Samuel Ryder Academy
Issue: 55 Date: 9 Feb 2018

Dear Parents and Carers

This half term has been only five weeks long but we have managed to pack in a huge amount and this final week has been no different.

As you will have seen via social media or the newsletter, this half-term has been a very busy time for House competitions including the House swimming gala and House “Bakeathon”. Last week was “Bakeathon” week, concluding with the staff house event on Thursday.  This year the staff teams were given the challenge of making a Jam Swiss Roll and I had the privilege of judging the winners.  The quality of the food was extremely high; well done to Mrs Murphy and Mr Amos for winning the competition for Bronte House (second year running!).

As you will have seen in the last edition of the newsletter, this week has been Maths Week, and the Maths team have coordinated and run a range of exciting and interesting activities for pupils across the whole age range.  Other staff and subjects have also emphasised maths topics within their teaching, so it has been a true focus this week.  It has been great to see the pupils’ excitement and joy during the activities and so a big thank you to everyone involved.

As you are aware, the PTA are raising funds this year to support our project of building a new 3G AstroTurf facility with floodlighting.  They have launched a scheme whereby you, or your business, can participate by sponsoring a metre (or more) of Astro.  The cost is £10 per metre and in return you will see your name up on a bronze, silver, gold or platinum list (depending on the number of metres you sponsor) next to the pitch.  There are further details below, including how you can make a contribution.  The facility is a fantastic opportunity for the school as long as we can raise the necessary funds, so please do add your support if you are able to.

Finally, it was lovely to see the parents and carers of pupils in Year 9 at the Consultation Evening yesterday (Thursday) and I look forward to seeing you again at the Year 9 Options Evening on the 27th February.

Hope you all have a wonderful half-term break.

As always, if you have any comments or suggestions I would be pleased to hear from you, please contact me at head@samuelryderacademy.co.uk.

 

Mr Gauthier

Headteacher

 

 

Half Term and Inset Days

School will be closed for Half Term from Monday 12th February to Friday 16th February. We will re-open on Monday 19th February at usual time. 

Please note: Friday 23rd February is an inset and school will be closed to ALL students. 

 

 

Samuel Ryder App

Please remember that we supply the ‘Samuel Ryder’ mobile app.  We use this for non-student specific communication, it also has a copy of the school calendar and the latest Samuel Ryder news.  This can be downloaded from your mobile device’s App store by simply searching ‘Samuel Ryder’. Click here for a guide on how to download.

We have recently created ‘All Primary’ and ‘All Secondary’ notification groups. We ask that you please select one or both of these options in your app settings in order to receive information about primary or secondary as a whole. This needs to be done in addition to your year group selection (please change this to your current year group as soon as possible). If there are any queries regarding this please don’t hesitate to contact App_Help@SamuelRyderAcademy.co.uk

Facebook and Twitter

To keep up to date with lots of exciting activities happening in school please like our Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter!  Click here to visit our Facebook page, and follow us on twitter at @SRASecondary and @SRAPrimary. Our Facebook and Twitter accounts can also be accessed through the ‘contact’ section of the app. Simply click on the small Facebook or Twitter icons and you will be linked straight to our pages.

Technical Assistance

If you are having any issues regarding Parent Pay, the Samuel Ryder App, or Sims Login , please use the following email contacts for assistance:

 

Parent Pay Log in requests:

Finance@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk

 

School App

App_help@samuelryderacademy.co.uk

 

Sims Log in Technical Assistance

technicalassistance@samuelryderacademy.co.uk

 

School Volunteers

We now require all volunteers to provide a reference for us to keep on file. If you are currently on our records as being an active volunteer at Samuel Ryder with a current and valid DBS, you are required to complete and return a “SRA Volunteer Reference Form”. Please can you ensure that all referees have a valid email address, so that we can approach them in this way. Thank you for your help and continued support for our school.

 

E-Safety Tips

Advice on how to set parental controls on your Wi-Fi at home.

Whilst we embrace and recognise the importance and relevance of new technology in the 21st Century, we are always acutely aware of the potential risks for young people.

