Sandye Place
Sandye Place Academy: Park Road, Sandy, Beds, SG19 1JD
Telephone: 01767 680420 Fax: 01767 691141
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.sandyeplaceacademy.org.uk
Academy Newsletter
24th
Feb 2017
Special points
of interest:
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Events This Term
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From Mrs McCamley
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AR Top 5 Word Count
Winners
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Attendance
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Behaviour
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Year 6 Sumdog
winners
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SATs
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Thank You
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Camp
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Diary Dates
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Anti Bullying Drop In
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Scholastic
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Sainsbury‟s Active
Kids!
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Youth Club Activities
Charity Event
Friday 17th March
Wear a Hat to School Day
Pupils to wear normal
uniform with a hat of their choice.
Donations will go towards the Brain
Tumour Research Charity.
Dear Parents/Carers,
The Show Must Go On!
What is it about the weather in this country? This island we live on has always
experienced extremes of wind, rain, snow and heat waves, and yet whenever
we get a spell that is even slightly out of the ordinary, trains grind to a halt,
roads are closed, power lines fall and all sorts of disruption occurs. Not so at
the SPA however – we soldier on come rain, shine or hurricane. Actors have
the expression, “The show must go on.” We should adopt our own version here
at our wonderful Academy: “The curriculum must be delivered.”
Mrs K. McCamley
Principal
Top 5 Word Count Winners in Accelerated Reader
Challenge
Adam Croucher
Alana Mills
Benjamin Edwards
Kiya Perrin
Lewis Ward
702,291
660,772
492,810
487,825
472,139
Discovery
Eliot Jackson
474,739
Amy Seymour Hall 377,170
Megan Faith McQuillam 326,249
Emma Pettit
315,559
Tyler-Mae Stevenson
304,322
Endeavour
Katie Leenderts 1,676,650
Cameron Parkinson 465,470
Amy Field
444,503
Josh Hurrell
425,694
Daniel Dodds
327,274
Pursuit
Kaiden Gill
Ethan Hall
Kayleigh Ward
Jake Mills
Aiden Murkin
908,200
700,832
672,890
557,850
490,841
Venture
Sophie Knowles 1,206.080
William Aylett
1,016.992
Ella Whiting
733,946
Mackenzie Johnson
711,946
Lois Tucker
520,223
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Attendance for last week of
Behaviour - Classes that did not
term (6th Feb) per House:
receive any incident slips for
last week of term (6th Feb)
1st = Discovery 97.2%
Key Stage 2
Key Stage 3
2nd = Pursuit 96.9%
Falcon
Ennis
3rd = Challenge 96%
Rowling
4th = Endeavour 94.8%
5th = Venture 94.1%
Well done to the following pupils for winning the
Year 6 Wednesday Sumdog homework competition:
Emily Beith
- 96% (£5 Amazon voucher)
Rothia Stephens - 96% (£5 Amazon voucher)
Megan Scarratt - 94% (lunchtime pass)
Many parents have been asking for
samples of previous SATS papers
so you can support your child when
practising at home.
Please see below the link to a very
useful website whereby pupils can
practise a number of previous
SATS papers online for both
English and Mathematics. Here
you will also have access to the
answers (mark scheme) so that you
can help your child to check and
discuss questions as they answer
them.
Also available on the website is the
option to download sample papers
if you prefer.
The username and password are
both: sandyeplace
http://sats2017.uk
Thank you
To FoSPA for the donation of £600
which enabled us to buy new books for
our library. These have now all been
added to our library stock.
Look out for the „Donated by FoSPA‟
sticker in the front of the books!
Donations of good quality books are
always welcome.
British Values
Mutual respect: This week, Mrs Weldon has run
enrichment activities focussing on debating
ideas. The children have to respect each others
viewpoints and model good manners, as well as
using their best literacy skills to share their
arguments in a persuasive manner. They have
debated whether “Animals should or should not be
kept in captivity” and “should TV be banned for
under 12 year olds?”.
Miss Riberaud
Term dates for your diary
Our Multi Activity Camp has been running for
over 7 years now, and runs for part of the
Easter and Summer Holidays. Camp is available
for children aged between 4-14 years. Easter
Camp bookings are now being taking and can be
made via our events website:
events.sandyeplaceacademy.org.uk.
Easter Camp will be running Monday, 3rd April to
Friday, 7th April 2017.
Book before 28th February 2017 and receive
2nd Mar 2017
17th Mar 2017
22nd Mar 2017
31st Mar 2017
3rd & 4th Apr 2017
3rd to 7th April 2017
Camp
18th April 2017
1st May 2017
25th to 28th May 2017
15% off of your booking (enter code Early15
upon checkout). Sibling discounts are also
available (10%). Payment can be made via card/
cheque/childcare vouchers.
More details are available on our website
events.sandyeplaceacademy.org.uk
If you have any questions please email
[email protected]
Anti-Bullying Drop in for Parents
Every Thursday 3.45-4.30pm
NOT SURE HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD DEAL WITH A
BULLYING ISSUE?
The session is an opportunity for you to come in to the Academy
without an appointment to discuss anything related to bullying with
the anti-bullying team, in an informal setting.
We aim to build on the work we do with our students by helping
parents support their child in dealing with bullying. Other
appointments are available on request.
www.scholastic.co.uk/shop
Please remember to use the school
postcode, SG19 1JD, when ordering as we
earn commission on every sale over £10. This
will enable us to buy new books for our library.
We are collecting vouchers for Sainsbury’s Active Kids!
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World Book Day
Wear a Hat Day
Year 8 Matilda Trip
Last day of term
Teacher Training days
Easter Multi Activity
- Pupils return to school
- May Day Bank Holiday
- French Trip