Lowercroft Newsletter Mrs T Townsend Headteacher Lowercroft Primary School Ashington Drive Bury BL8 2TS 24th October 2014 Telephone: Email: 0161 761 2798 [email protected] Lowercroft Raises £750 for Macmillan Cancer Support The Macmillan coffee afternoon was a huge success and raised a staggering £750. Thank you to everyone who supported this worthwhile event especially to Year 5 and Year 6 for their spectacular cakes and to Year 6 who helped with the games, raffles and serving of cakes. A special thank you also goes to last year’s Year 6 parents for a £50 donation and to Madeleine Foley in Year 5 who baked a delicious cake for the teachers and raised a £18.80 for Macmillan. If you were one of the parents who came to watch your child perform after an extremely successful day of music with Travelling by Tuba I am sure you will agree with me that it was well worth watching. It was lovely to see every child join in with the morning’s show and then every junior child playing an instrument in the performance at the end of the day. If you missed out, don’t worry we are inviting them back again next year! If your child was inspired to take up the tuba or any other instrument after watching the show or having seen the Bury music teachers perform at the beginning of the year, please contact school for more information individual and group lessons. We can arrange to have them in school either during or at the end of the day. “Mmmmm! Blue Cookie Monster Cakes!” Year 6 get their maracas out for Travelling by Tuba! Harvest Festival Well done to Year 1, Year 4 and Year 6 who took part in the Harvest Assembly…you were fabulous! Thank you for all the wonderful donations for Porch Boxes. They were very warmly and gratefully received by the charity. It is always good to know that by supporting this project we will have made a positive difference to someone local who has found themselves in a crisis. Year 4 produced a powerful and moving film about homelessness. Please see Mr Moss for a copy of the film. Reading at Lowercroft This year one of our key goals is to enthuse all Lowercroft children with a genuine excitement for books and reading. Throughout the year we will be introducing your child to different types of books and holding events in an attempt to encourage them to discover new authors and genres (eg nonfiction, comics, novels, poetry etc). Expect competitions, themed days, visitors and parental involvement! Watch this space for more details. What a lovely class! Open Day for September 2015 intake If you have a child who is due to start school next September (born between 1.09.10 to 31.08.11) and if you have not yet put them on our admissions list please contact school. Reception have settled in really well, made lots of new friends and are looking forward to their first whole school performance of the Nativity! Contact telephone numbers Please keep school informed of any changes to your telephone numbers for emergency contacts and for the text messaging service. What’s the time Mr Wolf? Name labels The lost property box is already filling up with items of uniform, water bottles & PE kit which do not have names on. Would you please ensure that all items of uniform/bottles/games kit are marked with your child’s name. Key Stage 1 children’s learning was enriched this week when a visitor brought toys and games from the past 100 years! Great fun was had playing Hoopla, spinning tops and ‘In and out the dusty bluebells’, amongst other things! They will be finishing the week off with a Teddy Bear’s Picnic. More Books for School! Record numbers of Mr Gum books were ordered by Year 3 children at the book fair last week! Scholastic, who provide the book fair, told us that out of all the schools in the North West, Lowercroft had sold the most books over the last 12 months raising an impressive £1000 for us to spend on more books for school! Year 4 museum opening soon! Without giving too much away Year 4 has been busy working on restructuring their classroom into a museum of archaeological interest. Look out for more information about opening times and admission fees. Outstanding Homework Projects Year 5 impressed Mrs Lansdale and Mrs Townsend with their incredible homework projects. Look out for them on the website. Snacks and drinks in school All KS1 pupils receive a piece of fruit at morning break and therefore do not need to bring in snacks from home. KS2 pupils may bring a piece of fruit or dried fruit from home for their snack. We ask that crisps, biscuits or snack bars are not brought into school. As we have a number of pupils in school with severe nut allergies we would therefore request that no form of nuts, or products containing nuts, are brought into school. PE & Earrings The school uniform policy states that small studs can be worn during the school day. However to comply with Health and Safety, pupils will now be asked to remove their earrings for PE lessons and sports clubs. If