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Issue 5 1st October 2010

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TERM DATES

Autumn Term 2010

Half term:

Monday 25th -Friday 29th

October

School closed:

Monday 1st November

(Staff training day)

Term Ends:

Friday 17th December. School

closes at 2pm

Spring Term 2011

Children return to school

Wednesday 5th January at

8.55am

Half Term:

Monday 14th-Friday 18th

February

Term Ends:

Friday 1st April. School closes

at 2pm

Summer Term 2011

Children return to school

Tuesday 19th April at 8.55am

School closed:

Good Friday 22nd April

Easter Monday 25th April

Children return to school

Tuesday 26th April at 8.55am

School closed:

Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May

Half Term:

Mon 30th May-Fri 3rd June

School closed:

Friday 1st July

(Staff training day)

Term Ends:

Friday 22nd July. School closes

at 2pm

3Arts Festival Countdown

39 weeks to go

UP COMING DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

PTA Quiz Night

Friday 12th November 7-7.30pm (Hall)

Sharon from ASDA was teaching the children about different fruits.

Sophie and Isobel with their fruit

kebabs.

Healthy Eating with Year 3

On Thursday Year 3 were lucky to have Sharon and Sam from Asda who taught them

about healthy eating. Every child was given a delicious fruit kebab to eat.

Casey, Liam, Jessica, Ryan & Morgan

tasting some fresh pineapple.

Tuesday 5th October - Harvest/Giving assembly - Rev. Knight

Wednesday 13th October SEAL celebration assembly

KS2 1.30 pm

EY/KS1 2.30 pm

Invited parents only. Invitations will follow shortly.

Saturday 16th October Family Cooking Day

Children in the Spotlight

News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Megan Powderly, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

Star of the Week

6C:Emily Marshall

6P:Erin Thornton

6P:Alice Crook

5M:Tyler Birch

5M:Megan Powderly

5B:Liam Healey

4M:Natasha Polansky

4M:Madison Heyes

4P:Ben Drummond

4P:Daniel Mercer-Jones

3K:Nail Cakir

3K:Emily James

3H:Bethany Southern

2W:Jordan Monahan

2M:Luke Kenyon

1B:Joshua Bunting

1B:Holly Watkins

1D:Harvey Dawson-Ashworth

RRT:Sophie Naughton

RRT:Louis Sumner

RJT:Taylor McNulty

RJT:Libby Simpson

Emily has achieved Bronze level for her Beam Award and

Bronze for her Gym Proficiency Award for her

work in pairs and groups. Wonderful!

Joe has passed his Level 4 Swimming Award. Fantastic!

Jamie received the Improvers medal from his team

Hesketh Colts U7's. Terrific!

Olivia has passed her 200m Swimming Award. Superb!

All Souls Dramatic Club present

their 2010 Costume Design

Competition

AMENDMENT

The competition in issue 3 stated that

the deadline for entries was Monday

18th October. Please have entries in

school by Friday 15th to allow time to

pass them onto All Souls Dramatic

Club. Thank you

Dinner Money

It takes Mrs Williams a lot of time recording the

dinner money each week and even more time is

being spent chasing up late money. Please,

please help her by making sure the correct money

is sent in on Monday morning in an

envelope clearly marked with your child's name

and class. We do not keep change in

school.

Cancer Research UK

A big thank you to everyone

who bought the cards made

by the children in years 5 and

6 last term. We made almost

£100 for Cancer Research

UK. Some cards were

donated to the Macmillan

coffee morning last week.

News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Megan Powderly, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

Free family events at Ainsdale NNR.

Date Day/Time

Event Name

Venue Description Booking?

26-28 Oct 2010 Tues to Thurs

11-3 each day

Let’s Go Wild

-’Fantastic Fungi’

Ainsdale Sand

Dunes NNR

Fungi-themed

crafts, activities and

nature trails for all

the family.

Drop-in

30th October 2010 Saturday

7-9pm

Halloween Hunters Ainsdale Sand

Dunes NNR

Site Office

A spooky after-dark

trek to discover the

night life of Ainsdale

Sand Dunes!

Suitable for children

and families.

BOOKING

ESSENTIAL

18th December

2010

Saturday

11-3pm

Christmas creations Ainsdale Sand

Dunes NNR-

Site office

Using nature’s gifts

to make some

fabulous

decorations!

BOOKING

ESSENTIAL

Natural England events booking line: 0300 060 4361

All events are completely FREE, all ages welcome, children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR is NOT THE NATURE RESERVE NEAR Pontins-it can be found at the following address:

2 West End Lodge, Pinfold Lane, Ainsdale, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 3QW Telephone:01704 578 774

Coffee Morning

As part of the World's Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, parents, toddlers and staff enjoyed a

welcome coffee and cake. This event, which was a joint venture between Leyland Road Church and Norwood, was a

huge success and we are proud to announce £160 was raised.

A big thank you to all who helped, baked or donated tombola prizes.

Walk to School Week

4th October-8th October is Walk to School Week!

It’s healthy for you and good for the environment!

Mrs Perrett & Mrs Ashcroft enjoying a

coffee.

Mrs Scutt & Mrs Houston from the

‘Pram & Toddler Group’ with their

children.

Mrs Taylor from the ‘Pram & Toddler

Group’ enjoying the coffee break.

News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Megan Powderly, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

The children in Year 2 have been writing poetry using alliteration.

