Flitwick Lower
School
Newsletter No. 14
Temple Way Flitwick
MK45 1LU
01525 755444
[email protected]
24th March 2017
KEY DATES AND EVENTS:
24th Mar Red Nose Day Discos
27th Mar—Parent Consultations
4—7.30pm
28th Mar—Parent Consultations
4—6.45pm
28th Mar Class Photos
30th Mar—Bag2School Bags coming home
30th Mar Grafham Assembly
31st Mar Bingo Night
4th April—Break up for Easter
19th April—Children return to
school
9th May—Bag2School Collection
19th May—Quiz Night
School has been a hectic and exciting place over the last 2 weeks. The year 4 pupils had their
first transition event at Woodland, taking part in several activities including art, food tasting
and design technology. Grafham was fabulous and the weather was kind to us. I hope you
managed to follow us on Twitter and see all the fun things we got up to in our 3 days away.
Key Stage 1 children have been busy learning about canals and barges and enjoyed an interesting trip to Stoke Bruerne,to look at the Canal Museum and go on a barge trip through the
tunnel. Sadly the Teddy Bears’ Picnic had to move inside due to inclement weather, however
the Foundation children and their bears had a lovely time.
Parent consultations are on Monday and Tuesday next week. The sign up sheets have been
displayed all week so you should have all managed to sign up to see your child’s teacher. It is
important that you take the time to come and talk to the teacher about your child’s progress
and areas they need to develop. The consultations will be in the hall, please collect their work
from the shared areas and then make your way into the
hall and the teachers will call you when it is your turn.
Please remember appointments are 10 minutes, if you
need longer to discuss other issues then please do this at
another time. We need to keep to time so that other parents are not kept waiting.
MRS SOMMERS
We are very sad but very proud to say
that Mrs Sommers has been offered a
new position supporting post 16 pupils at
Northampton College. This means that
she will be leaving us at the end of this
term. We will miss her terribly but wish her
every success in her new venture.
MRS BARBER’S BINGO NIGHT
Mrs Barber is holding another Bingo Night on
Friday 31st March. Doors will open at 7pm with
eyes down at 7.30pm. There will be adult and
child prizes with fun for all the family. Bring
your own drinks and nibbles.
CAR PARKING
Can I please remind you that the car park is only for
staff parking and is not to be used as a drop off zone.
We have noticed that some parents have been dropping
off their children and letting them enter the playground
unattended. I know that parking is difficult at the beginning and end of the day, but you can use the park and
stride at Tesco. Please help us to keep the children
safe.
EASTER EGG RAFFLE
We will be holding our usual raffle of Easter Eggs donated by the Staff. Tickets are 20p each or £1 a strip (limit
of 2 strips per child) and the children can bring the money into class from Monday.
Yr 4 LEAVERS ASSEMBLY
We have now finalised the date
for the leavers assembly—
Wednesday 19th July from 6pm.
Please book the date in your
diary.
TERM DATES FOR THIS YEAR
Spring Term 4th Jan 2017 to
Tues 4th April 2017
Summer Term Wed.19th
April—Thurs 20th July
Bank Holiday—Mon 1st May
Half term—Week commencing
29th May
CORRECTION to Calendar Dates
2017-18
Please note these corrected dates for next
year . They are still different from the
Central Bedfordshire Council ones.
Autumn Term 2017—6th September to
19th Dec
Spring Term 2018—3rd January to 29th
March
Half term—Week beginning 12th Feb
Summer Term 2018—16th April to 20th
July
Yr 4 LEAVERS PARTY
A party has been organised for the afternoon of Saturday 15th July. There will be
a bouncy castle and rounders, football
etc. Look out for a letter in book bags
next week.
CONTACTING SCHOOL
HYGIENE
If you need to get in touch with us during the School Holidays, you can always email us on the main address,
[email protected] or call and
leave a message on the answerphone.
Please check your children’s feet for verrucas as we have had cases of infection
reported. If they have a verruca they will need to wear socks and plimsolls in PE.
ATTENDANCE
ASSOCIATION NEWS—UPCOMING EVENTS
24th March—Discos—for Red Nose Day
30th March—Bag2School bags go home.
31st March—Mrs Barber’s Bingo Night
19th May—Quiz Night
9th June—Summer Discos
Early June—Pop-Up Shop for Father’s Day
7th July—Children’s Fun Run
8th July—Summer Fayre
School Lottery—So far, we have managed to raise
£910.80 with only 27 participants. Just imagine how
much we could raise if more people signed up. It is open
to all, not just parents.
TATTIES IN A BUCKET
Each class is taking part in the Tatties in a Bucket competition for Flitton Potato Race day. They have 3 potatoes,
one black bucket and some compost. The competition is
to see who can grow the heaviest weight of potatoes.
Weigh-in will be on Sunday 19th June on Race Day.
FLITTON FLITS FUN RUNS
Flitton Flit runs are organising their annual Fun Runs for
children on Monday May 1st:
- 200m for 7 yr olds and under,
- Junior 1 mile for 8-12 yr olds, and
- 5k for adults and children 13 yrs and over.
Races start on Flitton Moor from 10.45am. Registration
from 9am. Application forms are available from the School
office and from www.AFFrunningclub.org.uk or
www.flittongreenfield.bedsparishes.gov.uk
We are focussing on improving attendance over this academic year as we had a slight drop in the attendance figures last year. Children with less than 95% attendance will
receive a letter notifying you of their attendance and how
we can help you to improve this. So far this term the classes
with the Best Attendance
Week of 13th March— Parrots class with 100.00%
Week of 20th March— Kingfishers class with 99.64%
Very well done to Parrots and Kingfishers classes!
WAX COATED CHEESE
We are still finding wax dropped on the Hall floor. Please
can you remember to take the wax off these cheeses before
putting them in lunch boxes. The wax is very difficult to get
off the floor.
FLITWICK CARNIVAL– SHREK
The carnival is going to be held on Saturday 10th June and
the theme this year will be Musicals.
The School will be taking part and the theme for Flitwick
Lower is going to be Shrek.
FLITWICK METHODIST CHURCH HOLIDAY CLUB
Guardians of Ancora Holiday Club, Monday 10th April Thursday 13th April at Flitwick Methodist Church, Chapel
Road, Flitwick 10am - 12.30pm each day. Come along and
discover lost story treasures. For Children in School Years
Foundation - Year 6. To Register Email: [email protected]
Go Club for Families affected by ASD, Lego building, coffee and
a chat.
Every Saturday 10am till Noon at the Methodist Hall, Church
Street, Lidlington.
If you are interested contact them at [email protected]
or join their face book group.
TRIM TRAIL
Please can you ensure that
your children do not play on
the trim trail before or after
School. Thank you
TESCO COLOURING COMPETITION
TESCO are running an Easter Colouring Competition.
Please come to the School Office for an entry form. The
deadline is Monday 27th March and these need to be
returned to the School Office.
NUT FREE SCHOOL
Please remember that we are a Nut
Free School, as we have several children who are severely allergic to nuts.
Please do not bring in any granola bars
or spreads that contain nuts.
LANGUAGE OF THE MONTH
This month we are finding out how to speak
Hindi. The children will be introduced to some
basic phrases and find out more about the
countries that speak Hindi.
SCHOOL WEBSITE
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and resources.