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Message from Mr Woods Newsletter No 53— October 2017 Belief, Perseverance, Success BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Beaconsfield Road, Southall UB1 1DR Email: [email protected] Website: www.beaconsfieldprimary.org.uk Tel: 020 8574 3506 Head Teacher: Mr D. Woods Dear Parents/Carers, It is hard to believe that we have already reached the first half term break after a busy few weeks in school. The term began with Ofsted publishing our inspection letter confirming that Beaconsfield Primary continues to be a very GOOD school. Sadly one factor that stops our school being able to be judged as ‘OUTSTANDING’ is the small group (12-17) of families who continue to take excessive absences from school. This ‘persistent absence’ was a key line of enquiry for Ofsted during the visit. This has now become a school target to work on over the coming years. During this past week we have celebrated our ‘ Harvest Festival’ with a generous collection of tins and packets of food along with fresh produce which is donated to a local foodbank to support those in the community who require assistance. Pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 travelled to France on Wednesday 18th October for an exciting day visiting a French bakery, a traditional sweet making factory, a choc- olate making factory and also a World War 1 was cemetery. This is a very valuable cultural experience trip allowing pupils a chance to use some of their French lan- guage skills and also linking to a school history topic. We have introduced our “30 Hour Nursery Offer” during this term allowing work- ing families to use their voucher code to access 30 hours of free nursery education. We have also introduced the option of additional “paid for”nursery provision at a rate of £78 a week for 15 hours (or £18.60 for a 3 hour (1day block). All paid for nursery provision must be paid for in advance. I hope that all pupils and families enjoy the half-term break and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Monday 30th October at 8:50am. Best Wishes Mr Dave Woods Head Teacher Newsletter No 53– October 2017

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Page 1: BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL · Adult Learning Classes ( “Family Maths” and “Language & Play”) Our adult learning classes are continuing to run on Tuesday and Thursday morning

Message from Mr Woods Newsletter No 53— October 2017

Belief, Perseverance, Success

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Beaconsfield Road, Southall UB1 1DR Email: [email protected] Website: www.beaconsfieldprimary.org.uk

Tel: 020 8574 3506 Head Teacher: Mr D. Woods

Dear Parents/Carers,

It is hard to believe that we have already reached the

first half term break after a busy few weeks in school.

The term began with Ofsted publishing our inspection

letter confirming that Beaconsfield Primary continues

to be a very GOOD school.

Sadly one factor that stops our school being able to be judged as ‘OUTSTANDING’ is

the small group (12-17) of families who continue to take excessive absences from

school. This ‘persistent absence’ was a key line of enquiry for Ofsted during the

visit. This has now become a school target to work on over the coming years.

During this past week we have celebrated our ‘ Harvest Festival’ with a generous

collection of tins and packets of food along with fresh produce which is donated to a

local foodbank to support those in the community who require assistance.

Pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 travelled to France on Wednesday 18th October for

an exciting day visiting a French bakery, a traditional sweet making factory, a choc-

olate making factory and also a World War 1 was cemetery. This is a very valuable

cultural experience trip allowing pupils a chance to use some of their French lan-

guage skills and also linking to a school history topic.

We have introduced our “30 Hour Nursery Offer” during this term allowing work-

ing families to use their voucher code to access 30 hours of free nursery education.

We have also introduced the option of additional “paid for”nursery provision at a

rate of £78 a week for 15 hours (or £18.60 for a 3 hour (1day block). All paid for

nursery provision must be paid for in advance.

I hope that all pupils and families enjoy the half-term break and we look forward to

welcoming everyone back to school on Monday 30th October at 8:50am.

Best Wishes

Mr Dave Woods

Head Teacher

Newsletter No 53– October 2017

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Design Technology (DT) : As part of our refurbishment works we were able to con-

struct a cooking room with two cooking stations. Over the past weeks more and more

classes have been undertaking cooking and food preparation activities as part of DT les-

sons.

