Christmas jumpers

Does your child have a Christmas jumper yet?

We will be inviting children to wear a Christmas jumper on Wednesday 11th December (the day of our school Christmas dinner) to raise money for Save the Children. We will be asking for a donation of £1, or whatever you can manage, which we will send to Save the Children. Some year groups might also be asking children to wear a Christmas jumper for their Christmas production, so it's worth getting organised now! Please see the poster below if you have any Christmas jumpers that you no longer need or want, which we can sell to other parents to make a little bit of money for the school. Thank you!

 

Lost Property

Please name your child's property!!!

I am shocked at the number of coats, cardigans, jumpers, scarves and hats that are not named! Children are not the best at looking after their things and staff in school do not have time to play detective and find out who each item belongs to so PLEASE NAME EVERYTHING! If you want it back, name it!

ECO SCHOOLS

ECO schools news

Our Eco schools team would really like your support! They are trying to reduce our carbon footprint but they need your help. Please scan the QR code below for ways you can reduce your carbon footprint. Thank you!

 

Term 2 Menus

School dinner menus for Term 2:

Please note that our Christmas Dinner Day is on Wednesday 11th December - the only offer for that day will be Christmas dinner (with a vegetarian option). There will be no alternatives (pasta/jacket potatoes).

Welcome back!

Happy Term 2!

I hope you have all had a wonderful half term break. I'm sure many of you will have enjoyed fireworks for Diwali and Bonfire Night and I'm sure many of the children will have had some Halloween fun and stocked up on their supplies of sweets!

It's time now to get back into the routine of school and make sure there is lots of learning taking place, before we get too carried away with all of the festive fun that lies ahead! We love all of the festivities here at Wrotham Road but we will be making sure that the children are still being provided with a rich and engaging curriculum throughout the term, so please don't think this is the term to slack off and certainly don't assume that we won't be doing anything important so it's ok to take a few days off - this is absolutely not the case! Last term we came out top of the leader board for attendance in our Trust and we would like your help to maintain this in Term 2. 

Attendance is vital for learning and the odd day off here and there does have a huge negative impact, so unless your child is really poorly with a temperature, sickness or diarrhoea then they should be in school - coughs and colds are common at this time of year but aren't really a reason to stay home. 

Being on time for school is also really important - our start time is 8.55am and by this time children should be in their classrooms ready to start learning. The gates open at 8.40am so there is no excuse for being late!

We have lots of fun events coming up this term, starting with our Children in Need day this Friday (15th November) where we invite the children to come in wearing something spotty, yellow or Pudsey Bear related. We will collecting donations on the playgrounds in the morning so please send your child in with £1 if they wish to participate in this event.

The PTA will be holding a 'pre-loved uniform sale' on Monday 18th after school in the canteen - items will be sold from 50p upwards. Come and grab yourselves a bargain and help raise some money for the school!

Talking of raising money for the school, I'm afraid our budget is very very limited and exciting fun events, such as the astrodome and dhol drumming last term, cannot go ahead in future unless we have contributions from parents. Unfortunately, we had a shortfall of £162 for the astrodome which then needs to come out of our resources budget, meaning that our funds for buying the necessary pens, pencils, books, etc is chipped away at and later this year we may not have the money left to buy these things for your children. If you didn't pay your £2 contribution please do it now if you can - it doesn't matter that the event has passed. Without contributions we will have to make the sad decision to not book events like this in the future because we cannot keep making up the extra cost ourselves.

Many thanks for your support and have a wonderful week 😀

PTA Autumn/Halloween Disco

Come and join us at our PTA disco!

Please see details on the poster below, about our PTA disco, which is taking place on Friday 18th October. Please purchase tickets on Arbor.

KS1 will be from 4.30-5.30pm and KS2 from 6-7pm. 

Halloween costumes optional - no masks though please!

 

Foodbank donations

Harvest donations

On Friday 4th October we will be celebrating Harvest and as part of the celebrations we are asking for donations to the local foodbank to help families in need. Please see the poster and list below about how we can help. 

If you are able to send in a donation please send these in by Friday 4th October. Thank you!

 

Asda Rewards

Do you shop in Asda?

If you shop do, please download the App and scan each time you shop, to earn money for our school. It's really easy to use and we would be really grateful for the extra cash! Basically it's free money which can help our school provide more resources for your children.

Term 1 Clubs

 

Wrotham Road Champions

The Golden Games

Congratulations to our trophy winners at The Golden Games yesterday. We won eight trophies in total, including the Year 3 boys shot put, the Year 4 mixed relay, the Year 5 girls standing long jump, the Year 6 boys standing long jump and the Year 6 boys 300m. 

