Newsletter from St Ann’s Heath
Issue 12– 23rd March 2017
Governors met yesterday and made a decision on leadership of the school which provides stability, continuity and builds on
our strengths from within. In the short term, Mrs King will continue to lead the school through to the end of the summer
term with the full backing and support of governors.
From September, and for the academic year 2017-18, Mrs King and Mrs O’Connor are appointed as acting Co-Headteachers.
In this arrangement, Mrs King and Mrs O’Connor will develop the leadership structure working together to fulfil the
responsibilities of the Headteacher and Assistant Headteacher roles. Governors sincerely wish Mrs King and Mrs O’Connor
every success as they step into this new challenge.
Governors would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and appreciate the extraordinary role that Mrs King has undertaken during this current academic year – taking on both the Headteacher and Asst Headteacher roles has been a task that
very few will truly understand. The governors are very grateful that Mrs King has had the ability, determination and loyalty to
the school that has allowed her to lead the school in such an exemplary manner.
In governor committees, the Finance & Staffing committee continues to seek creative solutions to the ever declining school
budget situation. In that context, your support with events like Winder Wonderland and your contributions to the School
Voluntary Fund are increasingly important in enabling staff to provide the best they can for the children.
The Learning committee has been monitoring improvements in how we measure children’s progress so that each child
achieves their highest potential.
In Vision & Ethos committee, safeguarding self-assessment has been a major focus – this is an area of strength and we are
always looking to maintain and extend our ability to safeguard children and staff. On behaviour, it was lovely to hear the children’s exemplary behaviour being commented on by everyone present at the recent recruitment day, please thank all your
children.
Thank you to all our parents and carers for your support. We should all be reminded just how proud we can be of who we are
and of what we do at St Ann’s Heath
Helen Syms—Chair of Governors on behalf of your Governing Body
TOMORROW - FOSAH are helping us to spoil our mums!
Children have been invited to bring in £2 to their classteachers
to spend at a FOSAH run stall tomorrow afternoon. Children will
be able to buy a gift for their mums and write a special tag just
for her! Mum’s the word!
Don’t forget it’s also Mufti tomorrow for Comic Relief!
A quick look at the attendance
figures up to Friday 17th March
(from Sept 2016) - continued
improvement across the classes!
Well done everyone –keep up the
good work!!
3W
94.3%
5H
95.3%
3D
95.5%
5S
94.0%
4C
96.8%
5R
94.8%
4TP
96.7%
6M
95.8%
4BW
96.5%
6FW
96.3%
Whole School Percentage - 95.6%
Last Newsletter - 95.5%
Special Mention Certificates have been presented to the following children who have shown great effort
and/or improvement in an area of school life . Well done to following children;
Year 3 - Blake Little, Reece Mitchener, Katie Price, Maisie Sanders, Lily Elliot and Alisha Joyson.
Year 4 - Sam Milton, Lia Bellamy, Kyra MacMIllan, Lily Price, Carly Thomas, Josh Othen, Warren Richards, Alice
Wills and Freddie-J Murphy.
Year 5 - Nancy Harris, Camille Aguas, Jack Shepherd, Mark Lemon, Ruby Gostage, Abdullah Danish, Molly Payne,
Ethan Gerard and Paige Beard.
Year 6 - Rebecca Lemon, Georgia Quest, Ewan Duncan, Nigel Chipangula, Freddie Grigg and Paris Lloyd.
In ENGLISH the children will be writing their own Quest Myths and working on some report writing
in relation to The Ancient Greeks.
In SPELLING they will be focussing on the National Curriculum required spelling words for Year 3.
In MATHS they will be continuing to look at measuring - converting between mm, cm and m. They will also be
moving on to measuring capacities in litres and millilitres.
In SCIENCE, they will be finishing their topic on Animals including Humans and investigating the effects of exercise
on the body.
In HISTORY they will be looking at Ancient Greece, learning about everyday life including Greek schools.
In RE, the children will be starting to look at Judaism.
