Little Sutton Primary School

Little Sutton Primary School

Little Sutton Primary School

NewsletterNewsletter Friday 17th June 2011

Telephone : 0121 464 4494 Website: www.littlesu.bham.sch.uk Email : enquiry@littlesu.bham.sch.uk

Head Teacher : Mrs R Davis Deputy Head: Mrs N Arkinstall

Y6 Residential Acorn Adventure

Our Y6 children had a wonderful weekend at Acorn Adventures in the Brecon Beacons. They took part in exciting activities including rafting, canoeing, zip wire and archery. They also enjoyed a disco on Sunday evening. The children were impeccably behaved and the staff commented that it was one of the best residential visits. Thanks to the staff for all their hard work and to Ellie Crean and Emily Minchin who went on the trip to help as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award. The children have been using a new computer program called Prezi to produce a presentation about the weekend, which will be available to see at our open evening in July and podcasts can now be found on our website.

2p Challenge FOLSS have organised a 2p Challenge again this year. Each class has been asked to bring in as many 2p’s as they can and the class who collects the most will be presented with a trophy. This year the money will be used to purchase bird houses with in built cameras. This will enable the children to watch the birds back in their class-rooms. The more money we raise, the more bird boxes we will be able to buy.

Y5 Visit to Middleton Village On Monday Y5 visited Middleton Village as part of their Geography curriculum. The children walked around the village in groups and used digiblue cameras to make a video recording of the day. They had an interesting talk from Mrs Bell at the church and were able to see the wonderful architecture of the building at first hand. They had a very enjoyable day and will shortly be producing Powerpoint presentations about their study with imported video clips of the village. Well done Year 5.

Bugsy Malone Production Our production of Bugsy Malone takes place next week. We were very over subscribed for the evening performances and have allocated the tickets on a first come first served basis. We are sorry if you did not receive the evening or number of tickets that you requested. We are putting on an additional matinee performance on Wednesday 23rd for which tickets are available and there is also a matinee on Tuesday 22nd. If you have been allocated tickets which you do not want, please return them as quickly as possible so we can reallocate them. Parents of children in Year 4 who are in the Choir, should have received a letter inviting them to apply for tickets for the matinee performances. We have given priority to Year 5 and 6 for the evening performances as we only put on a production every 2 years and this is therefore the last time they will be performing. The children and staff have put so much hard work into the show and we are really looking forward to it.

New Reception Induction Afternoon Next Thursday afternoon we will be holding an induction afternoon for Reception children starting in September and their parents. The children will meet their new class teacher and spend the afternoon with them. I will be giving a presentation to parents in the hall with important information about our school.

On Thursday of this week the rest of our new Reception children came into school for the afternoon and took part in a variety of activities. It was hard to believe it was their first afternoon in school, they were so at home and enjoyed themselves. We look forward to welcoming all our new Reception children and their parents next Thursday at 1.45pm.

Family Day Our Family Day, organised by FOLSS, takes place on Sat-urday 2nd July. This is always a lovely occasion when the local community comes together in a relaxed atmosphere. We often have families who are former parents and pupils of the school, coming along to the event. They are most welcome and will always be part of our school community. The event always raises a lot of much needed funds for the school. Please come along and support the event.

Four Oaks Cluster Choir Today we had a visit from the Four Oaks Cluster Choir who performed a selection of songs from their repertoire which they will be singing in a forthcoming competition.

We are very proud to have the choir representing the Cluster and delighted that some of our children are mem-bers of it. Children from Year 4 upwards are welcome to join the choir and should collect a leaflet from their class teacher if they are interested.

We wish the choir good luck in the competition and every success for the future.

URGENT REQUEST An old fashioned telephone is urgently needed for our production of Bugsy. Anyone who can help, please bring it into the school office first thing Monday morning.

FoLSS NEWS Family Day: 2nd July, 12-3—This year for Family Day we have a number of events on the day that are likely to require pre-booking, please refer to the family day flyer coming out in book bags shortly and return your forms promptly. We also have some activities which we have never had before including a 8 metre climbing wall for KS2 and a 5 metre bouldering wall for KS1.We will be running a teddy tombola and a book stall so if you have any old teddies or books in good condition that you would like to donate please look them out. Details for collection will be available after Half Term. As usual the kitchen will require donations of cakes and biscuits, either home made or bought, please deliver into school before 11am on July 2nd.

