9 May 2008 - Newsletter 30

 

Newsletter No. 30
Friday 9nd May 2008

 
Dear Parents, Carers and Governors,

 
Second hand clothes sale – Thursday 15th May from 3.00pm in the play ground
We are rather awash with second hand uniform at the moment! These are usually good quality items that parents have donated to the school after their child has left.
Julie Wallace will hold a sale on Thursday 15th May from 3.00pm in the play ground. A small donations to school fund would be appreciated!

Name Labels

Please can you make sure that all your child’s/children’s uniform is clearly named, especially coats, jumpers, cardigans and sunhats as these are being left on the playing field at lunchtime and are difficult to return if not labelled – thank you.

 
Christian Aid Week
We have decided to support Christian Aid’s appeal to raise money to support the victims of the cyclone in Burma. Whilst there have been many reports of aid not getting through, Christian Aid’s website reads.
“Christian Aid has been working in Burma for over 20 years and has developed close relationships with our partners all of which have experience of working in the affected areas. Christian Aid and our partners are also able to increase current activities quite significantly.”
So you can either donate directly through their website or drop a donation into school and we will make one donation from the school.
http://www.christianaid.org.uk/emergencies/current/burma_cyclone/index.aspx
Christian Aid also have a children’s site now called Global Gang, so do take a look there for more information.
www.globalgang.org

 
Nectar Points – A PTA project to come!
Are you collecting Nectar points but never know what to do with them?
The PTA are currently exploring a scheme where you can nominate a charity to receive your points, so keep collecting and watch this space!!

 

A Service of Prayer in School
9am, Thursday 15th & 22nd May
As part of the local churches '21 Days of Prayer in the Parish' we will be holding a 15 minute Service of Prayer in the staff room on Thursday morning for the next two weeks. It is open to everyone and will give us the chance to pray for the school and the life of the village. Please do come and join us. There will also be prayers every day until June 1st at 12.30pm at Jubilee Corner, and 7.30pm at St James Ruscombe to which you are very welcome.
Every blessing. Revd Simon 

Parenting Course or Workshops
Wokingham are running some excellent courses for parents. For example
• Pram to Primary - for parents of children aged 1-5
• Time out for parents of children aged 5-12
• Dads behaving badly – for dads!
Take a look at
http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/children-youth-education/parental-skills-support/parenting-courses or see the links section of our website for the link.

 

Polehampton Swimming Association
Polehampton Swimming Association outdoor pool is now open.  We have a wonderful 25m pool in the grounds of Polehampton  Junior School.  Do come along and have a look during our open morning tomorrow (10th May) between 10.00am and 12.00 noon.
Adult only sessions run 4 evenings a week as well as general swimming for all, after school and Saturday mornings.
Our popular swimming lessons will be available again during the summer holidays.
For more information please telephone:- 0118 9341338

 

Requests!

 

Buttons and Beads
Please can we have any buttons and beads that you might have for our Art Week.

 
Guttering and Drainpipes
Blue class need small off cuts of guttering and drainpipes as part of their science exploration in the outdoor area.

Parking
Please can we ask new parents not to park on the grass verge opposite the school entrance when dropping off and collecting their children.

 

Sport-tastic!!!
Sunday 18th May 11.00 – 4.00pm at Henley River & Rowing Museum.
This is a free event for all the family, for further information see leaflets outside school office.

 
PTA News
Just a reminder that the last, last chance for placing your Fun Mats order will be 9.00am Monday morning.
We do have one un-named order (placed on office window) that was handed into the office on Tuesday morning, the Mum concerned paid cash (£6.20) and did not have an envelope to put her order in so I gave her one.  Unfortunately neither myself or Mrs Dobson can remember who this was!  If this was you please can you come into the office first thing Monday morning so that we can process your order.

You should have now received the new Yellow Moon Catalogue, please support if possible.

Today’s Craft Meeting was  postponed due to lots of the children being off sick – a new date will be arranged asap.

Is anyone available to help out with Face Painting at the Twyford Donkey Derby on Sunday 1st June for an hour?  Any contributions earned during this time will be donated by the organizers to the PTA, so please help out if you can.
If you are able to help please see Kathy Peck outside of Green Class or email her at kathy@pecksplace.com - thank you

Claire Lawrence
Vice-Chair     
 

Annual Academic Report
Today we will be sending home our annual school reports for every child (except Red class – your child’s report will be written towards the end of term).
I have really enjoyed reading these reports and I’d like to thank the teachers for all the time they spend thinking about each child. We find it very helpful to write these reports before the end of term, so we all have time to work with the children on their areas for improvement before the summer holidays.

Our next parents’ evening is an Open Evening on Monday 7th July. If you’d like to discuss anything you read in your child’s report before then, please do speak to you child’s teacher.
Having read the reports, if you or your child would like to make any comments, please use the comments form that will come home in the envelope. We would like to record your thoughts, so these comments sheets will then be filed with the reports.

Whilst we endeavour to make them easy to read, we do occasionally use “school speak” so I have written some brief explanations for you to refer to if necessary. Please click here to visit our 'school speak' explanation page.

 

 

Local Weather Forecast
Sunny all weekend!

 

Helen Ball
Headteacher

Diary dates - Next week’s events are in bold
Please note class assemblies are now on Thursdays at 9.10am.

 

Date	Event	Time and Place
Mon 12th- Fri 16th May	Christian Aid Week	Donations to the Burma cyclone are very welcome!
Tues 13th or Wed 14th May	Red class open mornings	9.00-10.15am
Thurs 15th May	Service of Prayer	9.00am staffroom
Thurs 15th May	Second hand clothes sale	3.00pm in the playground
Fri 16th May	PTA children’s disco	School hall
Mon 19th May	Red Class go full time
Thurs 22nd May	Service of Prayer                          9.00am staffroom
Thurs 22nd May	Yr1 Cake Sale                                             3pm
Fri 23rd May	Non-uniform day                           £1 donation, please
26th-30th May - Half term - school closed
Thurs 5th June	Orange class assembly	9.10am school hall
Friday 6th June	Class photos	morning
Mon 9th-Fri 13th June	Arts week	More details to follow
Fri 13th June	Polehampton Day	At the Junior School
Thurs 19th June	Green class assembly	9.10am school hall
Mon 23rd-Fri 27th June	Sports week	More details to follow
Thurs 26th June	Sports day	Afternoon on the school field
Thurs 26th June	FS cake sale	3pm
Fri 27th June	Non-uniform day	£1 donation, please
Thurs 3rd July	Blue and Red class assembly	9.10am school hall
Tues 8th July	Last Fit n Funky
Sat 12th July	PTA Summer Fair	2-4pm - school grounds
Friday 18th July	Yr2 Leavers’ Assembly	9.15am - school hall
Monday 21st July	Church service	Afternoon at St. Mary’s Church
Tuesday 22nd July	Last day of the school year non-uniform day - no contribution required	School closes at 1.50pm

I realise that several start dates for the skate park have been announced and as yet no work has started!
We have now been told that work should start on 12th May (Monday next week).
However in the interests of safety,  parents and children who walk through the park to and from school will need pay special attention as there may be vehicles moving and digging equipment operating.

Kathy Peck