Loudwater Combined School School Way, Kingsmead Road Loudwater, , HP11 1JJ Headteacher: Tel: (01494) 524919 Mrs. Clare Cunnington Fax: (01494) 538313 E-mail:[email protected]

LOUDWATER NEWSLETTER Friday 21st July 2017

Dear Parents,

Key Dates for next year

School opens for the Autumn term on Wednesday 6th September for children in Y1-6 School opens for Foundation Stage pupils on Monday 11th September

Earlier today we had our end of year achievement assembly and the award winners are as listed below

Learning Champions This is awarded to the child in each class who has made the most progress in the summer term.

Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Stage Karolina Lily Romilly Jessica Gabrielle Erin Spencer

Citizens of the month for July

Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Stage Kristina Lucas Harry Riley Max Lilly Teagan

Friendly Fox This award is given to reward children who are excellent friends to their classmates and others.

Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Stage Emy Blake Afia Sri Shannon Lee Archie

Key Stage Cup Winners This award is given to two pupils, one in each key stage who have been outstanding in all areas of school life

Key Stage One: Benjamin Key Stage Two: Ell

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Building Learning Power Awards These awards focus on the skills children have developed to build their learning power. A Resilient Learner always tries their best, enjoys a challenge and never gives up. A Resourceful Learner uses different resources to help them as well as using what they already know to solve new problems. A Reflective Learner learns from their mistakes and uses this information to improve their learning. A Reciprocal Learner is a good listener and works well with others in a team.

Class Resilience Resourcefulness Reflectiveness Reciprocity Foundation Louie Andreea Ella Ciaran Stage Year 1 Bella Reece Keira Adna Year 2 Grace Gio Nate Amelie Year 3 Riley Lexie Lara Thomas Year 4 Madison Paris Breanna Jack Year 5 Tia Charlotte Aaron Mackenzie Year 6 Holly Nathan Ruby Grace

Attendance Congratulations to Year 2 who had the best attendance this term at 98%. The best attendance for the year award goes to Years 3 and 4 at 97%. Well done!

Individual Attendance Awards for the Summer Term Gold awards are for 100% attendance, Silver awards are for 98-99% and Bronze awards are for 97% attendance.

Foundation Year One Year Two Year Year Year Five Year Stage Three Four Six Gold Tegan Raza Kobee Sri Aaminah Muqeet Raqeeb Awards Andreea Reece Poppy Muaaz Madison Mackenzie Elizabeth Ciaran Blake Henry Jessica Jennifer Oscar Tiah Stanley Ruby Jack Harrison Alanna Sarah Ruby Karolina Dylan Ryan Ryan Max Oliver Spencer Maya Munopa Paige Joshua Kyle Luke Mahlee Dexter Lily Aundreah Amelia Tyler Arianne Nathan Jacob P Serdar Gio Amaya Tristan Natalia Emma Emily Logan Rohan Adam Paris Jesus Amy Jacob R Milla Kyla Jaiden Shannon Charlotte James Amy George Jory Romisha Gabrielle Oliver Benjamin Natasha Amelie Thomas Kayin Holly Kristina Grace Lara Louie Shayley Jacob Lexie

Silver Caitlin Bella Ruby Ayaan A Eleanor Tia Jake Awards Ruben Adna Lucy D Ibrahim Shay Maia George Mason S Amber Afia Riley Breanna Alice Malva Mason W Rachel Xandros Dominic Hewa Lilly Lucas Keira Oliver Alayda Harry Leah Harry Ayaan Y Ella Maya Lucy S Ashley Aaron Romilly Keeley Nate Skye Erin

Bronze Tyler Pia Leah Liam Awards Kamileshia Stefan

Well done to all these winners and thank you to all the staff for their hard work in ensuring the progress and achievements of the children. 3

House points for the term Elgar Beethoven Tchaikovsky Mozart Summer Term 2,707 (4th) 3,525 (1st) 2,939 (2nd) 2,860 (3rd) 2017

Winner of the attendance raffle Well done to Natalia of Year 5 winning a new scooter ready for the summer.

