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2007 / 08 Number 16. 25^th April 2008

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to school for the summer terms. This will be a busy time as usual with some of our favourite annual events taking place over the next few months. Dates of many are included in this newsletter together with details of those that are coming up soon.

Parents Evenings : Monday 28^th April and Wednesday 30^th April.

Don’t forget that our parents evenings are on Monday and Wednesday of next week.

Monday April 28^th from 3.30 to 6.00pm

Wednesday April 30^th from 4.00 to 7.00pm.

If you haven’t signed up please do so on Monday morning. Appointments will last ten minutes. You will be able to discuss your child’s progress this year and targets for the remainder of the year. Year 2 parents will also have the opportunity to be informed about the likely outcomes of the end of Key Stage 1 assessments which will be taking place during May. We would encourage all parents to make an appointment.

Family Workshop

The Family SEAL workshop on the theme of ‘Relationships’ is on Wednesday 30^th April starting at 9.00am in the canteen. We plan to finish at about 10.30am. All are welcome to join us.

This term’s assemblies and behaviour targets on the theme of ‘Relationships’ are as follows :

Week	Assembly Theme	Behaviour target
1 April 21st	Start of theme ‘Relationships’	Show others that you care about them.
2 April 28^th	Fair and Unfair	Help to make things fair.
3 May 5^th	Selfish and Unselfish	Try to be unselfish, share and be generous.
4 May 12^th	Truth and Promises	Always tell the truth.
5 May 19^th	Saying sorry and make amends	Be prepared to say you are sorry and show that you mean it.

Staff News

Mandy Jones, our cook in charge, will be away from school from May 1^st onwards. We wish her well as she has to go into hospital for an operation and will spend several weeks recuperating. Sarah and Kim will be taking over in Mandy’s absence so I am confident that normal service will be retained ~ please give them your support and keep choosing school meals.

We welcome Sarah Van Sickle from Bath Spa University to Orange Class where she is completing her final teaching placement.

Playground Working Party : Sunday May 10^th

Please put this date in your diaries . We are planning a working party morning from 10am to 1pm to help prepare the school grounds for the summer term. Tasks will include placing bark on the paths in the wildlife area and on the organic garden. The loan of wheelbarrows to move bark across the playground would be appreciated and a supply of shovels would be good too. Children are welcome with their parents and we all had great fun last time.

Plans for improvements to Oldfield Park Infants’ School

We are planning two improvement projects for the summer holidays 2008.

Toilets : the larger toilets, at the Year 1 end of the school will be refurbished and the space re organised to provide a separate drinking water and first aid area. All the sanitary ware will be replaced, urinals will be provided and a suspended ceiling put in.

Kitchen and Canteen : at long last the kitchen has reached the top of the B&NES list and will have a major refurbishment during the summer holiday. This means that the time is right for us to redecorate the canteen to provide a better environment for eating school dinners, the Breakfast and After School Clubs, Family Learning etc. as mentioned in the last ‘Food For Life’ newsletter.

COMPETITION : WANTED ! Your ideas for the canteen.

What we want now are your ideas for how we should decorate the canteen.

Can you think of a name and theme for the canteen ? How would you decorate it ? What features could we add to the walls, windows etc !

We would like it to be something that fits in with healthy eating that will make the canteen a really attractive place where everyone wants to spend time eating their school dinner and enjoying other activities such as Breakfast and After School Club. Make a poster or model to show your ideas for colour schemes and decoration. The main areas to think about are the walls and flooring. We are planning to move all the storage to the side opposite the windows so the end wall will be ideal for a mural of some description.

We will have some special prizes on offer for those who come up with the most exciting and imaginative ideas as well as the possibility of seeing your designs become a reality !

Send your entries in any time up to Thursday June 5^th (after half term).

Eat A Meal in May !

Come and try the new Summer Menu for yourself.

We would like to invite all parents to come and try the new summer menus for school meals which contain some new seasonal dishes.

Join us for an adult meal on any school day in May and your child will eat free on the same day. The offer is limited to one adult per child but it could be mum, dad or a grandparent.

You will be able to eat your meal (cost £2.76) with your child in the canteen at 12 noon. The children have normally finished eating by about 12.25pm. To book your lunch please use the booking form on the Food For Life newsletter sent at the end of last term. Heather Kale has kindly offered to collate the bookings once again. We will return the tear off slips to confirm your booking.

Please can you then keep the tear off slip and send it in with your payment on the Monday of the week in which you are staying.

