Congratulations to the following children who have achieved their reading awards:

George S - Diamond

Certificates will be presented in Birthday Assembly on Wednesday 21st June 2017 at 3.05pm.

Families are welcome to join us.

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Dear Parents,

Danbury Park School – An Outstanding School (Ofsted 2013)

At Danbury Park we all aim… Be wise, be happy, belong

Website: www.danburypark.essex.sch.uk 16th June 2017

Newsletter

New Displays Around the School

Our displays in the hall and the infant corridor have all been changed to reflect the work that the children

undertook just before half-term whilst the Year 6 children were on school journey to York. The junior children

were taught in their year groups so they had the opportunity to work with old friends and in some cases different

teachers.

Our focus was all things scientific and the children participated in many investigations and experiments to learn

from first-hand experience. The children all said how much they enjoyed the week.

When you visit the school over the next few weeks, please take time to have a look at the wonderful writing and

art work linked to the science topics.

Year Two Mini Games-Melbourne Athletic Stadium

On Tuesday 6th June in the pouring rain the Year Two children set off excitedly in their sports gear to

participate in the Year Two Mini-Games against other local schools. Due to the weather, the activities all took

place inside, however the rain did not dampen our children’s spirits.

As we arrived the children were entertained by two England mascots on stilts. Each school were representing

their chosen country, ours being Madagascar. We marched with the mascots to the wonderful music from the

brass band and waved our flags, cheering for our country.

The children all had their own score sheets which were filled in by the young leaders as they completed each

event, gaining points for our school as well as trying to be in the top three individually. The events ranged

from bike riding, sprints, throwing and jumping to name a few. Our children took part with enthusiasm; the

enjoyment clear on their faces.

Once we had completed all the events, all the schools sat and awaited the results. Although we did not come

in the top three schools, Thomas P won a gold medal for the highest point scoring boy. He went up on the

podium to receive his medal. Well done Thomas!

All the children did extremely well and showed how well children at Danbury Park represent our school

showing fantastic sportsmanship and good behaviour. Well done Year Two.

Mrs Buer

Here are a couple of quotes from children about their morning at Mini games:

"My favourite sport was the running and jumping" Ollie

"I was so excited, especially when we got there. I saw a lady holding the Olympic torch! The greatest

event, I think, was the running and jumping" Henry

"At the start I was quite nervous but once I started, I enjoyed every single bit" Eloise

"Yesterday we went to Melbourne Athletic Stadium in Chelmsford. I felt really excited" Oscar

"I liked the one where you run to some cups and stack them and go to the next cups and stack them"

Perteet

Class Budgerigar’s Assembly

On Tuesday the Year 5 children in Class Budgerigar presented

their assembly to parents. They covered their learning in RE with

a special Shalom song as well as what they had learnt in History

about the Ancient Greeks and all their investigative science work

from their special themed week.

They have certainly enjoyed their work this term!

Summer Events

We have lots of events for the second half of the summer term so please make sure you put dates which are at the

end of this newsletter in your diaries.

Tuesday 18th July Sports Day

This year we will be using the same format for our Sports Day and Open Afternoon as last year. To save busy

parents having to take two days off work we are combining the two events on the same day with the traditional

picnic lunch in the middle. The provisional timetable for the day is:

9.15am Front gates will be opened to visitors

9.30am KS2 opening ceremony on the playground

Sporting events for Key Stage 2 (Classes E, D, C, B & A)

10.30am KS1 and Early Years opening ceremony on the playground

Sporting events for Key Stage 1 and Early Years (Classes J, H, G & F)

11.30am Whole school running events on the field

12.30pm Awarding of cups and trophies followed by picnic lunch on the field

1.30pm Children return to class to change out of PE kits and for registration

2.00pm Open afternoon in classes with an opportunity to look at your child’s work

and then visit their new class for next year.

