Newsletter No: 23 Date: 3rd March 2009 Active Travel Week Don?t forget that this is our ?Active Travel Week?, which means trying to journey to school without using a car. Please remind your child / children to complete their diary sheet ? and, as usual, for those who do fill in the sheet (even if you?ve had to use a car) there will be the usual reward!! Praise Assembly The children who sat on my Praise Assembly last Friday were: Reception Ben Withers Year 1 Ilias El Kout and Alex Steer Year 2 Aafrin Kaba Year 3 Team Points Last week?s winners - Ash Leon Campbell Year 4 Jack Jacques - Walmsley Year 5 Jordan Dennett Year 6 Greg Taylor Parents? Interview Evening Parents? Evening will be held in school on Tuesday 24th March, 5.30 ? 8.00pm and Wednesday 25th March, 3.30 ? 6.00pm. The purpose of this meeting is to enable you to discuss your child?s progress and future targets for development. It would be helpful if parents could return the attached slip for each child to the school office no later than Friday 13th March. Appointments can only be given if slips are returned. Reminder- Year 3 Viking Trip Payments for the Viking Trip on 11th March are due by tomorrow, Wednesday 4th March. Parents who have not yet done so should send in £12.50 (£10.80 plus £1.70 for lunch) or £10.80 if your child is entitled to free school meals. As already mentioned, if we do not receive sufficient parental contributions, the visit will unfortunately have to be cancelled. Dinner Time Trophy Our School Governors have kindly ?clubbed together? to buy a Trophy which they have donated to the school. The Trophy is awarded to one class each week who are recognised as being the best class during lunchtimes. Mrs Johnson and her team of Welfare Assistants are looking every day for the class of children who eat their dinner the quietest, show the best manners to the dinner and welfare staff, play nicely during the lunchtime break and who try to eat their dinner with as little fuss and mess as possible. The Trophy was awarded for the first time last Friday and was presented by Mrs Johnson to Year 6. Well done to everyone in Mr. Bromley?s class!! Swimming ? Year 5 This is the last week that the children in Year 5 will need a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, in addition to their usual swimming kit, for this week?s swimming lessons. Netball Success Mrs Sutton was very proud of her Netball team when they played three matches last week. They beat St Mary Magdalen?s 5-0, beat Our Lady and St. Gerard?s 3-1, but lost to Ashbridge 1-2. Everyone in the team played well and Kieran Anson was voted player of the match. Thank you to Mrs Sutton, Mrs Oliver and Mrs Longdon for supporting the team on the night. Children Arriving Late For School When I was in the school Car Park yesterday morning, I noticed that quite a lot of children were arriving late, or being dropped off late for school. Can I please remind parents that the school day starts at 8.55am, although we do have staff on the yard from 8.45am onwards to ensure that the children are safe if they arrive slightly early. If your child / children arrive late for school it can impact on their school day as they often start lessons unsettled and flustered. Making sure that they are on the yard by 8.55am will help make them more ready to learn for the day ahead. Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation in this matter. Lancashire Evening Post Green & Grow Vouchers If you read the LEP newspaper you will have noticed that they are printing vouchers which can be exchanged for school gardening equipment. Please send the vouchers into school as and when you collect them. We can then order some extra tools and equipment which the children can use in our award winning Science Garden. Yours sincerely Mr S B Smith (Headteacher) ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??? Parents? Evening Please make an appointment for me to see my child(ren)?s class teacher on Tuesday, 24th March from 5.30pm ? 8.00pm [____] Wednesday, 25th March between 3.30pm and 6.00pm *[____] *Please tick appropriate box Child?s Name ???????????????????????????????.. Class ??????. Child?s Name ???????????????????????????????.. Class ??????. Child?s Name ???????????????????????????????.. Class ??????. Signed ??????????????????.(Parent/Guardian) Date:??????.. *************************************************************************** This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its content. *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** This email has been checked for known viruses. ***************************************************************************