YOUR PTFA NEEDS YOU! Free School Dinners

Juniors: 020 8653 2618 (t) 020 8653 8925 (f) [email protected] Infants: 020 8653 4203 (t) 020 8771 1792 (f)
Infant Site Gate Closing Time
Dear Parents and Carers,
Please note that we will be closing the gates at the infant site at 9:10am from Monday.
Families arriving to school late will need to ring the buzzer and come up to the school office to
enter through the main reception doors. You will then need to sign in late.
Please remember that school starts at 9:05am at the infants. Children should be arriving by
9:00am to avoid lateness.
On the junior site children should arrive by 8:45am ready for the bell at 8:50am.
Gates on the junior site are closed at 8:55am.
Many thanks
Free School Dinners
FREE school dinners for our new reception children!
Our caterers, Pabulum, are offering all our new reception children a whole week of FREE school
meals during the week commencing 30 September.
Calling all adults...
Are you a smoker? Are you trying really
hard to kick the habit?
Why not sign up to Stoptober?
Stop for 28 days and you're 5 times
more likely to stay smoke - free.
The new school year is an ideal time to
make this healthy change.
Visit www.stoptober.smokefree.nhs.uk
for more information.
Once you sign up you will be sent a
FREE toolkit to help you get
through the 28 day challenge. You can
also download a free app which
provides daily tips and advice.
Good luck!
Mrs Hart
Headship lead on physical development,
health and wellbeing
If you want to take up this offer, you do not need to notify the school. All children, except those
who bring a packed lunch to school, will automatically receive their school dinner for free.
YOUR PTFA NEEDS YOU!
We look forward to welcoming new members at our first meeting of the year on Wednesday,
2 October.
The venue is Flat 5, 10 Grange Hill, SE25 6SX
(note – the wooden garden gate NOT the black door).
Agenda: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
1. Welcomes and introductions (5 minutes)
2. Role of the PTFA (10 minutes)
· Set up
. Appointment of class representatives
· Fundraising targets
3. Forthcoming and future events (30 minutes)
. Cake sales
· Christmas Fair
· Winter Festival
· Christmas Concerts
· Ideas for future fundraising events
4. When is the best time to hold meetings? (10 minutes)
5. Any other business
If you are planning on joining us, please let either school office know in advance, so that we
have an idea of the numbers attending.
Safety on Cypress Road
Please ensure that children in your care stay
close to you as you walk
up and down Cypress
Road at drop off and pick
up times.
It has been brought to my attention this
week that a child running down the hill
ahead of their carer almost collided with
a car turning out of the vehicular drive
on the infant site.
Thank you for your consideration and
understanding.
Mrs Hart
Head of School
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ATTENDANCE &
PUNCTUALITY FOR
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
ASPECTS OF LEARNING
The personal and social learning focus for the whole school
in assembly and in the classrooms this week was to explore
what it feels like to belong to a community like Cypress.
Children were awarded celebratory SEAL certificates in
assembly today because they have shown that they can
work well in a group.
In addition, marking a change to our reward system this
year, all of the children named below were invited
to attend Headteacher's tea party this afternoon.
Congratulation to Violet class who were top of the
Mathletics leader-board for the second week running having earned a total of 13 bronze certificates
last week.
Mrs Hart
Head of School
16 –20/09/2013
JUNIOR
Winners of the
punctuality
HOLLY CLASS
POPLAR CLASS
KEY STAGE 1:
VIOLET
Wilson, Francesca & Zion
HORSE CHESTNUT
CLASS
JADE
Louiana, Isaac & Mabel
OAK CLASS
RUBY
Malachi, Alaynah &
Brianna
GREEN
Ben P, Sienna & Shaney
Very well done to Michee (Hawthorn) and Charles
BLUE
Ida, Fran & Leah
(Rowan) who both earned a
INDIGO
James, Zara & Michelle
tificate last week. Great "Mathleticism!”
EMERALD
Darcey, Maika & Sonay
KEY STAGE 2:
CEDAR
Layal, Shasvn &
Larenz
HOLLY
Ray, Chloe & TJorja
BIRCH
Alice. Larissa &
Shyanne
ROWAN
Mark, Oscar & Taleah
HAWTHORN
Yasmin, Kane &
Ibraheem
POPLAR
Sophia, Kristiana &
Jake
WILLOW
Sarah, Aleiha &
Jayden
SYCAMORE
Sameera, Faizah &
Geranda
HORSE
CHESTNUT
Christian, Angel &
Sahar
OAK
Luke, Milly & Abbie
LARCH
Tia, Angel & Dylan
BEECH
Tashay, Kelsey & Kyle
Well done to all the
children who were
awarded certificates.
