MONKFRITH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

30th January 2017

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office email: office@monkfrithschool.co.uk


SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

Class

Week ending: 27.1.17

Please note any children arriving in school after 9.15 a.m. will be marked in the register as an ‘unauthorised absence’. This may then trigger a meeting with the school’s Educational Social Worker (ESW) to discuss punctuality.

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Well done to 2S for the best attendance in Key Stage 1 and well done to 6LD for the highest attendance in Key Stage 2 last week!

 

 

Reception C

97%

Reception R

95%

Year 1C

95%

Year 1D

94%

Year 2S

99%

Year 2D

94%

Year 3

97%

Year 4

97%

Year 5

93%

Year 6D

94%

Year 6LD

98%

Whole School Average

96%

 


OFFICE EMAIL (office@monkfrithschool.co.uk)

From now on, please use the email at the top of the newsletter to report absences or send notes to the office. Thank you.

 

PARKING PROBLEMS IN BROOKSIDE SOUTH

I have had a lot of complaints this week from our neighbours in Brookside South near the new school entrance about inconsiderate parking. Parents have been parking across their driveways and double parking preventing access for them. I assume this is at the end of the school day as the mornings seem to work quite well. I have been sent photos of some of the cars and it is easy to see the culprits! Please park on the Monkfrith side of the street if possible, do not park across driveways or dropped kerbs, as you are parking illegally. The residents have asked the enforcement officers to visit at some point and they will be giving fines if you are parking illegally. Our neighbours have the right to ask you to move if you are blocking their drive, please be polite and just do that. We encourage our children to be polite and helpful in school, please don’t tarnish our school’s reputation by being rude or inconsiderate outside our school.

 

BE SAFE, BE SEEN

Make sure your child is seen easily in the dark mornings and evenings.

We are selling fluorescent armbands (to go on coat sleeves) for Reception and Key Stage 1 children (£2 each) and fluorescent reflectors to attach to bags or zippers for Key Stage 2 classes (£1.50).

If you would like to purchase an armband (KS1) or a reflector (KS2), please send the money into school with your child in a named envelope labelled ‘armband’ or ‘reflector’(please specify either football, dinosaur or owl).

We have a limited number for sale so ‘first come first served!’

 

HEADLICE REMINDER

We are currently seeing a few cases of head lice mostly in Year 1 at the moment. Please make sure that you let us know if your child has head lice so that we can warn other parents to check their child’s hair. After treating your child’s hair make sure you continue to check every few days for any eggs that may still have hatched. A good way of keeping them at bay is to put plenty of conditioner on your child’s hair at bath time and comb through with a very fine tooth comb.

 

THE MONKFRITH SPRING RAFFLE EXTRAVAGANZA
Do you or a friend / family member have their own business? Can you help us fundraise for our children's playground?  FOMS are planning a big springtime raffle and we are looking for businesses who would be happy to donate a raffle prize.  This could be donations such as a gift card for a service (beautician etc ), a voucher for a restaurant, or an item or voucher from a shop.  If you are able to donate something to help the fundraising for the playground, please do contact us at F.O.M.S@outlook.com, speak to a committee member, or put a note in your child's book bag for the attention of FOMS.  We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Thanks and best wishes for 2017,
The FOMS committee

 

FUNDRAISING FOR THE ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL

Thank you for all your generous donations at the cake sale last week, it was amazing! Thank you also to the Y5 children and parents who helped with the sale at the end of the day. I’ll let you know how much we raised when Alex has counted the donations.

 

48 HOUR RULE RE SICKNESS AND DIARRHOEA

We are experiencing a lot of cases of the winter vomiting bug at the moment especially in Key Stage 1. Please make sure that children stay off school for 48 hours counted from the last bout of sickness or diarrhoea. Thank you for your help.

 

CLASS ASSEMBLIES

Wednesday 1st February at 9.00 a.m.-Y4

Wednesday 8th March at 3.00 p.m.-Y1D

Wednesday 22nd March at 3.00 p.m.- Y1C

All families and friends welcome.

 

DATES FOR THIS TERM

Mon 30th January: Y6D to Royal Institute (packed lunch required)

Tues 31st January: Y6LD to Royal Institute (packed lunch required)

Tues 7th February: 2.30 p.m. Key Stage 1 Concert (Y1 and Y2). Parents welcome. (£1 on the door per person)

Wed 8th February: 9.30 a.m. Key Stage 1 Concert (Y1 and Y2). Parents welcome. (£1 on the door per person)

Thurs 9th February: 9.30 Reception parents coffee morning

Fri 10th February: Second payment for Y6 IOW trip due.

Mon 13th Feb-Fri 17th Feb: Half term holiday ( school closes at the usual time, After School Club in operation)

Wed 22nd February: Y4 football tournment for selected team.

Mon 27th February: Parent consultations 2.00 p.m.-6.00 p.m. (There may be some changes to times so ‘watch this space’)

Wed 1st March: Parent consultations 6.00 p.m.-8.00 p.m.

Friday 10th March: Barnet Dance Festival for dance club members-from noon.

Friday 17th March: Y5 visit to British Museum-packed lunch required

Friday 17th March: FoMS Bingo Night (to be confirmed) 7.30 p.m.

Thursday 23rd March: Last drama club for this term

Friday 24th- Comic Relief day-information to follow nearer the time.

Monday 27th March: Spring Art competition closing date

Thursday 30th March: FoMs raffle/Easter event

Thursday 30th March: Choir concert 2.30 p.m.

Friday 31st March: End of Spring term. School closes at 2.00 p.m. NO AFTER SCHOOL CLUB

New term begins Tuesday 18th April at the usual time.

 

ART CLUBS AFTER THE HALF-TERM BREAK

Key stage 1 Wednesday 12.15-1.15 (Y1 and 2) : 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, 22 Mar.

Peter 2S, Alexander 1D, Thea 2D, Tobias 1D, Leo 2D, Mia C 2D, Daania 2S, Alexandria 2S, Louis 2S, Ece 2D, Chinedu 1D, Nicholas 2S. CLUB FULL.

 

Key stage 2 Thursday 3.30-4.45 (Y3-6) : 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, 23 Mar.

Charis 3, Yashvi 4, Layla 4, Poppy 6, Molly 4, Jenaya 4, Priya 6, Elliot 4, Harley 4, Neanne 5, Lorin 4. CLUB FULL

Please send in £3 on the first session only.

Anyone who has requested, but hasn’t been offered a space, will stay on the waiting list for the club after the Easter break.