This contains lots of news about what is going on at Ash Grange, see also emails and Marvellous Me communications.
Dear Parents/Carers,
I have been liaising with Surrey Arts to increase the opportunities the children can have to music lessons. We have two new opportunities starting after Easter.
Your child can have a group lesson with a small group of between 3 and 5 children
or
an individual lesson with the teacher.
The costs are £9.10 per week if in a group and £16.10 per week if one to one.
If your child has Free School Meals or is a Young Carer there is no cost for a group lesson and a reduced cost of £2.80 per individual lesson with the teacher.
These will happen during the school day on a Wednesday each week.
If you would like to sign your child up for this, please follow this link
There is one space for an individual lesson with the teacher.
The costs is £16.10 per week.
If your child has Free School Meals or is a Young Carer there is a reduced cost of £2.80 per lesson.
If you would like to sign your child up for this, please follow this link
Both of these opportunities will begin from 24th April 2024. If you have any questions, catch me after the Easter break.
Kind regards,
Mrs Curtis
Dear Parent/Carer,
We have been informed today of two pupils who have confirmed cases of scarlet fever. Within the past 10 days we have been informed of one other confirmed case. Following Public Health Authority guidelines we are now obliged to inform them of the current and any future confirmed cases..
Although scarlet fever is usually a mild illness, it should be treated with antibiotics to reduce the risk of complications and the spread to others. Children may return to school 24 hours after taking antibiotics if they are well enough.
Please see some of the common symptoms:
A sore throat, headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. This is followed by a fine, rash which typically first appears on the chest and stomach, rapidly spreading to other parts of the body. On white skin the rash looks pink or red. On brown and black skin it might be harder to see a change in colour, but you can still feel the sandpaper-like texture of the rash and see the raised bumps. The face can be flushed red but pale around the mouth
Dear Parents/Carers,
Well here we are on the last week of term, how quickly this term has passed. So we have so much to look forward to this week:
Easter Raffle
We have received donations of Easter eggs from the Lion’s Club so will be holding a raffle for them on Thursday. Raffle tickets are 50p ticket and will on sale at the school office and on the gates before and after school. All money raised will go to purchasing of extra playground equipment for breaktimes.
Thursday 28th March - last day of term:
1. Mufti Day, own clothes (not fancy dress) so children can be ready for discos after visiting the church for Year 4's performance. All footwear must be suitable for a day at school and breaktimes.
2. 9am Year 4 are performing the Easter story for their parents and the school at Holy Angels Church over the road from school. Parents please be seated at the church by 8.55am. The performance last approximately 30 minutes.
3. 1.30pm Collection time for the end of the school day, for all children in the Nursery and School who do whole days.
4. Picnic lunch meal for all children to choose who have school dinner.
5. Raffle drawn in lunch break.
Kind regards,
Mrs Curtis
Headteacher
Dear Parent/Carer,
On Thursday 28th March ( last day of term) the children will be having a picnic lunch. There will be no hot options for this day.
The menu choices are as follows:
The RED option is Ham sandwich
The GREEN option is a Cheese sandwich
The YELLOW option is a Tuna sandwich.
Please note: The menu choices listed on your Scopay app for Thursday 28th March are not the same as listed above. If you would like to order your child's sandwich in advance please choose using the colour system as shown above.
Best wishes
The office team
Dear Parents/Carers,
We all want children to be better readers and there is something you can do at home to make this happen; turn on the subtitles. It doesn't matter what age your child is, through this they read words, spell words and use words better - remember you need to see a word 100 times before it is in your memory forever. You can do this by turning on the subtitles in your setting of your TV. Here's a great link to inspire you: https://turnonthesubtitles.org/parents/
One small change can help every child to read better.
Kind regards
Mrs Curtis
Headteacher
Dear Parent/Carer,
The year 6 2024 leavers hoodies are now available to order. There are various sizes and colours available. Prices start from £16.50-£21.50.
To order your child’s hoodie and see the range of colours available please visit our school uniform shop. This can also be accessed via the school website.
Year 6 - Leavers Hoodie | Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School | Uniform | Nursery
The hoodies will be screen printed with Leavers 24 on each hoodie and will include our Ash Grange logo. The children’s first name only will appear inside the 24 logo (unless you have said you do not wish for your child’s name to appear).
We have included below a size guide with age band to help with your selection:
Sizes (To fit chest)
7/8 (30”) 9/11 (32"), 12/13 (34") XS (36"), S (38"), M (40"), L (42"), XL (44")
The children will be allowed to wear their hoodies in school for the second half of the summer term (after the May half term.) in place of their school jumper and for PE.
Orders need to be placed no later than Friday 26th April, orders will not be accepted after this date due to manufacturing timelines.
If you need help to complete your order, please contact the school office
Best wishes
The office team
Dear Parent/Carer,
This is a reminder if you would like to attend the Parent lunch on Thursday 16th May, please complete your meal choice using the form available on your Scopay account, along with payment of £2.60. Information can be found in Scopay under Trips and Events. Payments can also be made via the school office. Please only make one payment of £2.60 even if you have more than one child.
There will be two lunch sittings as follows:
KS1 will attend the first sitting at 11.55am-12.25pm,
If you have a child in KS1 and KS2 you will also attend the first sitting 11.55am-12.25pm.
KS2 children with no siblings will attend the second sitting 12.30pm-1pm.
Please note: We cannot take any additional bookings after 4.pm Wednesday 1st May 2024.
Best wishes
Dear Parents/Carers,
As you know next week is the residential for the Year 5 and 6 children who are booked to attend. For those not going to Residential we have a fun packed 3 day programme for them at school. Tomorrow the children will be meeting together to find out about all the different activities they will be enjoying as they come off school timetable and combine together. The children will need to wear PE kits for the 3 days, that is Wednesday to Friday of next week. All children are expected to attend school.
Kind regards,
Mrs Curtis
Headteacher
Dear Parents/Carers,
As advertised on 15.2.24, it is Red Nose Day this Friday, 15th March. This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to get involved in work of this charity. If you want to find out more about it all, follow the link.
We will be enjoying the day with our own events in school and:
1. On the day children can wear red clothing (not costumes) or not, as much or as little as they like. It is not a mufti day, for wearing any clothes, they swap any part of their uniform for a red item. If your child is having PE on Friday, then the swapped items must be suitable for wearing for PE.
2. We will not be selling merchandise as this goes against our Eco and World caring values of reducing waste, you can purchase through other outlets and the children can bring those to school. We want to be supportive of the charity so we will be having a red nose painting station at school during breaktimes on the day for the children to enjoy, we will be using face paints to paint a nose - costs nothing and produces no waste.
3. If you wish to make a donation to the charity you can do so directly on the charity's website or through Scopay on your child's account.
Kind regards,
Mrs Curtis
Headteacher
Dear Parent/Carer,
There will be a change to your child's P.E day this week. The change is as follows:
Tuesday P.E lesson remains unchanged
Thursday's PE lesson will now be Friday
This is for one week only
Best wishes
The office team