Newsletter: 20th January 2017
Barlow Hall Primary School
School website: barlowhallprimary.co.uk
Thank you to those parents who have been meeting Mrs Jackson and Mr
Murray recently with regard to the extra non-academic support that school
offers to some of our children. We hope you have found these meetings
helpful and that they have reassured you of the holistic approach that we
take towards the children here at Barlow Hall. This week staff undertook
some food awareness training so look out for some good ideas and tips
coming soon to help with reducing sugar intake
Jayne Kennedy
5AV Class Assembly Date
Change
Due to the Glaramara Residential
trip taking place the week
commencing 13/2/17 and the high
number of children form Year 5 that
are attending it, we have changed
the date of Mr Vaughan’s 5AV Class
Assembly to Thursday 9th February
so that all of the children can take
part.
School Uniform
SPOTLIGHT
Reception Class
The children are enjoying our new ‘Stickman’ topic which began last week with
our Christmas tree recycling where the children were amazed to see the change
from tree to stickman and this week we were delighted to welcome two new
class pets to Reception Class. They are two stick insects called Ping and Ming.
The children have been bringing in privet leaves which they love to for them to
eat. Can you spot Ping in this picture?
Please can we remind parents that
we do ask all children to come to
school in full school uniform every
day.This consists of white polo shirt,
black or grey trousers, skirt or
pinafore and a navy blue
sweatshirt, cardigan or fleece with
the school logo on. Black or white
socks may be worn with black
shoes.
KS2 Dance Club
The children have been practicing very hard
for our forthcoming dance competitions and
final rehearsals are now underway for our
‘Major Lazer/Sia’ mashup dance
performance. The children (and Miss.
Hobson) are very excited. We will be competing at Heald Place Primary
School on Monday the 13th of February, more details to follow.
Pet Club
Mrs Lavelle’s new pet club proved very popular
and the children learnt lots of fabulous new
ways to look after their pets at home. You can
discover how to look after your pet too, just visit
the PDSA website https://www.pdsa.org.uk
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We will be holding 2 reading
workshops for parents to give you
the opportunity
On Tuesday 24th January at 9.1010.00 we will be holding a Reading
Workshop in the Reading Centre for
KS1 parents. The workshop will
provide fantastic opportunities and
ideas to further support reading at
home, and give you the opportunity
to watch a Guided Reading lesson
and find out more about the
strategies to use at home to help
your child.
Mon 23: 8:30 am - Y6 SATs Boosters
Tues 24: KS1 Parents - Reading Workshop 9 am
Athletics – St Paul’s RC High School
Firbank Road M23 2YS– parents to collect
at 5:45 pm
Wed: 25 Y6 SATs Boosters 8:30 am
Thurs 26: Forest School 3/4AC 1EH
Fri 27: Y6 SATs Booster Cancelled
Swimming 3LH + 4AM
Y3/4 Dental Hygiene
Cosy Reading Club
To see our regularly updated website calendar for more details of what is
happening in school. http://barlowhallprimary.co.uk/calendar
Well done to those children who have received Child of the Week
Awards for demonstrating excellent behaviours that are supporting their
learning and helping them to achieve well.
This week the following children were awarded Child of the Week
Certificates:
Bilal, Enni, Mason, Nour, Finlay, Yusuf, Zacharius, Maanisha, Labib,
¾ Laiton murphy, Harris, 5MJ Izzabella Martin, Alfie D
If you do not receive pop-up
notifications (like a text) on your
phone try this simple solution:
Reinstall the app on your phone, log
into the app using the email address
you have given us and then press
forgotten password. You will then be
able to set a new one.
Now log into the app using your new
password and make sure your phone
is set to allow notifications from the
app (do this in your settings)
Thank you to all those families who
took part in today’s Book Swap event.
We had a great response as always with
children avidly choosing their new
reading material and have managed to
raise some more money towards our
Reading Bus Appeal. We will confirm
the amount raised in next week’s
newsletter.
If your child is to receive a certificate in our Celebration Assembly on
Monday at 9:10 am we will send out a text to let you know
Attendance and Punctuality
ATTENDANCE: NATIONAL EXPECTATION = 96%
Barlow Hall attendance from 9/1/17 to 13/1/17
Present %
Lates:
Unauthorised Absence: %
Nur B 97.6%
Nur Y 96.7%
Nur R 97.7%
Rec O 93.5%
Rec P 92.9%
1NA 90.4%
2SK 93.1%
1/2EH 97.1%
3LH 94.4%
¾AC 97.6%
4AM 94.1%
5AV 97.5%
5MJ 99.0%
6AB 98.4%
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Please could we remind those parents
who drive to school to be considerate
of our neighbours on Darley Avenue
and not to park in fornt of the
residents gates. Some of our
neighbours work nights and come
home to find themselves blocked out
of their own drives whilst others can
not get out of their garden.
To report your child’s absence
please email
[email protected].
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or use phone school on
0161 881 2158
Extension 225