FOLS Lottery The winner of this month’s lottery is Victoria Marzana – Congratulations! – don’t forget to sign up on the gateway for the coming year.

Reminder: Vote, vote, vote! – Project Loudwater Pool Renovation! Miss Weston has been successful this year in securing funding from Tesco’s to assist with our pool renovation. The level of funding (£1,000 up to £4,000) is dependent upon Tesco’s customers voting in store at each visit with a token registering which they feel is the most worthy cause. Please would you encourage all family and friends to support us.

There are 12 stores within the local area where voting for our pool project can be registered. We would like to thank Tesco for their support in choosing to sponsor our school.

Swimming Pool You will have noticed over the past ten days much activity around our pool; the team are making great progress having replaced most of the old structure in preparation for the new liner. Work will go on through the holidays ready to re-open the pool on our return in September.

Breakfast Club Please ensure all outstanding balances relating to this term are settled on the School Gateway before the end of the term.

The new breakfast club for 2017/18 has been set up on the School Gateway and you can book sessions anytime from Saturday 22nd July. As previously communicated, the prices will be £4.00 including breakfast and £2.50 without breakfast per session. Also the breakfast club will be open from 7.45am from Wednesday 6th September.

Thank you from FOLS We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you for supporting FOLS in this academic year. Together we have raised around £6,200 in 2016/17 for Loudwater School; of which around £2,650 was raised from our recent summer events (Sports day, Fete & Disco). This year we have tried a number of different initiatives, such as the very popular quiz night, Christmas tea towels and Easyfundraising - the latter alone has raised almost £500 just by members going online shopping! We have some great ideas for next year, and hope to be able to offer discounted pantomime tickets etc. - so please check book bags and the newsletter for updates, to make sure you don't miss out.

Our success has been a true collaboration between parents, staff and friends of the school from our local community and beyond. We look forward to building on these partnerships to grow the total raised in 2017/18.

Please don't forget to sign up to the lottery via School Gateway and of course, please do use Easyfundraising over the summer when you do any online shopping. No cost to you, but a benefit to our school.

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We wish you a very happy summer, good luck to Year 6 at their new schools and we look forward to seeing you all in September!

Best wishes - FOLS Committee

Dress up Day On our return in September, our writing will focus on, ‘Big Me’. This will run over a week whereby the children will decide what the future holds. They will be asked to picture themselves several years on, working in their chosen careers. They will spend time researching their chosen profession and then writing a letter to their future selves.

On Friday 15th September they will then come to school dressed in the uniform of their chosen careers as their future selves e.g. Fireman, Police Officer, Scientist, Engineer, Nurse, Teacher and many more. We would appreciate your help in supporting your child with the preparation.

Staffing changes  Miss Crossley left us earlier in the week – we wish her well.  We are also saying goodbye to Mrs Walters who has been working with us a teaching assistant in Year 3. We wish her all the best in her new role.  I am pleased to inform you that we now have a new cleaner, Mrs Mohammad who joins the team as of next week.  Finally, we look forward to welcoming Mr Matthew Hasyn our Year 4 teacher who will be starting with us on our return in September. Thank you to Mrs Inglis for her hard work and effort with our Year 4 over the past three months.

Goodbyes to Year 6 We wish our Year 6 pupils well in their new schools. During their time at the school, they have grown and developed into young people we are proud of. There achievements are not only academic; within the class there are some great musicians, artists and sports people. They will be going to a range of schools next year where I am sure they will become an asset to their learning community. I hope that they will make the best of all opportunities open to them and come back to visit us and tell us of their successes.

Summer Break Finally I would like to wish you all a lovely summer break and look forward to welcoming you all back together with our new Foundation children when we return to school in September 2017.

