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H A P P I N E S S Welcome Welcome to our School toWelcome our NewsletterSchool to Newsletter our Issue school 1Issue - newsletterSeptember2017 8 -16 March - Issue 2018 7 Headteacher’s Headlines News In Brief www.stamford-green.surrey.sch.uk Headstart Holiday Club Booking forms for the Easter Dear Parents and Carers, holiday and May half term Inspirational On Line Safety Event - that all parents and carers should attend: week can be found on our school website here http:// 26 April 2018 1.45pm - 3.00pm or 7.00pm - 8.30pm www.stamford- The purpose of the evening is to raise awareness of playing safe whilst using the green.surrey.sch.uk/parent- internet. Breck Badnar was a 14 year old boy, from Caterham, Surrey who loved zone/extended-services/ technology and online gaming. He was groomed via the internet and murdered holiday-club/. They are also on 17 February 2014 by someone he met online. This foundation has been set up attached to the flyers and in his memory to help other young people enjoy playing online but crucially to adverts section of this be aware of some simple rules on how to stay safe. newsletter. Notification of major gas If you wish to book a place on this course and have not already emailed the Office, please click here to book a place: https://goo.gl/forms/ works: Temple Road, Epsom xFtRZVsJOOaTdmCy2. We have been notified of some works which are due to You can find out more about the The Breck Foundation by visiting their website take place in Temple Road here http://www.breckfoundation.org/. commencing on 19 March for potentially 8 weeks. More We do strongly recommend as many people attend as possible as the message information can be found is one that is so current in today’s electronic culture and you may possibly pick here : https://www.sgn.co.uk/ up some tips to take away and use in your own Roadworks/Southern-projects/ family life. Epsom-Temple-Road/. Please allow additional time for your Kind regards, journeys to school if you are affected by these works. Mrs Druce Headteacher ASK Italian Epsom Thank you to ASK who have accommodated our Year 2 classes this week in their Epsom Branch and provided education about food issues as well as delicious pizzas for all the children and possibly some staff to enjoy! We are very grateful. Tweet of the fortnight! Follow us on @StamfordGreen A M B I T I O N A is for Attendance The school’s leadership team has recently reviewed its Attendance Policy, as we have noticed that attendance at Stamford Green School and Nursery is declining. The reason for highlighting this issue and trying to improve the situation is twofold: 1. In order to teach and improve your child’s outcomes, they actually need to be in school, and arrive on time. 2. The higher the absence rate, the greater the gulf becomes between children who are frequently absent and those who attend regularly. You can read our new Attendance Policy here http://www.stamford-green.surrey.sch.uk/fileadmin/ user_upload/policies/attendance_policy_-_8.3.18.pdf. You will also find it on our school website under the policies section. Two sections of the policy we wish to bring your attention are: 1. Section 5 - Responding to Non - Attendance A M B I T I O N 2. Section 6 - Improving Attendance Hopefully you will have noticed in section 6b)iv, we will now be celebrating children’s attendance each half term. Children who have attended school for 97% or more of the half term will be given an attendance reward sticker. In addition to this, targeted children who have met or exceeded their AIM target (set at an Attendance Improvement Meeting), will also qualify for the attendance reward sticker. The reason for the change is to celebrate excellent attendance which is 97% or more, whilst acknowledging that some children might catch a sickness bug etc. and may need to rest at home until they feel better. At Parents’ Forum on Monday 26 April 2018 at 9.00am, Mrs Druce will be talking more about why securing excellent attendance is important and every parent is welcome to come along. T O G E T H E R N E S S Marsden Marching Super Team Effort The Marsden March is a walk that raises money for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. You can either do the 5 mile one or the 14 mile one. I walked 5 miles with Poppy Moore, Heidi and Pippa Rush and Rosie Walker. It took a long time to get to the end but we had a rest in Nonsuch Park. We had chocolate on the way that kept us going. We saw Aimee Bloomfield, Lucy Stevens, Miss Burgess, Louisa Beunderman and Mrs Kellett, all walking. Mrs Beunderman did 5 miles, that’s amazing! I walked all the way with my Mum because she is the reason I did it. Me, my Mum and Poppy cut the 5 mile starting ribbon. Zoe Lorenz cut the ribbon for the 14 mile walk and she walked 14 miles with my sister Becca, my Dad, and other friends and family - that’s a long way! We all felt very proud so we brought our medals in to school the next day to show everyone. Thank you to everyone who sponsored us, so far we have raised £12,710! If you would like to you can still sponsor us here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/thecheeringsquad. Izzy Jones - 3S On March 4 2018, I completed the Marsden March for the charity and hospital - the Royal Marsden. We were given an 8:30am start time, which was good to get it done, but bad because we were tired! It took us 5 hours and a bit to complete the whole 14 miles. Our team was made from: me, my Mum, my Dad, my Nan, Mrs Kellet ( HLTA), Cousins - Holly and Becca - and their Mum, Caroline. My Mum managed 5 miles; I did 14! When we finished we were greeted with warm applause, medals and a nice goody bag! I feel very proud of myself as we raised over £2,000! Louisa Beunderman - 6B T O G E T H E R N E S S Sheltering Over the last few weeks we have been updating our School Emergency Plan which deals with a range of potential scenarios. One important part of the plan is our Sheltering Procedure (formerly known as lockdown). In the new procedure we have three levels of sheltering which gives us a range of pre-planned options to deal with different scenarios. On Friday 2 March we carried out a level 1 sheltering drill and we will be practicing the other levels during the year. Level 1 could be triggered by an event which only affects the outdoor space such as a loose dog or an angry deer in the playground (something that has triggered the alarms in the past!) The full procedure is quite detailed but in summary: Level 1 Everyone to remain inside the building or return there. Free movement around the building may be allowed once everyone is accounted for. Level 2 Everyone to remain inside the building or return there. All external doors and windows locked with windows covered and lights and electronic equipment switched off. Level 3 As level 2 but children outside past the lower playground will be taken by staff away from the premises via the West Gate and go to Kingswood House School. For the purposes of our emergency plan, our partner school is Kingswood House and they have kindly agreed to allow us to use their resources as necessary during an emergency. In the event or a real emergency, we would be able to use their facilities to send out information to parents and carers. Mrs Joanna Lee School Business Leader I’ve always wondered… What are those buttons for ….. On our school website we have an interactive function for the buttons above which can take you directly to certain features/documents quickly. These are shown above. Each icon has it’s own associated function as follows; Takes you to our school Twitter feed. There is always lots going on here and it is lovely to see what the children have been doing whilst on trips and during the school day. Takes you to school newsletters which are always a fabulous read! Takes you to our letter section. All letters sent to parents/carers are uploaded here if you misplace your emailed copy for later reference. Takes you directly to our most recent Dates for Diaries document where you can see all the upcoming events for the term ahead. Why not have a look and make your life easier with this feature…... I N S P I R I N G YR ZooLab Visit Reception loved their visit from Zoolab. They learnt so many new things about the creatures and it was amazing for the children to see them all up close and have the opportunity to feel and handle them. The teachers were impressed by the concentration shown; the thoughtful questions that were asked and, for some children, the courage that it took to come close and touch the animals. YN Astrodome Adventure Last Thursday the Nursery were treated to an amazing visit in the Space Dome. The children saw shooting stars and the galaxy of stars above our heads. We took off in our rocket and saw the Earth below us. This was a fantastic way to round off our theme “To Infinity and Beyond!” Stamford Green STEM Week Y1 Have Been Getting Eggy ….