Dear Parents and Carers,
The whole school marked Remembrance Day during our assemblies on Monday, silently praying for peace and thinking about the impact of war both on those who serve in the armed forces and those who are made homeless by conflict. At both the juniors and the infants I was so pleased to see how respectful all the children were. We then introduced the week’s theme of being peacemakers, helping to solve arguments, stand up to unkindness and controlling our tempers. In a week that is marked nationally as Anti-Bullying Week, these themes were especially powerful, although I was very keen to tell the children that at HTPD, every week is anti-bullying week!
It was just great to catch up with so many of you at our junior school parents’ evenings. I hope that you enjoyed hearing about all that your child has achieved already this term. I look forward to next week’s conversations at the infants. If you’ve missed out on booking an appointment, do get in touch with either the office staff or your child’s class teacher. These consultations are so important and one of the ways that we make sure our home-school partnership stays strong.
Finally, we were delighted to have been nominated for a new Guildford Borough Council award for the school which has contributed most to sporting success in the town. Nick Walker, our sports leader, attended a celebration evening just last night at the cricket club in town at which we were thrilled to hear that we had won! Along with our sport coordinator, Laura Sutton, he gladly accepted the trophy as the leading Active School in Guildford – and may appear in the Surrey Advertiser shortly! The winner of this local award is now entered into a similar Surrey wide competition. What a great encouragement to our dedicated staff, and to our wonderfully active children! Well done everybody!
With best wishes, Clare
Thought of the week: “If you are sensible, you will control your temper.” Prov 19, v 10. Be strong inside!
WHOLE SCHOOL
All parents/ carers are reminded that long hair needs to be tied up for school. This is especially so for PE, but as every day involves physical activity, hair should always be tied up. Also, please keep novelty hair decorations (such as large bows, added ears, or dangly bits!) for special occasions and not for school.
INFANT
Parent Consultation meetings, Tuesday 19 and Thursday 21 November
You should now have received your appointment time for the parent consultations next week via your child’s book bag. Please try and keep to the 10 minute time slots, but do ask if you feel you need a longer appointment on another occasion. Please come to the library / office area on arrival where there will be a list showing where the consultations are being held.
Teacher-led clubs cancelled
There will be no teacher-led clubs next week owing to the parent consultations.
Multi-sports with Andy is cancelled on Wednesday 27 November (as well as Wednesday 20th).
Transfer to Junior School
Prospective Parents’ Evening, Wednesday 20 November, 7.00pm
We look forward to seeing Year 2 parents at Holy Trinity next Wednesday; this is a really good opportunity to meet the team and get to know the junior school. Although pupils at Pewley Down are guaranteed a place, you do need to complete the Surrey County Council on-line application before 15 January 2020: https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/admissions/primary-junior-and-infant
As well as a Supplementary Information Form (available on the website or from either school office).
Beep Beep Day, Friday 22 November
This is our Road Safety day when we ask children to come to school wearing brightly coloured clothes. We will be focussing on road safety and how to cross the road safely using the Green Cross Code.
Pewley Christmas Play ‘Children of the World’ - performance dates
Tuesday 10 December, 9:30am - dress rehearsal; Wednesday 11 December at 9:30am and Thursday 12 December at 9:30am. More information on tickets to follow.
Active Surrey Award
Pewley has been awarded an amazing two stars in Active Surrey's KS1 Star Mark Award. This celebrates our commitment to outstanding PE provision, school sport and physical activity during 2018/19. We already have ideas on how we can achieve three stars for this current year - keep up to date with @HTPDSport on Twitter!
Ballet Club Show
Parents are invited to the ballet show on Thursday 5 December at 3:30pm.
We have copies of ‘Family Grapevine’ magazine (local information for babies to teens) available in the school office if you would like to pick up a copy.
