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YEAR 5 AND YEAR 6 RESIDENTIALWhat a wonderful time we had in the
Lake District with the Year 5 and Year 6
children! We were blessed with the most
fantastic weather which
really made a
difference
to the activities
we did. The
children had an
amazing time
walking, climbing,
working their way across the
JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
This weekend brings many celebrations for
the Queens Diamond Jubilee to the Village.
There will be a family service in Church from
10.30am - all are welcome!
From 12.30pm, the celebrations continue on
the Villages Recreation Ground. Please see the
poster overleaf for more details. Please also
see details of the Gardening Clubs
competitions and entry classes.
ISSUE 15 / SUMMER TERM 2012 / THURSDAY 31ST MAY 2012
There is also a CROWN
Competition - entries to be
brought to playing playing
field by 10.30am.
Yvette Owen will be on
hand to take family
photographs to mark the
occasion; again, details
overleaf.
Today in school, the children will be presented with a
Diamond Jubilee New Testament Bible. The
presentation will be done in our assembly and will be
conducted by Rev David Lamb. In addition, the school
high wires, canoeing on DerwentWater and visiting Keswick, including
the world famous Pencil Museum
which proved to be one of the highlights
of the week, despite many raised
eyebrows when I first mentioned it!
The children were a credit to
themselves and to you as parents;
proving to be responsible, sensible
and independent young people who
were just a delight to be with. I really
hope that they will remember theexperience for many years - I know
how much I valued the residential visit
when I was in Year 6 - memories such
as this live on for a long time!
My thanks go to Mrs Skelley, Mrs
Burton, Mr and Mrs Pattinson and
to Mr Burton from Huxley CE
Primary School.
FUTURE RESIDENTIAL VISITS
I am now at the planning stage
for our next residential visits
for the children in school. We
are planning to take next
years Year 5 and
Year 6 to
London
(Houses of
Parliament,
London Eye,
River Cruise,
ScienceMuseum,
Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palaceand the theatre) in October time. The
Year 3 and Year 4 children are having a
visit being organised for them to York
(Jorvik Centre, York Minster, an
archaeological dig centre, the Railway
Museum and another museum) and the
Year 1 and Year 2 children will have a
one-night residential organised for them
in the local area.
I know I have the vast majority of parent
support for these residential visits. As aschool, the staff and governors highly
value these experiences not just for
academia, but for the children to
socialise and to increase their
independence and enjoyment. I will give
more details in the coming weeks regard
to costs etc. As I hope you will be aware,
I do my utmost to keep the costs of these
visits to a minimum by getting the best
value deals I can!
FAMILY CAMP OVER
Tickets have been selling well for the
camp over, due to be held on the School
field on Saturday 24th June (afternoon
and night). We are asking for a donation
of just 10 to pitch your tent, to enjoy
your tea (most people brought a BBQ
last year), play some games into the
evening and enjoy (!) a night under the
stars. Bacon rolls will be available for
breakfast as part of this donation.
and PTFA have funded further commemorative
gifts. I hope that all these gifts will be treasured
for many years by the children to mark these
very special celebrations.
I hope to see many families on Sunday, enjoying
the fun which has been kindly organised by
many different members of the Village
Community.
On behalf of the School, I would like to thank
all these people for all the work that has gone
in the events.
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Please see Mrs Stubbs in the School Office for more details.
FUN IN THE SUN
Thank you to all the parents who have helped us keep the
children safe in the sun by applying sun tan lotion before
school and making sure that the children have a cap/hat to
wear. You may have seen a BBC News report regarding the
use of suntan lotion in schools; it is worth a read! I hope you
feel that our common sense view is more than acceptable tokeep your children safe.
As I have previously said in an email to parents, we have
some Boots own-brand SPF30 lotion in school, which we will
be quite happy for children to use to top up the layer that you
have applied. Please let us know if you are NOT happy for
your child to use this. We ask that the children apply this
themselves, although we will supervise them doing this. In
addition, we are very careful to limit the children's exposure to
the sun during the day.The new canopy provides a good area
of shade which children can also use. I hope that this item in
the newsletter doesnt mean that the sunshine will now end -
we are looking forward to many more sunny days after half
term!
Please ensure that the children have a named water bottle in
school everyday and that this is washed out on a regular
basis. The water cooler near the front door provides lovely
chilled water and every cold tap in classroom areas is safe to
drink from.
END OF TERM
Please note that the end of term is TODAY (Thursday 31st
May), as the teachers have an allocated INSET day tomorrow.
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I hope that some of you were lucky enough to watch the Olympic
torch relay take place in Chester and to attend the events on the
Racecourse on Tuesday evening.
If you were there, you may have seen The Moment When...
performed later in the evening. This was a dance organised by
Cheshire Dance and by Olivia McCormicks mum (Jacqueline
McCormick). Please see below for two other events in the near
future which I recommend to you...
More information at: www.themomentwhen.org
AND FINALLY...
I was approached by a company a couple of weeks ago who offer materials suitable for home tuition/reinforcing skills and
knowledge taught in the school. The materials consist of booklets and CDs (with video clips) with short activities to work
through. I am sure that you feel that the work in school and the homework provides a very good level of education for your
children, however, these materials do look useful (although there is obviously a cost to these).
I am in no way suggesting that you should buy them, however, the school receives a small amount of money to distributeleaflets to advertise the materials and if I get more than 60% of the reply slips back, the commission is doubled...even if all the
returns are signed to say no further information is required.
These will be distributed in the week we return after the half term break - can I urge you to return the slips, even if you want
no further information - I can think of a lot of fun things to spend the money on in school! Thank you!
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ASHTON HAYES AND MOULDSWORTH SCARECROW TRAIL
2012Organized by Ashton Hayes 0 TO 4S
Display a Scarecrow Application FormApplication forms accepted from May 25th to June 8th
Welcome to the Ashton Hayes and Mouldsworth Scarecrow Trail!
The Annual School Hey Day Summer Fair has a theme of The Olympics this year
you can either link your scarecrow to this or create your own masterpiece!
Scarecrows on display:
Saturday 16th June to Saturday 30th June
Your scarecrow must be displayed by: 9.00am on Saturday 16th June.Trophy for favourite scarecrow voted for by trailers.
Awarded at Ashton Hayes School, Hey Day Summer fair, 30th June 12-3pm.
Please join in this wonderful community event.This year, profits will benefit Ashton Hayes 0 to4s playgroup.To display a scarecrow, please complete this form and return in an envelope marked Scarecrow
Trail to one of the following places by Friday June 8th:Ashton Hayes Post Office, Primary School Office or to Nicole Wright or Amanda Hampton.
Name : Address :
Telephone Number : Title of Entry :
Please note: Your scarecrows number will be delivered on Thursday June 14th. If your numberdoes not arrive, please phone Nicole on 07976 905946 on Friday June 15th.
Please attach numbers firmly and where they can be seen easily!