Autumn Term Parents Evening

Friday 23rd October 2009

Dear parents

PARENTS EVENING

I am writing to remind you that Parents Evening will be held on Wednesday 11th November 2009 from 3.30pm to 7pm.

Please see your child’s class teacher to make an appointment to discuss your child’s progress so far this year. This will be on a first come first served basis. Teachers are allowing ten minutes per appointment, so please ensure you arrive on time.

Please note that parents who attend termly review meetings with the Class Teacher, are not required to make an appointment but you are welcome to come and look through your child’s work so far this year.

We look forward to seeing you.


Yours sincerely


Mrs A. Lipski
Head Teacher

Individual Photographs

Monday 2nd November 2009

Dear parents

Thursday 5th NOVEMBER: INDIVIDUAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Arrangements have been made for the photographer to be in school on the above date to take the pupils photographs individually, in family groups (brothers and sisters already attending school) and family groups including children not yet in school. This year we are changing how we organise Pre-School and Family group photographs. Should you wish your children to have their photographs taken, please co-operate with the following arrangements:

All school children should be wearing the full school uniform.

Individual photographs
All children in both school and nursery will have their photographs taken individually.

Family Groups
We will organise family groups containing children in school or/and the morning nursery. Children in the afternoon nursery need to be brought into school as usual.

Pre School and Family Groups ( new organisation for this)
Those of you who want to bring toddlers and babies to school to be photographed with your other children who already attend school are very welcome.
Please come into school with your child at normal school time and you will be taken to the main hall. This will save us time in having to go and collect your child from class.
Once in the hall you will be given a number which will be the order in which the photographs will be taken.

All pupils will be photographed, individually and with their brothers and sisters, unless you inform us otherwise. You are under no obligation to purchase these photographs, but proofs will be sent out with the children as soon as they arrive in school. Information about prices and how to order the photographs will be contained in these envelopes. Please ensure the correct money is enclosed in the envelopes.

Yours sincerely


Mrs A. Lipski
Head Teacher

Half Term information

21st October 2009

Dear parents

Attendance

Thank you very much for ensuring that your child/children are attending school regularly and having very little time off school. Attendance levels for this half term have improved on last year already, so please keep it up!
At the end of each half term all the children who have had full attendance will be receiving a reward. This half term we will be giving out cinema vouchers to those pupils who have not had a day off school and always arrived for school on time.

Please make note of the following dates that we have arranged so far for this term.
More information on events will follow separately.

Friday 23rd October LAST DAY OF HALF TERM

Monday 2nd November Back to school normal times
Thursday 5th November Individual photographs
Friday 6th November PUPIL TAKEOVER DAY
Wednesday 11th November Parents evening 3.30pm to 7pm
Tuesday 17th November Year 6 Trip to Duxford
Friday 27th November Year 6 assembly to parents in pm

Thursday 3rd December Jack Trelawny ( Author) in for Years 3, 4 5, & 6
Monday 7th December Instrumental concert for Year 5 parents
Wednesday 9th December KS1 Christmas Concert to parents at 2pm
Thursday 10th December KS 1 Christmas Concert to parents at 10am
Friday 11th December Carol Concert
Tuesday 15th December Nursery and Reception Christmas Concert to parents at 2pm
Wednesday 16th December Nursery and Reception Christmas Concert to parents at 10am
Friday 18th December Last day of term

We hope you all have a restful half term.

Yours sincerely


Mrs A. Lipski
Head Teacher

Theme Week: Eco Week

14th October 2009

Dear Parents,

THEME WEEK: ECO –WEEK
Monday 19th – Friday 23rd October

This term’s theme week will focus on raising awareness of environmental issues.
Here is an outline of the week.

Monday: The focus will be on Energy saving.

Tuesday: The focus will be on recycling with year 4 visiting a local recycling plant

Wednesday: We will be carrying on with our recycling theme
Junior classes will have an assembly on recycling.
Each year 1 and 2 class will take part in a workshop on recycling.

Thursday: The focus will be on water and rivers.
Year 5 pupils will be feeding back on their trip to the Thames Barrier.
In the afternoon there will be a performance from Quantum Theatr
for pupils in reception, year 1, 2 and 3.

Friday: The focus will be on gardening and harvest.
This will be our dressing up day. Children are asked to come dressed in
gardening clothes or as scarecrows, be as creative and imaginative as you like!!

There will also be assemblies for all pupils during this day focusing on work done over the week.

If you have a real passion for these issues and feel you could add to our work over this week please contact your child’s teacher or myself to see how we could put your skills to good use!

