HALTON LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tel No: 01928 564053
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.haltonlodge.halton.sch.uk
NEWSLETTER
This week Year 5 and 6 have had the opportunity to visit our
local high schools, The Grange and St Chad's, and experience
some of the facilities that will be available to them when
they leave Halton Lodge.
Year 5 had a jam packed morning at The Grange which
included: music in the Drama Studio; baking pizza in the
Food Technology department; exploring how computers can
be controlled in the I.C.T. Suite and finally, experimenting in
the Science Lab with Bunsen burners! They thoroughly
enjoyed the experience, which also included a free lunch!
At St Chad's, Year 6 participated in a multi-sports event,
working alongside the Year 10s, who are studying for a GCSE
in Sports Science and Physical Education. There was a wide
variety of events to take part in, including penalty shoot outs
and welly throwing! It was all very competitive, with several
certificates being awarded at the end.
Both year groups were impeccably well behaved and were a
credit to our school.
Morning Sports Clubs to Restart Next Week
Yesterday you should have received a
letter detailing the breakfast clubs that
will be run by Tom Bainbridge of
TBSports. These are Gymnastics (on a
Tuesday) and MultiSports (on a Friday). These clubs will both
start next week and run until 17th July - the last full week of
the summer term - and are priced at £2 a session.
Children who attend either of these clubs should arrive at
school between 7:35am and 7:40am...and come into school
through the gates and double doors that lead straight into
the school hall. The main entrance and school office is not
manned at this time, so the children need to register directly
with Tom as soon as they arrive at school.
Ideally they should arrive dressed for the physical activity
they are undertaking; and bring their school uniform to
change into once the club finishes at 8:40am.
Lunchtime Clubs
We were able to relaunch our lunchtime sports clubs this
week, as we were joined by Mr Leigh (one of the sports
coaches from TBSports) who will be delivering the lunchtime
activities.
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Headteacher: Mr A Hilldrup
5th June 2015
The lunch hour is divided into four 15 minute sessions and
this allows the majority of our pupils with the chance to take
part in one of the planned sport sessions each day; whilst
also providing them with plenty of time to eat their lunch
and socialise with their friends.
We have also recently changed the rota for the adventure
playground - so children from two classes can access the
adventure equipment at the same time. This provides the
children with a greater number of opportunities to be
physically active at break and lunchtimes; and gives the
other children even more space to play.
Judo Club
We have a number of children who are keen
to continue with the morning Judo Club (that
runs on a Thursday morning). In order for this club to go
ahead, we require at least 4 more children to sign up. The
cost for this club is £3.50 per session.
If you need a copy of the letter that was sent out about this
before half term, please ask for one from the school office.
It would be a shame if this club had to be cancelled so, if you
are interested in taking part, please have the consent form
returned by Tuesday, 9th June.
Cricket Club
Mr Grindey will be continuing to run the after
school cricket club for the next 4 weeks: 8th June,
15th June, 22nd June and 29th June. If you are interested in
joining the cricket club, please speak with Miss Simcock who
will let you know if any spaces come available. (This club
was full but if any children choose not to continue then we
will reallocate their places).
Year 6 Girls’ Cricket Competition
After the previously planned competition was cancelled due
to heavy rain, a team of 8 girls from Year 6 finally got to play
in an interschool competition (in Widnes) this week.
The girls won 1 match, drew 2 and lost just 1. They grew in
confidence throughout the day and, as they became more
familiar with the rules and had played a couple of
competitive games, they really began to improve.
Well done to everyone who took part – you represented our
school extremely well! Once again, the behaviour of our
pupils was excellent!
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School Uniform
Non-Uniform Day
With just 7 weeks of the summer term remaining, now is the
time that you need to place any orders for school uniform; if
you would like it delivering before we close for the summer
(or to have it available for collection on the first day back)!
The Non-Uniform Day that was held at our
school on Friday, 22nd June, raised £141.90 for
the Nepal Earthquake Appeal.
Order Forms are available from the school office. Please
aim to return any order forms to the school office by 12th
June.
This money has been sent to ShelterBox - a charity that
provides emergency shelters to enable doctors to treat the
injured survivors. Thank you to everyone who took part and
supported this event!
Halton Lodge Has Got Talent
After weeks and weeks of rehearsals, the time
for the grand final of a Halton Lodge Has Got Talent has
almost arrived!
The finals will take place on Thursday, 11th June at 6:00pm.
Tickets will be on sale from Monday at a cost of just £1. If
you would like to purchase any tickets, please look out for
Mrs Urmson - who will be selling these at the end of the
school day, in the Year 6 classroom (which can be easily
accessed via the playground).
This is an event that the children in school greatly look
forward to and I'm sure anyone who has come along to
watch, in recent years, would say that they thoroughly
enjoyed watching the children perform and showcase their
talents. The audience can also be assured that there will be
no dog double scandals amongst any of the finalists at our
school!
Parent Governor Election
Following the recent resignation of one of our
parent governors, we will be looking to find
someone from amongst our parents to become a member of
the school's governing body over the next few months.
We have decided to delay the nomination period until the
start of the new school year - in September - to give anybody
who may be interested time to find out about what the role
entails and whether they would be willing to stand.
In addition to attending 4 full governing body meetings each
year, governors at the school are expected to take on some
special responsibilities, get to know about how the school is
run and managed, offer support when it is needed,
challenge the leadership team to ensure that they are
driving the school forwards in the best interests of all of the
children, and to serve on at least one committee (which will
meet at least once each term to get important jobs and tasks
completed).
If you would like to know more about what is involved, or
would like to express an interest in standing as a parent
governor, you may wish to speak with either myself, Nicola
Morgan (one of our existing parent governors) or Louise
Whitley (Chair of Governors), to find out more about the
benefits and expectations of being a school governor.
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Important Warning For Parents
Runcorn Police have recently received a number of reports
relating to a chat app called OoVoo. OoVoo is a video chat
and messaging app, and is available for iPhone/iPod/iPads and
Androids. You can also use OoVoo on a computer (PC or MAC).
With OoVoo you can video chat with up to 12 people at a time but you can
only see four people on screen at the same time during these video chats.
While kids can use FaceTime on their iPods and iPads, FaceTime only allows
for a two-way call. OoVoo will let them have a little video chat party.
OoVoo is for the use of anyone 13 years or over – and children under the
age of 13 are not permitted to use the software. However, Runcorn police
have had reports of and incidents involving children as young as 6 using the
app.
The app is open for whoever is on the app at the time to communicate with
one another. Unfortunately there have been a number of incidents locally
of adult males speaking to children through the OoVoo app - along with
inappropriate images and conversations being reported.
Oovoo terms and conditions state, OoVoo is under no obligation to review
or monitor the content of the app or comments, libel, slander, obscenities,
pornographic, profane, threats etc.
This app is, therefore, NOT
MONITORED.
When you first download OoVoo it will be open to everyone and anyone.
You have to go into the settings to make it private; so only people you
accept can contact you.
Please be aware of the apps your children are using, by regularly checking
their iphones, ipad, ipods, lap tops etc.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/oovoo-parents-claim-paedophiles-using-5261559
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