This Week's News

6th September

Friday 6th September

Dear Parents and Carers,

I am delighted to let you know that we have had a very positive start to the new year. The children have appeared so happy to be back in school and have settled well in their new classes.

In assemblies we have shared all of the changes that have happened during the summer holidays with the children and revisited our rules:

Ready
Respectful
Safe

I must say we have been incredibly impressed with the children’s behaviour so far and feel that we are going to have a wonderful year ahead.

Our Reception team have enjoyed meeting all of our new families in their Meet and Play sessions this week. We look forward to the children starting school next week and all staying for their first full day next Friday.

We have almost finalised the dates for the coming year, which will be shared with you on the website early next week. Reception Curriculum Evening and PTA welcome drinks is the first of our events on Thursday 19th September. Please check other key dates to make sure you don’t miss anything.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Tanya Mooney

Fruit Year 1 and Year 2

Unfortunately, we have had a delivery issue with the fruit that is provided to the children as a snack. Please can we ask you to send in a single piece of fresh fruit every day next week, e.g. an apple, pear or banana.

Key Dates

PTA Second Hand Uniform Sale 2:30-3:00 Wednesday 11th

Look out for emails for the following events:

Curriculum evenings

Reception curriculum evening 6:00-6:45 Thursday 19th September, followed by PTA social

Year 1 curriculum evening 6:00-7:00 Wednesday 2nd October

Year 2 curriculum evening 6:00-7:00 Thursday 3rd October

Year 1 maths workshops

Seahorse class 9:15-10:00 Monday 7th October

Jellyfish class 9:15-10:00 Tuesday 8th October

Starfish class 9:15-10:00 Friday 11th October

Year 2 maths workshops

Leopard class 9:15-10:00 Monday 14th October

Lion class 9:15-10:00 Tuesday 15th October

Tiger class 9:15-10:00 Friday 18th October

PTA Update

The PTA’s AGM and first meeting of the year will be on Tuesday 24th September at 7.30pm in the school hall. This will be a wonderful opportunity to understand last year’s fundraising and hear about all the activities planned for this year. Everyone is welcome to attend, and you are free to contribute ideas or volunteer your time - but there is equally no pressure to get involved.

The PTA are still urgently seeking further committee members, most importantly a Treasurer for the upcoming year and a Chair of the ball committee. Full handover and lots of support will be provided for both positions. If you would like to find out more, please email Carina on ptachair@oatlands.surrey.sch.uk. We are also happy to welcome committee members to help on a more ad-hoc basis.

All parents are also reminded to Save the Date for our first event of the year - the Sponsored Relay - on Sunday 20th October (likely around 12-3pm). Further details will follow in the coming weeks.

Second Hand Uniform

The PTA will be holding a second-hand uniform sale outside school reception (weather dependent) from 2.30pm on Wednesday 11th September. Cash and card payments accepted. Free uniform is also available on request, please speak to the school office in confidence.

We are also still looking for additional volunteers, even if just on an ad-hoc basis. Please message Annie on oatlandsuniform@gmail.com if you can help.

Manby Lodge Vacancies

Manby Lodge have a number of vacancies. For more information please click the links below.

Morning Teaching Assistant

https://www.eteach.com/job/teaching-assistant-1440178

Afternoon Teaching Assistant

https://www.eteach.com/job/teaching-assistant-1440178

Midday Supervisor

https://www.eteach.com/job/midday-supervisor-1440608

School Administrator

https://www.eteach.com/job/school-administrator-1440186

Website Updates

Calendar dates up until Christmas 2024

Safeguarding Notice

If you have any concerns about a child’s safety or wellbeing in the school or community, please speak to one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL).

DSL- Tanya Mooney, Head Teacher. DSL- Phil Copsey, Deputy Head Teacher or DSL-Kelly Grindle, Oscar and Nurture Lead.

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