Newsletter No: 30 Date: 11th May 2010. Praise Assembly Mrs Hughes took Praise Assembly last Friday. Well done to all those who sat on the Praise Assembly bench. They were: Reception Team Point Winners Last week's winners - Beech Winners of the Broad Oak Governors' Dinner Time Trophy Last week's winners - Year 5 Holly Year 1 Leah Year 2 Calum Year 3 Daanyaal and Ashley Year 4 Jack O Year 5 Kirsten Year 6 Jordan Reminder - Hothersall Lodge (14th-18th June 2010) Parents /carers of Year 6 children going to Hothersall Lodge are reminded that the final payment of £84 is due on or before Tuesday, 18th May. All outstanding monies must be paid by this date. Also, if you have not already done so, please return the Consent and Medical Information form to the school office as soon as possible. School Lunch - Week 1 Beginning 17th May 2010 Please ensure that dinner money is paid on Friday if you want dinners next week. Only £9.50 per week, £1.90 a day. Money should be given, via your child, to their teacher in an envelope marked 'Dinner Money' with their name, class and amount. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Cheese & Egg Flan, mashed potatoes, baked beans or Pasta in Creamy Tomato & Mascarpone Sauce, garlic bread. Chicken Korma, mixed rice, sweetcorn, naan bread or Italian Pasta Bake, crusty baguette. Welsh Meatballs in onion gravy, mashed potatoes, baton carrots or Homemade Lasagne, dough balls. Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, roast potatoes, seasonal veg. or Chicken & Vegetable Paella, garlic bread. Lightly Battered Fish, low fat chips or new potatoes, garden peas or Macaroni Cheese, crusty baguette. Chocolate & Orange Cookie Tuity Fruity Flapjack. Fruit jelly & ice cream. Baked jam sponge & custard. Cup cakes. Usually available daily (subject to availability) stuffed jacket potatoes, selection of sandwiches, salad, fresh or frozen yoghurt, fresh fruit, milk or fruit drinks, homemade cakes and cookies. Vegetarian/Religious diets also available subject to demand Website up-dates Have you had a look at our up-dated website?? There is the 'Class Stories' section which gives details and photographs of the latest things that each of our classes have been up to. Also look at the 'Head's Blog' section. This is my photo diary of things happening in school on a day-to-day and week-by-week basis. On the front page of the website, in my 'Message from the Head' section, I always tell you what's new on the web - so log on and have a look!! Building Work If you remember, on Newsletter 21, I told you about the proposed building work being carried out this year. Schools are given a 'pot' of money which can only be spent on computer hardware and buildings. It is called DFC (Devolved Formula Capital) money and is 'ring-fenced' so that we cannot spend it on anything else, i.e. books, extra teaching assistant hours etc. So far we have had the library refurbished, with new lighting, new doors and a new carpet - and, of course, we have also had the Trim Trail installed. (We're just waiting for the rubber flooring to arrive.) Our next project is to have a drainage system installed into the school field. This work will hopefully start a week next Monday (24th May) and will take about 3 weeks to complete. The unfortunate news is that we then cannot use the field for about 6 months, whilst everything settles and the grass re-grows. This will mean that the children will not be able to play on the field for the summer months and I'm afraid that there will be no Sports Day this year. I know this is a shame - but, looking ahead, the long term picture means that the field will be available for use all year round!! Whilst the drainage work is taking place, much of the bottom car park will be out of use. Please therefore make sure that you don't park in the top staff car park to pick up or drop off children, as it will be full of staff cars. I know that I keep asking for this - but one or two parents / carers still seem to use the staff car park instead of parking on Pope Lane. Yours sincerely Mr S B Smith Headteacher Did you know... You may think that managing 90% attendance is a good thing!! However, if your child does only attend school 90% of the time, this is still well below the National requirements - and 90% attendance actually means missing one half of a school day every week!! FRIENDS OF BROAD OAK PRIMARY SCHOOL - Registered Charity No. 1082746 JAMIE OLIVER PARTY A big THANK YOU to the parents and friends of Broad Oak who attended the Jamie Oliver Party last Friday. Although I couldn't make it myself, I was told that it was a super evening. Well done and thank you to Gemma Baron who organised and ran the event - earning some well needed money for our school funds. DISCO - FRIDAY 21ST MAY 2010. It's disco time again and, as before, tickets will be sold on the door priced at £2 each. Refreshments will be available. TIMES: INFANTS 6.30 - 7.30 JUNIORS 7.30 - 8.45 Children MUST be collected by a responsible adult at the end of the disco and we must ask that the attached form be completed if your contact telephone number has changed recently or an alternative is to be used on the evening. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 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