Attendance
The class with the best attendance last week was
year 5. They had a fantastic 99.3% attendance –
well done! The class with the best attendance this
year is Class 3 with 98.9%. Well done!
Manchester United coaching yr2 & yr3
Manchester United football coaches will be in
school on Thursday 10th October
9.30am – 11.15am to work with Year
2 & year 3
Good Behaviour
The classes with the highest number of good
behaviour (green frog) awards last week were
class 1 & Class 6 with a fantastic 94%. Class 2
came second with 90%. Well done and keep up
the good work!
Please make sure your child has their PE
Kit in school on this day.
Assemblies
Parents are invited to attend our assemblies on a
Friday morning which start at 9:00am.
The assemblies this half term will be led by the
following classes:11th October – Yr 5 - Harvest in church 2.00pm
18th October – Yr 1
Please do come along to support the
children – you will be very welcome.
Everyone is also welcome to attend the Thursday
Celebration of Good Work Assemblies. We will
inform parents if their child has been chosen to
take part.
Thank you to year 3 who led today’s assembly.
Parking outside school
A reminder to parent/carers when dropping
and collecting children from school and in
the interest of safety please make sure you
do not park or stop on the school zig zags or
on double yellow markings.
Thank you.
Year 6 – Moving on to High School
Year 6 families have received a letter for
their child. This letter gives clear
information about applying for a place at High
school along with your child’s UID number,
this is very important when applying for a
school on line. You must apply on line before
the closing date which is
31st October 2013.
Macmillan Nurses Coffee Morning
There will be 2 coffee mornings to be held at
St James Church, Cowhill Lane, and Ashton
Under Lyne on the following days.
Friday 4th October 8.30am – 1.00am
Saturday 5th October 9.00am – 11.00am
Harvest
Our Harvest festival, led by year 5, will be in church
on Friday 11th October at 2pm. Please come along
for tea and coffee before the service.
This year we are linking with the St. James’ Church
community so that your donations will be sent to
projects for the homeless and families in need in the
Ashton Area. You can bring your donations into school
from Monday 23rd September. We are collecting
items that can be used for making sandwiches and
hot drinks such as:
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Pickle
Piccalilli
Mayonnaise
Salad Cream
Mustard
Tea
Coffee, sugar
Hot chocolate,
Pot noodles, cup a soup
Biscuits
Thank You
Come along and enjoy these events.
Eid and Diwali Celebrations
May I remind parents, children can only take
1 day for religious observation if the above
celebrations fall on a school day, otherwise
children must attend school.
You will receive a letter soon, please can you
indicate on the slip which day your child will
not be attending school so dinner
arrangements and other matters can be
organised and return it to school as soon as
possible. Thank you
Michaelmas Songs of Praise – St Michael’s Church
Many thanks to all who came along and supported this
event, we had a fantastic time.
4th October 2013
Music lessons
Class 4 - Brass lessons, Thursdays
9.20am – 10.20am.
Class 5 – Woodwind lessons, Thursdays
10.15am – 11.15am.
Class 6 - String lessons, Tuesdays
1.00pm – 2.00pm
After School Clubs week commencing
Monday 7th October 2013.
Before school - Martial Arts
There will be a presentation for children who
attended this club along with their parents on
Monday 7th October at 8.00am - 8.45am
You are warmly invited to join us
P.E. Kits
In order that our children have their P.E kits
in school on the right days please can you can
encourage your child to have a weekly
routine. P.E. kits to be brought to school on
a Monday, left on your child’s peg all week,
and taken home on a Friday to be laundered
ready for the next week.
Monday Activity clubs (yr1 – yr6)
These clubs will run on the following dates
from
3.00pm – 4.00pm
Diwali Workshops
Mrs Mistry will be working in class 3
preparing for Diwali on the following dates.
Tuesday 8th October
Football Club – (Y3 & Y4)
Music Club – (Y3–Y6)
Monday 7th October 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Monday 14th October 1.00pm – 3.00pm.
Wednesday 9th October
Tag Rugby Club – (Y4, 5 & 6)
New time 3.00pm - 4.45pm.
The children will be involved in making a
variety of things over the two weeks. They
will make Lanterns, Deva Candle holders, and
traditional sweets. They will also be making
Rangoli Patterns using a variety of beads.
Thursday 10th October
Football Club – (Y5–Y6)
7th October
14th October
21st October
11th November
18th November
25th November
2nd December
9th December
‘Fun with Words!’ Family Quiz
1) Which 2 words are both opposites of ‘right’?
2) What is special about these words:- ‘level, madam,
radar, & redder’?
3) What is ‘never odd or even’?
4) What animal is an anagram of ‘shore’?
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Answers to the office please by Wednesday 9th October.
Prize to the first correct entry out of the hat!
Numbers Family Quiz
Well done to Zainab Awan , Class 6, who won the
‘Numbers’ Family Quiz last week. Here are the answers:
1)
Friday 11th October
Stockport County Football Club – (Yr 1 & 2)
This club is now full
All the above after school’s clubs with the
exception of Wednesday sports club will start
at 3:00pm and finish at 4.00pm. If your child
is in any of these clubs please make sure that
they are collected promptly when the club has
finished – thank you.
What body part is an anagram of ‘earth’?
Give 2 reasons why ‘Eleven plus two = Twelve plus
one’?
What word ending in ‘l’ describes words ending
in‘s’?
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What do the numbers on a dice add up to? – 21 (7
x 3)
How many cards in a pack of playing cards? – 52
(not including jokers)
How many sides does a hexagon have? - 6
How many stings does a violin have? - 4
How many number 1’s on a clock face? – 5 (don’t
forget ‘11’ has two 1’s!)
How many squares on a chess board? - 64
4th October 2013