Reminders and Info

- Please don’t forget to return GDPR forms if you have not already done so.

- School meals cost £2.57 (please make cheques payable to Pinnacle FM Ltd)

- After school clubs are filling up fast. If your child would like to stay for a club please book them in by typing in the fol-lowing address via your internet browser:

https://craylands. parentseveningsys-tem.co.uk/

The Craylands School

Newsletter

Upcoming Events Dear Parents/Carers, Wishing you all a Happy New Year—hoping that you all enjoyed the festive break. It certainly felt like a long break this year—well deserved after some long autumn terms.

Let’s hope things improve next week…..have a lovely weekend. Mr Hiscock—headteacher

Craylands Lane Swanscombe, Kent DA10 0LP Telephone: 01322 388230 Email: admin@ craylands.kent.sch.uk

16/1 Football match against Fawkham

31/1 Y3 Forest school session

3/2 Y1 reading morning

4/2 Y3&4 reading morning

5/2 Y2 reading morning

6/2 Y5&6 reading morning

7/2 Y3 forest school session

w/c 10/2 Online safety sessions –more de-tails to follow

14/2 Term 3 ends

24/2 Term 4 starts

Curriculum learning

This week, the children started their new STAR units of work. With topics ranging from the Tudors to Ancient Egypt, the Neolithic era to the Vikings as well as learning about where food comes from and mar-vellous machines, they have already started to immerse themselves in these new topics learning lots of new vocabulary and facts.

Craylearning

This week, in assembly we re-visited what it means to be a Craylearner. We decided that a Craylearner works well with others; they don’t get upset when they are struggling; they don’t think that they are best at things and are always willing to ask questions and use resources.

The children also understood that a great way to extend their own learning was by reading regularly at home. We very much encourage you to read with your child every day at home. If you’ve not visited it yet, please do go to the reading jungle after school to find one of the many high quality books for your child to read.

Parking

It has not been a good start to the year in terms of parking around the school. We have had complaints from residents opposite the school regarding the inconsiderate parking of some parents/carers.

I have also seen far too many parents/carers parking on the road outside the KS2 gates and/or driving into the area that the KS2 children leave through, clearly trying to access Bright Horizons car park who have now taken action to close their gates; by then having to turn around, you are putting children’s safety at risk. The roads in this area have double yellow lines for a reason and it is also completely unacceptable to park in front of the school gates. On top of this, one of our parents has used vulgar language against the manager of Bright Horizons. PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR ACTIONS—PARK CONSIDER-ATELY, DON’T DRIVE IN AREAS THAT CHILDREN ARE WALKING ACROSS, DON’T PARK IN FRONT OF THE GATES AND BE RESPECT-FUL TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

May I suggest that if you have concerns regarding parking on roads within the school vicinity, you make contact with the local councillor using the details on the following website:

https://democracy.kent.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=29027

Mrs Johnson

Today, Mrs Johnson starts her maternity leave. She travels a long distance to get to school and back, so we hope that she is able to take some time to relax before the arrival of her baby. We wish her husband and her all the very best at this exciting time and look forward to meeting the new addition to her family.

To be a Craylearner, you need to be in school every day!

100% is what I really want to see!

Less than 96% means you will struggle to be a Craylearner!

Class Attendance this week Attendance over the year

Number of children off this week

H Caterpillar 97.4% 96.5% 3

Rainbow Fish 96.6% 95.3% 1

Elmer 98.3% 96.7% 2

Funnybones 95.8% 95.8% 2

Gruffalo 96.9% 96.2% 2

Stickman 97.5% 96.5% 3

Dahl 95.0% 96.7% 3

Wilson 96.6% 4 94.8%

Walliams 99.1% 97.1% 1

Horowitz 96.6% 95.5% 3

Morpurgo 99.6% 96.9% 0

WELL DONE TO……..Morpurgo Class for having the best attendance this week!

What have the Craylearners been learning about this week?

Ask your child to show you their learning from this week at home.

Useful websites:

www.topmarks.co.uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/

http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/sound-pronunciation-guide/

Year group Maths Spag

Elmer / Funnybones

Comparing and ordering numbers.

Understanding verbs and spelling common exception words.

Gruffalo/ Stickman

Multiplication including recognising

equal groups.

Spelling words with the alternative ‘ee’ sound.

Dahl/Wilson Multiplication and division looking at arrays and related

Direct speech and applying prefixes and

suffixes.

Walliams Times tables including x11 and x12 and using

efficient methods.

Using the past tense.

Horowitz Multiplication of a 2 digit number to a 2

digit number.

Understanding and using a colon and a semi colon.

Morpurgo Decimals including using and applying multiplication and

division facts.

Conjunctive form.

DOWNLOAD THE TIMES TABLES ROCKSTARS APP ON IPADS AND IPHONES—AVAILABLE IN THE APP STORE.

Battle of Bands….

Elmer vs Stickman

Funnybones vs Gruffalo

Dahl vs Morpurgo

Wilson vs Walliams

Horowitz vs Morpurgo

Fastest studio speed

Harry (Walliams) 0.80 seconds

Mark (Walliams) 0.87 seconds

Carys (Morpurgo) 0.98 seconds

Each week, this newsletter will celebrate all those at The Craylands School who received a Craylearner certificate, R.O.A.R. certificate, HERO bear and the winning team.

Our pupils really are champions at Craylands!

This week’s winning team is…

Dover

The R.O.A.R. certificates were issued to………

This week’s HERO (Here Every day Ready On time) Attendance Bear is awarded to ...

Morpurgo Class

Achievements outside of school… Daniel (Stickman) received student of the month in Ju Jitsu—he’s very proud of this accomplishment and so he should be. Well

done!

Hungry C Tilly P Dahl Bradley R

Rainbow Fish Enzo G Wilson Xhuljeta O

Elmer Kathryn F Walliams Rocco S

Funnybones Ishaan D Horowitz Joe B

Gruffalo Thomas D Morpurgo Oliwia T

Stickman Tilly G

Hungry C Olivia C Dahl Joe F

Rainbow Fish James B Wilson Harry B

Elmer Helena K Walliams Petal W

Funnybones Iola McG Horowitz Dan L

Gruffalo Euan H Morpurgo Erin R

Stickman Sadie A Midday Supervisors Award: Bradley R