Term 1 2013/14

News in School

17th October 2013

Willow Class assembly

An Action Packed Start to the Year

Harvest 2

Class News 3

Green news 4

Sports news 4

Tudor tales 5

Science and safety

6

Clubs and pop-pies

7

Term Dates & Forth coming

events

4

Inside this issue:

Willow class kicked off our annual cycle of class assemblies yesterday

when they entertained the school, as well as their parents and other in-

vited guests, to a drama and musical presentation of Tudor history.

Forming the conclusion of their topic learning for this term, the children

wowed the audience with Shake-

speare based drama (see later info

about their Stratford residential)

as well as a humorous song which

told of the perils of being one of

Henry the Viii’s wives. Tudor medi-

cal advice was included too—anyone

suffering from rheumatism is ad-

vised to rub the affected area with

a donkey hide!

They say time flies when you are having fun, well we must all

have been having a lot of fun this term, as it seems to have flown by. Every class has been very busy with their learning

both in school and out and we are very grateful for the tre-mendous level of parent support that we have seen this term,

particularly with home reading.

Reading for enjoyment supports learning at every level and

children love to read to adults and talk about their reading. Miss Cannon has organised reading conferences with her pu-

pil’s parents, in order that she can share with them top tips to support reading development at home; including decoding and comprehension skills. If you would like sup-

port/information to assist you to promote your child’s read-ing development at home, please contact your child’s class

teacher, as they too will be pleased to arrange a convenient

time to meet with you to share effective strategies .

Harvest 2013

Our Harvest festival was held on and the church was close to bursting. Produce donations were once again included into our an-nual fund raising tombola which was held in conjunction with a

MacMillan afternoon tea.

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Reading is an exciting pastime for chil-

dren allowing them to travel into worlds

beyond their own experience. The wide

range of books on offer at the fair en-

sured that there was something for most

tastes and ages. Sales exceeded £500 which

has resulted in the school being able to

purchase £160 worth of additional books

for our home reader’s library. Many

thanks to all those who supported this

event and the PTFA for organizing it.

The tombola and afternoon tea event raised a massive £196.08 for MacMillan cancer. Many thanks again for all the contribu-tions received, the cakes donated and the high level of support for

the event. )

The school once again supported the Spalding Triathlon Club’s annual West Pinchbeck 10k run on Sunday 29th September. The PTFA (with additional volunteers) provided refreshments for par-ticipants and spectators raising £187.73 or the PTFA.

Please remember that we are collecting Morrison’s vouchers.

Apple Class have seen the nurse this term, as part of their topic learning ‘All about me’ Mrs Katie Butler visit-ed the school to talk to the children about keeping well and basic first aid. The children have been prac-tising these skills in the class role play area which has been given over to a doctor’s surgery.

We’re European

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Palm Class have been learn-

ing about Europe this term with food tasting of French

food and baking of Italian biscuits which were enjoyed in the shadow of pictures of

the Coliseum (all drawn by

the children).

Oak Class have an

Indian experience Oak class have been learning about India this term. The learn-ing kicked off with an Indian visi-tor who was able to share cultural and geographic knowledge of the large country. The topic conclud-ed today with an Indian day which has included Indian food tasting—yum yum!!

Apple Class See the Nurse

Blue Bag is back! Clear out your cupboards and drawers

of unwanted clothing and shoes, drop them off at the

school on 15th November for collection. Last year’s blue

bag collections revenue raised for the school will be

spent on additional books for our home readers library.

Next term we hope to move to paperless communications, which will reduce our

consumption of paper and printing resources and therefore our impact on the

environment. Other benefits are expected including financial savings as well as

overcoming on going problem of lost letters which never get home. Please

watch out for the letters coming home next term with further details about this

initiative.

The Year 6’s have started their fundraising for their summer London trip, by selling

the produce from our orchard. Apples, pears, quince and plums were the order

of the day.

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Green News

This term members of Willow

class have taken part in a Cross Country competition

and a Tag Ruby Tournament. In addition the afterschool Hockey Club members represented the school in a match

against the current league champions. The played valiantly and we are very proud of all our players who give the oppos-

ing team a tough game.

Sports News

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Key Stage 2 Music

We have again this year accessed

specialist teaching from the Lin-

colnshire Music Service. Oak Class

are learning drumming techniques as

part of ‘World Music’ whilst children

in Willow class are learning to play a

range of brass instruments. We are

looking forward to future perfor-

mances.

Tudor Tales Willow Class travelled to Stratford to take part in a drama based resi-dential trip. Lots of fun and learning was enjoyed - when asked how it was such responses as ‘Awesome’, ‘Best trip ever’ confirmed that the trip was a complete success.

E-safety

Dan Hawbrook from the Lincolnshire Safeguard-

ing Children Board joined us in school on

Wednesday 16th October to provide guidance to

parents on keeping children safe when using

technology. Further information about internet

safety can be accessed through the CEOP and

ThinkUknow websites.

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On the final day of this term we again

welcomed Mr Evans into the school to

provide a range of science based work-

shops for pupils throughout the school.

Electricity was the theme of the day

with the ‘light bulb’ of learning being

truly switched on.

MEMBERS URGENTLY NEEDED

PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE FOR

FURTHER INFORMTION.

Mr Evans Does Science

Many parents/carers took the opportunity to meet with their child’s class teacher at our Autumn term parent’s evening. We are keen that all parents/carers are able to get an update of their child’s progress in school, if you were unable to attend parents evening please contact the office who will endeavor to make al-ternative arrangement for you to meet with your child’s teacher.

Next term, poppies will be available to buy in school. As soon as they are received, Willow class will visit each class each day to provide an opportunity for children to support this important charity. We will be going to church on Armistice day to ob-serve the one minutes silence for those who have lost their lives in conflicts across the

world.

All current clubs will continue next term.

Monday: Craft/KS2 Hockey

Tuesday: KS2 recorder/KS1 multi skills

Thursday: Willow Football

/KS2 Art

Friday: Taekwondo (places available)

With the exception of Taekwondo all clubs will finish at 4pm.

Clubs

Parents Evening

Available in school

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640357

Email: enquiries@stbartholomews.

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St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School

Please take the time over the holiday

week to check your childs’ hair for head-

lice and treat as necessary. A whole

school ‘attack’ on this common nuisance

can be very effective when carried out

over a school holiday. Instances of head-

lice in school can only be reduced bythe

efforts made by parents. Please help us

to reduce outbreaks in school by being

checking your child’s hair weekly and

treating if required.

Welcome to Mr Paul Jennings and Mr Neig-berg our recently nomi-nated governors.

Headlice

Thank you for the music Violin and piano lessons will continue to be provided by Miss Gardiner. Please contact the office if your child is inter-ested in taking up these lessons.

Please enjoy the holiday week. We look forward to seeing the children back in school on Monday 28th Octo-ber.

Term Dates 2013-14

Term 1- Inset Tues/Wed 3/4th September

Thursday - 5th September - Thursday 17th Octo-ber

Term 2 -Mon 28th October – Friday 20th Decem-ber

Term 3 -Inset Mon 6th January 2014

Tuesday 7th January – Thursday 13th February

Inset -Friday 14th February

Term 4 - Monday 24th February – 4th April

Term 5- Tuesday 22nd April – Friday 23rd May

Term 6 -Monday 2nd June – Wednesday 23rd July

Winter is coming

The weather we have en-joyed over this first Au-tumn term has been won-derful and considerably warmer than we would ex-pect. As the temperatures drop to the seasonal norms please ensure that you child has a coat in school so that they are suitably attired for outdoor play.