With children as young as 3 or4 regularly accessing the internet through a PC/laptop or device and the increasing number of popular social media apps available to teens, it is no wonder that the majority of parents worry about their child's use of devices and the internet.

As well as our e-safety programmes for our students, we have already had two parent support evenings this year on the issue. One particular concern that parents voiced was on how to set controls for different internet service providers. the website www.internetmatters.org provides links to the key ISPs instructions for setting these restrictions, as well as age related guidance for parents on managing the use of technology and safeguarding their children whilst online.

For further information on ISPs, please visit https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/broadband-mobile/

 

Samuel Ryder Academy Maths Week!

Oh What a Week!

Wow! The end of a half-term and the end of another fantastic mathematics week at Samuel Ryder Academy. The mathematics department would like to thank every student for their outstanding contributions to the activities over this week: from our Reception children investigating symmetry to our VI Form students who explored mathematical careers. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate everyone in the House competitions over the week - look out for the formal results next half term!

However, the mathematics does not stop here. In keeping with our theme of mathematics in nature and the great outdoors, be sure to continue to look for mathematics in the world around you. Do look at the wonderful examples of real-world mathematics in the mathematics corridor for inspiration. Finally, we look forward to awarding our first set of times tables achievement certificates upon our return after the mid-term break. As such, keep working on your multiplication facts, Rock Hero status is within touching distance!

The mathematics team.

  

 

MathsFest Trip Review

On Tuesday the 6th of February, MAST students from Year 9 and Year 10 visited the Piccadilly Theatre in London to attend Maths Fest 2018. Whilst we were there, we had the opportunity to listen to maths specialists and how they use maths in their careers and in their daily lives. We saw how maths isn’t just boring numbers and that it comes in loads of really exciting forms, it really inspired me to be more enthusiastic about maths. Our host for the day was Matt Parker who is a stand-up mathematician (and comedian). We also had the opportunity to listen to James Grime who creates YouTube videos solving extreme maths problems and travels the world with a genuine enigma machine, Aofie Hunt who is an industrial modelling expert, Ben Sparks who is a mathematician and musician, Rob Eastaway who is a best-selling maths author, Seb Lee-Delisle who is a programmer and digital artist and Hannah Fry who is a TV star and UCL maths lecturer. Overall, the day was really exciting and inspiring and I have learnt a lot from it.

Faaizah Afzal

10 Dahl.​

Primary Phase News

Stars of the Week

Red Class

Sonny Bignall - For being more like mouse in all areas of his learning and showing a ‘can do’ attitude. If Sonny is faced with a challenge instead of saying ‘I can’t do it’ he is now saying ‘I can’t do it yet.’ This is fantastic Sonny and Miss Turner and Mrs O’ Donovan have noticed a great improvement in your work. Keep it up!

Blue Class

Leonardo Picciuto - Well done Leo. You were very enthusiastic to take part in exploring doubling and halving by making a fruit kebab. You used your mathematical knowledge to work out how to make 10. Keep up the good work.

Orange Class

Matthew Kotze for always being such a kind member of Orange Class. You always have a smile on your face and you are always trying to help your friends. You worked really well with your learning partner in Maths this week to explore different 2D and 3D shapes. Well done Matthew!

Purple Class

Jack Western - for striving to follow the Samuel Ryder Way. You contribute well to whole class discussions and you are willing to act on feedback to improve your work. Your writing is well-structured and you use interesting detail and expressive words to make your writing interesting and engaging. Well done, Jack!

Yellow Class

Elodie Green - for being an absolute joy to teach, you always follow the Samuel Ryder Way and are a great role model to others.  Elodie, you focused really well in our tessellation activities  this week and always present your work to a high standard.

Green Class

Misha Tafajoul - for working so hard during Maths Week. She has been so focussed and has created a brilliant Maths poster and a fantastic tessellation picture. Well Done Misha!

Bath Class

Isobel Marriot - For working extremely hard practising, performing and  creating props for our class assembly. It has been a pleasure to see her confidence grow and develop. 

York Class

Natasza Charzewska - For working really hard on creating a beautiful tangram of a chinese new year cat as part of Maths Week.

Durham Class

Summer Boswell - for her herculean efforts in mastering her role as Tutankhamun in the Year 4 production.

