Mark Chapter 12 verse 33
And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.
Thank you to the parents and carers who were able to attend the Year One Phonics Training recently. We hope you found the meeting useful and helpful in order to support your child’s learning. A copy of the presentation can be found on our website. Thank you also to those who were able to attend a meeting with their child/ren’s class teacher this week. Meetings for children with additional support needs are taking place next week.
Year 2 enjoyed an immersive visit to Sparkfish this week, where the children were transported back in time to themoment Jesus was born. Throughout the morning, we journeyed through all the key stages of the Christmas story, beginning with meeting Mary and witnessing the Angel Gabriel deliver God’s special message.
The children then had the opportunity to act out the scene where the angels appeared to the shepherds, before learning about the gifts brought by the Three Wise Men. Along the way, they even met some friendly farmyard animals, who shared their own unique ‘take’ on this important story.
The children were impeccably behaved throughout the trip, and we were incredibly proud of the way they represented our school. Thank you to Mrs Wilkinson, Mrs Anthony and Mrs Flynn who accompanied Year 2 on this trip.
On Wednesday 26th November, Mr Bowen and Miss Murray took Year 4 to the Polka theatre to see the stage adaptation of Philip Pullman’s novel ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’. As part of their Guided Reading lessons during the first half of the autumn term, the class studied the book in detail. They really enjoyed seeing the book being brought to life on the stage and were excited to finally get to see how the book ended, as Mr Bowen withheld the final chapter from them. Being able to attend these extra-curricular events is such a great learning opportunity for the children. A special thanks also to our supporting volunteers Mrs McConnell and Mrs Bhambri.
Please refer to the school website here for details on P.E Kit requirements for your child/children
Thank you to Madeleine and Kerry from Barnardo’s who came to Wednesday’s parents evening to give advice to parents about supporting children with ADHD. I hope those of you who spoke to the ladies found it useful. This service is only available in Surrey. They are working with us to support children also improve our SEND offer. We will be having a special Collective Worship led by Barnardo’s on Wednesday 3rd December to talk to the children and they will also be providing training to teachers in January 2026.
Please note the following services are available:
– Out of Hours ADHD Parenting Hotline
– Surrey Paediatrics Parenting Service
– Surrey Positive Parenting Service – The Parent Factor in ADHD and The Nurture Programme (please click here for further information)
A reminder of the following:
Monday 12th January: 9.00am – 10.15am – Autism: Masking and Self-Regulation workshop by Nicola from the Outreach team. Please let the office know if you would like to attend.
Mrs Rutter has launched the Christmas Concert Art Competition to the children. They are invited to design an eye catching front cover for our forthcoming Christmas Concert. The deadline for the competition is Wednesday 10th December with the winners being announced on Friday 12th December.
Christmas lunch will be on Wednesday 17th December. Please see the menu attached. If your child normally has a packed lunch and would like to have a Christmas lunch, please do let the school office know by Friday 5th December. The children will be allowed to wear a festive top; this can be a Christmas jumper of any sort, made or purchased – feel free to be as creative as you like.
Priory Farm have kindly offered to donate a tree again this year. In keeping with our annual tradition, we ask the children to bring in a Christmas bauble to add to our school Community Christmas Tree. This tradition reflects how we are all different and all unique, coming together to make one community. We would like children to bring in a shop bought or home-made bauble from next week. Each class will place their baubles on the tree and share a
Christmas Prayer together.
A reminder that the Surrey Immunisation team will be visiting on Thursday 11th December 2025 to deliver Flu vaccinations via nasal spray. The deadline to consent for the flu vaccination is midnight on Friday 5th December. Please visit www.surreyimmunisations.co.uk and enter the school’s unique code SR125193. Please email scfh.contact@hcrgcaregroup.com with any enquiries or alternatively call them on 0300 247 0025, option 3,
9am to 4pm.
May we also remind you that the Surrey Immunisation team will be conducting the Height and Weight checks for children in Year R and Year 6 (National Child Measurement Programme-NCMP) during the same visit.
Price and Buckland will be having a stock take which will involve a temporary 8-day closure of their warehouse. This stock take will take place from Thursday 4th to Friday 12th December. During this period, they will continue to accept orders, but they will not be processed or dispatched until after the stock take is complete. If you would like to place any orders in advance, feel free to do so and they will do their very best to dispatch them before the closure.
Surrey Arts There are spaces for violin and viola groups at Nutfield Church Primary School on Tuesday mornings through Surrey Arts. Please click the link for further information or email Surreyartsmusic@surreycc.gov.uk https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/community/news/categories/families-and-young-people/sing-play-and-create-musicwith-surrey-arts
This Christmas, Loveworks (a local food bank charity), is asking everyone to take part in their Reverse Advent Calendar. The calendar is a simple and meaningful way to make a difference in our community. Instead of opening a door and taking out a treat each day, they are asking you to give one. Each day of Advent, place an item, such as a tin of soup or jar of pasta sauce into a box at home. By Christmas, you’ll have created a wonderful parcel of essentials that can help a local family or individual in need. Your parcel can then be delivered to a Loveworks donation point in the New Year.
Please find attached more information or click the link to download your Reverse Advent Calendar Reverse Advent Calendar
YMCA East Surrey is running Holiday Clubs over the Christmas Holidays and have some great activities planned for the children. Please click here for further details.
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the Parents and Carers that attended my Headteacher coffee mornings before we broke up for the October half term. It was lovely to meet all of you and I look forward to working in partnership with you.
I wish you and your families a restful weekend.
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