In ICT, they will be using Microsoft Publisher to finish their fact sheets on human bones and skeleton.
In ART/DT the children will be looking at real life sketching and Easter Art.
In PE the children will be starting some athletics practice
DON’T FORGET it’s ANCIENT GREEK DAY on Monday, 27th March - NO COSTUMES REQUIRED - Please return
permission slips and payment (£12 - cash, cheque or online) to the office if you haven’t already done so —thank
you! (payment can be done online or by cash/cheque)
In ENGLISH the children are starting to look at imaginary tales including Harry Potter in preparation for
their trip to the Warner Bros Studios next month. The children will be writing detailed character descriptions and looking at how JK Rowling created this imaginary world.
In SPELLING/GRAMMAR the focus will be on creating adjectives from nouns by adding suffixes.
In MATHS they will be looking at addition and subtraction methods - looking at selecting the most appropriate and
efficient methods to solve problems.
In SCIENCE, the children will be looking at food chains - highlighting prey and predators.
In HISTORY the children will be continuing their topic on The Romans with a particular focus on Boudicca. They
will be looking into ‘What the Romans did for us’.
In RE, the focus will be on the build up to Easter.
In ICT they will be continuing their work on online safety and be discussing ways to recognise threats and what to
do if one appears.
In DT they will be continuing to link their work to their study on The Romans - with their own mosaic paintings.
In PE the focus this term will continue to be gymnastics.
Please note that we have our HARRY POTTER TRIP coming up on April 24th, please ensure your consent form
and money (£26) have been received by the office (payment can be done online or by cash/cheque) - Thank you.
In ENGLISH the children will be continuing their Solomon Green unit of work. The children will be
writing a newspaper report about the day he travelled over sea and also writing the final diary entry of
his life.
In SPELLING/GRAMMAR the children will be continuing to look at verb tenses—past, present and future.
In MATHS they will be looking at division with a focus on reasoning problems, they will also be looking at place
value—ordering numbers, rounding numbers, reading and writing numbers through reasoning problems.
In SCIENCE, the children will be investigating forces by looking at friction they will also be looking into how gears
work.
In GEOGRAPHY they will be finishing up their studies on the climate of South America and moving on to start their
topic on The Tudors.
In PSHE the children will be looking at ways to keep healthy and looking at different emergency aids.
In ICT the children will be continuing their study on iWeb - understanding HTML codes and their purpose - to give a
web page structure and change pictures.
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DON’T FORGET - Year 5 HONK Audtions are on Monday, 27th March until 5pm
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Reminder that Bikeability will be taking place next week 27th & 28th March— NO MORE PLACES
AVAILABLE— please make sure your bikes are in good condition and ready to go!
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Year 5 HAMPTON COURT TRIP is on Monday, 24th April - please ensure consent forms and money (£16)
are returned to the office - payment can also be made online. Thank you
In ENGLISH the children will be looking at SATs revision with a focus on grammar decoding
sentences in preparation for the tests.
In SPELLING/GRAMMAR the children will revising their grammar - especially the subject and
objects of a sentence and past and present perfect. There will also be weekly spelling tests.
In MATHS they will be focusing on revision.
In SCIENCE, the children will be designing their own investigation to do with evolution and inheritance.
In GEOGRAPHY the children will be writing a persuasive letter to our local MP regarding the environment.
Over the Easter Holidays the children will be given practice SATs papers for revision purposes. They
should also be reading their revision guides to keep embedding their subject knowledge.
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DON’T FORGET—Year 6 HONK Auditions are on Monday, 28th March until 5pm
Size 1
Ballet shoe
Damaged TOM
TOM SAT Nav
found in car park
If you recognise any of these items - please pop into the school
office to claim them.
Cross Country
Football Results
Loses for Yr 5 & 6 against Cleves School
3-2 win for Year 6 against Bell Farm
Leah Miles
Year 5 Team— Runners Up in the
District Tournament last week!
Great Achievement!