Warwick Class

Yusuf Ahmed - for showing great kindness in organising a charity sweet sale in aid of the less fortunate.

Imperial Class

Sophie for her enthusiasm  and for working so hard in all of the activities during Maths Week.  Well done for creating different line graphs in Science and solving the plant growth investigation.

St Andrews Class

Nichole Tse for her excellent effort and participation in all of the activities during Maths Week.  Well done for applying your calculation knowledge to practical situations, particularly involving volume.

 

What’s been happening in EYFS this week?

This week was a very exciting week in Early Years and Samuel Ryder as we were all celebrating Maths Week! The week started off with a a maths assembly led by Mrs Smart and the children sat beautifully throughout. Each year group had an area of Maths to focus on and link into their learning. Reception focused on symmetry throughout the week.

We looked at the story of ‘the very hungry caterpillar’ to help us look at symmetry on butterfly wings. Throughout the week the children took part in various activities. With a teacher, the pupils all had the chance to make fruit kebabs to make patterns and reinforce doubling and halving. They also made symmetrical butterflies using a blank butterfly and took part in an EAD activity where the children had to use coffee filters to make a pattern on their butterfly's wings and add a peg to make a body. The children also produced some fantastic writing about butterflies by writing a leaflet ‘all about butterflies.’ They also used the art room to make symmetrical patterns with paint on a butterfly’s wings.

The children have been focusing on 4 brand new sounds this week, ‘ch, sh, th and ng.’ These sounds have been put into book bags. Please continue to go over these sounds and the sounds that have already been issued. It is imperative that the children continue to recap all sounds.

Shepreth Wildlife Park

Last week a letter went out in book bags regarding our upcoming trip just before the Easter holidays. The children will be visiting ‘Shepreth Wildlife Park’ in Royston as part of our topic ‘All creatures great and small.’ The trip will take place on Wednesday 21st March. Please ensure you have paid for the trip by Friday 2nd March via parent pay. Although it is a voluntary contribution, insufficient contributions will mean that the experience may not go ahead.

We are also looking for the support of parent volunteers to assist us on the school trip. Thank you to those parents who have already volunteered. We would ask if you would be able to make your own travel arrangements on the day. Parents with a current DBS with Samuel Ryder Academy will be given priority.

Reminders

After half term, the whole of the primary phase are taking part in a superhero week. We would like all the children to dress up as a superhero of their choice on Wednesday 21st February.

 

 

What’s been happening in KS1 this week?

Year 1

This week has been Maths Week. We have focussed on creating a Shapetacular City. We use 3D shapes to create our very own junk model city.  We began by looking at different cities and spotting any interesting 3D shapes. Then, we chose our own 3D shape and painted it. After that we added lots of detail such as windows, door etc. After this, we focussed on 2D shapes that we can see on an aerial view of a city. We drew some aerial views to add to our Shapetacular City such as top’s of trees and then, during our ICT session, we used TuxPaint to create more aerial views to add to our city. On Friday, we joined all the building’s in Year 1 together and created a ginormous city! It was really interesting looking at all the ways we could use 3D and 2D shapes in different subjects.

Here we are, creating our cities!

     

In Science, we focussed on 3D shapes again! We used playdough to create lots of different 3D shapes. We had to think very carefully about the different properties of each shape before we started forming them.

In English this week we have been writing diary entries each day for our experiences during Maths Week. We made sure we included the important features such as the date, ‘Dear Diary’ and using time connectives. We also challenged ourselves to include some adjectives to make our diary entries really detailed and interesting. This was really interesting because we could think about all the ways we have looked at Maths throughout every subject.

We had a fantastic time visiting St Lukes Church on Wednesday, thank you to all those parents who came along to support us. We learnt lots of information about the church and all of the different things the church does to support the local community. We really enjoyed the different activities that allowed us to explore the church and also having the opportunity to ask the Vicar different questions. Here we are exploring the church!

    

 

Reminders:

After half term, the whole of the primary phase of the academy will be taking part in Superhero Week. We will be holding a Superhero Dress-up Day on Monday 19th February.  The children are more than welcome to dress up as their favourite Superhero as the staff will be as well!

