Friday 13th March 2020 Spring term 2 Issue 3

NOTICE BOARD

Toy Donations

If anybody has any role-play toys that they no

longer use (dolls, babies and accessories, toy food

etc.) please donate them to the office where they

will be gratefully received. Thank you.

Carboot Sale

On Sunday 15th March, Finley Pears, William

Sharpe (Brunel) and Ralph Sharpe (Dyson) will be

holding a car boot sale for the grow £ initiative.

There will be all different stalls and refreshments

available. Come and grab a bargain!

Spare Underwear

Please can parents provide their children with

spare underwear, socks or tights in case of emer-

gencies.

Parents Evening

Parents evening slots are now available. Use the

link that was sent Via email to book your place.

Park Run

On Sunday 5th April Noah from Gade Class will be

running in the Green Park Challenge to raise mon-

ey for the BIBS charity. BIBS raise money for the

NICU ward, Buscot, at the RBH in Reading. This is

where Noah spent the first 6 weeks of his life

after being born 10 weeks early. Noah would like

to give something back to the ward to help future

babies who were born poorly or too soon. He

would be so grateful to anyone who would like to

sponsor him. Many thanks!

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/

noahmccuddencollins

Dear All,

It has been another busy week at Evendons. Although lots going on, we

have had many visitors in school this week who have commented on the

calmness within school, which has been a pleasure to hear. It has been

wonderful to see the children outside enjoying the sunshine this week,

building dinosaur dens, playing circle games and riding their bikes. Spring

is finally here!

There have been more trips out this week including trips to Wokingham

Library, Year 4 visited The Living Rainforest in Newbury and yesterday,

Year 5 visited Gilbert White’s house in Selbourne. Year 6 are looking for-

ward to their residential trip to Wales next week, leaving this Sunday and I

am sure that they will have a fantastic time.

In assembly this morning , Charlotte in Year 5, Newton Class, had her hair

cut for the charity Little Princess Trust. She is raising money for a charity

very close to her heart. It was wonderful to see such courage and bravery

in front of the whole school this morning. Well done Charlotte!

We will endeavour to keep you informed of anything that changes with

regards to the current Coronavirus. We appreciate your continued support

through this time.

Wishing you a wonderful and safe weekend.

Best wishes , Lucinda (on behalf of Matt)

Gilbert White’s House—Year 5 Trip

‘On Thursday, Year 5 went to Gilbert White's House and

Field study centre. Gilbert White was a naturalist. Whilst

we were there, we watched birds and we saw some

blackbirds. We also looked under different log piles for

invertebrates. We even got to look at butterflies under

the microscope. We used the quadrats to calculate the

number of plants in a field using averages. Inside his house, we saw his bed

and the kitchen. There was the smell of cinnamon and pheasants were hang-

ing up too. There was also his original book that was written in 1789. By Mil-

lie Hughes (Sharman)

World Water Day-Non-Uniform

On Wednesday 18th March we are celebrating World Water day, we are

going to be thinking about using water responsibly, did you know it takes

10,000 litres of water to make a new pair of jeans? please come into school

wearing blue clothes but please don't buy anything new! If you don't have

any blue clothes could your friends lend you some? We will be raising money

for Water Aid who help to build clean water facilities for children around the

world. We will have a bucket by the front gate and any money that you

would like to donate can be passed onto class teachers too.

Sports News

Year 2 Tag Rugby Report 3rd March 2020

On Tuesday, our Year 2 Tag Rugby team took part in a School Games Rugby Festival at Reading Rugby Club. The children played extremely well in all their matches; working well as a team to pass, tackle and scoring many tries.

Thank you to Laura for supporting the team and to Jez and Jon for helping with the coaching (and Laura for providing a feast of snacks for the children in between matches to keep their energy levels up!).

Here are some comments from the children: Girls: ‘It was really hard work. You had to try and tackle’ ‘The boys could swap over but the girls had to stay on the pitch’ ‘We each scored a try!’ Boys: ‘Ralph rolled on the floor every time he scored a try.’ ‘We won nearly all the matches!’ ‘We had a feast after every match.’ ‘I scored lots of tries. All of our team did very well.’

If you are interested in joining a friendly Rugby Club, please see the flyer in the attachment (contact Ka-ren@admin@readingfc.co.uk RRC Tel: 01189696592):

PTA News

Momentum continues to grow around the Grow a £1 campaign –please do keep supporting your wonderful chil-dren and keep promoting their businesses. The Disco had incredible attendance and the children were all well be-haved – it was wonderful to see them having so much fun 25th April – Back to School Community Day – we will have the sign up form for next week – but do join us in the morning for the Work Party and then stay on to play football/rounders and enjoy a BBQ and Bar. Please consider hiring our party kits for your children’s parties, we would love to see an increase in book-ings! We ask for a £20 refundable deposit and a donation for hire. You can find out more here

Thanks for your continued support Kerri – Chair of the PTA

Spring Term 2

Sunday 15th-21st March Yr 6 Rhos-Y-Gwaliau

Tuesday 17th March Yr 3&4 Tag Rugby (boys)

Wednesday 18th March Yr 3&4 Tag Rugby (girls)

Thursday 19th March Cross Country Bulmershe Relays

Thursday 19th-20th March Yr 2 Ufton Court

Wednesday 25th March Parents Evening

Thursday 26th March Parents Evening

Friday 3rd April Term Finishes

Wednesday 22nd April-Tuesday 5th May The Big Pedal

Friday 1st May Class Photos

Tuesday 21st July School Bournemouth Trip

Term Dates 2020

Spring Term 1 Tuesday 7th January—Friday 14th February

Spring Term 2 Monday 24th February–Friday 3rd April

Summer 1 INSET Monday 20th April

Tuesday 21st April– Friday 22nd May

Summer 2 Monday 1st June-Tuesday 21st July

Autumn 1 INSET Tuesday 1st September

Wednesday 2nd September—Friday 23rd October

Autumn 2 Monday 2nd November— Friday 18th December

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