Tuesday 17 March 2015

Newsletter 29


SPECIAL EVENT FOR ORCHESTRA – THIS WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH
Please can ALL orchestra members bring in their instruments on Wednesday for a specialist workshop with Marcel from Bassistry Arts, this will be in the afternoon.
  DON’T FORGET…. THE VIOLIN CONCERT IN THE HALL THIS
WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 3.15pm    (There is NO Country Dancing this week)

BIKEABILITY CYCLE TRAINING
Just to remind those Year 5/6 pupils who are doing cycle training this Thursday/Friday to please bring your cycle to the back playground on the Thursday morning, make sure it is in full working order. 
Don’t forget your cycle helmet, rucksack and water bottle and come dressed in practical cycling clothes and footwear.  (You can leave your cycle in school overnight, at your own risk, we will put them in the Y6 covered courtyard).

EASTER SERVICE – THURSDAY 26 MARCH
The service is being prepared and run by children from class ES and JA, so we would welcome the parents and grandparents of these pupils to St Michael’s Church this Thursday at 1.30pm. The rest of the school will go to the same service in the morning. Unfortunately Mrs Picton is unable to attend these services due to another commitment.

EASTER LUNCH – THURSDAY 26 MARCH
EATs catering will be providing a special Easter Roast Beef lunch on Thursday 26 March.

SCHOOL MENUS FOR APRIL TO OCTOBER 2015
With this letter please find the EATs catering menus that start after Easter. You can also find the link to the menu from the ‘Parent Information’ page of the school website.

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE - FRIDAY 27 MARCH
The parent council have a number of Summer dresses, PE kit and other uniform items that they will be selling on the playground on the last day of term.  Do come along to stock up your child’s uniform at bargain prices.

FRIENDS CAKE STALL – NEXT FRIDAY 27 MARCH
Classes NS & JC will be baking for this Easter Treat Cake stall in the pavilion on the front playground on the last day of term.
Remember to bring some money in to buy a sweet treat..

BOOK FAIR COMMISSION
We would like to thank everyone who came to the book fair.  It was a very successful event raising £390 in commission which will be been spent on school library books.

NATURE AREA CLOSED
Due to children throwing stones into a neighbour’s garden and causing damage to their property we have taken the decision to close the Nature Area attached to the KS2 back playground.

***THIS WEEK WAS THE LAST READING CLUB UNTIL AFTER EASTER***
*****VACANCY FOR MIDDAY SUPERVISOR - Wanted Urgently*****
Relief Lunchtime Supervisor to be available to work at short notice for
1 hour + 15mins, rate of pay is £6.99 per hour ***Likely to lead to regular hours***

PARENT COUNCIL INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
Following the recent Parent Council meeting they would like to raise to the following points parents:
Coaches on College Road
Please exercise caution near the coaches at the end of school. They do need to pull up partially on the pavement to allow traffic to flow past, so please stand back and give them space to manoeuvre and to keep you safe.
No Hot Drinks in School
Could parents please not bring in hot drinks to school (eg to Share Sessions/on playground) or to Church for safety reasons.
Please use the Path
Please can parents make sure children use the path onto school grounds from College Road and do not cut through the flowerbed/garden.
 Thank you for your co-operation with these items.

We have been asked by the local authority to share this with parents:
Public Health England (PHE) alert on bath safety and use of bath seats.
One in three deaths from accidental drowning in children aged 0-2 involve bath seats where the parent has left the child unattended for a few seconds to fetch something.  A bath seat is a useful tool, but is not a safety device. If a baby or toddler is left unattended in a bath seat for even a few seconds they can wiggle or slip out or the bath seat could tip over and immerse the baby in water. Babies can drown in just a few centimetres of water, very quickly and with no noise or struggle. This means babies need constant supervision while in water of any description. Older siblings should never be given the responsibility of looking after younger siblings in the bath.
Full press release from PHE - https://www.gov.uk/…/drowning-in-baths-a-risk-for-young-chi…

TERM DATES FOR 2015/2016 – CORRECTION
THE FEBRUARY HALF TERM DATES ON THE DIARY DATES LEAFLET
SHOULD READ W/C 15 FEBRUARY 2016