MESSAGE FROM MRS COLLINS
Sandfield’s Green Wall Project
As you are aware, Sandfield Primary School has teamed up with Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) at the University of Surrey, Guildford Living Lab and Zero Carbon, to create the CoGreen project. We were fortunate to win funding from Reclaim Network Plus to build a green wall around Sandfield, which will improve the air quality within the school site.
Researchers will then investigate how this structure will impact air pollution, noise levels and air temperature in the playground and classrooms, and how it affects biodiversity and wellbeing in and around the school. This will provide the RECLAIM Network with vital data on the benefits of this type of nature-based intervention, combined with the voices of children, families and the local community.
We have recently had two companies that have visited our school to give their ideas on how we could build our green wall. We are currently in the process of deciding which options would be best for Sandfield. The aim would be to start the building phase as soon as we can, so we can maximise on the spring weather.
Sandfield’s Green Wall project was featured on BBC Surrey’s morning radio show with Nicky Patrick last Saturday. Please click the button below to listen to the interview and find out more about this exciting project!
May I take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful half term.
We look forward to seeing you back in school on Monday 20th February 2023.
Best wishes
Mrs Collins and The Sandfield Team
CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY
Children in Celebration Assembly this week were:
Year R: Dawood and Leo
Year 1: Harrison and Lockhart
Year 2: Alyssa and Hayson
Year 3: Faith and Tyler
Year 4: Cai and Arlo
Year 5: Freddie and Olivia D
Year 6: Abeera and Izz
Well done everyone!
ATTENDANCE THIS WEEK
The school target for this year 2022-2023 has been set by the Surrey County Council Inclusion Team and is 97%
This week the whole school achieved 94.7%.
To view our Attendance Protocol, please click here>>
NEWS FROM THE INCLUSION TEAM
Sandfield Padlet – Courses, Workshops and Information for Parents
Our Padlet lists the school’s main digital resources and some recommended resources from the Inclusion and Pastoral team. This is aimed at all our parents and carers and is a live platform that staff will continue to update.
There are also lots of courses and workshops on offer to all parents, carers and families. To see what is available, including free cookery classes and supporting your child with reading from Surrey Family Learning etc. please look at the Sandfield Padlet, there is lots of information available for everyone along with local events!
Click here for information on Community Links and Media at Sandfield
Inclusion Team Useful Links
SPORTS FIXTURES AND NEWS AT SANDFIELD
Confirmed Sports Events
Please ensure that consent forms for squad members are completed as soon as possible. This helps us enormously with planning transport.
Many thanks, Coach Mohammed
MESSAGES FROM THE OFFICE
Morning Club Reminder
Booking for a session closes at midnight two days before (i.e. to book for a Wednesday you need to book by midnight on Monday).
Please can we also remind you that the phone number to call when you arrive for the club is: 07512 467977.
World Book Day Themed Lunch
If your child would like the themed lunch to celebrate World Book Day, please order via Aspens in the usual way. Please note that the new menu for after half term will be uploaded and available from Monday 6th February 2023.
MESSAGES FROM THE SANDFIELD PTA
PTA Committee: We urgently need the following for the Committee for the PTA:
3 Trustees: this is a low-maintenance role which is mostly administrative.
Co-Treasurer: to work alongside Esmat (Cyrus’s and Lockhart’s mum).
Secretary: mainly administrative, minute taking etc.
Please let Mrs Collins know if you would like to discuss any of these vital roles further or would like to volunteer!
PTA Summer ‘Family’ Event: ‘SANDFEST’ Saturday 24th June 2023: Following last years successful ‘Sandfest’ the event is returning bigger and better! This event for families will be in the afternoon in the form of a mini-festival and we will have Live Artists (these will start to be announced soon), as well as a BBQ and other refreshments. There will be the usual stalls including the adult tombola, jolly jars, raffle, children’s games. Book this date in your diaries bring along your chairs and blankets and enjoy a festival afternoon. Lots of help will be needed to help make this event a success. More details to follow!
PTA adult social event: Quiz Night!: Friday 24th February 2023 from 7:30pm to 10:30pm: Book your babysitters and gather your teams for this very popular event! Tickets are £7 each and are available either via SCOPAY in the usual way or PayPal using Sandfieldschoolpta@gmail.com (remember to click ‘friends and family’ when paying on PayPal). Bring your own snacks! There will be a Pay Bar on the night. Come along your friends and family – Everyone is Welcome. All money raised will go to the school.
If you are interested in any of the above roles or have any other ideas, please email Sandfieldschoolpta@gmail.com, or catch Emma and Nick at school.
Many thanks
Sandfield PTA
NEWS FROM THE CLASSROOMS
RECEPTION CLASS
Love was in the air this week in Reception, with our early Valentine’s Day celebrations. With our theme of love, kindness and friendship, we spent the week reflecting our feelings and our actions towards others. In English, we used our sounds to write kind notes to each other and delivered them. We even had children giving each other roses during playtime. Our children made a class ‘kindness potion’ in circle time and discussed how to be kind and why kindness matters.
The most popular areas this week were the home corner and water area. In our cosy home corner, the children had many tea parties and candlelit dinners together; the tea was flowing and new friendships were formed. Our water tray turned into a love potion factory then into a perfumery. The children made scented concoctions with citrus fruits, rose petals and floral tea leaves.
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YEAR 1 & YEAR 2
Year 1 and Year 2 have had a wonderful week learning how to code, programme and debug floor robots.
They created their own routes and thought of obstacles for the Bee-Bots to move around. They also wrote their own algorithms for the robot to follow. We are really proud of all the children and their super coding skills! We definitely have some future coders in KS1.
REMINDER: P.E days for Year 1 is Monday and Year 2 is Tuesday.
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YEAR 3 & YEAR 4
We’re finally at the end of another busy half term!
We have been having fun measuring in Maths and have been converting millimeters, centimeters and meters. Year 3 had fun on the playground measuring how tall we are and seeing if there is a correlation between height and shoe size. Over the half term break, you could practice measuring items in your home.
In PSHE we have looked at how to stay safe when taking medicines and made posters giving advice on only taking medicine from a trusted adult and how it must be the correct dosage.
Reminders: PE on Wednesday (outside) & Thursday indoors (shorts and t-shirts will also be needed)
Year 4 String Scheme takes place every Friday, please ensure all instruments are in school.
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YEAR 5 & YEAR 6
Year 5 and Year 6 have had a fantastic time in Science this week!
We have been experimenting with different mixtures, compounds, solutions and the different ways we might be able to separate them (or not). We have also been doing some hands-on investigations to explore reversible/irreversible changes. Ask your children what happened when we left the coins in a petri dish of coke… Or how warm milk and vinegar react together…. Or whether melting chocolate is reversible… Or why making toast is irreversible.
Such fun!
REMINDER: P.E. days for Year 5 is Tuesday and Wednesday and Year 6 is Tuesday & Thursday.
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