PRIMARY NEWS Issue 7: 16th November 2012

As many of you will be aware, yesterday we decided to dress in non-uniform in

order to raise money for Children in Need. The children certainly enjoyed the

opportunity to wear their own clothes – some even wore fancy dress! Miss.

Baxendale would also like to thank Anas’s mum who baked Children in Need

cupcakes for Newton Class – they were simply delicious!

So far we managed to raise £65.39

Children in Need

Happy Diwali to all our families who celebrated Diwali this

week. This week in Reception we have been learning about

Diwali, the Hindu, festival of lights. We learnt the story of

Rama and Sita and even acted it out together using masks,

some children were excellent at role playing the 10 headed,

demon Ravana. We used clay to make and decorate our own

divas to light and decorated our own rangoli patterns. We

have been thinking about how different people celebrate in

their own religions and cultures and sharing our celebration

experiences.

Happy Diwali!

We all have

different opinions This week's assembly and collective worship

theme was 'We all have different opinions.’

Some of our Year 7 pupils came down to

perform little skits about how we all have

different likes and dislikes.

These skits taught us that it's okay to be

different, and we all agreed that our

differences make us special.

Star of the Week winners

Callum Jones

Theodore Nassari

Joel Mortensen

Certificate of Achievement winners

La Miah Cardoso-Tracey

Damalie Wilson

Michele Egbe

Citizen of the Week winners

Ali Khan

Sethiya Antoine-Reid

Milo Hudson-Quirke

This week’s Attendance

Winners are:

Newton

with 96%

Dates for your Diary

Half Term

Friday 26th October 2012 to Monday 5th November 2012 (Staff training day)

Christmas Break

Monday 24th December 2012 to Friday 4th January 2013

Half Term

Monday 18th February 2013 to Monday 25th February (Staff training day)

Spring Break

Friday 29th March 2013 to

Monday 15th April 2013 (staff training day).

Half Term

Monday 27th May 2013 to

Monday 3rd June 2013 (staff training day)

May Day

Monday 6th May 2013

Summer Break

Wednesday 24th July 2013

PE Days

Miss Radford Tuesday

Miss James Tuesday

Miss Baxendale Friday

*All meals provided are Halal.

Tuesday 4th December

Parents’ Evening 3-5 pm

Thursday 6th December

Parents’ Evening 4-5pm

Parent Governor Elections

We have received 3 nominations for Parent

Governor. Please find attached the ballot form

where you can indicate your

preference in the box provided. The deadline

to return this to the main office in a sealed en-

velope is December 7th.

Breakfast Club

It gives us great pleasure to announce that

from Monday 26th November Breakfast Club

will be open to children in Reception. This will

take place in the main school dining room and

will be available from 8 am. Parents are asked

to bring pupils in through the main school en-

trance and report to the School Office. Should

you wish to book your child in to Breakfast

Club, please sign up with Mr. Dawson in the

playground over the next few weeks. The cost

of Breakfast Club each day will be £2.50. More

details will follow next week.

After School Clubs

Applications for our after school clubs are now

closed. We will be reviewing places again in

January.

Today’s Open Day

Our Open Day for prospective parents went

swimmingly today with lots of new faces. Big

thanks to our star parents, Alyssa’s and

Kayden’s mums’, who came along to answer

their questions.

This week’s menu Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Non vegetarian choice*

Lasagna (Lamb) Jerk Chicken with Rice & Peas

Fish in Wholemeal Breadcrumbs with

Boiled Potatoes

Lamb Burger in a bun with Baby Baked

Potatoes

Chicken Casserole with New Potatoes

Vegetarian choice Cheese & Tomato Pizza

Vegetable Pasta Bake Jacket Potato with Cheese & Beans

Vegetarian Chilli with Rice

Vegetable Nuggets with New Potatoes

Vegetable selection Sweetcorn

Baked beans

Broccoli

Baby Carrots

Fresh seasonal vegetables

Peas

Sweetcorn

Baked Beans

Mixed Vegetables

Dessert Fresh Fruit Platter or Yoghurt

Fresh Fruit Platter or Yoghurt

Fresh Fruit Platter or Yoghurt

Fresh Fruit Platter or Yoghurt

Apple Crumble with Ice Cream