Dates for your Diary:

Yr 4 Viking Day

Monday, 15th April &

Tuesday, 16th April

PTA Pop Quiz Wednesday, 17th April

7.00p.m.

Cross Country Tuesday, 23 April

Class photos

Wednesday 1 May

Bank Holiday Monday 6 May School Closed

SATs week

Monday 13 May To

Friday 17 May

Fun & Games Evening Friday, 17 May

Summer half term School closes on Friday 24 May at

3:20pm

Teacher Training Day Monday, 3 June

School re-opens on Tuesday 4 June

MICHAEL DRAYTON JUNIOR SCHOOL

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Best overall class attendance

September—March 2013— 3SU 96.56%

January—March 2013—3WA 97.27%

March 2013—3WA 98.44% Well done!!

Please do your best to ensure your child attends school every day

Welcome to the summer term! I hope everyone had a good break. Staff and children returned very enthusiastically and it is great to see so many things planned for this term. Our wildlife project continued to develop this week with a lot of children being involved in planting species that are attractive to insects and butterflies. Look at the Wildlife Learning Section of our website for more details. We are expecting some trees to be planted on the school grounds in the next week or so. Some willow arches have also been planted in the ‘quiet area’ near Year 6. These will need time to establish but should look great in the coming years. The recent teacher training day focussed on internet safety and although there has been work in school already, this will be reinforced in the future and there will be some workshops for parents and pupils. Another exciting development that is coming is a new ‘online’ maths package that will be available soon for pupils, both at home and in school. Miss Purdy’s class have been trialling ‘Mathletics’ and their feedback has prompted us to subscribe for a year. Children will be able to compete with themselves as well as all over the world. More details and log ons to follow. Have a good term. John Buxton

As part of their topic work, Year 5 experienced an ‘India Day’. The children had the opportunity to sample the culture of India, and participated in Bangra dancing, henna tattooing and sampled Indian food. The dance was enhanced by the children and staff dressing in Indian style clothing.

They all looked very colourful.

We are now collecting Sainsbury’s Ac-tive Kids vouchers, Nestle Box tops for books vouchers and from Tesco vouch-ers for Schools. These schemes will help provide new P.E., Cooking and ICT equipment. Please send in any vouchers you may get from your weekly shopping Thank You!

The school Cross Country will take place on Tuesday, 23rd April. Would

you please ensure your child has their kit in school on the day. The races will take place at approximately the following times:

Yr 3 9.30 a.m. Year 4 10.00 a.m. Yr 5 10.30 a.m. Year 6 11.30 a.m.

Parents and carers are welcome to come along and support.

The final teacher training day for this academic year will be on Monday 3 June. School will close for the summer half term holiday on Friday 24 May at 3:20pm and will re-open on Tuesday 4 June.

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The photographer will be in school on Wednesday, 1 May at 9.00, to take class

photographs only.

Some of our Year 6 children will be taking part in a bikeability

course over the next few weeks. This will teach them how to ride

their bicycles safely on the road

Year 3 will be having a ‘Pirate Day’ on Tuesday, 16 April.

Children can come to school dressed as a pirate and the day’s activities will include ori

enteering, art dance and food tasting.

Friday 19 April 5PR - AM & PM

Friday 26 April 4HO - PM

Friday 3 May 3GN - AM & PM

Friday 10 May 4PL - AM & PM

Friday 17 May 3SU - AM & PM

Friday 24 May 6TR - AM & PM

Friday 7 June 5BU - AM & PM

Friday 14 June 6FS - AM & PM

Friday, 21 June 3BA - AM & PM

Friday, 28 June Friday, 5 July

5CH - AM 4GR - PM 6GP - AM & PM

10:30am and 2:30pm start

Monday 13 May—Friday 17 May 2013

All Yr 6 pupils will be taking part in the Statutory Assessment Tests during this week. Please

ensure that no holidays are requested for this week as they will not be authorised.

Our P.T.A. are holding a ‘Pop Quiz’ Night on Wednesday, 17 April at

7.00 p.m. Come along and have a family fun night.

More details are being sent out separately.

To enhance their topic work, Year 4 will be experiencing a Viking Invasion on Monday, 15th

and Tuesday, 16th April. Children will have ‘hands on’ experience of Viking life.

The following after school clubs will be starting next week,

week commencing 15.4.13, unless stated below

Monday - Yr 3 Multisports

Yr. 5 Chess/I.T.

Yr. 6 Wildlife Club

Yr 4 Homework (starting 22.4.13)

Tuesday - Yr.5/Yr.6 Samba

Yr. 3 Homework (starting 23.4.13)

Yr. 5 Homework (starting 23.4.13)

Wednesday - Yr. 4 Multisports

Yr. 5 Football

Yr. 5 Cookery

Yr. 5/Yr. 6 Netball

Thursday - Before School Multisports (all years)

Yr. 6 Cookery

Yr. 5/Yr.6 Tag Rugby

More clubs will be offered in the next few weeks. Look out

for letters

Warwickshire Cricket Board will be coming in to school this term

to coach our Year 4 cricketers.

Live to Learn Learn to Live!

Please could all telephone messages from parents to pupils be done before lunchtime to enable us to put them in the class message folders? Thank You!

Atherstone Indoor Skate Park

Take your scooters, boards and blades to Atherstone Skate Park!

Opening times:

Mondays 5.00 p.m.-7.00 p.m. & 7.00 p.m.—9.00 p.m.

Thursdays 4.00 p.m.—6.00 p.m. & 6.00 p.m.—8.00 p.m.

Fridays 4.00 p.m.—6.00 p.m. & 6.00 p.m.—8.00 p.m.

All sessions £3 for 2 hours

Skate 2 sessions for just £4.00

Skate all week for £8.00

More details: 01827 719356 or

website: www.northwarks.gov.uk/skatepark

Red Honey Roast

Gammon Chicken Fillet Pork Patties Pizza Fish Fingers

Green Tri-colour pasta bake

Sweet chilli quorn

Fish pie Beef and

potato wedges Cheese and

egg flan

For Vegetarians ONLY

Quorn

sausages

Red Lamb grill in a

bun Chicken and

bacon pie Pork loin and apple sauce

Beef meatballs Battered fish

fillet

Green Big fishcake Sticky BBQ

quorn sausages

Farmhouse omelette

Jacket potato with cheese

Beany toma-to pasta

bake

For Vegetarians ONLY

Quorn burger

Red Pork

sausages Chicken korma

Fish Nuggets in a wrap

Roast beef and gravy

Breaded fish fillet

Green Cheese and

tomato omelette

Pizza Broccoli and tomato pasta

bake

Veggie crumble

Quorn cottage pie

For Vegetari-ans ONLY

Red Pork meatballs Baked Alas-kan salmon

Chicken fillet wrap

Spaghetti bolognaise

Haddock bake

Green Vegetable and sweet potato

curry

Macaroni cheese

Veggie Quorn sausage

casserole

Roasted vegetable flan

Cheese and potato pie

For Vegetarians ONLY

School Lunchtime Menu 19 November 2012— 21 October 2013

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Holy Trinity Church are

holding a Skittles and Supper

Evening at Hartshill

Community Centre on Saturday

20 April, 6.00 p.m. Tickets

£3.00.

Tel 02476 397183