Recent letters shared with parents and carers.
28 September 2018
Dear Parents and Carers,
To help support schools and parents to help schools and parents meet the Governments Health Agenda to get every child doing 30 minutes of Physical Activity during the school day and 30 minutes beyond the school day. The Dacorum Sports School Network has purchased mascots for Key Stage 1 classes.
Your child will help make the mascot as a class and the mascot will be named. Throughout the school year, children will get the opportunity to take the mascot home with them for a week. Each day of that week they must perform various physical activities with the mascot. (ideally 30 minutes) This can include step ups on their stairs, skipping in the garden, star jumps, walking to the shops etc. – Anything that raises the heart rate counts.
When it is your child’s turn to take home the mascot they will be provided with a journal. Ideally They will need to take photos of themselves doing the activity with the mascot, or/and write about what they have done with them each day. They could alternatively draw a picture of themselves doing the activity with the mascot. It would be fabulous if they could get their parents involved in some of the activities and take photos of them all taking part!
When your child returns the mascot to school they will share their experiences with the rest of the class before handing the mascot onto the next person.
I hope you both enjoy the mascot and if you have any questions please do not hestitate to ask your child’s teacher.
Yours sincerely
Miss Penning
PE Leader
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Hertfordshire County Council CHN101, County Hall Pegs Lane Hertford SG13 8DN
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Dear Parents / Carers,
We would like to inform you that Years 1 & 2 children will be taking part in a scooter training session on Monday 1st and Wednesday 3 October. These sessions will be in the school time and will be run by Sue O’Brien from Herts County Council Active and Safer Travel Team; each session will run for 35 minutes.
The children will be taught to ride their scooters safely on the school playground. They will work in groups of 15.
To participate in these sessions every child will need a scooter.
If you are willing to lend your child's scooter to another child please let the teacher know.
Thank you for your support,
Susan O’Brien
Active and Safer Travel Team,
Hertfordshire County Council
Galley Hill Primary School
Autumn Term 2018 Consultations
Opportunities for consultation between parents/carers and class teachers are being offered on the following days:
Wednesday 17 October – 3.30pm-6.30pm
Thursday 18 October - 5.00pm-7.30pm
Timed appointments, lasting 10 minutes, can be booked within certain time-bands. Please complete a form for each pupil, indicating your preferred time, and return the forms to the appropriate class teacher by Friday 5 October.
If you would like to discuss any additional issues with your child’s teacher during your consultation, please could you complete the section below. Please remember your appointment is for 10 minutes only. If you require longer or wish to discuss sensitive concerns, please arrange a separate appointment with the class teacher.
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Consultation Appointments
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Please could you note, in this space, any matters you would especially like to cover during this consultation:
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Return form for teachers’ use – PLEASE DO NOT DETACH
Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………… Class:…………………………………..
Your consultation appointment has been arranged for:
Wednesday 17 October 2018 at ……………………………………pm
Thursday 18 October 2018 at…..………………..………………… pm
Galley Hill Primary School
Autumn Term 2018 Nursery Consultations
Opportunities for consultation between parents/carers and class teachers are being offered on the following days:
Wednesday 17th October – 3.40 – 6.30pm
Thursday 18 October – 4.00 – 6.30pm
Timed appointments, lasting 10 minutes, can be booked within certain time-bands. Please complete a form for each pupil, indicating your preferred time, and return the forms to the appropriate class teacher by Friday 5 October.
If you would like to discuss any additional issues with your child’s teacher during your consultation, please could you complete the section below. Please remember your appointment is for 10 minutes only. If you require longer or wish to discuss sensitive concerns, please arrange a separate appointment with the class teacher.
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Nursery Consultation Appointments
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OR: I/We do not wish to arrange an appointment ……………………………… (please tick)
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Please could you note, in this space, any matters you would especially like to cover during this consultation:
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Signed: ……………………………………………………………………………… Date:…………………………………….
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Return form for teachers’ use – PLEASE DO NOT DETACH
Name: ……………………………………………………………………………… Class:…………………………………..
Your consultation appointment has been arranged for:
Wednesday 17 October 2018 at ……………………………………pm
Thursday 18 October 2018 at…..……………………..…………… pm
25 September 2018
Dear Parents/Carers
The Years 5 and 6 children have been invited to a Cross Country Event at Laureate Academy on 8 October.
We will be leaving school at 1pm and will return at 3pm.
Lunch arrangements will remain the same.
Please ensure children have P.E. Kits including trainers / warm clothing in case of bad weather and a water bottle.
Please complete the slip below and return to the class teacher by Wednesday 3 October.
If you are able to help out the trip please speak to your child’s class teacher.
Yours sincerely
Miss Penning
PE Leader
25 September
Dear Parents/Carers
The Years 3 and 4 children have been invited to a Cross Country Event at Laureate Academy on 8 October.
We will be leaving school at 9.00am and will return at 11.30am.
Lunch arrangements will remain the same.
Please ensure children have P.E. Kits including trainers / warm clothing in case of bad weather and a water bottle.
Please complete the slip below and return to the class teacher by Wednesday 3 October.
If you are able to help out the trip please speak to your child’s class teacher.
Yours sincerely
Miss Penning
PE Leader
18 September 2018
Dear Parents/Carers
Harvest Festival
It’s that time again – our annual Harvest Assembly!
This year we will be collecting food for DENS Dacorum Foodbank.
