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Autumn Term
Week Ending Friday 18th November 2016
Dear Parents
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
PARENT GOVERNOR ELECTION
Three parents, Hakon By, David
Fry and Jeremy Law have kindly
put themselves forward for the
Parent Governor role, which
means we will need to hold an
election. Ballot papers need to be
returned by Monday 28th
November – AM.
AUTUMN THEATRE TRIPS
Tuesday 6th December
Key Stage 1 to Polka Theatre to
see Babe the Sheep Pig
Tuesday 13th December
Year 3 to Polka Theatre to see
Babe the Sheep Pig
Tuesday 13th December
Key Stage 2 to Wimbledon
Theatre to see Dick Whittington
CLASS CHRISTMAS
PERFORMANCES
Wednesday 14th December 9.30am
Nursery AM & Wrens Class
2.30pm Swifts & Penguins
It’s been a busy, busy week at Pelham as you will see from
this week’s Flyer…..
Thank you to everyone who has supported Children in
Need this week and to Mrs Lyne and School Council for
organising the activities. The children looked fantastic today
in their array of spotted clothing. Well done to Toby
Emmerson who was the lucky winner of our guess the
number of dots on the cake. Enjoy sharing the cake with
your family!
Reception enjoyed a fantastic trip to the Polka
Theatre last Thursday to
watch ‘How to Hide a Lion’.
The production was great
with amazing puppetry and
singing. Finn said, ‘I liked the
bit where the burglar came
down and took the candlestick.’ Sarah said, ‘it was good when the
lion was being silly and the bath went on top of Iris.’ During the
week, children have made their own lion masks… don’t be too
scared, ROAAAAARRRRRR!
Well done to Year 3 for
their hard work and great toy models,
which they
made as part of
their Enabling
Enterprise
project. I know
they really
enjoyed sharing them with all the parents who were
able to come along to their presentations this week.
9.30am Swallows & Puffins
We have also been marking Anti-Bullying week with a range of events and
activities. Read the attached flyer to find out more. Thank you to Mrs Greer
for organising everything so well.
2.30pm Nursery PM & Robins Class
School Fund
Friday 16th December
Thank you to everyone who has made a donation to School Fund this term.
Your donations make a real difference to the extras that we can provide for the
children. Our anti-bullying drama workshops this week, which the children
really enjoyed, were funded from your generous school fund donations. You
will see from the attached flyer how we are doing on a class by class basis and
overall. So, please keep supporting our School Fund if you are able to. Thank
you 
Thursday 15th December
9.30am Swifts & Penguins
2.30pm Swallows & Puffins
Monday 19th December
7.00pm Doves & Owls Concert
Parking on Southey Road
There has been a complaint from one of our neighbours regarding parents parking
over their driveway. Could parents please ensure that you do not park over
driveways, on the lines outside school or over the fire station entrance. Where
possible, please walk with children to and from school. Thank you.
Our Weekly Playground
Stars
Foundation Stage
Sarah Kausar
(Robins) and
Jion Chang
(Wrens)
Key Stage 1:
Lily Smith
(Penguins) and
Luca Callod-Lecour
(Swallows)
Key Stage 2:
Stanley Wilson
(Nightingales) and
Jessica Espinosa-Reid
(Doves)
Class Superstars:
KS1 – Swifts
KS2 – Nightingales
House Winners
New Diary Date for Nursery Parents
Both Nursery sessions will be visiting the Polka Theatre on Friday 25th November to
see’ How to hide a Lion’. Parents will need to take children directly to the theatre on this
day for 1.15pm. There will not be normal Nursery sessions on this day.
As we have welcomed some new children into our Nursery, just a reminder that Nursery
finish a day earlier than main school at the end of each term i.e. Christmas, Easter &
Summer holidays. They also start back later in September and January due to home visits.
Start date for existing Nursery in January is Tuesday 10th January 2017.
Admissions for Nursery and Reception children 2017/18
Children within dates of birth 01-09-2012 – 31-08-2013 should now be applying for
Reception 2017 places. Please complete your application at
www.merton.gov.uk/admissions; closing date is 15-01-2017.
Children with dates of birth 01-04-2014 – 31-3-2015 will be applying for Nursery
2017/18, the closing date is 31-03-2017.
TaMHS Worker
Lucille Ellis-Jones is our new TaMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist who will be in school every
half term. She will be offering consultation, advice and support to us all around emotional
well-being issues, child development, emotional and behavioural difficulties and child mental
health concerns. Some examples of things that she can help us with are bedtimes and sleep,
challenging behaviour, separation and bereavement, anxiety and worries, ADHD, ASD and
parental mental health. This half term, Lucille will be in school on Tuesday 22nd
November. If you would like to see her, appointments can be made by email to the office
or by speaking with Mrs Grinyer.
Parent Helper for Ray –Building Sheds
We have some sheds which need to be built; unfortunately Ray is unable to assemble them
on his own. Please contact Ray if you would be available during the week to assist him.
Thank you.
Book Fair – Monday November 21st – Saturday 26th November
We are pleased to inform you that Scholastics Book Fair will be arriving at Pelham on
Monday 21st November. We intend to set up our book fair in the corridor by our
Extended Services (near the exit to the main playground) from 3:30 – 3:45pm, Monday to
Friday. Books may also be purchased at our Winter Fair run by the PTA on Saturday 26th.
As always, Book Fair carefully selects a range of appealing, quality texts which we hope
might make excellent gifts, at this time of year, or welcome additions to home libraries.
Through your support of our book fairs, each year we earn on average over £1,000 in
commission which means all Pelham children benefit from new titles appearing in the
library as well as supplemented class collections. Thank you, in advance, and happy
shopping.
Have a good weekend.
Regards
Maria Keenan
Headteacher
Next Week’s Events:
Monday 21st November
BOOK FAIR – ALL WEEK
Thursday 24th November
Friday 25th November
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Saturday 26th November
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Tuesday 22nd November
Wednesday 23rd November
Year 1 Fire Station trip – PM
SCHOOL OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN 4.00-5.00PM
Kingfishers Swimming
Kestrels Swimming
Year 1 Fire Station trip – PM
Year 1 Football Vs St Mary’s School
Catch Up Swimming
Both Nursery Classes to Polka Theatre to see How to Hide a Lion – 1.35pm at
Polka Theatre
PTA Christmas Fair 12.00 – 3.00pm
Class Attendance Stars
Nuthatches Class with 98.85%
Congratulations!