Yours faithfully,

Clare Cunnington

Clare Cunnington Headteacher

Please be aware that we will be moving to an electronic version of the weekly newsletter from September. For those still receiving a paper copy, please ensure that you inform the office of your current email address – contact: [email protected]

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Disclaimer From time to time we are asked by a range of organisations to give out leaflets. We always agree if we think this could be of interest or benefit to the children. However we do not endorse any of these organisations and parents should always check their credentials carefully to make sure children would be safe and well looked after

Leaflets for the Summer You will have already received this week a brochure and leaflet pack detailing a broad range of local based activities for all over the coming summer period.

In addition to this is listed below further activities and venues – take advantage and enjoy the summer.

Summer 2017 Family Days Out, Activities and Summer Camps

Lighthouse Monday 24th July – Friday 28th July 4 – 11 years

The , Hatters Lane, High Wycombe HP13 7NQ (Parents & Toddlers held at St. Andrews Church, Hatters Lane HP13 7NH) and The , Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield HP9 1SJ (Parents & Toddlers held at The Fitzwilliam Centre, Windsor End, Beaconsfield HP9 2JW)

Sir William Ramsay School, Rose Avenue, Hazlemere, High Wycombe HP15 7UB. (Parents & Toddlers held at Holy Trinity Church, Amersham Road, Hazlemere HP15 7PZ)

More information and registration on line via the following link: www.lighthouseadmin.org

High Wycombe RUFC Summer Rugby Camp (run by Socious Sports) 21st August – 25th August

High Wycombe RFC, Kingsmead Road. 9.30 am until 3.30 pm each day.

Socious Sports are running a comprehensive rugby camp and costs £130 for the 5 days. Parents can book online via the following link: http://www.socioussports.co.uk or call 01727 817191.

ClubSport Sports Holiday Camps throughout the summer 5 – 13 years

Crown House School, Off Bassetsbury Lane, Wycombe Rye HP11 1QX Holtspur School, Cherry Tree Road, Beaconsfield HP9 1BH . 8.30/9.00am drop off – 3.00/3.30pm pick up. (4.30 pickup for additional charge)

Camp includes a range of activities throughout the week such as Football, Basketball, Cricket, Tennis, Dodgeball, Rounder’s, Archery, Badminton, Tag Rugby, Tri-Golf, Circus Skills and more! Information and booking online via the following link www.clubsportuk.com

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Barracudas Throughout the summer – offers on the website. 4.5 – 14 years Wycombe Abbey, High Wycombe

Activity Camp offering 80+ activities whether your child is sporty or artistic & creative. Early and late clubs offer more flexible hours when you need them. Information and booking via the following link: www.barracudas.co.uk/camps/view/high-wycombe

Super Camps Throughout the summer. 4 – 14 years The Royal , Amersham Road, High Wycombe HP13 6QT

Multi-Activity Days, Raw Adventure, Cultured Cooking and Arts & Crafts. Multi Activity Days are bookable daily or weekly and boast 6 daily activities, including outdoor sports & indoor activities with no two days being the same. However, Raw Adventure, Cultured Cooking and Arts and Craft are bookable weekly. Available dates can be found on the website. Booking can be made online at www.supercamps.co.uk. Discount codes to be found on the website to save 15%.

Bucks Family Information Service Activities and things to do.

Details can be found by visiting the website at www.bucksfamilyinfo.org. Look at ‘Family Information’ and then ‘Things to Do’. You will see choices for ‘Summer Holiday Activities’ and ‘Discounted Sport and Leisure’. You can then narrow these searches either by category or by postcode to where you live. You will find information on Football Camps, Tennis Camps, Stage Coach, Creative Activities, Day’s out, Places to visit and much more.

Family Day’s out in Bucks www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk is a great website for information on local Family Day’s out. It covers Theme Parks, Animal’s & Nature, Museums, Water Fun, Play Centres, History, Activities, Transport, Outdoor Play, Adventure Farms & Arts & Crafts.