During our ‘International Week’ activities this week many classes have taken the op-

portunity to try cooking and preparing some international dishes for tasting on Friday.

Adult Learning Classes ( “Family Maths” and “Language & Play”)

Our adult learning classes are continuing to run on Tuesday and Thursday

morning in the Parents Room. In January we will be running a 6 week pro-

gram called “Keeping Up With the Children”. This course will give par-

ents/carers an overview of our learning curriculum in school from Year 1 to Year 6.

Also in January we will be running an ESOL (English for Speakers of Other languages)

course over 20 weeks. Unlike ESOL courses at Southall College our ESOL course is “free

of charge” for qualifying parents/carers. To ensure continued attendance at this course

we will be charging a £30 fee for each participant. If you fully attend 90% of the

course we will refund the £30 fee in full at the course end of July.

After– School Care—”6 0’Clock Club”

Unfortunately we have had to close our ‘after –school care’ option due to lack of pupils.

Despite over 15 families originally saying they wanted and would pay for this service we

had fewer than five children attending.

Homework Clubs

We have been asked many times about providing some homework clubs for

pupils. We are looking at some other options for doing this from 3:20 - 5pm

for pupils. This type of club would require a weekly payment of approx. £3 -

£4 per week. We will consult on this option after the half-term holiday period.

STARS Gold Award

Our school is part of the TFL STARS Award scheme promoting sustainable and safe trav-

el. We found out during the summer holiday period that we have received the “GOLD

AWARD”. This is the 3rd successive year that we have been awarded by STARS, having

achieved Bronze, Silver and now Gold awards.

Congratulations and thanks to Mrs Moezzi, other staff and the Junior Travel Ambassadors

(JTA’s) for their work over the past years.

Playground

You will have noticed that after all the various building works we had

our playground re-surfaced during the summer holiday period. This will

ensure that we have a better surface for playtimes and for PE lessons.

We hope to have new lines marked for games and activities over the next half-term as

we have needed to wait approx. 10 weeks for the new tarmac surface to settle and cure

properly, before adding line marking.

Curriculum News

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Nursery Provision at Beaconsfield

Nursery Provision

Our nursery operates a morning session (8:30 - 11:30am) and an

afternoon session (12:30 - 3:30pm) for pupils from their 3rd

birthday onwards.

All children aged 3 and above are entitled to access 15 hours of ‘free nursery

education’. This 15 hour provision is funded by the government.

Some families are eligible to apply for an ‘extra 15 hours’ of free nursery educa-

tion to give a total of 30 hours entitlement. Beaconsfield is registered to allow fami-

lies to access 30 hours of nursery education.

To be eligible for 30 hours of ‘free’ nursery education you must:

Have both parents working (or one parent in a single parent family)

Each parent must earn a weekly income that is over £120/ week (16

hours at minimum wage) and not earn more than £100 000 per year.

Check your eligibility and apply at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

We also offer “paid for” nursery hours on top of your free 15 hour entitlement. Our

fee for all 15 hours is £78 per week (15 hours x £5.20 per hour). This fee also in-

cludes the one hour lunch supervision (but not the cost of lunch)

If you prefer to have just one, two , three or four days (3,6,9 or 12 hours) of extra

nursery education the “ad-hoc hourly charge” of £6.20 per hour will apply per

hour.

Each nursery session has a maximum number of pupils and a limited number of 30

hour places so you are urged to apply promptly as some are already allocated.

All ‘paid for’ nursery provision must be paid for fortnightly (in advance). Sickness

days are not refunded/credited except for absences of 5 days or more with a doc-

tor’s note.

Nursery

In Nursery we have been learning lots of new things!

We have learned how

to make friends and

share our toys.

We have learned how

to wash our hands

thoroughly.

We have been learning

how to mark make.

We have been exploring

lights and shadows.

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What a busy half term we have had in Recep-

tion. We have been learning our phonic

sounds and are using these to write words. In

Maths we have been learning about 2D

shapes and created pictures using shapes.