For those of you who enter school via the side door we are going to start displaying the daily menus on the office window so that you can read them as you pass by.

Found : After Pirate Week

A pirate wristwatch.

If it is yours please let Mrs Claridge know ~ I have it in a safe place.

P.T.A. Fashion Show : calling all children and mums to be models !!

The P.T.A. are organising a fashion show on Monday June 16^th. It is a few years since our last Fashion Show and on that occasion many girls and boys as well as several mums really enjoyed the opportunity to be models and show off some of the fashions on the cat walk. Now is the time when we are looking for this year’s models so PLEASE consider volunteering for a really fun experience. To register your interest please complete the slip at the end and send it in.

Walk On Wednesdays ~ WOW !

Please keep ‘Walking on Wednesdays’.

May 19^th to 23^rd is Walk to School Week with the theme of ‘Sound Detectives’ linked to Noise Action Week. We will be expanding our Walk on Wednesday for this week and hope to include a Walk to School Breakfast as these have been very popular over the last two years. Details will follow in the next newsletter.

Art Competitions to Enter

I know we have many talented artists so why not bring yourself and the school fame by entering one or both of these.

Bath In Bloom : My Favourite Vegetable

Draw or paint your favourite vegetable on a piece of paper no bigger than A4. See attached entry form for details.

Bath Festival Celebrating its 60^th Year

Design an A3 poster with a design that reflects the excellence and diversity of the Bath International Music Festival and to include the following information :

Bath 08

Also include :

your name

your address and telephone number

your date of birth and age category ( 5 to 8)

the name of your school

International Music Festival

21 May – 7 June

60 years

1948 to 2008

www.bathmusicfest.org.uk

Tickets 01225 463362

The entries can be on paper and posted to Poster Competition, Bath Festivals, FREEPOSTSWB 10493, Abbey Chambers, Kingston Buildings, Bath BA1 1NT or sent by email to info@bathfestivals.org.uk.

Prize winning entries will be professionally framed and displayed as part of the festival poster trail in the city. Closing date Friday May 9^th 2008

Looking forward to an active and enjoyable summer in school.

Yours sincerely

Jo Claridge

Headteacher

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FASHION SHOW MODELS

Names of children and / or adults interested

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Please return as soon as possible

Dates for the Summer Terms 5 and 6 2008

These are the dates which we have set so far. Please make a careful note of those which apply to your child. Further details of events will follow. I think we will be rather busy !!

Fridays April 25^th Mad Science Course (weekly to May 23^rd)

Friday May 2nd Get Ready For School activities start for new children 1.30pm

Monday April 28^th Parental Consultations 3.30 to 6.00pm

Wednesday April 30^th Parental Consultations 4.00 to 7.00pm

Wednesday April 30^th Family SEAL 9.00am to 10.30am

Thursday May 8^th School Food group 1.15pm

Monday May 19^th Walk to School Week

to Friday May 23^rd

Wednesday May 21^st SEAL follow Up Assembly 10am

School Book Fair (until June 4^th)

Friday May 23^rd Visit from Travelling Light Theatre Company : Shadow Play

End of Term 5

Monday June 2^nd Term 6 starts

SEAL Assembly 9.15am

Wednesday June 4^th Year 2 Enrichment Clubs start after school (weekly until 2^nd July)

Thursday June 5^th Ready Steady Cook Course starts pm (weekly until July 10^th )

Friday June 6^th In Service Day

Monday June 16^th or Y2 Music Workshops

Friday June 20^th (date to be finalised)

Monday June 16^th PTA Fashion Show

Friday June 20^th Multisports Afternoon YR / Y1

Monday June 30^th Open Evening for New Parents

Wednesday June 25^th Sports Morning

Thursday July 3^rd Invasion Day (Y2 visit their junior schools)

Tuesday July 8^th YR Trip (venue to be finalised)

Wednesday July 9^th Y2 trip to Weston Super Mare / SEAL Follow Up Assembly

Thursday July 10^th Y1 Story Telling Day at Prior Park

Friday July 11^th In Service Day

Tuesday July 15^th Leavers’ Performance (for pre school children) am

Wednesday July 16^th Leavers’ Performance pm

Thursday July 17^th Leavers’ Performance am

Friday July 18^th Victorian Day ~ celebrating the school’s 130^th birthday

Wednesday July 23^rd Leavers’ Lunch and party (Y2)

Thursday July 24^th Leavers’ Assembly

Friday July 25^th End of Term 6