In my special school,

I can hear the whistling through the tall trees.

I can smell the beautiful dinners in the hall.

I can touch my soft jumper.

I can see the teachers writing on the wall.

I can taste my lunch, lovely lunch.

This is my special school.

This is Norwood.

Tyler Scutt

In my Star of the Week school,

I can hear clever Mrs Coleman shouting at the

Year Sixes.

I can smell the delicious dinners coming down the

corridors.

I can touch sticky sellotape that the children are

working with.

I can see the terrific trees that are blocking the

sun.

I can taste the fabulous fruit.

This is my Star of the week school.

This is Norwood.

Jay Curran

In my secret school,

I can hear the fun fire alarm going...ding dong!

I can smell blue bumble bee bandages.

I can see teaching teachers watching the T.V.

I can taste lots of annoying air.

This is my secret school.

This is Norwood.

Rachel Hooton

In my super school,

I can hear talking teachers teaching children hard

work.

I can smell the toilets in the junior part.

I can touch the smooth floor in the hall.

I can see children's bright pictures on the wall.

I can taste hotdogs in my lunch box.

This is my super school.

This is Norwood.

Henry Watkinson

Last week’s competition was to find the largest conker. After some precision measuring the winner was James Ward 1D

Congratulations!

This week’s competition is simply called ‘Autumn Colours’. Submit something which captures the feeling of Autumn. It could

be a poem, a collage, a painting, a photograph – anything!

Pop your entries, with your name and class on the back, in the competition post box by Wednesday 6th October.

Shinewaves Competition Time

News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Megan Powderly, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

Over the last two weeks, Year 6 children in Mrs Coleman's class and Maths group have been taking advantage of the

fabulous weather. Not only have they studied angles and shape properties on the playground, they have also been

investigating how shadows are formed by drawing around themselves with chalk. We are having a brilliant time.

Year 6 Shadows!

Now this is my kind of maths!

Friday Night at Sefton Music Centre

Junior strings & Junior woodwind 3.50- 4.30 Junior brass 4.45- 5.30pm

Senior strings & Senior woodwind 4.30- 5.15 Senior brass 5.45- 7.00pm

String orchestra & Woodwind orchestra 6.00- 7.45 Brass orchestra 7.00- 7.45pm

Sefton Schools Symphony Orchestra : 8.00- 8.45

Monday Night at Sefton Music Centre

Guitar workshop 4.00- 4.40 Jazz ensemble 6.00- 7.00

Guitar ensemble 4.40- 5.30 Jazz orchestra 7.15- 9.30

Tuesday Night at Sefton Music Centre

Sefton Voices 7.00-8.30 Junior (Grades 0-1) Senior (Grades 2-4)

String Orchestra, Brass Band, Wind Orchestra & Brass Ensemble (Grades 4-8)

News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Megan Powderly, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

Parents Questionnaire

We hope that everyone found the Parents Questionnaire summary useful and informative and the key action points from it

for this coming year are:

- Increasing the number of opportunities for working parents to be involved in school events/meetings

- Regularly updating the website

- Developing greater awareness of the role of the Governing Body and how they can be contacted.

- Standardising homework so that all children feel it is interesting, useful and relevant.

- Ensuring that all year groups have opportunities for after school clubs

Your Child’s Appearance

We would like to draw parent’s and children’s attention

to the section on appearance in the school’s

prospectus.

Children are encouraged to wear their hair in a suitable

manner for school. Extremes of fashion, both in terms

of clothing and personal appearance are not allowed in

school. By drawing attention to themselves in this way

children can open themselves to potential bullying and

ridicule and distract other pupils from their work.

All hair longer than shoulder length (regardless of

gender) should be tied back.

Trainers and high heeled shoes are not school uniform.

Jewellery (including necklaces, bracelets and rings)

should not be worn in school, with the exception of

watches and stud earrings. Stud earrings must be

removed during PE, Games and Swimming lessons or if

this is not possible, the children should cover these

with plasters provided by home. Nail varnish and

makeup are not permitted.

I am sure you will all support us in ensuring that we

have high expectations and high standards of

appearance.

Building Works

We are pleased to be able to tell you that grant funding has

been awarded for an extension to be built onto our kitchen and

funding also awarded in conjunction with the After School Club

for an extension to the Activites Suite.

As work will be starting next week there will be:

* an increase in the traffic through the main gate with deliveries

etc.

* an issue with staff parking so there will be limited on street

parking available.

This work is likely to go on for a few months. As Holy Family

School are in a similar situation, please be patient and

remember you may need to allow yourself a little more time

when coming to and from school and avoid parking over the

driveways of our neighbours.

Support for Parents

Kim Taylor, our Parent Support Adviser is on the

playground every morning. If she can help in any way

she will do, so please drop by and say hello.

Hayley Taylor, our school nurse, is available every Friday

for parents to drop in and discuss any health or medical

matters. No appointment needed.

Our new Education Welfare Officer, Annette Mullard can

be contacted on 07812 967917 if parents have any

question or require support with attendance or

punctuality issues.

Harvest Festival

Tuesday 5th October -

Harvest/Giving assembly -

Rev. Knight

Donations of flowers from KS1 children will

be passed on to local residential homes.

Donations of cash from KS2 children will be passed on to the

school’s nominated charity, which will be chosen by the

School Council very soon.

Please be generous.