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2006 / 07 Number 16 . April 4th 2007
Dear Parents,
Here we are
at the end of term already. The past few weeks have flown by and we have been
lucky to have such lovely weather for much of the time.
Open
Morning for Prospective Parents
We welcomed several parents and children to our open morning
last Thursday all of whom seemed suitably impressed by the school. Several of
the Year 2s did a fantastic job giving guided tours in their own special way.
Thank you to all other members of the school community who came along to help
and support this new venture. If you know of anyone who was unable to visit I
am always happy to show people round at a mutually convenient time. We also
have a brand new colour prospectus so again please ask for a copy for anyone
you know who might like one.
A special thank you to Chris
Marshall and George McDonald for their magnificent runs on behalf of the
school. Thanks
too to those who tunred up and cheered them on. It
was good fun to watch the runners go by and its
surprising who else you spot going past. Congratualtions
to others associated with the school who ran, Simon
Kale, Mandy Sobey, Sarah Barnes and Anne Sixsmith.
The final total raised isn’t known yet but proceeds from the
’13 metre mini marathon’ and sponsor forms in school amount to over £150.
Playground Working Party : Sunday
April 29th
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, I am sure they can help too.
Our Organic Garden
We would
love to get our garden into full production this summer. We need some helpers who would enjoy sowing seeds and
plants and helping us look after them. Please let us know if you can help.
It would be fantastic to be able to grow and eat our own produce. We also have
some African ’
SATs Meeting for Year 2 Parents
Don’t
forget to come along on Monday April 23rd at 6.30pm
to find out more about the Year 2 assessments which will be taking place up to
the end of May. We will explain what the assessment tests and tasks involve,
how we prepare your child in school, what you can do as parents and give you
the chance to see past years’ activities.
Time Bank Healthy
Living Challenge
Time Bank
generously gave prizes to five children in each of the Year 1 classes in
response to their competition which was to design a menu for a healthy zero
waste lunch box.
The
following children each won cookery based gifts.
Purple Class Yellow Class
Gabriel Barnes Emma Ladds
Lauren Midgley Tabitha Lawson
Joanna Tse Dino Misina
Holly Reynolds Pryce
Esther Sampson
Nick Kinson Jacob Evans
The Time Bank have also given the school a smoothie
maker.
Ready Steady Cook
Continuing the
cooking theme, Anna Marie who ran the day for Year 1 is hoping to return during
the summer term and run a family learning course entitled ‘Ready Steady Cook’.
This involves parents taking part in cooking activities with their child in
school and sounds a lot of fun. More details will follow next term so watch
this space as places will be limited.
Purple Class Visit the Mayor
On
Monday of this week Purple Class were the honoured guests of the Mayor of Bath.
She very kindly invited the whole class to visit the Guildhall after meeting
Zak at a local event recently. They were treated to a glass of civic squash and
biscuits and all got the chance to try on child sized versions of the Civic
Robes and Chains, as well as holding a mace. Mr George took lots of photos and
we’ll arrange to put them on the website as soon as possible.
Two Tunnels Project
As mentioned in the last newsletter I have managed to get a
leaflet for each family about this exciting project, which is attached.
The Ice Cream Season.
Jack has been taking advantage of the early warm weather and
arriving outside school on several days. He came into school a couple of weeks
ago with a very generous donation of £50 for school funds.
Parents Evening Summer
07 : Advance Warning !!!
As in recent years, we have decided to hold parents
evenings during the first part of the summer term as the teachers feel that it
is more valuable to discuss your child’s progress earlier in the term, whilst
there is still a significant amount of teaching time left. The discussion that
takes place will then form the basis of the report you will receive in July.
Due to other events in very short Term 5 these will be held close to the start
of the new term on Monday 30th April from and Tuesday 1st
May
Therefore
this term’s parents’ evenings will be held on Monday
April 30th from 4.00 to 7.00 pm and Tuesday May1st from 3.30 to 6.00pm.
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. Lists will
be displayed outside the classrooms as soon as we return. We will place the
lists for Year 2 on the windows just inside the blue doors to save you
trekking up to the far end of the school.
In Service Day
The last In Service
day for this year will take place on Friday
June 8th 2007 when staff will be engaged in a variety of
activities including Philosophy For Children Training,
a Special Needs Conference and assessment activities.
School Term and
For those of you who
like to forward plan these dates are attached. Extra copies of holiday dates
for the current year (2006 / 07) and next year (2007/08) are available from the
pockets outside the office.
We are continuing to
develop our links with the junior school. Last week Penny Jenner visited and we
shared lots of ideas about improving the transition arrangements for Year 2. We
have planned a much more detailed programme of visits and joint activities
involving Y3 teachers and children from the juniors. Once they are finalised we
will let you have further details, hopefully early in the new term.
OPASC NEWS ~
The Invitation Book
The promotion is now coming to an end,
thank you to everyone who bought a book your support is greatly appreciated.
The money raised will go towards the purchase of new games for the children and
activities for Easter. We do however
still have a few spare so the opportunity to buy one is still available. If you don’t want to miss out on this great
offer and want to save yourself some money over the Easter holidays, call Jane
on
Telephone 01225 401360 J
Staffing
Please join me in welcoming our new member of staff,
Kane Brinkhurst.
Kane will be working at the Club on Tuesdays and Thursdays alongside
Louise and Izzy. He has experience of working with
children and is especially interested in sports activities. The light evenings
will give ample opportunity for the children to be involved in games of
football, cricket and other outside activities.
Book your space now J
The Club will also be providing voluntary experience
for Lucy who is working towards her Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. We wish her all the best and hope she finds
her experience at the club worthwhile and enjoyable.
Wishing you all a very Happy Easter
and a good holiday.
Best wishes
Committee Members and
Staff
Easter
Here are a few more activities to
add to those publicised in the last newsletter.
The club
have a special bank holiday offer for the above game at
National Trust Easter Egg Trail at
Easter Fun Trail : Thursday 5th April to Sunday 15th
April 11am to 4.40pm
Easter Crafts : Wednesday 11th April 12.30pm to 3.30pm
Easter
Team
For further
information please call 01225 386915 between 9am and 5pm or 01225 386339 out of
hours.
Another fun Easter holiday activity
….. !!!
Please keep
a look out for head lice over the Easter Holidays. We seem to be fighting a
losing battle against them during term time. If you find any evidence of eggs
or lice please treat your child thoroughly so that we can have an itch free
summer.
Little Monster Baby
and Toddler Show
This may interest those of you with younger children or one
on the way !
Its on Sunday 29th April
11.00am to 5pm at the Dolman Exhibition Hall at Ashton Gate Stadium in
You might be interested to know that Karen George (Mr
George’s wife) will be launching her new sunshade for buggies at this event.
I’m sure she’d love to meet you so if you go seek her out and introduce
yourself.
Finally may I wish you
all a very Happy Easter holiday. The forecast is for
lots of sunshine over the bank holiday weekend so I hope you enjoy it.
Yours sincerely
Jo Claridge
Headteacher