In English we have been reading the story of

‘The Little Red Hen’ and cooked our own

bread like the Hen. We also acted out the story and used different sounds to imitate the charac-

ters.

We went on an ‘Autumn walk’ and discussed how the weather has become a lot colder. The children

collected lots of leaves and talked about how the colours had changed to red and brown. As a

school we held a Non-Uniform day and all dressed in Red. We donated money for a very worthy

cause, supporting those who had suffered in the Hurricanes in the Caribbean.

Reception - Blue

Reception - Yellow

We have had an excellent start to our Autumn term in Reception Blue as we have been looking at

changes the Autumn season brings to the environment around us. Children have been looking at

the leaves that are beginning to change colour and also creating their own Autumn leaves through

the leaf rubbing activity. Reception Blue has been learning about 2D shapes and used 2D shapes

to create pictures. We are so creative! In literacy we have been reading ‘The Little Red Hen’ sto-

ry and talked about the good and bad choices the characters in the story made. This made us

think about baking a cake with our friends. Look at all the fun we had!

We look forward to learning

lots more after our holiday!

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Year 1 Blue

Year 1 Yellow

This half term Year 1 Blue have been very busy getting familiar with their new classroom and have

been working hard in all subjects across the curriculum.

In English we have been developing our writing skills and have been learning how to write clear

sentences including full stops, capital letters and finger spaces.

In Maths we have been focusing on numbers, counting reliably and learning how to solve number

sentences using addition and subtraction.

In History we have been looking at houses and home life. We have been investigating the similari-

ties and differences between houses from the past and present, also used vocabulary such as ter-

raced, detached, semi-detached and flats to describe our home.

In DT we have designed and created our houses with a moving part. Now we understand the im-

portance of hinges.

This half term Year 1 Yellow have been very busy. In English, we have been making lists, labelling

and writing captions. We have been focusing on handwriting and how to write sentences with capi-

tal letters, finger spaces and full stops.

In Maths, we have been focusing on different 2D shapes, we have been counting using cubes, nu-

micons and our fingers. Then we moved on to solve addition and subtraction problems.

We have great fun learning about the different types of houses that we live in. We have been

comparing old houses and new houses; we even went on hunt to find Victorian features within our

school!

In science we have been exploring different materials. We experimented with magnetic and non

magnetic objects and did an experiment to find out which materials are waterproof .

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Year 2 Blue

Year 2 Yellow

2 Blue have settled in really well to their new class and are building new

friendships with the children who weren’t in their class last year.

Our highlights this half term have been as follows:

Sandwiches

We focussed on instructional writing in English for two weeks and

wrote a set of instructions on how to make a sandwich. In DT, we then

designed made and evaluated healthy sandwiches that were delicious to

eat!

Science - Investigating Materials.

We have completed two science experiments this half term, focussing on

the properties and uses of materials.

During the first experiment,

we investigated how differ-

ent materials can move. For

example, stretching, twisting,

bending and squashing.

Our next experiment involved

rolling a ball down a ramp and

measuring how far it travelled

along different surfaces. We then

thought about scenarios in which

we would need a ball to roll a long

way such as bowling, or golf.

In Year 2 Yellow we have been busy settling into our new classroom and environment. Every day

in the classroom we engage in new activities. This half term our focus in Maths has been adding

and subtracting. We are learning our 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.

In our English lesson we have read two books that we really enjoyed and they are called ‘Horrid

Henry’s Birthday Party’ and ‘The Disgusting Sandwich’. Through our cross curriculum link we

made healthy sandwiches in our Design and Technology lesson and were able to write

instructions.

Don’t you wish you were able to taste our yummy sandwiches?

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Year 3

Year 4

WOW! What a busy half term we have had!

In the series of Computing lessons, Year 3 created science posters about amazing bodies. We

learnt how to collect relevant information from the internet, copy and paste it onto word docu-

ment, change the font, colour and finally create an interesting layout of the poster.

