Friday 22nd October 2016

Issue 1

Date: April 2017

Volume: 4

With children at the heart of all we do, we inspire passionate,

resilient, independent and confident learners.
Welcome to the Summer Term. Already more than half a year has flown by but with much fun,
a lot of new learning, excitement and many achievements. We have a lot to celebrate. Many
thanks for your support in this, we make a great partnership.
As you may be aware, my newsletters are linked to the Rights Respecting Articles as RRS
(Rights Respecting Schools) becomes more embedded. The Articles (42 in total) are the rights
of the child promised by the UN Convention in 1989. These can be seen around our school in
displays and is becoming more embedded in our language.
Recently, the British Council has endorsed our commitment to RRS and we have been awarded
with the foundation level of the International Schools Award in recognition of the work that
takes place in our school to promote and celebrate diversity and raise international awareness
of other faiths, cultures and locations. The assessors comments were full of praise: your
school is committed to developing your pupils as citizens who are interested in other cultures,
faiths and environments, are beginning to discuss issues of equality and fairness, and
recognise that actions can make a difference. International awareness is becoming embedded
within in the curriculum and in the life and ethos of the school underpinned by the adoption
of the International Primary Curriculum and the Rights Respecting School project.'
Alongside this accolade (many thanks to Mrs Olley who was the lead in this award) we have
many more things to be proud of and this newsletter demonstrates just a little flavour of life at
The Hayes: parent workshops, a governors day, choir festivals, dance festival, sport
achievements, enrichment activities, raising money for charities, thanking our inspiring mums,
finalising our whole school aims, mission and values and a confidence building Y5 residential to
Carroty Wood. Additionally, we have had an egg rolling competition, seen amazing egg
creations, our school advocates and school council empowered to do an amazing leadership
role, class assemblies, and more improvements in our indoor environment, an application for
Healthy Schools Award and Arts Mark Award and a fantastic Soundstart concert.

Thank you, as always to all: children, staff and yourselves for your support. We make a great
team and community.

Best wishes,

Miss Slade
Head Teacher
 Article 15: Every child has the right to meet with other children.
SPORTING NEWS Article 30: Education must develop every childs personality, talents & abilities to the full.
Article 32: Every child has the right to relax, play & take part in a wide range of activities.

*Cross Country (Farthing Downs Race - run by South London Harriers): Year 3 & 4 Girls: 3rd; Year 3 & 4 Boys: 6th; Year 5 & 6
Girls: 2nd; Year 5 & 6 Boys: 4th
*Cross Country league - final race Saturday 18th March: Year 3 & 4 Girls: 4th; Year 3 & 4 Boys: 5th; Year 5 & 6 Girls: 5th;
Year 5 & 6 Boys: 1st. Well done to all, amazing results!
*Boys' Football League: the boys won all but one of their matches and won the league. Well done, amazing achievement. In
the final, the boys lost 4-1. Excellent boys!
*Year 5 High 5 Netball: the girls won 6, lost 2 games and drew 1. They came second overall in the league. Well done girls!
*Year 6 Netball: second in the league and through to regional finals. Well done girls!
*Swimming - Croydon Finals: overall the school came 4th. Such dedication, well done to all.

The sporting opportunities we give our children are exciting and challenging and help them to lead a healthier, more active
lifestyle. We are proud of our childrens achievements and successes and it has been a pleasure to see to their confidence
and self-belief grow over the year. Go Team Hayes! Well done to all involved in making the above sports festivals and
matches happen. This includes our staff: Mrs Randall, Miss Fraser, Callum, Mrs Eineicker and our parents. Much appreciated.
This can only happen with your support and passion!

Dance Festival
After many rehearsals taken by our fantastic dance teacher: Mrs Richardson, our dance
troupe took part in the Dance Festival at Trinity.

The dance was based on school sports, swimming, hockey and gymnastics to name a few.
Props included hockey sticks, sacks and pom poms. Mrs Richardson was so very proud of our
dancers, as was Mrs Olley and myself. There was much talent and creativity in abundance.
Well done to all of our dancers and of course to Mrs Richardson.

Sports do not build character, they reveal it

Article 17: Every child has the right to reliable information and
Governments must help protect children from online materials that could harm them.

Twitter and Website

Many thanks to those of you who follow The Hayes on Twitter. We now have 280 followers which is fantastic and still
have room for more. Please do follow us to read the latest news and see the latest photos, you know you want to! If
you are not already following The Hayes on Twitter, please do follow us on @TheHayesPrimary. Additionally, please do
check out our website which is updated regularly. The Gallery for example has recent pics of RND, Carroty Wood,
CSMA and the Dance Festival. www.thehayesprimaryschool.co.uk
 Article 24: A child with a disability has the right to live a full and decent life.
MAKING MUSIC Article 29: Every child has the right to an Education.
Article 30: Education must develop every childs personality, talents and abilities to the full.

