Author: Staff

PARENT/CARER
NEWSLETTER

AUTUMN 1: 2013

LIFEGUARD
We are in the final stage of a bid to receive funding for a lifeguard so we can open the pool for families at the weekend.
Please don’t forget to vote-ask your family and friends to support us.
VOTING CLOSES ON
NOVEMBER 1ST

PARENTS EVENING
A big thank you to all those who attended our recent parents evening. It was very well supported and provided an excellent opportunity for home and school to work to get together to promote learning through the setting of joint targets.
All children have settled well into their new classes.

COFFEE MORNING
Parent/Carers meet every Wednesday from 10am in school for a coffee and a chat.
Why not come along if you haven’t been before-all are welcome

HOLIDAY DATES
SCHOOL CLOSES FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER FOR ONE WEEK.
SCHOOL RE-OPENS MONDAY 4TH NOVEMBER

Dentist
We are continuing our partnership working with Melanie Wooton from the specialist dental service.
If you haven’t got a dentist for your child or your dentist is having difficulty treating your child due to their disability please ask any health professional to make a referral to this service. For more information contact Melanie on 0191 5026745.
Melanie will also be coming to our family assembly in December and popping in to some parent coffee mornings.

OUTDOOR LEARNING
As a school we are committed to using a wide range of different environments to support the child’s learning. We are currently developing our outdoor sensory trail to become a reading trail. This will enable children to focus on the development of their literacy skills alongside other areas of learning.
Our outdoor story shed is already a success. Children enjoy visiting the ‘shed’ to read, write and develop their imaginative skills. Our current work is forming part of a research project with SSAT.

GET YOUR GROWN UPS GROWING
The children across school enjoyed a week of planting ,digging and cooking with staff and parents in our recent growing week. This has developed awareness of growth and how we can use the things we grow in different ways.
THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS WHO JOINED IN!

LUNCHTIME CLUBS
We encourage our children to be active throughout the school day and currently have a range of lunchtime clubs on offer that children can choose to access.
These include Early Moves (Coach from SAFC), Sing and Sign, Samba, badminton alongside clubs where children can access the outdoor facilities