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.
It was greatly encouraging to see so many parents and carers at our Harvest Service last week at Christ Church. It was a beautiful service with lovely singing. The contributions from the Faith Team did us all so proud. Thank you, as always, to Rev Len and Father Paul for leading our service and for those of you who were able to celebrate with us.
We will be having a Buddy Collective Worship on Thursday 6th November. It will be held at 9.05am in the school hall. This is a very special service where our Y6 children welcome our Year R children and both years’ parents and carers will get to meet the children together. We are very keen for our new parents to meet more friends in the community and for our new children to always be ‘Happy and Safe’, we do hope the Year R and the Year 6 parents can join us.
This annual event is taking place during the week beginning Monday, 10th November. The theme this year is ‘Power for Good’. The Anti Bullying Team would like to ask the children in every class in school to come in wearing odd socks on Monday 10th November. The week will include special lessons and an Antibullying Team led Collective Worship on Monday, 10th November!
On Tuesday 11th November we will be marking the 2 minutes’ silence to remember those fallen and to support the work of the Royal British Legion. Father Paul will be leading us in a short service with our friends from the Royal British Legion. If you would like to come along please do. We will gather at 10.45am outside the Village Hall. Our Year Five and Six Pupil Parliament members will be offering Poppies for a donation to the British Legion on the
playground from Monday 3rd November.
Sensory Circuits
Some children across our school have been taking part in ‘sensory circuits’. Our teaching staff received training in this area at the beginning of the term and this has now been implemented. This happens every morning at 8.55am for around 15 minutes. This is manned by Mrs Cordey and our Teaching Assistants. If you are interested in finding out more about this, please see the attached document.
Parents and Carers’ Evenings
These are happening during the week of the 24th November. During the last of those dates, Wednesday 26th November, a representative from Barnardo’s will be here in our hall to talk to parents about ADHD. Mandy Appleyard (Senior ADHD Practitioner) and her colleague will be available in the hall from 3-4.30pm to share their vast knowledge. They will also be coming back to school to deliver a Collective Worship to the children on the same subject, later on in the year.
Cygnet Parent Training
Autism Outreach – who provided this training to staff – have informed us of some courses running in the Autumn Term, please click on the below link.
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Further courses will be offered in due course, so it is worth checking the link to see if there is a course in your area, as it will be updated periodically with new courses.
As the colder months approach, we can expect to see increases in common airborne viruses. Illness is the biggest single reason for school absence; while some absences due to illness are unavoidable, many can be reduced through simple, proactive measures that minimise the spread of infections. Some of these measures can be found on the gov.co.uk website or by clicking here. It can be tricky deciding whether or not your child is too ill for school, so to help, the NHS has provided some guidance which can be found by clicking here.
Please be reminded that we do expect you to drop your child off in the mornings at the gate so that your child can independently walk to their classroom. If you do need to speak with your child’s teacher then please do so at the end of the day at school pick up or send an email to the school office.
Please ensure all packed lunches are healthy and balanced – they should not include fizzy drinks, chocolate, nuts or fruit winders. For healthy lunchbox ideas, please click here.
Please can we ask that you label all of the children’s clothes and belongings. The school does not have a lost property box therefore if something is misplaced, it will be returned to your child’s classroom. We ask that your child looks for it when at school.
Our kitchen team have issued the new Autumn/Winter menu so that you can see what the children who have school lunches will be eating each day. Please refer to the attached menu which will begin from Monday 3rd November. All menus including the special dietary menus can be found on our website here.
Thank you to all those parents and carers who make their school dinner payments promptly. The cost is £2.90 per meal which equates to £14.50 per week or £101.50 for the 2nd half of the Autumn term. We look forward to receiving your payments via Arbor Parent Portal.
The village will once again come together and run this fabulous community event on Saturday 8th November. Tickets are now available to purchase from Holborns. As you know this event is run by a group of volunteers in our community and all profits are returned to the various clubs who provide those volunteers. The school PTFA always benefits well from the event so please look out for ways you can support from your class fundraiser. Raffle tickets have been sent home with the children so please sell as many as you can – there are some amazing prizes. Additional raffle tickets are available from the school office.
Home Start is a local charity based in Redhill, supporting families with young children in the Tandridge, Reigate & Banstead and Dorking areas. Please find attached some information regarding their new home-visiting volunteer training course starting January 2026 to parents.
Dunottar school are introducing a process that will enable children in Year 5 to secure an offer for Year 7 entry. Please see the attached leaflet for more information.
I wish you and your families a restful half term break.
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