The Blue School NEWSLETTER Volume 11 Website: www.theblueschool.com School office Phone: 020 8560 6721 Email o [email protected] To report an absence: [email protected] Y3 Swimming Y3 Oaks will swim this coming Tuesday but Y3 Elms will not swim due to Moving Up Day. Y6 Secondary Transfer for September 2020 If your child is currently in Y5 they will be transferring to Secondary School in September 2020 so you will need to apply by 31st October 2019. (Applications open 1st September 2019). More information on our Y5 page of the website or LBH admissions School Dinners You can now book your Autumn Term meals. Booking is available up to 18th October. Cut off date for booking is Monday 15th July at 9am. Go to your child’s profile> click on Make Meal Bookings> Next to Week Commencing, select 2nd September from the drop down menu. If you have more than one child, return to Home before booking the next. Summer/ Autumn Menu here. Y6 Leavers' Tea Party The Year 6 pupils and staff team would like to invite all Year 6 Parents/Carers to a celebration Leavers’ Tea Party in The New Hall from 12.30pm – 1.30pm on Friday 19th July 2019. Please make your way to The New Hall after the 11.00am Leavers’ Service. We look forward to seeing you all there. Y4 Egyptian Day Y4 had Portals From The Past visit last week to give workshops on the Egyptians. Y4 have delved into Egyptian artefacts, measuring, dancing and all took part in a procession. Photos available on the website. Newsletters are available on the News page of our website You can view The Blue School Calendar here Y3,4,5&6 Music Tuition From September 2019 we will be offering music tuition to Y3,4,5&6. Drumming, guitar, violin, brass and piano tuition is available through Hounslow Music Service. Booking is available from 12pm today through ParentPay. Prices are £70-£100 per term depending on instrument and numbers in group. For more information on HMS see their brochure here. After School Clubs After School Clubs have now finished. Next terms availability will be launched shortly. End of Term Reports Your child's end of term report was issued on Wed 10th July. KS1 and KS2 reports will be issued through Arbor and Early Years will be issued through Tapestry. We have sent home a paper receipt for you to complete as confirmation you have received it. If you have any issues with either account please notify the school office asap. School End of Term Trips Y5 Go Ape Friday 12th July Letter Here Moving Up Day Wednesday 17th July The purpose of the day is to give class teachers and children time to reflect on the past year and to meet and prepare for the year ahead. The children will spend the day with their new teacher, in their new classroom. The Blue School PA Following the success of our last Happy school bag collection, back in April when we raised £332 for the PA, we are really pleased to tell you that we have organised a second collection for September. All children will take home a happy school bag this week to fill over the summer holidays. See the PA Events page of the website for more info. Summer Fair Raffle winners are available to view on the PA page of the school website next week. Dance On Tuesday 9th July our dance troupe went to Heathlands School in Hounslow to take part in the Celebration of Dance Competition. The fifteen dancers were from Years 1 - 6 and performed two dance numbers based on the theme of the sea. The dancers did extremely well and won the award for best choreography as well as the interpretation of music award. More photos here. Y6 Leavers Church Service 19th July at All Saints 9.30am - Redwoods Service - classes to attend: Rabbits, Elms, Zebras, Beeches, Sycamores 11.00am - Cedars Service - classes to attend: Otters, Oaks, Pandas, Willows, Ash Cedars Lost Property Our Lost Property box needs emptying! We have 2 parent helpers coming into school to help repatriate as many items as they can but there will also be a stall out in the playground on Wednesday 17th after school. Sports Day Results KEY STAGE 1 4 th Place – BLUE (1279) 3 rd Place – RED (1730) 2 nd Place – YELLOW (1951) 1 st Place – GREEN (1981) - WINNER KEY STAGE 2 4 th Place – GREEN (2834) 3 rd Place – BLUE (3366) 2 nd Place – RED (3541) 1 st Place – YELLOW (3559) - WINNER Games Mark Gold We are celebrating the fact that we have just achieved the Games Mark Gold Award in recognition of the quality of PE provision we now have at The Blue School. Congratulations and thank you to Miss Tyerman!