Harvest Assembly– Join us on Wednesday 9th October at 2pm. Our topic for this year is the origins of food, which includes the appreciaon of the processes involved in producing items that we enjoy and take for granted. Please donate food items such as dry packaged foods or nned goods and check the sell-by date. On the day, entrance will be through the middle hall doors only. Parking will be available in the junior playground from 1.45pm. You can collect your child immediately aſter the fesval form their classroom doors . Homework Club—launching Tuesday 8th October 3.30pm Whether you are stuck with a method or need to use our computers to log on to Mathlecs or Times Table Rockstars, parents and children of all ages are invited to come along on Tuesdays aſter school, in the junior hall . Times Table Rock Stars! At our maths presentaon in September, you were informed that log-ins for Times Table Rock Star would be given to pupils. These were sent out on 24th September. Please encourage your child to log into the website at home as oſten as possible as this will help them become fluent in their mes table. Book Fair Book Fair will be open on the following dates and mes: 16th October 3.15-7.00pm 17th October 3.15-5.00pm 18th October 3.15-3.45pm A variety of books will be available on our stalls for you and your child to choose from. It is an opportunity to develop the love of reading in your child. Parents’ Evenings 16th & 17th October - book your appointment via ParentMail This is a reminder about the Parents’ Evenings coming up on the dates above. This is an opportunity for your child’s teacher to update you on their progress so far this academic year. Appointments will be sent through ParentMail. If you are yet to acvate your ParentMail account, it is important that you do so in order to book your appointment. Contact the school office if you need assistance. Alternavely come along to our ‘ParentMail support session’ for parents on Thursday 3rd October 3.15pm in the junior hall, enter through the middle hall doors once you have collected your child. Don’t forget to bring your device/mobile phone. Individual and family Photos 29th October The first photograph session for this year will take place of 29th October 2019 in the infant hall. Family photographs will take in between 8.30am and 9.00am in the morning and 3.15-3.45pm in the aſternoon. A reminder will be sent home closer to the date. School meals - informaon for parents Juniper Ventures are the catering suppliers for Maryland School. They create the weekly school menus which are always uploaded to Maryland’s website so parents can view the choices available. Maryland pupils have a range of dietary requirements that Juniper aempt to cater for across the week. For example: vegetable samosa with dhal (vegan opon), roast beef and yorkshire pudding (halal) and some items that are not necessarily published on the menus such as ham sandwiches (non-halal). There is a choice of 4 mains each day including a daily fish dish and sandwiches. If your child has a parcular dietary requirement please do not hesitate to contact the school– your quesons will be passed on to Juniper which helps to inform any future menu changes that may be made. Meet The Teacher Evening—How to make your child a Maths Genius! Thank you to the 200 (approximately) parents that aended the meeng on Thursday 19th September to meet their child’s new teacher and finding out about the curriculum and the expectaons for the year ahead. Members of the school leadership team gave a presentaon on how Maryland tries to insl the love of maths in our pupils. Parents were given copies of our calculaon policy, which you can also find on our website. FairPlay House - what a unique experience! Our Year 6 pupils had a fabulous me at their residenal trip to Fairplay House in Essex . The children took part in a range of excing land and water based acvies that not only helped to develop skills such as teamwork, but also gave them unique challenges to overcome. Our Deputy Head Girl who aended said “It was an amazing experience, one I will never forget, it really helped us to become more independent!” MARYLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL OCTOBER 2019 NEWSLETTER Gurney Road, Straord, E15 1SL www.maryland.newham.sch.uk 020 8534 8135 Fax: 020 8534 4426 E-mail: [email protected] @MarylandPrimary Message from Mrs Jackson Headteacher Dear Parents and Carers, I hope you have had a great start to the year. Here are some updates: Staffing: - We say goodbye to Mrs. Islam, our cover teacher, who is taking a year’s career break from October half term. - Congratulaons to Mrs. Gajowska, technical and admin manager in the office, who will be going on maternity leave in January. The advert to fill her vacancy and Mrs. Islam’s posion are adversed on the school website. Premises: Once again I have to write about fundraising! We are fundraising to create a new media room to support our digital learning curriculum. We have the lights, camera and sound equipment, including the ‘green screen’ for projecng film backdrops, but now need to fund the renovaon of the old ICT suite to create a media room. We will be holding various fund raising events e.g. family disco with the popular DJ, Mr. Bee, on 6th December so save the date! The Trampoline: Please note the trampoline is out of bounds before and aſter school. This is for health and safety reasons. Quiet Area: (outside the middle hall doors) We are sll trying to find a contractor who can renovate the area at a reasonable price. If you know someone who could help us with this project (eg. a landscaper) please contact Mr Lock by phoning the school office. Are you making use of the informaon screens in both playgrounds? Pease check daily for up-to-date informaon. Mrs. L. Jackson, Headteacher