Yours sincerely

Mrs. Lipski
Head Teacher

Harvest Festival

13th October 2009

Dear Parents,

IT’S OUR HARVEST FESTIVAL TIME AGAIN.

Please could you send in any items of food for us to include in your child’s class parcel.

Suitable items include the following:

Tins – soup / vegetables / fruit / fruits / beans
Packets – tea / rice / pasta / crackers / cakes
Jars – jam / coffee / sauces

Please send in all contributions to your child’s class teacher no later than Wednesday 21st October.

Fresh Fruit and vegetables should only be sent in on Friday 23rd October for immediate use.

This year we would like to provide our annual food parcels for needy citizens in our local area. We are supporting three local good causes and you will decide who gets what. Please use the slip attached to this letter to indicate what good cause you would like to support the most. The more votes a cause gets, the bigger the donation of goods they will receive. So please talk to your child about the good causes and get voting. See overleaf.

Yours sincerely,


Karen Deville
Deputy Head Teacher


PARSLOES PRIMARY SCHOOL –
SUPPORTING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Please Return to Mrs K. Deville

I wish to support…(please tick one good cause only)


YWCA – Young Womens’ Centre Heathway Dagenham Essex.


The YWCA supports young women from disadvantaged backgrounds from the ages of 11 – 30 years. They discuss young womens’ concerns in confidence and deal with issues through workshops such as Healthy eating / English as a second language.

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London City Mission – Dawson Centre, Hedgemans Road, Dagenham, Essex

The London City Mission was founded in 1835. It supports people from all walks of life. Some of these people may be homeless / have lost their jobs or are just ‘down on their luck’.

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Age Concern – The White House, Green Lane, Dagenham, Essex.

Age concern supports older people in need. Many of these older people are often house bound and need their meals prepared for them. The food parcels will be used for this purpose. Carers often visit on a daily basis.


Do you know a local cause that we could support in the future? If so please contact me with the contact details for the good cause.

THANK YOU

After School Clubs for Autumn Term

Monday
Yr 4 Football Club
With Hatrick
£3.50
3.20 to 4.20

Year 5& 6 Girls Multisports Club
with West Ham Community sports
No charge 10 weeks
3.20 to 4.20

Wednesday
Yr 1 & 2 Football Club
With Hatrick
£3.50
3.20 to 4.20

Yrs 5 & 6 football coaching
3.20 to 4.20
Thomo
No charge ( pupils selected by school)

Thursday
Year 2 & 3 Multisports Club
with Mike
£3.00
3.20 to 4.20

Friday
Yr 3 Football Club with Hatrick
£3.50
3.20 to 4.20

Year 4,5 & 6 Multi sports with Thomo
£3.00
3.20 to 4.20

For further details of these clubs please contact Mrs. Fairweather in the school office.

Dates for Autumn term 2009

Please make note of the following dates that we have arranged so far for this term.
More information on events will follow separately.

Friday 9th October Last date for handing in Christmas Card designs
Thursday 15th October Year 5 pupils Thames Barrier Visit
Week beginning 19th October Theme Week: Focus on recycling (more information to follow)
Tuesday 20th October Year 4 trip to Murphy’s World Education Centre in Beckton
Friday 23rd October LAST DAY OF HALF TERM

Monday 2nd November Back to school normal times
Thursday 5th November Individual photographs
Wednesday 11th November Parents evening 4pm to 7pm ( more information to follow)
Tuesday 17th November Year 6 Trip to Duxford
Friday 27th November Year 6 assembly to parents in pm

Wednesday 9th December KS1 Christmas Concert to parents at 2pm
Thursday 10th December KS 1 Christmas Concert to parents at 10am
Friday 11th December Carol Concert
Tuesday 15th December Nursery and Reception Christmas Concert to parents at 2pm
Wednesday 16th December Nursery and Reception Christmas Concert to parents at 10am
Friday 18th December Last day of term


Thank you for your support in these matters.

Yours sincerely


Mrs A. Lipski
Head Teacher

Christmas Cards

28th September 2009

Personalised Christmas Cards

This term all children have been asked to create a piece of artwork which can be reproduced in full colour onto Christmas cards. These will then be available in packs of 12, for you to purchase. These can be a great to send to family and friends.

The cards are available with a greeting inside or can be left blank and your child’s name will be printed onto the back of the card (this needs to be printed in BLOCK capitals on the order form which is attached to the back of your child’s work).

To make an order simply complete the form on the back of the piece of work and return to school by Thursday 8th October at the latest. Payment must be included with the order in a sealed and labelled envelope.

Completed Christmas card packs should be ready for the children to bring home towards the middle of November.



