Term Dates 2
PTA News 2
Martin Young 2
EYFS Talk for Writing 2
Governing Body News 2
November Parents’ Evening 3
Open Library Sessions 3
Premises Update 3
Breakfast Club Availability 3
Summer Messages 3
KS2 Residential 3
Reception Screening 3
Magistrates in the Community 3
C2/C3 Art Day 3
Balance Bikes 4
Parking Reminder 4
ParentPay 4
PE Kit Reminder 4
Stag voucher 4
Uniform Ordering 4
Pupil reports 5
Parents’ Session Diary Planner 6
24 April 2019
Maidwell Primary School
Newsletter No 95
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ADVANCE NOTICE
Grammar
Parents’ Meeting
Thursday 6 June 2019 9.05am
(first week back after
half term)
Please put this date in your
diary
The whole school would like to say a GREAT BIG THANK
YOU to the PTA. Not only have they paid for all our new page
turners, reading sheds (and furnishings), special visitors and
equipment but they also paid a large contribution towards the
cost of our visit to see Aladdin in London. We all very much
appreciate everything you do.
Maths Calculations
Parents’ Meeting (changed from Internet Safety)
Thursday 25 April 2019
9.05am
Please join us on
Thursday this week
EYFS
Parents’ Meeting
SPELLING
Thursday 2 May 6pm
Please join us to enable
us to share information
on our teaching of
Spelling
SATS &
Assessments
2019
YEAR 5 AND 6 ASSESSMENTS AND SATS
WEEK COMMENCING: 13 May 2019
YEARS 2 –4 ASSESSMENTS
WEEKS COMMENCING: 13 & 20 May 2019
Welcome back to the beginning of Term 5. We hope you had a wonderful
Easter holiday. The days are getting longer and the weather is improving and
we are looking forward to many more opportunities to use our lovely school
grounds. Rosemarie James
Headteacher
A Maidwell Welcome
We would like to offer a warm Maidwell welcome to Evie and Lily who have
joined us in Years 3 and 4. We hope they have enjoyed their first couple of
weeks at Maidwell Primary School and made lots of new friends.
The fundraising led by the
School Council for Comic
Relief Day raised a fantastic
£261.28.
SHARING
ASSEMBLY
FRIDAY 24 MAY
2.45pm
P A G E 2
Term Dates
This very short term finishes on Friday 24 May 2019 and we return to
school for the final term of the academic year on Monday 3 June 2019.
Full academic year dates are published on the school website and include the
school’s five Teacher Training Days. Please note that training days are not
included on the calendar on Northamptonshire County Council’s website.
N E W S L E T T E R N O 9 5
Thank you to everyone who supported our events last half term. Much fun
was had by the children with the Pancake Flipping and Easter Egg Hunt and
the Sharing Assembly Tea & Cake sale was popular as usual. Another
successful term of raising money for our school and the children.
The Pancake Flipping event raised a wonderful amount of £477 so a huge
thank you to everyone who either sponsored or gathered sponsors for
their child/children. Well done for Class 2 in achieving the most Pancake
flips overall, Felix for the top of Class 1, Oscar for top of Class 2, Amelia
for top of Class 3 and the overall individual winner, Sebby for the best
technique and Bella for the most stylish.
The Cash4Clothes raised £98.50 on this occasion - nearly double the last
one - so a huge thank you for everyone who donated. We will have a final
collection for this academic year in the summer term (date TBC).
The Easter Egg Hunt was again a success despite being indoors due to the
weather. I don't think many eggs even lasted the journey home! A big thank
you to Mrs Murphy and all the volunteers.
The Sharing Assembly tea & cake sale raised a fabulous amount of £151
boosted by the Easter cake raffle and many delicious Easter themed cake
donations. Thank you to all who donated and supported the event.
We like to keep you informed on how we spend the money you help to
raise and the PTA is currently in progress making additions to the play-
ground, involving an undercover Art Shack and educational games tables.
We hope to have this installed before the end of this academic year.
The main event for the summer term will be the Summer Fete and we will
start planning this immediately! Our next PTA meeting is on Monday
29th April 3.30pm where it will be predominately about the fete. All are
welcome and if you would like to volunteer your time or ideas for this
event please let us know.
Thank you for your continued support
Jodie Nikel
Chair Maidwell school PTA Martin Young
Our story this term is Into the
Forest - a beautifully illustrated
book by Anthony Browne. Martin
will be with us on Monday 29 April
to bring us his usual talents to
assist our creative writing.
Governing Body News Paul Gooding, Chair of Governors
The efforts of the Governing Body to ensure continuity and prudent succession planning are now bearing some fruit; I am
delighted to report that Nigel Ozier was co-opted to our number at our March meeting. We are delighted to welcome Nigel
to the Governing Body, not least as he brings with him a wealth of experience and many relevant skills which will be
invaluable to us.
We have also had positive meetings with a further potential recruit, who will be meeting with all governors after our forth-
coming budget meeting, with a view to possibly joining us this term.
The main business for the early part of this term is the annual Budget Meeting, which had to be deferred from March due to
illness and work commitments.
EYFS Talk for Writing
Mornings
This term’s Talk for Writing
Mornings for parents of pupils
in EYFS will be on 8 and 9 May
(9.45-10.30am). Please feel
free to join us on either of
these mornings and watch
your child engage in a Talk for
Writing session.
