28 January 2014
Newsletter
28 January 2014
Dear Parents and Carers
Lunches Sam has re-introduced the Wooden Spoon Award – this is awarded to the child who has had the best manners throughout the week. If your child wins the spoon, they will bring it home and we would appreciate it if you could help them to decorate it – turn it into something or someone, as these are displayed around the serving hatch. So far our winners have been Beth McFetrich, Aysha Le and Andrew Gair – well done everyone. Sam is also going to be holding the “lucky tray” events again – some trays will have stickers put on the bottom of them – if your child finds one, they will be awarded a prize.
Our lunches are proving very popular with the children - Sam works very hard with all children and staff to ensure that the meals are varied and tasty. In September the Government propose to extend the free school meals to Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children. Nursery and Year 3 and 4 children will still pay for their lunches. We will be contacting parents after the Easter holiday to see if they are planning to take up this offer.
Date for the diary - Mothers Day Lunches Mums are invited into school to join their child for a school lunch. Our meals are freshly cooked and follow the healthy schools programme. If you wish to attend please complete the reply slip at the end of the newsletter (if your child normally has packed lunch, they will need to have a school lunch along with mum). Tuesday 25th March – Nursery and Reception children Wednesday 26th March – Swifts children Thursday 27th March – Owls children
Make, Bake, Grow & Show Please remember if you are interested in helping in any way, either on the day of the show or in the planning, there is a meeting on 17th February, 7pm, at the Ridley Arms – all welcome.
Residential We are in the early stages of planning a residential experience for the Owls children. After the success of our Gibside visit last year we are looking to return there, but for 2 sleeps !! The grounds are so extensive that we feel there is still a lot to do and see … plus the food is good and the journey isn’t too far. To help us with this please can you indicate on the slip at the bottom of the page whether you would be interested in your child participating in the visit.
Family Learning – Thursday mornings, 9-11am Please remember the coffee and chat session on Thursday mornings – all welcome. Come and find out some of the things your child learns in English lessons.
Volunteers required If anyone has a spare hour or so, or know of someone, we are in need of volunteers; perhaps to help in the kitchen as a dinner nanny, helping in the classrooms, or odd jobs around the grounds. Please contact Angela or myself.
PE The Government has allocated our school £8000 plus £5 per primary aged child for the delivery of high quality PE. Last term the children benefitted from :
Cricket with James
Dance with Suzie
Multi-skills with Adam
This term so far they have participated in :
Yoga with Debbie
School Uniform Due to the recent switch over in the system for uniform orders we have a few items of brand new uniform here in school that we need to sell off. The list of items available is below and should you wish to buy anything this will be available from the school office on a first come-first served basis. We kindly request that payment is made at the time of collection and we will not be able to reserve items without payment. (Payment to Stannington First School PTA). To clear the stock quickly we have discounted each item. White Embroidered polo shirts Size
5-6y
2 Available
£5.50 each
Blue Sweat Cardigans
3-4y 5-6y 11-12y
1 Available 1 Available 1 Available
£7.00 £7.00 £7.00
Sweatshirts
3-4y
2 Available
£6.80 each
PE Navy Hoodie
5-6y
1 Available
£9.00
PE T-shirt with front print
3-4y
1 Available
£3.30
Shower proof Fleece Jacket
3-4y 9-10y 11-12y
1 Available 1 Available 1 Available
£11.00 £11.00 £11.00
PE Bag
1 Available
£3.00
Royal Blue Embroidered Cap
3 Available
£3.00 each
Royal Blue Wool Beanie Hats
2 Available
£3.50 each
These are the only sizes available at the discounted price listed anything else you require can be ordered direct from the supplier: Email: [email protected]
Or visit the website www.tots2teams.com
Forthcoming dates: February 13th – Film Night - (see the additional attachment with this newsletter) February 14th – Valentine’s lunch for children February 14th – Break up February 24th – Open Hands toddler group March 6th – World Book Day
March 18th – Full Governing Body Meeting March 21st – Bake Off for Sports Aid April 4th – Break up for Easter Holidays April 22nd – School reopens TBC – Drum concert
…………………………………………………………………………….………….……………………………………….………………………………… ………………… Gibside Residential Trip – Owls Class My child would be interested in the residential trip this year and would like to receive further information
Name : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………….………….……………………………………….………………………………… Mothers Day Lunches - £3 per adult, £2 per child March 25th – Nursery and Reception mums March 26th – Swifts mums March 27th – Owls mums
I would like to join my child for lunch:
Name : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
28 January 2014
Dear Parents and Carers
Lunches Sam has re-introduced the Wooden Spoon Award – this is awarded to the child who has had the best manners throughout the week. If your child wins the spoon, they will bring it home and we would appreciate it if you could help them to decorate it – turn it into something or someone, as these are displayed around the serving hatch. So far our winners have been Beth McFetrich, Aysha Le and Andrew Gair – well done everyone. Sam is also going to be holding the “lucky tray” events again – some trays will have stickers put on the bottom of them – if your child finds one, they will be awarded a prize.
