In September…

Mon-23-Sep

12.00 – 12.30pm: French Club KS2
12.30 – 1pm: French Club KS1
1pm – 3pm: Guitar Lessons

After school

3.20-4.30pm: GOL Football YR-6
3.15-3.45pm: Drumming Lessons
3.20-4.15pm: Lego Club YR-Y2 with Mrs Ewins
3.20-4.15pm: Maker Club Y3-Y4 with Mr Walsh
3.20-4.30pm: Cricket Club YR-6
3.20-4.15pm: Netball Club – team tryouts today Y5+6 with Mrs Moody
– This is a free club/training session for the team and others. 
3.15pm – 6pm: The Oaks childcare

Tue-24-Sep

12.00 – 12.30pm: Spanish Club KS2
12.30 – 1pm: Spanish Club KS1
1pm – 3pm: Guitar Lessons

2.15pm Year R Parents invited to a phonics workshop session

After school
No Gardening club this half of term
3.20-4.20pm: Tag rugby with Coach Zack
3.15pm – 6pm: The Oaks childcare

Wed-25-Sep

10.30am – 3pm: Piano Lessons
10.30am – 3pm: Flute lessons
2-3pm: Y6 Tag Rugby “Come and have a go” session

2.30PM:  Y6 Parents Avon Tyrell meeting
No booking required, the meeting will be in the classroom.

After school
3.30pm – 4.30pm: Netball/Basketball with Coach Zack
3.15pm – 6pm: The Oaks childcare

5pm – 7pm:  PTA Annual General Meeting, all parents invited

Thu-26-Jul

School and Eco Council elections

12pm – 3.15pm: Piano Lessons

1pm: Y6 The Hurst presentation

After school
NO Drama Club this half of term
3.20pm – 4.30pm: Hockey Club
3.20pm – 4.30pm: Art Club
3.15pm – 6pm : The Oaks childcare

Fri-27-Jul

8.30am – 11am: Rocksteady Rehearsals
2.40pm: Star of Wonder Assembly

After school
3.30pm – 4.30pm:  Quidditch Club YR-6
3.15pm – 6pm: The Oaks childcare

Lunch Menu…

Monday

Cheesy pasta with bread roll,

or

Fish fingers and diced potatoes,

served with sweetcorn and peas.

Lemon Drizzle cake, Ice cream or fruit

Tuesday

Priory pizza and potato wedges,

Chicken curry and rice,

served with sweetcorn and green beans.

Jelly, grapes, or fruit

Wednesday

Tomato & basil quiche,

Roast chicken and sage & onion stuffing,

served with roast potatoes, carrots, and roast parsnips.

Apple crumble & custard, ice cream or fruit

Thursday

Jacket potato with cheese & beans

Chicken Wrap

served with green beans and sweetcorn and Mexican corn salad.

Mandarin & chocolate sponge, ice cream or fruit

Friday

Vegetarian Quesadillas,

Breaded fish

served chips, sweetcorn and peas.

Cookies or fruit

Headteacher’s Update…

Dear Priory Parents and Carers,

Attendance

Thank you so much for making sure your child is at school every day and on time. The teachers have commented on a marked difference with this, particularly with everyone being punctual in the morning – it is much less disruptive if everyone is in class on time. 

As a school our attendance is currently above national averages. 

Parent welcome meetings

Our parent welcome meetings were well-attended this week. I hope these were useful for parents to see how your child’s class will work. If you missed the presentation, the slides will be emailed out to parents as soon as possible. 

As always, please email the school office on office@priory.hants.sch.uk if you have any questions or would like to book a meeting with a teacher. 

The settling-in meetings (where you will have time to discuss your child’s progress with the class teacher individually) will take place between 2.30-5.30pm on 9th and 10th October. Sign up details will be sent next week for these meetings. 

Student Leadership

Mrs Britt is in charge of leading our student leadership programme this year. The House Captains and Sports Captains have already been selected. 

Well done to…

KESTREL: House Captain is Fearne and Vice Captain is Elsie

HAWK: House Captain is Hetty and Vice Captain is Poppy

FALCON: House Captain is Tilly and Vice Captain is Aurelia

Sports Captains are: 

KESTREL: Cassidy and Chloe

HAWK: Josh J and Kyra

FALCON: Harry 

Elections will take place next week for the esteemed Student Council and Eco Council positions. 2 children from each class will be elected for these positions from each class from Year 2 to Year 6.

SPORTSDESK

A big well done to the twelve Year 2 athletes who were selected to represent our school in the Year 2 football tournament at Cheam School on Thursday this week. There were no rankings in the tournament as scores were not recorded in the matches. Our teams played exceptionally well and did the school proud. 

INSTAGRAM: 

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House Points…

264

372

309

News from Year R…

What have we been learning about in Year R this week?

In Phonics the children have been reviewing the sounds s,a,t,p. They have been practising to form these letters correctly, thinking about words that start with these sounds and reading words containing these sounds. Your child will be coming home with their first reading book today. This book contains the sounds that have been taught in school so far (s,a,t,p). There are a couple of words in the book for your child to blend the sounds to read. Please encourage your child to read the book a number of times across the week. We will then be changing the books on a Friday each week. Please comment in the reading diary when your child has read at home.

The children have been practising to write their own name this week. They have been thinking about recognising their name and forming the letters correctly in their name. This will be an ongoing process which we will support the children with on a daily basis.

The children have been talking about their favourite food and learning about everyone else’s favourite foods. Chocolate, pasta and fish and chips seemed to be a popular choice in the class!

To end the week the children have been discussing their special people. They have also been drawing pictures of their special people.

Next week:

It is the Year R parents Phonics workshop on Tuesday afternoon at 2.15pm. If you are unable to attend on this day we will be sending out the PowerPoint slides and some ideas for supporting your child with their Phonics at home after the workshop.

In Maths we will be focusing on numbers 1-3. The children will be encouraged to quantify sets of objects by subitising (knowing the number without needing to count).

The children will begin learning about our first core text ‘Aaargh Spider’. The children will be making some spider craft and finding out some interesting facts about spiders.

Have a lovely weekend.

The Year R Team

Star of Wonder & Special Mentions

Star of Wonder Awards

Y1 – Ava, David, Rae and George

Y2 – Neave, Remi, Oliver and Archer

Y3 – Oscar, Ella, Isla and Sofia

Y4 – Finley and Imogen

Y5 – Joey, Esmae and Tilly

Y6 – Tilly and Fearne

Safeguarding

For the weekly update on Safeguarding, please click here to be redirected to the Safeguarding section on the website, where the weekly Safeguarding section can be found each week.

Posters from the community….

CLUB INFORMATION

CLUBS AVAILABLE this half of term are…

Lots of Club information can be found under “Extracurricular” on our website.  Booking links for Curveball Clubs with Coach Zack (available every day of the week), along with GOL Football on Mondays, can all be found here:  https://theprioryprimaryschool.org.uk/after-school-clubs/

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