1st November 2019
We hope you all had a great half term and are all well rested and looking forward to the busy term ahead!
This week has been relatively quiet in school, our Christmas craft club started on Tuesday lunchtime and was well attended, thank you to Mrs Mair (Charlie’s mum) for coming in to assist.
We have our first couple of outings of this half term coming up this week, so can we please stress the importance of reading through the newsletter, visit information / kit list – last half term, children on a number of occasions arrived in school without appropriate kit or packed lunches.
New Faces – this week we welcomed Alfie and Connor to our junior class, who have had a great first week; we hope they continue to be very happy here at Leck.
Home – School Agreement – enclosed in this week’s Friday bag is our annual Home-School Agreement, which we are legally bound, by the government, to agree with parents. Both the school governors and the school council review this agreement. Please discuss the agreement with your child at the level you feel they will understand, sign and return to school.
Welfare Assistant – we have a vacancy for a welfare assistant on Friday from 11.45am – 1.15pm (term time only). We need someone to help serve meals and supervise the children during their midday break. Please contact the office for more details.
Infant Class Newsletter – in this week’s bag, the infant children will find their autumn term class newsletters giving specific information on the focus of studies for this term.
Individual & Family School Photos – are enclosed for all families who ordered.
Junior Residential – we plan to take all the junior children on a residential visit to Malham from Monday 29th June to Wednesday 1st July 2020. There is a letter from Mr Stafford-Roberts regarding this trip in all the junior children’s Friday bags today. Please complete the form on the back of the letter and return with your deposit as soon as possible. We appreciate that the trip may seem a while away but we need to confirm numbers and begin payment plans soon.
Infant Baking Classes – will resume on Monday 4th November starting with Hugo & Edward. The infants will be cooking in pairs, on a rota basis, on Monday mornings. The bake this half term will be Apple Strudel, and in this week’s bag, you will find a letter with full details and ingredients.
PTFA Meeting – the PTFA will be meeting at school on Monday 4th November to discuss the Jumble Sale and roles on the day.
These events cannot run without enough volunteers, so please come along and let us know how you will be able to help. Thank you.
High 5 Trophy Event – some of our upper juniors will be taking part in a High 5 netball tournament at Caton on Tuesday 5th November. If your child is involved in this, you will find a full information sheet in this week’s Friday bag. Children taking part will need a packed lunch.
Tower Wood – next week we will once again be visiting Tower Wood Outdoor Centre, along with children from Hornby St. Margaret’s. The infant children will go on Tuesday 5th November and junior children will be going on Friday 8th November. This activity centre on the shores of Lake Windermere offers a wide range of both land and water based activities, perfect for a day’s adventure! There will be no charge for these trips, school will be covering the cost of both transport and instructors. Children should wear their own warm clothes, outdoor shoes or boots and will need a waterproof coat. Waterproof trousers would also be useful if they have them. They will require a packed lunch on the day they are going. We have a full day planned and will not be back at school until 5.15pm on each day. An information sheet regarding these trips is included. Should anyone have any concerns or queries about these trips please speak to Mr Stafford-Roberts.
Harvest Collection – some of our upper junior children will be leading a harvest assembly next Wednesday. We would like to ask families to donate to our Harvest collection; please send long life, non-perishable produce such as a tin or packet of dried food, items can be placed in the box outside the office from Monday to Wednesday. All items will be donated to Manna House in Kendal. Thank you for your support.
Junior Reading Bookmarks – the junior children will find a bookmark in their Friday bag this week, to support their reading at home. It has ideas for questions you could ask to help discuss their reading and improve reading comprehension. Please use these prompts when listening to your child read, these are the kind of questions we ask in school. We recommend junior children read at home for 20-30 minutes every day – thank you for your support with this.
Boxes of Hope – children were given a leaflet about the Boxes of Hope Cumbria Charity who run a shoebox appeal supporting children in Romania prior to the half term break. We would really appreciate you joining with us to support this charity and have organised a collection from Hornby St Margaret’s School. Please bring any shoeboxes to school by Friday 8th November, this will enable us to deliver them to Hornby in time. Thank you.
Poppy Appeal – from Monday onwards we will be selling poppies and other items (reflectors, bracelets, snap bands etc.) in school – available from the office, please give what you can to support this great cause, we would love to see all children wearing a poppy or similar in school. All items are priced at 50p, a suggested donation of 50p is recommended for the poppies.
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. Thank you.
Promotional Material – over the next few weeks you may notice flyers from local businesses, these are by way of thank you for the generous gifts / vouchers etc. they have donated to the upcoming PTFA raffles.