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17 Jul 2009 - Newsletter 17th July 2009

SUMMER TERM

NEWSLETTER 12

17th

Newsletter - July 17th 2009

Please remember that you can also email the office if your child is ill:
Office email: office@oaktree.surrey.sch.uk Tel: 01483 474 981
HOPA website: www.hopa.ik.com

Dates
20th July	Helpers Celebration
21st July	Year 2 Leavers Party
22nd July	Leavers Assembly
22nd July	End of Term - 1:55pm

Notes During the Last Week

Year 2 parents are invited to attend the Leavers Assembly on Wednesday 22nd July at 9.00 am.

Athletics Club

The Athletics Club has now finished for the Summer Term.

Helpers' Celebration

Everyone who has helped in school this year is invited to the Helper's Celebration on Monday 20th July at 9.00 am. The event will be finished at 9.30 am. THANK YOU

PLEASE CAN YOU RETURN

ALL HOME READING BOOKS ON

MONDAY

This week a very smart young lady, from Year 8 in Winston Churchill, came into school to return a few of our reading books. She had been moving house and found them. We were very grateful to get them back.

Every year we lose a high percentage of books; SO PLEASE can you search the house and return any books belonging to the school.

THANK YOU

SPORTS DAY

We were delighted that the sun shone on our Sports Day this year. The children preformed so well and were such good sports. Mrs Aherne and the school team worked so hard preparing for the event and making sure that every-thing went smoothly. A big thank you to all the parents who helped with the circle race, especially those that filled in for the whole time.

" We really do appreciate your support at this event. Without parental help we would not be able to support our very young children so that they learn the skills of working together, sharing and how to handle competition.

We try to prepare our children, in small stages, to develop their skills so that they can confidently take part in competitive situations. This means when they meet the situation again in their school career they will be able to handle situations like Sports Day on their own and be able to cope with losing, winning and injuries.

Looking at the photographs taken on the day proves just how successful our children can be, but only with your support. Thank You

PARENT GOVERNOR

Early next term we will be advertising for a Parent Governor.

We thought that we would give parents lots of warning so that they can think over the summer if they would like to take up the role.

Year 1

In year 1 we have been writing stories about the seaside. We had character, setting and event cards to give us lots of ideas and we added juicy describing words to make our stories as good as we could for our seaside books.

Continuing with a nautical theme, in maths we made bingo boards decorated with lighthouses.

Thank you for sending in pictures and white hat facts about famous sportsmen and women. We used these to learn how to show good sportsmanship.

The Oaktree games were a great success thanks to the weather! For the last day of term can the children bring in a game or toy to share - no electronic games or games with small pieces, please!

At this time of the year may we, the Year 1 team, thank you for all your help both in the classroom and behind the scenes - and don't forget to come in on 20^th July so we can say thank you in person to all our special helpers!

Year 2

The week has been busy with Sports Day and lots of rehearsals for our Leaver's Assembly and Helper's Party. We are sure that it will be 'alright on the night' as they say. The children have had so many ideas as to what they wanted to include in the show and it has been lovely to work with them on improving their performance.

We have now collected in all of the children's reading books. If you have anything belonging to the school please can you ensure that these are returned on Monday.

What with Helper's Celebration, Leavers Assembly and Leavers Party, next week promises to be a very full and fun three days. We do need some help setting up the food on Tuesday morning. The children will not need lunch on Tuesday as this is being provided. If you are able to help, please see your child's class teacher as soon as possible.

All of the Year Two Team would like to take this opportunity to say thank you and goodbye. We wish you a safe and happy holiday and hope all the children enjoy the next stage of their education very much. It's been a lovely year.

The Year Two Team. Homework Challenge

If you haven't done so already, try to learn to tell the time this summer. A few minutes practise each day will prove very valuable.

Lost Property

PLEASE, PLEASE check the lost property. We have lots. We will always return lost property if the child's name is in

Reception

Sounds and key words for the week

Keywords: day, away

Sounds: n, c

Yellow Hat (what we liked this week) Making biscuits for our sale and raising money for the RSPCA. Thank you for your support. We raised £53.60! Writing to the RSPCA to tell them about our biscuit sale and thanking them for the lovely job that they do Making posters to advertise our biscuit sale Working out the coins needed to pay for different items ready for our biscuit sale

Practising our songs for Helpers' Celebration: we are looking forward to seeing you there!

Taking part in Sports Day and being good sports! Thank you very much to those parents who helped on the day and for the weather for allowing us to enjoy the morning!

Help from you

Please send in a carrier bag with your child's name on it on Monday 20^th July so we can start sending their items home.

Homework challenge

Your child could start a Summer Diary this weekend and

write about what they have been doing.

Year R Team

Cards

We have packed up a good selection of cards into bags of 10. We have ensured that the cards are perfect and suitable. This is very good value for money.

We would be grateful if you could try and sell a few packs to family and fiends. This would help towards our fundraising efforts. We make 100% on any sales.

We will leave the cards outside the Eco Lobby each day so please have a look.

Oance Club

Parents can come at 3.45 pm on Tuesday 21st July to watch the children perform their dance routine.

St John's Knaphill Sure Start Children's Centre News

Our activities next week are the regular Parent & Toddler session from 10 til 11.15 on Wednesday 22nd July. We also have a picnic on Thursday 23rd July on the school field from 12.30 til 2.30. Please just turn up with your picnic and child(ren) and come and enjoy free face painting, art activities and parachute games. There are no regular Stay & Play sessions on Wednesday and Thursday.

We have a full programme of summer activities so phone the children's centre on 01483 476450, email to childrenscentre@st-iohns-knaphill.surrey.sch.uk or call in for details.