9th February 2011 Newsletter No 45

PTA Table top sale (Thursday 17th February 3.15 – 5.15) Do you have anything to sell? Do you have your own business? Then why not hire a table at the PTA table top sale (previously advertised as the art and craft fayre). This event will take place on Thursday 17th February from 3.15 – 5.15pm. For this event to go ahead we need your support so if you have food, clothes, jewellery, toy’s or bric-a- brac to sell the cost of hiring a table is £10 for non-food and £15 for food. In order to hire a table collect a booking form from the school office, hand it in and we’ll see you there!

Attendance The class with the highest percentage was Year 1 Red with 97.7%, narrowly beating Year 4 Red and Year 2 Green. Well done Year 1 Red! The overall percentage for the whole school was 94%.

Percentages for other classes were as follows:
R Blue 94.3% R Green 93.3% R Red 93.5% R Yellow 90.7%
Yr 1 Blue 95.3% Yr 1 Green 92% Yr1 Red 97.7% Yr 1 Yellow 94%
Yr 2 Blue 93% Yr 2 Green 97.3% Yr 2 Red 91% Yr 2 Yellow 95.3%
Yr 3 Blue 92.1% Yr 3 Green 94.7% Yr 3 Red 92.3% Yr 3 Yellow 93.8%
Yr 4 Green 95.7% Yr 4 Red 97%
Yr 5 Blue 92.3% Yr 5 Yellow 95%
Yr 6 Red 93.7%

Information on Safer Internet Day, 8th Feb 2011
8th Annual Safer Internet Day focusing on enjoying gaming safely.Safer Internet Day, now in its 8th year, is celebrated in over 65 countries and it is an opportunity to recognise the importance of the Internet in the lives of children and young people, and to help work to ensure that they and those that support children, parents, carers, grandparents, teachers, know how to get the most out of this resource and use it safely and responsibly. The focus this year, particularly in the UK is on games and gaming, as well as communicating the wider message that online actions can have offline consequences, both now and in the future. Research shows that games are enormously popular with children, with 86% of 9-16s using the internet to play games, and in terms of online activity for young people it comes second only to school work.
The top messages for the day for the various user groups to take away are that games are fun - indeed the first words that come into children’s heads when talking about games are, ‘friends, free, fun, competitive, multiplayer and chatting to friends – but to remember that internet safety messages and advice apply to games as well as other online activities, and there are tools available to help.

Recycling Please save the following for us to use in forthcoming art projects – plastic, bubble wrap, clingfilm, cardboard boxes, old fabrics, old jewellery, newspapers and magazines and bring them into school each Tuesday.



Dates for your diary:

16th February Year 4 performance at 2.15pm
17th February PTA Craft Fair 3.30-5.15pm
18th February Year 1 performance to parents at 2pm
18th February Break up half-term
21st -25th February inclHalf Term
28th February Inset Day (no pupils in school)
1st March School re-opens for pupils