With the brand new term underway, Nutfield Church Primary School is proud to welcome its new Reception Class children who are now into their first week at our amazing school.

Miss Johnston is eager to get to know all of the children who are equally eager to start their learning journey together. We are sure that they will all enjoy their learning experience with us and look forward to watching them all grow and flourish along the way.

Please keep checking back to the website for more news about our new Reception Class and all our lovely classes here at Nutfield Church Primary School.

As a Voluntary Aided Church School we work closely with the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education to bid for extra funding from the Department for Education to improve our buildings to help towards continuing improvements in outcomes for all our children.

Earlier in the year a bid was made to the Local Authority Co-ordinated Voluntary Aided Programme (LCVAP). We have been successful in securing additional funding of £100,000 for the current financial year to spend on replacing internal doors, replacement ceilings in the lower school classrooms and reception area, a replacement fire alarm and replacement roof domes throughout the school. This grant will be paid at 90% (£90,000) and the Governors will have to fund the remaining 10% (£10,000).

We are making good progress on this project; over the summer the ceilings in our Years R, 1 and 2 classrooms and in the reception area have been replaced and we now have smart new doors throughout the school which has made a massive improvement to our surroundings throughout the school building.

The next part of the plan is the installation of a new fire alarm in the October half term, when we also plan to replace the old and discoloured roof lights throughout the school. This will make an immediate improvement on the level of light in the classrooms and we have ensured that if and when in the future the roof coverings are replaced then the new roof lights can be used in the new roof.   

We are very grateful to the Diocese for their support; the £100,000 for the current year is in addition to the £40,000 received in 2016 for the major improvements to the school office, and the £30,000 to improve the drainage on the boundary with the Village Hall. In 2015 we received £140,000 for the new school kitchen and £40,000 in 2014 for IT re-structure.

Governors and the Senior Leadership Team recognise the importance of our physical school environment in the continuing success of our school and continue to work hard to ensure the effective use of all resources to improve outcomes for all our pupils.

Don’t miss our Art Exhibition, which takes place on Wednesday 19th July this week. The children from each year group have been very busy preparing some amazing works of art ranging from stained glass to the Solar System.

The galleries will be shown in the hall from 3:30pm through to 5pm where we will make way for the music concert. We took a few pictures of some of the works of art created by our amazing children, which can be seen in the gallery below.

On Wednesday 19th July at 6pm, children will be performing at the end of year Music Concert. It would be lovely to see as many of you as possible. Please come and support the instrumentalists even if your child is not playing.

There will be a variety of performances including orchestra, violins, flutes, recorders, drums, guitars and pianists.

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On Monday 17th July 2017 our year six pupils accompanied by Reverend Alison and our Curate David from Christ Church set off from the year six classroom on a pilgrimage of remembrance leading up to the church.

The group made several stops starting first outside the classroom where they thought about some of their memories from year one. Reverend Alison brought some balloons with her to release after each reflection for each year leading up to year six bringing us to Christ Church, our final stop.

Before releasing each balloon a child from year six said a prayer. It was a truly wonderful experience with lots of fantastic memories along the way. We took some pictures on route, which can be seen in the gallery below. Please click on the thumbnails for a larger view.

On 10th and 11th July 2017, our year six pupils took to the stage to dazzle us with some amazing acting and songs from their incredible adaption of the story of “Alice in Wonderland”.

The children had been working hard throughout June and the beginning of July in rehearsals, which truly showed as the performances were fantastically witty and musically astounding.

We took a few pictures of the cast and crew and some shots on stage from the second night, which can be seen in the gallery below.

The Sparkfish team returned to Nutfield Church Primary School today to meet up with our year six pupils to talk about their transition from Primary School to Secondary School.

Spark Fish are a local, collaborative, Christian organisation that aims to inspire and encourage young people in faith, hope and love. They engage with all young people who go to school in Reigate, Redhill and Merstham, offering support in important areas of the curriculum and school life.

During the workshops, which can be seen in the gallery below, Sparkfish asked children to write down on a hand cutout some of the feelings that they have about making this move onto the next step of their educational journey. Feelings such as fears or concerns. Any thoughts on how they will need to change in order to make this transition.

Transition Top Tips!

• Pack your bag the night before
• Check your uniform
• Be on time
• Try something new in the canteen
• Try as many clubs as you can
• Ask at student services  if you get lost or need anything
• If you have a problem, don’t keep it to yourself
• Do your homework as soon as you get it
• Just be yourself!

The exercise is to show the children that their fears are natural and that as long as they stay positive, focused and believe in themselves, the fears that they are feeling currently will be short lived.

It was great to see the Sparkfish team again and we do look forward to them returning soon.

The Nutfield Church Primary School news team are back with details of some amazing events coming up at the end of June and throughout July. To find out more, have your diary ready and press play!