Friday 25 November 2022

25.11.22

Dear Parents/Carers

Happy Friday folks!

A huge thank you goes out to all parents who braved the rain and allowed their children to attend the big switch on of the Rayleigh Lights last night.  The children sang beautifully and, once again, did you and the school proud.  Thanks also goes to the teachers who gave up their lunch times for the past few weeks to help the children rehearse.

Thank you for supporting our PTA with their non-uniform day today with your kind donations.


YEAR 6 MATHS HOMEWORK

Year 6 have brought home new homework books this week.  These will replace the CGP books, which now need to be returned to school.  We will begin using them next week (so no maths homework for Year 6 this weekend).  

They contain a range of questions in the style of the ones they will face in their SATs tests in May.  We are confident that these books will be excellent when revising for the tests, nearer the time of taking them.

BIKEABILITY

This week, Sapphire and some children from Topaz took part in a Bikeability course.  Next week, children from Ruby and the rest of those from Topaz who signed up, will complete their sessions.

Bikes can be left at school overnight during the week of the course.  Helmets must be worn and coats are essential.  Girls may bring leggings or jogging trousers to change into if they usually wear a skirt to school.  All children need sensible shoes such as trainers please.

FLU IMMUNISATIONS

Next Tuesday, children will receive their flu immunisations in school.

MOVIE NIGHT

On Wednesday, the PTA will be hosting a KS2 movie evening.  Please see the PTA section of the school website for details.

Homework pages have been uploaded to Google Classroom.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall

Friday 18 November 2022

18.11.22

 Dear Parents/Carers

Happpy Friday folks!

I forgot to add this to last week's blog.

On Thursday 10th November, some of our Year 6 children were invited to take part in a very special VIP table event at lunchtime.

Since the start of the school year, some of our children have been volunteering to help our Midday Supervisors at lunchtimes, supporting the Early Years children to get used to our lunchtime routine.

As a thank you, the Midday Supervisors and the Early Years children hosted a lunchtime party for all of the children who helped.  They made thank you cards, gave little gifts of toy puzzles and set a rather fancy table!


YOUTH SPORT BOARD
Congratulations to Ollie, Lexie, Amelie, Violet, Darcie, Tim, Zeni, Isabelle and Isla, who were all selected by Mr Bish from Deanes to be part of the Youth Sport Board this year.  Their first virtual meeting will take place in December.  I am sure they are all looking forward to having some input into the kids of sporting events Deanes will look to provide in the future.

THE DEANES COMMUNITY BIKE LOAN SCHEME

Through the work of the School Sport Partnership in partnership with schools across Castle Point and Rochford, The Deanes is pleased to be able to offer a bike loan scheme for families.
We will be offering a ‘free of charge’ bike loan scheme with a stock of bikes securely and safely stored at the cycle hub within The Deanes Sports Centre.
In stock, there will be adult bikes and a range of sizes for junior bikes.
Bookings must be made through the scheme coordinator (Ellie Turner-Powell) on email
deanesfamilycycle@yahoo.com
Families will be able to borrow bikes to enjoy recreational riding for adults and children via bike collection/return on either a Monday or Thursday between 4.30-5.30pm. It will be possible to borrow the bikes for a maximum of 7 days.
We will also provide bike accessories as required including: helmets, bike locks and boot racks all free of charge but a fee will be payable if any of these are lost/not returned).

PYJAMA DAY FOR CHILDREN IN NEED!
Today, we all came to school dressed in our pyjamas to raise money for Children In Need.  Thank you for your kind and generous donations.  Please see next week's newsletter to find out how much money was raised for such a worthy cause.

BIKEABILITY
Don't forget that Bikeability starts next week for some of the children in Year 6.  If your child has signed up for the course, they will need to bring their bikes into school from Monday.  Please take some time this weekend making sure that they are roadworthy.
Children need to wear sensible footwear (trainers will be fine) and girls can bring a pair of jogging trousers or leggings to change into if they usually wear skirts to school.  Please also remember a helmet.

Homework pages have been uploaded to Google Classroom.

Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall





Friday 11 November 2022

11.11.22

Dear Parents/Carers

Happy Friday everyone!

This morning, children took part in a Remembrance Day assembly.  We were fortunate enough to have Mrs Morgan join us for this event to play The Last Post on her bugle. 

The children showed great respect to the theme of the assembly and we thank Ollie from Sapphire Class for his wonderful reading of the poem In Flanders Fields.

Next Friday is Children In Need.

We will be supporting this by coming to school wearing our pyjamas.  Children are permitted to come into class in pyjamas and sensible footwear such as trainers (no slippers, flip flops or sliders please).  Please also consider the weather on that day, as they will still need coats for break and lunchtime.

Tag Ruby

Next Wednesday, some of the Year 5 and 6 children will be taking part in a Tag Rugby tournament against other local schools.  If your child has been selected for the team, please make sure that their permission letter is returned to Miss Sharman as soon as possible.

Bikeability

If your child is in Year 6 and has returned their form to take part in Bikeability, they will be bringing home a letter with their training dates on today.

Please make sure that their bikes are in good working order, with tyres pumped up and brakes which have been checked.  If the trainers feel that the children's bikes are not roadworthy or that the children are not competent enough riders, they will not be allowed to take the course.

Girls may bring leggings or jogging trousers to change into on Bikeability days and all children will need to bring/wear suitable footwear.

Homework has been uploaded to Google Classroom.  Please remind your child to bring their homework books into school by Wednesday.  

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall

Friday 4 November 2022

01.11.21

Dear Parents and Carers

It was lovely to welcome the children back for the second half of the Autumn Term this week.  We hope that you all had a restful break.

Thank you to everyone who returned Christmas card designs.  If you placed an order online, it will be delivered in time for the end of term and will be given to you child when it arrives in school.

If you still need to return the yellow data sheets which were sent home, could you please do so as soon as possible, so that the office can update their records.

If your child is in Year 6 and brought home a Bikeability letter and would like to take the course, please return it to Miss Sharman.  The first group will take the course at the end of November.  Another letter will be given to the children with more details soon.  

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall.