STRETHAM COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL
HALF –TERM HOLIDAY
Friday 26th October (Teacher training day) - to Friday 2nd November
We look forward to welcoming you back on
Monday 5th November.
Harvest Assembly
Thank you to every one for the
donations of fresh and preserved
food.
The residents of Hazel Court
were delighted with their fresh
produce and the Ely Foodbank will
make sure that the tins and packets will help families in need in
the local area.
Have you signed up for Parentmail yet!
If you would rather receive letters by email then make sure you follow the instructions on the
letter sent home on Friday 19th October!
Letters
To all
Parent Governor letter - closing date for nominations - 8th November
Parentmail sign up letter
Cake Break Letter
Year 1 & 2
Circus skills letter
Year 3 & 4
Football festival letter
Attendance Update
Well done to everyone, the school’s attendance figure for the first half-term is running at 95.6%.
The Department for Education suggest that
95% is an acceptable figure.
Particular congratulations to Lime Class
who have the best figures in the school.
Ash Class Cake Sale
Ash class raised a superb
£71.60 from their cake sale!
Delicious!
PSA Corner
At the PSA AGM, the following parents were appointed;
Chair – Jenny Lowther
(Grace - Year 4)
Vice Chair – Honey Ambrose (Meghan & Scarlett - Yr 5)
Treasurer – Sarah Bradford
(Joel - Yr 6 & Naomi - Yr 2)
Secretary – Sarah Moffat
(Callum - Yr 6)
If you have any suggestions for fundraising events or would like to volunteer your services,, please do speak to
one of the committee members
POND AREA WORKING PARTY
A massive thank you to those who worked
so hard to clear the pond area on Sunday
21st October. Have a peek over the fence
to see the excellent job they did!
Parents’ Evening
Thank you for attending parents’ evening last week. If you missed
your appointment for any reason, please contact the school to rearrange
a mutually convenient time.
Thank you also to those who took the time to complete a questionnaire.
We will publish a summary of the results in the next newsletter.
On Thursday 11th October, the Stretham Primary School key stage
2 pupils enjoyed a visit from British Antarctic Survey employee,
Tamsin Gray, she is a meteorologist who studies weather.
Firstly, she talked about the weather, she told us that she has to
pump up helium balloons with a small device tied to it, then she sends
it up and by the time it gets to the top of the atmosphere it pops
and drifts back down again.
Next, she talked about the clothes you have to wear. You have to
wear a lot of clothes or you’ll get
frostbite. Mr. Ellis who is one of the
teachers was asked by the children to
try the clothes on. So he went up and
put them on. All the children were
bursting with laughter.
Finally, she showed us the food and it
looked delicious.
All the children really enjoyed the visit
and learnt a lot.
by Oliver Baylis
Mr Ellis and a penguin!
DATES FOR THE DIARY
KS2 Spellings
Further to the recent letter regarding key stage 2
spellings we would like to congratulate all those
children who have worked hard at their spellings
and who are regularly attaining full marks and
completing their homework to a high standard.
However, we are regularly seeing between 1823% of key stage 2 children in spellings club for
attaining low scores or completing their homework to an unsatisfactory standard. It is extremely important that we support children with
their spellings as a key skill in their learning. If a
child attends spelling club more than twice in any
half term period, we will contact the parents to
enable us to work together to allow the child to
succeed.
We will be monitoring attendance to spelling club
on a regular basis and will be striving to reduce
the number of children coming to spelling club
over the next month. Your continuing assistance
in helping your child learn their spellings is appreciated.
Friday 26th October
Training Day
Monday 29th October - Friday 2nd November
Half Term
Monday 5th November
Bonfire Promotion Lunch
Friday 9th November
Ash Class Assembly
Friday 16th November
Lime Class Assembly
Monday 19th November
GenR8 Assembly
Friday 23rd November
Maple Class Assembly
Thursday 13th and Friday 14th December 1.30pm
Oak, Beech and Rowan Christmas Performance
Friday 14th December
PSA Christmas Disco
Tuesday 18th December
Christmas Lunch
Thursday 20th December
Christmas Service