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WEEKLY NEWS ISSUE 05
12th October 2018
Is Your Child Starting School in Heritage Week
September 2019? During the first week back to school after half
If your child was born between 1 term, we will be celebrating our heritage. Heritage
September 2014 and 31 August 2015, you will need to Week will end with a showcase of all the fantastic
apply for a Reception school place. You can apply work the children have done. There will be international food
between 29 October 2018 and 15 January 2019. We are tasting and a cake sale, please come and support us on Friday
holding a number of school visits this term for parents. 2nd November 3.30-4pm in the main school hall.
If you know anyone who would be interested in attending
one of these sessions, please ask them to contact the Parents’ Evening!
school office as soon as possible. Thank you to all those parents and carers that
attended parents’ evening this week. If you
KS1 Clay Workshop were unable to attend please call the school office to arrange
Today, Kate from ‘This Art of Mine’ visited an appointment to meet with your child’s class teacher. Thank
Key Stage 1 to run an exciting art workshop you.
based around the use of clay. Year 2 created interesting
aliens using a range of different tools while Year 1 made Year 4 Frylands Residential
autumn leaves using lots of different autumnal colours. Year 4 Parents are invited to attend a meeting for
We can’t wait to get our models back after they have been parents about Year 4’s residential trip to Frylands
fired ready to take home! Wood on Tuesday 16th October at 3:45pm in Magpie
classroom where you will be able to find out more information
Croydon Cross Counry about what happens at this exciting residential.
On Thursday pupils from key stage one and
two represented us at Croydon’s cross Year 5 Horniman Museum
country event. The course was challenging Year 5 went to the Horniman museum to see the
once again this year with a gruelling 1200 butterfly house – Bethan. When the butterflies
metre trek. To all the boys and girls who took part in this were flying around, they landed on us. Serafim
year’s event - a massive thank you to you all and big well managed to have one land on his hand. Kaniel had one
done for completing the course. nestling into his hair! – Oskar. I learnt that there are different
A special well done to Amalia, Yasmin, Arian, Jeremiah types of butterflies – Gabrielle. The butterflies were are
also a super well down to Eldrich and Safa with 26th &27th attracted to the salty sweat of humans, and therefore were
finish - best ever places. In key stage two a big well done comfortable to fly around us – Kaniel. When butterflies close
to Year 3 Cairo, Ibrahim, Macaulle, Amenita Year 4 Allen their wings, they can camouflage into the plant and when they
Ferndez, Rodrigo, John, Kitty, Shakima, Yusria and open them they show their vibrant colours – Summer. Then we
Ariella. Thank you to all the parents that helped. went into the actual Horniman museum to look at the animals
– Rihanna. We saw lots of different types of animals. We also
Girl’s Football saw a Heron. We also went down the animal trail. We saw the
On Thursday the Palace for Life foundation animals in the farm. There were goats, lamas and rabbits –
hosted a girl’s football festival at Heavers Arlind. As we were leaving, we gazed at the view of London
Farm School. Our girls took part in new and saw lots of famous landmarks like the Shard, Gherkin and
football initiative headed up by the foundations Patron & the walkie talkie - Eva
ITV’s GMB TV presenter Susanna Reid. Well done to
Sophia, Gursimran, Sarai, Ria, Kymaiah, Nyomi, Able Mathematician’s Event at Park Hill
Madyson and Damaris. A huge well done to Sharna, Samuel, Zephyr,
Liana, Urte, Devid, Miguel and Bethan; who
Year 4 Country Park did themselves (and us) proud today.
Algebra, tangrams, numerical conundrums…nothing phased
On Monday afternoon, Year 4 went to these 8! Representing our school so ably and being both
South Norwood Country Park to find animals in their respectful and caring on the tram, shows how much our
habitats as part of our science for this half term. We were children are a credit to us all.
really surprised at some of the animals we saw, especially
because we saw a pheasant. We had a fantastic Shakespeare Festival
afternoon and are all going to try to go and see some The year 6 children involved in the Shakespeare
more animals over there with our grown-ups at home. Schools Festival attended a Shakespeare
workshop at the BRIT School on Tuesday.
