Medlar-with-Wesham CE
Primary School
Newsletter Friday 18th October
2019
Our Mission Statement
We are a loving, caring, distinctively Christian family, provid-
ing an excellent education in a safe, happy environment, where
every individual is valued as a child of God.
Stars of The Week
Rec– Tommy
Y1— Alfie
Y2– Maggie
Y3– Liam
Y4– William
Y5– Keeley
Y6– Theo
Pavilion– Anna
Happy Birthday to …
Ollie, Melanija, Anna,
Tommy, Erin, Phoebe, Liam,
Rhys, Emily, Mrs Harrison
and Mrs Hughes-Hutchings.
Many happy returns!
Congratulations
Year 4
98.5% attendance this
week.
Well Done!
Our School Council’s First Assignment of the School Year
Our School Council had a a special job this week as our newly elected School
Council Reps. They helped to take the donations from school and our Church
congregation to Fylde Foodbank in Kirkham.
The children helped to weigh the donations and saw where they are sorted and
stored before they are given to people in need in our local community.
We were really proud to hear that we had collected enough items to give out
over 520 meals. What an amazing achievement - well done everyone!
Our PTA
Thank you we raised £307.49. Many thanks to parents & staff who made additional
donations and baked all week!
Multi-Faith Week 2019
Well done everyone for a brilliant week celebrating the faith of
Sikhism and the festival of Diwali. Thank you to our special
visitor – Kash, who taught us Sikh dancing and all about the
beliefs of Sikhs. We hope to make some visits to Kash’s Temple
soon!
The PTA will be supporting the following charity this year making donations
after fundraising events alongside supporting the school.
Please click on the link to find out more about this worthy cause:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/alexandra039s-immunotherapy-fundraiser?
rcid=r01-156648502172-168bfe03ded04b64%26pc%3Dwa_co_campmgmt_m%
26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dwhatsapp%26utm_campaign%
3Dp_lico%2Bshare-sheet
PTA Dates for the Diary 2019 – 20
Wednesday 30th October Christmas card/merchandise orders to be sent
out and returned by Monday 4th November.
Thursday 5th December Christmas film night from 3:00pm
Thursday 13th February Valentines Disco
5:00pm- 5:55pm Infants
6:00pm – 7:00pm Juniors
Friday March 20th Non Uniform day and chocolate egg donations.
Friday 27th March Easter Bingo @ the Community Centre 5 pm
doors open – 5:30pm eyes down!
Thursday 21st May Sweets and Treats stalls after Sports Day
Friday 19th June Non Uniform day good as new toys and bottle
donations.
Fri 3rd July Summer Fair and BBQ 5 – 8pm
School Meals
Watch out for the new Winter
menu in your child’s bag tonight.
The new menus start on Wednesday
30th October which is week 2 on
the menu.
School meals are free for EYFS,
Year 1 and Year 2. If your child is
in the Juniors and you think they
may be entitled to free school
meals just ring 01524 581207 to
check. It’s a simple check.
Ancient Greek Day Year 3
Year 3 have had a fabulous day celebrating the end of our topic. So much effort
has gone into all the costumes and the children have had a fabulous day. They
have role played Perseus and Medusa and Theseus and the Minotaur at playtime
which was fabulous. We have tasted some Greek food. Some children were as
brave as Perseus, others were nearly turned to stone by the sheer thought of
trying the food!
Thursdays:
9:00 am in Christ Church for Class Worship where everyone in our community
is invited to join us.
(See dates below) Fridays:
9:00 am in Christ Church our Celebration Worship where
everyone in our community is invited to join us and celebrate our achieve-
ments of the week.
Worship Dates in Christ Church For Your Diary:
Tuesday 5th November
9 am in Church Year 1
Sunday 10th November
9:30 am in Church Remembrance Service
Tuesday 12th November
9 am in Church Foundation Stage
Thursday 14th November
10 am in Church Remembrance Service
Tuesday 19th November
9 am in Church
Reverend Anne leading a
Communion Service
Tuesday 10th December
1:30pm and 5 pm in Church KS1 Nativity
Wednesday 18th December
3:30pm in Church Carol Service Whole School
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT AFTER SCHOOL CLUB
It has come to my attention that a number of children are being picked
up late from After School Club. After School Club closes AT 5:30pm, so
all children should be collected before this time. ASC staff also have
their own childcare commitments and must finish on time so that they
can pick their own children up.
In future, any parents collecting their child/ren late from ASC will be
charged an additional £6 for the inconvenience. Subsequently, your
child/children will not be allowed to attend another session until this is
paid. Parents who continue to pick their children up late will not be
allowed to use the services of our ASC. If you are running unavoidably
late, due to factors beyond your control, please call the ASC mobile on
07930 093178 to inform staff.
Many thanks for your co-operation.
Mrs Armstrong
Medlar with Wesham C.E. Primary School
Attendance Information
Schools are measured on their attendance figures as well as their attainment and test results. When we do not achieve certain percentages, our attendance consultants, DfE and OfSTED expect to see improvements. Please take the time to read the following infor-mation:
Illness
When a child has a day off we MUST be notified by a parent or carer. This can be a note or a telephone call. If we do not hear from you, we will contact you, by telephone. If we can-not make contact with you, we will carry out a home visit.
Please be aware that if you child arrives after 9.00am (when the registers close) this will be marked as an unauthorised absence.
'Leave' in school time
If you need to request 'leave' in term time, there must be exceptional reasons as to why the leave needs to be taken. Please do not book a holiday and then ask permission.
Did you know that being 15 minutes late each day is the same as missing two weeks of school during an academic year?
Even just being five minutes late, every day, adds up to three days absence over the year.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Mrs Armstrong
Dear Parents and Children,
The children have all been involved in our Multi-Faith week. Our focus was Sikhism.
Kash led a range of different workshops in school. The children took part in dance
and drama sessions. Our EYFS class even had Henna body art applied to their hands!
We learnt about the differences between the faiths —but also how we share many
values, particularly that of RESPECT. Year 2 led a Class Worship and told us the
story of the ‘52 Kings. ’ What clear , expressive reading in Church, Year 2! Well done!
May I take this opportunity to wish all of our families a very happy and peaceful half
term break. We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 30th October.
Very best wishes, Mrs. Armstrong
Dates for the Diary
18.10.19 3:15/3:20pm—break up for half term. Year 3 Ancient Greek
Dress Up Day
30.10.19 School re-opens
04.11.19 Anti Bullying Week 'Change Starts with Us'
05.11.19 ‘Bonfire’ theme school dinner
06.11.16 Year 6 at Borwick Hall
08.11.19 Year 6 arrive back from Borwick at 2:30pm
15.11.19 “Children in Need” day—Non Uniform, please bring a small donation.
05.12.19 Christmas Journey Workshop - Y2
10.12.19 Nativity—KS1 1:30pm and 5:00pm
13.12.19 Christmas Jumper Day
17.12.19 Nativity—Reception 3:30pm
18.12.19 Christmas School Lunch
19.12.19 Christmas Party Day
Stars of the Term
School closes at 1:30pm/ NO After School Club
6.1.20 School Re-opens