In art, we focused on cave paintings during prehistoric times. Ancient people decorated walls of

protected caves with paint made from dirt or charcoal mixed with spit or animal fat. We tried to

recreate similar paintings during art lesson. It was fun!

Year 4 have had settled in well and had a busy start to the year. In English they have read, 'Iron

Man', it's a story about a metal giant who appears in a small town to the dissatisfaction of the

community. The pupils really enjoyed the book and created posters, wrote as the Iron Man and

performed poems.

In science, Year 4 have been learning about states of matter, they conducted an experiment using

the same amount of bicarbonate of soda, vinegar and a balloon. Using them the pupils were able to

inflate a balloon. They then changed one measurement of the materials and observed what hap-

pened to the balloon.

Year 4 had their Diwali assembly last week, it explained the importance of Diwali and how it is cel-

ebrated. The pupils also performed the story of Rama and Sita.

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Year 5

This term Year 6 participated in a Stixx workshop. In this workshop we had to use a range of

different skills including our maths knowledge and our ability to work as

a team to build a shelter with only four resources: newspaper, glue, ca-

ble ties and the Stixx machine! The project was linked to our history

topic on World War Two as we were challenged to design a shelter (like

an Anderson Shelter) that could fit the entire group inside.

Before we began building our shelter, Mr King (the workshop leader)

gave us information about how engineers design and construct buildings.

For example, we learnt that triangles are the strongest shape to build

with. Mr King also showed us how to transform newspaper into firm

sticks with the machine.

After we finished our rough blueprint we started to construct. We thought it was simple at first

but as the afternoon progressed, it got to be a real challenge! Luckily, we

all worked as a team and the shelters we built

could fit each entire team inside them. It was

a really fun afternoon and it’s even inspired

some of us to think about a career in engineer-

ing!

By Abinaas

We have been learning about World War 1 as our History topic and presented all the facts in a

power point presentation linking it with computing. We learnt: the reasons why the war started,

when the war started and which countries were involved in various alliances. We added the hyper-

links in our presentation and also included some audio and video to make it more informative for

other children.

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Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

A very warm welcome to Arjun, Bilal, Isaac and Viwin joined Starfish class in September. Chil-

dren have settled well. They had several opportunities to visit Starfish class and spent gradu-

ally increasing amounts of time with us during July.

We love shapes.

Children in Starfish class learned to identify and de-

scribe 2D shapes. We used many opportunities to apply

our knowledge across the school. For example drawing

shapes in the sand pit or going for a shape hunt on the

playground. We also completed shape puzzles to demon-

strate our problem solving skills.

We have been studying the author Michael Morpurgo, and have enjoyed reading and comparing

three of his books , Dolphin Boy, Rainbow Bear and Kensuke’s Kingdom. Michael Morpurgo has

written many books for children and we have a selection of his books to read at home over the

half term.

Dolphin class have enjoyed a

practical approach to their learn-

ing this half-term. We have ex-

plored solids, liquids and gases, in

science, and discovered that

sticky slime can be both! We

have looked at the changes in ice

and enjoyed observing changes in

coloured ice. Our history topic is

a study of life in Roman Britain

has included a trip to the Roman

baths, and a Roman banquet.

We were not convinced that lying

down to eat is the best idea Ro-

mans had !

Macmillan Big Coffee Morning 28th

Sept.We used our science knowledge

in the catering for the first ARPBucks

of the year. We made rice krispie

cakes which we sold at tuck shop, as

well as our usual coffee and cake. We

were very busy when the parents from

the pre-school morning joined us. All

the proceedings from the coffee

morning and tuck shop went to the

charity and we were very pleased and

proud to have raised over £60.

Sai composed subject-verb-object sentences us-

ing colourful semantics. He used the story of

‘Beegu’ by Alexis Deacon.

The rest of the class learned to join in with re-

peated phrases while listened to the story of

‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury.