Our lunches are proving very popular with the children - Sam works very hard with all children and staff to ensure that the meals are varied and tasty. In September the Government propose to extend the free school meals to Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children. Nursery and Year 3 and 4 children will still pay for their lunches. We will be contacting parents after the Easter holiday to see if they are planning to take up this offer.
Date for the diary - Mothers Day Lunches Mums are invited into school to join their child for a school lunch. Our meals are freshly cooked and follow the healthy schools programme. If you wish to attend please complete the reply slip at the end of the newsletter (if your child normally has packed lunch, they will need to have a school lunch along with mum). Tuesday 25th March – Nursery and Reception children Wednesday 26th March – Swifts children Thursday 27th March – Owls children
Make, Bake, Grow & Show Please remember if you are interested in helping in any way, either on the day of the show or in the planning, there is a meeting on 17th February, 7pm, at the Ridley Arms – all welcome.
Residential We are in the early stages of planning a residential experience for the Owls children. After the success of our Gibside visit last year we are looking to return there, but for 2 sleeps !! The grounds are so extensive that we feel there is still a lot to do and see … plus the food is good and the journey isn’t too far. To help us with this please can you indicate on the slip at the bottom of the page whether you would be interested in your child participating in the visit.
Family Learning – Thursday mornings, 9-11am Please remember the coffee and chat session on Thursday mornings – all welcome. Come and find out some of the things your child learns in English lessons.
Volunteers required If anyone has a spare hour or so, or know of someone, we are in need of volunteers; perhaps to help in the kitchen as a dinner nanny, helping in the classrooms, or odd jobs around the grounds. Please contact Angela or myself.
PE The Government has allocated our school £8000 plus £5 per primary aged child for the delivery of high quality PE. Last term the children benefitted from :
Cricket with James
Dance with Suzie
Multi-skills with Adam
This term so far they have participated in :
Yoga with Debbie
School Uniform Due to the recent switch over in the system for uniform orders we have a few items of brand new uniform here in school that we need to sell off. The list of items available is below and should you wish to buy anything this will be available from the school office on a first come-first served basis. We kindly request that payment is made at the time of collection and we will not be able to reserve items without payment. (Payment to Stannington First School PTA). To clear the stock quickly we have discounted each item. White Embroidered polo shirts Size
5-6y
2 Available
£5.50 each
Blue Sweat Cardigans
3-4y 5-6y 11-12y
1 Available 1 Available 1 Available
£7.00 £7.00 £7.00
Sweatshirts
3-4y
2 Available
£6.80 each
PE Navy Hoodie
5-6y
1 Available
£9.00
PE T-shirt with front print
3-4y
1 Available
£3.30
Shower proof Fleece Jacket
3-4y 9-10y 11-12y
1 Available 1 Available 1 Available
£11.00 £11.00 £11.00
PE Bag
1 Available
£3.00
Royal Blue Embroidered Cap
3 Available
£3.00 each
Royal Blue Wool Beanie Hats
2 Available
£3.50 each
These are the only sizes available at the discounted price listed anything else you require can be ordered direct from the supplier: Email: [email protected]
Or visit the website www.tots2teams.com
Forthcoming dates: February 13th – Film Night - (see the additional attachment with this newsletter) February 14th – Valentine’s lunch for children February 14th – Break up February 24th – Open Hands toddler group March 6th – World Book Day
March 18th – Full Governing Body Meeting March 21st – Bake Off for Sports Aid April 4th – Break up for Easter Holidays April 22nd – School reopens TBC – Drum concert
…………………………………………………………………………….………….……………………………………….………………………………… ………………… Gibside Residential Trip – Owls Class My child would be interested in the residential trip this year and would like to receive further information
Name : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………….………….……………………………………….………………………………… Mothers Day Lunches - £3 per adult, £2 per child March 25th – Nursery and Reception mums March 26th – Swifts mums March 27th – Owls mums
I would like to join my child for lunch:
Name : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
