noises and matching sounds as we The class this week with the most attendance is tell the stories. We have enjoyed singing and Dalmation Class with 98%! dancing to familiar nursery rhyme songs. Parent Helpers This week we have been learning about Harvest If you would like to help in school this year, please time in preparation for our Harvest assembly next remember to return the completed forms to the week and we have been learning a song. We have school office as soon as possible. Below are the been thinking about where our food comes from time for the reading and library workshops: and how important it is to share our food. Please Reading workshop for parent helpers ask your child about the harvest song we have th Tuesday 15 October at 9.00am, OR been learning! We would really appreciate a th Wednesday 16 October at 2.30pm donation. Library workshop for parent helpers Friday 18th October at 9.00am We have been very busy making our Christmas Ground Force Day card artwork and you will receive a letter about this Thank you in advance to everyone who is helping in a couple of weeks. …cont’d on Ground Force Day. You are brilliant and we Ditton Hill Road, Long Ditton, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 5JB T: +44 (0)20 8398 4398 http://longditton.surrey.sch.uk [email protected] We have also discussed Pantosaurus with the about me’ boxes with a small group. Please check children and shared the song from the NSPCC the letters that went home to find out which day website (www.nspcc.org.uk) your child should bring in their box. Thank you to Jose who purchased a class book Home learning ideas: to celebrate his birthday with us. - If you have time over the weekend can you find some signs of Autumn in your garden or at the We are collecting boxes, tubes and bottles for our park. Could you collect some signs of Autumn junk modelling projects, we would appreciate any to share with your class? items - please make sure they are cleaned Reminders: thoroughly and have not contained nuts. - Please bring in any recyclable containers, newspapers and cardboard for junk modelling Reception (please remember no items that have contained nuts) First we would like to say a big well done to all of - If you would like to, you can bring in a non- the children who have come across the playground perishable item of food for our harvest festival and into their classrooms independently this week. collection – please see earlier in this letter for You have all done a fantastic job and should be types of food items to donate. very proud of yourselves! - Please see the ‘All about me’ sheet for This week we have continued our counting practice information and timetable for next week to ten and looking at different ways we can represent the numbers. We have also begun our Have a lovely weekend! phonics learning this week, looking at a new sound Reception team each day and practising the formation as well as listening for the sounds in words we know. The children have continued to explore the different Year 1 areas in the classroom and have particularly enjoyed playing with our dinosaur and under the This week has been Safety Week at school. We sea small world. As part of safety week we have have learnt about staying safe at school, at home had whole class discussions on how to stay safe and in the local community. During circle time, we when crossing the road, the important work that the talked about how to stay safe when using the fire brigade and police do to help keep us safe and internet. We designed a poster with information on how we can stay safe on the internet. rules to follow when using the internet, for example The children have really enjoyed learning about never tell someone where you live online. As part people who help us during safety week.