WEST HESLERTON C.E. PRIMARY SCHOOL
Head: Rachel Wells B.A.(Hons)Q.T.S. NPQH
High Street, West Heslerton, Malton, North Yorkshire. YO17 8RD
Telephone/Fax:- 01944/728286; E-mail:- [email protected] ; www.westheslertonschool.co.uk
“Children are at the centre of all we do.”
NEWSLETTER March 20th 2015
THE BIG IDEA
We hope you all enjoyed our South American
Celebration, the children certainly did! They had
so enjoyed the planning and making their masks
to show you. Look out for photos in the Gazette!
EASTER
Easter Service
There will be an Easter Service at All Saints
church, West Heslerton on Friday, March 27th at
1.30pm. All are welcome to this service led by the
children, we hope to see as many of you as
possible. Parents will be able to take their children
home after the service if they wish.
Easter Monday
There will be an Easter event at school on Easter
Monday, April 6th from 2-4pm. This is organised by
Buckrose Carrs and Friends of School. There will
be games, activities and egg rolling, come along
and enjoy the fun!! Help with games would be
appreciated. Please see attached form to be
returned on Monday please.
FRIENDS
Bingo Night - reminder
Friends of School are holding a Bingo Night on
Monday, March 23rd at the Railway Club, Norton,
7pm for 7.30 start. Please bring cakes into school
that morning or to the event. Everyone welcome,
come along and have a fun evening!
RED NOSE DAY
Final total was £100! Amazing, very many thanks.
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
There have been three clubs running after school
this term, gymnastics, bible story and multi-skills.
The children have enjoyed these and we would
like to ask for feedback so as to help with
arranging future clubs. Please see the attached
form.
Summer Term
Many parents have been asking us about clubs for
the summer term so that other activities e.g.
swimming lessons can be booked in. As a result of
opportunities rising, we have rescheduled some
of our clubs.
Dance and martial arts clubs will take place in the
autumn term in the hall when the nights get
darker and the weather gets cooler.
Whilst the summer is here, we have been lucky
enough to organise an Orienteering Club for 6
weeks during the summer term. This will fit with
our 'Land and Sea Explorers' Topic for the summer
term. We hope this lesser-known activity will
make the most of our school grounds and the
great British summertime! Orienteering Club will
take place on Thursdays from 3.30-4.30 and will
be open to children from Y1 to Y6.
This will start on Thursday 16th April. Further
details will be sent home as soon as possible.
THE DEEP
Next term our topic will be 'Land and Sea
Explorers'. To launch the topic we have arranged a
visit to The Deep in Hull for all the children. This
will take place on Monday, April 2oth and will be a
whole day visit.
Please see attached letter and consent form
which needs to be returned to school on the first
th
day back,
Tuesday,
April 14
.
If you require this in a different format, please
contact
the school
office.
BADGER WOOD AND KEEPER WOOD
The children have been absolutely exceptional this week going above and beyond to realise they had
rhythm and rhyme with Claudio Kron, a Brazilian musician, percussionist and composer. He came into
school and ended the topic on a high with the children. Everyone was really involved throughout the
whole topic and really put their all into the 'Big Idea'.
Both classes learnt to play many instruments and an authentic Brazilian dance. It was great to experiment
with the different instrument and sounds we could make. The children were very quick to pick up the beat
and extend it using their instruments.
Dancing...well some hidden talents came out! Everyone did a traditional Brazilian dance, yet when
allowed to freestyle we added our very own Heslerton stamp to it!
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the 2 days with Claudio and did a fantastic job working throughout the topic
and in their topic teams towards the Carnival.
Well done everyone!!
Please feel free to have a look at Claudio's website to learn more about him as an musician and the work
he does around the world.
http://www.claudiokron.com
GOVERNORS
We have a vacancy for a Parent Governor at
school, please see attached letter.
KEEPER WOOD
We are asking for any finished with/unwanted/used
electrical items that we can take apart for our ‘
Tinkering Table' next half term. Anything from
toasters to laptops please.
NITS
MIDDAY SUPERVISORY ASSISTANTS
We have positions in school for midday supervisors.
This role involves the supervision of the children
during lunch time, both in the dining hall and out in
the playground. The hours required are 12 noon to
1pm. If you may be interested or know someone who
would be, please enquire further at the school office.
ATTACHMENTS
Please find attached:- The Deep letter and consent form
- Clubs feedback
- Parent Governor letter
- Friends help request
- Club feedback
Just a reminder to check your child’s hair regularly
for nits, that way we keep the problem under control
as far as we are able.
There is currently an advert campaign on TV with
products available. The NHS Choices website has
information regarding head-lice management.
The school nurse is able to discuss this with any
family struggling with head-lice. She may be
contacted via school.
JUSTICE
Please return any Justice forms by next Friday,
thank you.
STAMPS
We have just sent a further 605g of stamps to
the RNIB. Many thanks, keep collecting!!
If you require this in a different format, please contact the school office.