Wittersham Church of England Primary School “On a voyage of discovery: together we learn, grow and achieve” 29th March 2019 Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you for the lovely comments about the Mother’s Day Lunch. Janet Pudan and the team do a wonderful job in making these events special for the children and our visitors and there is always such a happy atmosphere. We have received letters from the Parochial Church Council and the Wittersham Parish Council offering words of congratulations to the staff and the children for their achievements both academically and pastorally. The letters acknowledge that success is also due to the support the school receives from parents, governors and volunteers. As I have said many times before, a school cannot thrive in isolation but does so from being at the heart of its community and we are blessed to have such a warm and encouraging community around us. I look forward to seeing you at the parent consultations next week and at the Easter Service at 9.00am on Friday 5th April at St John’s Church. Have a fantastic weekend. Claire Frost Headteacher The results have come through for the Mathletics Challenge which we took part in during March. We came in at a fantastic 95th out of 458 schools, which considering we are a small school is very impressive. Parents and Carers This week we have had a lovely cake sale for Smugglers class and managed to raise a fabulous £197 for Smugglers to use for themselves. Thank you for all your support once again, we had some beautiful cakes for everyone to choose from. Starting Monday, we will be opening up our raffle for the chance to win a Giant Ostrich egg or one of two Lindt bunnies. A slight change from previous years, children can bring £1 in to have a chance at winning and the raffle will be open until Thursday. Good luck everyone! On Friday the WSA will be holding an Easter egg hunt for the children. There is no cost and every child will have an Easter treat. Have a great weekend everyone. Many thanks - Kate (Chair WSA) Our school Christian values: “Respect, kindness, self-worth/perseverance, forgiveness and love” 29th March 2019 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: Attendance Cup Last week went to: Parent Consultation Evenings Tue, 2nd April & ROTHER Between 3.30pm & 6.30pm Wed, 3rd April Easter Service Fri, 5th April—9am With 99.5% attendance WELL DONE! WSA School Easter Egg Hunt Fri, 5th April (pm) Last day of Term Fri, 5th April Lunchtime Exemplary Scholastic Book Fair Mon, 29th Apr—1st May Behaviour Award: WSA Cake Sale—Viking (Spring Theme) Thur, 2nd May KS1— Sophia P School INSET Mon, 3rd June KS2— Anna W School INSET Tues, 4th June Nominated by our Midday Leaders What a week this was for Sport at Wittersham. On Monday the school football team played their first match in the Arctic League against Brabourne School. From the first whistle the whole team started to play some very impressive football, and continually pressing Brabourne back into their own half. It was inevitable that we would soon score, having created numerous chances, and by half time, we were 3 – 0 up. The team carried on in the same way in the second half, finally finishing the match with a 6 – 4 victory. On Tuesday the year 3 – 4 Hockey Team represented the school at the Kent School Games Hockey Tournament at Ashford Prep. They like the footballers started off like an express train, winning their first two matches 6 – 0 and 5 – 1 respectively. Their next match against John Wesley would decide who out these two schools would be playing for a medal in the afternoon. What a match this was, with John Wesley scoring the winning goal with 20 seconds remaining. The team started the afternoon session much as the first winning another two of their matches comfortably. This secured a sixth place finish for them out of nineteen teams, another brilliant performance from our small school! Thursday saw the last of the sporting action for the week, with Chilham school coming over for our second Arctic League match. The first two minutes of this match were completely different to the one against Brabourne, as it was us who were being pressed back into our own half. Fortunately for us we managed a breakaway goal after five minutes, and from that moment on, there was only going to be one winner. We finished the match with a 10 – 3 victory, and Sammy scored seven of those goals all by himself. What a week!! Dean Hawkins House Points Tidiest Cloakroom Award WINNING HOUSE: ROTHER BODIAM Our school Christian values: “Respect, kindness, self-worth/perseverance, forgiveness and love” 29th March 2019 Parent Consultation Evenings are on Tuesday, 2nd & Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 A Town Explores a Book Run Rye Festival Events running from 4-22 April Friday 31 May 2019 in St Leonards on Sea Rye Harbour Nature Reserve This Week’s Golden Christian Jumble Sale Values’ Winners Saturday 27th April Windmill— Sophia & Phoebe Stone Memorial Hall Smugglers— Jamie & Lacey Doors open at 10am. Viking— Jake & George Pop along for a rummage and grab a bargain. Oxney— Calum & Harvey If you have any unwanted items that you no longer need, donations can be dropped off to the hall from Rother— Sammy & Alfie 8.30am on the day of the sale. We have had another super week of reading and our weekly total is the best yet! Our grand total is now 66,341 minutes and we are 83rd on the leader board, an improvement of 7 places from last week. More schools are joining each week and there are now 322 schools taking part. This week, congratulations go to Viking class who have contributed a fantastic 6,842 minutes to our school total and I have been delighted to see so many more of Viking class recording their reading on their bookmarks. There is one more week to go to contribute to the total, so keep reading, sharing and enjoying books together. Well done! ‘Stone In Spring’ School Class Photos Open Gardens THIS WEEK Our pupils have been photographed by the award- Stone in Oxney winning Carmel Jane Photography team. The class photos are of a very high quality so we are sure you will want to view Sunday 28th April them. 10.30am to 4.30pm Tickets £5 per person (over 14 years) Information will be shared on Monday, 2nd April advising how you can view and purchase photographs which we hope See flyer in school for further details you will enjoy. Our school Christian values: “Respect, kindness, self-worth/perseverance, forgiveness and love” .