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Friday 4 March 2016
Dear Parents and Carers,
Barney publications
Thank you to Clayton Co-operative for sponsoring a set of Barney information books which will support the Personal
Development Curriculum. These are currently being used in Yr6.
Recruitment
We are pleased to announce that we have recruited a new class teacher who will be working alongside Mrs Rahim in
Year 3. Mr Feather will be starting with us on Monday 07 March. He comes with a wealth of experience and will be a
real asset to the school team.
Easter Bonnet competition
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Mr Waterman has organised an Easter Bonnet competition for Thursday 24 March. Children need to bring
their bonnets into school on the last day ready for our ‘catwalk’ in assembly. There will be prizes for the best
bonnets in each house and all entrants will receive house points for their house.
British Values Acrostic Poem Challenge
During our assembly this week we looked at British Values and what it means to be British. I have set the children a
challenge to produce an acrostic poem using either the words British Values or words associated with British Values
such as: British, United Kingdom, Great Britain, truth, honour, democracy, courage, justice, valour etc. The children
can decorate their poems with flags of the nations that make up the UK or images and key words. These need to be
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returned to school by Friday 11 March. House points will be awarded to all entrants and the school will choose some
of these to display around school.
Play Leaders
Mr Waterman has been busy this week recruiting and training a new group of play leaders. Our new play
leaders will support Mr Waterman and Mr Singh outside at break and lunchtimes in the organising and
running of team games. Well done to Billy, Hammad, Simran, Amelia, Emily, Kye, Chanelle, Alysa, Sienna
and Haryan – all from Palm class - for applying to take on this role.
Website
We have spent a lot of time recently updating our website. There is a lot of useful information on the website and we
would encourage all of our parents to familiarise themselves with it and check back frequently for updates.
Easter Boosters
All of our Year 2 and Year 6 children have been invited to attend booster classes over the Easter holiday. The booster
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classes will run from Tuesday 29 March until Friday 1 April during the morning. If you have yet to return your
letters then please do so we can make the necessary arrangements for these classes to go ahead.
Parking Around School
Please can we remind all motorists about the importance of parking safely around the school grounds,
especially during morning drop off and afternoon pick up. These are incredibly busy times and there are often
children walking on the pavements and crossing roads. Our number one priority is ensuring that children are
safe walking to and from school. Therefore we are asking all motorists to be more cautious and think before they
park. Inconsiderate parking causes congestion and also endangers lives.
Family Breakfast
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We would like to invite all our parents and carers to attend a family breakfast on Friday 11 March at 9.00am
in the school hall. We will be serving coffee and breakfast which will be provided by the school and look
forward to seeing you there and having a chance to catch up.
The lost property will also be available on this morning for you to look through. Any items left at the end of
the morning will be donated to charity or our uniform shop.
Parents Evening
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We will be holding our next parent consultation evening on Tuesday 15 and Thursday 17 March. Letters have been
sent out for booking a time slot. If you have yet to book a slot then please contact your child’s teacher immediately.
During both evening’s, our Chair of Governors will be asking parents to complete a quick online questionnaire which
will be used to gather your views. We thank you in advance for taking the time to do this as it helps us as a school to
be able to reflect on what we do well and what we can do to further improve.
British Science Week
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On Monday 14 March the whole school will be taking part in a ‘Mad Science’ day. During the day all
the children will be taking part in fun science experiments. At the end of the week in celebration
assembly we will be choosing a super star scientist from each class to receive the CVPS super learner award.
Sports Relief
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On Friday 18 March we will be raising money for Sports Relief. We are inviting the children to come into school
wearing their sports kits or dressing up as their favourite sports star. Miss Walker, Mr Waterman and Mr Vigus have
organised for all our children to take part in the ‘Ultimate Clayton Ninja Warrior Assault Course’. We
are asking all children for a minimum donation of £2 which will allow them to come to school in nonuniform and also take part in the assault course. All monies raised will be donated to Sports Relief.
School dinner calculations
Please see below school dinner calculations for the next term:
£1.60 – Daily
£8.00 – Weekly
£38.40 - February half term to Easter (22/02/16-24/03/16)
These can now also be found on the school website:
http://www.claytonvillageprimary.org.uk/parent-information/school-lunch-menu
Key Dates for the Diary
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Friday 11 March – 9.00am – Family Breakfast
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Monday 14 March – Mad Science Day
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Tuesday 15 and Thursday 17 March - Parents Evening
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Friday 18 March - Sports Relief Day
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Friday 29 April – Annual May Day parade to Clayton Park
Yours sincerely,
Miss R Cradock
Headteacher