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Uniform We expect all pupils to wear the correct uniform at all times. This in-cludes ‘black shoes’ for all pupils (boys & girls). Please note that only ‘blue’ sweatshirts are now accepted in school. The ‘old’ maroon col-oured sweatshirts will no longer be accepted as part of our uniform. Trainers and boots are not part of our uniform and they should not be worn at any times. (Please ensure your child’s name is on every item of clothing as it is difficult to return items without names. As the colder weather ap-proaches be sure to check gloves, hats and coats have names on them.

School Information/Procedures

Newsletter No 53– October 2017 Page 10

Lost Property Our ‘Lost Property Box’ is located

inside the ‘exit door’ to the play-ground near the nursery playground.

Please ensure your child’s name is

on all clothes, lunch boxes, bags etc.

All pupils in Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Starfish class are currently entitled to a “free school lunch” each day. (A simple registration form is required to access this service)

In KS2, meals cost £2.30 per day (£11.50 per week)

The cost for the next half-term is £85.10 (37 days)

All school meals must be paid for in advance. Pupils in Year 5 & Year 6 will only be served a meal if they are in credit.

Payments should be made online: www.ealingmeals.com or by phone 020 8280 0318

School Meals

Costs

All of our school meals are cooked on-site

in our school kitchen. Hot and cold op-

tions are offered daily including the fresh

salad bar.

Halal or Non-Halal meat options are avail-

able daily (Mon-Thur) with a vegetarian

only option on Friday. Special Lunch men-

us take place every few weeks.

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Free School Meals

There are many families in the school who may be

entitled to claim “Free School Meals”.

If you receive certain benefits such as ‘Job Seek-

ers Allowance’ or support from ‘Asylum Service’ (NASS) you are likely to be eligible.

A successful application can save you £437 in meal

costs BUT the government will also pay the school

up to £1400 for each eligible child to be used to

provide additional services or resources.

Please enquire at the school office for a ‘Free

School Meals Application’.

Packed Lunches

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be

a healthy lunch at all times.

Items such as crisps, biscuits or a single small chocolate

bar can be included on a FRIDAY ONLY (as a treat)

Pupils who do not bring a lunch to school will be given a

school dinner and you will be charged £2.30. All packed

lunches must be brought with pupils at the start of the

day.

Breakfast Club

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

When using the internet, switch

on Google SafeSearch to block out inap-

propriate content.

YouTube ‘Restricted Mode’ helps to fil-

ter out content that may not be suitable

for children.

Breakfast food is served between 7:45-

8:10am ONLY

Having a Free Meal Application gives over a

20% discount on Breakfast Club.

Complete a ‘Free School Meals’ application

to see if you are eligible for the discounted

rate.

Daily

Weekly Half-term

(paid in ad-

vance till

2012/17

Child Eligible for

Free School

Meals

£1.20

£6.00

£44.40

Child

Not Eligible for

Free School

Meals

£1.50

£7.50

£55.50

Our breakfast club runs every morning from

7:45am in our dining room. Breakfast food is

only available up till 8:10am. If you arrive later you may not be served breakfast food.

Places are available for pupils from Nursery

through to Year 6.

Places are available. Please ask at the school

office if your require a registration form.

‘Coffee Mornings’- All Welcome

Our next coffee morning will be on Wednesday

22nd November at 9:00am in the Parent’s Room.

Topics will include: pupil learning checklists, PE

and maths at home .

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‘Stay and Play’ Toddler Group runs everyday 9:00-am- 11:00am.

The group is in the dining room. Please pop along for a cup of coffee/tea and join in with the fun

activities with your children.

Parents/carers must stay with their children during the toddler group.

We do request a 50p contribution for each session to help us with the costs of replacing re-

sources. The school receives NO FUNDING to run this service. If more parents do not contrib-

ute the daily 50p we will have to consider reducing this service in the future.

‘Stay & Play’ Toddler Group

Physical Education (PE)

All pupils in school are required as part of the national curriculum to undertake

physical education (PE) lessons weekly.

It is important that pupils always wear the correct PE kit for each lesson.

