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21st April 2016

Contents

Next Week Events

Staff News

Learning Powers

Attendance Cup

Tidy Classroom Award

LSA news

Achievements

Understanding feelings workshop

Governor of the Month report

Positive Parenting programme

Carnival Royalty Competition

Year 6 Production dates amended

Mayor making service

Online Safety information sessions

Polite reminder

The Queen’s 90th Birthday

Term 5 and Term 6 dates

Next week’s menu

Diary Dates

Tidy Classroom Award

Congratulations to Ash Class who

won the Tidy Classroom Award last

week.

Learning Powers

In last Friday’s Celebration Assembly, these

children were awarded Emerald Learning Power

certificates :

Morgan Chambers, Marco Nunes, Kyla Yon, Erin

Langham, Tomoya Inoue, Reuben Stevens, Airon

Martin, Amelia Klarkowska, Elliana Powell, and

Tilly Hargreaves.

Congratulations!

Next Week’s Events

Tomorrow - Fun Run

Monday - Book Shop

Thursday - On-line Safety information sessions at

2.00-3.00pm and repeated 5.30-6.30pm

Friday - Reading Raffle; Family Friday 8.40-9.15am & 1.15 – 3.05pm)

Value of the Term

Patience

Learning GEM OF the Term

Emerald - Bouncing Back

Staff News

Mrs Riley will be retiring from Longleaze School this

July. She has worked at Longleaze for 26 years and

has seen many children come and go, making a

difference to each and every one. I am sure that you

will join us in wishing her well as she has more time

to spend with Mr Riley, caravanning, completing

cross-stitch and walking their dog. We will all miss

her.

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Remembering Tracy Wood

We will be purchasing a wooden bench, engraved,

to go outside the kitchen to remember our late

Catering Manager, Tracy Wood. Mrs Wood’s

family will be invited into school when the bench is

here when the school memory books will also be

given to them.

If you would like to make a contribution towards

buying the bench, please send money to the Office

in an envelope labelled ‘Mrs Wood’. Thank you.

Achievements

Congratulations to Todd Brewster

for achieving the stage 1 Learn to

swim award!

Fun Run

The Fun Run will start on the key stage 2

playground by the back gate, they will run

around the park, back into school and re run

the route. To see what time your child will

be running please check the website.

LSA News

The LSA Disco is tonight ,

KS1 3.15pm—4.15pm and

KS2 4.15pm—.45pm .

Attendance

Congratulations to Beech Class who won the Attendance Cup last week, and to Acorn,

Lime, Chestnut, Elm, Beech and Silver Birch classes who had the least number of

minutes lost from learning.

Class Attendance Number of

late arrivals Minutes lost

Acorn 96.30% 0 0

Oak 96.30% 1 5

Lime 94% 0 0

Chestnut 97.33% 0 0

Elm 96.20% 0 0

Ash 95.30% 1 20

Rowan 97.20% 2 140

Beech 99.26% 0 0

Silver Birch 95.76% 0 0

The target for ‘good’ attendance is set by the DfE at 97%

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UNDERSTANDING FEELINGS WORKSHOP – Don’t miss out on this great opportunity

A workshop is being run at St Bartholomew's School on 23rd May 2016 from 9.15am – 12.00 noon.

The workshop aims to provide parents with support, strategies and guidance when dealing with

children’s feelings. The workshop helps parents deal with high risk situations, the importance of

communication, realistic expectations.

You can sign up to attend this workshop or obtain details by contacting either school reception or call

Lorraine Diston the Parent support Advisor on 07884253714.

A Triple P - Positive Parenting Programme is being run from St Bartholomew’s School – Don’t miss

out on this great opportunity

A 5 week course is being run in the School from the 13th June 2016 until 11th July 2016. Each session

starts at 9.15am until 12.30pm.

The course aims to provide parents with support, strategies and guidance when dealing with chil-

dren’s behaviour and influences. The course helps parents deal with high risk situations, the im-

portance of communication, realistic expectations and behaviour strategies.

You can sign up to attend this course by contacting either school reception or call Lorraine Diston the

Parent Support Advisor on 07884253714.

Governor of the Month for April

My name is Sarah Beaumont and I have been a parent governor since September. I have lived in Wootton Bassett

for about 18 years and thought it was about time I did something useful in the local community. Education is very

close to my heart as I have been a primary school teacher for over 20 years. This opportunity at Longleaze means

that I can hopefully use some of my knowledge and experience to support my son’s school to do its best for eve-

ryone.

Since September, as well as attending full governing body and committee meetings, I have been on the New Gov-

ernor training course and attended safeguarding training with the staff and governors. In my role as link governor

for Literacy, I have met with the staff responsible for co-ordinating reading and writing and reported back to the

governing body about what is happening throughout the school. I have attended events including a ‘Battle Prepa-

ration’ evening for history, and at the last Family Friday, I had the privilege of sitting in on a ukulele lesson; some

teachers do have extraordinary patience! I am looking forward to visiting the school more and helping out wher-

ever possible - hopefully we’ll have some good weather for the fun run.

My experience as a governor so far has been interesting and enjoyable. It is reassuring to work alongside such

enthusiastic, caring and committed governors, staff and pupils.

Mayor making service

Cantantini and Longleaze Choir have been asked to sing at the Mayor making service on the 5th May at

7pm. If interested please come along tonight in the school hall from 7.30pm– 8.15pm for practise.

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Stop Press!

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to change one of the Y6 performance dates. The production

will take place on:

13h July at 9.30am

14th July at 1.30pm

Booking online will be available nearer the time.