3.25pm End

The events will start with a carousel of activities stationed around the field in which all the children participate. At

11.30am the whole school will come together for the races on the main race track. We are already holding

practices and trials in school so that for these races the fastest boys and the fastest girls will compete against each

other. In keeping with the Olympic legacy the children will be earning points for their houses so that in Key Stage 2

we will have a house winner for each year group and then an overall winner. In the infants we will pool the points

and have one overall house winner.

We hope to offer a tea and coffee station for parents. Drinks will be charged at a nominal rate to cover costs. For

your comfort if you would like to bring blankets, seats and even gazebos, you are most welcome

Please remember to send the children in with water bottles and caps and apply a high factor sunscreen. All pre-

school children must be kept under your direct supervision at all times and please note that the climbing tower and

galleon will be out of use.

In the event of adverse weather we will make a decision as early as possible on the day as to whether events can

go ahead. Regardless we will still hold the lunch for families and we will picnic in the school building if needs be

and hold the open afternoon.

Sports Day and Open Afternoon will be followed in the evening at 7.00pm by the special presentation that the Year

6 children give to parents and families to celebrate their last few weeks at Danbury Park School.

More details of events will follow in due course.

Sally’s Coffee Morning

FRIDAY 7TH JULY 9.30AM – 12.00PM

The Old Pavilion, Main Road, Danbury

Dear Parents and Friends of Danbury Park School,

Many of you will remember that we lost our dear friend Sally Baker very suddenly in Dec 2015 to Meningitis.

We gathered at the end of the school year in 2016 to remember her, while raising money for Meningitis

Research through coffee, cake and raffle prizes. There was so much love and support and as a bonus we

managed to raise a brilliant £940.00, which I think showed Danbury Park in a great light.

As a tribute to Sally, we would dearly love to do it again and we will host a coffee morning in her name on Friday

7th July.

The format will be the same – a chance to remember Sally, chat with friends, have coffee and cake and raise

some money for this very worthwhile cause – but the venue has changed. Please come and see us at the Old

Pavilion to the front of the Sports and Social Centre from 9.30am to 12pm.

Anyone wishing to contribute a cake for the coffee morning, this will be very welcome. Please catch me at

school.

If you would like to make a donation but can’t make it on the day, you can do so on our Just Giving page –

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/yvonneburton17

I will try and remember to have raffle tickets with me at school in the week leading up to the Friday morning, so

please see me for those, too.

On behalf of Sally’s family, we thank you for your support and hope to see you there.

Yvonne Burton

Notices and Reminders

Recorder lessons – From September we are pleased that Mrs Long will be taking on a new role at Danbury

Park teaching music throughout the school whilst Mrs Austen is on maternity leave. This means that Mrs

Davidson, one of our peripatetic music teachers, will be taking over Mrs Long’s individual recorder lessons.

Personal letters for those pupils involved will follow shortly.

11+ Registration – The registration for the 11+ tests with CSSE opened on 4th May. Please see their website

for full details: www.csse.org.uk

PE Kits – It is essential that the children participate in their PE lessons and therefore have their full kits in

school at all times as we do not hold large stocks of spare uniform. Please ensure these are washed and

brought back into school. Earrings have to be removed for all PE lessons and we are not allowed to cover

pupils’ ears with tape, so if you are considering having your child’s ears pierced, please do this at the

beginning of the summer holiday.

Letters sent home this week:

Invitation for Class Flamingo parents to join us for lunch

Letter about Barnardo’s Concert next year for current Year 4 and 5 pupils

Letter from Little Owls about their new childcare provision from September.

DPSA news

Summer Fayre - Saturday 24th June 12-

3pm

This year the Summer Fayre will take on a medieval theme including a birds of prey

display, bouncy castles, stalls, BBQ, Pimms tent and children’s competition.

Be there for the falconry display at 1.15 where the birds will take to the skies above school. Birds

will be on show afterwards on their stand.

Shield competition - Children are invited to design a shield/coat of arms

and are of course welcome to come in fancy dress. There will be a parade and judging

of the shields at 12.15. Shields can be handed in to the office on Friday or bought

along in the morning.

Please donate Remember to get forms signed at the office when

donating Bottles – any unopened bottles, soft drinks, wine, smellies even ketchup!!

