Newton Monthly News
“This is a good school. Pupils achieve well and make good gains in their personal development.”
OFSTED - November 2011
End of Spring Term Newsletter 2014
Sports Relief Week Thank you to everyone who contributed towards excellent week in school, and raised £1380.95 in ourselves and Miss Lange and Miss Jackson for the Sports Relief charity week. We had an support of the charity. We are very proud of organising such a fantastic week! Sports Teams in Action On Wednesday some of Year 5 and 6 children competed at the County Cross Country Championships at Priory Park along with other schools. The boys A team ran the course in a time of 21:15, and came 41/119 schools. The girls A team ran the course in 25:57 and came in 72/103 schools. Well done to Harriet, Natalie, Sabrina, Tayla, Ben, Xayn, Archie and Louis. You all looked great in our school colours and we are all very proud of you! Parents in Action! Glacial Challenge for Paralympic Skier Sean Rose (Thomas’ dad Year 1) is taking on a challenge of a life time when he travels across Europe’s largest glacier using a snow kite. Sean will fly out to Iceland on 5 April and he will take on a 300km journey across Vatnajokull which includes seven active volcanoes. If you would like to sponsor/donate towards the spinal cord research foundation Wings for Life, please visit www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/4people6legs or visit the website www.4people6legs.com 185 miles on a tandem for the Dr Hadwen Trust Roger Roberts (Angelina's dad, Year 2) and his friend, Helen Holmes, are cycling the 185‐mile MITIE London Revolution on a tandem on 17 and 18 May for the Dr Hadwen Trust. The charity is supported by Dame Judi Dench and Joanna Lumley, and funds medical research without the use of animals. If you would like to sponsor Roger and Helen, please visit www.justgiving.com/HH‐RR‐tandem‐challenge Easter Service The end of term service took place on Wednesday 2 April at 2.15pm. It was lovely to see so many of you there sharing in our Easter celebrations. Morning Procedures As you are well aware we changed the morning procedures from the children lining up in the playground to being able to come into school freely from 8.40am to settle to an early bird task. This has had a very positive impact on the children’s wellbeing and learning. There is no longer a crush in the cloakroom and it has allowed the teaching staff to start activities promptly at 9.00am instead of 9.15am. In effect this has given an extra 15 minutes of learning daily, over a one week period this equates to 1 ¼ hours and yearly over 45 hours extra teaching. As a staff, we feel this is very beneficial to the children who all run through the gates happily and smiling! Parking Please do not park on the corner of Greenfields or opposite Greenfields as the school bus is finding it difficult to turn round. Milk and Fruit Orders for both milk and fruit have been made for the first half of the summer term. Unfortunately no more orders can be accepted. School Lunches The cost of school meals for the first half of the summer term will be: 22 days x £2.10 per child day = £46.20. Please can I ask you to credit your child’s ParentPay account accordingly. Newton Primary School, Caxton End, Eltisley, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6TL
Email: [email protected]
School Website: www.newtonschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01480 880215
Fax No: 01480 880138
per Free School Meal Entitlement I am writing to you to remind parents and carers that some children are entitled to free school meals. There may be some children who are entitled to this support but are not yet receiving it. Therefore, if you receive any of the following your child(ren) could be entitled to free school meals: •
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Income Support Income Based Job Seekers Allowance Income‐related employment and support allowance Support under part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999 Child Tax Credit but who are not entitled to working tax credit and whose annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) does not exceed £16,190 • Guarantee element of state pension credit Newton Primary School receives additional funding for students who receive free school meals. Therefore, it is important that both students and parents receive their entitlement and the school is funded as fully as possible. For more information please visit: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20059/schools_and_learning/294/help_with_school_and_learning_costs/2 E‐safety This is constantly in the news due to the ever changing technological world we live in. Keeping safe online is paramount and I would ask that you chat with your child about acceptable internet use, staying safe online, setting parental controls, and creating rules during the Easter break. Thank you for your support! Monthly Surgeries – Reminder Our next surgery will be held on Tuesday 6 May between 3.20pm and 4.00pm. Please be advised that appointments of ten minutes are bookable via the school office, by the preceding Friday. Parent View Parent View is a survey led by Ofsted and gives parents the chance to feedback what they think about their child’s school. Ofsted will use the information generated by parents when making decisions regarding which schools to inspect, and when. Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of schooling, from the quality of teaching to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. By sharing your views, you’ll be helping your child’s school to improve. You will also be able to see what other parents have said about your child's school. To access the survey follow this link: http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/
And finally…. This term we have become revolutionary Romans in Class 4 and gone on safari to Kenya in Class 3, met magnificent monsters in Class 2 and become dastardly dinosaurs in Class 1. We have visited Croxton Park Farm, ran in the Cross Country Championships and completed our Bikeability awards in Year 6 . We have had table tennis coaching, tennis coaching, multi skills coaching, and enjoyed film nights. Year 5 have trained as peer mediators and are on hand to help sort out any troubles the children may have. We have enjoyed reading week, sports relief week , had a pancake day competition and Easter card competition. Our fund raising efforts have supported Sports Relief and World Autism Day. Wow! Well done to all of the children, and the staff for working hard! Next term we say good bye to Mrs Thomas on Wednesday 30 April after 27 years at the school, and it also brings us summer fun, sun(???) ....transition to secondary school, SATs... the World Cup… Safety week… KS2 production... days out... reports... Until then, on behalf of the staff, children and Governors can I wish you all a very happy Easter! A reminder to you all that we close for the Easter Holidays at 3.15pm on Friday 4 April Our return to school is Wednesday 23 April 2014‐ 8.40am. Newton Primary School, Caxton End, Eltisley, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6TL
Email: [email protected]
School Website: www.newtonschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01480 880215
Fax No: 01480 880138