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Welcome to The Forest School newsletter. The Summer Term is here even though the summer weather isn’t! We welcome Lucy Finlayson to the Early Years Class and George Tempest to Class 1. Along with the summer term come our residential visits. A group of Year 7 and 8 pupils have enjoyed a very successful week at Bewerley Park Centre. In May, Year 9 are going to Bamburgh for a week and on 2nd June Year 6 go to Cober Hill, and Year 7 and 8 pupils who did not go to Bewerley Park are going to East Barnby. These experiences are very important for the pupils and give them the opportunity to experience and learn things that would not be possible if they just stayed at school. Without our committed hard working staff these school journeys would not be possible.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Mon 5th May – School Closed for Bank Holiday Parents Consultation Eve -Tues 20th May Training Day – Friday 23rd May Friday 27th June – Year 11 Leavers Day – Parents invited to attend assembly and lunch. Tuesday 1st July – Swimming Gala at The Hydro for Years 7-11 Training Days Tuesday 8th July & Wed. 9th July Monday 14th July – Sports Day 1.30 – whole school Information about each event will be sent home nearer the date. COLLECTABLES We are continuing to collect Sainsbury Vouchers Tesco Vouchers
SENSORY GARDEN/PLAYGROUND When we returned to school after Easter, we found that a neglected dull area of our play space had been converted into a lovely sensory garden. This has been made possible by the hard work of members of Knaresborough Rotary Club. Throughout the Autumn and Spring Terms, they worked with the school council to plan the new garden. During the Easter Holidays, not daunted by the bad weather the Rotary Club members worked to build the garden. On our return to school the pupils were thrilled to find it , one was heard to say “It is better than I ever imagined.” We have also had new playground markings with multiskills games and a roadway and several new bikes for the pupils to enjoy.
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YELLOW PAGES Harrogate Borough Council, have now collected our Yellow Pages for recycling so please don’t send any further copies into school. We collected 260! Thank you to Elliot Hayden in Year 7 who managed to collect 2 car loads! THANKS go to Mrs McNulty, who has volunteered to transform our flower bed at the front of school. She has worked very hard over the last few weeks, and the results are GREAT! NYCC SURVEY North Yorkshire County Council is carrying out a survey of parents of children 0 to 18 years across the County. The information gathered will be used to develop areas of priority for the Children and Young People’s Plan 2008-2011, which will inform the direction of children and young people’s services in North Yorkshire until 2011. They are particularly interested to capture the views of parents who may not be represented through the telephone survey which forms another component of this consultation process. Therefore, we ask that you complete this survey and give them your opinion of the services for your child/children in the county. The survey is available online though the NYCC homepage until 2nd May (just click on Children and Young People’s Plan 2008-2011: Parents, have your say!) or alternatively visit http://www.nwaresearch.co.uk/surveys/North_Yorks_Parents/north_yorks_parents_survey.htm A hard copy of the survey is available from the school office. CAREERS ADVISER Our Careers Adviser for pupils in Years 9, 10 and 11, Anne Joel, has recently moved offices and can now be contacted at Igen, Hammerain House, Hookstone Avenue , Harrogate HG28ER. Tel 07515 069891.
AFRICAN CULTURE WEEK
No doubt you will have heard all about the visiting Zulus who performed in school recently, and then returned to give dance and singing workshops. They were amazing, and the pupils really enjoyed watching, and participating.
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