Newsletter Summer 2 2013

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Helping children be the best they can beDear Parents, Governors and Children,

OUR NEXT HOLIDAYS MAY DAY & SPRING BANKWe break for the May Day holiday on Friday 3rd May at 3.30 p.m. and we re-open on

Tuesday 7th

May at 8.45 a.m.We break for Spring Bank Holiday on Friday 24th May at 3.30 p.m. and we re-open onMonday 3rd June at 8.45 a.m. There are NO training days attached to these holidays.

WELL DONEWell Done to Amy Louise Bateman for performing Les Miserables at the Winter

Gardens in Blackpool with her dance school on Saturday.

PIRATE DAY FOUNDATION & KS1 ON MONDAY 29TH APRILWe sent a letter out at the beginning of the week letting you know our arrangements for

Pirate Day. Just to recap, children are invited to come dressed in pirate costume onMonday. The day will kick off with our sponsored obstacle course in the morning andyou are welcome to stay and give your support at this event. Pirate themed activitiesand parties will continue throughout the day the finale being Captain Cravens TreasureShow which will take place after school. Tickets for this event are still available from the mainoffice at 2.50 each. The show ends about 4.45pm and children should be collected from theirclassroom doors as normal at this time.

SPONSOR MONEYWould you kindly place any sponsorship money in a named envelope and give it to your childsclass teacher or hand it in at the main office. Remember all money raised will be spent onimproving our school playground our target is 5,000

SAINSBURYS VOUCHERSThe Active Kids promotional voucher scheme from Sainsburys runs until 22ndMay. If you have any vouchers, please send them in to Miss Fryer in Year 6.Thank you.

SCHOOL MILKThank you for your patience and support with the new milk system most parents doseem to have managed to order the milk if their child required it and you can stillregister if you have not yet done so. Unfortunately it is not instant and you need to

register by 12 noon on the Tuesday of one week to receive milk the following week if your registration is later than this than Im afraid it is almost two weeks beforeschool gets the updated information, Once you have registered it will be a lot easier,as each term as you will only need let them know if you wish to continue with themilk.


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NEW PHONE MESSAGEMany of you who ring school regularly may have noticed our incoming call messagehas changed. Please listen carefully to the message and press the button for theextension you require. The main school office is now Option 3.

PLEASE COVER EARRINGS FOR PEIf your child has pierced ears, they must either remove their earrings or have them

covered for PE Lessons. If your child cannot remove their earrings by themselves,please send them covered on PE days, or send a small roll of micropore tape forthis purpose. We are sorry but school cannot provide the tape for this purpose.Please speak to your childs class teacher to confirm which days they have PE.Thank you for your co-operation.

FACEBOOK SOCIAL NETWORKING ALERTAs a school we have no control over the internet activities which take place out ofschool hours this is something parents need to keep control over. We have had areport of an incident which the Police are now involved with, which could quite easily

have had serious implications for childrens safety. If you do feel it appropriate foryour child to access these sites then please be vigilant to check the security settingand any profile details your child may have uploaded, along with the people and types ofconversations theyare involved in. The main target for activity seems to be directed at secondaryschool age children but please, please do not presume your child is safe and speak to them andkeep checking. Thank you.

SCHOOL START TIMEA kindly reminder - The bell rings for the start of school at 8.45am and if you arrive afterthis time then you are running late. By 8.50am all children should be present and hard atwork in class. Children arriving after this time enter via the main entrance as it is

important that lessons are not disturbed.

APPROPRIATE SCHOOL DRESSWe would like to remind you that children should not wear extremes offashion for school. Shoes should be low-heeled and extreme haircuts

(with tramlines or words cut in) are not acceptable, so please save them forthe holidays. Thank you for your support.

UPDATE TO EMERGENCY NUMBERS AND ADDRESSESWe are experiencing difficulties at the moment contacting parents

when their child is ill, or left behind from an after-school club oractivity. Please make sure, if you change your mobile number, oreven move house, that you let school know. Thank you.

P E KIT REMINDERNow that we are back to school, please dont forget to make sure your child has bothindoor and outdoor P E kit with them every day. If the weather is fine, dry and nottoo cold we often take advantage of the PE lesson to go outside and get fresh airwhile keeping fit, so please make sure your child has the right kit, and it has theirname inside. Thank you.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NEWSLETTERWe are encouraging the children to contribute to our weekly newsletterwith stories, pictures and items of interest they have done in theclassroom our outside school. The contributions this week are fromYear 3. Look out for more class contributions in the comingweeks


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Reporter: Owen Holmes

the year 3 children

involved in the

investigationfound

Three big bones,

Three little bones

and

Twenty other

items

A MYSTERIOUS BONE

HAS BEEN FOUND IN A

PRIMARY SCHOOL IN

Doncaster. Children

were investigatingnearly all morning.

Prime Minister David

Cameron said he is

interested to find out

more about it.

The children had to

wear safety clothes

to protect them self

and there will be no

finger prints.

I went into the

school and George,

the boy who made

the discovery said I

am really shocked

that Ive found a

bone here at Balby

central .

BRAKING

NEWS!

Last Monday pc

Bennett came and

checked the area to

see if it was safe for

further investigation .

Year 3 think its an elbowjoint will there be any

other bones to

investigate? I hope to

report more about this

another time bye for now

Tuesday 23 April 2013


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Millie Rotherforth

TUESDAY 23RD OF APRIL 2013 THE SUN

On Thursday 18th of April 2013

a normal school boy named

George Davies, made anamazing and unusual discovery,

on school grounds.

George was playing a game of

tag with his school friends;

suddenly he tripped over and

saw a mysterious object, when

he picked the mysterious

object up he took it to Mrs

Bedford, she bought the local

police in, a lady called Police

Bennett.

Yr3 went to the hall to listen,

to Police Bennett who told

them how to be safe in a

situation like this. PC. Bennett

investigated with Ruby class,

and helped them along the way.

The children in Ruby class

were investigators for the day

.They got their equipment and

searched the Quiet garden and

all the mud. Ruby class found a

lot of evidence so much so that

the girls and boys were

exhausted. I dont know what

to say said Heather Smith,

Is it a specie that we dont

know? Dying to know more

visitWWW.THESUN/BONE.COM

Yr3 discussing the plan of action

with PC Bennett.

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Newsletter Summer 2 2013