Newsletter for week ending 27th April 2012

Cycle Safety Training
We are very grateful to Mrs Green, Mrs Scragg and Mrs Birtles for once again agreeing to oversee our Cycling Safety Training. Initially Y6 pupils are being offered this opportunity, as the parent volunteers prefer to work with a small group. We realise that not all pupils will be available to participate in each training session but feel that attendance on at least 4 out of 5 training sessions will be sufficient. The sessions will be held in the afternoons and will commence on Wednesdays 23rd, 30 th May and 13th, 20 th and 27th June. The test date will be Friday 29th June. Each pupil will need a roadworthy bicycle (front and rear brakes and reflectors) and a cycle helmet, which fits properly. Please let Mrs Hopkins know as soon as possible if you would like to book a place.

PGCE Student
We look forward to welcoming Jennifer Farrant, an Oxford Brookes PGCE student, into school on Monday 30th April. Miss Farrant will be mainly working alongside Miss Shah in Class 3 as part of her final 8-week teaching practice.

Wednesday 9th May
Class 2 are going on a trip early in the morning (9am departure) on Wednesday 9th May and the coach will be parked in the car park. Clearly there will be additional congestion with families dropping pupils and clothes recycling bags off that morning. We will therefore suggest that if at all possible, clothes recycling bags are dropped at school on the afternoon of Tuesday 8th May. It would also be helpful if families who are able to walk to school, do so on that morning. Thank you.

PTA News
Puzzle Trail
Enjoy a walk in the spring sunshine (and showers!) solving clues and finding answers. Hand your completed puzzle trail sheet in by 3pm on 19th May at the Family Fun day to be in with a chance of winning one of these fabulous prizes:

Adult winner - a champagne tea for two at the Crazy Bear.
Child winner - a family fun session at Berinsfield swimming pool.

Trail sheets are now available for £5 from the school office or Rowena Dobson.

Family Fun Day - Saturday 19th May

We can reveal the following activities will be available:

Facepainting
Sweet Tombola - donations of sweets and chocolates needed please
Make your own pen holder - please can we have any (clean) round cardboard containers (eg Bisto gravy granules)
Decorate and plant your own plant pot - we need small plastic plant pots, crafty bits, stickers, childrens or other magazines please
Decorate a glass jar - glass jam jars (clean) needed please
Junk Heap challange - we need LOTS of (clean and safe) things like: eggboxes, cardboard tubes (not toilet rolls), plastic containers, yogurt pots, cardboard boxes and so on.
Refreshments - any donations of home made tray bakes, cupcakes and biscuits gratefully received.

If you could start collecting these items ready to bring into school the week of the family fun day we would appreciate it.

Music Magpie
Thanks to everyone who helped us collect just over 250 CDs - we have a fantastic school sports kit, with our school logo, on the way to us. This will replace the worn out old kit, and will be used when our children represent our school in sporting events.

Little Bears News
Continuing with our topic of “Weather”, we will be exploring wind. We will be looking at windmills and making our own. We will also be making kites to fly and looking at how high winds help boats on the sea.


DIARY DATES:
Tuesday 1st May Cookery club starts for participating Year 2 pupils. Currently two spaces remaining.
Wednesday 2nd May Year 5 pupils visit ICC for a maths lesson
Monday 7th May Bank Holiday – school closed
Tuesday 8th May Clothes Recycling bags accepted today (preferably in the afternoon if possible)
Wednesday 9th May Clothes Recycling Collection at 9am
Class 2 visit to Bhaktivedanta Manor – 9am departure. Please arrive at school promptly.
Monday 14th May-22nd May SATs for KS1 & KS2 pupils
Wednesday 16th May Year 5 visit to ICC for Science lesson
Saturday 19th May PTA Family Fun Day – 1.30pm start
Friday 1st June Jubilee celebrations at school
School finishes at 3.15pm
Monday 11th June Return to school for the start of Term 6