CROYDON SCHOOLS MUSIC ASSOCIATION

CSMA Junior Choir (over 300 children) CSMA Junior Choir (over 400 children)

In March, The Hayes Infant and Junior Choirs joined over 700 children to sing in the CSMA Choir Festival at Trinity School.
This took place over two nights with Helen Bretherick conducting the Infant Festival and myself the Junior Festival.
Rehearsals started in January and the choristers all worked hard to learn the words and in some cases, actions on the night
(they had to watch me carefully, but it was fun to keep 400 children on their toes!) We love CSMA because it gives an
opportunity for our children to sing with other Croydon children, make new friends and to develop social, emotional skills,
confidence and self-belief. Many thanks to our parents who gave up their time to go with the choir to rehearsals and also to
Mrs Yates and Mrs Shaikh who trained the Infant Choir and Mrs Olley and Mrs Field who helped with the Junior Choir!

Infant Choir
Year 1: I loved the Choir Festival and the best part was being able to sing new songs. I love singing. (Liliya Histed)
I really liked it because it is the school my Mummy and Daddy teach at and I love to sing! (Theo Regan); It was really fun
and I felt like a real star! (Sasha Barrett)
Year 2: I really liked going to sing at other schools. The best song was Stronger together (Delilah Reynolds); Singing is
fun. At the end of the night I felt tired but excited! (Lyra Lloyd-Evans); It was brilliant, we had loads of fun (Nathan
Ragavooloo); First I was a bit nervous but then excited and happy. My solo made me feel fabulous! (Milly Rogers)

Junior Choir: I enjoy singing and we sang many different songs. We made our parents and school proud. There was a large
audience, including the Croydon Mayor and it was an honour to sing in front of him (Ziya Kioufi, Y4)
It was all amazing, and I wouldnt want to be anywhere else. I loved it all so much and I would definitely recommend
going again. I LOVE choir there is no doubt about it. (Xena Botha, Y4)
Our favourite songs were: In The Air Tonight, Bond Medley and Friend Like Me. I felt excited because I couldnt wait to
perform in front of all the parents! Miss Slade made up the actions in the finale and it was funny and amazing. We felt
nervous because it was our first time in the choir performing to our parents (Onome, Annice and Harry, Y5)
The Junior Choir by luck was conducted by our Head Teacher, Miss Slade. We had our rehearsal and I managed to keep a
cool head while I ate my lunch. Mr Wilcox introduced Miss Slade who was wearing a glitzy dress. We sang classics such as
Dancing Queen and Friend Like Me. The experience was amazing, especially since we had been practicing for so long but it
wouldnt have been possible without Trinity, Miss Slade, Mrs Olley, Mr Wilcox and all the schools (Keir Hearn, Y5).
 Article 15: Every child has the right to meet with other children. Article 29: Every child has the
ENRICHMENT right to an Education. Article 30: Education must develop every childs personality, talents and
abilities to the full. Article 32: Every child has the right to relax and play.

Carotty Wood
I had the pleasure of spending a few days with our Year 5s and staff team at
Carotty Wood at the end of last half term. In a beautiful setting in the south
coast, we had a healthy and adventurous time where children and staff to
pushed their boundaries. Memories were definitely made here, we all came
out of our comfort zones and confidence was incredibly evident. Activities
ranged from the Leap of Faith to Archery. Smiles were visible on a daily
basis, and team building was the key. It was a fantastic enrichment
opportunity for our very lovely children who behaved impeccably and
demonstrated excellent attitudes and team spirit. Many thanks to our staff
team who were all stars: Mrs Spinks, Ms Saunders, Mrs Kioufi, Mrs Bolton and
Mrs Flynn.

We had the most exciting time of our lives. When we It was an experience that we didnt ever want to miss; I
were on the high ropes, we faced our fear of heights and wish we could go again. We loved dressing up in our
hung upside down like Spiderman! In the swamp, we got onesies and singing hilarious campfire songs around the
so muddy and slipped over! Excellent food was provided fire. The marshmallows melting was fabulous! We had to
to us with a range of drinks (such as hot chocolate) and have self-belief in ourselves to do the high ropes, they
delicious deserts. Our breakfast was a choice of yogurt, were so scary. We had many laughs in our rooms and still
cereal, fruit and toast, presented by our teachers. The managed to sleep!
toast was only burnt once! We really enjoyed the (Izzy, Livi, Robert, Ava, Chris).
archery because it was exciting to learn a new sport and
to compete against others. We also loved the high ropes
because we didnt know we could reach high standards
and balance on the climbing wall.
The low ropes were fantastic because we liked jumping
in the swamp and couldnt get out. We all loved the
bonfire where we got to toast our marshmallows and
sing songs. We also got to pie Ms Saunders because she
wasnt there on RND. She got very messy!
(Annice, Sara, Toby, Rohan).
SPIRITUAL MORAL SOCIAL AND CULTURAL

Article 4: we must ensure children enjoy their rights.