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Keeping Our

Children Safe

Online

Information Session

for Parents and Carers

Thursday 28th April

in the School Hall

2-3pm or 5.30-6.30pm

Unfortunately, we must reserve the right to cancel this work-

shop if too few people sign up to attend.

Recent newspaper headlines serve to make it

clear that keeping our children safe online is

more of a priority than at any time in the

past. It is something that we take very seri-

ously at Longleaze.

Please come along to one of our information

sessions where we can share advice with you

on how to ensure your children use the inter-

net in a safe and responsible manner.

Children are never too young to start to learn

about being safe on the internet, so whatever

age your children are, please register your

interest in attending this important session

via the School Office. Thank you.

Lise James

(Online Safety & Deputy Safeguarding Lead)

Polite reminder

Please can parents not drive into the

school car park as it is for staff parking

only. Many thanks

The Queen’s 90th Birthday

We are giving each child a commemorative

coin to celebrate the Queen’s 90th

Birthday!

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Dates for your Diary

April

21st – Parent/Carer Forum; LSA Discos

22nd – Fun Run

25th - School Book Shop open, 2.30-3.30pm

28th - Online Safety workshops at school, 2.00-3.00 and repeated 5.30-6.30pm

29th - Reading Raffle; Family Friday (8.40-9.15am & 1.15 – 3.05pm)

May

5th – Governing Body subs-committee meetings

6th—Acorn Class assembly at 2.30pm

9th – 12th – KS2 SATs week

11th – Longleaze School Association committee meeting at 6.30pm

13th – Oak Class assembly at 2.30pm

16th—Full Governing Body meeting

17th – Ash, Elm & Rowan visit @Bristol

20th – Reading Raffle; Family Friday (8.40-9.15am & 1.15 – 3.05pm)

25th – EYFS & KS1 visit Bristol Zoo

27th – Non-uniform Day; Talent Show; End of Term 5

June

6th – Term 6 begins

7th - Pick and Mix due in

10th – Class assembly at 2.30pm

13th - Class letters and Pick and Mix sent home; Marc Griffiths assembly and PDM

13th & 14th - Phonics screening check this week

16th – Governing Body subs-committee meetings

23rd – Values evening for families, 5.00-7.00pm

24th – Reading Raffle; Family Friday (8.40-9.15am & 1.15 – 3.05pm)

27th – Professional Development Day—school closed

29th – Open Day for children starting school in September 2017

30th – Parent/Carer Forum

July

1st – Sports for Champions visit; LSA summer fete 3.30-5.30pm

4th – Y6 Junior Good Citizen Day;

7th – Open Day for children starting school in September 2017

8th – Sports Day & Annual Reports go home

11th – Y6 production—dress rehearsal for school

13th & 14th - Parent/Carer meetings

13th - Y6 production (morning at 9.30am)

14th - Y6 production (afternoon at 1.30pm)

15th – Reading Raffle; Chestnut Class assembly at 2.30pm

18th – Roald Dahl day

19th – Roald Dahl day

21st – Y6 assembly for parents at 9.30am

22nd – End of Term 6 at 1.30pm

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Next week’s school lunch menu (week 3)

The small print… All meals ordered must be accompanied by the correct payment. The school kitchen does

not offer credit terms and will not provide a meal without payment.

Available daily: fresh fruit and salad from our salad bar, freshly made bread, homemade fruit yoghurt and two choices of vegetables, fresh water. Please feel free to talk to Carol for any special dietary needs on 01793 849251.

£2.30 for a

child’s meal

each day

Children’s Choice Roast Indian Day American Day

Monday 25th April

Tuesday 26th April

Wednesday 27th April

Thursday 28th April

Friday 29th April

Tuna Pasta Bake 2, 5, 7

Ham and Pineapple Pizza

2, 6, 13

Pork steak and Gravy

2

Chicken Korma 7

Hot Dogs 2, 14

Macaroni Cheese 2, 7

Cheese and Tomato Pizza

2, 6, 7, 13

Quorn and Red Onion Burger

2, 4, 7

Vegetable Samosa

2, 13

Quorn Dog 2, 4, 7

Jacket Potato with Cheese and

Coleslaw 4, 7, 9

Jacket Potato with Tuna and

Sweetcorn 4, 5, 9

Jacket Potato with Cheese

7

Jacket Potato with Chicken

Mayo 4, 9,

Jacket Potato Baked Beans

Green Beans and Carrots

Waffles, Sweetcorn and Cauliflower

Roast Potatoes, Carrots and

Cabbage

Pilau Rice, Naan Bread, Mixed

Vegetables 2, 7, 12, 13

Chips, Baked Beans and Peas

Lemon Drizzle Cake 2, 4, 7, 13

Dried Fruit and Marshmallow

Crispy Cake 2, 7, 13,14

Shortbread Biscuit 2, 6, 14

Vanilla Fruit Salad Strawberry Ice

Cream 7

The popular school bookshop (which is open for children during Wednesday lunchtimes) will be

opening once a month on Mondays at 2.30pm – 3.30pm on the following dates:

23rd May, 20th June and 18th July.

Do pop in and see the wonderful range of books available to your children

(good prices, too!).

Please note the Allergen numbers on

the menu. These refer to the Allergens

listed on our website under the

Parents/Carers tab, Lunch Menu.

Remember!

Once a week - take a peek!

Together we can beat head lice.

For advice and support, ring our School

Nurse on 01793 605418