Have a lovely half term!

Year 2

To celebrate Maths week, during our English sessions the children have been designing and creating a poster using mathematical facts about themselves. Some children challenged themselves to create mathematical sums so that once solved would give the answers to their facts, for example 15/5 = The number of people in my family = 3. 

  

At the start of the week in our Maths sessions, Yellow Class enjoyed creating tessellation pictures.  The children experimented to find out which shapes tessellate.  Mrs Hayes was really impressed with the concentration shown by the children.   Here are some pictures of our first attempts on whiteboards then our colourful creations.  

  

‘The Twits’

Mrs Hayes and Miss Hennessy are planning to read the Roald Dahl book ‘The Twits’ as a class when we return after half term as we would like the children to be familiar with the story in preparation for our Roald Dahl unit of work, later in the term.  If your child has a copy of ‘The Twits’ or you are able to borrow a copy from a friend or the library please send it into school.  Please ensure that it is either named or has a named post it note so the correct copy can be safely returned to the correct child when we have finished reading it. 

 

‘Next half term’

After half term, our science focus will be connected to learning with the importance of a healthy lifestyle.  We will aim to find out more about eating the right amounts of food, the importance of exercise, we will aim to understand the importance of hygiene (in particular hand washing) and understand that we need water, food and air to survive.  During the second week of next term we are planning on having a food tasting session with the children when the children will have opportunities to taste a selection of fruits and vegetables.  If your child is not allowed to eat a particular fruit or vegetable please can you inform Mrs Hayes direct on s.hayes@samuelryderacademy.co.uk We will also send out a reminder after half term.

 

In our topic sessions, we will focus on being inventors and we will take inspiration from designs throughout history.  We will explore objects and designs to identify likes and dislikes of the design, suggest improvements to existing designs, explore how products have been created and develop our design and technology skills such as cutting, joining and decorating.

Year 2 trip to St Albans Abbey Trip

Thank you to everyone who has returned the slips and paid via ParentPay.  If you have not returned it already, please can you return it on the first day back after the holiday.  Parental consent must also be given at the same time as payment via ParentPay.  Please note the cost of this trip is non-refundable. Although this is a voluntary contribution, insufficient contributions will mean that the experience may not go ahead. Please contact the school finance office if you have difficulty meeting this cost.

If you have mislaid the letter, it is available to download on the website, in the Letters home section.  Here is the link:

http://www.samuelryderacademy.co.uk/assets/files/secondary/Letter%20Year%202%20Cathedral%20Trip.pdf

As St Albans Abbey is very close to where we live, we are asking parents to arrange to drop their child off at the far end of Westminster Lodge car park at 9:15 am. We will then be walking the children round the park to get to the Abbey. At the end of the day, again, we are asking parents to arrange to collect your child from the same place in Westminster Lodge car park at 2:45 pm. If this causes a problem we have a limited number of spaces available on the school minibus so please contact Mrs. Hayes direct on s.hayes@samuelryderacademy.co.uk to reserve a space.  Thank you to those parents that have already emailed, if you have realised that you have not yet reserved a space and require one, please contact Mrs. Hayes as soon as possible.

 

What’s been happening in KS2 this week?

Year 3

This week Year 3 had the task of finding out all about Tangrams as part of Maths Week.   A tangram is a Chinese geometrical puzzle consisting of a square cut into seven pieces which can be arranged to make various other shapes.  The children began by using the wooden tangram sets to manipulate the shapes to create different pictures using templates.  On Wednesday we had a whole day of messy art activities to create three fantastic pieces of art!  Linking our learning to the Chinese New Year story, the children painted a watercolour background to enhance their tangram silhouette of a chinese new year animal.  They then painted a firework display with a brightly coloured chinese dragon tangram and finally created a 3D chinese dragon tangram puppet.  The children selected which piece of work they wanted to enter into the Maths Week art competition.  To link our learning together, in English, the children had fun creating a comic strip of the Chinese New Year story.

