UNIFORM
Another school year is
almost over and you may be thinking about ordering new uniform for your
child. Enclosed with this newsletter is
an order form. If you wish to place an
order, please complete and return the form (with payment) by Wednesday 8th
June. This will ensure the items you
want are delivered in July before we finish for the summer break. We cannot guarantee July delivery for any
orders received after 8th June.
DINNER MONEY
Just a reminder
that school dinners cost £2.10 per day, £1.90 for the sibling rate and £1.60
for nursery age children. When sending
dinner money to school, please put it in an envelope clearly marked with your
child’s name and class number.
Some children are
eligible for free school meals. If you
think you may meet the criteria, please contact the school office for an
application form, or visit the website www.northyorks.gov.uk
Just a reminder
that if you pay in advance for meals and your child misses a meal for any
reason, the amount paid is carried forward.
We do not charge for meals not taken.
SWIMMING
Swimming lessons
are continuing with great success. Thank
you to parents who have paid for lessons. However some money is still outstanding. If you have received a reminder recently about
swimming money, please forward cash or cheque to school as soon as possible.
ROYAL WEDDING PARTY!
The Early Years
children had a wonderful time on 27th April, as we celebrated the
Royal Wedding! We invited several of the older pupils to our playground party.
The weather was lovely and we all enjoyed eating party food in the sunshine!
WOODLAND ADVENTURE
The pupils in Class 4
can often be found in the woods as Miss Adams is training as a “Forest School
Leader”. This experience is called ‘Forest
Schools’ in most schools around the country but we have had to find a different
name! Woodland Adventure provides an outdoor learning
experience offering pupils the opportunity to take risks, make choices and
learn about nature. We have been going
to Nidd Gorge and have enjoyed the woodland adventure trail, walked by the
river and explored the woods. At our
camp area Class 4 used a variety of tools such as peelers, bow saws, knives and
loppers. They have made wood cookies
(wooden names discs), kazoos and a class xylophone. They have taken part in activities such as
blindfolded meet a tree, memory games and den making for toy animals. Back at school we have had a couple of
campfires and the pupils are learning to safely light their own fires using a
fire steel. We have toasted marshmallows
and cooked welsh cakes on the fire.
Woodland Adventure has been a great success and will be offered to some
secondary pupils next year.
5 STAR AWARD
All restaurant and food premises serving the public in the
Nearly 1200 businesses that prepare food, direct to the public,
including restaurants, cafes, pubs, fish and chip and sandwich shops, takeaways
and schools, have been given scores in relation to food hygiene and safety,
cleanliness and standard of premises and quality of management and staff training.
We are delighted to
announce that our school kitchen has been awarded a 5-star certificate, which
is the highest mark possible. Well done
to Donna, Carrie, Sandy and Jane who work very hard providing about 100 meals
per day, whilst maintaining exceptional hygiene standards.
HATCHING CHICKS
Class 3 welcomed chicks
this ½ term! We had been waiting for
them to hatch over the Easter holidays and they made an appearance very early
on a Tuesday morning, much to the surprise of Mrs Stewart, who was woken by
little cheeps at 3am!
We have watched them
grow from tiny fluffy chicks into quite big chickens. They were very noisy in class, chirping all
day long and not listening to instructions.
We have taken turns holding them and discussing how best to feed and
look after them.
Now that they are big
enough they are going to go to a new home on a farm to be with other chickens
and Class 3 will be quiet once more…I’m sure!
incubation
1 week old
7 weeks old
SUMMER FAIR
We will be holding a
Summer Fair on Friday 17th June from 9.30am to 11.30am. There will lots of stalls and sideshows
including a cake stall, plant stall, tombola etc. Please come along and support the event. If you have any donations for the tombola
please forward them to school as soon as possible. Donations for the cake stall on the day
please. Thank you.
CLASS 2
Class 2 have been out
and about visiting local parks and also feeding and stroking the animals at
Ripley Farm. Next Half term visits to
Nuzzlets and a return to Ripley are planned.
Just a reminder of the
holidays for the rest of this school year:
School will be closed from Monday 30th May to Friday 3rd
June inclusive for half term break, and school re-opens on Monday 6th
June.
School will be closed to students on Tuesday 12th July and
Wednesday 13th July – these are staff training days.
The last day of the summer term will be Friday 22nd July
2011.
FAREWELL
Mrs Claire Dwyer will be
leaving us on 27th May to start maternity leave. We wish her all the very best and look
forward to meeting her new baby soon.
Peter N Hewitt
Headteacher
Your support for your son/daughter’s education is crucial to
their progress and wellbeing. Please
tell us if there are any adjustments we need to help you support them, for
example: letters in large font; letters in different languages, wheelchair
access, explaining things over the phone or a discussion with a colleague of
the same gender.