Newsletter Week Beginning 13th October 2014 This newsletter is published on our website at www.maylandsea.essex.sch.uk ‘Enjoy and Achieve’ SCHOOL WEB SITE Our website now includes some extra information which we hope you will find really useful. There is a tab with information about our Parents' Forum, there is information about our school curriculum so you can see what your child is learning at school, there is information about what each class will be learning this year and there is a section on homework help. Any feedback about the website will be gratefully received also so do please let us know what you think. How to support your child in maths: fun learning sessions after half term. We have successfully applied for a series of parents' maths workshops with a tutor to help you learn about fun ways to support your child in maths. DO NOT BE AFRAID...the sessions are fun and you will not be expected to be good at maths. Everyone learns together and there is no charge. The sessions will take place on 5 consecutive Thursday afternoons starting on 6th November and you should commit to attending all the sessions. There will be opportunities at each session to practise what you have learnt with your child. Sessions are from 1pm until 3pm. Only 12 spaces are available but we will keep a waiting list for future sessions. First come, first served. To book a space just contact the school office and put your name down. It's as simple as that! Read on! Get On! Read On, Get On, is a national campaign to get our children reading well by the age of 11. Just reading with your child ten minutes a day will make a huge difference to their reading ability. For some extra tips on how to support them visit :http://www.readongeton.org.uk We are also looking for parent helpers who can give up a small part of their week to come into school and hear readers. If you are interested in helping us with this, please inform the school office or Mrs McCann. ATTENDANCE Congratulations to Fox class who had the best attendance during last week with 98.7% EASY FUNDRAISING So far we have raised £498.26 so thanks to everyone who is helping to raise money via this site. You shop directly with the retailer as you would normally, but if you sign up to http:// www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ maylandseaprimary, and use the links on the easyfundraising site to take you to the retailer, then a percentage of whatever you spend comes directly to us at no extra cost to yourself. SALE OF OLD ICT EQUIPMENT With the purchase of our new ICT equipment we found ourselves with some old equipment that we are now actively selling on eBay to recoup some monies back into the budget. Many thanks to Jamie Kehoe from Dengietech in Southminster who gave his time and expertise free of charge to check out various items to ensure they were of a saleable nature. TUBS 4 TABLETS Tubs4Tablets is an exciting initiative from Flora and Stork, in partnership with Tesco, which will provide thousands of pounds worth of FREE touchscreen tablets to registered Primary and Middle schools in Great Britain. Tokens are available in special 500g packs of Flora (Original, Buttery and Light) and Stork 500g which can be found in Tesco stores from early October. These tokens can be exchanged for incredible touchscreen tablets for our school! Tag Rugby Tournament Congratulations to the children who represented the school in the recent Tag Rugby tournament held at Burnham Rugby Club. We came second overall. Special thanks to Mrs Clark & Mrs Guilfoyle who coached and accompanied the participants. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Wednesday 15th October - Flu Vaccinations Thursday 16th October - Fire Safety Talk Wednesday 22nd October - Parent Consultations 3:30pm to 5:20pm Thursday 23rd October - Parent Consultations 3:30pm to 6:30pm. Friday 24th - Halloween disco Monday 27th - Friday 31st October Half Term Holiday Return to school Monday 3rd November