WE NEED LOADS MORE, PLEASE CAN EVERYONE TRY & BRING IN A BOTTLE

Filled jam jars – please fill clean jam jars with sweets (not chocolate), small toys, craft bits etc

(anything a child would like to win).

Good quality second hand toys and children’s books

Please bring friends and family.

We need approx. 50 helpers!! Can you spare any time to help man a stall of if not set up?

We operate 2 shifts to allow everyone time to enjoy the fayre.

12-1.30 or 1.30 -3pm

We need as many hands as possible to set up from 9am on the day

and of course help tidy away. Please consider helping if you can, it’s all

a bit of fun. Please let your class rep know, post on the DPSA Facebook page, contact the office or

email Sally directly on sallyj@doctors.org.uk

Grand Raffle

1st Prize - £100 cash donated by Blackwater Wealth Management

2nd Prize - Marco Pierre White Dining experience for 2

donated by Devoted to Travel

3rd Prize - £40 Voucher for Cote Brasserie

Other prizes include Marsh Farm and Colchester zoo tickets, hair and beauty

vouchers, 4 ball round of golf, gym memberships, afternoon tea for 2,

cheesecake voucher, family photography voucher. Raffle ticket books have gone out in school bags. Please return the ticket stubs, money and unsold

tickets in an envelope to the school office by Friday 23rd June. Do try and sell as many tickets as you can

to family and friends. Extra books can be obtained from the school office.

Calling all unwanted books? We are looking to refresh the books in our school library. Do you have any good quality reading books

your children no longer read? We are looking for all reading bookings for years 1 – 6. Popular authors

include Roald Dahl, Micheal Morpurgo and David Walliams and collections such as Alex Rider, Percy

Jackson and of course Harry Potter. Please leave any donated books in the box by the office. Thank you

for all the donations so far.

School disco Friday 30st June

EYFS and KS1 6.00 – 7.00pm £1.50 (payable on entry)

Drinks are provided. Sweets will be on sale. We suggest you give your child no more than 50p for

sweets (average cost 10-20p a bag). Glow sticks will be available at 20p each or 3 for 50p

KS2 7.15 – 8.30pm £2.00 (payable on entry)

Drinks will be provided. Sweets, bottled drinks, crisps will be for sale. There is also a children’s raffle.

Please note the DPSA and parent helpers cannot be responsible for what children choose to spend their

money on. It is therefore recommended that parents check how much money children are bringing.

Raffle tickets will be 20p each and sweets approximately 10-20p each.

Disco helpers – especially for KS2

Please let Sally know if you can help (a form went home in book bags which you can return to the

office). KS2 is always harder to get help, we know it’s Friday evening but it’s all done by 8.30. Without

enough help we can’t run the discos but the children love them especially the summer one as it is the

last event for our Year 6 children.

Dates for the diary

24th June – Summer Fayre

30th June – School Disco

Road Crossing Patrol

Petition

Members of the DPSA have brought to our attention their growing concerns over the safety of the children

and adults walking to school. As you will know we regularly remind parents about using the car park safely

particularly when manoeuvring and reversing as it can be difficult to see young children who may be in the

vicinity. We do ask that parents do not park on the tarmacked roadway down to the carpark as this causes

difficulties for cars pulling off Well Lane which develops into a jam back into Main Road. This then

compromises the safety of the zebra crossing.

We are also aware of cars that have been parked on the pavement area at the top of the entrance to Well

Lane which obstruct the views of pedestrians who are trying to cross the road. These cars have been reported

to the highways authority.

There have been many discussions in the past with the authorities about the need for a safer crossing point in

Well Lane and these have been unsuccessful in resolving the situation. However, we feel that it is again time

to get together a petition and re-open the conversation in the hope that someone will listen to our very real

concerns and prevent an accident.

The petition will be kept in the front office so if you would like to add your name, please drop in at any time.

DPSA Class Representatives will also be in the playground at the end of the school day canvassing support.

