Painters Ash Primary School

Hello everyone….

Today your child has come home with a Sponsor Form for our up coming Sponsored Walk on the 19th October.

Please could your fill in their name and class and encourage them to get sponsorship from friends and family, to raise money for our school. They can either sponsor per lap (there will be 10 laps) or do a maximum amount.

Your child then brings their form in on the day of the walk and their teacher will sign it, to show that they have completed it.

The children can then collect their money and bring it into school. We will keep you updated with our totals and publish photos of what we have spent with it.

Don’t forget your child can either dress in fancy dress on the day or follow the theme of “Colours of the World”.

Spare sponsor forms are available from the school office.

Thank-you to you all for your brilliant support because……..

Together Everyone Achieves More !

Just a little reminder for anyone starting their Christmas shopping. 🎄🎁

Please shop using our link to take you to sites and it automatically creates much needed funds for the school at no cost to yourselves.

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🍂Thank you to everyone for their generous donations for Harvest Festival 🍊🍐🍎

These will be taken to The Hive Foodbanks to be distributed to families in need.

The PTA are very excited to invite all our pupils to a Halloween Disco🧛‍♂️🧙‍♀️

Tickets will be on sale every Friday, outside the YR1 entrance/exit and you can pay by cash or card.

See the attached poster for all the details -

Please see attached online safety reminder.

Our PTA will be running an after school TUCK SHOP 🍫🍬🍭 tomorrow under the canopy outside the Year 1 classroom at the front of the school.

This will be to raise funds for the PTA. They are aiming to raise enough funds to allow each class a special Christmas treat.

Cash and card will be accepted.

⚽️Charlton Football Club would like to invite our school to The Oakwood for their next home match against Durham Women on Sunday, October 8th (KO 12pm)!

You can have up to 16 tickets for free per scan of the QR code, all you need to do is:

- Scan the QR code attached
- Fill in your details and select how many tickets you need
- Then on matchday tickets can be collected from 10.30am at the turnstile labelled ‘collection’

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Please visit the attached link to access your FREE National Trust Pass:

Free autumn National Trust passes Escape into autumn with the National Trust. Find out how to claim a free, single-use visitor's pass.

🍂Harvest Festival - Thursday 5th October🍂

Please bring in any donations to your class teacher on this date:

Many thanks

Thank you to everyone to took the time to vote for our next Language of the Month!
We are happy to announce that October's choice is ... Urdu!

Please take the time to familiarise yourselves with some Urdu phrases.

Last week our Key Stage 2 children had been working with Senora Reis to celebrate the European Day of Languages.

They worked on posters and written sentences regarding how they feel about learning languages.

Painters Ash Tracksuit Tops

If you would like to order a Painters Ash tracksuit top for your child - these are now available to purchase on Arbor for £15.00.

Please note that there are limited numbers available at present - We will initially keep the orders open for TWO WEEKS and these will be available to collect from the Office from Monday 16th October.

They are available in sizes: XXS, XS, S, M, L.

We have samples available in the office if you would like your child to try them on for sizing purposes.

Please see attached information regarding our October Coffee morning 🍁🍂

We hope to see some of you there.

Sponsored Walk - Thursday 19th October 2023

Our theme for the sponsored walk is "Colours of the World" 🌈

Sponsor forms will be handed out to your child to bring home.

Dear parents/carers

Please see attached information that you might find useful:

🍂Harvest Festival - Thursday 5th October 2023 🍂

Please bring in any food donations on this day and hand them to your child’s class teacher.

We will be collecting all donations and delivering them to our community food bank at The Hive.

Language of the Month for October

Please can you vote for our language of the month using the attached form:

https://forms.gle/Ddc8RxoQfvdufSbK7

Many thanks

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Dear Year 2 parents/carers

There has been some confusion over the Year 2 Show and Share. This is being held tomorrow (Wednesday 27th September) at 2.45pm in the School Hall.

We hope to see as many of you there as possible.

Many thanks

Please find attached information for anyone looking for a school for their child from September 2024 onwards.

Our evening and open day information is all included.

Just a reminder about the PTA Meeting on Thursday 28th September.

We hope to see some of you there to support out school.

TAP CLUB

Tap Club will be starting again in Term 2.

This club is a paid club and starts at 3.20pm until 4.15pm and parents pick up from the main front entrance. If you would like more information please collect a form from the Office.

If your child was a member last year then they need not reapply they will still have a place. If you no longer require a place please let the Office know.

Please see information regarding a FREE planting workshop for children taking place at Millbrook Gravesend on Saturday 30th September and Sunday 1st October.

Although this event is free, they are asking people to book a slot via their website so we can manage numbers and staffing for each session.

