Windlesham School
Newsletter
Issue 176
27th January 2017
Dear Parents and Carers,
We have had a very busy start to the Spring term and it has been so pleasing to see the children
settle quickly into their routines after the exciting festive holiday. This term, in our Assemblies, we
have introduced our new Windlesham School Code of Conduct and we are all working hard on
developing this with the children. We have included the key elements of this in this Newsletter
and we look forward to sending you all further details in due course.
The weather, this term, has started very cold so please may I remind all Parents and Carers to
make sure that children have the correct Windlesham School fleece hats, scarves and gloves.
Staff News:
SPRING TERM 2017 - Important Dates
Friday 3rd February
This term, Mrs Susan Blaylock has joined
Windlesham School as a temporary
Personal Assistant and Office
Administrator. Mrs Blaylock is very much
looking forward to getting to know you
all along with the children and staff
during the Spring and Summer terms.
Mrs Fox is settling into her new role of
Deputy Headteacher (Pastoral) as well as
temporarily covering Mrs Sloan's
maternity position of PE Co-ordinator.
Mr John Ingrassia will be starting at
Windlesham after the Easter break as
Assistant Headteacher. Mr Ingrassia will
be visiting the School this term and his first
opportunity shall be at our Open
Classroom event on Wednesday, 8th
School in Action for prospective parents
Tuesday 7th February
FOW Family Bingo Event, 16.00 - 18.00 (school hall)
Wednesday 8th February
Open Classroom (All current parents & carers)
Friday 10th February
Staff INSET Day - school closed to pupils
Friday 10th February - Friday 17th February (inclusive) Half Term
Monday 20th February
Second half term resumes
Friday 24th February
Young Shakespeare for Years 3 to 6
Wednesday 1st March
Performance of ‘Windlesham on the Western Front’ to parents & carers,
9.00 am (school hall)
Friday 3rd March
World Book Day
Tuesday 7th March
Upper School grade sheets go home
Thursday 9th March
Teacher meetings for parents & carers (16.00 - 18.40)
Tuesday 7th March
Teacher meetings for parents & carers (17.30 - 19.20)
Thursday 16th March
Year 5 assembly for parents & carers, 9.00 (school gym)
Thursday 17th March
Year 1 assembly for parents & carers, 9.00 (school hall)
Tuesday 21st March
Year 6 residential trip to Little Canada (3 nights),
Year 1 trip to Plumpton
Friday 24th March
Year 2 Roman assembly for parents & carers, 9.00 (school hall)
Year 6 return from Little Canada (approx. 16.00)
Wednesday 29th March
FOW egg hunt
Thursday 30th March
February. I shall look forward to
Years 3 to 6 Upper School Easter Service at St Luke’s Church, 13.30 - 14.30
Friday 31st March
introducing him to you all then.
Last day of term
Monday 3rd April - Monday 24th April (inclusive)
Easter Holiday
Tuesday 25th April
Summer Term starts for pupils
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GENERAL NEWS
Donations to ‘The Little Princess Trust’
‘Little Princess Trust' provides wigs to children
who have lost their hair through illness.
Important
We are delighted to announce that at the
Note about
The Prefects for this part of the term are: Christmas services, an amazing total of
Lunches:
£751.09 was raised for ‘The Little Princess Trust’.
3K
Freddie Salter
Thank you to all the parents and friends who
Please
Sami Sharma
donated so generously. We had an exciting
remember
3M
Buckley Phillips
Charity Assembly on Thursday, 19th January.
Zoe Cheal
we are a nutEli, in Year 4, decided to donate his pony tail to
4B
Billy Williams
free school
‘The Little Princess Trust’. In front of the whole
Luke Walsh
school and to great applause, the ponytail
when
was cut off. On the day, there was a collection
4C
Astrid Berman
preparing
box for donations. We collected £140.
Max Swift
lunchboxes.