White T-Shirt (school logo shirt available from office for £4.50)

Blue shorts (available from office for £4.00)

Trainers or plimsolls

(in winter months) black or navy jogging bottoms.

Pupils are not permitted to wear jewellery (ear-rings, studs, sleepers, necklaces

or watches) during PE lessons.

We very strongly suggest that pupils do not wear any jewellery to school on PE days as they will be asked to remove it or cover it with tape.

If pupils are able to attend school they are expected to take part in all PE les-

sons including swimming lessons for Year 4.

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Punctuality

We always want to ‘encourage’

and ‘reward’ pupils who maintain

excellent attendance levels. In ad-

dition to our termly ‘Bike Raffle’

we have our ‘’100%’’ Draw where

pupils who achieve 100% attend-

ance for a term are able to enter a

draw for a £20 gift voucher.

We continue to run our termly

96% Club as a group reward. Unlike our other

rewards which require a drawing system to get a

winner, the 96% Club will reward every single

pupil who achieves attendance above this level.

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right

for leave from school. The Department for Edu-

cation (DFE) has instructed schools that leave

may only be granted in ‘’exceptional circum-

stances’’.

We do expect that all leave /holidays are taken

during 13 weeks of the year when school is

closed. Any requests for leave must be made in

advance using the school leave form.

“Exceptional circumstances’’ does not include:

holidays, attending weddings, cheap flights, reli-

gious festivals, visiting sick relatives, engage-

ments or grandparent requests to see children.

Reasons such as these will not be authorised.

This kind of absence will be referred to the local

authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions.

Very sadly, because there have been instances

where families have lied to the school about

deaths in a family we now have to ask for evi-

dence to support such leave requests.

All parent/carers need to be aware that taking

“unauthorised leave’’ is an offence under sec-

tion 444 of the Education Act (1996). Such an

offence can be subject to prosecution or liable

for a penalty notice (£120 per child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be re-

moved from the school and will have to re-apply

to Ealing Admissions upon return to the UK. We

have removed pupils from the school roll for un-

authorised absence in the past.

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to

achieving excellent learning re-

sults. Pupils cannot learn effec-

tively if they continue to miss

school days. We expect all pupils

to attend school for a minimum of

96% of all sessions. This allows

enough time for the usual coughs, colds, fevers

etc. that all pupils will have from time to time.

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily,

weekly and half-termly basis. If attendance is

below 96% or there are ‘unauthorised absences’ you should expect to receive letters, phone calls

and even a visit from the LA attendance officer.

The Local Authority (LA) does issue £120 fines

for non-attendance.

If your child is absent due to illness/sickness we

ask that you phone the school by 9:45am to

leave a message using ‘Option 1’ of the answer-

ing machine and providing

* Your child’s name

* Your child’s class

* Reason for absence

When your child returns to school, you will

need to provide the school office with a writ-

ten note explaining the reason for the ab-

sence. (Please note: A written note is required

even if you have phoned the office).

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

The school day starts at 8:50am. Pupils are late if

they are not in their class line at this time. We ex-

pect that pupils will be in the playground by

8:45am to avoid being late.

We do conduct ‘gate checks’ at 8:50am and rec-

ord as ‘’late’’ all pupils who enter the school

grounds after 8:50am.

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Date Event

Friday 20th October 2017 School closes at 3:20pm for Half-Term

Monday 30th October 2017 Pupils return for 2nd half of Autumn Term

Wednesday 1st November 2017 Year 6 Class Assembly

Wednesday 8th November 2017 Year 5 assembly - Armistice Day

Tuesday 14th November 2017 Year 3 to Year 6 - Cinema Visit (Schools to Film

Month).

Wednesday 15th November 2017 Year 2 Yellow Class Assembly

Wednesday 22nd November 2017 Parents Coffee Morning (Parents Room)

Wednesday 22nd November 2017 JTA’s - Road Safety Assembly

Thursday 23rd November 2017 Life Education Van Visits.

Friday 24th November 2017 Life Education Van Visits.

