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2006 / 07 Number 19 . May 25th 2007
Dear Parents,
I
can hardly believe that we are already at the mid term break.
I hope everyone has a good holiday. Read on for news of several local events
that you might enjoy with the children during the holiday.
Walk to School Week : May 21st to 25th
Thank you for all your support this
week. First thing on Monday morning I thought we were going to have a repeat of
last year’s wet weather but fortunately I was proved wrong !
Walk to School Week Diary Competition
Please bring your
completed diaries back after the break and remember to name them.
Walk to School ‘Super Heroes’ Breakfast
What a great turn out
this morning. I hope you all enjoyed the breakfast fare. The children looked
great in their ‘tree person’ masks. The large inflatable globe represented the
amount of Carbon Dioxide created by the average daily car journey to and from school.
Driving 1 km produces 85.17 litres of CO2 ! Apparently
we are exposed to three times more pollution inside a car than walking along
the pavement!
Our thanks to
Stokes Greengrocers, the Co-op and Sainsburys for
sponsoring the event.
Infant /
After the break we
will be starting our planned
programme of visits and joint activities involving Y3 teachers
and children from the juniors. I understand that the junior newsletter
contained one or two of the dates. There will be a special Y2 information sheet
after the holiday detailing the events for you and asking for a permission form
to be completed.
Photography Competition
PC World Bath are running a photographic competition for local school
children with the chance to win a Kodak digital camera for thmeselves and an
all in one printer for the school. The theme for the under 8s is animals. The
ruies are as follows :
Ÿ Only one entry per
child.
Ÿ Entries must be
received by June 8th 2007.
Ÿ Images must not be
modified
Ÿ Any file format
Ÿ Save the photo and
name it in the following way : yourname_age_schoolname.jpg
For example johnsmith_6_oldfieldparkinfantschool.jpg
ŸSend your photo to photos@team4807.com
The Co-op Scala Art
Competition
The Co-op Scala is supporting the ‘Children’s Society’ as their sponsored
charity this year. This is the charity who award our Children’s Rights Charter.
They are running an art competition exclusively for children at this school to
help raise money for the Children’s Society so each entry will cost £1. They
would like the children to create a picture to show what they would like to be
when they grow up. This might be a good activity to carry ourt over the
holiday. Please bring your named entries in by Friday 13th June.
Please sellotape a £1 coin to the back of each picture entered.
Messy Monsters Art
Club is now holding classes locally for babies and children.
These are educational, fun, varied and structured to allow children to
explore their creative side in messy activities you wouldn’t want in your own
home ! Includes drawing, model making, colage, playdough and painting.
For more information contact Sarah Kilminster 01225 759207 or sarahkilminster@messymonsters.co.uk
Community Learning Service Visit : Monday June 5th from 8.50am
The
Community Learning Service is visiting the school on Monday June 5th
to offer information and advice to parents and carers who have less than a
level 2 qualification ( 5 x GCSE ‘C’ grades), regarding anything to do with
training, learning and work. If you have been thinking that now is the time to
get some more training in order to do a particular job, need advice about
applying for jobs such as writing CVs or interview techniques, or just want to
see if any of the things available take your fancy do pop into the hall after
you have dropped your child off. Tea and coffee will be provided so why not
stop by for a chat with Rowan Tanner and her team who are eager to meet as many
parents as possible.
The
There are
lots of events suitable for children in half term including the following :
The
Earlier
this week some of our most talented Y2 artists took part in a workshop with
local artisit Emma Holloway. Their postcards are
being displayed at an exhibition at Stubbs Rich (close to Habitat and the
Essentials Hair Salon). The display is open from 25th May to 10th
June on weekdays from 12 to 5pm.
The
children taking part were
The Spiegeltent :
There are
kid’s shows here every lunchtime at 1pm.
Monday May 28th : Kooky the Clown £2
Tuesday May
29th : Professor Paradox in Wonderfool Days £2
Wednesday
May 30th : Magical Mandy £2
Thursday
May 31st : Humble Pie Puppets ~ The Teddy
Bears Picnic £2
Friday June
1st : Talent Show ~ Free
All
children must be accompanied. Book at Bath Festivals box office Telephone 01225
463362
the egg
There is
also a full programme of shows at ‘the egg’ children’s theatre including :
Saturday May 26th : Steve Faulkner :
juggler, unicyclist, magician and much more !
Monday May
28th / Tuesday May 29th : Little
Red You Know Who!
Thursday 31st
May :
Watercolours
The Orange Squash Arts Trail
This is for
3 to 10 year olds and takes place at the Podium shopping centre. Join Natural
Theatre Company actress Jackie Popay for an hour of fun, frolics and arty activities taking in selected Fringe
exhibitions and a special orange tea party. Plus a chance to enter a completed
activity sheet for a chance tom win a fab prize.
Children must be accompanied by and adult. £4 per child .
Adults free. Place limited. Book a place on 01225
429998 or email fab@bathfringe.co.uk
Other Local Events.
Hearts First Fun Run
This takes
place on Wednesday June 27th at 6pm . It is
a 2.5 km sponsored jog around a ‘lively’ route in the centre of
Dorothy House Events
Tea@3
Last year
Dorothy House raised over £15000 pounds from their
tea@3 appeal. They are looking for people and groups to ‘put the kettle on’ and
hold an event this year. If anyone would like to organise a tea@3 event in
school please let me know.
Summer Fete :
Saturday 16th June at 2pm
This will
be held in the grounds at Winsley.
Save your stamps for the Babe
Hospice Appeal
Please save
used stamps and bring them into school to support the Babe Hospice Appeal for
sick children in the South West. Each class should have a collection envelope.
Please leave a border around the stamps. This charity has been chosen by the
school council.
13th
The group
has places available for 6 to 8 year olds, meeting on a Friday night from 6.15
to 7.30pm at the Baptist Hall in
Under 5s Library Service
St Martins Garden
Children’s Centre, Frome Road, Odd Down
Weekly
sessions in the foyer every Monday afternoon from 2 until 4pm
Toddlers
group and a library worker
Alternate
Wednesday mornings (6th June 20th June) 10 to 11am
The Hut, Hinton Close,
Toy library
and library worker
Alternate
Monday mornings (4th / 18th June) 9.30 to 11.30pm
Yours
sincerely
Health and Safety
New No Smoking Laws
The new law
banning smoking in public places comes into force on July 1st 2007.
This should not pose any difficulties for us as the school has been a non
smoking site for a long time. To conform with the law
new signs have been placed on the entrances to the building.
Dogs
A reminder that too that dogs
are not permitted anywhere on the school site.
Earrings
Please
remember that if your child wears earrings to school they must be studs. Hooped styles of any size
are not suitable and should not be worn.
I
hope you all enjoy the week’s break. Don’t forget that we return on Monday 4th
June and that Friday 8th June is an In Service Day.
Yours sincerely,
Jo Claridge
Headteacher