Although the final total is awaiting confirma5CM
Aywin Lau
tion, we can confidently announce that so far,
It is important
Rocco Loudon
a total of £1000 has been raised. Thank you to
to check
5M
George Lazanakis
everyone for all your support and a huge WELL
labels as
Ollie Jackson
DONE to Eli.
many
products may
contain a
trace of nuts.
Thank you for
your help in
this
matter.
Please do not
include any
sweets in
your child’s
lunchbox. A
balanced,
healthy
lunchbox is
really
important.
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FACEBOOK
For more photos and
details of recent
trips, don't forget to
check out our
Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/
WindleshamSchool/
which is regularly updated with news of
the latest events and
activities.
Before …
… and After!
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Hamptons ‘Santa Stop Here’ Sign Competition
Joshy Levy in Reception
was delighted to win
the Hamptons ‘Santa
Stop Here’ Sign Competition. Joshy decorated the sign using
sequins, beads, googly
eyes, cotton wool and
stickers. He received a
fabulous prize: a shiny
new Micro Scooter,
matching helmet and
bell.
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GENERAL NEWS continued
English Competitions
The Creative Writing task, a short story based on the title,
‘The Storm’, led to a winning entry from Ollie Jackson in 5M,
with runners up - Tilly Outhwaite in 4B, and Max
Outhwaite in 6C.
We had another English competition last term which was linked to the Roald Dahl
Reading Challenge to celebrate 100 years since his birth. The winner was
Astrid Berman in 4C and the runner up was Maddy Pickering in 6S.
A big well done to all the children who took part in these competitions.
Autumn Term House Cup Winners
1st
Arundel
1602
2nd
Bodiam
1517
3rd
Lewes
1406
Well done to all members of Arundel House
who are currently in 1st position!
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WINDLESHAM SCHOOL SPORTS AND CLUBS
SWIMMING GALA
It was an outstanding afternoon for the Windlesham Swimming Team at the Lancing College Mid Winter U11 relay gala. The school was represented by 3 very
strong teams which showed the strength of depth that we have. Windlesham won
Gold and Bronze medals in both the Freestyle and Medley relay events, an outstanding achievement in view of the very strong opposition from other schools in
Sussex and other counties in the SE region.
CHESS CLUB
The Chess Club is now running on Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes for boys and
girls interested in learning how to play chess at tournament level and going on to
deepen their understanding and improve their game. In the process, we aim to
play some serious games in a quiet environment.
Both groups have been entered into the Delancey UK Schools’ Chess Challenge
which will run as a single 7-round Swiss tournament this term. There are small prizes for good results and a School Champion 2017 trophy for the winner. The top scorers will also qualify for the
area Megafinal later in the year (date to be announced) which qualifies players for the Southern
Gigafinal, with winners going on to the national Terafinal in August. The Chess Challenge is intended to introduce children to chess at a young age when they can make rapid progress if
they have the motivation. They enjoy the challenge of competing and along the way, learn the
value of careful study and concentration.
In September, we intend to enter a team in Sussex Junior Chess’s Primary Cup for under U11s, the
first and most popular of the Inter-Schools Cup Competitions, which generally involves over thirty
schools playing in four divisions. Sussex has some very strong junior players - girls and boys - many
of whom have played for England, so the standard is high.
MINI MILE RACES
Over the Brighton Marathon Weekend 7-9 April, thousands of people will be running to raise
money for charity and beat personal goals. This year, we would like Windlesham pupils to have
a go at the challenge and join the Mini Mile event on Saturday, 8th April.
The event is open to pupils over the age of 7, so if you are in Year 2 or above, sign up with your
friends to run as part of the Windlesham School team. What is even better this year is that the
normal entry fee of around £8.00 has been sponsored and so it is free if you sign up quickly.
This year’s charity is Cancer Research UK. So perhaps you can donate your entry fee to support
the charity. Alternatively, offer to do a couple of extra chores at home, donate a week’s pocket
money or gain sponsorship to run the mile!