Dates for your diary:

  • Wednesday 21st February - Superhero Dress Up Day (Part of our creative writing week)
  • Thursday 22nd February - PTA School Disco after school
  • Friday 23rd February - Staff Training Day - No school for the children
  • Tuesday 6th March - Parents Evening
  • Thursday 8th March - Parents Evening
  • Wednesday 28th March - Year 3 Production to Parents at 9am
  • Thursday 29th March - End of Term

 

Year 4

This week has been all about the production. The children worked incredibly hard in learning all of their lines and the songs and really came together to put together a great production. A very big well done to all of year 4 - you did yourselves proud!

 

Year 5

This week we have celebrated Maths Week across our curriculum.  The children have participated in a variety of activities including  making nets, calculating volume and designing food packaging.  This has involved them applying a range of mathematical knowledge to different practical situations.

The children particularly enjoyed working with the Year 10 students on their packaging project.  It was wonderful to see them all working collaboratively to produce such imaginative designs.

Reminders

Superhero Week: 19th - 22nd February

Creative writing is always an exciting element of our English curriculum.  After the half term, we will be holding a Superhero theme week across the whole of the Primary Phase as a theme for developing these skills.   We would like all of the children to dress up as a Superhero of their choice on Wednesday 21st February.

 

Miss Van Rensburg

due to personal reasons, Miss Van Rensburg has decided to resign from her position as class teacher at Samuel Ryder Academy.  Miss Van Rensburg’s resignation will take effect from Friday 9th February 2018.  We are grateful for Miss Van Rensburg’s teaching contribution and creativity over the last few years and wish her well in her future career.

 

To ensure children’s learning is unaffected by this change, we are pleased to announce that our newly appointed teacher Miss Hennessy will fulfil the role of class teacher from Monday 19th February 2018.   Miss Hennessy is an experienced teacher and has worked within different Key Stages within Primary.

 

The children’s emotional well-being is paramount, and in order to provide children with an effective transition, Miss Hennessy will be working alongside Miss Van Rensburg during this last week of term..

Primary Football

 

Primary Football took on Garden Fields on Monday and lost 2-0. Although a negative outcome, a great effort by all players!

 

Secondary Phase News

 

Upcoming Events

Year 8 Options Evening – Tuesday 20th February from 6.00-7.30pm

Year 8 students and parents are invited to come to this important evening to discuss subject options going into Year 9. 

Year 9 Options Evening – Tuesday 27th February from 6.00-7.30pm

Year 9 students and parents are invited to come to this important evening to discuss subject GCSE options going into Year 10.  Please can you return your reply slips to the school office.

Year 10 Parents Evening – Tuesday 13th March from 4.00-7.00pm

Please can you return your teacher appointment request sheets to the school office as soon as possible.

 

House Poetry Competition

The winners of this year's House Poetry Competition are:

KS3 Zainab Naqbi 7D

KS4 Ciara Calthrop 9C

KS5 Noor Guttadauro 12D

 

Sport

Football

Over the weekend, the boys football teams took on Roundwood. Unfortunately, we lost all our games, but it's great to see the boys turn out every week. 

On Monday, the Year 7 football girls attended a football tournament and came 3rd out of 7! Fab achievement !

 

Rugby

This week, we had record numbers at Girls Rugby training. It as fantastic to see so many girl interested in the game and putting so much effort into training. 

 

EU and Brexit Seminar

 

Last week, sixth form were lucky enough to partake in a seminar focused on the role of the European Union, exploring what role the EU currently has in our Parliament and what will change after Brexit; it was a great opportunity for students to gain deeper knowledge of the EU for the AS in Government & Politics and also allowed students to debate and make their own judgements over the referendum result. 

                                                   Student Celebration

                                                                        

A huge congratulations to our Year 7 student who recently won a Gold Medal at the Girls U12 Foil Competitions, a fantastic achievement! Nathalie will now represent the Eastern Region at the British Youth Championships, at the English Insitute of Sport in Sheffield. Good Luck Nathalie!

 

Artwork of the Week

This beautiful artist research sheet by Ella Brinson-Green of 9 Christie is our Artwork of the Weeks this week. We are very impressed with her control of different media and her composition is very well thought out. It's a really expressive and dynamic piece of work. Well done Ella!

