12 Dec 2008 - Newsletter 12th December 2008

Thank you so much to everyone who raised money at the Five-a-side-Football competition in the summer.

As you know some parents can put in bids for community projects or charities with their companies. We are delighted that one of our parents has done this for us and we now have the extra £500 that we need for our wind turbine

We will purchase a wind turbine after Christmas and hopefully be able to use those January and February winds to produce lights and heat for the bus.

The school has received notification that there is a sickness bug prevalent in the County at present.

Several schools have reported significant numbers of pupils off with flu like symptoms which include diarrhoea and vomiting.

Parents are reminded that children should not be sent to school if they are unwell.

Children that have contracted the virus should not return to school until they have been free of symptoms for 48 hours from the last bout of illness.

Symptoms will vary, but usually include:

- vomiting (often sudden in onset): or

- diarrhoea; or -both

People affected might also have any of the following

symptoms

Tiredness Aching muscles

Fever stomach pain

Nausea (feeling sick) headache

Surrey County Council is consulting with parents on the proposed admission arrangements for September 2010.

There are no proposed changes to the county-wide admission arrangements that operated across the county for the 2009 admissions process. However, there are changes proposed for Oxted School and for infant and junior schools on shared / adjoining sites. Details of the proposed policy are available at www.surreycc.gov.uk/schooladmissionconsultation

The consultation on these proposals is being held from 12 November 2008 -9 Januan 2009. If you would like to take part, there is a response form available on the Surrey County Council website www.surreycc.gov.uk/schooladmissionconsultation where you can register your comments. Alternatively contact the Council's Contact Centre on Tel 08456 009 009 for a hard-copy response form.

The closing date for the consultation is 9 January 2009. Responses will be collated and presented to the Council's decision-making Executive on 3 March 2009 so arrangements for 2010 can be decided upon. This decision will need to be agreed by the County Council as a whole on 24 March 2009 and then submitted to the Department for Children, Schools and Families in April 2009.

1. Looked after Children

2. Exceptional Arrangements

3. Children attending The Oaktree

4. Siblings not admitted under No 3

5. Any Other Applicant

We hope you enjoyed our performance of Cinderella! Thank you so very much for providing costumes and for being excellent audiences, joining-in and applauding in all the right places! Back-stage reading and writing Fairy Stories continued throughout and we are now all looking forward to our Christmas celebrations next week.

Please let our "Link-Mums" know if you can help with the party food on Wednesday and/or the walk to the Church for our Carol Service on Thursday - this is a "service" so it is a good chance for you to join in and sing the well known Carols!

With all the Artwork that has been going on, we have used up our stock of newspaper. Please can you send some in - removing any particularly unsuitable pages if need be! Thank you.

We hope that you enjoyed our pantomime as much as we enjoyed performing it. It was great fun!

We are now coming towards the final week and what an exciting week it is planned to be. A party, pantomime and church service all feature as well as the Year Two team performing their own favourite Fairy Story to the Year Two children. Oh yes they will. Oh no they won't.

We will be having group reading with your child on Monday and then collecting the Home readers in for the Christmas period. Thank you for all the support that you have given this term. Please encourage your child to still read as much as possible over the Christmas period whether it is Christmas cards, road signs or instructions for a new game.

Wednesday the 17^th is our Christmas Party. Please let your child's teacher know if you are able to help. We will need parents to come and lay the food out at lunchtime, help during the party and also to clear up while the children are playing games. We will also need parents to walk down with us to the church on Thursday 18th at about 9.30am. Again please speak to your child's teacher.

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for your continued help and support.

The Year Two Team.

Maths Challenge

We shall be continuing to revise all the sounds and key words learnt so far.

These are the key words: I. the, to. was, he, she, we, said, you, are, all, they.

We shall be continuing our assessment of phonic work covered in Big Cat Phonics.

Playing with large blocks of ice in our water trays and watching what happened to it when we left it to melt in the classroom

Role play in Santa's Grotto outdoors

Continuing to learn our Christmas carols for the church including The Rocking Carol' and 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas'

as well as 'Away in a Manger'

Watching a video about the seasons

Performing our wonderful songs and playing the musical instruments for you all!

Please help your child to look for 'shiny' materials for our investigation table.

Please contact the Link Mums if you are able to help with any of our Christmas activities.

Please provide warm hats and gloves (named) to keep your children warm while they are playing in the outdoor classroom

and playground.

Please, please label all coats with your child's name.

Please complete your reading challenge sheet and return to school by Tuesday 16th December.

Thank you very much for all your support