For further details, visit: www.brightonminimile.co.uk/home
SOUTH COAST ELITE BASKETBALL
South Coast Elite Basketball offers exciting basketball camps during half-term. The camps take
place at Dorothy Stringer School from 9 am - 3 pm and involve intense skills, drills and competitions, as well as numerous prizes and awards. The camps are for players aged 6 - 16 of all abilities
so whether a first-timer or an experienced player the camp is designed to accommodate everyone. South Coast Elite Basketball features professional coaches with playing and coaching experience in some of the world's top basketball nations and are fully DBS checked and qualified. The
upcoming camp will run from Feb 13th - 15th, sign up online at southcoastelitebasketball.com
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Windlesham School is introducing a Windlesham School Code of Conduct as part of a new behaviour policy which will be published in full and sent to Parents and Carers shortly. We have formulated 5 pertinent guidelines to help pupils achieve their potential from school life and beyond. Over the course of this half term, we are working our way through these themes with our
pupils in a variety of ways throughout our curriculum and extra-curricular activities.
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Year 2 Roman Day
On Wednesday last week, Year 2 had a visit from Minerva, the Roman goddess of war,
wisdom and art. The day was fun packed. The children learned about Roman soldiers
and the Roman way of life. They all had the opportunity to design and make a ceramic
mosaic tile. Minerva showed us how they use make-up to create battle wounds in films.
The children were able to have a fake black eye, wound or scab.
Owlets - Fun with the Snow
The Owlets children made the most of the snow that fell one evening this month and
was collected by their teachers. They made their own snowman ”Mr Chilly” in the
water tray. The children explored the texture of the snow and observed how long it
took to melt. Some of the children were inspired to draw their own pictures of snowmen
using chalks on black paper.
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GENERAL NOTICES
FOW NEWS
TERM DATES
FOW Bingo & Fish & Chip Supper
Tuesday 7th February
16.00 - 18.00
Adults £7, Children £5
Tickets sold on first-come,
first-served basis … and
tend to sell out fast!
The Friends of Windlesham
look forward to seeing you
there!
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Merit Badges
The following children are to be congratulated for
tremendous effort or positive attitude (as at 26th January 2017):
Lower School
Teddy Twibill, Louis Cooper-Seel, Subhan Khan, Jasmine Demetriou, Mabel
Horner, Arthur Farnell Silah Ali-Ramsarran, Amelia Fox, Jesse Ince,
Michael Ojo, Kai Anderson, Elias Luikenga, Annan Schroeder,
Willow Faulkner-Weale, Genie Carlina Twinn-Banks, Olivya-Rose Middleton,
Freddie James.
Upper School
Theo Elyas, Elsa Urbanski-Dean, Betty Lamb, Daisy Boyle, Zakariya Ali Ramsarran, Ollie Jackson, Alanya Cachia, Maddie Horney, Ronas Ekinci, Maria
Coego, Max Swift, Daniel Abadi, Tatiana Rochester, Aryan Hajisabagh, Monty
Brooks, Sami Sharma, Carmen Laorden, Alex Kirwan, Tom Brooks,
Luella Waplington, Emma Adams, Alanya Cachia.
Owls Awards
The following children have been congratulated for good work:
Florence Hill, Max Parker, Stratos Lazanakis, Joshi Luikenga, Silah Ali-Ramsarran,
Ellie Fadeeva, Sebastian Batten, Nicolas Gonzalez Garcia, Yuvraj Sharma,
Jaan Ali-Ramsarran, Isaac Grace, Lola Sahi, Elsa Urbanski-Dean, Eva Cherubini,
Yasin Khan, Katie Connolly, Sophie Vera, Daisy Boyle, Amaya Brack, Will
Gardner, Zakariya Ali-Ramsarran, James Peasgood, Kyrillos Andrawis,
Aaron Davanayagam, Bishoy Sidarous, Max Slater, Poppy Hawkes, Maddie
Horney, Caitlin Cheal, Olivia Simmonds.
Best wishes
Aoife Bennett-Odlum
Headteacher
www.windleshamschool.co.uk
Newsletter Editor: Mrs S Blaylock
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