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	Class Assembly: Friday 29^th February at 9am – Nairobi Class Friday 7^th March at 9am – Canberra Class No. 668 28^th February 2008 Dear Parents, Playtime / Lunchtime Tokens The winners this week are: Key Stage 2 - Canberra Class Key Stage 1 - Brasilia Coffee Afternoon Thank you to everyone who attended and helped at the Coffee Afternoon. You raised over £350 for the PFA. Plant orders will be sent home today. The winning Raffle numbers are: Blue 238 – Easter Egg Pink 402 – Easter Egg (claimed) Blue 311 – Bottle of Wine Pink 412 – Aromatherapy Set Easter Egg (claimed) World Book Day – Thursday 6^th March A reminder, to celebrate World Book Day there will be a variety of activities in school. Children may dress up as their favourite book character for the day. Each child will be given a World Book Day Voucher worth £1 towards the cost of a book. The Book Fair will be in school w/c Monday 10^th March and the vouchers may be used as part payment. Sport Relief Fundraising and Lunchtime Theme Day – Friday 14^th March To raise money for Sports Relief we are collecting 1p and 2p coins, these can be sent into school from Monday 3^rd March. On Friday 14^th March the children can wear their sports kit or dress as their favourite sports person for the day. Mrs Richardson and Mrs Harris have organised a Sports themed lunchtime. Y5 Visit to the Thackray Museum – please see letter sent home Tesco, Sainsburys and Nestle Tokens Please continue to send in any Tesco, Sainsburys or Nestle tokens. Thank you. Year 3/4 Concert ‘Ballooning Around the World’ We will be having two performances of the Year 3 & 4 Concert ‘Good News’. The evening performance is on Tuesday 11th March at 7pm and the afternoon performance on Wednesday 12^th March at 2pm. Tickets are limited to 2 per family and are only available to parents of children in Year 3 & 4 (Paris and New Dehli). If you would like tickets for the concert, please complete the attached slip and return it to school as soon as possible. The evening tickets do tend to be most popular, so please send your request in as soon as possible. Extra tickets may be available if any are left after all requests have been dealt with. Special Diets – Food Allergies Form As a matter of urgency, please send in your Special Diets – Food Allergies form by tomorrow Friday 29^th February. The form needs to be returned whether your child has any allergies or not. Year 5 Contact Details and St. Andrews Church Permission Slips Please return your contact details form and St. Andrews Church permission slip by tomorrow Friday 29^th February, to enable us to up date your child’s information. Thank you. Parents Evening A reminder, that, Parents Evening is on Tuesday 4^th March (6pm – 8.30pm) and Thursday 6^th March (3.20pm – 6pm). Please come into school through the main entrance. Appointments are limited to 5 minutes. Your appointment time will be sent home tomorrow, if you do not receive it please contact Mrs Kirby. During your appointment a parent/teacher record will be completed for future reference. Refreshments will be served throughout the evening. Sweatshirts, PE Kit and book bags will be available to buy. If anyone is able to help during the evening it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Mrs Kirby if you have any time to spare, even for only half an hour. Thank you. After School Clubs – Thursday 6^th March Choir – cancelled due to Parents Evening Board Games Club – The club will be held as normal from 3.15pm until 4pm, please collect your child from the main entrance. Election of Parent Governor – Mr Peter Roberts has resigned from his post as Parent Governor. We would like to thank Mr Roberts for all his hard work and support for the school during his term of office. We now have a vacancy for a Parent Governor. Please see the attached information. Tag Rugby Festival Congratulations to the Rugby Team who got through to the finals. Thank you to Mrs Bordman, Mrs Foster and Mrs Thomas for their help and organisation. Year 4 Visit to Royal Armouries – by Georgia Sharp and Lewis Roberts On the Tuesday 5^th February Year4 (New Delhi), visited the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, to find out even more about the Tudors because their project at the moment is called talking of Tudors. They have already learnt a lot in class about Tudors and the houseline Tudor. There were two activities going on at once for the school. The first activity was a workshop where the children could learn about and try on protective costumes. The second activity was to complete a quiz on Henry VIII. At 12 o’clock the children went on to the 4^th floor to eat their packed lunch which they had brought from home. After lunch the children had a look around at anything to do with the Tudors. They really enjoyed themselves! Parent Workshops Thank you to all the parents who attended the workshops yesterday evening. We have received many positive comments about the evening and will be holding others in the future. Thank you to all the staff for giving their time. Sport in School We occasionally have outside sporting organisations and local secondary schools providing extra sports tuition in school. At the moment we have tuition for Year 1 & 2 gymnastics, Year 5 & 6 Rugby and Year 6 Athletics during the school day. We also have a Young Pals after school club for children in Year 1 & 2. Bag2school Collection A Bag2school bag accompanies this newsletter. If you are having a clearout and have any clothes, bedding, curtains, shoes, handbags and soft toys, please send them into school from Thursday 6^th March until the start of school on Wednesday 12^th March. Thank you.