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1 May 2009 - Summer Term Newsletter to Parents

April 2009

Dear Parent/Carer,

Welcome back to the Summer Term 2009 ! We are looking forward to a busy and productive final term of the year.

Firstly, may I thank all those parents and children who attended the Teaching for Learning evening at the end of last term. I hope you found it to be an interesting and successful event. If any parents or governors have completed questionnaires from the evening that they would like to return to school this can be done via the class teachers.

I would like to inform you of the appointment of two new parent governors, Joanne James and Alison Hobbs. I would like to extend a very warm welcome to them both and look forward to working with them in the near future. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Karen Carpanini for her services to our Governing Body over the last six years.

We are in the process of having the toilets in Areas Two and Three refurbished. I would like to thank you and the children for your patience and understanding while this work is being undertaken.

Following the success of the School Grounds Week that we held in the Autumn term, Mrs Wightman is organising a similar event for the week beginning 18^th May. If you are able to assist us in any way in developing our school grounds (digging, planting, weeding, advice on plants etc. etc.) and have any spare time that week, please give your name to Mrs Evans in the office

We are planning to hold our Cultural Diversity day on 22^nd May. If you are able to offer any expertise or workshops regarding different countries or cultures or if you are able to volunteer to help with any planned activities, please contact school. We would be very grateful for any help offered.

Mrs Rees is organising the Yellow Woods Challenge in school again this year as part of our work on the environment and sustainability. When you receive your new Yellow Pages Directory, if you could rip off the cover of your old one, put the inside in your household paper recycling and send the cover into school we will then be able to submit our tally for the recycling to the Yellow Woods Challenge.

Mrs Goodby has asked me to inform parents of year two children that from Monday 27^th Aprilthe children will be dismissed in groups from the classroom at the end of the day. This is in preparation for their transition to year three in September. Children will then return to Mrs Goodby if there is no one outside to collect them.

Mrs Lisle is undertaking an art project with some of the children that requires the use of embroidery threads. If you have any old embroidery threads at home that you no longer need, Mrs Lisle would be very grateful if you could send them into school.

We are hoping for a sunny and pleasant Summer Term! Please could children bring in sun hats with their names on for use at playtimes. We would also like to make the most of our school grounds during this term and would appreciate it if children could have trainers or other suitable footwear in school.

Alison Evans, the school secretary, has registration forms available for both our Nursery and Reception classes for next year. If you have, or know of, any children who are approaching their third or fourth birthday and are not yet registered, please pick up a form from the school office.

Here are some confirmed dates for your diary for this term.

Date	Event	Year Group
29^th April to 1^st May	Book Fayre	All Year Groups
1^st May and various dates through the term	Artist Nina Morgan	Year 6
4^th May (Monday)	School Closed for Bank Holiday	All Year Groups
5^th May (Tuesday)	School Closed for INSET day	All Year Groups
18^th – 21^st May	School Grounds Week	All Year Groups
22^nd May	Cultural Diversity Day	All Year Groups
22^nd May	Break up for Half Term	All Year Groups
1^st June	Return to school	All Year Groups
3^rd June, 8^th June & 2^nd July	Cycling Course	Year 6
3^rd June	Water Safety Talk	Year 6
15^th June – 26^th June	Two week swimming crash course	Year 3.
24^th June (am)	Visit to Crucial Crew	Year 6
26^th June (Friday)	Summer Fayre – straight after school	All Year Groups
29^th June, 30^th June &1^st July	Transition Days for Year 6 in Gowerton Comprehensive	Year 6
30^th June & 2^nd July	Transition Day for Year 6 in Olchfa Comprehensive	Year 6
3^rd July	Sports’ Day	Nursery and Reception (am) Year 1 to Year 6 (pm)
Week beginning 6^th July	Children’s Annual Reports issued	All Year Groups
8^th July	School Concert Afternoon Performance	Yr 2 to Yr 6
9^th July	School Concert Evening Performance	Yr 2 to Yr 6
10^th July	1^st reserve date for Sports’ Day	Nursery and Reception (am) Year 1 to Year 6 (pm)
14^th July (am)	Nursery, Reception and Year one concert	Nursery, Reception and Yr 1
15^th July	Parents’ Evening	Reception to Yr 6
17^th July	2^nd reserve date for Sports’ Day	Nursery and Reception (am) Year 1 to Year 6 (pm)
17^th July	After school –Leavers’ Party	Year 6
20^th July	Folly Farm Trip	Year 3 & 4
20^th July	Heatherton Trip	Year 5 & 6
21^st July	Folly Farm Trip	Nursery and Reception
21^st July	Trip (Venue to be arranged)	Yr 1 & 2
22^nd July (Wednesday)	Break up for Summer Holidays	All Year Groups