Thank You and Happy Holidays!

We would just like to thank all of our fabulous families for the lovely gifts, cards, hugs and kind words. We have had a fantastic year together and although we are going to miss the children, we know they will have a great time in Year 1. 

Even though they are off to pastures new, they are taking Mrs Holmes, Mrs Voyce, Mrs Jimmick and Mrs Matthews with them. We will also be keeping a little eye on them, as we love that we get to start their adventure at Down Hall and then follow it as they move up through the school!

We hope you all have a fantabulous summer and we look forward to seeing you all in September. Please remember the children are due back on Tuesday 3rd September.

Our email account will still be checked periodically over the summer, should any of you have a query and we are happy to help if we can. 

Thank you once again for your kindness and for trusting us with your lovely children this year!

With all our love,

Miss Wakefield, Mrs O'Connor, Miss Langley, Mrs Fincham, Mrs Voyce, Mrs Jimmick, Mrs Matthews and Mrs Holmes xxxxxxxx

22.07.24 - This coming week in Early Years

Hello everyone! 

It is hard to believe that we are coming to the end of our journey together and that soon the summer holidays will be here! There is not much to say this week, just a few notices.

Upcoming Date

Tuesday 23rd July              Wellbeing day and whole school picnic

UNICEF Shoeshare Appeal

We are raising money for UNICEF by taking part in the Shoeshare scheme with Clarks of Rayleigh.  So, please search your cupboards for old pairs of shoes that you no longer need!  Send them to school and we will do the rest.  Shoes need to be in pairs and of a wearable condition.  Money will be used by UNICEF to support education projects around the world.  Every child has the right to an education (A28 &29 UNCRC) and as a Gold Rights Respecting School we are proud to be supporting UNICEF with this project.

Final day arrangements

Don't forget that on the last day of term, the children can come to school wearing comfy clothes. We are also having our picnic on the field with our families from 12-1pm and school finishes for the summer break at 1pm that day.

Have a lovely weekend, 

Love

Miss Wakefield, Mrs O'Connor and Miss Langley xxx

15.07.24 - This coming week in Early Years

Hello everyone! 

We hope you have all enjoyed our new look Sports Day today and had a lovely time. We are thankful that the weather behaved itself this week and we managed to hold it. This week has been a very busy one for Pearl and Quartz. We have had a visit from 4 Police Officers and their 2 vehicles, they told us all about their jobs and we got to have a turn to make the sirens and lights work on their vehicles. Then on Thursday we met our new teachers and spent time in our new classes! 

Upcoming Dates

Monday 15th July               Reports out

Tuesday 16th July              Class swaps - children spending time with their new teacher

Friday 19th July                  Class swaps - children spending time with their new teacher

Friday 19th July                  PTA disco

Tuesday 23rd July              Wellbeing day and whole school picnic

Reading Books

In preparation for next year, we will be collecting in all reading books on Wednesday 17th July. If you know you will be away before this date, please hand in your reading book before this date. We would encourage you all to take part in the summer reading scheme at the library during the holidays to help keep up your child's reading during the 6 week break.

UNICEF Shoeshare Appeal

We are raising money for UNICEF by taking part in the Shoeshare scheme with Clarks of Rayleigh.  So, please search your cupboards for old pairs of shoes that you no longer need!  Send them to school and we will do the rest.  Shoes need to be in pairs and of a wearable condition.  Money will be used by UNICEF to support education projects around the world.  Every child has the right to an education (A28 &29 UNCRC) and as a Gold Rights Respecting School we are proud to be supporting UNICEF with this project.

On to our learning for this week, we will be:

• Sharing the story "One Year with Kipper" and thinking about our first year at school.
• Finishing the last of our handwriting patterns in our Start-Bee sessions.
• Thinking about our project and checking if we have answered all of the questions we asked at the start of the project.
• Discussing the story "The Worrysaurus" in our Circle Time session.
• Visiting our new classes, Bluebell and Daffodil on Tuesday and Friday.

Our final drop in session for the year will be on WEDNESDAY.

Have a lovely weekend, 

Love

Miss Wakefield, Mrs O'Connor and Miss Langley xxx

08.07.24 - This week in Early Years

Hello everyone!

What a difference a week makes, weather wise! We were very disappointed that the rain spoilt the plans for Sports Day - but please note our reserve date is next Friday. Due to the forecast for tomorrow, more rain and high winds, the PTA have made the difficult decision to postpone the fete too. This will now take place on Saturday 7th September and we are sure it will be a great start to the new academic year.

Upcoming Dates

Thursday 11th July             Children meeting their new teachers

Thursday 11th July             Open School - 3.45pm to 5.30pm

Friday 12th July                  Sports Day

Monday 15th July               Reports out

Tuesday 16th July              Class swaps - children spending time with their new teacher

Friday 19th July                  Class swaps - children spending time with their new teacher

Friday 19th July                  PTA disco

Tuesday 23rd July              Wellbeing day and whole school picnic

Now on to our learning for the coming week, we will be:

• Meeting a real life superhero on Tuesday and finding out all about their work.
• Writing about real life superheroes, explaining what they do.
• Sharing and discussing the stories "Tilda Tries Again" and "Finn's Little Fibs" in our Circle Time sessions.
• Solving different problems in our Mathematics sessions.
• Hopefully, getting to enjoy our Sports Day on Friday, working together as teams to win points for our houses. 

Sorry, there is no drop in session again this week, due to open school on Thursday.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Miss Wakefield, Mrs O'Connor and Miss Langley