22nd March 2019
Well, what a week it has been in school!
Our upper junior children all had a fantastic time climbing with Mr Stafford-Roberts and Rebecca from Tower Wood; both days started at Borwick Hall Outdoor Education Centre, and finished at Hutton Roof crags.
On Tuesday, the infants had a visit from Mrs Park and a newborn lamb, and on Wednesday morning, they continued their forest school activities.
We hope all the choir singers have had a wonderful day at our cluster choir event at Brookhouse Methodist Chapel – and the parents enjoyed the performance at the end of the day, we look forward to hearing all about it next week!
Thank you – thank you so much for the kind words and generosity of the junior parents on Monday. We were immensely touched and overwhelmed and have not stopped smiling since! Working together with your children has been a real joy. Thank you for all your support. Mrs Tidd & Mrs Stalker.
Edinburgh Residential Visit – just a reminder to parents that the final balance needs to be paid by next Friday 29th March. Please do come and talk to us if payment within this timescale is difficult. You can pay by cash, cheque or via the SchoolMoney service.
Fitness Fun – many thanks to Miss Bartle for stepping in and running the after school club on Monday. Mrs Eccleston is away again this week, but after school cover will be provided by Mrs Mather.
Infants Blackpool Zoo – a full information sheet will is included today. Children will need to bring a packed lunch and drink.
Upper Junior Rugby – some of our Y5 & 6s have been chosen to take part in the cluster rugby event at Wray next Wednesday. A full information sheet is enclosed for the children involved.
Leck Playgroup Visit – Leck playgroup will be visiting school on Friday from 9.30am – 11.30am, please feel free to stay with younger siblings and tell any friends and family members to come along too.
Parent Help Morning – Saturday 30th March – from 9.30am. Parent help would be greatly appreciated at school – we will be clearing the pond and garden, washing the yurt, the infant decking and small patio area, there is also a small area of wall which needs rebuilding if anyone has any expertise in that area, as well as some general maintenance jobs. We intend to start from 9.30am onwards and finish by lunchtime. It would be great to see as many of you there as possible – well behaved, helpful children are always welcome to come along too!
Music Performance – Tuesday 2nd April at 2.45pm – parents are invited into school to watch the junior children perform a music concert led by Mrs Jane Lawrence, our music teacher from QES.
Easter Activity Day – Wednesday 3rd April – the children will need to bring in their decorated egg entry. There will be prizes for infants, lower juniors and upper juniors. They will also need a hardboiled egg for pace egging in the afternoon.
As usual, there will be a range of craft activities in the morning and in the afternoon, there is the egg challenge, followed by the Easter Egg Hunt, with a separate Easter Egg Hunt for toddlers and nursery children. Any pre-school children that might want to join in the Easter Egg Hunt are welcome to join us at 2.30pm.
The day ends with our pace egg competition.
Decorated Egg Competition – this year our theme is Greece for the juniors and Australia for infants.
PTFA Easter Bunny Drive – the PTFA will be hosting the ever popular annual Easter Bunny Drive on Wednesday 24th April from 6.30pm in the school hall. Tickets are £1.50 per person – pre-school aged children are free. There will be prizes for both adult and child winners!
There willl also be a raffle drawn on the night; a mufti day has been planned for Friday 5th April in return for chocolate donations.
PTFA Easter Fundraiser – due to a lack of response we will not be going ahead with the personalised Easter Egg fundraiser.
Easter Sports – as there was not enough interest from parents this time, Jill Eccleston will not be running an Easter Sports event; we are hopeful she can arrange something for later in the year.
Newspapers – we are in need of newspaper for our Easter activity day, please bring in to school. Thank you.
Welfare Assistant – we are still looking for a welfare assistant. We need someone to help serve meals and supervise the children during their midday break. The vacancy is term time only covering Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 11.45am – 1.15pm. Please contact the office for more details.
Governors – we are actively seeking new governors to join our board – do you know anyone? Ideally, we are looking for non-parental governors, to compliment and work alongside the board we currently have. If you know anyone who may be interested in joining the board, please speak to Stuart Hemingway, either by phone 07706 143 380 or email stuarthemingway@btinternet.com
Thank you.
The Book People – have left a new selection of books, they’re outside the office, please pop in and have a look. If you would like to order anything, please complete the form and hand your payment to me, he will be collecting next Friday. Thanks.