Raglan Primary School
Newsletter Friday March 18th 2016
Dear Parents, Carers, Governors and Friends, Today was quite a busy day at Raglan. Dr Pauline Watts, an Education Consultant, who works across the ALC, was in school all day carrying out a joint teaching and learning review with Senior Leaders. She spent time in each class observing the learning and then spent the afternoon carrying out a scrutiny of the children’s books . She was very impressed with the rapid improvement across the school, the engaging learning and our high quality books. While she was looking at the books this afternoon, the children were enthusiastically running around the playground raising money for Sport Relief! Great fun was had by all. The money raised in sponsorship will be added to the £100 already raised by 5O from the cake sale they organised yesterday. Well done 5O, a fantastic achievement. A big thank you also to everyone who supported by either buying cakes or providing cakes. The excitement is still continuing as the children are about to enjoy the Easter Disco arranged by the FOR –a big thank you to everyone involved . Hopefully when your children come home they will not be too exhausted!! Enjoy your weekend, Kath Margetts and Staff
Educational Visit Reception children have been learning about ‘Growing’ this term and on Wednesday had a very special visit from Mrs Nye’s 3-week-old Granddaughter and also from Toby’s twin brother and sister. The children were fascinated and asked many questions.
4K Family Assembly Well done for a fantastic assembly. It included a mixture of the Literacy, Geography (Rivers) and Science (Sound) that the children have been learning about this half term. Thank you to all parents who were able to attend.
Upcoming dates…
Sport Relief There was lots of activity in the playground this afternoon as KS1 children did a sponsored run of half mile and KS2 ran one mile. The children were very enthusiastic and some decided to continue running with their classmates even when they had finished their own laps! Children who participated received a sticker and a certificate. Well done everyone.
Last day of term. School closes at 3.15pm for KS1 and 3.20pm for KS2. (Usual end of day times) 24th March – LLC visit to the Aquarium.
If your child has collected sponsorship money from this event please bring it in ASAP so that we can send it off to Sport relief. Thank you
24th March – 9th Annual R-Factor
26th March – Friends of Whitehall Rec – Easter Egg Hunt 2-4pm 4TH April – Green Gym Launch at Whitehall Rec 11am-2pm
Football Results The girl’s team played Southborough on Friday 11th and the final score was a whopping four nil in favour of Raglan. The boys 7 a side match on Wednesday 16th was eventful. Raglan boys lost three games however won one. They did really well and worked together as a team. Well done boys. Thursday 24th March there will be a tournament of 10 teams playing at Southborough.
4th Bromley Beaver Scouts 4th Bromley Beaver Scouts have spaces for boys and girls aged between 6-8 years old. They meet every Thursday during term time from 5.30-6.45 at the South Rooms, Holy Trinity Church, Church Lane, BR2 8LB. For more information please contact Sarah Beattie on 07816 620 298 or
Crystal Palace Run
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It was wonderful to see so many children taking part in the Crystal Palace run. The children were very enthusiastic and their stamina was astounding. Well done for taking part Raglan Runners!
Isle of Wight and PGL payments are due in Monday 21st March please.
Recycling at Raglan Our school is taking part in WEEE FREE for 2 weeks starting 9th May – 20th May. Search your home for old electrical items and bring them to the recycling bank at school. By recycling your waste electricals, you can help our school win £500. We can collect old and/or broken: Electrical kettles, microwaves, food processors, toasters, coffee machines, deep fat fryers, electrical irons, vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, video recorders, televisions, electrical lawnmowers etc.
A leaflet is available at the school office main entrance or have a look at the posters around school.
Playground Equipment The children have been really enjoying the new playground equipment picked by the School Council in response to the children’s ideas and suggestions.
Congratulations to Isobel Kearsley 4K Isobel recently had her grade piano exam and scored a 128. This was 2 marks off a distinction. Well done Isobel.
After School Club at Raglan We are exploring the possibility of having an After School Club here, from September 2016 run by Mytime Active that will be set up in the Studio. A separate letter will be sent out with more information, where you can register your interest. If we have a large enough response we will then be able to go ahead!