Winners of the
attendance
Gold Mathletics cer-
The Super Mathlete class trophy changed hands
again in today's assembly, with new champions
Hawthorn class reaching new heights. 12 certificates in one week is our record so far this year!
Year 3 - Birch and Cedar (8 certificates) - 10pts
each
Year 4 - Hawthorn (12 certificates) - 20pts
CEDAR CLASS
HAWTHORN CLASS
HORSE CHESTNUT
CLASS
BEECH CLASS
INFANT
Winners of the
punctuality
award this week:
Year 5 - Sycamore (8 certificates) - 10pts
BLUE CLASS
Year 6 - Larch (9 certificates) - 10pts
VIOLET CLASS
Mr Roebuck
Head of School
PE UDATE
Can you help?
Would you like to improve your fitness?
Are a beginner or a keen runner?
I need adult volunteer helpers to assist with running
club.
The club will run from 3:30pm -4:30pm on
Wednesday afternoons.
Unfortunately, without offers of adult help, I will not
be able to run the club this term.
Many thanks for your support.
Mrs Hart
Headship lead on physical development, health and
wellbeing
Winners of the
attendance award
this week:
INDIGO CLASS
VIOLET CLASS
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What's Happening In Our Children's Centre?
Did you know that in addition to our daily stay and plays we offer the following FREE community
services?
Family Lives Parent Group
- A 5-week course focusing on understanding children's behaviour.
- Sessions will run on consecutive Mondays from 9:30am - 11:30am.
- The first session begins on Monday, 7 October.
- The venue for this course will be the Science Lab on the junior site.
- A crèche will be available in the Children's Centre.
- Sessions must be pre-booked. Pop into the Children's Centre or telephone 020 3256 2919 to make your
reservation
Family learning gardening workshops
As part of Croydon's annual family learning festival which runs from
from 4 - 11 October, CALAT (Croydon Adult Learning and Training) are
offering a 4-week gardening workshop.
-The first session begins on Tuesday, 8 October.
- Sessions will run on consecutive Tuesdays from 9:30am - 11:30am.
- Sessions must be pre-booked. Pop into the Children's Centre or
telephone 020 3256 2919 to make your reservation
Croydon Mobile Toy Library for 0-5 year olds
- Parks up outside our junior school from 9:30am -10:30am every other Monday.
- An initial one-off fee of £5 is charged. Thereafter toys are loaned for free.
- The mobile library will be outside our junior site on the following dates:
30 September
14 and 28 October
11 and 25 November
9 December
Chatterbox sessions for toddlers
- Take place every Thursday afternoon from 1:00pm - 3:00pm
-These are FREE speech and language drop - in advice sessions for Croydon families with children aged 0-5
years who have concerns about their child’s talking or interaction.
- The drop -in works similar to a Stay and Play but with particular activities designed to encourage speech
and communication.
-The sessions are run by Children’s Centre and Speech and Language Therapy Staff to promote, encourage
and support speech, language and communication development and to give advice, strategies and tips to
parents and carers.
- All are welcome to attend.
Baby first aid on Monday, 25 November
- A one-off FREE session for parents and carers with babies under the age of 1 year.
- Babies are expected to attend the session. No crèche will be provided.
- This session must be pre-booked. Pop in to the Children's Centre or telephone 020 3256 2919 to make
your reservation.
Please note: the toddler first aid course running on Tuesday, 1 October from 1:00pm - 2:30pm is
now FULLY BOOKED.
Mrs Hart
Head of School
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iPhone/iPad users - New Mathletics Dictionary App
If you or your parent uses an iPhone or iPad you may be interested in this email we have received from Mathletics:
Announcing the launch of the Mathletics Dictionary! A brand new app from the award-winning team behind the
hugely popular Mathletics resource.
Based on the Concept Search tool within Mathletics, this app is a great way to expand understanding of mathematical words and terms – available for both iPad and iPhone*.
To celebrate the launch, the Mathletics Dictionary will be FREE TO DOWNLOAD until October 18, 2013. Be
sure not to miss this opportunity - head to the App Store today!
