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Junior School - Forthcoming Events
Our main Open
Morning will be on a Saturday in October 2008 - from 10 am to 12.30 pm. There
will also be a working Open Morning on Tuesday 11th March 2008. But there is no
need to wait. Give us a ring and a tour can be arranged. Contact Rachael Cooke
on 01799 527235 or email adminjs@friends.org.uk
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Click
here to see a copy of the Calendar for this term | 
Junior
School - News To see 'News and Events'
for the Senior School click here
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here or on the image on the left to see the latest copy of 'The Crocus' newsletter
for parents | | Click
here to see the latest copy of whole-school newsletter. |
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"The Keymaster"
Click on the photo on the left to see more shots of our Years 5 and 6 summer play. |
Newsletter Summer 2008
Click on the image on the right to see the latest edition of 'The Avenue'. |
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Term Dates up to 2010 now available - click here
| ISI Inspection Report for the School - February 2008 |
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Click here to download direct from the ISI website. |
We also had a separate Ofsted Inspection of the Nursery on 6 May 2008. Click on the link below to access this report.
Ofsted
report for the Nursery School on the Ofsted website 6 May 2008
Our
Head Chef Bobby Nanda returns from Burma  |
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here to read Bobby's report about how the £1,329 raised on F&F Day
is being used through the charity that Bobby and his wife have founded to ensure
that aid gets to where it is needed. |
Job
Opportunities We are curently advertising for an Assistant Bursar
(Finance) - 20 hours a week, and a Key Stage 1 Class Teacher. There
are also vacancies in the Senior School for a full time Geography Teacher
for either September 08 or January 09, and an Invigilator (from 3rd June
for 3 weeks). More details on these posts can be found by clicking
here.
 | | Friends
and Families Day 10 May 2008 Click
here if you would like to read Andrew Holmes report on the Junior School.
Click on photo of Maypole dancing to enlarge. |
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Autumn Term 2007 Newsletter
This
is being mailed to all parents, but you can download a copy by clicking on the
image on the left. |
| | 'Nativity
Fun in Saffron Walden' - a clip from ITV's Local Anglia Tonight, of our Infant
Nativity Play on 12 December 07. Click
here to view. |
Whole School Photo
September 2007. Click on the image on the right to enlarge.
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Latest Term Dates to Summer 2009
Click
here
Friends'
School PTA Recipe Book | The
long awaited Friends’ School PTA Recipe
Book is now available for purchase from either of the School offices,
or by ordering online at PTA@friends.org.uk
The Books, which contain over 50 recipes sent in by parents, children, teachers
and support staff, are priced at £5.00 each and would make an ideal gift
for Grandma as well as being a useful keepsake. Both offices have a copy
which may be viewed prior to purchase. | | |
The
PTA would like to thank you for your continued support in our fund raising efforts
for our senior and junior schools. Jo, Janette, Anne, Susan, Christine,
Alex & Gill.
PTA
Autumn Quiz Evening Saturday 10th Nov.
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great success. Many thanks to the PTA for all the time and effort they put into
making this such an enjoyable evening. |
Remembrance
Day and White Poppies
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are some wearing white poppies? Click on the poppies on the left to find out more.
Also click here to find out more about the
Peace Pledge Union. Their shared belief is that war and violent conflict are neither
necessary nor inevitable. Their shared aim is to work towards creating a just
world free from war. | White
poppies are available from the office.
How to order your Whole School Photograph
This
is now on display outside Reception in the Senior and Junior Schools. Order envelopes
will be sent home with pupils. Alternatively you can download one by clicking
here or on the image above. Costs for the above are: A - cream mount
in dark wood frame= £49, B - cream bevel cut mount = £29, and C -
roll in a commemorative box = £19. ( Please note that the mount colour will
be cream as shown above and not maroon) Please send your order envelope
and cheque, payable to Friends' School, to Reception by Monday 12th November at
the latest. Photos need to be collected from Reception later this term. Late orders
have to be sent directly to Tempest by parents and they include a £5 late
handling charge. A low resolution copy of the photo is shown below. Click
on it to enlarge slightly. The length of the actual print is about 81 cm or 32
inches. 
Year 5
Trip to Norfolk 24 to 28 September 2007 Click on
the photo to see more | | |
 | | Year
6 Trip to Wales 10 to 14 September 2007 Click on
the photo to see more |
'Robin
Hood' June 2007 Junior
School Play Years
5 and 6 Click on the photo to see more | | |
Friends'
Junior School National Curriculum results 2007
Key Stage One
English
Speaking and Listening 100% level 2 or above,
31% at level 3
Reading 100% level 2 or above, 15% at level 3
Writing 100%
level 2 or above, 15% level 3 or above Mathematics - 100% level 2
or above
Science - 100% at level 2 or above 31% at level 3
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Stage Two Test Results English - 92% level
4 or above 46% at level 5
Mathematics - 81% level 4 or above
35% at level 5 Science - 100% level 4 or above 53% at
level 5 Click here to see
a detailed breakdown of KS2 results for 2007.
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scores are well above the national average. Click here
to see 2006 results. |
| | Summer
2007 NewsletterThis is being mailed to all parents at the start of the
summer holidays, but if you would like to download a copy then please click on
the image on the left. |
EMERGENCY
SCHOOL CLOSURE
In cases of extreme weather conditions or if
any other event causes us to close the school: We
will publicise this information on the News page of the School website. We
may also make use of ParentMail. If appropriate we will
also endeavour to broadcast this information on the following local radio stations:
Radio Cambridgeshire on FM 96 or MW 1026
BBC Radio Essex on FM 103.5 or
MW 765
Radio Q 103 on FM 103 |
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