This is our first Weekly Notices and Reminder Sheet of the new academic year and we would to offer a warm Manor Park welcome to all our new teaching and support staff as well as our new families starting in Foundation Stage and throughout the school. We hope you all had  wonderful Summer break.

We will be including some general reminders in our Weekly Notices sheet  in the coming weeks for the benefit of our new parents/carers and which we hope you will find useful. The Weekly Notices and Reminder Sheet is sent out every Friday and includes dates of forthcoming events, school visits and workshops and important messages and reminders  about school life.  

Social Media Guidelines

Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter etc. should not be used for any school related comments and the complaints and concerns procedures should be followed. If you wish to share, confidentially, parents who are using sites inappropriately, please let us know and we a will be happy to speak to them. All contact between staff and parents should be conducted with politeness whether this is in meetings or on social media. The following guidelines should be followed:

• Parents should use social networking sites or messaging groups sites only as a forum to support one another and uphold the strong reputation of the school.

• Parents should not post pictures of pupils, other than their own children, on social networking sites.

• Parents should not post inappropriate comments about the school and its staff, parents or individual children on social networking sites or messaging groups.

• Parents should share complaints or concerns through official school channels rather than posting them on social networking sites or messaging groups.

Many thanks for your continued support. 

Contact with your Child's Class Teacher

Due to the large number of emails coming into the office,  we would ask that if you have a question or concern  about your child, please talk to their teacher at home-time in the playground. If a longer meeting is required, please arrange a telephone appointment with the class teacher via the school office, indicating the reason for your request so that the teacher is prepared and able to deal with your concerns.

Health and Safety Notice-No Nuts in School

Some of our children have serious nut allergies which can be life threatening. Please try to make sure that your child does not bring nuts into school. No peanut butter or Nutella sandwiches, snack bars or biscuits containing nuts and no small boxes of nuts and raisins please.

Safety in the School Playground

May we please remind you of the following safety rules which must be followed within the school grounds before and after school:

• No scooters or cycles to be ridden around the playgrounds.

• No using any of the apparatus in the playgrounds including Foundation Unit.

• Children should remain with their parents and carers at all times until they come into the buildings in the morning or whilst they wait for siblings after school.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Parking Safely Around School Entrances 

Please can we politely remind you of the importance of parking safely around the school entrances. Parking is strictly prohibited outside the school gates and our children's safety is compromised by anyone who stops on the zigzag lines or on the corner of Warwick and Greyhound Road. We also ask you to be considerate of our neighbours in surrounding roads and therefore not to park across driveways at drop off and pick up times. They, too, could be parents who need to collect children from school  and would be unable to get their car off the drive. Thank you for your co-operation.

Absence through Illness

If your child is unwell and will not be coming to school, please inform the office by 10.00am via the School Website Reporting Absence Link. If you are unsure whether your child needs to be at home, for example after the initial symptoms of illness have eased, bring them to the school office and we will be happy to monitor them and call you if necessary. We often find that being in school and seeing their friends takes their mind off feeling  a little under the weather. 

Appointment through the School Day

Please try to make dental and G.P appointments after school wherever possible to minimise gaps in your child's learning. We require a copy of letters for hospital appointments, visits to embassies or passport offices, and high school entrance exams to enable us to authorise these appointments . We can photocopy the original documents, if necessary.

Equipment Reminder

May we please remind you that children should bring all their equipment  into school with them in the morning. PE kits should be in school permanently until they are taken home at half term for washing. Charged Chromebooks should be brought in every day for learning. Pencil cases and other stationery are not required as these are provided by the school. Swimming kits must be brought in on the allocated swim day and  a child should always bring their lunch box and water bottle into school as it helps them to remember if they having a packed lunch or a school dinner on that day. As Autumn, and subsequently Winter, approaches the children should always have a coat with them.

Thank you for your co-operation. This will ensure that all children are well prepared for their day and limits the disruption to learning when things come in late and have to be taken to the class

Monday 18th September-School Photographs Reminder

• Please ensure that your child or children is  wearing their jumper or cardigan  with the school logo.

• Long hair should be tied back and you may send in a comb or brush for them to tidy their hair if they want to.

• Sibling group photographs have all been booked, and we are unable to take any more requests.