We would be very grateful if you could kindly make a donation to help those in need. Please see the list below for examples of items needed. Please can all donations be handed into the school by Monday 1 October:
The children will be presenting a brief Harvest Assembly on Tuesday 2 October. The Key Stage 2 (Years 3 – 6) children will be at 9 – 9.15am and the Early Years & Key Stage 1 (Nursery – Year 2) will be at 9.45 – 10.00am.
You are welcome to come and watch your child(ren).
Macmillan Biggest Coffee Morning
Galley Hill will be supporting and holding a Macmillan Coffee Morning on Tuesday 2 October after the Harvest Festival.
We invite you all to stay for ‘a nice cuppa and a slice a cake’!!! All proceeds will be donated to Macmillan.
To help support this invaluable fund raising event, please can we kindly ask if you could send in cake donations. You can either ‘make or fake’ the cakes!!! Homemade would be yummy but all cakes will be generously received and eaten at the coffee morning!!
Please can you bring or send in your cake donations on Monday 1 and/or the morning of Tuesday 2 October.
Thank you in advance for your kindness and look forward to seeing you all.
Yours sincerely
Mrs E Birch
Headteacher
13 September 2018
Dear Parents/Carers
Welcome to Galley Hill Primary School’s Nursery class. Please speak to any member of staff if you have questions, we are here to help. I have included in this letter information that you may need for the year.
All children do need a waterproof coat at school every day (unless we are having a heatwave of course). They will go outside in the morning, at lunchtime (30 hours only) and during the afternoon.
Every other week the children will spend time outside in the woodland school. They will have their lesson in the woodland area in all weather. If they have a pair of own wellies they can hang them on their peg all year.
Nursery PE Day for the Autumn term is a Monday.
Their PE kits should be on their peg every day. Please label all your child’s clothes, PE kit, coat, hat, gloves, etc.
Please be aware that if you have written their name in with pen, it might wash off after a few washes! We do try our best to find all lost items.
Children can bring into school their own water bottle to drink from. Please make sure the bottle is named and contains only water. Children should also bring their book bag into school every day.
Reading Children were given an orange reading book. Please read stories with your child every day and write a little note (date and signature) in the orange book so we can praise your child for sharing the books and give them stickers.
In Early Years we plan our topics every week due to the time of the year or the interests of the children. Every Monday we will place the week’s topic and lesson headlines on the classroom window and on the Nursery website page. We also place the nursery rhyme of the week on the classroom window. Practise singing with them if possible and have fun learning with us.
We place all dates on the school website calendar so please check throughout the year.
Nursery Open Sessions
Every class in the school has open lessons a year when parents can come along and join in with their child’s learning. Our open sessions are
Thursday 25th October 8.30am until 9.30am for morning class; 12.30-1.30pm for the afternoon class.
Thursday 21st March 8.30 until 9.30am for morning class; 12.30-1.30pm for the afternoon class.
Thursday 23rd May 8.30 until 9.30am for morning class; 12.30-1.30pm for the afternoon class.
Parent Consultation Evenings
During the Autumn and Spring terms all parents are given the opportunity to discuss their child’s progress with the class teacher. During the summer term you receive a written report. This term the consultation will be on Wednesday 17th October 3.30-6pm or Thursday 18th October 5-7.30pm. A letter will be sent home nearer the date for you to make time and date choices for the meeting.
Christmas Play
Nursery children always love singing so we decided we will sing Christmas songs to you all. Our performances will be on Friday 7th December at 10.45 am 2.45 pm. You don’t need tickets, just turn up and enjoy.
Sports Day
Morning Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2 sports day will be on the morning of Wednesday 19th June. 10am until 11.30am.
Afternoon Nursery will have their sports day on Monday 17th June from 12.30pm until 1.30pm. You are all invited to come along and watch the children taking part in sporting activities on the school field.
Please read the school newsletter when it is sent to you via email on a Friday. This will let you know all information you need and keep you up to date with dates and events.
TOYS Children always like to bring in a toy from home. But children are not allowed to bring in toys or items from home into school. I am sure you can understand the sharing and losing issues this creates if all 30 children bring in a favourite toy from home or sneak it into their bag!
Thank you
Ms Handel, Mrs Payne, Mrs Trueman, Mrs Stanbridge
Nursery Staff
12 September 2018
Dear Parents,
As part of our Roman Festival trip to St Albans Abbey the children will be participating in a Roman Food Workshop.
The children will be handling and eating the following ingredients and for this reason we need ALL parents to reply stating if there are any allergies to any of these products.
Please note that if we do not receive your reply slip your children will be unable to take part in the workshop as we need to ensure that all children are safe from allergic reactions.
Many thanks
D. Spooner C. Higgs V. Ewer
Year 3
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Year 3 Roman Festival Trip Allergy Letter.
(Please do not list anything that your child simply dislikes, we only need to be aware of allergies, they will not be forced to eat the after product).
My child ______________(child’s name) in Ruby / Emerald is allergic to
Dates □, Apple □, Honey □, Cinnamon □, Salt □, Figs □,
White Flour □, Coriander Seeds □, Feta □, Olive Oil □, Fresh coriander □, Pitta Bread □, Fresh Parsley □, Fresh Mint □,
Fresh Thyme □, Peppercorn □.
My child is NOT □ allergic to any of the above ingredients.
11tSeptember 2018
Family Photograph
Dear Parents,
Next week, in Reception we are going to be talking about our family. It would be great if you could send in a photograph of your family. We will be looking and talking about these photographs on Wednesday 19 September.
After our discussion with the children, we would like to display these photographs in our classrooms for a while.
Any questions, please ask.
Kind regards,
Reception Staff Team