Sidbury CE Primary School See what’s happening at Sidbury CE Primary School! Opening Minds, Creating Futures Parent Questionnaire Results Thank you to all those parents who took the time to complete the questionnaire. Please see the attached letter with more details of the results. Grenville House Y6 will be visiting Grenville House Activity Centre from 4th - 8th February. There will be a short meeting with Mrs Laver after school on Friday 30th January at 3.30pm for parents and children attending. The meeting will be in Class 5. Timings for the coach to Grenville House are as follows: Weds 4th Feb: 11.45am Exeter Services (Sidbury children) Arrive GH 1pm Sunday 8th Feb: Leave GH 2pm Arrive Exeter Services 2.45pm Sidbury children (approx.) Maths is Fun To help us with our number work, we are looking for unwanted (but complete) packs of playing cards. We are also looking for sets of dominoes. If you think you can help, please send them into school. Key Stage 1 Area Please can you ensure your children are supervised and do not cross the cones in the KS1 area before and after school. Friday 23rd January 2015 Message from Charlotte Hill, Head of School First of all, I would like to thank Mrs Andrews for organising and leading the Plymouth Raiders trip. It was a great success; children, their family members and the staff who attended had a superb time. The final score was 109 – 100 to the Plymouth Raiders, it was a very close game, with the Cheshire Phoenix team usually within 10 points of the Raiders at all times. Mrs Andrews has also been busy replenishing the Tunnel’s resources with playtime equipment and the PE cupboard with new resources too, so watch this space to see what surprises we have in store! Thank you for all of your hard work Mrs Andrews. I would also like to congratulate a group of 5 children in Year 6 who researched, prepared and presented at the Youth Speaks Rotary Club Competition. They were OUTSTANDING and came second, meaning that they are through to the next round, well done! Class 1 had a visit from our local Police officers. They were shown the different types of hats worn by policemen and they demonstrated how to handcuff someone! What a fantastic time everyone had on Sunday at the Plymouth Raiders Basketball Match. All the children took part in a training session with the players and then met them all before the game. Thank you to Mrs Andrews and Miss Hill for arranging this great day out and to Mr Fisher for supporting shooting! Rotary Speaking Competition Huge congratulations to James, Maisie and Owen, who came second in the Sidmouth Rotary Club's Youth Speaks competition this week. They worked with Edward and Sky to research their topic 'Ivory Poaching', and put in an impressive performance. Our Christian Values Respect Kindness Honesty Forgiveness Trust The story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man who was hurt and in trouble was helped by an unexpected person, helped us this week to think about making good choices. The man in the story, told by Jesus, had been robbed and left badly hurt. Two people made the choice to ignore his difficulty, but one chose to put his own needs second and to help the injured man. Our choices have consequences for others as well as for ourselves. 198 362 149 238 Happy Birthday this week to: Alfie Nicholas Sidbury’s Superheroes! Class 1 George Coles Resilience: for putting time and effort in to his learning Class 2 Freddie Harms Perseverance: when solving subtraction problems on a number line. Class 3 Seamus Kent Interdependence: knowing and using strategies to help him to learn Class 4 Bobby Henderson: Questioning: asking questions of himself and others and being curious and playful with his ideas. This has helped Bobby to delve beneath the surface of things. Class 5 Edward Walker Collaborating: for collaborating powerfully with a team Letters Home This Week Attendance This Week 95.56%  Target 96.2% ‘If you are 5 minutes late for school every day … that adds up to 3 days lost per year’      World Book Day Competition Parent Questionnaire Results Staffing Letter Menu 2015 - 2016 Term Dates Important Dates February Weds 4th - Sun 8th: Y6 to Grenville House Mon 16th - Fri 20th HALF TERM March Mon 2nd - Fri 6th: World Book Week Fri 13th: Byes Garden Force Day (schools) Sat 14th: Byes Garden Force Day (for families) Mon 16th - Weds 18th: Y5 London Res. Weds 18th - Fri 20th: Book Fair Weds 25th & Thurs 26th: Parent Meetings Fri 27th: Last Day of Term April Tues 14th: First Day of Term May Mon 11th: SATs Week Mon 23rd - Fri 29th HALF TERM June Sat 13th: Village Fete Thurs 18th - Fri 19th: Y3 Res. July Weds 15th: Sports Day Friday 17th: Leaver’s Service Thurs 23rd: Last Day of Term Clubs left this half term 3