Our pupils all did us proud. Their behaviour was exemplary and they showed great sportsmanship and support for each other.

Year 6 Residential Day 2 and 3

 Day 2

Wow what a day! This has to be the best yet hottest day so far. We have made sure that we are applying our sun cream hourly and hydrating ourselves. You may as well say that we are the king of the high ropes (3G Swing and High Equilibrium). In addition, we came together and sang around the campfire. Here, enjoy some pictures of our fun - we do miss home and school; we have made memories that will last a life time (including Miss Smith and Mr Bownas having a go!). 

Day 3

Yes, we were up for more challenges this morning despite a few giggles during the early hours of the morning. Getting up at 6:45am to clean our dorms to get ready to come back home! Today we participated in a ‘Buggy Build’ as well as volleyball and orienteering. 

We look forward to seeing you all soon. 

Year 6 Residential

 Today has been an amazing start to our Kingswood Residential 2024. After the coach had arrived we were in for a few games as well as a spot of fencing joined by glorious weather. Did you know that in fencing a mask is called a beard? Did you know that in fencing a sword is called a foil? 

Tonight we are in for a sing-a-long around the campfire. Lights out by 9:30! 

Miss Smith

PTA Summer Disco

 

Year 1/2 cricket competition

 The children absolutely loved representing Wrotham Road Primary at the cricket competition today and showed great sportsmanship. They worked really well as a team and worked on their strategy each round to increase their runs.

Attendance stars!

 A great first week attendance-wise at Wrotham Road - we are normally much lower on the leader board so 3rd place is very impressive! Lets see if we can do even better next week and knock West Hill off the top spot!! 😉

Father's Day Stall

 

Please support our PTA by coming along with your children to purchase gifts for dads, grandads, uncles, or any other special people in your children's lives! We look forward to seeing you after school one day next week.

NHS Mental Health Workshops

Captain Wonderweb and the Esteem Machine

Every year group, from Reception to Year 5, enjoyed participating in some NHS run shows/workshops today, focussing on mental health.

Year 5 enjoyed learning about the different strategies they can follow to support their positive mental health. They found the workshop both engaging and informative. The children learnt about the importance of using less technology before bedtime, eating a balanced diet, being active, developing healthy sleeping habits and speaking about their feelings.

Year 6 SATs

 Last week one of our amazing Year 6 pupils wrote this fabulous poem about SATs:

We have done fractions, decimals, percentages and other math-like stuff, 

We have written many stories, diaries, letters and that has never stopped, 

We dumped a bucket of water over Miss Smith for Science which was incredibly fun, 

We went from space to ancient Maya in just over 8 months, 

We have learnt to always stay safe on the internet because that will never stop, 

We know that we are amazing and will succeed no matter what. 

Good luck Year 6 for next week. 

The Year 6s and the wonderful Year 6 team did a brilliant job this week. The children all stayed calm and focussed and absolutely did us all proud! Everyone now deserves to have a well earned rest this weekend and maybe one or two treats to say 'well done'!

THE PTA NEEDS YOU!!!!

 

Please, please, please help our wonderful PTA!

Since joining Wrotham Road I have had many conversations with some of our PTA members and I am now putting out a plea! 

The PTA needs more volunteers! They have lots of great ideas and I am really keen for us to have lots of great fund raising events to help provide more resources and wonderful events for the children. In the past schools could afford to take children on trips, bring in workshops and buy wonderful equipment, but this is no longer the case sadly. We rely, more and more, on the charitable donations from the PTA to bring enriching educational experiences to the school and make learning fun for the children. 

Please, please, please contact our PTA team if you can join them and get involved in organising/promoting events, arranging raffle prizes, running stalls, volunteering at discos, etc. Whatever you can do will be very much appreciated! We are hoping to bring back some of the bigger events, like a Christmas Fair, but this will only be possible if we have volunteers. As a parent I was a member of the PTA for seven years at my child's primary school and it was a lot of fun - why not give it a go?

Brilliant Club

The Year 5 children, who are part of The Brilliant Club have worked exceptionally hard this year to complete assignments about democracy in Britain. As a result of passing their assignments, we had a fantastic trip to the University of London for their graduation last Wednesday. They were given an insight into university life; they took part in a lecture, before having a tour of the campus, and they enjoyed celebrating their achievements as part of the graduation ceremony.

The Brilliant Club is a registered charity, supporting children  to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence to access university - it champions higher education within the community and addresses any barriers that children may face.