The Hayes Was Up For A Laugh For RND 17
A highlight of spring was Red Nose Day. A wonderfully fun and crazy day to change lives and make our laughs matter. Our
laughs did matter and throughout the week each class did a sponsored activity to raise much needed funds for children and
adults in the UK and Africa who are less fortunate than us. The afternoon was a mix of fun and clear messages about why
we were fundraising and why children were allowed to throw cream pies in the faces of staff (for 1). This was messy,
smelly and something The Hayes has not seen before. Mayhem ensured that raised in itself over 600 (not sure how that
happened when there was only one pie per child allowed!) One child counted 178 pies thrown in my face (I always lead by
example) and I thank all the staff who put their name down to experience the same fun. The cream curdled on hair,
clothes and skin; smelt awful and in a few cases made us gag, however it was amusing and we raised a lot of money!
Our classes did RND proud and entered into the spirit doing the following fundraising activities: how big can I build a tower
in one minute? Joke-a-Thon; Dance-a-Thon; Star Jumps; Burpee Challenge; Cake Bake (there were some awesome cakes!);
skipping; dance workout; coding; laps of the field; washing staff cars and sponsored silence. A massive well done and thank
you to all our wonderful children and staff for taking part in RND with such good humour and good spirit, particularly those
who were persuaded to have a pie in their face! We raised just under 3000! Wow! Awesome effort. Many many thanks!
Quotes
Year R:I had lots of fun doing the conga around the classroom. It was so fun (Archie Hall); Im going to pie Ms Sharp in
the face! (Jasper); I liked it when Miss Slade was a Teletubbbie (Florence W); That was the best day ever, I pied lots of
teachers! (Bobby).
Year 1:The Joke-a-thon was fun because we got to tell funny jokes (Cairo Giraud-Hutchinson); It was a fun day because
we got to cream pie a teacher (Sophie Falzon); My favourite bit was pie facing the teachers (Sophie Healey); I liked
wearing red for the day (Hugo Savastano).
Year 3: I enjoyed RND because we were raising money for other families. For our bake sale, I made ice-cream cone cakes
and cupcakes. We pied the teachers, including Miss Slade and Miss Smith and I had great fun (William Brenard). On RND
we did a bake off and I enjoyed it. I chose to pie Miss Lishmund for 1 and was really funny! (Tom Foyle).
Year 5: On RND, we raised money by wearing red noses and wearing red hair. Miss Slade walked into the class wearing a
Teletubbie costume, then in assembly for pieing, Miss Slade tried to run away but Mrs Olley brought her back! Miss Slade
got the most pies; about 180 (Rebecca Green); I loved coming to school and being the master of red! (Robert Fernee); It
was fun seeing Miss Slade getting pied! (Aleyna Sakir); I loved Miss Slades creamy face at the end (Finn Duffy).
Year 6: It was a fun event which raised money for charity. The hall was full of children and adults dressed in red, looking
so happy. My favourite part was when we creamed the staff. It was a good idea! (Anika Laboo); It was fun and funny
looking at what everyone was wearing and their red noses. People were confident to look how they wanted Sava Kioufi.
LEARNING IS FUN! Article 29: Every child has the right to an education and to be the best they can be.
Article 31: Every child has the right to relax and play.
The Hayes Mission, Aims and Values
Many thanks to those of you who emailed me about our new Mission, Aims and Values and your lovely comments and
suggestions. I am happy to say that The Hayes Vision, Mission, Aims and Values are now ratified by the Board of Governors
have been written by staff members, children and governors have been consulted with yourselves. It is essential that it
was a collaborative process because we all have to live them, articulate and to be compelling, we have to believe them.

Our Vision Statement: To Be The Best We Can Be.

Our Mission (is needed to achieve our vision): With children at the heart of all we do, we inspire passionate, resilient,
independent and confident learners.

Our Aims:
*To prepare our children to be the best they can be by establishing a life-long love of learning.
*To create a safe, stimulating and vibrant environment which creates positive attitudes to learning.
*To support our children in becoming respectful, happy and motivated learners with a belief in themselves.
*To celebrate each childs uniqueness, individuality, talents and achievements.
*To build strong collaborative partnerships with families and the local community.
*To develop a learning culture throughout the school through high quality professional development for all staff.