Birthday Assemblies

Wednesdays at 3.05pm

21st June 19th June – 25th June

28th June 26th June – 2nd July

5th July 3rd July – 9th July

Families are welcome to join us for this assembly

to celebrate your child’s birthday.

Dates for the Diary

Week beginning 19th June

Mon 19th June Years 1, 3, 4 and 5 Assessment

Week

Tues 20th June Reading Gladiators Challenge Day

Weds 21st June Technogames for invited Year 5

pupils

3.05pm Birthday Assembly

Thurs 22nd June Technogames for invited Year 5

pupils

6.30pm Governors’ Resources meeting

Fri 23rd June

12.20pm School Council meeting

2.45pm Year 2 Assembly for Parents

Full term dates for this and the next academic year

(2016-17 and 2017-18)

are available on the school website.

Owl’s Barn School Meals Week commencing Monday 19th June

WEEK 3

MONDAY

Chicken and Tomato Pasta

or

Quorn Tomato Pasta

Garlic Bread

Peas

Sweetcorn

Green Salad

Jacket Potato with a

choice of filling

Chocolate Brownie

Organic Fruit Yoghurt

Selection of Fresh Fruit

TUESDAY

Homemade Minced Beef

Wrap

or

Roasted Vegetable Wrap

New Potato Salad

Mixed Vegetables

Carrot sticks

Green Salad

Jacket Potato with a

choice of filling

Tutti Fruitti Flapjack

Organic Fruit Yoghurt

Selection of Fresh Fruit

WEDNESDAY

Roast Turkey served with

Yorkshire Pudding and

Gravy or Roasted Quorn

Fillet served with

Yorkshire pudding and

Gravy

Roast Potatoes

Freshly sliced Carrots

Peas

Green Salad

Jacket Potato with a

choice of filling

Strawberry Fruit Jelly

Organic Fruit Yoghurt

Selection of Fresh

THURSDAY

Homemade Pork

Meatballs in Tomato

Sauce or Vegetarian

Quorn Balls in tomato

sauce

White and Wholegrain

pasta

Cauliflower Florets

Broccoli

Green Salad

Jacket Potato with a

choice of filling

Apple Crumble and

Custard

Organic Fruit Yoghurt

Selection of Fresh Fruit

FRIDAY

Birdseye Omega 3 Fish

Fish Finger

Chips

Baked Beans

Peas Cucumber

Jacket Potato with a

choice of filling

Iced Finger Bun

Organic Fruit Yoghurt

Selection of Fresh Fruit

Yours sincerely

Carol Gooding

Headteacher

Danbury Park Community Primary School

Dates for Summer Term 2017

Date Time Event

June

Week beg

19th June

Year 1,3,4,5 Assessment Week

20th Reading Gladiators Challenge Day

21st William de Ferrers Technogames day 1 - invited Year 5 pupils

22nd William de Ferrers Technogames day 2 - invited Year 5 pupils

6.30pm Resources Committee meeting

23rd 2.45pm Year 2 assembly based on Infant Music Festival

24th DPSA Summer Fayre

26th 1.00pm Parents and new entrants to join school for lunch

26th 1.30 – 2.30pm Class swap - meet your new teacher

27th 12.00pm Class Flamingo parents in for lunch

29th 12.00pm Class Flamingo parents in for lunch

30th 2.50pm Class Goldfinch (Year 1) Assembly

6.00pm

7.15pm

DPSA Discos

July

4th 9.30 – 12.45pm Year 6 Induction Day at Sandon

2.50pm Class Hummingbird Assembly

4.30pm District Sports

6th 1.00pm District Sports

6.30pm Danbury Park School Concert

7th 9.30 – 10.30pm Class swap - meet your new teacher

13th 7.00pm Full Governing Body Meeting

14th 2.50pm Class Jay assembly

18th Sports Day

Picnic Lunch

Open afternoon

18th 7.00pm Year 6 presentation and celebration

19th 1.30 – 3.00pm Pre-school Picnic

20th 12.00pm Leavers’ Lunch

Pm DP’s got Talent

21st 9.15am Leavers’ assembly

3.25pm School closes for summer