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Issue Number: 39

From the Desk of Mr Raraty

This week's newsletter is packed, so I am going to keep it brief. 

What a wonderful sports day we have had today! The weather was perfect, the children were supportive and encouraging and there was a wonderful buzz on the school field. It was lovely to see so many families join us to finish the half term with a good bit of competitive fun. Thank you to Mr Crawley and the rest of the staff for making it a brilliant event that ran smoothly and was a lot of fun. 

Once again, thank you for all your support and encouragement over the last half term, particularly during and since our special visitor last week. I am continually blown away by the support we receive so thank you very much. It makes our jobs just that little bit easier! 

Let's hope the weather continues in this glorious fashion and you are able to have a relaxing and enjoyable half term. We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 6th June. 


Have a great week! 
Mr Raraty

 Circus Science Workshops!

This week, the children were very excited to have a visit from Jebb from the Shooting Stars Circus to enhance our knowledge and understanding in Science. Across two days, he performed a fast-paced Circus Science Show which brought forces and motion alive with practical examples and fun experiments. Following this, each class then had a workshop during which they tried out various circus skills which demonstrated the forces in action. It was a very fun way to improve our Science knowledge and skills.

Mrs Oakley

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?? Rodings Summer Fete 2023 ??

 

We can’t wait to see you all at the fete on Saturday 17th June for what is always a brilliant Rodings event! We will have the BBQ lit, the bar well stocked, the tea tent heaving with tempting treats, stalls to peruse, games to play, crockery to smash, tractors and police cars to admire, as well as bouncy castles, sweets, ice creams and the pool will be open for structured swimming sessions! As always we will have the traditional tug of war battles, soaking the staff in the stocks and raffle draw, but we also have a few new tricks up our sleeves too! 

 

We are so grateful for the prizes we’ve been able to secure for our activities and fun days out raffle this year and would like to say a massive thank you to all of our raffle prize donors! We have sent two books of raffle tickets home with each child but please be reassured that there is no obligation to buy or sell any tickets. If you would like to buy some please do and if you’d like to encourage friends, family members, neighbours, customers, etc to buy tickets then even better! All counterfoils, money and any unsold tickets need to be returned to school by Friday 16th June. If you need any more tickets please email friendsofrodings@gmail.com and we will send more your way!

 

The summer fete is a fantastic opportunity to come together and have fun but, most importantly, our main aim is to raise as much money as possible for our brilliant school. We do need your help though! 

 

?? If you have any unwanted crockery please send it in to school for our crockery smash stall ??

 

?? If you have any clean, pre-loved uniform which is in a good condition please send it in to school for our pre-loved uniform sale ??

 

?? If you can spare any time at all, even just an hour, to help on the day either with the set up, during the event itself or clearing up afterwards please message Jenny on 07709376328 to be added to the Friends Helpers WhatsApp group ??

 

?? If you have a gazebo or marquee we could borrow for the event please email friendsofrodings@gmail.com ??

 

?? If you would like a stall please email friendsofrodings@gmail.com ??

 

?? And finally…….we are running a FRONT COVER COMPETITION for the official programme! If your child would like to enter, please submit any designs to school by the 9th June. Designs can be in colour and could we ask for them to be in portrait please. We can’t wait to see what the children come up with! ??

 

The Friends of Rodings

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We still need your help for our Lunchtime activities project.

 

Playground Project Update

Thank you so much to everyone who has already donated items for the upcoming playground project. We are very excited to get started next half term but we still need some of the following items;

 

Wellies, we need lots please.

Scooters

Cycle helmets

Toy cars

Musical instruments

Suitcases

Dressing up accessories (not costumes)

Hats and bags

Sand toys

Gardening equipment

Pots and pans

Water barrels

Drainpipes

We no longer need;

Small play animals

Thank you so much for all your donations so far. The children are going to love all the activities, that we have planned for their lunchtime play.

 

Mrs Parker

Year 1 need your help :-)

We are looking for donations of the following materials for an art project starting after half term in Year 1.

  • Colourful fabric - could be old curtains or duvet covers 
  • Bright coloured wool, ribbon, twine or string
  • Old CDs (not the cases)

If you have any of the above please can you bring them to the school office as soon as possible.

Thank you

Mrs Coates-Reynolds

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House Points

De Veres

 

386

Hrotha

 

311

Mandevilles

 

294

Tilty

 

380

Good news....

The uniform discount week this year will run from Monday 17th July until Sunday 23rd July.

At CreateIdentitee.....

Store opening hours will be Monday-Friday 9am-7pm.

Saturday 9am-2pm.

Sunday 10am-2pm.

All school wear orders placed online or in store during this period will receive a 10% discount.

If ordering online there will be a discount code on the web shop for customers to use to get the discount,  in store it will be applied at the point of payment.

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Mason and Freddie from Kingfishers play for Dunmow United Piranhas and came runners up at their first ever competitive football tournament on Saturday!

 

Well done Mason and Freddie, we are so proud of you both :-)

 

Veronica passed her level 2B on skiing on Sunday and she was over the moon.

 

Wow, well done Veronica, we are so proud of you :-)

 

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Last Sunday Erin took part in a gymnastics competition hosted by the club where her love for  gymnastics first started aged just 5 ‘Stortford Gymnastics’.
She was competing representing Sudbury Gymnanstic club (her current club).
Erin did both clubs and her amazing coach Kai proud by coming 1st ?? on floor and 1st ?? on Trampette.
Erin your dedication and commitment continue to make us all really proud ?????

Well done Erin, your have done so well, we are so proud of you :-)

Maddy has been awarded her level 2 in gymnastics. We are all so so proud of her and how hard she has worked for this award! Well done maddy! 

 

Well done Maddy, we are so proud of you :-)

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Oscar performed brilliantly in the Razzamataz Theatre School production Razz, Camera, Action at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon last Friday and Saturday night. We were so proud of him!

 

Well done Oscar we are so proud of you :-)

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Upcoming Events

Sports Day
All Day
26
May
Year 5 Careers Fair
All Day
13
June
Father's Day Event (EYFS/KS1)
1:45pm – 2:45pm
16
June
SEND Coffee Morning
9:30am – 10:30am
29
June