5 Jun 2008 - Newsletter 32

5th June 2008

Dear Parents,

Can you believe the rain on Tuesday!! Our gallant Y5 and Y6 were out at South Cerney and they really got wet. Well they would anyway doing water sports so I don’t think they minded at all. It was a very successful visit and they all enjoyed canoeing, kayaking and sailing. The low ropes involved a tunnel and I can say they were all very brave and went into the darkness fearlessly. The children ate well, played well and behaved BRILLIANTLY. The only thing not done well was SLEEPING!! I think some of them saw 3.00a.m. on Monday night and 1.15a.m. on Tuesday night. I expect they were very tired on Wednesday night and hopefully didn’t give their Parents a rough time.

Many thanks must go to Ms. Fan and Miss Robinson who looked after the children, made sure they were safe and gave them a really fun time. Mr. Jones could also have a change of occupation as he was superb with the children, excellent on initiative, worked well with the team and gave 150%...even swimming out to get the football when it managed to get in the lake…3 times!!. A HUGE thank you to him from all of us.

Open Farm Sunday

This was a very successful event and I’m sure all of you who went had fun. George Richmond and Felix Bowers set up their pet corner and raised money for The Gloucestershire Wild Life Trust. They had lambs, bulls, hermit crabs, tadpoles and ………a SNAKE!! I gather that the snake was fed a pinkie! The boys raised a FANTASTIC £58.97 and have handed it over to the Wildlife Trust this week. Well done to them both and they certainly represent our School with Pride. Many thanks also for the donation from the raffle of £89 towards the Hall Fund.

Boxes for your Change

Don’t forget the boxes are placed in the entrance, on the table by the new toilets and in Class 3 for any loose change you may have. This is a venture set up by Grace, Jess Green and Lauren to raise money for endangered animals. Please drop a few coins in as they haven’t had much so far!!

Classes 2008-2009

For your information the classes will structured like this from September 2008.

Class 1

Mrs. Corless

Mrs. Pearson

Mrs. Poulton

3 days

2 days

Teaching Assistant

Class 2

Ms. Fan

Mrs. Guest

Teaching Assistant

Class 3

Mr. Murray

Mrs. Baker

Teaching Assistant

Class 4

Mrs. Fitch

Mrs. Bacon

Teaching Assistant

Mr. Claridge will continue to have groups during the day. Mrs. Barton will continue to change library books, group reading and work in Class 3 two afternoons per week.

Trip to Highgrove

A fantastic opportunity has arisen where we can take a group of children to visit Highgrove House, the home of HRH Prince Charles….no less. This will take place on Friday 27th June and the children going will include the Eco School Committee plus 6 more. As you can imagine numbers are restricted and security tight. We’ll hear more about this later.

Future Dates

Friday 6th June	French teacher to visit Mrs. Stephens – Governor – to visit Foundation Stage Mrs. Fitch to Cold Aston Mrs. Buck to cover Class 3 PTA NATURE WALK	1.00p.m.
Monday 9th June	Rainforest Bug Man to visit all classes TA’s Questions and Answers Session at Sherborne
Tuesday 10th June	Mrs. Fitch and Mrs. Buck on Gifted & Talented Course Mrs. Corless to cover Class 3
Wednesday 11th June	Mrs. Fitch to Maths Subject Leader Training Mrs. Pearson to cover Class 3
Thursday 12th June	Mr. George to visit school – ICT Governor Mrs. Fitch on Leadership Pathways Course Mrs. Pearson to cover Class 3
Friday 13th June	CLASS 3 VISIT TO BRISTOL PLT review day for Ms. Fan Mrs. Pearson to cover Class 2 Mrs. Minns to do recycling

On July 7th Mr. Murray will be visiting for the day and this will be the day we change the classes over so the children are ready for September!!

PTA Nature Walk

This is taking place on FRIDAY 6TH JUNE. Start from school at 5.45p.m. to 6.00p.m. - £2 an adult, £1 a child or £5 a family. There will be a quiz to do on the way and you will end up at The Fossebridge where a bar b que is planned. May I add that NO children can come unless they are with and supervised by an adult. In past years this has been a really relaxing and enjoyable evening where the children can use up excess energy and fill up on good food. Hope to see you there although I may….no I will…have to drive to the pub.

Kind regards,

T. Buck