 

Winter Writing Competition

Congratulations to Libby Price in 11A. She won the Winter Writing Competition at the end of last term. The competition was part of the Multicultural day event, held by the Inclusion department for Secondary students. Well done, Libby!

Here is Libby's story.

 

Twas the Night Before Christmas

 

It was the 24th December, a date which you must remember.

A man dressed in red runs around whilst children are in bed.

Leaves them presents ever so nice, made in a world of ice.

And all he asks in return, and what he does yearn,

Is a mince pie, just one, before he says goodbye.

Just before Christmas Eve, he wiped his nose on his sleeve.

He readied himself for the gifts he’d take, altering his map to avoid the lake.

Alas, on this night of charm and cheer, Santa had one too many beers!

Sitting at home, with logs on the fire, the man had begun to tire.

‘Just resting my eyes,’ he assured himself. He left his alarm clock with an elf.

It was the night before Christmas, and Santa had unfinished business.

 

All throughout every single home, children began to sob and moan.

‘Where are our presents? Has Santa been? ‘could only be heard – what a scene!

Unfortunately for them, there was a fact they didn’t know. They felt low.

Santa had overslept! And though they didn’t know this, the children wept!

It was now Christmas day, but for Santa they’d have to pray,

He was late, parents said, he’d come at a later date,

But they were worried too; how could he forget their new shoes?

 

Back at home, Santa was distraught. How could he deal with the sadness he’d wrought?

Roused by Mrs. Claus, he felt like he’s broken all the laws.

‘Christmas come once a year, you should not fear,’

But her words only worsened his feel. With his own mistakes he would deal.

Rushing about at a faster pace than usual, normally Santa was unmovable.

However, today he was on a mission, not just to reduce carbon emissions!

 

Into his sleigh he climbed, ready to work – he was primed.

Dashing through the snow, with reindeer guiding – ‘Heave-ho!’

Dasher and Dancer flew through the sky, climbing high.

Prancer and Vixen, carrying on, swore they’d never flown for so long!

Comet and Cupid, travelling the air, made rude remarks about someone’s hair.

Donna and Blitzen, usually up to no good, worked twice as hard as they could.

Rudolph led the way, nose bright and shining on this cold winter day.

 

Santa in the sky pulled a lot of sick tricks, like a figure of eight and a full 360-flip.

The reindeer urged him to stop but he certainly did not!

Soon enough Santa encountered trouble, after a backflip he’d tried to double.

It came in the form of a tree branch, and nearly caused an avalanche.

In a busy little town, Santa began to frown.

 

Landing heavily on the floor, Santa felt very sore.

In fact, he didn’t stir at all, not even to bawl.

The reindeer didn’t know what to do….so formed a queue.

A plan they hatched together, and then gathered up their reins of leather.

 

With eager hooves, and smooth moves,

The deer began to act, enthusiasm they didn’t lack!

Back and forth, they moved their hips, strange words formed at their lips.

As they sang and danced and twirled, something strange happened in the world.

 

They began to dance quicker, moving so fast they did flicker,

Coins were tossed their way as they began to sway,

One pound, two pence, five coins more – soon they had filled the floor

On the floor, a hat they laid to collect their pay.

 

Soon, they had enough funds, too much to hold in even the biggest of thumbs.

It took all of them to transport the cash, all of them felt very flash.

One by one they entered a shop, quick as a bunny does hop.

They selected the ware they wanted, and left quite affronted!

In the spirit of Christmas cheer, surely they had discount here?!

 

Nevertheless, they found the one not feeling the best.

Now, as you may already know, Santa’s usually quite slow,

But with a pastry incentive, which the reindeer found very inventive.

Santa shot up like a greyhound, with a mouth most profound,

And ate the pastry in three quick bites. He said it was quite a delight.

 

Filled with the magic of winter, snow began to fall hither.

The reindeer smiled with glee: their plan working they could see.

Santa began to rise, filled with the power of mince pies.

‘off we go, boys!’ he said with quite a noise

Then added ‘Come on, Donna, trot!’ as an afterthought.

 

Off the merry group traversed, leaping into action headfirst.

