25/03/2022

It has been another busy week in school this week! The juniors enjoyed taking part in various STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities with Irene from Lancaster University on Monday and Wednesday.  
On Monday, the infants and nursery enjoyed their World of Beatrix Potter trip. The children were all brilliantly behaved, and listened beautifully when a Beatrix Potter actress read them a story. Thank you to the wonderful PTFA for providing £100.00 towards the cost of the bus for this trip.
Some of our upper junior children took part in a Netball cluster tournament at Tatham Fells on Monday afternoon. The children were all amazing and managed to win all of their games. Well done team!
We hope the parents who joined in the online Internet Safety Briefing found it useful.
Thank you to all those parents who attended their parents meeting this week, we really do value the opportunity to catch up with parents. Please remember if at any other time you would like to speak to a teacher about your child you can arrange a mutually convenient appointment for after school.

French Morning – Mrs Jones has planned a French themed morning for the whole school on Monday morning. Please can all children bring £1.00.

Cluster Celebration of Life – Tuesday 29th March – all infants and nursery children should come to school in appropriate outdoor clothing for the weather as we invite children from other local schools to join us in a Forest School session.  

Easter Activity Day – Wednesday 30th March – 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 Traditional Tales for the juniors and Beatrix Potter for infants.

Upper Juniors DT Project – please be looking and asking at home for fabric (old t-shirts, pillow cases etc) to cut up and use for your DT project next week. Thank you.

Forest School Club – Mrs Mather will be starting a Forest School club on a Monday from 3.15-4.15pm starting on Monday 25th April. If your child/ren would like to attend please let Mrs Knapp know and send payment of £10.00 to cover the half term.  

Gardening Club – Mrs Mather’s Gardening Club will continue following the half term break, every Tuesday from 3.15-4.15pm starting 19th April. If your child/ren would like to attend, please let the office know via email. Payment of £12.00 should be made before Friday 1st April so we are able to purchase items during the half-term break.  Please send money in a named envelope. Thank you.

REMINDER: WOW Walk To School – next week is the final push for March badges – so please walk to school when you are able. Any children who walk to school will be put on to the system and rewarded for their efforts.

REMINDER: Annual Parental Questionnaire – the Parental Questionnaire was in your child’s Friday bag last week; please can you complete and return to school no later than Monday. Thank you.

REMINDER: Financial Year End – as we come to the end of our financial year, please can we ask that all SchoolMoney accounts are up to date. If you are having problems logging in please let us know.   

School Uniform – we have a couple of children who are missing their school jumpers. They are named so if your child has brought them home by mistake, please can they be returned.  

PTFA News –
Bunny Drive – will take place in school on Wednesday 30th March from 5.30pm. Refreshments and tuck shop available. Please come along and join in the fun!
Jumble Sale – Saturday 23rd April at Fraser Hall, Cowan Bridge. Poster attached to the email. If you are able to advertise in your village and would like a poster, please let Mrs Knapp know next week.
Bag 2 School – there will be a Bag 2 School collection on Tuesday 26th April. Bags will be sent home after the Easter break – any left over, suitable jumble will be included.
200 Square – following on from the PTFA meeting earlier this week, it was decided that the PTFA would run another 200 square!
Each square is £1, the winner will be drawn at the end of this term and will win £100!! (or 50% of the number of squares sold) and the other £100/50% will go into PTFA funds. This money will help to pay for the schools Books To Read Before You Leave initiative!
Please speak to Rachael Booth or send money in a clearly marked envelope and we will pass it on to the PTFA.

Coming up this half-term