Millbrook Newsletter
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Dear Parents,
At last I can report that the extension to the car
park has been agreed, this will take place over the summer
holiday. The pergola will be moved and we will lose a small
section of the playing field however we have ample space
so we will not notice the difference.
Parent review was very successful this week with
many parents completing our parent review feedback sheet.
Thank you for all the positive comments, we will collate
them together and report them back to you.
Next week we welcome April and the Spring
break for children. Let us hope the children finish with some
good weather. They deserve some rest and time to play out
after working really hard this term.
Please read carefully about the Kirkby Attendance
campaign.
We have a great school with fantastic children,
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staff, governors and parents. We must improve our
attendance levels if we are to compete with other local
schools. Help us to do this.
Mrs J M Maloney
Break up Thursday 2nd April
The school will close for the Spring break on Thursday 2nd
April at 2:00pm. Please pick up your child promptly on
this day.
Child of the Week
Here are the nominations for last week.
Nursery am – Amelia Shelley
Nursery pm – Sophia O’Hare
Class 1 – Pauline Price
Class 2 – Chase Brugnoli Vinten
Class 3 – Connah Taafe
Class 4 – Lexie Smith
Class 7 – Skye Maxwell
Class 8 – Tamika Lansarra-Magaby
Class 9 – Tom Gordon
Class 10 – Rebekah Broda
Class 11 – Declan O’Connor
Mrs William’s choice – Leighton Temple
Mrs Bowyer’s choice –Charlie Callaghan
Mrs McKuhens’s choice – Samantha Parr
Happy Birthday
23rd March – Phoebe Curran (4)
28th March – Lewis Morgan (5)
28th March – Patrick Shirley (10)
Kirkby Attendance Campaign
All Kirkby Schools have joined together to promote
good attendance and share our attendance figures.
The first week after the Spring break is Kirkby
Attendance Week.
The Kirkby Collaborative of Schools have
produced three special attendance award
certificates together with £5.00 Argos vouchers. Our
school will choose three children to achieve the
awards to recognise a particular effort they have
made to improve their attendance. The certificates
will be presented to the children on Friday 24th
April.
There will be a prize draw on Friday 24th April for
children who have attended every day of
Attendance week. The Collaborative has provided a
£10 Argos voucher for the winner selected in our
school. Remember you have to be in it to win it!!
Next week there will also be a Kirkby
Collaborative attendance competition. Children in
all schools in the Kirkby Collaborative will be
encouraged to design an attendance poster for all
Kirkby schools, and a Kirkby attendance slogan.
The one we have used so far is It’s Cool to be in
School in Kirkby. We are sure you can help your
child think of an improved one! Prizes will be
presented to the winners. Let us aim to be top of the
Kirkby Attendance League. We need to move to
96%, this means less than ten children off each day.
Term Dates 2014- 15
Spring term 2015
Break up Thurs 2nd Apr
Summer term 2015
Mon 20th Apr – Wed 22nd Jul
Half term – Mon 25th May – Mon 3rd June
May Day bank holiday – Mon 4th May
Frid 19th June – School Closed for staff training
Bronze 4Health Status
Mr Chambers has been working closely
with Knowsley NHS to improve healthy
living in our school. Class 10 have been
taking part in the junior chef
programme preparing recipes such as
fruit kebabs, fruit smoothies, salmon
pate, tuna pitas and oriental chicken
wraps. Class 9 have taken part in a
healthy lifestyle course covering topics
such as ‘the eat well plate,’ fats, sugars
and salt. We are the first school in
Kirkby to have achieved Bronze School
4Health status and there will be a
celebration assembly on 22nd April
whereupon we will receive the reward.
Dates for Diaries
Thurs 2nd Apr – Easter Service C9 11:00am St
Chad’s Church, break up 2:00pm
Wed 22nd Apr – Bronze School for Health
Assembly
Thurs 23rd Apr – C9 Cookery Knowsley NHS
Frid 24th Apr – C10 Cookery Knowsley NHS
Class Attendance
Attendance dipped last week to a shocking
92.95%. This figure will place us at the bottom
of the Kirkby Attendance League. We must
get over 95% each week.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
Class 7 – 96.0%
Class 4 – 95.8%
Class 3 – 94.8%
Class 11 - 93.1%
Class 10 – 92.5%
Class 1 –92.0%
Class 9 – 91.3%
Class 8 – 91.1%
Class 2 – 90.0%
3 classes
above or
rounded to
95%
Issue 26 – 27th March 2015
Rainbow Childcare
Rainbow childcare- for further
information
0151 548 0893
www.rainbowchildcarekirkby.
org.uk.
Learn to Ride!
During the Easter holidays
there will be ten sessions
to help children of all ages
learn to ride their bikes on
two wheels. Sessions take
place at Centre 63 on
Monday 13th – Friday 17th
inclusive, at 10:30 and
1:30. Children need a
roadworthy bike to start
however there are some
bikes available to borrow.
Limited places, booking
recommended, contact
Amanda on
07827 271 203 or
amanda.dufresne@sustra
ns.org.uk
Thank you to everyone who
helped out with today’s Easter
Disco. We had an army of
parent helpers and midday
supervisors. Who was the
chick?