We are excited to announce that this year we will be taking part in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Big Soup Share again! The Big Soup Share is a national event which hopes to involve as many people as possible around the country in sharing delicious, nutritious soup.
Every child will be involved in making soup in class and understanding how soup can be part of a healthy, balanced diet.
We would like to invite you to share the soup with your child on Wednesday 9th October between 6:00pm and 7:00pm. We hope that this evening will be a great way to celebrate your child’s efforts in school and for you to understand our plans for a healthier Iver Village Junior School!
We will also be celebrating 2019’s Harvest Festival so would like to ask any parents/guardians who come along to bring a tin/can/dried foods along for the school to donate to the local charity, SHOC.
If you are able to join us for the Big Soup Share evening, please RSVP online or complete the form below.
If you have any questions about the event, please speak to your child’s class teacher.

Well done guys!

​This Week In School…
 
Year 3 – have completed their poems describing the Tin Forest and have used some fantastic descriptive language. In Maths, they have been using and applying the expanded method for addition
Year 4 – have been consolidating their place value knowledge by solving reasoning problems and have begun working on adding numbers with up to 4 digits in Maths. In English, they have finished writing their adventure narratives about Varjak Paw’s quest to find a dog and in Science, they have begun learning about teeth and what each type of tooth is for! In French, they have been learning how to count all the way to 100 in tens!
Year 5 – have continued learning about China and it's land use in Humanities. They have been tackling tricky trial and error problems in Maths and focusing on negative numbers.  In PSHE, Year 5 have been learning about how to keep their bodies healthy while in English, the classes have been looking at different sentence openers to help them write a narrative based on The Journey.
Year 6 – have been focusing on their Humanities topic of Brazil.  They have learnt about the physical geography of the country, the Amazon Rainforest, deforestation, urbanisation and what it is like to live in one of the Brazilian cities.  In English, the children have started reading 'The Last Wild', by Piers Torday, which will be the basis of their writing for the next few weeks.  They are starting with writing an escape story and are in the process of planning this at the moment.

This year we have chosen to be part of the Buckinghamshire Energize performance at the Wycombe Swan. This is an opportunity for children in Y4 to participate in a collaborative performance with pupils from other schools in the county that will be performed on two nights at the theatre in High Wycombe.
The children will be taught songs to sing in a choir and a dance to perform on stage. If your child would like to participate, they need to be available for performances on Thursday 19th March at 7:00 pm and Saturday 21st March at 7:00pm and be able to participate in rehearsals which will take place at other schools, as well as at the theatre between now and March.
We will only be able to take a group of 30 children from Year 4. If we have more than 30 children wishing to participate, we will draw names from a hat.
We are asking for a £25 contribution to cover the cost of this event. The cost will cover the travel to and from all rehearsals, transport for the children to both performances (5 trips in total). It will also cover the cost of the Energize club that we will run in the Spring Term to help the children prepare for the performances. 
If your child would like to take part, please return the form below to reception by Monday 7th October 2019 with £25 made on the School Money System as a shop item (or cash handed in to reception). Please note this is allocated on a first come, first served basis so the first 30 payments on School Money will receive a place.
If you have any questions, please speak to Miss Rowe or Miss Booth. 

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for the first Parent Coffee Morning of the school year! We had a fantastic time with our parents and a really good chat with some fantastic ideas for the school.
We combined our morning with MacMillan Cancer Research’s Biggest Ever Coffee Morning and sold some very delicious cakes to raise money for charity. A huge thank you to Mrs Witheridge and our other parents for spending the week baking some of the most incredible cupcakes to help us support Macmillan Cancer Research.

The Government is giving money to schools to help children from lower income families do their very best. This funding is called a ‘Pupil Premium’.

For every child registered for Free School Meals at The Iver Village Junior School, the school receives £1320.
 
Please register before 30th September to make sure your child and others in their class don’t miss out.
 
How does it work?

1. First, check if you qualify – it is not just if you are unemployed, so please look at the list on the next page. 
2. Registering is really quick and easy – if you think you qualify, contact our School Business Manager, Mrs Poole who will help you to register.
3. If you want your child to have a free, healthy meal at lunchtime that’s great – they will get the free meal (saving you more that £350 a year), extra benefits and the school gets £1320 or £935 extra.
4. If you don’t want your child to have the school meals they can continue as normal – as long as you qualify and are registered, the school still gets £1320 extra.