FEATURING
*Hundreds of mathematical terms, split into easy to follow categories and subjects.
*Interactive animations to explore and explain concepts.
*Easy search function – search just like a real dictionary.
*Create your own profile and avatar to bookmark your most used words!
*Tailored definitions for four age categories – to make understanding and exploring easier!
*The Mathletics Dictionary makes learning and understanding those difficult mathematical words easy – and as
you’d expect from Mathletics, it is fun and engaging - encouraging exploration. A great app for parents to learn
with their child, or for older students to explore independently.
Mr Roebuck
Head of School
Cypress Football Squad
An incredible number of children (75!) took part in Monday's football trials.
It was wonderful to see so many children wanting to be active and sporty
and represent their school - nearly half of Year 5 and more than half of
Year 6!
Mrs Hart, Mr Todd and I deliberated for a long time over who to include.
The standard was very high, especially for Year 5, and we had to leave
out a number of very talented players to try and get down to a squad of
just 15.
In the end we arrived at the following children for our squad:
6BEE- Zach (GK)
Aaron-Donnae
Khanel
6LAR- Alexandra
Tanae
Michael
6OAK- Kyle-Luke
George
Lucas
Micah
5HORC – Christian
Kehfai
Lorik
Laila
5SYC - Ruben
P e a , M i nt a nd V e g e t a b l e S o up
A healthy and filling addition to your child's packed lunch...
Ingredients
• 15ml vegetable oil
• 250g onions, peeled and chopped
• 150g leeks, trimmed and sliced
• 100g celery, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 100g dried split peas, soaked overnight
• 250g potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
• 2 litres water
• 1 stock cube
• 250g frozen peas
• 10g fresh coriander leaves, chopped
• 25g fresh mint, chopped
Our first fixtures will be happening soon, and our match-day team of 7
plus 3 substitutes will be drawn from this squad for each game.
Method
1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onions, leeks and celery.
Cook slowly until they begin to soften.
2. Add the garlic, split peas, potatoes, water and stock cubes to the
pan. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
3. Add the frozen peas and cook for 10 minutes, until the vegetables
are soft and the split peas have dissolved.
4. Add the herbs and part or fully blend before serving.
5. Garnish with a little mint if desired and serve each portion of
soup with a bread roll.
A huge thank you and a well done to all the children who took part.
Enjoy...
Mr Roebuck ("Team Manager")
Mr Todd ("Head Coach")
Mrs Hart ("Director of Football")
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What's on in the local community?
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What's on in the local community?
Get ready for a 'ZUMBA-WEEN' night ! SAT 26th Oct at the Waterside
centre, SE25 - 6.45pm. April at Perfect Circle Dance and Lakes
Playground Action Group have got together to bring you an evening of
fun and dancing for the whole family, Dads included ! Yes...you can
drink beer first as there will be a BAR.
The evening will kick off with Mini-Zumba for the kids, then a
dance-off for Mums and Dads.
See poster for details and how to get your tickets, they will be
available to collect via Cypress parents but they will sell out so let
us know ASAP!
Get your Halloween costumes ready !!
Can we also ask if you can fill in our SECOND playground consultation
survey? LPAG are in the consultation process with the aim of
regenerating and improving play facilities at South Norwood Lake and
Grounds. We are hoping this new survey will give us much needed data
for our funding bids. If you filled in the first survey - thank you,
please now fill in this second one and we'll be on our way !