Bags to School: 6th July

2p Challenge: Buckets are now in classrooms, as usual the children are highly competitive about winning the trophy for the year, all monies raised go straight to school funds.

Family Day Volunteers: This great day can not go ahead without parental support, please could parents (and their children) give a little time to help out on our range of stalls. Look out for Caroline Moore (and her famous clip board) on the play-ground, alternatively complete the following slip, return to the School office and Caroline will contact you.

Contact Name

Childs Name/Year

Telephone No.

Dates for Your Diary 20th June Evening performance ‘Bugsy’ 21st June Afternoon & evening performance 22nd June Afternoon & evening performance 23rd June Y2 visit to Cadbury World 24th June Sports Day 27th June Reception visit to Birches Valley 2nd July FoLSS Family Day 4th July KS1 Cluster Day 5th July Little Sutton Shop 7th July Parents’ Open Evening KS2 Cluster Day 11th July Class & Sports Photographs 14th July Y3 to Birches Valley 19th July Y6 to Drayton Manor

Odd Shoes One of our Y2 girls went home one day last week in odd shoes. They are black with a strap fastening. One was size 11 ½ and one size 12. One also has a name tape inside. I would be grateful if you could check your child’s shoes to see if you have the matching pair. Thank you.

This Week’s Awards This week’s Lunchtime Behaviour Awards were presented to 1JC & 4IJ and the Classroom Awards to 1JC & 5AW. Please see the school website for photos of the children invited to our golden table this week.

Music Assemblies If your child learns an instrument in school, you are cordially invited to one of the following assemblies where your child will be performing. A separate letter has been sent out to all the children concerned. Mon 27th June 10.20 am Woodwind Tues 28th June 10.00am Brass Fri 1st July Piano (provisional date to be confirmed) Tues 5th July 1.30 pm Cello Wed 6th July 3.00 pm Violin & Viola Tues 19th July 10.30 am Double Bass Wed 20th July 2.15 pm Guitar

Piano Lessons We have been informed that our piano teacher Miss Chong is quite poorly at the moment and will be unable to teach for the next few weeks. We wish her a speedy recovery. A temporary teacher from the Music Service will be taking the remainder of her classes this term.

Sports Report Good luck to the Cricket team who play in the county final of the Asda Kwik Cricket Competition at Moseley Cricket Club next Thursday 23rd June at Moseley Cricket Club 9:45-4pm.

Reminder A reminder that children should not, under any circumstances, bring nuts or nut products into school as we have several children with very severe allergies. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated.

Greek Day Year 3 will be holding a Greek day next Tuesday as part of their studies of the Ancient Greeks. They will be taking part in a variety of activities during the day including food tasting. To get into the spirit of the day, we are asking that children come to school dressed in Greek costume eg something as simple as a white tunic with a belt. Thank you.

Sports Day Sports Day will take place next Friday the 24th June. Key Stage 1’s event will begin at 10.15am and Key Stage 2 at 1.30pm. We ask that the chil-dren wear a t shirt in the colour of their house; Liv-ingstone is green, Drake is red, Cook is blue and Scott is yellow. We are hoping for good weather and we look forward to seeing you at the event.

Cluster Concert at Arthur Terry The Cluster Orchestra and some members of the Bugsy cast will be performing at the Cluster Concert at Arthur Terry School on Thursday 23rd June at 6.30 pm. All children involved have received a letter and two tickets for the event. Please return payment or unwanted tickets by Monday 20th June. Children are asked to arrive at 6.10pm.

Little Sutton Shop for the Day in Sutton Town Centre On Tuesday 5th July our pupils will be taking over a shop opposite WH Smith from 9am to 5.30pm. All children will create a framed self portrait which will be on sale along with jewellery, picture frames and dream catch-ers, also made by the children. There will be face painting, photography, a range of competitions, storytelling from Mere Green Library as well as art and various craft activities for the children to enjoy. Please come along and help raise money for our school.

Y2 Visit to Cadbury World Year 2 will be visiting Cadbury World on Thursday 23rd June. Children should wear school uniform and bring a packed lunch in disposable containers so that they do not have to carry it after lunch. We look forward to hearing all about the trip in next week’s newsletter.

Messy Church Club will re-commence on Tuesday 21st June.