Billy Gavin
Netball Results
Our Year 6 Netball Team came
home CHAMPIONS from the district tournament - 1st out of 11
schools! They now qualify for the
County Final!
Well done girls!
Yr 6 NETBALL CHAMPIONS!
County Cross Country, Saturday, 11th
March in Reigate - great performances
from all, particularly Leah Miles who came
7th and Billy Gavin who came 8th - both
children have been invited to join the
Surrey Endurance Squad in October
District Cross Country, Saturday, 18th
March at Notre Dame School. Amazing
team efforts from ALL, with Year 5 boys
team WINNING their age group. Teddy
Brown, Will Hamilton, Billy Gavin, Harry
Hudson, George Ktichen and Harry
Shields.
Leah Miles also came 3rd in the U11s girls’
race! Well done to all!
TOMORROW is Comic Relief ‘Red Nose’ Day, the children can come into school in
mufti (add some red if possible) in exchange for a donation to Comic Relief
(minimum 50p please). Year 3 children will also be running a cake sale for us with
some homemade and/or shop brought cakes - so the children will need to save a
few coins for a cake or 2 in the afternoon.
NO FACE PAINTS OR HAIR COLOUR TOMORROW PLEASE!
We are currently recruiting for a new
Full Time Learning Support Assistant (LSA)
to join our team. If this is
something you, or someone you know, might be
interested in, please pop by the school office for an
information/application pack. Closing date 24/03/17
Previous experience is desirable but not essential.
Wednesday 12 April 10:00 to 11:30 at Christ Church, Christ Church Rd, Virginia Water.
An event for all the family with crafts, Easter Egg hunt, songs, story and games.
No need to book, just come along. Children need to be with a parent / carer.
For more information visit - www.cc-vw.org
Fri, 24th Mar
Comic Relief Mufti Day with Year 3 Cake Sale
Pm - FOSAH Mothers’ Day Event
Mon, 27th Mar
Year 3 Greek Day - no costumes required!
Year 5 Bikeability
Year 5 HONK Auditions until 5pm
Tue, 28th Mar
Year 5 Bikeability
Year 6 HONK Auditions until 5pm
Fri, 31st Mar
2.10pm - End of Spring Term!
Monday, 3rd April until Monday, 17th April - EASTER HOLIDAYS
Tues 18th Apr
INSET DAY
th
Wed 19 Apr
8.50am Children return to school
Mon, 24th Apr
Year 4 Harry Potter Trip
Year 5 Hampton Court Trip
Mon, 1st May
SCHOOL CLOSED - May Day Bank Holiday
Thu, 4th May
SCHOOL CLOSED - POLLING DAY
Mon, 8th May - Fri, 12th May
Year 6 SATs Week
Wed, 17th May
Class Photographs
Mon, 30th May - Fri, 2nd June
Half Term Holiday
Dates for the Future
w/b 10th July
Wed, 19th July
Fri, 21st July
HONK - Summer production—days and times TBC
Am - Sports Morning
Eve - Yr 6 Leavers’ Ball
End of Term! Summer Holidays begin!
Autumn Term 2017
Mon, 4th Sept
SCHOOL CLOSED - INSET DAY
Tue, 5th Sept
SCHOOL CLOSED - INSET DAY
Wed, 6th Sept
8.50am - Children back to school
Monday, 23rd October - Friday, 27th October - Half Term Holiday
Wed, 20th Dec
End of Term - Start of Christmas Holidays
Thu, 21st Dec
SCHOOL CLOSED - INSET DAY
Spring Term 2018
Wed, 3rd Jan
8.50am - Children back to school
Monday, 12th February - Friday, 16th February - Half Term Holiday
Thu, 29th March
End of Term - Start of Easter Holidays
Summer Term 2018
Mon, 16th April
8.50am - Children back to school
Monday, 18th May - Friday, 1st June - Half Term Holiday
Thu, 19th July
End of Term - Start of Summer Holidays
Fri, 20th July
SCHOOL CLOSED - INSET DAY