Newsletter 10/05/24

Year 1 Brooklands Museum

The Year 1 classes recently blasted off on an exciting trip to Brooklands Museum, where they learned all about the history of flight and fast cars!

The day was filled with wonder as the children explored Concorde, a supersonic passenger jet that could travel faster than the speed of sound! They even climbed into the cockpit to imagine themselves as supersonic pilots.

Next, they journeyed back in time to see some of the earliest cars ever built. The children were amazed by the vast difference between these early models and the sleek cars we see on the road today.

The trip wasn't just about looking – it was also about doing! The Year 1s got creative in a special workshop, designing their very own dream cars. They used all their imagination to come up with incredible features, from wings for flying to compartments filled with their favourite snacks!

The Year 1 adventure to Brooklands Museum was a roaring success! The children learned so much about transportation history, all while having a fantastic time. A big thank you to all the teachers and parents who helped make this trip possible!

Year 2 Big Sing

On Tuesday, April 30th, our year 2 children took centre stage at the KS1 Big Sing held at St Andrews Church in Cheam. It was a morning filled with music, laughter, and a whole lot of fun!

Children from across a range of local schools joined together to perform a fantastic selection of songs.

The event was a wonderful opportunity for the children to develop their confidence, showcase their musical talents, and bond with their classmates in a new environment. The smiles on their faces throughout the morning were lovely to see.

A big thank you to all the adults involved in organising this fantastic event and for helping our year 2 talents shine!

Book Swap

It was lovely to see so many children bringing in books they had already read and being excited to swap them for a new book at our book swap just before Easter. We will hold our next book swap just before half-term on Friday 24th May. This will be outside in the playground from 3.15pm weather permitting!

Topical Talk Club

We are delighted to announce that our Year 6 Topical Talk Club has achieved great success in the recent international Topical Talk Festival . Our group secured an impressive:

3rd place for small classes

8th place in the United Kingdom

9th place in the 9-11 age group

Throughout the festival the Shawley Topical Talkers remained on the Top 10 Leader boards.

This accomplishment is a testament to the hard work, dedication and creativity of the contributions our pupils consistently delivered.  We are incredibly proud of their achievement. Congratulations to all involved!

Parent Survey Feedback 

Many thanks to all our parents who took the time to complete our recent parent survey. We really do appreciate your feedback and look forward to following this up in the coming months. We received some incredibly positive comments about the teaching, provision and opportunities at Shawley.

The LEO Academy Parent Survey results have been shared with all Principals across LEO Academy Trust. 

Over the coming weeks and months schools will be working on action plans to follow up on the feedback we have received.

 

Please find the link to our Thank you for Your Feedback poster.

Fundraisers' Disco

Sports News

In School We Have Been Learning...

Year R                   Please click here to find out what Polar Bears have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 1   Please click here to find out what Year 1 have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 2        Please click here to find out what Year 2  have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 3  Please click here to find out what Year 3 have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 4/5              Please click here to find out what Year 4/5 have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 6          Please click here to find out what Year 6  have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Shawley's Superstars

On Friday every week we award 2 children per class a 'Star of The Week' certificate. This is given to children who have impressed their teachers throughout the course of the week with their work, behaviour and attitude in school.  Winners for the past 2 weeks are...

Weekly Attendance Award

During our Monday assembly each week we award an Attendance Certificate and trophy to the class with the highest attendance. These are displayed in the classroom. Children are always incredibly proud when their class receives this award!

Winners for the last 2 weeks are...

w/c 29.04.24 - Rhinos 100% and Falcons 98.7%

w/c 06.05.24 - Elephants 100% and Eagles 98.7%

 Achievements Outside School

Rugby 

Huge congratulations to Lewis who was awarded U9s Player's player of the season  last weekend! He was very pleased to be voted for by his team mates at Chipstead Rugby Club.


Reasons given by the players who voted for Lewis were: 


"he has a really good attitude" "

he is really great at tackling and an all round good player"

 "he always includes me in games"

 "he runs fast and scores lots of tries" 


Well done Lewis! We are very proud of you!

Running


Well done to Yeasin who took part in the YMCA East Surrey fun run last weekend. Yeasin ran really well and received a well-deserved medal for his achievement. Congratulations Yeasin. We are so proud of you!

School Lottery

Shawley's school lottery has been set up specifically to raise money and make a difference for our children! It's a fantastic way to bring parents, carers, staff and the wider community together, in partnership with our school, and at the same time give something back. We hope to raise funds that can support and enrich the education of our children - we aim to provide extra resources for the children, improve the school environment as well as run extracurricular activities such as music, art and sport.

Join today!  Click here to access the Your School Lottery website to learn more about how it works and how to join.

Your support is greatly appreciated and we wish you good luck!

LEO Catering

School Meals

Our school catering provision is offered to all children across the Trust by LEO Catering, our in house catering supplier.  The menus are created and refreshed three times a year, catering for children with allergies and are available to view below.  Our menus follow government food standard guidelines and offer excellent value at £2.70 a day for a main meal, dessert, choice of salad bar, fresh bread daily and vegetarian and Halal options. Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 receive a free meal funded by the government's Universal Infant Free School Meal grant and we encourage anyone in any year group who thinks they may be eligible to apply for free school meal funding to apply. 

Menus are available here: www.leoacademytrust.co.uk/647/school-meals.

Children in Years 3-6 will need to pay for their meals via Arbor.  Cost of a school meal is £2.70 per day, £13.50 per week.  Please ensure there are sufficient funds in your child's account in advance, otherwise no school dinner can be ordered and you will need to provide your child with a packed lunch.

For those children who do still bring in a packed lunch, you may have noticed that your child brings home some of their lunch as we encourage the children to take home uneaten food.  This enables you to see exactly what your child is eating at lunchtimes and adapt their lunch accordingly.  We ask that packed lunches include healthy options in line with our Healthy School status.  Children should not bring fizzy drinks or chocolate bars to school.

We have a number of children with nut allergies in school which means that all staff and parents must be vigilant about ingredients we use in school and items put into lunch boxes.  No nuts should be put into packed lunches. 

Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium

Pupil premium is additional funding allocated to all schools in England to support disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers.  This budget includes pupils who are currently entitled to free school meals, have been free schools meals in the past six years (FSM ‘Ever 6’), children that are cared for or adopted from care and children whose parents are in the armed forces.

We would like to remind all parents who are eligible, to apply for the Pupil Premium Grant.  This grant enables the school to provide additional support to our children where needed.  Examples of this are, access to extra-curricular clubs and additional support with specific areas of the curriculum.

For more information and how to apply, please see below:

Applying for this grant is very simple, it can be done online 

gov.uk - Find out more about Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium Eligibility Checker

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

 If you feel you would like support in applying for this grant please contact the school office who will be happy to go through this process with you.  All applications are confidential within the school. 

Community News, Events & Information

Penalty Notices

Just to remind parents/carers that if they take their children out of school without authority for 5 or more days (which do not have to be consecutive), they will be liable to receive a penalty notice.

Currently the amount payable under a penalty notice is £60.00 per parent/carer per child if paid within 21 days. Thereafter the amount increases to £120.00 if paid between 21 and 28 days. If the penalty notice remains unpaid after 28 days, the Local Authority will consider a prosecution in the Magistrates Court. 

Please note that penalty notices are issued per parent/carer per child so a family of two parents and two children will receive 4 penalty notices.

If your child is off school for 3 days or longer we may ask for medical evidence to support this absence.

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