Gifford Friday Flyer - Gifford Primary School

Gifford Friday Flyer
admin@gifford.ealing.sch.uk
Tel: 0208 845 4661 Fax: 0208 841 2353
www.giffordprimaryschool.co.uk
Friday 5th December 2014
Autumn Term
PARENTPAY COMING SOON TO GIFFORD
From Monday 5th January 2015 Gifford Primary School will be launching ParentPay which will allow Parents/
Carers to pay for school trips and breakfast club online. This is a fast and easy way to pay and there is no cost involved. On Wednesday 3rd December usernames and passwords were sent out via your child’s book bags – please
check these and activate your accounts if you have not already done so. You will need an email address to activate
your account. Those wishing to pay by cash can request a barcoded letter from the school office – this should be
taken to a store displaying the PayPoint sign and scanned to pay for the trip. If you require help
to set up an email account or activate your ParentPay account, please contact the school office in
January.
GIFFORD GREATS
Well done!
1st December 2014
Haleema Zahid
Elise Smith
Ruada Ali
Baheer Tanin
Samir Tanin
Mohamed Maye
Harry Brewster
Assia Bouras
Saadia Zahid
Alyson Ahir
Dania Kerim
24th November 2014
Theo Anderson
Michelle Noori
Muhanad Ibrahim
Greselda Ulaj
Olivia Krenzi
Lacey McDonagh
Zaki Mohamed
Kaysam Duale
Dominic Morshedi
Rashida Nazirahmad
Rawan Farhan
Lema Jabarkhill
Dawid Semeniuk
Devontae Phillips
Jessica Ahir
Yousuf Mukhi
Hollie Louise Lea
Kyron Debonne
Hilda Lindsay
Jahudijah Collins
Anthonia Oni
Farid Tigherassine
Marcel Mingle
Bilal Mohamed
Abdillah Ahmed
Fatima Awes
Abdullah Zeeshan
Abisana Manivannan
Mohammed Abdulsattar
Brooke Adams
Sherla Akhtar
PUPIL PREMIUM GRANT
We need your help.
We are able to help our pupils because of our Pupil
Premium Grant.
Please see letter sent home to parents
on Tuesday 2nd December.
SCHOOLS’ ADMISSION POLICIES
Ealing Council are consulting with schools,
parents and other interested parties regarding
admissions to primary schools, for example
whether siblings already in a school should
give a child a higher priority for admissions.
If you would like to know more or see the consultation go to
http://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/200628/
current_consultations/1926/
school_admission_arrangements_consultation_201516/2
YEAR 3 VISIT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
On Tuesday 25th November Year 3 went on a
school trip to the Natural History Museum. We
all got there by coach and we saw fascinating
gems, crystals and rocks due to our learning.
Everybody had a great time and we wish we
could go back there soon.
Paige 3G
YEAR 1 SUPERHERO DAY
On Friday 21st November as a fabulous finish to the topic
'Superheroes', Year 1 pupils and teachers dressed up in various superhero costumes. During the autumn term all pupils
have been reading and writing, with
great enthusiasm, about fictional
superhero characters. They
have enjoyed creating their own
superhero with a superhero power.
The learning produced has been
super!
PRIMARY SCHOOL APPLICATIONS
Closing date for applications is Thursday 15th January
2015. Applications should be made online at;
www.eadmissions.org.uk.
