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St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Newsletter 18th March 2011

(please check with last week's newsletter - some info may still be current)

Fundraising * Sports reports * Early morning childcare * Helping in class * Messy Play * Dates for the term

Read on for more information

Red Nose Day! Friday March 18th

Today was Red Nose Day. Thank you for your generosity and participation in the Wake and Shake this morning. Well done to all those parents who took part, wore red or costumes. The Cowboy (Mr Henry) and the Indians (Mr Crocker and Mr Curtis) were particularly fine, as was the Construction Worker (Mrs Curtis), although I'm not sure what connection Arnie as The Terminator had to YMCA (well done Gavin - we need to get you a Harley Davidson!). Mrs Read I didn't recognise until after the event. Thanks to all for your help and generosity. £171.59 was raised by St Andrew's, with £48.39 from St Andrew's Pre-school - a great total.

Holly Showing Assembly - REARRANGED!

Don't forget that the Holly Showing Assembly will now be on Thursday, March 24th at 2.30pm.

Sport at St Andrew's

Our cross country team competed at the Gryphon last Friday. Our teams were made up of
Ethne, Lucy and Josie for the girls (all Willow class) and Callum H., Callum S., James, Andrew and Harry for the boys (Willow and Ash classes).
Both teams ran superbly. Harry finished highest of our boys (and 5th overall), whilst Ethne finished highest for our girls (and 3rd overall). Following a controversial decision, we first won the girls' trophy then didn't win it. Well done to everyone.
Thankyou to Mrs Halford for training and organising the running club and to the parents who helped with transport.
On Wednesday, March 16th, our football team played in the Sherborne Partnership Football Tournament. The following report was written by Andrew, who is in Year 6 / Willow class:
"Trent 0 - 0 St Andrew's
We got off to a great start with close chances by Callum S. and Andrew. In the second half Trent were close to scoring but the safe hands of Callum H. kept the scores equal to the end of the match.
Abbey 1-1 St. Andrew's
It was a close start as Abbey had lots of chances but yet again Callum H. saved them. But on the brink of half-time Lewis went for a wonder shot and scored! But straight after half-time Abbey scored and it stayed like that to the end.
Buckland Newton 0-3 St Andrew's
Brilliant start to the match as Callum S. very nearly scored. But then Ethan chipped the keeper nad scored. And straight after the restart (I) Andrew scored by a great curling chip over the goalkeeper. After half-time Andrew whipped in a corner and Lewis scored. We held on to win and go to the semi-final.
Semi-final
Sherborne Primary 1-0 St Andrew's
A nervy start didn't help us as an early goal passed Callum H's fingers for a 1-0 lead to Primary. But St. Andrew's kept trying to search for the equaliser but it ended 1-0. Our competition was over."
I'm not sure whether winning 3-0 means we "held on to win" but then I don't know too much about football. Well done to Andrew for the brilliantly written report and a big well done to the football team and their coach, Mr Higson-Guy, for doing so well.

Mrs Pitcher

As you all know, Mrs Pitcher is expecting her second child and will be going on maternity next Friday. If you would like to make a donation for a gift please see Mrs McVeigh in the office.

End of term Church service

Our end of term church service has been slightly rearranged. It will be on the same day, Friday the 8th April, but will be at 1.30pm. Parents / carers who join us will be able to take their children home from St Andrew's Church (just make sure the children have got everything they need to take home). Also, if anyone would like to join us on the walk up from school at about 1pm, that would be lovely. We look forward to seeing you there.

Tesco and Sainsbury vouchers

We are actively and enthusiastically collecting vouchers from Tesco to buy ICT equipment and Sainsbury's to buy sports and play equipment. All donations gratefully received. Let's try and make this a record breaking year.

Parent's evenings

Thank you to all parents who came to our parents evenings over the last 2 weeks. If you were unable to attend and there are any issues you would ever like to talk to us about your child / children please contact us at any time in the school year to arrange a meeting.

Remember - we have fantastic early morning breakfast provision!

Angela Hole and Daphne Blakey run our welcoming and fun Breakfast Club. Prices are very reasonable. £2 for care after 7.30am up to school opening at 8.30am, £2.50 includes breakfast. Ring school on 01935 872430 or ask Sandra or myself in the office. Also, if you are unable to book, don't worry - you can bring your child to Breakfast Club with no notice if required. Look forward to seeing you.

Bag2School 24th March

Can I remind you to try and find some old, unwanted clothes to donate to raise money for our pre-school. Thankyou.

Reading and phonics

As part of our ongoing work to support parents in helping their children to learn to read we felt it would be useful to you to take part in one of our phonic sessions with your child. These sessions take place daily from 1.10pm to 1.30pm. If you are interested please speak to me in the morning to check that our phonic session will be taking place as normal.
If you are interested in listening to readers either first thing in the morning or at the end of the day we would love to hear from you. A big thank you to all our existing helpers and to everyone for listening to their child / children read on a daily basis at home.
Fiona Payne, Reception classteacher

Messy Play

On April 10th, a Sunday, there is a Messy Church activity afternoon. All are welcome. Please ring 01935 872600 to book. It will be a relaxed couple of hours from 3pm to 5pm with crafts, songs, food and lots of fun.

Home school agreement

Would parents / carers please complete any outstanding Home-School Agreements and send them into school after half term. Thankyou.

Dates for Diary (More to follow)

18th March - POSTPONED! - Holly Showing Assembly, 2.30pm
24th March - Holly Showing Assembly, 2.30pm, REARRANGED from last Friday.
Bag2School - Collection from outside Pre School
25th March - Acorn Showing Assembly, 2.30pm
30th March - Eco Day
4th April - KS2 Topic Day
8th April - NEW TIME - End of term service. 1.30pm at St Andrew's Church. Please join us.
Easter Holiday
Tuesday 26th April - Return from Easter Holiday
29th April - Royal Wedding, School closed
9th May - Year 6 - SAT Tests begin
27th May - Inset Day
8th June - Science Day - whole school on trips.
15th June - Parish Council Meeting
22nd June - Open Air Campaigner Assembly
23rd June - Possible visit from Gryphon Big Band
27th June - PGL Trip - Willow Class
27th June - Barnados - Messy Play including Pre-School
7th July - KS2 Sports Morning / KS1 Sports Afternoon - this is currently provisional. Please check with school before booking any time off work.
20th July - Parish Council Meeting
22nd July - Last day of term. Happy holidays!

Thankyou for taking the time to read our school newsletter. If there is ever anything you would like to discuss, please drop in, phone for an appointment or email me from the link on the home page.
Have a good weekend and week. Paul Miller