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Thurlow Educational Trust AGM
14 May 2010 3:41PM
The minutes of the AGM (28th April, 2010) have been agreed and are ready for parents. Any parents wishing to collect a copy are invited to do so from the TPR or EC offices.
Medical News
14 May 2010 3:37PM
Dear Parents,
I would like to inform you that several children in Year 3 have contracted chickenpox.
If anyone is dropping off/picking up siblings of children infected with chickenpox, please could they ensure the infected child does not come into the playground or in contact with other families in the school. This is so we can avoid cross infection where possible. Thank you very much for your co-operation in this matter.
If you have any concerns at all, do not hesitate to contact me, on
020 8 655 9553.
Yours sincerely,
Sally Butler
School Nurse
The Week Ahead
13 May 2010 6:36AM
Week beginning 17th May, 2010 - Science week
Monday, 17th
Practice-a-thon! till 28 May
Cycle training for some pupils in year 6
11.45 School lunches for year 1 groups at TPR
(Please note that the RSA Cake sale at both sites is next week, not today)
Tuesday, 18th
10.30-12.00 School swimming gala for years 3-6 at Crystal Palace (packed lunches required)
10.15 Showround at EC
Wednesday, 19th
14.00-15.00 ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’ at EC
Thursday, 20th
Mrs Everitt, Mrs Sawyer & Mrs Stewart, out on Child Protection for Designated Staff course
9.00 Year 3 to RHS Gardens, Wisley
9.00 6C Assembly
Friday, 21st
Perform visiting EC all day
18.00-21.00 Art Exhibition at TPR - Please note change of time
Saturday, 22nd
9.30-12.30 Art Exhibition at EC - Please note change of time
Sunday, 23rd
Ballet exams
RSA News - Quiz Night Reminder
12 May 2010 10:19AM
The RSA Adult Quiz Night is almost upon us - it's this Friday, 14th May. It is a wonderful opportunity to get together with some other parents and teachers, to have a stab at a few answers, have a glass or two of something flavoursome, and a fish/chicken/vegetarian option and chips from Olley's, while you're mulling over your answers.
For those of you who have not yet ordered tickets, it's not too late. Simply click *here* to download a form.
There are prizes for the team that finishes in first place - and the team that finishes in last place. Now, you can't say fairer than that!
Chess News
10 May 2010 12:44PM
U11 Inter-County National Championships
Hector H, Raphael K and Ianto J (all yr 6) represented Kent in the U11 Inter-county National Championships held in Bolton last Saturday.
The start was rather dramatic. The first round was scheduled to commence at 11.45am (with 50 minutes on the clock). We had all taken the 8am train from Euston and scheduled to arrive at the venue at 10.45am. However there was a technical fault on the line and the train was delayed by 2 hours! The organisers agreed to delay the start of the tournament by 25 minutes….. however our boys clocks would start as soon as the tournament commenced irrespective of whether or not they were sitting at their board ready to play. Finally we arrived at the venue with just 10 minutes left on the clock whilst each of our boys’ opponents still had their full 50 minutes. Despite this set back the team still managed to score 14.5 out of 20. With wins for Hector, Ianto and a draw for Raphael, placing Kent second at the end of the first round.
After three rounds of playing Kent finished national runners-up only ½ a point behind the winners. Raphael, Hector and Ianto all did extremely well in their performances. Well done everyone.
Thierry Huser
Parent Assemblies
9 May 2010 8:41PM
We have now had two of our parent assemblies this term, where parents have come to TPR to talk about their profession. Ms. Abella gave the children a marvellous lesson on translating and interpreting during the first of these, and at one point she had several children out at the front of the hall interpreting what she was saying in German, Italian and Swedish.
Last week, Ms. Jones gave a wonderful presentation on environmental consultancy using PowerPoint. At Rosemead we are striving to become 'greener' and Ms. Jones's assembly certainly gave us plenty to think about.
So, this week we have Mr. Broadbent speaking about project management. We can't wait!
RSA News - Coffee Morning
7 May 2010 3:23PM
Thank you to everyone who came to the RSA's coffee morning on Friday 30th April - especially those of you who had other commitments but managed to pop in for a quick cuppa. We raised £35 in donations - so a big thanks to all who contributed.
A big thank you to Mrs. Cole and Mrs. Lambton, both of whom made the morning go smoothly. Special thanks also go to Donna, who baked us a lemon loaf, but was unable to stay to watch us all enjoy it!! Jacks' toffee cake had us licking our sticky fingers and Annie's Anzac biscuits were just like you get in New Zealand - delicious!!
Our next coffee morning is on Friday 11th June at the TPR site - I hope to see you all then for cake and coffee.
Amy Kubrycht
The Week Ahead
7 May 2010 3:19PM
Week beginning 10th May, 2010
Monday, 10th
KS2 Assessment Week
Year 6 to Marchants Hill till Wednesday – Mrs. Riley, Miss Cornejo, Miss King, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Michael and Mr. Kinchin accompanying
Amy Dean on work experience at EC for 2 weeks
EYFS interviews at EC
9.00 Year 1 classes to Tate Modern
13.30 Mr. Sinclair covering year 3 Games for Mr. Kinchin
13.45 Mrs Davies & Mr. Harrild from St. Dunstan’s visiting year 5
Tuesday, 11th
9.30 Showround at TPR
10.15 Showround at EC
Wednesday, 12th
Mrs. Williams out at Pre-test training at NFER. Ms Garnham (Axcis) to cover
10.30 Nursery managers’ tour and coffee at EC followed by lunch at TPR
Thursday, 13th
Mrs. Brown out at ISA Conference till Saturday
Mrs. Sherwood attending ISA Conference for day only
Cycle training for some pupils in year 6
19.00 Dulwich Festival (Electric fusion & ‘Cello group)
Friday, 14th
Mrs. Everitt and Mrs. Sherwood unavailable
Mrs. Kastoryano on NFER training. Ms. Garnham (Axcis) to cover
19.30-22.30 RSA Adult Quiz Night – TPR school hall (Tickets still available. Please see post below.)
Sunday, 16th
Ballet exams