Learning Today for a Better Tomorrow
NOVEMBER ATTENDANCE
Mr Bate
6D
98.8%
Miss Hussey
5D
97.1%
Ms Kaler
5G
97.1%
Miss Mohamed
3F
96.7%
Miss Cummings
4D
96.6%
Mr Klaasen
5F
96.4%
Miss Nicolay
2D
96.3%
Miss Robinson
2G
96.0%
Miss Khinda
2R
95.8%
Mr Burke
3R
95.8%
Miss McGoldrick
3D
95.3%
Miss Lovell
1G
95.2%
Miss Walker
3G
95.0%
95% is the national expectation
Miss Pierrepont
Yellow
94.7%
Miss Headland
2F
94.3%
Miss Chander
6F
94.0%
Miss Murphy
4F
93.9%
Miss Hollyer
1F
93.7%
Miss Shah
Red
93.6%
Ms Johnson
Green
93.4%
Ms Mancebo
Purple
93.2%
Miss Mughal
4G
92.4%
Miss Patel
6G
92.4%
Miss Foster
1R
91.9%
Miss Williams
1D
88.1%
DATES FOR THE DIARY
Autumn Term Dates
Mon 3rd Nov
Fri 19th Dec 2014 (1pm finish)
Holidays
Mon 22nd Dec-Fri 2nd Jan 2015
Spring Term Dates
Mon 5th Jan
Fri 27th Mar 2015 (1pm finish)
Half term
Fri 13th Feb-Fri 20th Feb 2015
Holidays
Mon 30th Mar—Fri 10th Apr 2015
Workshop for Parents
Tue 9th Dec
Reception, Maths 9-10am
Tue 9th Dec
Reception, Maths 2-3pm
December Events
Mon 8th Dec
Tue 9th Dec
Wed 10th Dec
Wed 10th Dec
Thurs 11th Dec
Fri 12th Dec
Mon 15th Dec
Mon 15th Dec
Tue 16th Dec
Wed 17th Dec
Thurs 18th Dec
Carol Singing outside Year 1 classrooms,
3:00-3:30pm.
Pop Choir to Tesco Yeading.
Nursery, Community Nurse.
Pop Choir to Westfield Shopping Centre.
Christmas Dinner, - cost £2.30.
Nursery, Christmas performances,
morning and afternoon, 10:30am & 2:30pm.
Reception, Christmas performances,
morning and afternoon, 9am & 2:30pm.
Music workshop for Pop Choir pupils.
Year 2 Nativity Play, 2pm.
Year 2 Nativity Play, 2pm.
Christmas parties in class.
Invitation letters will be going out to parents for
performances and events.
CHRISTMAS DINNER MENU
Christmas dinner is on Thursday 11th December.
Menus have been sent home this week. Please send
in £2.30 by Monday 8th December if you wish your
child to have Christmas dinner.
FURTHER POPPY DAY MESSAGES
“Thank you for saving us”
Frances 1F
“Well done for being brave. We will never forget you.”
Paula 2F.
“If I was a child in that time as a child I would be
scared and terrified because they could bomb me and
my family, so thank you for ending the war.”
Marco 5F
KRAZY KAT THEATRE SHOW
On Monday 1st December Reception, Years 1 and 2
had a visit from the Krazy Kat Theatre Company. They
performed Cinder-Ella in an exquisite and highly
imaginative and funny way. The Krazy Kat Theatre
Company creates visual theatre incorporating Sign
Language Arts, accessible for deaf children and their
hearing peers. During the performance the children
were taught some sign language so they could participate in the show with the actor and puppets.
CLUBS AND BOOSTER CLASSES
All clubs and boosters will finish by Friday 12th December.
KYLE MAKES A WISH AND MEETS JOHN CENA
Kyle, 5G, has a serious heart condition
since birth and has had three major operations. Recently his mum contacted
the children’s charity ‘Make -a -Wish’ and told them that
Kyle’s greatest wish was to meet his hero, John Cena. John
Cena is an American professional wrestler, rapper and
actor signed to WWE. He has granted more ‘Make-AWish’ requests than any other person in the world. Kyle and
his mum were taken to Birmingham where they stayed in a
hotel for two nights and attended one of John Cena’s wrestling matches. After the match they went backstage to meet
John. He presented Kyle with a t-shirt, cap, copy of his
autobiography and he signed Kyle’s entry ticket. Backstage, Kyle also met lots of
other wrestlers and trainers and
had a tour of the event area.
Afterwards, Kyle said to his
mum “it was the best day of my
life.”