All the details for the event, including how to book, are on our website here: https://www.millbrookgc.co.uk/webshop/events/620261/plant-a-little-daffodil-with-millbrook-gravesend

All ages are welcome!

Plant a little daffodil with Millbrook - Gravesend Sept and Oct 23 - Events - Millbrook Garden Centre Visit Millbrook Garden Centres in Staplehurst or Gravesend. Check the opening hours, promotions, and product range.

Please see the attached information about the PTA AGM being held on Thursday 28th September

Please come along if you are free.

UPDATE - This has now been resolved 🔨

Unfortunately we are experiencing problems with Class Dojo - if you need to contact your class teacher please do so via the School Office.

01474 568991
[email protected]

Please see the attached regarding our wonderful PTA. 😍

The PTA help to fund our trips and provide fun activities for our children and are an invaluable part of our school community. Please support them any way you can.

If you would like more information please do go along to the AGM on Thursday 28th September.

Wedding announcements 👰‍

Congratulations to both Miss Stevens in Year 2 who is getting married this weekend and will now be known as Mrs Duggan; and Miss Dziewulska in Reception who got married over the summer holidays and is now Mrs Alcauskis (or Mrs "A").

*Year 6 secondary transfer and residential meeting*

Tomorrow night at 5pm (Thursday 14th September) don't forget there is a meeting in the hall with Mr Murray about secondary school applications and also the option for residential this year as we are no longer able to go to Butlins so have an exciting new offer for current year 6s.
Children are welcome to come along.

See you later at the show and share for those attending.

Thank you
Mr Murray

Please can we remind all parents and carers that Painters Ash is a NUT FREE school.

Please do not send your children into school with peanut butter or any other nut products in their lunch boxes.

Many thanks

It has been brought to our attention, yet again, that parents are continuing to park unsafely outside the school.

Please be mindful of other parents and especially young children when you are dropping off/picking up your children. If you are parking unsafely on the path then you are forcing children and pushchairs into the road, which is causing a hazard.

Welcome Back to a new year and new languages to explore.

We are happy to announce that September's Language of the Month is ... French
Please take the time to familiarise yourselves with some French phrases.

Merci

What a wonderful first week back at school the children have had!

We would like to gently remind all grown-ups not to use their mobile phone whilst picking up their children please.

Thank you for your support with this. ❤

Dear Parents,

Please find attached the first newsletter of the year for your kind attention.

Please see below for the dates of our "Show and Shares".

This is a great opportunity for parents to come into the school and meet their child's class teacher. The children will then be able to show you the work they have completed so far and tell parents all about what topics they will be covering that term.

We strongly encourage parents to attend as valuable information is given and enables any questions that you are not sure of to be answered.

These will be in the Hall:

Year 6 - Wednesday 13th September
Year 4 - Tuesday 12th September
Year 1 - Tuesday 19th September
Year 3 - Wednesday 20th September
Year 5 - Thursday 21st September
Reception - Monday 25th September (in their classrooms)
Year 2 - Wednesday 27th September

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.

This year’s Summer Reading Challenge officially finishes on Saturday 9th September. 📚

We are currently THIRD .....

Come on everyone let's see if we can climb even higher!!!!!

Please can all children bring in a re-usable water bottle.

We do NOT 🚫accept PRIME bottles as water bottles in school - as they are not proper or appropriate water bottles and can easily spread bacteria even if washed through.

Many thanks

Just a reminder about the school menu for the next few weeks:

Dear parents/carers

Welcome back everyone!

Please see attached information on start and finish times and places to collect.

Any questions please contact the School Office

Many thanks

The PE days for each year will be as follows:

Monday - Year 5
Tuesday - Year 2
Wednesday - Year 3
Thursday - Year 6
Friday - Year 4 , Year 1 and Year R

This starts from the first week back so please can your child come into school on their PE days already in PE kit.

Please note that Reception pupils will not start doing PE until they are doing FULL DAYS.

Kind regards

The School Office

We hope you have all had a lovely, fun-filled summer holiday and we cannot wait to see you all on Monday 4th September!

On Monday (as it is our first day back) - all parents and children of all years 1 - 6 are welcome to accompany their child onto the playground from 0830/0835am.

Teachers will then meet their new classes on the playground and then take them into their new classrooms at 0845am for KS2 and 0850am for KS1.

Parents of new reception children please bring your children to the front of the school at 0900am where you will be met by the class teachers and the Head Teacher.

We look forward to seeing everyone back ready for an exciting year.

How quickly has the Summer holidays flown!?

It’s almost time to get your children ready to return to school.

If you find your child struggles with separation anxiety or getting back into a school routine, why not read our ELSA - Mrs Savill’s tips on back to school blues?

Please find attached a few ideas on how to prepare your child and ways to ease anxiety.