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Issue 6 22nd May 2013

Dear Parents, HOLIDAY PATTERN 2013-2014 There has been a slight amendment to our holiday pattern 2013-2014. Friday 25 October 2013 will be a full school day, not an inset day as previously stated. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please see the holiday form attached for the up to date list. DANCE TALENT KS1 Just a quick reminder to any children in KS1 who would like to take part in 5 weeks of Dance talent to bring your reply slips and money into school before half term. This will include street dance, hip hop, lockin, house, poppin and breakin! Spare letters are available from the school office, be quick to secure your place! SPORTS DAYS INTENDED DATES Please see the amendment to the sports days that we shall be holding in the last few days of this half term. Fingers crossed for the weather! SATS Well done to all our year 6 children who have worked hard the past week in all their exams. They have all kept their heads down and put in lots of effort! JOINERS / HANDY DADS WANTED! I would like to ask all handy dads/joiners if they would be interested in helping the school with a small project which will be most beneficial to the children when completed. If you are interested in helping us with this and could give school a little bit of your time, please come into the school office/ring us and leave your name and contact details and we will be in touch to let you know more details. I would really appreciate your help with this if you are just that little bit handy! SWIMMING Please can we remind parents to ensure that your child has their correct kit for swimming on their swimming day: Girls 1 piece costume, swimming hat and towel. Boys Trunks (not long shorts) swimming hat and towel. Swimming hats and verucca socks are available from the school office for 1 each.
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1H/W Elephant Tuesday 9.15 10.15 Nursery Macaw Wednesday 9.15 10.15 4H Jaguar Thursday 9.15 10.15 Foundation 2W Lemur Friday 9.15 10.15

1A Rhinoceros 10.15 11.15

3Ry Kakapo 11.15 12.15 3R Loris 11.15 12.15 Nursery Macaw 1.15pm 2S Orangutan 1.15 2.15

2N/S Gorilla 10.15 11.15 Foundation 2J Chinchilla 10.15 11.15

4R Leopard 11.15 12.15

ROBIN WOOD MEETING YEAR 6 Just a quick reminder for all year 6 parents that the Robin Wood meeting is Monday 10 June 6.30pm after half term, it will be beneficial for you to attend to ensure you have all the correct information about the trip. LIFE EDUCATION BUS 4
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JULY - REMINDER

We would like to invite the Life Education Bus to come to our school in July. It is a mobile classroom which will be deposited on our school site for 4 days. Each child in every class will be invited to spend time with the Life Bus Teacher. It will help our children learn all manner of important issues of how to look after our bodies and the positive impact that exercise has on our bodies. It also involves making children aware of issues including looking at the risks of alcohol, smoking, drugs (all appropriate to the childrens ages!). This is a very much enjoyed resource enjoyed by children across Lancashire and helps improve all our childrens awareness of keeping their bodies safe and healthy. It will be subsidised by the school but I would like to ask for your support in offering a 2 contribution towards the cost of this visit per family. It is worth every penny and children usually look forward to the next visit once it has gone! st Please could payments be made in a labelled envelope to the school office by Friday 21 June. EXTREME READING NATIONAL BOOK WEEK We are most grateful for entries received and are judging them presently. Results will be announced very soon! There have been some really good ones with some of our children really getting into the spirit of this event. FRUIT DISTRIBUTION In school we have a delivery of fruit for our children in nursery to year 2. We are currently looking for a parent to distribute this in the mornings after you have dropped off your child/ren. This will take approximately 10-15 minutes. If you are interested in helping school with this please ring the office or come in and let us know. PGL BOREATTON PARK YEAR 6 JUNE SUMMER 2014 I am hoping to take next years Year 6 to Boreatton Park, Baschurch in Shropshire for their outward bound residential visit next year. It is an utterly fantastic educational experience where children face exciting outdoor challenges and work closely alongside each other in achieving them. The activities provided include the zip wire, quad biking, kayaking, raft building, archery, ropes courses, climbing activities su ch as the trapeze and Jacobs Ladder (if this means nothing to you, you may wish to Google these!) are typical of the events your children would experience. I would like th to offer a presentation/talk for all current Year 5 parents which will be at 6pm on 13 June after half term in Class 5. This will give you an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about their educational visit for next year. Please th complete the slip attached to this newsletter if you intend to come on the 13 June after half term. ATTENDANCE NOTICE Following a report written in April 2012 by Charlie Taylor, Expert Behaviour Adviser for the DfE, the Government has amended key legislation relating to attendance from September 2013. This decision has been made to encourage schools to take a firmer stance on unnecessary absence and to dispel the myth held by many parents that there is an st entitlement to time off school for holidays in term time. As of September 1 2013 Headteachers cannot authorise any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances. There will clearly be implications for schools as a result of these changes and so the Governing Body have taken the decision to make the following changes to school policy following its review: Adopting the Lancashire Leave of Absence Form with immediate effect Fixed penalty fines from September 2013 We hope all parents will support the school in their efforts to reduce unnecessary absence and therefore minimising the impact on your childs education. Please contact us if you wish to discuss this further. The reviewed policy will be made available on the schools website. SUPER PUPIL Congratulations to our Super Pupils from last week: Bison Class Kate Manatee Class Chloe

Falcon Class Kara Eagle Class - Daniel Jaguar Class Emily Leopard Class Cameron Loris Class - Jay Kakapo Class - Autumn Gorilla Class Emilie Orangutan Class - Sophie Elephant Class - Aysha Rhinoceros Class - Abigail

Yours Sincerely, C. Shields

Date and time Wednesday 22 May 10:30am (morning Nursery children) 1:30pm (afternoon Nursery and Reception children) Friday 24th May
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Event Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception) Sports

KS1 (Years 1 and 2) Sports - 10:00am KS2 (Years 3 6) Sports - 1:30pm School closes for half-term at the end of the normal school day

Monday 10 June Monday 10 June 6:30pm Thursday 13 June 6.00pm Monday 24 Wednesday 26 June Thursday 4 July Thursday 4 July 9 July
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School reopens after half-term (deadline for ordering coloured PE T-Shirts ) Robinwood meeting for parents of Year 6 children attending the outdoor education visit Boreatton Park meeting for parents of current year 5 children outdoor education visit Year 6 visit to Robinwood Outdoor Education Centre Annual reports to parents Life Education bus in school Year 5 visit to Walton-le-Dale High School for a transitional educational visit.

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Parents consultation evening Year 5 visit to Lostock Hall High School Charity Enterprise Fair Year 6 leavers assembly to schoolchildren (9:00am) Year 6 leavers assembly to parents (2:00pm)

Tuesday 23 July Wednesday 24th July Tuesday 3 September

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Nursery closes for the Summer break School closes for the Summer break (1:15pm) School reopens.

Current year 5 children going to Boreatton Park (in year 6) please return this reply slip Boreatton Park meeting Thursday 13 June 6.00pm Parent/Guardian Name Childs NameClass..Falcon / Eagle (please circle) I will be attending the Boreatton Park meeting.
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