May 2007 Newsletter - Meare Village Primary School

May Newsletter
Dear Parent/Carer,
What a glorious start to our summer term. The
sunshine somehow makes everything seem
brighter and we have so much to look forward to
over the next few weeks, I am sure that it will be
a happy, hardworking term for us all. With the
hot weather upon us so early this year, however,
it is important to remember sun hats and
sunscreen every day.
Hot meals
We finally have a starting date for hot lunches!
We are hoping to be up and running for Monday
4th June. Menus will go home in plenty of time so
that children can choose their meals for the
following month. Based on the 75+ requests we
have received for a hot meal, we have ordered
special folding seating (see below) for the hall
and SCS have employed a member of staff to
transport and serve the meals. More details will
follow very shortly but for the time being,
attached to this letter is a very eloquent plea from
Joseph Mills for your child to have a hot lunch.
This letter formed part of a unit of work on
persuasive writing – well done, Joseph!
Readathon
We would like to thank all parents and carers who
supported children with our Readathon. We raised a
grand total of £256.45!
Kenyan Visitors
We were lucky enough to have in school over the last
two weeks, Madame Jessicah, headteacher of our link
school in Mudindi, Kenya. Jessicah took part in a
range of excursions including a visit to Lyme Regis
and our very own Beetledrive! The visit was part of a
wider project involving Meare, Crispin, Catcott and,
Ashcott. Some of our children took part in related
activities at Crispin and we now have some new
Kenyan songs to practise
.
School Council requests
Our conscientious School Council have asked me to
mention that many children are wearing inappropriate
jewellery to school. Please ensure that only stud
earrings are worn and no necklaces or bracelets.
Football Superstars
Our football team played St. Benedicts last week
and scored an admirable 3 goals. it was a great
game and although St. Benedicts won 4-3, our
players were a credit to us and did brilliantly in
their first official game and against many older
players. Well done!
Many thanks to Mr McCabe and Mr Bradlford who
give up their time to run the team.
After School Clubs
The Schoolfriend After school club is still on track
for September – we will keep you posted! Current
after school clubs are going strong and we will
review them at half term with a possibility of a
tennis club, a Spanish club and an album-making
club in the pipeline. Knitting club will be finishing
at half term and Vicky Kingham would like to
thank everyone involved in this project.
Wake and Shake!
YMCA seems to be a huge success but we still
have a small number of children who are not
joining in. We ask that all children take part as
this is a whole school activity during curriculum
time.
Car wash
Some of our older pupils have organised a Car wash
on the school playground on 24th May from 3pm until
5pm. This is the children’s initiative in order to raise
funds for teaching resources in Mudindi. Please come
along and support the children in this wonderful
venture and have your car washed for only £2!
NB: The car wash in aid of the wildlife area as advertised by the
children earlier this week is NOT taking place on Saturday but will
go ahead later in the term.
Walk to School Wednesday
We are organising a ‘Walk to School Wednesday’ on
Wednesday 13th June. We hope that this will raise the
profile of our walking bus and encourage more people
to walk to school.
We look forward to seeing the children back in school
on Tuesday 8th. Enjoy the break!
Diary dates
14th-18th May SATs week (YEAR 6)
25th May School closed INSET
16th June PSA Summer Fete
14th June PSA Summer Social
28th June Year 6 visiting Secondary Schools
13th July Actiontrack performance at Ashcott Village Hall
19th/20th July Key Stage 2 performance of ‘Greece goes to pieces’
23rd July Sports Day
24th July End of Summer term
Deborah Eveleigh
Headteacher
4th May 2007