Welcome back to school! Another exciting and eventful school year lies ahead. I
would like to give an extra special welcome to the new children and their families
who have joined our school this term. We are sure you will be happy at SAVS and
will quickly feel part of our school community.
The term has already started and the children and teachers have already settled
quickly into their new classes and routines – having started this term’s theme:
Ships.
The children in each house have voted for their house captains. Each candidate
from Year 6 presented their case for why they felt they would make a good
leader. The votes were close, however the following children were elected:
Pine House (Green): Nicholas Lockington and Phoebe Gallagher
Sycamore House (Yellow): Jamie Higgins and Summer Hopkins
Oak House (Red): Harriet Fielder and Elliot Rowe
Birch House (Blue): Ben Braithwaite and Ollie Davies
Congratulations!
Our school council has been elected in each class.
Foundation Stage 2 - Jessica Shapland and James Marsh
Year 1 –Milene Bowyer and Thomas Clark
Year 2 – William Kelly and Madeline Palmer
Year 3 – Daisy Bo Morgan and Eddie Evans
Year 4 Lions – Josh Dunkley and Katie Miles
Year 4 Tigers – Jayden Stephens and Phoebe Cassar
Year 5 –Jason Harding and Scarlett Spratt
Year 6 – Jamie Mescall and Natalia Rosu
Mr Addison will be holding regular meetings with the council. We look forward to
the decisions and changes that they will bring to South Ascot Village School.
All our clubs are kindly run after school, by our teachers, free of charge. Each
club has limited numbers so please restrict your child to one club per half-term
to give every child an opportunity to participate. This does however exclude
football and netball club as this is for team practice where a commitment is
required for a longer period of time. Homework club is also a club which children
can attend on a weekly/yearly basis or where required or directed by teachers.
Monday
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Netball – Mrs Carey Kelly (Selected Team)
Tuesday
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Computing including Bug Club and Purple Mash – Mrs Lizzie Kelly
Thursday
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Homework – KS2 only – Mrs Winterbottom
Football
– Years 5 and 6 – Mr Jack Forrest
Football - Years 3 and 4 – Mr James Addison
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Ball Sports – Years 1 and 2 – Mrs Nickii Higgins
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Cookery – Years 1 to 6 – Mrs Estrada – the children will be
required to bring in the required ingredients each week to take
part.
All clubs run from 3:20 until 4:15pm and will start next week – Week beginning
12th September 2016.
Sign-up sheets will be available on Monday 12th September 2016.
We would like to welcome WilsonJones as our new school caterers.
Just a few reminders:
All of F2, Year 1 and Year 2 children are entitled to Universal Free School Meals, it is
a good opportunity for them to try new foods.
If you think your child may be entitled to Free School Meals as you may be on certain
benefits, please come to the office and collect a form. We do have an online checking
system for this service, it is quick and easy and confidential.
For those parents who think they may be in credit from last term, please come to the
office for a refund.
There is no credit system for school lunches with WilsonJones. Monies need to
be paid for on Monday mornings for the week, the cost is £2.40 per day (there are no
discounts with this company) £12 for the week. Cheques are payable to:
WilsonJones Catering Services Ltd. If your child has been having lunch this week
and you have not paid, this needs to come in on Monday. Hopefully as from after
October half-term an online payment system will be up and running. We will keep
you informed.
There have been a few changes in the staff since last year, so listed below is the
current staffing structure:
Headteacher
Miss Kate Rimell
Deputy Headteacher
Mrs Carey Kelly
School Business Manager
Clerical Assistant
Mrs Helen Thomson
Mrs Dawn Moyce
Teaching Staff
Foundation 2
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Miss Selina Slone
Mrs Lizzie Kelly/Mrs Grumbt
Mrs Ilaria Winterbottom
Mr Robert Piper
Year 4 - Lions
Mrs Carey Kelly
Year 4 – Tigers
Year 5
Year 6
Mrs Estrada-Cocklin
Mrs James Addison
Mr Jack Forrest
Sports
Nursery Nurses
Mrs Nickii Higgins
Mrs Tracy Wilson/Miss Liz Ord-Hume
Teaching Assistants
Foundation Stage
Year 1
Mrs Sharon Brazier
Miss Suzanna Dilkes/
Mrs Lisa Bygrave/Mrs Lisa Mescall
Year 2
Year 3
Mrs Carolyn Shepherd
Mrs Lisa Richards/Miss Katie Procter
Year 4 (Lions)
Year 4 (Tigers)
Year 5
Mrs Christine Wynne
Mrs Emma Knibbs /Mrs Tracy Hughes
Mrs Abbie McInery
Year 6
Mrs Sam Knight/Mrs Tara Kidd
SENCO
ELSA
SEN Teaching Assistant
Mrs Gill Howarth
Mrs Erica Brookes/Mrs Tracy Hughes
Mrs Tracey Abbotts
Over the summer we have improved the accessibility in the school and we now
have ramps for every classroom so they are wheelchair friendly. We will also, in
the near future, be installing lifts to eliminate the problem of the stairs.
When dropping off and picking up your child/children please make sure that you
don’t use the lower gate as a general entrance. This is only for parents with
pushchairs or wheelchair users only until the lifts are installed.
On Friday 25th of September we would like to ask the children to ‘Go Purple’ to
raise awareness about Meningitis. In return for a £1 donation to the charity the
children can come to school wearing purple.
Advanced warning: Parents Evenings will take place on Monday 17th and Wednesday
19th October from 3:30pm to 6:00pm. These evenings provide you with the
opportunity to discuss your child’s progress directly with their class teacher. Please try
your best to attend, so we can work together to help support your child at school.
Sign-up sheets will be available nearer the time.
The whole SAVS team and I look forward to the year ahead and to working closely
with you all.
Miss Kate Rimell
Headteacher