Infant Menu for week beginning Monday 18 November
Mon: Chilli con Carne or Vegetable Chilli with Rice; Jam Sponge with Custard
Tues: Turkey Meatballs or Vegetarian Balls with Pasta; Cheesecake
Weds: Roast Chicken with Roast Potatoes & Gravy or Cajun Vegetable Wraps; Fruit Jelly
Thurs: Gammon & Vegetable Pie or Vegetable Pie with New Potatoes; Fresh Fruit Salad
Fri: Fish Fingers & Chips or Homemade Pizza; Ice Cream
Available daily: Selection of seasonal vegetables, salads, jacket potato and bread. Yoghurt, milk and fresh fruit.
JUNIOR
Club Updates
There has been a few changes to the Autumn Term Clubs, new list available here.
Cancelled Clubs
Monday - Y4 Netball
Tuesday - Y6 Netball
Thursday - Y5&6 Football
Thursday - Dodgeball
No Badminton or Shakespeare Club for the rest of this term
Dates For your Diary
Fri 22nd Nov : Year 5 Tudor Day
Fri 22nd Nov : Year 3 “Splash” performance at 2:00pm
Fri 29th Nov : HT Christmas Fair
Wed 4th Dec : Last Swimming Lesson for Years 3A + 4N
Tempest Photographs
The closing date for submitting the FREE postage and delivery orders to the School was 14th Nov. If you have already placed an order for photographs thank you, if not or you wish to order more photographs, simply enter your image reference number and website access code (found on your original order form) at www.tempest-orders.co.uk
Lost & Found
If anyone found a grey and red Alpkit torch near the entrance to the bonfire, last Friday – please let the office know.
Menu - Week 3
HT Sport this week from Laura S
We're in the middle of a busy couple of weeks of school sport. Last Friday the Y6 football team played in the the Guildford Primary School tournament held at King's College against 12 other schools. After a disappointing start the team had some tough games but slowly built momentum and finished the day with an emphatic win against Northmead. On Friday it's the girls chance to shine in the same competition. The Y4 dodgeball team tasted victory on Tuesday at the Guildford Y4 Dodgeball competition at Bushy Hill school, all returning with gold medals around their necks. After many false starts with bad weather the Y5 netball teams finally got to play their first matches against Rydes Hill and QE last Tuesday. Everyone played really well and are looking to improve their match skills against Tormead and QE next week.
Next week it's the turn of the Y6 Dodgeball team to see what they can do at the Y6 Dodgement competition at Bushy Hill. The Y5 and Y6 football teams have a home match against QE on Thursday and the Y5 & Y6 netball teams have an away match v Send on Monday. Please note the following clubs will be cancelled because of these fixtures:
Monday - Y4 Netball
Tuesday - Y6 Netball
Thursday - Y5&6 Football
Fixtures
Y5 & Y6 Netball v Send
Date: Monday 18th November
Time: 3.20pm - 4.30pm - Parents to help with lifts to Send
Venue: Send Barns Lane, Send, GU23 7BS
Teacher: Laura & Millie
Y5 Netball v QE & Tormead
Date: Tuesday 19th November
Time: 3.30pm - 4.45pm - Parents to help with lifts to Tormead
Venue: Cranley Rd, GU1 2JD
Teacher: Laura & JJ
Y6 Dodgeball competition at Bushy Hill Junior School
Date: Tuesday 19th November
Time: 12.30pm - 3.00pm - Parents to help with lifts to Bushy Hill
Venue: Bushy Hill, Sheeplands Ave, GU1 2SG
Teacher: Paul
Y5 & Y6 Boys Football v QE
Date: Thursday 21st November
Time: 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Venue: HT
Teacher: Nick
FOPS News
It is certainly starting to feel like the Christmas season now, with Christmas events being organised and mince pies now all over the shops. Even with that in mind, this week’s newsletter might feel a bit too festive bearing in mind it is only mid-November…..
FOR ACTION
Elf and pizza, 1st December 3-5pm. We will be showing Elf to properly kick off the Christmas run up and so parents can socialize whilst children are entertained (or watch the film themselves). We will be organising pre-order pizza (form here), so please do complete the form before the end of the day on Thursday 28th Nov, and come along for the afternoon. There will also be a licensed bar! As usual, we need volunteers, and the sign-up sheet is here.
