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Issue 26 30th March 2016

Dear Parents,
MESSAGE OF THE WEEK ROTAKIDS YEAR 4
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Year 4 children will be holding their own charity event next week on Thursday 7 April at 1.30pm. There will be a
Book/DVD/CD Fair in the junior hall which will raise funds for Derian House Childrens Hospice. The Year 4 children
have undertaken this as part of their commitment to being a Rotakid this year. All funds raised by the children will be
matched funded by the Rotary Club who support our school. Please look through your books, DVDs and CDs and bring
any that you wish to donate to this event. All classes will be invited to attend and parents are most welcome to come
and support. We would be grateful if you would allow your children to bring some spending money as there should
be bargains galore and the opportunity to buy some great books, films and music.
YEAR 4 BRASS AND GUITARS THURSDAY 31

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Tomorrow, the children in Year 4 will be presenting again their musical skills to the juniors and to any interested
parents. Guitarists will also be playing with Mr Bell. This will be held in the junior hall at 11am.
100 CLUB WINNERS
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The draw took place on Thursday 24 March 2016, Hazel Hopwood pulled the three winning numbers:
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1 prize: 24.25- Jo Ashton with No. 22

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2 prize: 19.40- Mrs Lightfoot with No. 100

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3 prize: 14.55- Clair Griffiths with No. 16

38.80 was raised and contributed to the swimming pool fund for further refurbishments/running costs.
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The next draw will take place on Friday 29 April 2016.

NURSERY OPEN DAY- MONDAY 4

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All are welcome to come and visit our exciting and stimulating nursery on Monday 4 April between 9am-11am and
1pm-3pm. Our nursery offers outstanding provision; weekly swimming lessons; a large, exciting outside classroom; a
fun and engaging start to your childs education and a qualified teacher working as part of a highly skilled foundation
team. For more information please contact us on 01772 335065 and visit www.wldps.com (Macaw class). We look
forward to seeing you.
EMAIL DETAILS PLEASE READ
If you have not already completed the letter requesting your email address, please can you complete and return it
to school. In the future, we have plans to allow you to see how your child is making progress and see their current
attainment online. To do this, we will need your email details to start this process. This view of your childs progress
will not replace the need for a meeting with your teacher, but it will be a useful method of keeping you informed in an
ongoing manner as teachers continually update their teacher assessments of your children using our online
assessment software. This is something which the school have been working on in the past months and it will be
possible to share with parents in the near future. I do hope that parents will find this useful as feedback regularly
informs us that you, the parents, want to learn more of your childrens progress and their ability to meet year group
expectations within the revised National Curriculum. Please send your letter with your email address to the school
office.
SWEETS, CHOCOLATE AND CRISPS IN SCHOOL
We would like to remind parents that children are not allowed sweets, chocolate and crisps at break time. We
welcome children bringing cereal bars, fruit, dried fruit snacks and any other approved healthy snack. Children who
bring school dinners are welcome to have items that are approved by parents at the lunchtime break but these should
not be eaten at other times of the day. Many thanks for your support.

SPORT RELIEF
Thank you to all Year 5 children who have brought in sponsor money for last Fridays Sport Relief event. If you still have
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sponsor money to bring in, please can we ask that its brought in to school by Friday 1 April. Thank you.
SWIMMING: LESSONS OUT OF SCHOOL IMPORTANT NOTICE
Swimming lessons after school are changing from the start of April and will be supplied by IATD Fitness Ltd in the
future. If you are interested in your child receiving excellent swimming tuition, please contact IATD Fitness on
01772 750769 or ask the school office for details. All children receiving swimming lessons will help to keep the pool
well maintained and contribute towards securing this facility for the future so that all our children can continue to
enjoy it. Parental contributions however remain a most important source of income and I would like to urge you to
keep these regular. Swimming for the year is 36 OR 12 each term this can be paid on Parentpay or cheques to LCC.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS
We have been informed that we possibly (or very likely) will be used as a polling station in the forthcoming EU
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Referendum and Police and Crime Commissioner on Thursday 5 May and Thursday 23 June. It will be necessary to
close the Nursery at the request of the Polling Officer and L.C.C. for both of these events.
SUPER PUPILS
Congratulations to our Super Pupils from last week:
Bison Class Manatee ClassFalcon Class Eagle Class Jaguar Class
Leopard ClassLoris ClassKakapo ClassGorilla ClassOrangutan ClassElephant ClassRhinoceros ClassYours sincerely,
C. Shields
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31 March

PTFA Easter Games Night 6pm

Year 4 Brass Assembly Guitars PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE

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Full Governors Meeting 6pm

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7 April

Year 4 Rotakids Event DVD/BOOK/CD sale for children at Derian House

8th April

End of Term

4 April

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25 April

School Opens- Summer Term

Central Venue for Netball Lostock Hall Academy

5th May

POLLING STATION - Police and Crime Commissioner Election The Nursery only will be closed for this event by
L.C.C.

23rd June

POLLING STATION EU Referendum Vote - The Nursery only will be closed for this event by L.C.C.