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Lisle Marsden Church of England Primary Academy 5th October 2016
ECO School Green Flag Award for Lisle
The fantastic news to share with you all is that Lisle
Marsden has successfully achieved the Green Flag Eco
Schools Award for the third time!
The flag has again been awarded after assessors spent the
afternoon at Lisle talking to pupils, interviewing pupil
members of the ECO Schools Council, touring and
inspecting the site and scrutinising progress made since
their last visit two years ago on reducing waste and
saving energy.
biodiversity and development of our School Grounds are
important and evident within our work, that we promote
Healthy Living, that we support children to reduce unnecessary journeys by car and reduce local Transport,
that reducing Litter and Waste are ongoing priorities and
that ultimately the school is both contributing to and
supporting our children with an understanding of Global
Citizenship!
We are awaiting a new ‘green flag’ to be able to fly from
our flag pole very soon to show everyone who visits our
site our collective pride in this achievement!
To again achieve the award, Lisle had to show that it
continues to be a sustainable school and that
consideration of and action on environmental issues is
embedded in the curriculum and assumes an important
priority at the academy.
We had to demonstrate and prove that we actively save
Energy, are responsible over our use of Water, that
Fantastic Football Festival
The sun shone on Lisle footballers
on Friday 30th September. What a
great day – oozing with team work,
effort, skill, fun, determination and
great behaviour. Everyone from
Y1-Y6 took part in our football
festival (24 teams from Y1/2, 20
teams from Y3/4 and 20 teams
from Y5/6). There were 4 pitches
for each section with 10 games
played on each pitch.
The
atmosphere was brilliant! A great
effort all round! The results were
as follows:
Y1/2 runners up: Spain
Y1/2 winners: Wales
Y3/4 runners up: Sweden Y3/4
winners: Italy
Y5/6 runners up: England
Y5/6 winners: Northern Ireland
Thanks to the referees from Oasis
Academy, Wintringham. They did
a super job! Thanks also go to the
staff that managed the children and
made sure the teams were ready to
play.
Miss Lingard
And special thanks go to Mrs
Newton and Miss Lingard for their
time and effort organising such a
wonderful and memorable event
for the children!
Visit the Autumn Book Fair
This Week!
Our autumn term Book Fair begins
today! It will be held each night Wednesday to Friday in the Key Stage
1 (Infant) hall.
There are hundreds of exciting books
available with prices starting at only
£2.99!
Every book sold helps generate
commission in new books for Lisle
which stock classroom libraries that
your child can access each day to
support their reading and enjoyment of
reading for pleasure.
Last summer we received over £1000
in new books as a result of you buying
books for your children.
Harvest Festival 2016
Next week, Wednesday 12th October, we will be holding our
annual Harvest Festival. This year we will again be making a
charitable donation of our traditional harvest food collection to
CARE, a local charity that supports local families and
individuals in times of crisis through their community Daily
Bread Larder scheme.
We will be delighted to accept gifts of packets and tins, some
examples of which are shown below. Please send in your
donations from Thursday 6th October
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Pasta/ rice
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Tinned: meat/ soup or vegetables/ beans/ pasta/
tomatoes etc.
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Tinned fruit/ desserts
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Pasta sauces
East Midlands in Bloom Best
School Garden Winner 2016!
Congratulations go to the Lisle
Marsden Gardening Club, supporting
staff and in particular Mrs Brown, for
all their hard work in the academy
grounds, allotment and environmental
area that resulted in judges from
Grimsby
in
Bloom
again
acknowledging Lisle Marsden as best
in class in this year’s Grimsby in
Bloom Awards!
It was fantastic to again win this award
which celebrates and acknowledges the
great work undertaken at Lisle
Marsden to make our outdoor learning
environment
attractive
and
educationally stimulating for our
children and pleasant for parents and
staff to both visit and work in.
Well done Lisle!
Unauthorised Absences –
Holidays in Term Time
A reminder to all parents that
following a change in legislation by
the government in 2013, all schools
and academies are no longer able to
authorise a leave of absence during

Cartons of fruit juice

Tea/ coffee

Long life milk
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Breakfast cereals
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Jams/ pickles etc.
Please ensure that all food is within the sell-by-date. Please
don’t send in any ‘fresh’ food.
Last year CARE was overwhelmed with the generosity shown
by Lisle parents!
With 561 pupils and many new families now at Lisle, let’s make
2016 the biggest and best Harvest ever!
term time for the purposes of a
holiday. Despite recent publicity in the
media over court cases, the academy
must follow Department for Education
guidelines which have not changed!
Only ‘exceptional’ cases may be authorised
by schools and legislation makes it quite
clear that shift patterns and work based rota
holiday allocation as well as special
occasions such as birthdays do not qualify
as exceptional.
Parents who choose to take their child out
of school during term time for a holiday run
the risk of a fine from the Local Authority.
Boy’s Football News
Nine boys from Lisle Marsden took part in
the ESFA tournament at Old Clee Academy
on Thursday 29th September. Like the girls
they played like they have been playing
together for a long time. Our team won
three and drew one but lost their final game
which meant they came second in their
group, just missing out on a trip to Hull in
the next round. A great effort and they
should be very proud of themselves.
We are very lucky to have so many good
players to choose from at Lisle Marsden.
Thank you to all those who came to the
trials.
Girls’ Football News
Hockey Action News
On Thursday 22nd September nine girls
took part in the ESFA tournament at
Old Clee Academy. We are lucky to
have a great team who gelled without
having a great deal of training together.
They played with confidence and
determination. The girls didn’t lose a
game – they won three and drew one.
They came second in the tournament
and now look forward to playing in the
next round in Hull on 29th November.
If they win they have a chance to
progress to the next stage in
Nottingham. A great team effort!
Good luck!
On the afternoon of Thursday 29th
September 6 girls and 6 boys went to a
Quick Sticks hockey tournament held at
Oasis Academy, Wintringham. All the
children were passionate about each game
and were extremely keen to win. Team A
finished in second place and Team B came
fifth. Well done to everyone who played.
Parents Evening
A reminder that our Autumn Term
Parent Consultation evenings take
place next week: Tuesday 11th
October 3.30-6.00pm and Wednesday
12th October 6.00-8.00pm.