St Dunstan’s, Cheam,

C of E Primary School

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27th September 2019 Newsletter No. 110

Uniform Sale: The next uniform sale will be held on 11th October at school pick up. Please bring any donations you may have to the school over the next week or so. Fireworks Display: As you are aware from the last newsletter, we will be holding a fireworks night on Thursday November 7th from 6pm-7.45pm. Arrangements are

being finalised and a flyer will be circulated over the next week or so. Tickets will be sold online. Festive Fundraiser: We will be organising another fundraiser like the fantastic tea towels initiative last year. The item chosen will cover year groups and include a self-portrait of your child. As well as being a great fundraiser for the school they also make lovely festive gifts for family and friends. Further information to follow soon. Christmas Fayre Brochure competition: We will be circulating flyers before half term asking children to create a design for our Christmas Fayre brochure. It is really lovely to have the design created by a pupil and so please encourage your child to participate. All entries will be put up around the school for everyone to enjoy. Many thanks, PTFA

It has been lovely to see some sunshine between the

stormy showers this week—Autumn has really arrived!

Inside school it is wonderful to see the productive

learning which is taking place across all Key Stages—the

children are so settled and in the full swing of their new

topics. It has been especially gratifying to see the

children so excited and motivated by much cross

curricular teaching, which really sparks their imagination

and results in high quality learning. Thanks to the staff

for their hard work and meticulous planning.

As Autumn approaches, we remember those less fortunate

than ourselves and I am delighted that we are able to

support Sutton Night Watch this year with our Harvest

Giving. If you are able we would very much appreciate your

gifts at one of our Harvest Festival services.

Thank you to all parents and friends who have attended

our ‘Parent Helpers’ Meetings over the past few weeks; we

are looking forward to working more closely with you over

the coming months over the coming months. Ms J Corby

Harvest Festival 2019 As you will have seen from the last newsletter, the Harvest service for KS2 will be held in church on Thursday 3rd October at 9.15am and Reception and KS1 will hold their Harvest celebrations in school on Monday 7th October at 2.30pm. Parents and friends are very welcome to attend either or both services. Sutton Night Watch are requesting donations of the following items:

Thank you.

RECEPTION AND KS1: Please would you send in your contributions, with your child to their classroom on the morning of Monday 7th October.

KS2: Children should also bring their items on the day of the service (Thursday 3rd October). Please remember that they will have to carry these items to church.

All donations will be going

to: Sutton Night

Watch, Secombe Centre,

Crisps

Mini Juice Cartons

Chocolate

Men’s underwear

Adult Tracksuit Bottom

Sleeping Bags

Biscuits

Please remember that the school gates open at 8.30am. Your child should be in class before 8.45am. After this time, your child will be viewed as late to school.

On Friday 13th September 2019 the Playleaders set off on an inspirational

visit to The London Aquatics Centre in Stratford for the World Para Swimming Allianz Championships 2019. The event was both captivating and exciting, as

we watched athletes from around the world complete in their swimming events. We were given flags to cheer on GB and we did this with pride. We sat in the stands, three rows from the pool…with

fabulous and clear views! After an exciting morning and now in a new frame of mind, about what we could achieve, we made our way to the park to finish off a memorable day.

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ST DUNSTAN’S, CHEAM, C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL www.stdunstans.sutton.sch.uk Tel No 020 8642 5463

‘Stars’ of the last two weeks…..

The attendance figure for w/c 06/09/2019

was:

96.9% Our target is 96.4%

[ DATES FOR YOUR DIARY (Dates may be subject to change)

October

Tuesday 1st NSPCC Workshop

Wednesday 2nd Year 6 Swimming Lessons Thursday 3rd Upper School Eucharist in Church 9.15am. All parents and friends welcome

Mon 7th Year 6 Visit Science Museum Infant Harvest Celebration 2.30pm in school hall

All parents and friends welcome

Tuesday 8th Individual/Family Photographs

Wednesday 9th NSPCC Parent Workshop in school hall 8.30am

Year 1 RE Day

Thursday 10th St Dunstan’s Prayer Group meet in school library—8.45am Year 4 Roman Day Friday 11th Phonics Meeting for Year 1 parents 8.30am- 9.00am PTFA ‘Good as New Uniform Sale’ 3.15pm— 4.00pm October

w/c 14th October No clubs this week

Mon 21st —Fri 25th Half Term

Mon 28th School Closed—INSET Day

House Points

St George

219

St David

246

St Andrew

250

St Patrick

330

Attendance

Venus Diyako Rosie

Pluto Sardian Zara

Neptune Yusha Isabel S

Mercury Isaac Cydney

Jupiter James T Benjamin B

Saturn Sofia S Sebastian

Delphinus Thomas D Indie

Phoenix Amy S Elliott

Orion Jenny Oliver

Pegasus Alfi Matias

Unicorn Iga Misty

Hercules Blake Jovana

Aquila Alex B Parnika

Cygnus Zeena Elizabeth S

Starting School 2020

We will be holding Open Mornings for all prospective Reception parents for entry to school in September 2020 on Tuesday 12th November & Tuesday 26th November 9.30am - 11.00am. There will be a short presentation about the school, a school tour and a full explanation of the application process. Places will be limited so please contact the school office to book your place for one of these meetings by emailing

office@stdunstans.sutton.sch.uk. Please note that these are not drop in sessions. We look forward to seeing you.

On Saturday 14th September the Cheam and Cuddington Horticultural Society Autumn Show was held at St Dunstan’s. The children’s exhibits were all displayed in a separate hall and everyone who went into the hall commented on how great

the works of art, vegetables, models looked. For those of you who entered the runner bean competition well done, there were a lot of impressive beans: the overall winner was Olivia Brown who’s bean was almost 40cm. Well done Olivia excellent growing. Thank you to everyone who participated.

Please find attached Useful Information for Parents which you may find beneficial.

Please ensure that you do not push the gates when entering the school, or to the Infant or Junior playgrounds. For your information, the gates from the EYFS & KS1 close at 8.45am. After this time you need to bring your child to the office to sign in.

On Thursday 19th September, the Playleaders all took part in the Sutton Supremo Training Day, run by Sutton School

Partnership. The afternoon was packed with excitement and enthusiasm, as the children learnt new skills, including game

organisation. They created rules for games, collected and organised equipment and practiced their games. This was followed by a practical session where Year 2 and Year 3 joined them on the playground to play the new games. The feedback received from the children and adults was

tremendous, as the Playleaders lead with clarity, organisation and positivity. We are now truly ready for the year ahead of us, and we look forward to seeing our

Playleaders inspire other children to play and get involved. Well done to all the Playleaders.