Wow! What a great start to Year 4! The children have started angelfish class giving 100% effort everyday! We have reminded ourselves of our school values and have been ensuring that everyone is happy in our calm classroom.

In Literacy, We have been using ‘Where the wild things are’ as our stimulus to create our own ‘wild’ stories with interesting settings. We have been reminded of expanded noun phrases and adventurous vocabulary.

In Maths, We have been learning about place value, focussing on rounding, ordering and comparing numbers up to 10,000.

Ancient Greece is our focus this half term. We have been using sketching skills in Art linked to Greek theatre masks and we have been archaeologists in History finding artefacts.

Last week, We had a special visit from Chertsey Museum to show us some special artefacts.

The children have settled in to Sea Turtles well, we spent our first week together learning all about Sea Turtles and creating some art for our display in the corridor. 

Just as a reminder, Home learning needs to be uploaded to google classroom, if you are struggling to access this, please come and see me or email on our class email: Seaturtles@maybury.surrey.sch.uk.

In literacy we have been writing folk tales which have alternative endings,. We read ‘The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig’ we spoke about the differences between the original and enjoyed the added humour in the story. During week 1 we rewrote the tale, in week 2 we changed our characters and the materials which the houses were built from and in week 3 we wrote our own folk tales.

In art we have been looking at the blob tree by Pip Wilson, we looked at the different emotions each blob was showing and created our own emotions. In our second lesson we experimented with different materials using, metal, wire and playdough to decide which one we thought was most suitable for our sculptures.

We are delighted to introduce our new chef, Chef Maisy, who brings a wealth of experience and culinary expertise to our kitchen.

Chef Maisy is passionate about creating delicious and nutritious meals for our children. She believes in the importance of providing them with balanced and wholesome food to fuel their bodies and minds. With her expertise, we are confident that our students will enjoy a varied and healthy menu.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that lunches are currently free for Reception, Year 1, and Year 2 students under the government's Universal Infant Free School Meals scheme. For children in Years 3 to 6, the cost of a school lunch is £2.90 per day. We would appreciate it if you could ensure that your child has sufficient funds in their lunch account.

We highly encourage you to take advantage of Chef Maisy's expertise and give the school lunches a try. While we understand that some parents may prefer to prepare packed lunches for their children, we truly believe that the school meals offer a range of benefits that promote healthy eating habits and a sense of community within the school.

In addition to the above no extreme hairstyles are permitted including overly spiked, sculptured, shaved areas and razor lines/pictures. If in doubt, please ask before a visit to the hairdresser/barbers.  

All hair bands/ clips/ bows must be plain and in school colours only which are black, white, navy or sky blue, grey, or matching the school summer dresses.

A gentle reminder earrings are not permitted. 

Lastly, a reminder that all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 should only have bookbags not rucksacks in school.

If your child has recently borrowed spare clothing from school, in particular children in Reception class, year 1 and year 2 please can we ask that these are returned.  We have a washing machine onsite so you can be assured that any items returned are washed as needed.  

We are also looking for donations of spare clothing such as underwear, leggings, jogging bottoms in small sizes such as ages 4 - 8.  Please either hand into the office or to the class teacher.  Thank you for your support. 

It is Harvest time at Maybury and we have been thinking of ways we can celebrate and help our local community. As part of our Harvest celebration we are going to be collecting food for our local food bank which supports families in Woking. This food bank is part of the Trussell Trust food bank project. These food banks are helping thousands of families across the country and in our community during these difficult times.

How it works:

It’s easy to help all you have to do is bring in a donation. It can be any of these items:

·         Any tinned foods

·         Tinned puddings (rice pudding)

·         Jars of cooking sauce

·         Dry pastas

·         Rice

·         Cereals

·         Fruit juice

·         UHT milk

·         Jam

·         Tea bags

·         Instant coffee

·         Biscuits

We are asking each child to bring in one item on Monday 2nd October to add to our school collection during our whole school assembly and then we will take all of the donations to the Woking Food Bank.

To find out more about how your donation will help our community take a look at the Woking Food Bank website at www.woking.foodbank.org.uk.

I hope you can help us with our collection, your support will be greatly appreciated!

We are aware that the pandemic has had an effect on families, but the expectation is still that every child should now be attending school full time. If you consider that there are exceptional circumstances relating to your request, please let the school have full details. Each application for a leave of absence will be considered on a case by case basis.

Penalty Notices to Address Poor Attendance at School

A Penalty Notice may be issued as an alternative to the prosecution of a parent/carer for their child’s unauthorised absence from school (absence without the agreement of the school or not covered by a medical note) and will be used by Surrey County Council in the following circumstances :-

1. Pupils identified by police and Inclusion Officers (formerly Education Welfare Officers) engaged on Truancy Patrols and who have incurred unauthorised absences.

2. Leave of absence in term time (5 days or 10 sessions or more).

• Please be aware that The Education (Pupil Registration)(England)(Amendment)  Regulations 2013, which became law on 1st September 2013 state that Headteachers may  not grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances.

• The Headteacher is also required to determine the number of school days a child can be away from school if leave is granted.

• In such cases the Headteacher/Governing Body must decide whether there are exceptional circumstances.  They may request that the Local Authority issue Penalty Notices when the absence is not authorised.

Warnings will not be given where it can be shown that parents have been notified that such absences will not be authorised.

3. Finally, the issuing of a Penalty Notice will also be considered where it is judged that a parent is failing to ensure their child's regular school attendance.

This will be considered when a pupil has incurred 7 or more unauthorised sessions in the previous 6 school weeks, which may include a pupil arriving late after close of registration.

If you believe at any stage that your child’s absence from school may leave you liable to receive a Penalty Notice, it is extremely important that you act without delay to secure their regular attendance. 

If you have any questions or require further support to achieve an improvement in your child’s attendance, please contact your child’s school or the Inclusion Officer.

Penalty Notice relating to Exclusions

If a child is excluded from school, Section 103 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 places a duty on parents/carers to ensure that their child is not in a public place without justifiable cause during school hours. 

This duty applies to the first five days of each exclusion.  Failure to do so will render the parent/carer liable to a Penalty Notice. (Alternative education provision will be made available from the sixth day of any exclusion.)

Amount Payable for a Penalty Notice

The amount payable for a Penalty Notice issued in any of the above circumstances is currently £60 if paid within 21 days of receipt of the Notice, rising to £120 if paid after 21 days but within 28 days.

If the Penalty Notice is not paid, the local Authority must consider a prosecution in the Magistrates Court for the offence for which the Notice was originally issued.

Please be aware that each parent is liable to receive a Penalty Notice for each child who incurs unauthorised absences, for example, if there are two parents and one child, each parent will receive one Penalty Notice.

If there are two parents, and two children incur unauthorised absences, each parent will receive two Penalty Notices, which in this case would amount to £120 each if paid within 21 days.

Advice and support is available from an Inclusion Officer by contacting your local Education Office as follows :-

North West    - Tel: 01483 518130 South West      -   Tel: 01483 517179

North East    - Tel: 01372 833588  South East   -       Tel: 01737 737777

Please see below for PE days for the Autumn Term

The children will need to wear their correct PE kit on their PE day. Correct PE kit consists of:

·        Sky blue Maybury t-shirt

·        Navy blue or black hooded jacket

·        Navy blue or black jogging bottoms

Trainers (only lace up if your child can tie their own laces please) 

Please bear in mind that all of these dates are subject to change