Yours sincerely



Mrs Cole
Art Co-ordinator

Learning an Instrument in Year 5

29th September 2009

Your child may already have told you that this term, on Mondays they will be having music lessons, where they will be taught to play an instrument.

Cass 5M are being taught to play the violin and Class 5S are being taught to play the trumpet or clarinet. This is being provided by the Community Music Service.

Your child could take the instrument home to practice. To do so you, will need to sign a consent form and pay £6, to cover the insurance cost. Please contact the office for more details of this.

This is an exciting opportunity for our year 5 pupils and if your child takes home an instrument they must always return this to school on MONDAYS, to use in the lesson.

Thank you


Yours sincerely




Mrs A. Lipski
Head Teacher

Year 5 Trip to the Thames Barrier

28 September 2009

Year Five Visit to the Thames Barrier
on Thursday, 15 October 2009

We have arranged a visit for Year Five children to the Thames Barrier, which fits in with our year five Geography scheme of work. The LA has approved this trip and full insurance details can be viewed at the school office.
The children will be travelling by coach, which is fitted with seatbelts. They will be supervised by teachers and classroom assistants.

All children need to bring a packed lunch. This should be in a plastic bag, with their name on it, so it can be thrown away once finished.

We have booked the learning centre and their staff will be taking the sessions. This will involve a river walk, flood game and water sampling.

For the visit all children should wear full school uniform, strong sensible footwear and a waterproof jacket. The children should not bring pocket money.

We intend to leave school by 9.00 in the morning so ensure your child is in school on time. We will be leaving the Thames Barrier at 2.30pm and therefore aim to be back at school by 4.00pm. All children should then be collected from the Junior playground as normal.

Earlier this year the school won a Geography Association award of £500, to subsidise the cost of this trip. This has allowed us to offer this opportunity for your children at much reduced rate. Attached is a permission slip, which should be signed and returned to the school before Friday 9 October 2009 along with your donation of only £5.00.

If you have any further questions about the trip please do not hesitate to contact the year five teachers or myself.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Yours sincerely


Mrs A Lipski
Head Teacher

Multisports for Years 2 & 3

11th September 2009

Dear Parents

Every Thursday from 3.15pm to 4.15pm

We have arranged for Mike, who carries out many of our coaching sessions during lesson time, to run an after school multi sports club for the children in Years two and three. This club is open to boys and girls of all abilities. The children will learn to play a range of sports, eg hockey, basketball, football. The sports will vary and the children will be involved in choosing them.

Sessions will be outdoors whenever possible therefore players must bring appropriate footwear as well as weather appropriate clothing. Should the weather intervene we will move to the school hall. Any cancelled sessions will be made up at a later date.

The cost for each session is £3.00 or £18.00 for 6 weeks. It will run at least till the end of term.
All payments should be given to the coach on the day.

If your child is interested please return the slip below to the school office by Tuesday 15th September 2009. There are 24 places so places will be offered on a first come first served basis.
The first session begins on Thursday 17th September 2009.

Yours sincerely


Mrs A. Lipski
Head Teacher

Multisports Clubs for Years 2 & 3 on Thursdays

Child’s Name: …………………………………………. Class:

Telephone: …………………………... Mobile: ………………………………

Any relevant medical conditions/allergies: ……………………………………………………………………..

Signed: ……………………………………………………….. Parent/Guardian

Multisports for Years 4, 5 & 6

11th September 2009

Dear Parents

Every Friday from 3.20pm to 4.20pm

We have arranged for Thomo,who carries out many of our coaching sessions during lesson time, to run an after school multi sports club for the children in Years Four, five and six. This club is open to boys and girls of all abilities. The children will learn to play a range of sports, eg hockey, basketball, netball. The sports will vary and the children will be involved in choosing them.

Sessions will be outdoors whenever possible therefore players must bring appropriate footwear as well as weather appropriate clothing. Should the weather intervene we will move to the school hall. Any cancelled sessions will be made up at a later date.

The cost for each session is £3.00 or £18.00 for 6 weeks. It will run at least till the end of term.
All payments should be given to the coach on the day.

If your child is interested please return the slip below to the school office by Tuesday 15th September 2009. There are 24 places so places will be offered on a first come first served basis.
The first session begins on Friday 18th September 2009.

Yours sincerely


Mrs A. Lipski
Head Teacher

Multisports Clubs for Years 4, 5& 6 on Fridays

Child’s Name: …………………………………………. Class:

Telephone: …………………………... Mobile: ………………………………

Any relevant medical conditions/allergies: ……………………………………………………………………..

