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St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Newsletter 25th March 2011

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

Help With Church Walk! * Fundraising * Sports reports * Early morning childcare P Helping in class * Messy Church * Dates for the term

Read on for more information

Mrs Pitcher

As you all know, Mrs Pitcher is leaving us today on maternity leave. On behalf of all the children, parents and staff I would like to say good luck, we will miss you and come back soon (or as soon as you can.

Red Nose Day! Last Friday March 18th

What a day! We raised the fantastic total of £160.90. Thank you again for your generosity and participation in the Wake and Shake YMCA.

Sport at St Andrew's

We have had several teams playing today at Abbey Primary - bit too close to the posting deadline for more information. Come back for a full report next week.

End of term Church service -
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE WALK UP AND BACK PLEASE!

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). We do need some volunteers to walk up with us and back. Would you please see Sandra in the office to put your name down - thank you in advance. 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. Perhaps you can pursuade your friends/relations'neighbours to donate them to our school.Let's try and make this a record breaking year.

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.

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 Church

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 as soon as possible. Thankyou.

Dates for Diary (More to follow)

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!

Have a good weekend - so far the forecast looks good.
Paul Miller (Headteacher)