Follow the link and it will take 5 mins.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CT9GLGV
Thank you
www.wordpress.lpag.com
Twitter - @lakesplay
Facebook - Lakes Playground Action Group
On behalf of the Lakes Playground Action Group
http://lpag.wordpress.com
Registered Charity Number 1153811 LAKES PLAYGROUND ACTION
GROUP
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KEY DATES FOR THE YEAR
7-11-Oct-13
10-Oct-13
14-18-Oct-13
18-Oct-13
25-Oct-13
28-Oct to 01-Nov-13
Y6 trip to France
Y5 to Primary Proms at Royal Albert Hall
Whole school test week for Y2 to Y6
Y4 Harvest Performance
School breaks up for half term
Half term Holidays
04-Nov-13
Children return to school
06-Nov-13
Ruby Class to Pizza Express 09:30am-12:00pm
New to Reception/Nursery 2014 presentation in hall 2pm-3pm
Year 5 to Hampton Court
Year 5 "Tudor Workshop Day"
Y1 One World Week performance 9:30am-10:15am
Y2 One World Week performance 2:20pm-3:15pm
New to Reception/Nursery 2014 Presentation in hall 10am11am
Parents evening - Juniors 3:30pm-7:30pm
Parents evening - Infants 3:30pm-5:30pm
Parents evening - Infants 3:30pm-7:30pm
Parents evening - Juniors 3:30pm-5:30pm
Violet Class - Pizza Express Croydon 9am-12pm
Reception Christmas Performance 09:45am-10:15am
Y1 Christmas Performance 09:45am-10:15am
Y5 Christmas performance 6:30pm-7:30pm
Children's Christmas Dinner
Y5 Christmas Performance 9:15am-10am
07-Nov-13
13-Nov-13
15-Nov-13
23-Nov-13
26-Nov-13
28-Nov-13
03-Dec-13
10-Dec-13
11-Dec-13
12-Dec-13
13-Dec-13
17-Dec-13
20-Dec-13
23-Dec-13 to 03-Jan13
06-Jan-14
07-Jan-14
07-10/01/2014
08-Jan-14
13-Jan-14
24-Jan-14
31-Jan-14
03-07/02/2014
14-Feb-14
17-21/02/2014
21-Feb-15
24-Feb-14
Nursery - Gold class singing 11:15am-11:40am
Nursery Silver class singing 2:50am-3:15am
School closes for Christmas break
School Holidays
Training Day for Staff (School closed to children)
Children return to school
Arts week
New to Reception/Nursery 2014 Presentation in hall 9:15am10:15am
Year 6 to National Gallery
2 x Year 3 to British Museum - classes tbc
Y3 Class to British Museum - class tbc
Test week for Years 2 to 6
School breaks for half term
Half Term - School Closed
Sport Relief 2014
Children return to school
04-Mar-14
06-Mar-14
11-Mar-14
13-Mar-14
17-21/03/2014
25-Mar-13
26-Mar-13
28-Mar-13
02-Apr-14
04-Apr-14
21-Apr-14
22-Apr-14
23-Apr-14
05-May-14
12-May-14
23-May-14
02-Jun-14
03-Jun-14
01-Jul-14
03-Jul-14
08-Jul-14
14-Jul-14
15-Jul-14
16-Jul-14
23-Jul-14
01-02-Sep-14
03-Sep-14
24-Oct-14
27-31-Oct-14
03-Nov-14
19-Dec-14
22-Dec-14 to 02Jan-15
16-Feb-15 to 20Feb-15
30-Mar-15 to 10Apr-15
25-May-15 to 29May-15
Jade Class - Pizza Express Croydon 9am-11:30am
World Book Day
Parents evening 3:30-7:30pm - Juniors
Parents evening 3:30pm-5:30pm - Infants
Parents evening 3:30pm-7:30pm - Infants
Parents evening 3:30pm-5:30pm - Juniors
Science & Engineering Week
Reception Spring performance 9:30am-10am
Y1 Spring performance 9:30am-10am
Y2 Spring performance 2:30pm-5pm
Y3 Easter performance 9:15am-10am
Nursery Gold class singing 11:15am-11:40am
Nursery Silver class singing 2:50pm-3:15pm
School closes for end of term
School closed for public holiday
Training Day for Staff (school closed to children)
Children return to school
School closed for public holiday
Y6 SATS week
School breaks for half term
Training Day for Staff (school closed to children)
Children return to school
Y1 and Y2 Sports Day 09:30am – 11:30am
Nursery and Reception Sports Day 1:30pm-3pm
Y5 and Y6 Sports Day 9:30am-11:30am
Y3 and Y4 Sports Day 1pm-3pm
New to Nursery 2014 Parents Information Evening
6pm-7pm
New to Reception 2014 Parents Information Evening
7pm-8pm
Nursery and Reception Sports Day 1pm-3pm
Year 6 Leavers Performance 2:15pm-3:15pm
Year 6 Leavers Performance 6:30pm-7:30pm
Year 6 Leavers Performance 9:15am-10:15am
Year 2 End of Year Performance 9:30am-10:30am
School closes for summer break
Inset Days
Children return to school
School closes for half term break
Half Term
Children return to school
School closes for Christmas break
Christmas Holiday
Half Term
Easter Holiday
Half Term