Carshalton Boys Sports College    21st September 5-8pm

Carhalton High for Girls   21st September  5.30-8.30pm

Cheam High School   12th October  5.30-8.30pm

Greenshaw High School   Please refer to their website

Harris Academy Sutton   25th September to 6th October Ticket tours=-please check the school website

Nonsuch High School for Girls   Please refer to the school website

Oaks Park High School   20th September 5.30-8.30pm

Overton Grange High School       28th September 5.30-8.30pm

St Philomena's Catholic School   Please refer to the school website

Suttopn Grammar 20th September 4.00-9pm

Wallington County Grammar Please refer to the school website

Wallington High for Girls Please refer to the school website

Wilson's School Please refer5 to the school website

Please note that the deadline for applying for a high school place for your Year 6 child is approaching. All applications must be made via the Sutton website at  www.sutton.gov.uk/admissions by Tuesday 31st October 2022.

We would suggest you make your application before this date to ensure that it is received. You will receive  a confirmation email of your completed application  upon submission.

Year 6 High School Placements 2022-23

The following is a list of the high schools that  last year’s Year 6 pupils went to:

Carshlton Boys Sports College 7

Carshalton High School for Girls 10

Cheam High School 6

Glenthorne High School 9

Greenshaw 17

Harris Academy Sutton 5

Harris South Norwood 1

Lady Eleanor Holles School 1

Nonsuch High School for Girls 4

Oaks Park High 3

Overton Grange 18

St Olves Grammar 1

Sutton 3

St John Fisher 1

Wallington County Grammar 1

Wallington High School 2

Wilson's 1

Woodcote 1

Priory School Dorking 1

The following children have received gold and silver stickers for attaining at least 98% attendance in the Summer Term 2023. (Please note that they are listed under the class they were in last term).

AQUA: Adesuwa, Joash, Tamsin, Aidan, Annabel, Jessica and Sofia.

GARNET: Somrik, Ariyah, Viraaj, Ana, Riley, Rae, Kaspar and Aiden.

JET: Oscar, Harriet, Navya, Kelechi, Dolly, Kadence, Catherina, Yumi and Nevaeh.

AGATE:  Jarrell, Rian, Gaia, Zian, Nitish, Florence, Link, Piper, Amyra, Hannah, Bronte, Muneefa, Joshua, Noah, Teddy and  Jessie.

AMBER: Zachary, Arthur, Heitor. Samuel, Jessica, Asher-Benjamin, Oliwier, Lara, Alvin, Marley and Emmanuel.

AMETHYST:  Janna, Josephine, Nathan, Rose, Daniel, Daisy, Rei, Erin, Ruby, Maria and Edward.

CORAL: David, Kenisha, Sasha, Poppy, Edward, Maisie,  Mya, Elena, Reyansh, Elizabeth, Oliwia, Amos, and Avia-Rowe.

DIAMOND: Raahi, Adaline, Douglas, Joseph, Dhiyaa, Lucas, Cyrus, Connor, Amara, Shay, Jurgen, Bryan and Niam.

QUARTZ: Winifred,  Mary, Oscar, Aiden, Sophie, Seyfi, Myra, Saha, Ziyi, Freddie, Damian, Rayn, Mattheus, Hira, Harry and Arjona.

JADE:  Keira, Ruth, Kaloyan, Arianna, Akilah, Nol, Jacob, Median, Stanley, Chineze, Shirley, Khloe and Rotaru.

MOONSTONE:  Leon, Bethany, Peter, Dylan, Alvin, Eva, Yina, Sai, Oliver, Gracie-Louise, Omer, Reyaan, Umar and Elliott.

EMERALD: Ruby, Lily-Ana, Mason, Ahmed, Adrian, Shriya, Gabriella, Bianca, Bora, Rheece, Korede, Alesha, Yuling, Varunave, Viha, Katie and Kip.

ONYX:  Clark, Kenji, Kanav, Ovindu, Hillary, Alexander, Sharvil, Zayn, Vikhyat, Michael, Dominic and Paige.

OPAL: Mariella, Ted, Davina, Alexander, James, Long Yui, Jessica, Miron, Kate DanielleThomas and Raaga.

TURQUOISE: Isabela, Jaden L, JaidenV, Kiran, Sana, Gemma, Dimitar, Aysha, Sebastian, Mia, Medina, Joycelyn, Mia and Aaliyah H.

BERYL: Felise, Vinoshan, Skyla, Benji, Susumu, Alfie, Aiden, Tallulah, Frances, Sofia and Daniel.

PEARL:  Joshua, Emily, Hrithik, Jayden, Brooke, Aastha, Ethan, Stiliyan, Mercia, Oliver, Noemi, Padmashree, Mahveen and Hamzah.

RUBY: Riley, Anaiah, Frank, Olivia, James, Lucy, Pedro, Milana, Salman, Quist, Zach, Maddie, Cyrus, and Miguel.

Well done, everyone!

If you are interested in signing up to these online workshops to "help get your children through the school gates"

please click on the links below to do so:

Through the School Gates Parent Workshop 1

Through the School Gates Parent Workshop 2