Family Letter number 10
1st July 2010
Congratulations to all pupils who took part in the Inter-School Sports Day. We were joint winners alongside Whittington and St. Chad’s.
Swimming teams
Well done to girls & boys swimming teams'. The boys came 3rd overall and the girls came 1st in the Large Schools Competition.
Girls’ Cricket Team
Congratulations to the girls’ cricket team, who won the Lichfield Tournament and now progress to the County Finals. Well done to the boys' team who came 3rd in the district.
Congratulations to our Achievement Award winners this week:
Silver - Poppy Hawksley
Bronze - Abigail Gass, Bethany Mathews-Riches, Tom White, Jessica Hughes, Fizza Mehdi, Ben Clarke, Annabel Lucas, Laura Brown.
Songbirds Concert
Congratulations to our Year 3 and 4 Choir for their superb performance at the Songbirds Concert last Tuesday in Tamworth. The children sang beautifully and have been commended for their impeccable behaviour. Our two choirs are combining forces on Sunday to participate in ‘Staffordshire Goes Stateside’ at Symphony Hall which should be a fantastic occasion.
Training Days
Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th September will be training days next year. School will open to pupils on Wednesday 8th September. A revised holiday date list will be reissued next week.
Transition Days – Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th July
Your child will bring home the name of their new teacher with their report next Friday. The children will then spend Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th in their new classrooms.
Learning Platform
All parents should have received a sealed white envelope containing a letter and parent passwords for the learning platform.
Any parent who has not received one and would like one should write to Miss Attwood, stating their name, child’s name, class and their address.
Family Praise - Sunday – July 11th -10.00 a.m. in St. Michael’s Church
We hope you can be in church for this service – ‘World Cup Final’
Year 6 Leavers Evening – Wednesday 7th July at 6.30 p.m.
We look forward to seeing Year 6 parents at this event. Refreshments will be provided by the P.T.A. Please be aware that space in the hall is very limited and we can only provide two seats per family.
We look forward to seeing parents/grandparents of children in Class 2C tomorrow, 2nd July at 2.30 p.m.
Class Worship – Class 2BWe look forward to seeing parents/grandparents of children in Class 2B on Friday 9th July at 9.30 a.m. for this event.
Parents’ Tea/Coffee ‘Drop in’ tomorrow,
Friday 2nd July – 9.00 a.m.
Our next informal tea/coffee morning with our Governor, Mrs. Rachel Poulton, will be at Main School tomorrow, Friday 2nd July at 9.00 a.m. to which all parents are invited. We look forward to meeting you.
Open EveningPlease come and join us at the Open Evening on Thursday 15th July between 4.00 and 6.00 p.m. Please feel free to look around the whole school, not just your child’s class. It is a wonderful opportunity for you to see your child’s classroom for next year and celebrate their ‘STAR Week’ work from this term.
Retirement of Dave Piggott and Rachel Poulton as Chair and Vice Chair of Governors
Thanks are due to Dave Piggott who last Thursday retired as Chair of Governors. Dave has just been re-nominated as a Local Authority Governor and will continue to serve on the Governing Body for a further four years from September.
Thanks are also due to Rachel Poulton whose term of office as a Parent Governor ends during the Summer holidays. Rachel is retiring as Vice Chair.
Jenny Bryant has now been elected as Chair of Governors and Nik Ellis as Vice Chair.
Trial of Electronic Letters/Communication
For some time parents have been keen to receive school letters electronically. We are keen to trial this during the first half of the Autumn Term. If you would like to be involved in this trial please return the slip below providing us with your e-mail address. We will also be ensuring that all school letters are uploaded to the Learning Platform. Further information will follow shortly.
Yours faithfully,
Miss H. McKay
Headteacher.
Summer Fayre – a BIG success
Many thanks to everyone who helped out on the day and to everyone who came along to support us. We raised £1,908 at the fayre and an additional £644 for the raffle which will all go towards our fund for older children's play equipment.
We had a lot of positive comments on the day about this year's fayre and we are keen to get more feedback and comments from you, including areas to improve and suggestions for next year when our summer fayre will return to the main school site. Any comments or suggestions can be mailed to Cathy Gass at cathypta@virginmedia.com
Matched funding could also inflate the amount we raised at the fayre so if your employer offers a 'matched funding scheme' for fundraising we would really like to hear from you. Please contact Alison if you & your employer can help with matched funding for the fayre at alisonjedwards@hotmail.com.
... A big thank you to all!
We would also like to say a huge thank you to everyone who put in so much effort to grow plants, bake cakes and biscuits and make jam and chutney for the Summer Fayre at the weekend. The stalls were bulging with produce and kept eveyone very busy selling right up until the end of the Fayre.
Finally we’d like to thank all the year 6 pupils for their fantastic stalls. In total, the Year 6 stalls raised a fantastic £249. The competition for the most profitable stall was very close, but the winners by a narrow margin were Jamie, Milly and Joe with the stocks stall. We were particularly impressed that you managed to persuade the Deputy Mayor to go into the stocks! You will be presented with your prizes at the leavers’ evening next week.
School Bags, PE bags &, School Caps on sale now!
Book bags, pump bags and hats are for now on sale at the school office. The price list is:
Book Bags £6
Pump/PE bags £5
School Caps £5
Next PTA meeting – Monday 12th July
Our next meeting will be on Monday 12th July, at 8pm in the Duke of York pub. New faces always welcome.
Yours faithfully
Helen McKay