Tuesday 28th November 2017 Reception & Year 6 - Height and Weight Checks

Wednesday 29th November 2017 ARP Classes - Class Assembly

Friday 1st December 2017 INSET DAY - School Closed for pupils

Wednesday 6th December 2017 1 Blue Class Assembly

Wednesday 13th December 2017 1 Yellow Class Assembly

Thursday 14th December 2017 Adult Learning - ESOL Assessment and Regis-

tration Day.

Monday 18th December 2017 Reception, Yr 1 & Yr 2 - Christmas Play

Tuesday 19th December 2017 Christmas Lunch for Pupils in dining room.

Tuesday 19th December 2017 Yr 3, 4,5 & 6 - Christmas Play

Wednesday 20th December 2017 School closes at 1:30pm for end of term

Wednesday 3rd January 2018 INSET DAY - School closed for pupils

Thursday 4th January 2017 Pupils return for start of spring term

Dates, Assemblies, Celebrations

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Newsletter No 53— October 2017

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Autumn Term 2017

Tuesday 5th September

2017-

Friday 20th October 2017

Half Term

Monday 23rd October -

Friday 27th October 2017

Monday 30th October -

Wednesday 20th December

2017

INSET DAY

Friday 1st December 2017

2.

Spring Term 2018

Thursday 4th January 2018-

Friday 9th February 2018

Half Term

Monday 12th February 2018–

Friday 16th February 2018

Monday 19th February 2018–

Thursday 29th March 2018

3.

Summer Term 2018

Monday 16th April-Friday

25th May 2018

Bank Holiday—Monday 7th

May

Half Term

Monday 28th May 2018 -

Friday 1st June 2018

Tuesday 5th June 2018—

Friday 13th July 2018

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4.

Autumn Term 2018

Tuesday 4th September 2018-

Friday 19th October 2018

Half Term

Monday 22nd October -

Friday 26th October 2018

Monday 29th October 2018—

Friday 21st December 2018

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until December 2018. Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms.

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INSET DAY

Monday 4th September

2017

INSET DAY

Wednesday 3rd January

2018

INSET DAY

Monday 4th June 2018

Bank Holiday - Monday

7th May

INSET DAY

Friday 1st December 2017

INSET DAY

Monday 3rd September

2018

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Newsletter No 53– October 2017 Page 16

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Mrs Gurmeet Jagyasi Miss Sana Mohammed Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice)

Reception Yellow Mrs Asha Jassi Reception Team Mrs Vicklin Chase Mrs Hema Dave Ms. Shelley Marbay (P/T) Reception Blue Ms . Zara Bibi

Year 1 Yellow

Ms. Samirah Bashir

Year 1 Team

Mrs Nina Bhachu Ms Kamelia Shopova (P/T)

Year 1 Blue Mrs Amrit Grewal

Year 2 Blue Mrs Philippa Stubbs (Assistant Head Teacher/SLT Member)

Lower Phase Team Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 2 Yellow Mr Anthony Chambers

Year 3 Blue Mr Jakub Bocian

Year 4 Blue Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member)

Upper Phase Team Ms Suad Jama Mrs Devi Bhachu Ms Anita Khosla (P/T)

Year 5 Blue Mrs Punam Sharma (Senior Teacher/SLT Member)

Year 6 Blue Mrs Helen Tonge (Senior Assistant Head Teacher/SLT Member)

Starfish Class (Reception/KS1)

Mr Jozsef Barna ARP SUPPORT TEAM Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thur) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Ms. Natasha O’Connor Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar Mrs Narinder Kaur (P/T) Ms Joanne Towell (P/T)

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Mrs Debbie Richards

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 2017/2018

Mr Dave Woods (Head Teacher/Child Protection Lead/Acting SENCO)

Mrs Smita Moezzi - (‘Numbers Count Teacher’ + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff

Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant

Mrs Suman Mohan - Senior Teaching Assistant

Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (crèche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Mrs Zakira Haling - SEN Pupil Support

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D Burman - Site & Activities Manager