Alongside year 10 pupils from Shirley Park, we were taught
Please Send in Plastic Bottles and
many new acting techniques and given some helpful advice
Newspaper
for our performance on 13th November. We also had the
Please can you send in any plastic bottles
chance to show part of the play we’ve been rehearsing to
and newspapers you are finished with? Miss Prosper
professional actors. While it was great fun, we learnt a lot too.’
would love to have them for planting with the children.
– Zamira and Alara, year 6.
Thank you.
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12th October 2018
Enrichment Clubs Stars of The Week
There are still spaces in some of our At Oasis Academy Ryelands we are driven by a
Enrichment Clubs. Online booking for powerful ethos that CAREs. It aspires to treat
these is now closed. If you wish to book your child into everyone inclusively and recognises the importance of a
any of the below clubs, please contact the Office. holistic approach to education.
Monday We have been giving out our celebration certificates in line with
Athletics FREE – Years 4, 5 & 6 our school values. The children’s and staff certificates have
Gardening £25 – Years 2, 3, 4 been awarded for demonstrating our values, as seen below:
Homework FREE – Years 5 & 6 Values
Dance £25 – Years 3, 4, 5, 6 C - Community. We care for our community and help others
Tuesday whenever we can.
Girls’ Football FREE – Years 3, 4, 5, 6 A - Aspiration. When you work hard and believe you can do
Yoga £25 – Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 anything you then have options.
Wednesday R - Resilience. We never stop trying even when it gets tough.
Tai Chi £25 – Years 1, 2 E - Enjoyment. Developing a love of lifelong learning in our
Thursday community.
Cheerleading (Lunchtime) FREE – Years 5, 6 The Circle of Inclusion. (which surrounds the word CARE)
- We believe we are one family: we play together and learn
Friends of Ryelands together and no one is left out.
All the proceeds from our events get donated Our stars of the week this week were:
directly back into the school to help improve
your child's experience and environment. We're currently
fundraising to give each class money for them to spend
as they wish and for the second stage of play equipment Community Ramiah - Chaffinch
in the infant playground. Last year your donations Jachai - Eagle
enabled the teachers to take the children on school trips Miss Turner
and purchase wet play and arts & craft materials. Aspiration Rory - Starling
Rita - Goldfinch
DISCO DISCO DISCO & Mufti Day - Dress to Impress! Tyrese - Woodpecker
Thursday 18th October - Main Hall Douglas - Kingfisher
Infants & Early Years 3:30 - 4:30 Urielle - Raven
Juniors 4:45 - 5:45 Raymond – Heron
Disco £2 Entry Enjoyment Alice - Sparrow
MUFTI DAY IS FREE Miss Davis
Resilience Ariella - Owl
Dates for your diaries: Kaydee - Magpie
Dinner & Darts Friday 23rd November 8pm, Rhys - Hawk
South Norwood & Woodside Social Club - Tickets £8 Inclusion Miss Sarah
CHRISTMAS FAIR - Thursday 13th December 3pm –
5.30pm
Children’s Choice
Sophia chose Lilly for Enjoyment
Makaton words of the week
Benjamin Chose Joao for Inclusion
Eat and Drink.
All the children are enjoying learning the new Makaton
signs and joining in with the signing of our songs in Sing
& Sign assembly. Please encourage your children to
show you the signs they are learning, they are doing so
well! Punctuality
Please remember that the children can be on our
Golden Ticket Winners playground at 8.40am and our school bell rings a
Our Golden Ticket Winners this week: few minutes before our official start time of 8.50am
to get the children ready for their learning.
