Welcome back to a blustery new half-term!

We have loved getting to hear all the lovely things the children got up to over the half-term break.

October was a busy but fun month for us here at Grayswood Primary CE School.

We began with a superb Harvest Festival at All Saints' Church in the village, delivered so confidently by our children in Woodpeckers. You all did a wonderful job!

New 'Values Award' for Grayswood

Another real highlight of the past month has been the launch of our 'Values Award Ceremony'. 

We introduced a new assembly that raises the profile of our school values: love, kindness, respect, perseverance, teamwork and forgiveness. 

At the end of each half term, your child's class teacher will nominate one pupil who lives out our school values every day. They will write a short blurb about that individual which is then read out by a School Governor in our 'Grayswood Values Assembly'. The children will not know who has been chosen until the very last sentence. Therefore, this requires them to listen carefully about why that particular child has been chosen. The child is given a certificate, a copy of their blurb and a green star badge that can be worn proudly on their uniform each day. 

School Ambassadors 2023-24 

We are thrilled to announce our new School Ambassadors for this academic year- Ben, Coco, Florence and Xanthe!

They have started off the year confidently delivering an excellent speech at our prospective parent tours all about the wonderful things we offer at Grayswood.

If you would like to see what they said, you can find a copy of their speech on the school website.

I look forward to working with the School Ambassador team across the year to implement any suggestions or ideas they have to make our school even better. 

"Diversity is having all the pieces of the puzzle on the table, whereas inclusion is having them all fit together" (otlearning.online). Over the year, we will be working with our staff, parents and children on what EDIJ means and how we can become more inclusive and celebrate difference. 

Elizabeth shared a few powerful images with us:

The theatre comes to Grayswood!

Whilst teachers and parents met for Parents' Evening on Thursday 19th October, the children enjoyed a visit by The Hobgoblin Theatre Company who performed ‘The Greatest Fairy Tale Ever Told’.

Judging by the smiles on the children's faces and the HUGE round of applause at the end, the children had a wonderful time! Thank you to The Hobgoblin Theatre Company. 

We are pleased to announce the menu for our pop-up restaurant on 25 November 2023 hosted by Daniel Britten and Grayswood Church of England Primary School.

Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../grayswood-school-pop-up...

95% to 100% of the ticket price will go toward the school as Dan is giving his time for free and we are kindly being supported by Amy Lou's veg in Godalming, Provenance Meats, and local business Grayswood Garage and Brown's Body Repairs.

Good attendance is not just valuable, it's essential. Good attendance promotes good outcomes for pupils and provides them with the very best opportunity to reach their potential.

Each month, we track the attendance for each child and classes as a whole. The percentage attendance figures for October are:

Hosting a party? 

Don't forget you can hire our school hall for your parties, events or clubs. It's available after school, at weekends and during the school holidays.

To find out more please contact Mrs Simpson, our School Business Manager, on sbm@grayswood.surrey.sch.uk