Crestwood Park Primary School

This week has certainly been all about GIVING and I cannot thank families enough for their generosity in supporting us in so many ways. When we have asked for contributions to school craft resources, you have obliged. When we have asked you to support World Diabetes Day, you have responded and when we have asked for crazy hair and even more donations for Children in Need, you have risen to the occasion. I cannot thank you enough- all of this helps not only our children but children across the country too. Our way to wellbeing for this half term is giving and we have made such a fantastic start. There are other opportunities for you to give as the term progresses- we always support Mary Stevens Hospice with a Reindeer/Santa Run and the Children's Society by wearing our Christmas Jumpers and we have a Food Bank Friday booked in too. As always, give what you can. We just feel very strongly at Crestwood Park that the act of giving is so important and we want to instill this quality in our children. It can also be so much fun to give- as the photos of our children celebrating Children in Need below show!

We would like to say a very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to...Alana, Mya and Eve who have celebrated his birthday this week or will be celebrating over the weekend.

Reception Jamie, Alfie A-H, William, Daisy, Romeo, Joey, Leo, Mikel, Eshaal, Maya, Boris, Alfie H, Lennox, Eden-Rae, Mia, Ivie, Charlie, Theodor, Archie, Kaloyan, Eleanor, Jack, Ivar-Jack, Nancy-Mae, Ive-Leigh, Lotte, Oakley, Saharsh, Sohansh

Year One Aaron, Alexander, Jak, William, Stanley, Jack, Adah, Evelyn, Alexander, Bailey, Ezmae, Archie, Ella, Tyler, Jackson, Sophie, Elsie, Henry, Harry, Layna, Paisley, Kayden, Riley, Alisha

Year Two Brianna, Theo, Harlen, Zachary, Emma, Eva, Archie, Billie, Arthur, Melissa, Joey, Conor, Riley, Amelia, Thomas, Oliver, Lainey, Cody, Darcie, William, Mia-Louise, Kara, Jaylen, Lewis, Harmonee, Jessica, Kayden, Violet-Rose, Sienna-Rose

Year Three Betsy, Mason, Eve, Lotty, Grace, Zach, Ava, Mason, Isabella, Fearne, Nathan, Heidi, Mihail, Tanatswa, Delilah, Tanatswa, Nahla, Ashley, Joshua, Rose, Hassan, Cailen, Evan, Chloe, Mya, Emilie, Benjamin, Millie, Joshua, Frankie

Year Four Isacc, Dollie-Lou, Jayden, Lucas, Xavier, Oceanna, Jenson, Elsie, Isabella, Harper-Rose, Declan, Jake, Faith, Baani, Alesia, Isla, Rosie, Evie – May, Haidar-Ali, Ashleigh, Jasmine, Leila-Rae, Lilly Mai, Evelyn-Mae, Caelan, Nathaniel, Amber, Renesmai

Year Five Lily, Molly, Esmè, Rhys, Daisy, Kaiden, Harry, Lillie, Harrison, Ty, George, Annalise, Amber, Harvey, Daniel, Kyle, Nicholas, Rosie, Danielle, Faye, Jack-James, Logan, Amelia, Isabella, Eden, Samuel, Darius, Ameliya, Leah

Year Six Harry, Savannah, Sienna, Joseph, James, Nate, Tiana, Rosie, Oliver, Max, Dannii, Jakob, Mabel, Ian, Reece, Taylor, Ava, Alina, Sara, Jamie, Alana, Elliot, Rhylee, Shannon, Lola, Callum, Sofiana, Ethan, Dylan

Don't forget that you can check our school calendar for key dates and events.

Follow the link below...

This year your HSA team will be holding a Christmas Movie Night FREE of charge for all children! 

KS1 Christmas Movie Night - Wednesday 29th November 

KS2 Christmas Movie Night - Thursday 30th November 

All we ask is that your child bring a donation for our Christmas Hamper!

This could be a Christmas decoration, Candles, Wine, Chocolate, Christmas Pudding, Mince Pies, Bath Soak, Fragrances, Bath Soak!

What would you like to win in the Christmas Hamper this year? 

Children will stay after school until 5:15pm to watch a Christmas Film and each child will be provided with a drink and some popcorn.

The event is free, however you will need to register your interest in attending - more information to follow next week. 

If you enjoyed our Summer Fayre then you will not want to miss out on our Christmas Fete taking place after school on Friday 8th December.

There will be a £2.00 entry fee, which will be used to fund the schools hopes in purchasing iPads for every class! 

We have Indoor and Outside stalls, Hot drinks, Mince pies, Hamper's to win, Build-A-Burger, Beer Tent, Hot Waffles and Face Painting and much much more!

Let's not forget...SANTA is coming to visit.

Come along to our very festive Christmas Grotto to meet Santa and his Elves and receive a gift for £5 per child. 

The theme of this years anti- bullying week was 'Make A Noise About Bullying'. We started the week with an assembly emphasising the importance of speaking up about bullying and the children have also completed a range of activities in class. 

It is really important that they receive a consent form back for every child, even if you do NOT wish for your child to receive the immunisation, there is an option to decline. Failure to complete a consent form, may result in our call centre making contact with you to obtain it verbally. Please complete the below link to state whether you wish to consent or decline.  

Vaccination UK Immunisation (schoolvaccination.uk) 

Please refer to the Newsletter dated 25/09/2023 for more information. 

Year 6 have been researching the artist Karl Blossfeldt, Savannah has researched and created a great fact file about this artist, she has included so many fantastic facts independently.

Well Done Savannah, this really is a brilliant piece of work.

Thank you to everyone who joined in with our 'Crazy Hair Day' for Children In Need 2023! 

From the class collections alone we have raised just under £145.00! However we still need to count all of the pennies from the 'Fill Pudsey with Pennies' activity!

We have some very creative parents when it comes to funky hairstyles! 

The entries for the Craft Competition were also amazing. Our overall winner was Mabel in year 6 for her incredible lego creation. Runners up were: Savannah (Y6), Conor (Y2) and Maya (Rec).

Check out the photos below to view their creations and some of the fun that was had throughout the day!

• brightly coloured wool
• thick cardboard
• lolly pop sticks
• assorted buttons
• pine cones
• toilet roll tubes
• mini pom poms
• glitter

Thank you to everyone who has sent things in so far - we have been amazed by the response and your generosity.

Please keep your donations coming!

Take a look at the website below for some great ideas to do with reading.

Times Table Rockstars - Competition Update

We have been overwhelmed with the response to our 'Amazon Wish List'.

Thank you to every parent who has contributed - your generosity has supported the children's Christmas crafts that they will be making in class. 

An additional thank you to the Stringer family for your kind donation of a £75 gift voucher! 

At Crestwood Park we do not ask for parental contributions towards our school fund. Many schools do. However, if you would like to help us out and contribute towards some much needed resources for school, we have now created an Amazon wish list which details some of the resources we require and need! Our budgets are tight too, so if you would like to purchase any of the items from the list on our behalf and hand them into school, we would really appreciate it. This is not obligatory, just a polite request.

Once again we end this week with lots to be proud of. Last week was all about remembering and showing respect and this week has been all about kindness and giving.

The children have been singing a kindness song all week that I seem to have been humming for days! The song reminds us that kindness is free and can be given out to everybody.

So go spread some kindness this weekend all .. it won't cost you a penny!

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is the responsibility of everyone in our school and at all times we consider what is in our children's best interests. We work to ensure our children are safe and cared for and by doing this we are protecting their health and development and preventing them from harm.  If we are worried, we will raise concerns, share information and take prompt action with the aim of ensuring families receive the right help at the right time.