Warwick Bridge School
Warwick Bridge
Carlisle
CA4 8RE
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Warwick Bridge Primary School
Newsletter No 22
End of Spring Term 2016
Thursday 24th March 2016
Hello and warm end of term greetings to everyone. Yet another term draws to a close and it seems incredible that we
are two-thirds of the way through the school year. Easter is upon us and with it a chance to be with friends and family
whilst recharging the educational batteries for the summer term.
Music at Warwick Bridge
Carlisle Music Festival – A huge well done to the music ensemble who took first place in their category at the Carlisle
and District Music and Drama festival. The five musicians were – Abbie McPherson, (flute), Sam Roberts, (saxophone),
Olivia McPherson, (saxophone), Leon Hodge, (clarinet) and Luke Mann, (clarinet). They took home the trophy that that
been first awarded in 1911 so there is a lot of history attached to it. Special thanks go to Mrs Trenell who accompanied
on piano and to Mr Hemingway who arranged and conducted the music.
Mr Hemingway’s Lessons – With a view to replacing many of our ensemble players who are leaving for high school in
July, twenty-nine pupils expressed an interest in playing a woodwind or brass instrument. Please ensure that any slips
are brought back in to school upon our return from the Easter break so we can make arrangements for summer and
the 2016-17 academic year.
Sport at Warwick Bridge
Cross Country – The annual Lanercost Cross Country races took place on Saturday 19th March. It was great to see the
number of Warwick Bridge School pupils taking part. The weather was perfect and a great time was had by all. A
special mention must go to William Rafferty and Isabelle Milligan who came second in the boys’ and girls’ races
respectively. They helped our Nursery, Reception and Key Stage 1 team achieve second place overall – a fantastic
result. This is Warwick Bridge’s best result at these races. Have a look at the photos on the school website.
Sport Relief 2016
Thank you to all parents and carers who supported our ‘Fifteen Minute Frenzy’ on Sport Relief Day. The pupils enjoyed
running around the course set up by Miss Day and the Year 4 pupils. During build up to Sport Relief our Year 6 pupils
sold official Sport Relief stress balls and wrist bands in school. Combined with the money raised by pupil contributions
Warwick Bridge raised well over £100 for good causes.
UDance Festival
A huge well done to all our dancers in Year 1 who lit up the stage at the Carlisle Schools’ UDance Festival on the 17th
March. The pupils performed an imaginative piece based on the Great Fire of London 1666. Their costumes made the
audience think of flames racing around the capital city as the emergency services battled to put it out. Many thanks to
Judith for all her hard work choreographing the piece. And huge thanks to all the staff who put in such a great effort to
produce a stunning outcome.
Attendance Matters
Well done Windermere class – our young pupils have done very well again. And they also are the top class for the
Autumn term – a fantastic achievement. Our pupils in years 2, 3, 4 and 5 are also doing very well for the whole year
with totals over 96%, still 1% behind our Nursery /Reception pupils.
Windermere
Ullswater
Buttermere
Ennerdale
Grasmere
96.01%
91.14%
95.61%
91.67%
94.78%
(7th – 18th March 2016)
96.69%
96.52%
96.06%
95.84%
94.28%
(Autumn term 2016)
97.29%
95.37%
96.2%
96.17%
95.47%
(From Sept 2015 – present)
Reports and Parents Evening
I trust that most parents and carers have had the opportunity to meet with class teachers and discus your child’s
progress. The Consultation Evenings were a great success with the RotaKids arranging refreshments – donations for the
drinks and biscuits raised over £30 for the RotaKids’ chosen charity, the RSPCA.
Year 5 at William Howard School
On Friday 18th March all our Year 5 pupils went to visit William Howard School for their Taster Day. Everyone had a
great time and they took part in a number of lessons. They produced some fantastic art work inspired by the fish
paintings of J. Vincent Scarpace. The finished articles will form the basis of a display in the Ennerdale classroom. Pupils
were then taken to a very interesting maths lesson based around creating pentominoes - shapes created by using five
cubes. At lunchtime we visited the canteen and every pupil had a free lunch before returning to the Year 7 Common
Room. The pupils finished the day with an RE and Philosophy lesson which made them think about many challenging
questions.
Warwick Bridge School Kitchens
We are very pleased to report that the school kitchens have been awarded five stars from the latest inspection. This is
the highest award that can be bestowed and ranks the kitchens in terms of hygiene and cleanliness. Many
congratulations to all the staff concerned and it is just reward for all the hard work and fantastic food preparation that
goes on in school.
School Resources
Parents and carers will be interested to know that the new Adventure Trail is nearing completion. The old trail has
been removed leaving a climbing wall and hanging bars. New additions will be fully operational after the Easter holiday.
Our playground will undergo a revamp as well with the addition of brand new thermoplastic markings that will adorn
the ground. We are also looking forward to using new climbing grips on the wall. Finally, each classroom is now
equipped with a state-of-the-art interactive panel TV. These should really bring learning alive for our pupils.
Theatre Group visit
The school was very pleased to welcome the Image Theatre Group who performed the Arthurian tale ‘The Sword in the
Stone’. Many pupils took part as actors having lines to learn. All the pupils joined in the songs and a great time was had
by all at this end of term treat.
Easter Celebrations
We ended the spring term with a number of fun activities held in school. The RotaKids organised an egg hunt in the
school grounds and every participant got a sweet treat. There was also and egg-rolling competition with winners from
each class taking home a mini chocolate egg. On Wednesday all the pupils got very arty and decorated a hard-boiled
egg in the form of an animal. Picking winners from each year group was very difficult because the quality was so high.
And our Easter celebrations were completed when Reverend Andrew Longshaw came to lead our end of term
assembly. I am sure you will join with me in wishing Andrew all the very best as he is moving on to Yorkshire in the near
future. We say thank you for all he has done for the school and hope all goes well in his new challenge.
It only remains to say have a wonderful and restful Easter holiday in the company of friends and family. We look
forward to seeing all the pupils back at school on Monday 11th April fully refreshed for the new summer term.
With best wishes
Mr M Ashton