Don’t forget Monday 6 May is a Bank Holiday
P A G E 3
Please make a note of these dates (next academic year) in your diary:
Y1-Y6: Tuesday 12 November 2019 3.40-5.00pm
Y1-Y6: Thursday 14 November 2019 3.40-7.00pm
Parents’ Evenings: Dates for November 2019
N E W S L E T T E R N O 9 5
Open Library Sessions
Mrs Henson is again available this term to
welcome you to our Library on Tuesdays
between 3.30 and 4.00pm. Please use and
enjoy our valuable resources. Open to
younger siblings as well as all pupils.
Please sign in at the door with Mrs
Henson on arrival.
BREAKFAST CLUB
We have occasional spaces available at Breakfast Club this term every day. Please remember that we need
48 hours’ notice if you wish to request availability. If you wish to cancel your commitment, the school needs a
term’s notice to enable us to adjust staffing provision accordingly.
NHS Health Assessment
(Reception)
The School Nurses will be visiting
on Wednesday 8 May to carry
out the annual assessment. Full
details were sent home at the
very end of last term. If you have
not yet returned your forms can
you please do so as a matter of
urgency.
KS2 Summer Residential 15-17 July 2019
There will be a statutory meeting for the summer residential on Thursday 9 May at
6pm. ALL PARENTS AND CHILDREN must please attend this meeting.
The £115 balance due has been loaded to ParentPay for payment before the end of
May Half Term holiday.
Premises Update
Now that we are in the summer term,
we hope to spend as many break/lunch
times on the field as possible. Our
Reading Huts will be opened once more and the children will
be encouraged to use our comfy beanbags/chairs/rugs in order
to read around the school.
Mariusz has, over the holiday, given all patios and furniture a
spring clean and the weekly Outdoor Club will continue to
keep our grounds looking lovely.
Two Summer Messages
Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school at all times. We are constantly being asked
for cups at break time and the school does not have enough to share with all pupils. This is very
important during the warmer weather.
Sun cream should not be sent in to school with your child. The school is unable to apply it on your
behalf and in our experience children are not very good at applying it themselves. Please ensure you
apply sun cream before school. Sun hats are also beneficial and children should be provided with one.
Magistrates in the Community
Class 3 will again be welcoming
the Magistrates from the
Community programme on
Monday 20 May. This year we
will be enacting a mock trial on
Cyber Bullying. Look out for a
pupil report in the next
newsletter.
Class 2/3
EGYPTIAN ART DAY
Classes 2 and 3 are
looking forward to an Art
Day with Mrs Elliott on
Friday 26 April to
complement their studies
on Ancient Egyptians.
P A G E 4
N E W S L E T T E R N O 9 5
Just recently we have taken delivery of five beautiful balance bikes. We have had these on
order since our very successful Balance Bike training for Reception which took place in the
Autumn. They have finally arrived and are proving to be very popular - and effective in
developing balance skills.
Thank you for parking with care and consideration. Parking in the vicinity of the
school is always problematic for residents and your continuing support is greatly
appreciated. Please feel free to drop off your child (Y2 upwards) at 08.50am if they
wish to read their page turner in school.
This term’s charges have now
been loaded to ParentPay.
Please remember to log in and
check your child’s account.
Please ensure your child has full PE kit in
school all week from
Monday to Friday.
Balance Bikes
20% discount voucher (food only)
available for all parents and staff
at Maidwell Primary School - valid
until 30 June 2019.
Please request yours from the
school office.
Yoga
By Lara, Y3
A few weeks ago we started a yoga club with a yoga teacher named Lisa. She teaches us yoga with
lots of different stretches. We also do lots of fun activities with her. We have some stories to help us
know what the lessons are about.
She’s taught mountain pose which we do every day as a warm up. We do stretching and listening. I
like it because it’s fun and we learn relaxing poses and more difficult poses. It makes me feel calm.
P A G E 5
N E W S L E T T E R N O 9 5
Pupil Reports
Easter Egg Hunt
By Evan, Y3
We coloured a paper egg and cut it out. The teachers hide them and you have to find them. After
you get a chocolate treat … it is usually an egg. It is fun because it sometimes takes quite a while to
find your egg.
** Everybody in school would like to thank the PTA for again organising this annual event for us **
Aladdin
By Madison, Y6
I really enjoyed it because it was nice to see the characters being played by other people and hear the
songs that we learnt. I liked the way the Reception children were singing all the songs. My favourite
character was the Genie. I also really enjoyed the dancers – in our performance we didn’t have back
flips! There were other songs which were not in our production. The stage set was amazing – the
scenes changed really quickly. My favourite scene was the Cave of Wonders – but it still wasn’t bet-
ter than our production. Oscar was definitely a better Spooky Voice than in the London show. One
of my favourite parts was when the Genie kept on returning to the star door labelled with his name.
The best song – in my opinion – was A Friend Like Me.
Pancake Flip
By Amber, Y3
To start with we went into the hall. There was a bench with a pan and pancake in it. An adult counted
when we were flipping. Aimee’s mum was doing the stop watch. We then got a piece of paper to let
us know how many we’d flipped. I did 23. Thea did most – she flipped 41.
P A G E 6
N E W S L E T T E R N O 9 5
QUICK GUIDE:
PARENTS’ SESSIONS TO END OF SUMMER TERM
Date Time Session For parents of:
Thursday 25 April 0900h Maths Calculations
(and helping your child at home) All pupils
Thursday 2 May 1800h Spelling in Early Years EYFS
Wednesday 8 May 0945h Talk for Writing EYFS
Thursday 9 May 0945h Talk for Writing EYFS
Thursday 6 June 0900h Grammar All
Thursday 13 June 1800h Preparing your child for Year 1 EYFS
Wednesday 26 June 0945h Talk for Writing EYFS
Thursday 27 June 0945h Talk for Writing EYFS