Rochford Primary & Nursery School
Newsletter 26
Friday 24th March 2017
It’s Good to be Green!
Stay on Green certificates were awarded to: Erin Lander, Macie Banczyk, Patrick Rouse, Thomas Jackson, Max Lander,
Jack Woulds, Hayden Southern, Riley O’Brien, Tayte Smith, Maya Bruce, Emma Rose Boland,
Rebecca Hammond and Billy Jowers.
Best Behaved Classes of the Week: Well done to all the children in Orange, Purple, Green and Blue
classes for staying on green all week.
Pupil Premium
Attendance
Please don’t forget that next Thursday the 30th
is our Pupil Premium ‘drop-in’ session for
parents. The session will run between 2:00 and
3:00pm and will give parents an opportunity to
chat (over a cup of tea!) to members of the
Inclusion Team about ways to support your child
at home. If your child is eligible for the Pupil
Premium Grant you will have received a letter
on the 24th of February.
Congratulations to Orange Class who had 97.7%
attendance this week.
Other classes this week: Blue 93.7% ~
Green 85.7% ~ Purple 78.7% ~ Yellow 96.7% ~
Red 92.3% & Rainbow 92%
Overall attendance is currently 95.4%
Attendance Target: 96%
11+ Selection Tests
Any parents of children currently in Year 5 wishing their child to attend a Grammar School in 2018
may like to know that the 11+ main test day is Saturday the 23rd September 2017.
There will be two papers:
English—Comprehension, grammar and vocabulary questions;
Two pieces of continuous writing;
Applied reasoning (literacy/verbal).
The paper will last 1 hour, with 10 minutes additional reading time and will be worth 60 marks in total.
Mathematics— Questions consistent with the National Curriculum;
Applied reasoning (mathematical/non-verbal).
The paper will last 1 hour and be worth 60 marks.
The Parental Information Guide will be available on the csse.org.uk website during the Easter
period. The Guide contains the CSSE Supplementary Information Form (SIF) whereby parents
register their children with the CSSE office to sit the 11+ tests. Parents can register by post or online
from 4th May, 2017. The deadline date for registration is the 21st July 2017.
For further information and a FREE sample pack, please visit: www.csse.org.uk
Rochford Primary & Nursery School
Newsletter 26
Friday 24th March 2017
BATMAN Awards went to: Amelia Bygrave and
Summer Brown
They have beaten the test to prove they are fluent in their 2, 5 and
10 times tables.
Wednesday 29th March: Circus Day!
HAWK GIRL Award went to: Ray Pattenden
Ray has beaten the test to prove he is fluent in his 3 and 4 times
tables.
BLACK WIDOW Award went to: Gregory Walker
Gregory has taken on the baffling Black Widow and won! He is
now fluent in his 9, 11 and 12 times tables.
THOR Award went to: Layni Andrews
Layni has taken on the mighty Thor and won proving she is now
fluent in her 6, 7 and 8 times tables.
CAT WOMEN Award went to: Alex Grant
Thursday 30th March: Yellow Class Assembly at 10am
Friday 31st March: Easter Bonnet Parade
Friday 31st March: Last day of Spring term
Tuesday 18th April: First day of Summer term
Tuesday 25th April: Bradwell meeting for parents
Friday 28th April: Y4 swimming starts
w/b Monday 8th May: Y6 SATs week
Thursday 25th May: Red Class Assembly at 10:00am
Alex showed excellent knowledge of how to use his times tables in
place value problems. He took on the captivating Cat Women and
won!
Congratulations to: Oliver Thorn, Chloe Holliday, Alfie Offley,
Chloe Nelder and Gregory Walker
These children now have excellent knowledge of how to use times
tables for simple division, they took on the amazing Superman and
won!
British Values
Oscar says:
Our Personal Goal for this half-term is:
Easter Bonnet Parade!
Friday the 31st of March
If you’d like your child to enter then please support them in
making an amazing Easter Bonnet to wear on the day.
There will be two prizes available for the best bonnets in
each class donated by our lovely PTA. We look forward to
a fun afternoon and seeing some of your wonderful Easter
creations!
Respect
Pedestrian Crossing
Could all children please make sure they
dismount and walk all bikes and scooters over the
crossing.
This year’s Infant Music Festival was a resounding success. Our Year 2 children sang beautifully and were a
credit to our school. Their superb renditions of ‘Any
Dream Will Do’ and ‘True Colours’ were
crowd-pleasing highlights.
For safety reasons, children must also make sure
the Lollipop Lady is in the middle of the road
before they step out onto the crossing.
Thank you.
Well done Orange Class!
Please ensure when taking your child(ren) out of school during term time that you complete a
‘Leave of Absence’ form. The forms can be found in the letter rack in the main reception area. Thank you.
Rochford Primary & Nursery School
Newsletter 26
Friday 24th March 2017
Please don’t forget that Circus Sensible will be visiting our school
next Wednesday the 29th of March for a fun day of circus skills!
There will be a whole school demonstration assembly at the start
of the day followed by workshops for each class. Children will be
taught skills involving juggling, plate spinning, ribbons, diablos
and stilt walking!
We will be having a circus-themed picnic lunch that day and there
will be no hot dinner option.
The day will culminate in a whole school assembly during which
time the children will be able to show off their newly-acquired
circus skills.
This promises to be a day to remember for all! We would kindly
ask for a £3 donation in order to keep costs to a minimum.
Parent Pay may be used to make a payment. Many thanks to
those parents who have already paid.
Swimming lessons—Year 4
The children in Purple Class will begin
swimming lessons after the Easter Holidays.
The class will swim every Friday afternoon for
5 weeks, starting on Friday the 28th of April.
Please ensure your child brings a costume,
towel and swimming hat. A fee of £5.50 is now
payable on Parent Pay.
School dinners menu for week beginning:
Monday 27th March: Week 2
Please encourage your child to keep
reading for our whole school challenge!
The sponsored read will end on Sunday
26th March. All money raised will go
towards brand new books for our school.
In addition to the sponsorship money,
Usborne Books will also donate up to
60% of the total raised in EXTRA FREE
BOOKS to the school. So for every £600
raised we will get an extra £360 in FREE
books.
After the sponsored read, please send
all the sponsorship money that your
child has raised to the school by
Wednesday 19th April.
Please support our sponsored read so
that your child has more books to read,
share and enjoy.
Spelling Tip
Yellow Class Assembly!
Thursday 30th March
House Points
Assandun: 3938
Boleyn: 3951
Crouch: 3877
Roach: 4312
at 10:00am.
All Yellow Class parents welcome!