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Appledore Community Primary School and Nursery
Weekly Newsletter 11th June 2009
Dear Parents,
I would like to remind parents that school opens at ten to nine in the morning. School staff are not able to supervise any children arriving earlier than this time because they have other work to do preparing for the day’s lessons and activities. The school cannot accept any liability for any mishap befalling the children. Several members of staff do bring their children to school earlier than 8.50 but their children remain their responsibility, not the school. If your child needs to arrive at school before this time, please think about using the Breakfast Club where you know they will be safe and looked after.
We are re-organising the classrooms later on in the term so that the ICT suite can move into a bigger room where all the children in each class can have access to a computer. As well as this, Nursery and Reception will be together in the Nursery building, giving the children and staff chances to work together and to have better access to the top playground and to the garden area at the end of the playground. If your children are in Nursery now, you will have seen the big archway that has been created between two of the rooms and makes the whole area seem even more spacious. Year 1 will move into the current Reception classroom and Year 2 will move into the current Year 1 room. This will give Year 1 more space for practical activities and Year 2 children will have safe access to the outside.
We would really appreciate any help parents can offer in cleaning, tidying and moving resources from one class to another. Reception will move on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th July, Year 1 on Wednesday 8th July, Year 2 on Thursday 9th July. All the children will be involved in sorting out and setting up their classrooms for September which should help them feel settled and confident about their new classes and teachers during the summer holidays. If you can help, please let your child’s class teacher know.
Parents’ evenings will be held in the week beginning Monday 29th June. Appointment times will go up on classroom doors in the next couple of weeks.
News from the PTFA
‘Unfortunately, we have run out of time to do the Quiz for years 5 and 6 this term, but promise to do one in the coming new school year. Just to remind you all that we will now be collecting donations for the toys, book and bric a brac stall at the summer fayre. Please bring homemade cakes on the day to sell on our cake stall. As usual we are looking for as much help and support on the day to make the fayre a success and so that we can all have a lot of fun!
Dates for your diary: A meeting to finalise the organising of the summer fayre, Wednesday 17th of June at 2.30, in school or jungle if nice and sunny!
Summer Fayre Friday 3rd of July at 3.30 prompt.’
From Katy Roberts
‘On Sunday the 28th June I am holding a Blooming Great Tea Party at Tapely Park. (They have kindly offered the use of the Dairy Gardens) This event is to raise funds for the Marie Curie Cancer Care. We will be having Martial Arts displays, Drama and music from THE EDGE performing Arts Academy, a second hand stall, a fabulous raffle, and most of all, home baked cakes/cream teas and other such delights. I would like to ask anyone in the school and outside of the school to support us by donating any home baking they can offer. (My scones are like cannon balls!) All proceeds will go to the Marie Curie Cancer Care. I can collect any offers on Saturday the 27th, or please bring them to my home on the 27th June. EVERYONE is invited to the Blooming Great Tea Party; please wear a hat and a SMILE! I know this is just before the school fete, but hope folk can extend that little bit more. Thank you, Katy Roberts, 07989656964, 14 New Street, Appledore.’
Please see below for more information from the Pirates about the Appledore carnival workshops and their Family Prize Bingo evening
Appledore Pirates present
FAMILY PRIZE BINGO
THIS FRIDAY EVENING-12TH JUNE-7.15PM @ The Appledore Hall (next to social club). Refreshments available. Children are very welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult. More info call Kelly 420719
APPLEDORE SCHOOL OF ROCK
This is the theme for the school in the Appledore Carnival on Sunday 16th August 09.This is only possible if we have your support. The idea is to do a couple of workshops within school at the end of the summer term (possible dates Wed 15th and Thurs 16th July, this tbc.) Children will need to dress in black and red on the day of carnival and then with the workshops’ help we will make white sashes and headbands and the children can decorate them with silver and gold music notes. Within the workshop we will also be making a huge Appledore School of Rock sign which every child who wishes to participate in the carnival will be involved in. If anyone has any unwanted colour materials please bring into school for the attention of Teresa and Kelly ASAP, thank you. We hope that at Forest School the children will be making willow instruments which will be for the use of the carnival and then will be returned to school for further use. If you have your own instrument and would like to use it in carnival, this will be fine also. Because we need to be organised with this big project, I would like to ask you to fill out the form below if you/and/or your child wishes to enter the carnival. The Carnival is on Sunday 16th August. We meet in the school playground at 3.00pm and walk up to Staddon Road together. The carnival will end at Quay Car Park at approx 5.15pm. If parents would like to participate, then that would be great or you can just walk alongside helping to keep children safe.