Nylah - Starling Ka’Shyra - Sparrow This week’s punctuality for each class:
Arlind – Heron Urielle - Raven Robin – 0.6% Wren – 0%
Natasha - Eagle Imogen - Hawk Sparrow – 0.33% Starling – 0%
Allen - Owl Elizabeth - Magpie Chaffinch – 0% Goldfinch – 0.6%
Harry - Woodpecker Israel - Kingfisher Kingfisher – 0% Woodpecker – 0.3%
Aurelio - Chaffinch Nelly - Goldfinch Magpie – 0.7% Owl – 0%
Heron – 0% Raven – 0.4%
Eagle – 0.76% Hawk – 0.35%
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Autumn Term 1
Key Dates
Date Activity
Y2 trip to Tate Modern
Mon 15th October Y6 height and weight check
Y4 Roman Soldier visit
Tues 16th October Y4 Parents meeting about Frylands – 15.45
Robin Parent Lunch
Weds 17th October
Y1 trip to V&A Toy Museum
Thurs 18th October School Discos
Harvest Festival at St Luke’s Church – 9.30
Fri 19th October
Community Tea – 14.00
Mon 22nd – Fri 26th October Half Term
Mon 29th October All children return to school
Mon 29th Oct – Fri 2nd Nov Heritage Week
Weds 31st October Wren Parent Lunch
Tues 6th November Y3 trip to Shrek Adventure
Weds 7th November Sparrow Parent Lunch
Thurs 15th November Individual School Photos
Fri 16th November INSET Day
Parent Workshop – FGM (time TBC)
Weds 21st November
Y2 Parent Lunch
Thurs 22nd November Ryelands’ Got Talent – start planning now!
Weds 5th December Y4 Parent Lunch
Weds 12th December Y5 & 6 Parent Lunch
Carol Concert at St Luke’s Church – 13.30 for 14.00
Fri 14th December
start
Mon 17th December EY & Y1 Christmas Production
Tues 18th December EY & Y1 Christmas Production
Carol Singing at Whitgift Centre – 10.00
Weds 19th December
Christmas Lunch – 11.30
Last day of term. 13.30 finish. All pupils must be
Thurs 20th December
collected by an adult.
Community Harvest Tea
Harvest Time - Grandparents' Afternoon On Friday 19th October, the school will once again be hosting our annual
Harvest Festival event for grandparents and other members of the local community. The event will run from 2:00pm
- 3:00pm with harvest songs being performed by the children from each year group. Visitors will also be served light
refreshments, including tea and coffee. Please complete the form and send it back to the office if a member of the
family would like to come.
Secondary Transfer Applications
Applications for places at secondary schools must be submitted over the next few weeks. The closing date for all
applications to be submitted online is midnight on Wednesday 31st October 2017. It is recommended, however,
that you do not leave the application until the last minute in case any problems arise. You are also advised not to
make your application until you have attended the open evenings/ days arranged by the secondary schools.
Croydon Council are not providing copies of the secondary prospectus or the Common Application Form. These can
be found online at www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions
If you do not have access to a computer or to the internet, you can use computers in Croydon libraries or here in
school. Ms Eaves is available to help you submit your application online. Please contact the office to make an
appointment.
Lost Property
We are receiving a high number of calls and messages about lost uniform. We appreciate that is important for your
child to find his or her lost uniform, however our Teachers and Teaching Assistants are finding it very difficult to helpWEEKLY NEWS ISSUE 05
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the children when the uniform does not have the children’s names clearly marked in them. For example, it is
impossible to distinguish between several identical jumpers. Please ensure that you mark each item of uniform with
your child’s name and class in them to enable our staff to help the children more effectively. Also, we have a lost
property box in our main foyer that parents can check daily. Thank you for your cooperation.
Class Attendance Figures for this week
Robin 94.9% Wren 97.2%
Sparrow 96.4% Starling 94.4%
Chaffinch 99.4% Goldfinch 98.9%
Kingfisher 95.2% Woodpecker 95.3%
Magpie 90.5% Owl 99.3%
Heron 99.3% Raven 98.7%
Eagle 99.7% Hawk 97.6%
School Whole School Year
Weekly 97.1% School to Date 97.3%
Target: 97.5%
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