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East Brent Church of Newsletter |
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Newsletter Number
13 Wednesday,
14th March 2007 |
Last week was a memorable one for our school. We gained 9 gold, 11 silver and 6 bronze
medals at the Highbridge Festival. These were our best results ever. 48 children took part, many of whom taok part in more than 1 class. The children behaved beautifully. Not only did they have to learn words and
music but they had to learn the order in which to walk on stage; how to look at
the conductor and concentrate; how to stand; how to use facial movements and
gestures; how to tune their recorders; to use percussion instruments; how to
support each other and work as a team.
They listened to the adjudicators and enjoyed the element of
competition. Every single child who took
part was a credit to themselves, their families and the school. It was through the dedication and hard work
of Mrs Bowkett, Mrs Plummer and Mrs Steady that the
children were so well prepared for the competitions. Our thanks must also go to you, the parents,
for presenting the children so smartly and for helping with the transporting of
the children to and from the competitions.
The adjudicators were very positive in their comments and we all learnt
a great deal from them. One of them also
commented on the wonderful opportunity that the festival gives the children in
gaining confidence of performing in front of a large audience and on a
stage. This experience will be
beneficial to every single child who took part. They will never forget it. We will put a selection of the entries
together as part of our Easter Celebration on Thursday, 29th March
at 2 pm in St. Marys Church, please feel free to invite family & friends to
come along.
Besides all the successes we had at the festival, we
had 5 children who won books for their book cover competition entries; they
were Joseph Blake, Luc Richards, Tom Colls, Freddie Dolcezza and Natalie Smallwood. All the book covers have been laminated and
are being used to decorate our library.
A group of keen football players took part in a tournament at
Self
Defence: Thursday, 15th
March 7 pm-9 pm there are still a few spaces left for this session, or there
are more spaces on Wednesday, 21st March. Please let Patrick Barber or Mrs Currie know
if you are interested in joining one of these classes.
Chess
Club: We have a
group of enthusiastic children who have started playing chess at lunchtimes; is
there anyone who could help them with some training?
Field: The lease has been signed and we are hoping
to have the field fenced and ready for school use early next term. We are collecting ideas about what we would
like to have on the field. So far we
have had suggestions of an environmental area; storage shed; gazebo type
structure; garden/vegetable garden; amphitheatre; adventure play area. There
is approximately £1650 in the PTA field fund, £2000 in gifts for the field and
£4000 in the Travel Fund. We will be
able to have the field marked out with a football pitch, running lanes and
circuit and rounders pitch. We will be
forming a Field Working Party to sift through all the ideas and prioritise
the developments. We are also beginning
to think about a social event to launch the field, if anyone has any contact
with anyone famous we would be glad to hear from you. If you have any ideas on this event please
let us know, the PTA will be talking about this at
their next meeting on Thursday 26th April at
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Comic
Relief: Friday, 16th
March, non uniform day, children are encouraged to wear something red, (hair
spray or gel at your discretion) proceeds will be shared between Comic
Relief and our Promise to
Literacy
Week: 19th-26th
March all schools throughout the
Easter
Activity Afternoon: Friday. 30th
March, we will be finishing the term with an Easter activity afternoon. The children will be working in family
groups, they will rotate around 3 activities, each organised by a teacher. At 2.30 pm they will take part in an Easter Egg hunt and at 3 pm there will be a parade of the Easter
Hats that they made during the morning.
If any parent or grandparents would like to come and work with the
children during the afternoon then they are very welcome, you will rotate around
the activities with your children. The afternoon session will start at
Monday
Sports Club: There
is no Monday sports club for the next two weeks, the Year 4s are working
towards a netball tournament and will use the time to practice.
Invitation
Books: The
commission from these books raised £100 for the field fund, many thanks to Mrs
Tanya Roberts for organising this.
Bonus
Ball: £145 profit
has been raised by the Bonus Ball competition, many thanks to all who supported
this event and to Mrs Smith and Mrs Dolcezza for
selling the numbers. Look out for the
next competition.
Keep
your child safe on the internet: we have been sent a pamphlet on this to share
with parents, if you would like a copy please log on to the following web site
www.thinkuknow.co.uk.
Child
Safety: Safety F1RST
you will be receiving letters (through your childs book bag) from a company
selling a booklet for you to work through with children, if you would like to
look at a copy before purchasing please ask at the office. We dont get anything out of it. Its a good reminder to the children and
reinforces everything that we teach in school about staying safe.
PE
Club: After Easter we
will be opening up Wednesday PE Club to all years. We have two parents who have been trained to
run multi skills sports activities and they will work with Miss Louise Evans
who is our SASP PE coach. The cost will
be £20 for the term, if your children are interested in joining this club
please complete the slip overleaf.
Tennis: Burnham Tennis Club are
willing to run tennis lessons after school on Thursdays from 3.15 pm to 4.15
pm; the cost is £12 for a six week session.
Please complete the slip overleaf if your child is interested.
Attendance: our attendance levels are continually
monitored by county and fed back to central government. Our figures are showing a level of concern due
to the number of holidays being taken in term time. After Easter I will not be able to authorise
holidays taken in term time unless there are extenuating circumstances. These absences will then be logged as
unauthorised which will help our attendance figures, to the detriment
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of
our unauthorised figures. I fully
appreciate the reasons why some parents take children out of school for
holidays but I cannot be seen to condone this.
For
Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang
the original road-going motor car will be visiting Sanders Gardenworld
on Saturday 17th March between
Cool
Milk school milk register on line at www.coolmilk.com if you would like your
child to receive school milk.
Fruit
Snack: can I please
remind you that fruit is the only snack that we allow at playtimes.
Start
of the day: some children
are coming into school before
Year
4 residential trip The Beacon Centre: please may I remind you that all money needs
to be paid before 23rd March.
Parent
Consultation meetings: these
meetings will be taking place next week. Please ensure that you sign up for
these as this is your opportunity to discuss your childs progress with their
teacher.
Heather Hector
Dates for your diary:
Red Nose Day: Friday
16th March
Literacy Week: Monday 19th Friday 23rd
March (dressing up day Friday)
Netball Tournament:
at
Easter Celebration:
Thursday 29th March 2pm St. Marys Church
Easter Activity Day:
Friday 30th March 1.30 pm or Fancy Hat Parade 3 pm
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TO:
Re: Tennis Club on
Thursdays 3.15 - 4.15 pm
I
would like my child
to take part in this club and enclose
payment of £12.00 payable to Avenue LTC.
Signed:
. Date:
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TO:
Re: Wednesday, PE Club for all Year Groups
I would like my child
. to take part
in this club and enclose payment of £20.00
Signed:
Date: