Friday 23 June 2017 No 527
P7 Leavers’ Service
They have been a lovely bunch! The annual P7 Leavers’ Service will take place in St James’ Parish Church on
Tuesday at 11.00am. Children will receive their Record of Achievement Folders and Annual Reports, and will
be dismissed for the final time at the conclusion of the service. Family and friends are welcome to attend
this special occasion. We would like to wish our P7s all the very best and every success and happiness as
they move to their new schools. Reports for P1-P6 will be sent home on Tuesday afternoon.
The Summer Holidays
We are starting the preparation for the summer holidays and ask if you could check
once again at home for any reading books you may still be holding on to. Reading books
are costly to replace so the return of all would be much appreciated!
After-school Activities and Tuition
All after-school activities have now finished. A new programme will resume next year.
All-Tex Recycling
The final ‘All-Tex Recycling’ event will take place on Wednesday 28 June 2017. All
items can be bagged together. Clothing, bedding, curtains, shoes and handbags (fit
for reuse) should be sent to school in sturdy bags. Use your own bags (strong ones
please) as this also saves us money. Bags can be dropped off on Tuesday 27 June at
2.00-2.10pm and 3.00-3.10pm and Wednesday 28 June 8.45-9.10am. Once again we
thank you for your support, as it all adds to the fundraising total at the end of the year!
All unclaimed clothes from last week’s lost property will also be bagged and recycled on Wednesday.
Monday will be the last day to avail of the unclaimed property.
Claim All Your Belongings – Final Reminder!
On Friday 30 June, Mr McCaw and his team start the ‘BIG CLEAN’ in our school. We
ask you, in preparation; to make sure your child/children take home all their
belongings by Tuesday 27 JUNE as property left in the school will be re-cycled!
Free School Meals/School Uniform Allowance 2017/2018
Application forms for Free School Meals, School
Uniform and Physical Educational Allowances for the
new school year (2017/2018) have been posted to
the parent/guardian home address of children
currently entitled to free school meals advising that
entitlements will expire at the end of June 2017, with
a new application having to be completed for the
2017/18 school year.
Application forms for
assistance with transport and/or uniforms are
available from the office or on the EA’s website –
www.eani.org.uk/i-want-to/fsm/howtoapply. Uniforms can be purchased from McCalls of Lisburn - shop in
Market Street or online at www.mccallsoflisburn.com - or from Reach EPS at www.ourschooluniform.com.
P6 Revision Papers
Summer revision papers for P6 (mentioned at the recent AQE evening) are now available from the office.
The cost is £10. If you would like a set, please complete the slip at the end of this note. We highly
recommend these sets of tests.
Meadow Bridge Team Spirit
Well done to the P5 - P7 boys who took part in a recent Kwik
Cricket celebration event at Lisburn Cricket Club in Wallace
Park. The boys participated in a coaching session organised by
L.C.C. and they gained some brilliant experience from Cricket
Ireland coaches. Well done to everyone who has taken part in
Mr McCollum’s Kwik Cricket Club this year.
Congratulations also goes to
the girls from P6 & P7 who
came ‘runners-up’ in the
Dromara Primary School
Netball
Tournament
on
Wednesday afternoon. The
girls played very well with a
great team spirit and looked
very smart in their team uniform. Looking forward to next year’s
season!
Furthermore, our football team participated in a tournament against
seven other teams at Dromara earlier this week. We won the
tournament – the first win we’ve had in football since 2013. Well
done, everyone!
Lisburn Fun Run 2017
Fundraising
In October we presented an amazing £5100.00 to the Neo-Natal
Unit in the Royal Victoria Hospital on behalf of all the children
and staff in Meadow Bridge. On Monday Mrs Shields, along with
Mrs Alison Harrison-Mitchell and a few children travelled to
Belfast to see the machinery installed and ready for use.
Jay McCord
We would like to take this opportunity to wish Jay McCord (Mrs Shields P6), representing Meadow Bridge,
all the very best in the Northern Ireland Judo Championship this Sunday at the Foyle Arena, Londonderry.
From the PTA
Here we are almost at the end of another school year and what a busy one it’s
been. On behalf of PTA I would like to say a big thank you to you all for your
continued support and commitment in helping us reach an amazing grand
total of £8,130. This has included the school disco, Christmas and May Fairs,
our Tractor Run, ‘Shop and Drop’ and few other things along the way. We really couldn’t do this without you,
from all those cups of tea poured, to floors brushed, we have valued every single one of you. Here’s to
another amazing next year for our Meadow Bridge PTA 😊, Alyson Watson (Chairperson).
School Meals W/C 26 June 2017; cheques payable to ‘EA - South Eastern Region’ (£2.55 per day)
Monday
‘Beef or Bird’
Tuesday
‘Surf or Roll’
Wednesday
‘Pick and Mix’
Thursday
‘Teddy Bears Picnic’
Chicken or Beefburger in
a Bap, Herby Diced
Potatoes, Filled Baked
Potatoes, Sweetcorn,
Salad and Coleslaw
Fish or Salmon
Cakes, Chicken
Wraps, Chilli Sauce,
Chips and Beans
Ted’s Welcome
Chicken Bites, Cocktail
Sausages, Filled Finger
Rolls, Drumsticks
Carmel Squares and
Custard
Ginger Biscuits
Fresh Fruit
Ham and Mushroom
Carbonara, Bacon
Rolls, Stuffing, Chicken
Homemade Wedges,
Mixed Vegetables
Rice Crispie Buns,
Milkshake
Friday
School Closes at 12.00
noon
Jelly Tubs, Biscuits,
Fresh Fruit and Orange
Juice
Final dismissal times for this school year
Friday 30 June will be the last day of term for all children and will be a
NON-UNIFORM DAY
Dismissal times will be 12 noon for all
Buses will run as normal in the morning with no bus services at the above time
School re-opens on WEDNESDAY 30 August at 9.10am
School buses will not recommence until FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
On Wednesday 30 & Thursday 31 August all children will be dismissed at 1.15pm.
From Friday 1 September normal hours will resume.
We have been informed by the Education Authority that next
term the cost of school meals will increase by 5p to £2.60 per day.
This is still really good value for a lunch time meal. We take this
opportunity to thank Mrs Debbie Gregg and her staff for the
delicious and nutritious meals they produce every day and wish
Mrs Beverley Dorman a speedy recovery.
School Meals W/C 28 August 2017; cheques payable to ‘EA-SER’
Wednesday
Sausages,
Beans, Salad,
Mashed Potato,
Thursday
Beef Burger in Bap,
Cheese and Tomato
Quiche, Peas and
Corn, Diced Potatoes
Friday
Chicken Wraps, Chilli
Sauce, Breaded Fish,
Chips, Salad, Coleslaw,
Filled Baked Potatoes
Fresh Fruit
Salad
Ice Cream, Chocolate
Sauce and Fresh Fruit
Plain Sponge and
Custard, Fresh Fruit
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------P6 Practice Papers
Please send home a set of practice papers with ______________________________________ (insert name).
I enclose £10.
Parent/Guardian: ________________________________ Class: __________________________________