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Penryn Primary Academy
SUMMER NEWSLETTER NO. 3
Friday 1st May 2015
Dear Parent/Carer,
Infant Items
Clubs
Summer term Infant clubs will begin next week (5th May). Please check your child's classroom window or door for
club lists.
There are still spaces available for:Reception Music & Movement
Reception Story Club
Reception Stay & Play
Year 1 Construction Club
Year 2 Construction Club
Cricket Club
Sports Days
Infant Site Sports Day: save the date! The children in Reception, Year 1 and 2 will be having their sports
day during the afternoon of Wednesday the 8th of July (details to follow). Children in the Nursery will be having
their Sports Fun Day separately and Mrs Bush will communicate details of the event with parents and carers of
those children.
Outdoor Play Area
We are making an outdoor building site role play area, so if anyone has anything they could donate - old tools,
jackets, hard hats, orange fencing, etc, we would be grateful! Donations to come to office. We will sort through
inappropriate stuff, but don't want to give a list of don'ts.
Stars of the Week - Infant Site
The Stars of the Week are
Class 1 Thora Scott
Class 2 Bailey Hunt
Class 3 Logan Birkett
Class 4 Lexus Davies
Class 5 Frank Andrews
Class 6 Connor Wherry
Class 7 Calixto Graterol-Widdon
Class 8 Liam Hamilton
Infant and Junior Items
Bank Holiday Monday
Penryn Primary Academy will be closed for the Bank Holiday on Monday.
Health and Safety
Please can parents ensure that your children do not climb trees, walls or fences at the beginning and end of the
school day.
Contact Details
If you change your phone number or any contact details please remember to inform the school offices.
Nepal Earthquake
Many thanks for your donations to the Nepal Earthquake Appeal. We will let you have the grand total as soon as
possible. The total donated to date is £656.35 and this does not include the money from the children’s cake stall.
Junior Items
Cake Stall
Well done to Christopher Jolly and friends who raised £45.00 for their chosen ‘good cause’ CLEAR.
Writing challenge
Write your own story with this as the title: How can someone get lost twice in a day?
All entries to Mr. Hitchens by Friday 8th May, and there will be a reward for every entry.
Tag Rugby Tournament:
Today 12 children were selected to represent the school at the local Tag Rugby Tournament at the College. Well
done to all those children involved. Details to follow next week.
Class Photographs
If you have not yet ordered your class photographs, the order will be collected from school on Monday 11 th May.
Year 6 Hoodies and Homework Books
Please can all orders for Year 6 Hoodies and all homework books be returned to school next week. Thank you.
Drama Club
This term our Drama Club have been helping to celebrate the ‘lost theatres’ of Cornwall otherwise known as Plen
an Gwaris. It is believed that one of these lost sites is in Penryn but yesterday the Drama Club took a visit to a Plen
an Gwari in St Just to act out one of the oldest play scripts written in the UK, a play script which was also written
in Penryn! In total ten schools from around Cornwall took part in this spectacle which was a great success.
Hockey
If any children are interested in playing hockey, Falmouth Hockey Club have started a junior coaching session on
Thursdays 6-7pm at Penryn College. For further information please contact Jeanette on 01326 315958. Sessions
will cost £2.
Coffee Morning
Next coffee morning will be on Monday 1st June. No coffee morning on 5th May.
Currently recruiting for a Catering Assistant for Penryn Primary Academy School –This role
is 7.5 hours per week; Monday – Friday term time only, plus three cleaning days a year.
Working as part of a small close knit team. You will be assisting the Catering Manager with
basic food prep, serving of meals and maintaining standards of Food Hygiene and Health
and Safety.
Training will be given, uniform and safety shoes will be provided.
Pay rate of £6.6950 per hour. Pay is pro rata of 38 weeks term time and 4 weeks holiday, paid over 12 months.
Please contact Jan Davies on 07917 505 885 for further information.
CUP WINNERS – Cups to stay in school but the medals are for keeping – Junior Site
Year
Year
Year
Year
3
4
5
6
Alice Tonkin
Alexis Harris
Jayden Pellow
Dylan Barron
ARB:
Governors Cup:
Art Cup:
Fair Play Cup:
Children’s Cup:
Adam Howells
Joseph Hockley
Ellie Gibson
Bethany Williams
Kara Connolly
Have a great long weekend everyone!