  
No one will know you have registered and it will not affect any other benefits you are claiming.
Please talk to us about registering your child today!

Do you qualify?
You can register your child for Free School Meals if you get any of these benefits:

• Universal Credit with an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400
• Income Support

• Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance

• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

• The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
• Working Tax Credit 'run-on' - the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

• Child Tax Credit except if you meet ANY of the following criteria –

1. i) entitled to working tax credit (regardless of income)
2. ii) have an annual income in excess of £16,190 (Please note that this figure is for April 2018 and that it changes in April each year).

A couple of places have become available for the PGL trip from 14th to 18th October.
If you would like your child to be considered for a place, please complete the return slip on the letter by Thursday 26th September.
If more than 2 children apply, a draw will take place on Thursday afternoon.
Full payment will need to be made by Monday 30th September 2019, parents should also have no other monies/debts outstanding to the school, i.e. club arrears.
Should you require any further information, pleased to not hesitate to contact the school.

The NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. programme is visiting our school to make sure our pupils have the knowledge and understanding they need to stay safe from abuse.
I’m pleased to tell you that we will be working with the NSPCC, the UK’s leading children’s charity, who’ll be delivering their Speak out. Stay safe. programme on 23rd October. This is a nationwide programme for every primary-school-aged child in the UK and Channel Islands. With the help of their friendly mascot Buddy, they’ll be presenting an assembly to the children in our school as well as a workshop for Years 5 and 6
 
"NSPCC has helped me to build the confidence to tell people about my worries and problems." Child’s feedback
 
What is the Speak out. Stay safe. programme?
Through child-friendly, interactive assemblies and workshops their specially trained staff and volunteers will give our children information about how to keep themselves safe from harm and how to get help if they have any worries, sensitively discussing issues like bullying and sexual abuse, without using scary words or adult language.
We have studied the content of the materials and heard from other schools who have participated and are extremely confident that they are appropriate for primary-school-aged children. By the end of their visit, we’re convinced children will feel empowered – knowing how they can speak out and stay safe.
If you would like any more information about the Speak out. Stay safe. programme you can come in to speak to me or visit the NSPCC website nspcc.org.uk/buddy
Talking UNDERWEAR with your children
The NSPCC’s work in schools will help encourage conversations about staying safe – and they have a number of child-friendly materials to help you carry on the conversation afterwards. That includes ‘Talk PANTS’, a simple way for parents to help keep children safe from sexual abuse – without using scary words or even mentioning sex.
The guide uses the rules of PANTS to teach children that their body belongs to them and them alone. You can find out more and download the free resources at nspcc.org.uk/pants
If you’d like to know more about the NSPCC’s work, or take a look at the wide range of information and advice which is available for parents and carers, please visit their website nspcc.org.uk/parents
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This Week In School…
Year 3 – have worked hard in Maths to solve problems using the expanded method of addition. In English, they have explored poetry and begun to plan a descriptive poem about the changes of the Tin Forest.
Year 4 – have started planning an adventure story about Varjak Paw’s journey outside of the house. In Maths, they have been working hard rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, and 1000. They have used this skill to estimate the answer to addition and subtraction problems. In Art, they have looked at Tingatinga art and have planned and drawn their own versions ready to paint next lesson.
Year 5 – have been rounding and ordering numbers in Maths, have written some wonderful poems based on their class story, have been sewing and stitching some lovely pieces in their DT lessons and even started their new Humanities project based on the country China! What a busy week!
Year 6 – have had a busy week this week, with a visit from representatives of Heathrow Airport to deliver a coding session to the children on Tuesday morning; and also with a visit from Zoo Lab this morning as part of their Science topic, Evolution and Inheritance.  As well as these two enjoyable events, the children have also been working hard on their writing as they have been publishing some story openers for a variety of genres.  Year 6 have had a focus on Science this week and the children have been learning how different organisms adapt and evolve to suit their habitats.