Signed: ……………………………………………………….. Parent/Guardian

Swimming For Year 4

Wednesday 9th September 2009

Dear Parents of pupils in Year 4,

Children in Year 4 will be attending Abbey Swimming pool in Barking, this year, to improve their confidence and competence in water.
From Tuesday 15th September Class 4W will start attending their swimming lessons. The children will be collected by coach at 9.10am and their swimming lessons start at 9.30am, so please ensure your child is in school on time.


Kindly note the following points:-
1. Swimming is part of the National Curriculum and all children are expected to attend lessons. If your child is in school they will be expected to go swimming. Only children with vulnerable injuries are not expected to go eg broken limb etc.

2. Please ensure your child has the correct equipment. Girls are allowed to wear one piece costumes only and boys must wear swimming trunks and not shorts. All children must wear swimming hats; these can be purchased at the swimming pool.( £1.50). You could purchase swimming trunks/ costumes and swimming bags from the schools’ uniform shop.

3. If your child brings in money to purchase a hat on the day, this should be given to his class teacher who will arrange for this.

4. Please check to see if your child has a verruca. If so please get some treatment for it. Children can still attend lessons but a verruca sock must be worn. Once again, Dagenham Swimming Pool have these for sale.

5. If your child has an inhaler in school, please tell him/ her that it should be taken to the Pool each week and returned to the office afterwards.

6. Children should normally attend swimming lessons NOT wearing goggles. If there is a medical reason for your child to wear goggles, they must be safety goggles. Parents must accept responsibility for any injury caused through wearing them and therefore are required to sign a disclaimer which is available from the school office.

With apologies for so many ‘rules’ but they are intended to ensure that lessons run smoothly and children enjoy them.

Please remember to sign and return the attached permission slip by Friday 11th September 2009 , as Class 4W’s first lesson is on Tuesday 15th September 2009.


Yours sincerely



Mrs A. Lipski
Head Teacher

Reminders for Start of New Term

9th September 2009

Dear Parents

Welcome back to school and I hope you and your family had an enjoyable holiday. All the children seem to have settled in really well so far and are getting used to their new classes and new teachers.
I would appreciate it if you could make note of the following reminders.

UNIFORM

Thank you for ensuring your child has come back to school wearing full school uniform. Please ensure that all uniform is labelled with your child’s name so that it can be returned to you promptly.

PUNCTUALITY

It is important that your child is on time for school and is collected on time at the end of the day.

Time Infants ( Reception, Year 1, 2) Juniors ( Years 3, 4 5 & 6)

Start of the school day 9.00 8.55

End of the school day 3.05 (Reception) 3.10 (Yrs 1, 2) 3.15


When you come to collect your child at the end of the day can you please stand back and not stand by the door as the classes come out so that teachers can hand the children over to you safely and with ease.

HEALTHY SCHOOLS

As before all the food we eat in school has to be healthy. Infant children are provided with fruit at play time but your child may also bring a cereal bar or own piece of fruit to school to eat at this time. No chocolate bars/chocolate coated cakes/biscuits or sweets or fizzy drinks are allowed in packed lunches. Juniors continue have their tuck shop at playtimes, which is run by our very capable year 6 pupils. When possible could your child bring in the correct money as this makes it much quicker to sell the cereal bars.

NEW CLASS TEACHERS

This year we are arranging a more informal opportunity for you to meet your child’s new teacher. This will be on Monday 21st September between 3.30 and 4.00. I will send out more information on this .

SCHOOL KITCHEN

Your child will probably have told you about our new school kitchen and re-decorated dining hall. The children are really looking after our new hall, it is now a much improved environment to eat their lunch.

OTHER WORKS CARRIED OUT IN THE HOLIDAYS

You may also have noticed an exterior door into our library and we have plans to open this after school for homework clubs and as a library, after half term.

TERM TIME HOLIDAYS

As I mentioned in last term’s newsletter our governing body has agreed that from this term no term time holidays will be approved at Parsloes. Having 10 days off school equates to 95% attendance and therefore any more time off for illness etc would mean your child would never achieve the expected school attendance figure. If you need to apply for special leave for your child all requests should be submitted to our Chair of Governors via the school office .Many other schools in this borough also have adopted this policy, as school attendance levels in this borough are a cause for concern.

Thank you once again for your co-operation

Yours sincerely,


Mrs Lipski ,
Head Teacher

Start of the New Term 2009

Dear Parents

School will start again on Monday 7th September, at normal times. New Year three pupils should come through the infant door for the first day .

Our school kitchen is now finished and School dinners will be available for the 7th. School dinners now cost £1.90.

Hope you all had a lovely holiday and look forward to seeing you on the 7th September.

Yours sincerely

Mrs. A. Lipski
Head Teacher