One by one, they distributed presents, careful not to circumvent.

‘One for you, two for me’ they sang at passing Year Threes.

With a quickened pace, they turned it into a race,

Soon enough, the streets were full, and everyone felt that they did rule.

 

After a tiring day of getting things done, and when the games were said and won,

With a little link and a saucy wave, all were pleased with what they saved.

Although it was done in midday sun, they did have a lot of fun,

And yes, it was a little late, but now they were glad they did wait.

 

 

For Santa got to see the effect; that no-one was deject,

Thanks to his marvellous late-night shifts, everyone got their gifts!

Normally he’d stay at the North Pole and wonder, what happened when gifts were sundered,

What the children thought of it, even though he didn’t mind thank-you letters one bit,

This Christmas, he saw first-hand, the joy spread across the land.

 

PTA News

PTA Events

Over the course of the next few months, we will be moving over to PTA Events, a new platform to manage our volunteering but, more importantly, to significantly reduce the amount of cash we are handling. The system will not only allow you to keep up with all things PTA, such as events, meeting minutes & agendas, finances, newsletters, emails and volunteering, as well as giving you the opportunity to purchase tickets online. Please do register on this news platform, by using the link and instructions below:

 https://www.pta-events.co.uk/sra

Click the Register button on the top right hand side of the screen, then when prompted, entre your details. 

Next, go into 'My Account' and register your child/children's information and you will not have to go throught this process again, when it comes to purchasing tickets for future evetns.

Primary School Disco - Thursday 22nd February 2018.

Thank you to all of you who have purchased tickets for the primary disco through PTA Events. Please continue to make your payments so that we can get as organised as possible on the run up to the event. 

You can purchase your children's tickets on PTA Events by registering as detailed above and then clicking Primary School Disco in the 'What's On' box on the left hand side of the page. The closing date for ticket purchase is 20th February 2018.

Primary Odyssey Trip - Friday 23rd February 2018

Thank you to all of you who have bought tickets to come along to see Ferdinand at the Odyssey. The tickets are selling very fast, so if you haven't got yours yet, then please do so ASAP, to avoid missing out. Tickets are available via PTA Events, as detailed above, downstairs seats are now sold out therefore all tickets purchased from now on will be upstairs.

Spring Ball - Saturday 10th March 2018

Samuel Ryder Academy P'TA is extrememly excited to present our first Charity Spring Ball, an adult only event for parents,carers, staff, friends and family of the school! The Ball will take place in the Main Hall at Samuel Ryder Academy on Saturday 10th March 2018 from 7pm until late. There will be a wonderful three course meal, a well-stocked cash bar, and of course a fantastic DJ to provide the music for dancing into the night, dress to impress!

we arelimited to a maximum of 100 persons and need to have a minimum of 80 to run the ball. each table will be able to seat 8 people so it is imperative that you buy your tickets at £50.00 each as soon as possible to avoid missing out.

We have added the event to our new online booking platform, PTA Events, through which you can book your tickets. More details can be found here

Upcoming Events

 

Event

Date

Primary Disco

Thursday 22nd February 2018

Primary Odyssey Cinema Screening

Friday 23rd February 2018

Mothers Day Event

Friday 9th March 2018

Spring Ball

Saturday 10th March 2018

PTA Meeting

Wednesday 14th March 2018

Secondary Easter Egg Tombola

Wednesday 28th March 2018

PTA Meeting

Wednesday 25th April 2018

Spring Fair

Saturday 12th May 2018

Colour Fun Run

Sunday 30th June 2018

Cinderella at the Alban Arena

Wednesday 12th December 2018

 

Have a lovely half term!

The PTA

 

St Albans Vineyard Centre

MAKE LUNCH is for children who usually recieve free school meals,or families on a tight budget. Join in with  games, crafts and fun activities before sitting down for a delicious, fresh and nutritious lunch together. It's all completely free - just contact Yvonne so we know to expect you - and let us know any special dietary needs. Email Yvonne at makelunch@thevineyardchurch.co.uk or call her on 01727 812765.

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Potters Bar Sport Courses

 

Please click here to find further details about sports courses running in Potters Bar over half term.