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The Wooden Post - 17 July 2020

17 July 2020

Dear Parents and Carers,

Goodness me, what a strange year we have had and one that we will never forget!  As always, I am incredibly proud of our community who have adapted and responded to the almost daily changes that needed to be made.  This was all done with positivity and a smile and helped along by some delicious cakes and lots of kind words.  

As the school year draws to a close there are a few staffing changes for September.  Next week we will say goodbye to Mrs Binnie, Miss Robertson and Mr Massey who are all moving on to pastures new.  We would like to thank them all for their hard work and commitment to the school and for the difference that they have made in our children’s lives.  They will all be very much missed and we wish them all well in their new ventures.  Last week we welcomed back Mrs Brown from maternity leave and in September we are also welcoming back from maternity leave, Mrs Sawford.  Joining the teaching staff team will be Mrs Parker who will be forming a job share with Mrs Brown.  

Attached is the list of classes, teacher and support staff for the autumn term.  You will notice that we have a new class, Linnet Class.  This has been created for this year only, in order to reduce class bubbles to less than 30 children and to not have mixed year group classes.  

If you have been in to school you will see that the building work has begun.  We have been eagerly awaiting these much needed adjustments to our school and so I was very excited when the works started as there was no turning back!  The internal works will be completed by the end of August and the classroom extension is due to be completed in October.  We are all really excited to welcome children back to our lovely new classrooms in September.

As this is my last newsletter of the academic year, I would like to wish our Year 6 children all the very best as they make the big step from primary to secondary school.  I am looking forward to seeing them all (from a distance, of course!) on Monday afternoon to say goodbye properly.  Parents and carers, I won’t see you so would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of our school and wish you and your family, all the very best in the future.  You will be very much missed!  There are a few other children leaving Wooden Hill as their families are re-locating to other parts of the country and the world.  I wish you all the very best in your new schools.

Have a wonderful summer.  Please take care and we are all looking forward to seeing you again on Tuesday 1st September at 9am (link to be sent at the end of August) for the meet the teacher meetings via Zoom and then parent consultations.  Children return on Thursday 3rd September (new Nursery and new Reception, please refer to previous letters for your child’s settling sessions) for the start of another a new normal. 

Best wishes

Mrs Lagares

We Need Your Help

All children will have individual packs of resources from September. 

However, these packs, along with water bottles etc. are taking up a lot of space on the children’s desks.  We would love to purchase chair storage but unfortunately, we cannot afford this for the whole school as it would cost over £1000. 

Instead, we are wondering if there are any parents out there who could make some chair storage for us, if we provided the fabric? 

 

This is what we are wondering whether a talented person could make for us:

This is what we can’t afford:

If you think you could help, please let the office know by Monday (sorry for the late notice but time is running out!).  The problem is that we need quite a lot…  We need 100 for KS1 children at least and then potentially (hopefully) another 200 for KS2!

 Class Staffing Structure for the AUTUMN TERM 2020

Class name Year Teachers Support staff (autumn placements)

Squirrel

N

Mrs Millman

Mrs Saraff

Mrs Wilcock

Mrs Cottrell

Mrs Bhatti

Mrs Findlay

Mole

R

Mrs Andrews

Mrs Atkinson

Mrs Wallington

Mrs McDonald-Gunner

Mrs Skinner

Mrs Catlin

Vole

R

Mrs Rutter

(EYFS leader)

Beaver

1

Mrs Kelly

Mrs Malyon

Mrs Catlin

Mrs Spacey

Mr Furnell

Mrs Nunn

Otter

1

Mrs Steel

Mrs Saunders

Rabbit

2

Miss Smart

Mrs Wood

Mrs O’Sullivan

Mrs Nunn

Deer

2

Mrs Brown  

Mrs Parker

Greenfinch

3

 Miss Bannister

Mrs Neame

Mrs Baldry

Mrs Goodyear

Chaffinch

3

Miss McGowan

Crossbill

4

Mrs Collett 

Mrs Sawford

Mrs Evans

Mrs Owen

Mrs O’Sullivan

Mrs Goodyear

Linnet

4

Miss Leigh-Hunt

(KS2 leader)

Jay

5

Miss Carter

Mrs Lines

Mrs Moidu

Mrs Kingston

Woodpecker

5

Miss Bolton

Kite

6

Mr Billers

Mrs Hill

Mrs Kingston

Owl

6

Miss Wright

PJ Mask Plasticine Won for School

Many congratulations to James in Year 1 Otter class, who won first prize in a competition he entered. His amazing super hero fish has won £150 of PJ Mask plasticine for the school. James is delighted and so are we.

Wooden Hill Bubbles

This week the Wooden Hill Bubbles have been thinking about ‘Memories and Dreams’ as it was their last full week in the Wooden Hill bubbles. They have collaged Joseph’s technicolour dream coat, made 3D rainbows, carried out rainbow inspired science investigations, made bookmarks and created their very own memory posters of their time in their bubbles.

Last weeks theme was ‘Space - Is there anybody out there?’ The children had lots of fun making all sorts of things. From Constellations with marshmallows and spaghetti (Dry!) to flying saucers, space globes, space wreaths and aliens in lots of different forms! Painting their feet to make rocket pictures, space art using marbles, painting planets and making astronaut masks.

~ Notices and Reminders ~

Families Thames Valley West Magazine

Here is a link to the summer special issue of Families Thames Valley West magazine. It is packed with ideas to entertain the children over the six week holidays and to prepare them for (re)starting school. This includes safe days out, staycation ideas, printable activity sheets, virtual summer camps and so much more.

https://issuu.com/familiesonline/docs/families_tvw_jul_aug_2020

M&S Your School Uniform - https://www.mandsyourschooluniform.com

Marks & Spencer have a Summer 20% Discount Promotion.  Because of the delays in receiving stock from their suppliers, M&S are delaying their launch of "Back to School 2020" campaign until July instead of the planned June launch.

Additionally, to help parents over the Summer, they have decided that they will extend their 20% promotion to run for 3 months from 2nd July 2020 until 30th September 2020, so that no parent will miss out on being able to buy their uniform at a discounted rate.

Bracknell Forest School Nursing Team

Berkshire Healthcare is launching a new School Nursing advice and support line for children, young people and their families, to offer health advice and referral into the service for on-going support if needed. The line will be available from 9am-4.30pm, Monday to Friday.

You can access this service by dialing 0118 9312111 and selecting ‘Option 4’ to speak to a School Nurse from our team.

Wooden Hill Primary and Nursery School 

Staplehurst, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 8DB

T: 01344 421117   E: secretary@office.woodenhill.bracknell-forest.sch.uk