29th March 2019
Well it has been a rather busy morning in school today – many thanks to all the parents, babies and toddlers who joined us for the morning; we hope you all enjoyed yourselves.
We’ve also had another busy week in school, the children will certainly be ready for the half term holidays by the end of next week.
Our infant children all had a fantastic day out at Blackpool Zoo, the sun was shining and they got to see lots of wonderful animals. Thank you to Mrs Mair (Charlie’s Mum) for transporting and assisting us on the day!
The upper junior rugby team had a great time at the rugby event at Wray and all played really well as a team on Wednesday afternoon, well done team!
Parent Help Morning – TOMORROW – 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!
Infants Forest School – infants will be continuing their Forest School Adventures on Monday 1st April with children from Ryelands Primary School. Children will need appropriate outdoor clothing suitable for the weather, including waterproofs. Children will be provided with lunch and will get their usual snack, so no need to send anything in.
Music Performance – Tuesday 2nd April at 2.45pm – we would like to invite all parents to come 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.
Easter Service – we are looking forward to welcoming parents and relatives to our end of term Easter Service at Leck Church on Thursday 4th April at 6.30pm.
PTFA Mufti Day & Tuck Shop – Friday 5th April in return for chocolate donations to be made into hampers for the raffle at the Bunny Drive.
We will also be having a tuck shop at the end of the day – 20p and 50p bags will be available.
Vision Screening – parents of children in Reception will find a letter from Lancashire Vision Screening Service enclosed in this week’s Friday bag. Children will be screened at school on Tuesday 23rd April – it is an opt out so if you DO NOT want your child to be included please ensure you fill out and return the slip.
PTFA Easter Bunny Drive – please use the response slip at the bottom of the newsletter to request your seats for the PTFA Easter Bunny Drive on Wednesday 24th April from 6.30pm in the hall. Tickets are £1.50 per person – pre-school aged children are free. There will be prizes for both adult and child winners!
After School Clubs
Monday 1st April is the final session of Fitness Fun. To replace this Kirkby Lonsdale Rugby Club will be running a Junior Rugby Club starting on Monday 29th April after school. The club will run from 3:15pm to 4:15pm and will run for 6 weeks and cost £3.50 per session, so £21 in total. Please complete the slip at the end of the newsletter if your child/ren wish to take part, and return for Monday please (there is limited space available so places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis).
Games Club – Mrs Lawson is still offering her after school games club on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, please contact her on 07812 503 114 to book.
Gardening Club – Mrs Mather will be continuing her Tuesday lunchtime gardening club from Tuesday 23rd April.
Summer Term *New Menu* – please find enclosed our new summer term menu, which we will be starting on Monday 29th April on week 3. If your child/ren are not currently having school meals but would like to, please let us know in the office and we will amend our meal choice sheets to include your child/ren. They can have a mixture of packed lunch and school meals during the week, we just ask that the days are consistent for example Monday and Friday each week packed lunch the other days school meals. Please come and see me in the office if you have any questions.
Infant Cooking Classes – our baking session will resume on Monday 29th April with Charlie, Hugo, Sophia & Thomas. The infants bake in groups, on a rota basis, on Monday mornings. This half term we will be baking pizza twists. In this week’s bag, you will find a letter from Mrs Mather with full details and ingredients.
REMINDER: Water Bottles – we would like to request that all children bring a water bottle into school to keep in their classroom, a few haven’t made their way back to school. Thank you.
PTFA Future Plans – the PTFA have planned a jumble sale for June, so if you’re planning a spring clean please bear us in mind and keep any jumble. Thank you. More details to follow, nearer the time.
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.