Christmas Wreath Making, 5th December 7-10pm
Join FOPS for a festive evening of wreath making. Order slips are in the book bags and if you are missing one then there are spares at reception. These replies must be with the team by Thursday 21st Nov.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Dates for the diary:
Next two cake sales:
22nd November – Oak
29th November - Beech
HT Christmas Fair 29th Nov 6-8pm - HTSC would like to invite all Pewley Down families to this year’s Christmas Fair. There will be a raffle, mulled wine, hot food, Santa’s Grotto and games, as well as a variety of external stalls to get some Xmas shopping.
Pewley Christmas Fair - 14th December, 3-5.30pm - The sign-up sheet for volunteers will be out soon as well as raffle tickets in the book bags and also details of our collection day. In the meantime though, do get this date in the diary.
School Disco - 1st Feb
Yr R Drinks Social - 22nd November, venue tbc
Yr 1 Drinks Social - 5th December 7.45pm, hosted by Cath and Ron Shrimplin’s house (1 Poyle Road). BYO drinks and there will be a form shared on WhatsApp for food.
Year 2 Coffee Mornings at Cafe Nero, North Street: Thursday 21st November, Wednesday 18th December
Have a great weekend all!
Sam and Jo
HTSC News
Hi Everyone,
Here’s our update for this week for you – it’s a bit longer than usual so please bear with us!
Bonfire night – thank you to everyone who came to the fireworks and for all the volunteers that helped with the event and the clear up afterwards– we really appreciate it. Thank you also for remembering your Keep cups – there was a lot less rubbish left on the field and hope your drinks stayed warmer for longer.
Lost on bonfire night – if you found a grey and red Alpkit torch/lamp near the bonfire please can you contact the school office to return it to Zac Williams.
Christmas Fair
We are busy planning the Christmas Fair. Your child(ren) should receive an envelope with a donation letter and raffle tickets this afternoon with all the details. Class reps will be in touch separately regarding donations for the Year Group hamper prizes. As usual we are taking the theme from the school’s Xmas play (A Christmas Carol). Year 3 – The Past, Year 4 – The Present, Year 5 – The Future and Year 6 – Christmas Day.
2nd Hand Uniform
If you have any uniform age 7 years and upwards that you no longer need, please contact Simone Chidlow at simonechidlow@googlemail.com to arrange collection/pick up. Please do not bring to school as we do not have anywhere to store it. We will be selling uniform at the Xmas fair.
Local business fundraising
Present Bunny, a local online gifts company, was started as a family project by two of our Holy Trinity parents and have kindly offered to donate 10% of sales to HTSC and FOPS using discount codes below.
Ordering is simple:
1) Visit www.presentbunny.co.uk
2) Place an order,
3) In the comments field please add your child's class (not your child's name)
· Any colour requests (please note we cannot guarantee colour but will do our best)
· the word Santa if the gifts are Christmas presents for your children, and you don't want your child to bring the delivery home.
3) Add the code PDNov19 or HTNov19 (depending on your child's school) during the checkout.
4) Receive confirmation email.
The code will discount the delivery charge as all orders placed using the code will be delivered to you via your child's class, unless Santa is stated in the comments. It also determines which PTA will receive the donation (10% of your purchase).
Closing date for orders is 22:00 Monday 18th November. Orders will be dropped to the school for delivery via your child's class either Thursday or Friday that week.
Present Bunny was started as a family project to learn about business, and what is involved. After a very memorable family meeting about the name and many discussions about the products that would be popular, the Present Bunny website was born. It has been fun learning and working together and we hope you like Present Bunny's products. Any queries, please contact Katie at presentbunny@gmail.com
Reminder - dates for your diary:
Fri 22nd November – Xmas Fair Donation Day
Fri 29th November from 6pm – Christmas Fair
Fri 6th December 8pm @ Rogues – YEAR 4 Xmas drinks
Thurs 12th December 8pm @ The Albany – Year 3 Xmas drinks If you have any questions, please email helen@thomasday.co.uk and I’ll endeavour to get back to you as soon as I can.
Thank you again for all your support - have a happy weekend!
Kind regards, HTSC