Friday 20 May 2011

18th May 2011 Newsletter No 56

PTA May Fayre Please remember the PTA May Fayre will be taking place on Thursday 26th May from 3.30 –6.00pm. Children will be dismissed from the front of the school 5 minutes early on that day, so that the playground is all set up for the start time of 3.30pm for our afternoon of excitement! Helpers are still needed. The PTA Committee will be selling a limited number of tickets which will be sold on a 1st come, 1st served basis, before and after school in the playground. The tickets are 50p each for both adults and children, but, the price will increase to £1.00 each as from next Monday 23rd May. They will also have Games tokens on sale at 50p each. Please note that all children must be accompanied by an adult, except Year 6 children who are helping to man some stalls. Children will not be allowed in on their own.

Walk to School week – This week is ‘Walk to School’ week, so please try and encourage your children to walk the whole or some of the way to and from school.

BMX Display Children in Years 1-6 enjoyed a BMX display by Inspire Promotions today. The children thoroughly enjoyed this exciting and inspiring display, a good time was had by all.

Dr Bike Session – Don’t miss out on your FREE Bike Check!! Dr. Bike is a bike mechanic who will give your bikes a health check and makes minor repairs and adjustments to try to get them back to full health. This will be taking place this Friday 20th May, 2-4pm here at School. Bring your bikes in the morning and they will be labelled with name and class and stored in the playground until the session. If you would like your bike checked please speak to your class teacher as soon as possible.

Attendance The classes with the highest percentage are Years 2 Green and 2 Red with 98.7%. Well done to both classes! The overall percentage for the whole school was 94.6%.

Percentages for other classes were as follows:
R Blue 90.7% R Green 92.4% R Red 96% R Yellow 94%
Yr 1 Blue 90.3% Yr 1 Green 92.7% Yr1 Red 96% Yr 1 Yellow 91%
Yr 2 Blue 98% Yr 2 Green 98.7% Yr 2 Red 98.7% Yr 2 Yellow 98%
Yr 3 Blue 91% Yr 3 Green 96.6% Yr 3 Red 93% Yr 3 Yellow 98%
Yr 4 Green 98% Yr 4 Red 91.3%
Yr 5 Blue 88% Yr 5 Yellow 98%
Yr 6 Red 95.9%

IF YOUR CHILD’S CLASS PERCENTAGE IS BELOW IS 95%, PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE HE/SHE ATTENDS REGULARLY. POOR ATTENDANCE = POOR PROGRESS = POOR SELF ESTEEM

School Council The School Council are having a Recycling stall at the May Fayre. We would like parents and children to donate bits and pieces they no longer need and would like to sell. You can bring in things like clothes, toys, jewellery, old painting etc. Please hand in to your child’s class teacher by Friday 20th May. Thank you in advance.

Warm Weather Please make sure that during the warm weather your children wear sunhats and have sun cream applied before coming to school. They may also bring water bottles and should shelter in the shade regularly.

May 27th School Closure for Staff Training/Tasks School will be closed for Staff Training, so please remember to make the necessary childcare arrangements.

Dates for your diary:

20th May Dr Bike session 2-4pm
26th May PTA May Fayre 3.30-6.00pm
26th May Break Up for Half Term
27th May Inset Day (School closed for pupils)
30th May – 3rd June (inc) Half Term
6th June School re-opens

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