Our Values:
The definition we are using with the children is: 'a value is something that people think is
important that will help make you a better person and a better learner'. We thought the acronym
RESPECT was appropriate, to be in-line with our Rights Respecting ethos.
Our values are:
Responsibility: to take care of ourselves, others and our environment.
Empathy: we understand what others are feeling because we have experienced it or can imagine
experiencing it ourselves. We show care for others.
Self-Belief: having confidence in ourselves and our ability to do things successfully. We believe
anything is possible.
Positivity: even when the going gets tough, we can shine and achieve extraordinary things.
Enthusiasm: when we do something we do it with all our might, we put our soul into it. Nothing
great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Co-operation: helping to get something done, working with patience and kindness towards the
common goal.
Tolerance: Accepting and showing respect for people regardless of similarities and differences.
 Article 29: Every child has the right to an Education.

from parents, our Board of Governors will have

A Message From Mrs Redman
to look at the viability of our pool running
Funding our swimming pool primarily for our children as it currently does.

Many thanks to those of you who have paid For example, we may have to tender it out to

50 per child for swimming lessons and other schools for 50% of the week to
4 ensure
thank you to those who have got in contact this fully covers cost.

to explain this is difficult. However, there Current revenue: up until April, we have only

are still a large number of swimming received 15% of payments from parents which

donations that remain unpaid, with no totals 10,950 and our pool costs 73,000 a

contact. Funding is a real issue for The year to operate. As you can see it isnt

Hayes as Miss Slades letter demonstrated working too well in our favour at the moment.

last term. This is a Government agenda National Curriculum states that children need

which has a massive impact on every school to access swimming lessons in either KS1 OR

in the UK. KS2 (not in EYFS and only KS2 OR KS1). So

Funding Loss: over the next two years we rightly we are going above and beyond

are set to lose 166,000 (approximately the statutory because we can and we want to.

cost of just over five teachers) and all Many schools only have one terms of learning

schools have to come up with plans as to in a pool, so we are very lucky.

how cuts can be made. Impact: we need to make our swimming pool

Swimming Pool Loss: we divert 25,000 per work for our children but we can only do this

year away from the school budget to pay for if we as a school/parent partnership can pay

our pool. We ask that parents pay 50 per towards using it. The school cannot afford to

child a year for a weekly lesson which is put in more than 25,000 a year in the current

approximately 1:30 a lesson. Other local climate of funding cuts.

pools charge from 5-10 per lesson. Conclusion: if you have not paid your 50 per

Reality: we are now in the position if we do child, please do so by the end of this half

not receive 90% of swimming payments term, we do not want to lose our pool!

Thanks Mum! Article 32: Every child has the right to relax

Our Mothers Day breakfast on Thursday (8-10am) was a

celebration of what our mums do for us all on a daily basis. For two
hours, our hall was packed with mums and their children sharing
breakfast and it was a real pleasure to get some quality time to
talk to our stars that do so much for our school and their children.
Positive comments can be read on Twitter, here a few: many
thanks for a wonderful and positive start to the day; another
great event: making memories; lovely to share breakfast with
you and my children, very thoughtful.Thanks to The Hayes
Church who provided the breakfast.
What a wonderful community we have.
UPDATE FROM THE GOVERNING BODY

Thank you to all pupils, parents and staff for making the last half term a whirlwind of
activity - sporting events, Red Nose Day, eggs-cellent artistic creations, CSMA and CSDA
festivals, Carroty Wood trip and much more. We hope that you're sufficiently fueled up with
Easter chocolate and ready for the exciting term ahead!
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The Governors are keen to do whatever we can to help the school succeed: we too want to
be the best we can be! With that in mind, at the start of March we had the first of what we
hope will become regular Governors' Days. The whole Governing Body spent a full day in
school learning as much as we could about the school's activities, so that we are better able
to hold the school to account by asking challenging questions and pushing positive change.
In a packed day, we sat in on a parents' phonics workshop led by Mrs. Farr, were given a
tour of the school by the delightful Pupil Advocates, went in to classrooms to see Maths
Mastery and the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) in action, ate school lunch with the
children (mango sorbet....mmmm), and had an inspiring talk from John Phillipson, the Chair
of Governors at St John's Primary and a National Leader of Governance.

Even for those of us who are in and around the school a lot, it was a most enlightening day,
and greatly encouraging to see enthusiastic, polite, engaged children enjoying their
learning. The governors' role these days does inevitably include a lot of analytical data
crunching, and it's always good see the real people - both children and staff - behind the
numbers. Thank you to Miss Slade, Mrs Olley and Ms Saunders for organising the day, and to
everyone for making us feel so welcome.

Please do remember that if you have any thoughts or ideas for improving the school, we'd
love to hear from you.

Thanks for your ongoing support, and enjoy the summer!

Mark Rogers
Vice Chair of Governors