your child cannot take their earrings out by themselves there are 2 options available to you: 1. Your child does not wear earrings on PE days 2. The earrings are cover with surgical/plaster tape. These precautions have been put into place to reduce the risk of earrings causing injury during PE lessons. Health and Safety Before and After School The climbing trees, Activity Trail, Tyre Trail, Hobbit Hole and Texture Kitchen are great outdoor resources to play on but they are intended to be used during the school day only. Please do not let your children play on them before or after school. Thank you for your cooperation with these matters. There will be some nonuniform days in November to bring in items for the Christmas Fair. Watch out for the PTA newsletter with more details. Can you help? We always need help running our events. If you could help during an event or setting up/ clearing up please get in touch. Please contact school and they will pass your details onto us. Thank you Scholastic Book Club Scholastic Book Club magazines were sent home recently. You can order online at; www.shop.scholastic.co.uk Your books will be delivered to school (free p&p). See page 23 of the magazine for more details. Our school reference number is 12304192 Please do not send your orders into school. Half Term Holiday & Dinner Money School Closes at 3.30pm on Friday 24th October and reopens on Tuesday 4th November. Dinners are currently £2 per day for KS2 pupils. Dinner money for the next half term (from 4.11.14 to 18.12.14) will be £66.00 Please make cheques payable to Bury Council and write your child’s name on the reverse. If you pay online and would like to check if your child has any credits please telephone school. Lowercroft Primary School...Excellence in Education Parking at the beginning and end of the school day Following an incident yesterday when a pupil and parent were forced off the pavement into the road by a reversing car which sped off without any acknowledgment of the seriousness of the incident, we have been forced to contact the Parking Enforcement Officers of the council. I must remind your that there is no parking or stopping allowed on the double yellow lines and zig zag markings. These laws are there for your safety, especially that of your children. Christmas Fair Saturday 29th November 12noon until 2.00pm Everybody Welcome! Valuing everyone in the community Birthday Celebrations at Lowercroft As a special treat to celebrate pupils’ birthdays they can come to school in their ‘own clothes’. If your child’s birthday falls at the weekend they may come to school on the Friday in non-uniform. This makes it fair for all pupils, especially the pupils with food allergies, who may not be able to eat treats brought in by school friends. Please ensure that their ‘own clothes’ are suitable for taking part in school activities including outside play. Sweets, chocolates and cakes will not be accepted by school staff to give out to pupils. Your co-operation in this matter is greatly appreciated to ensure the safety of our pupils. Diary Dates The environment area is prepared for the new gardening season Pilates class (adults) Every Monday evening 6.30pm in the school hall £5 per class Half Term School closes at 3.30pm on Friday 24th October and reopens on Tuesday 4th November at 8.55am Texture Kitchen Activity afternoon: Friday 7th November - KS1 and EYFS – an afternoon of fun with an outdoor play specialist Remembrance Activity Day Monday 10th Whole school Key Stage 1 Parents: Engage and support your child with reading. November 11th at 7pm in the school hall. Letter to follow. Children in Need Be a Hero! 14th November. Whole school dress up as a hero day Open Day for Reception 2015 Intake Tuesday 18th November – please contact school for details if you have not received a letter from us. Flu Immunisation Day Tuesday 25th November- if you have not yet completed a consent form please contact school. We have lots of exciting events planned in December. Details of these will be sent home in a special Christmas Edition Newsletter next half term. Clubs timetable The clubs listed below will be taking place during next half term. Please remember to send a separate kit in to school for after school clubs. This will ensure children’s school PE kits are not taken home and forgotten. Thank you. Monday Football Y3 & Y4 3.30pm – 4.15pm Tuesday Netball Y5 & 6 3.30pm - 4.15pm Wednesday Young Dragons Karate 3.30pm - 4.30pm Thursday Badminton 8.00am - 8.55am Y5 & Y6 Street Dance Y 1 & 2 3.30pm - 4.30pm (FULL) Friday Softball/Handball Y5 & Y6 3.30pm - 4.30pm Y3 & Y4 PLEASE NOTE: Please inform school in writing if your child will not be attending any of the club sessions so that the teacher or coach in charge knows in advance that they will not be attending. Likewise if they no longer wish to attend a club please inform school in writing
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