WEST FLANK ORCHESTRA MANY THANKS TO MRS RICH-

ARDS AND MRS MARSHALL FOR ORGANISING AND LEAD-

ING THE 3RD WEST FLANK ORCHESTRA DAY. THE CHIL-

DREN SPENT THE WHOLE DAY IN EACH OTHER’S COMPANY, LEARNING THE MUSIC FOR THE SHORT CONCERT THAT WAS HELD ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE PAR-

ENTS OF THE CHILDREN IN-

VOLVED. FOR THE SCHOOLS INVOLVED (CAROLINE HAS-

LETT, GILES BROOK, LONG MEADOW PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND CTS) IT WAS FANTASTIC FOR THE CHILDREN TO GET TOGETHER TO MAKE A BIG ORCHESTRA. THIS YEAR WE MISSED OUR FRIENDS FROM PRIORY RISE. A BIG THANK YOU TO MRS BANCROFT OF LOUGHTON MANOR FIRST SCHOOL, WHO LENT US THE MUSIC STANDS, WITHOUT WHICH THE DAY WOULD HAVE BEEN RATHER STRANGE!!!

These children have appeared in the Golden Book over the last two

weeks... Ruva & Aziza

(Daisy) Jason, Jack,

Joshua & Emmanuel (Sunflower)

Christian, Destiny Maryam & Gabriel

(Poppy) Muhammed,

Ruky, Dusan & Carlos (Thistle)

Zac, Arnav, Kevin & Sophie (Conker)

Luke, Shanice, Alex & Meghana

(Acorn) David, Nandi, Colby & Luca

(Pumpkin) Kelvina, Macie,

Gladys, Charlotte (Clover)

Dexter, Rachel, Sharon & Otega

(Mustard) Dylan, Sienna,

Glory & Lillie-Mae (Teasel)

Maqhawe, Lucy & Eiden

(Rosehip) Nyshha, Fatima,

Raiyaan & William (Sycamore)

Neo, Maizy, Olivia & Harry (Catkin)

Ana, Ayat, Evie & Ethan

(Barley) Shonnabelle, Carla, Teni &

Kaloyan (Wheat)

Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School Singleton Drive, Grange Farm, Milton Keynes, MK8 0PZ. Tel: 01908-867356/Fax: 01908-867165 school@ctsmk.org.uk www.ctsmk.org.uk

1 July 2016—Our school community newsletter, issued every other Friday

Loving, Learning,

Growing Together

Calendar for the next two school weeks

TMA teaching students in Acorn/Catkin (and 5 July) 2.45 Y6 Gifted/ Talented Sports Event, Stantonbury Hazeley Transition Day (Y6 students) Y4 Lodge Lake (bike/walk): School Uniform Sales 1.30pm Y6 perform The Tempest 6 pm Y1 walk to St Mary’s Church: Y3 visit to Kew Gardens: Y6 perform THE TEMPEST 6 pm 9 am Foundation Stage Collective Worship (Beech) Visit to CTS from Blake Primary School Council Christ the Sower SUMMER FETE: 11 am to 2 pm Hazeley Maths/English transition day (Y6) Hazeley Maths/English transition day (Y6) Changeover Day: children attend new classes: new Foun-dation 2 children visit: Open Afternoon 3.30—5 pm 7.30pm Parent Council (Final Session of year) Friends Together Disco 5 pm (ELP & Y2) 6.30 pm (Y3-6)

4 July

5 July 6 July

7 July

8 July

9 July

11 July 12 July 13 July

14 July 15 July

From our CANCER RESEARCH UK Spon-sored Run we have raised £1647.15, which is great! The cut off date for your contribu-tions is Wednesday 6th July.

We now have 12 trained Pupil First Aiders. They are: Lucy, Charmaine, Nyshha, Telma, Grace, Caitlin, Adithi, Jenna,

Frankie, James, Lauren & Olivia.

Thanks to Ross from St John’s Ambulance who trained them.

Don’t forget that we’re holding an open morning for Daisy Class (nursery) admissions & information, 10am-12 pm

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Uniform Sales: We will be holding new uniform sales on the following dates for both parents of our current pupils and our new Foundation 2 starters:

Weds 6th July – 1:30 – 3:00pm AND Weds 13th July – the whole school day

We’ll also be available for you to buy new uniform on Fri 2nd Sept 10am – 1pm

Parking: Please can all parents and carers take care when using the community car park outside the school. We are once again receiving complaints from other users being blocked in by people who are collect-ing children. Please remember that it is not only visitors to the school that use this car park, but other members of the community and try and be courteous to all.

On Saturday 25 June, 20 members of the school community were out and about in Grange Farm tidying the place up, collecting litter, mainly, and talk-ing to residents about the school. Thank you all so much!!! Thanks especially to CTS Community Friends for doing this for us—and especially to Kaajal Mushtaq, Gail Birkett, Christine Smith, Hema Morarji and Ranbir Sandhu who were out there with parents and children on Saturday morning. You are all stars and your community is (or jolly well should be!) very grateful!

Children from Y5/Y4 took part in the annual MK Pri-mary Music Festival. They performed songs from The Button Box as part of the stage choir, before an audi-ence of parents and teachers at the New Life Centre in Wolverton Mill South, last Thursday. It was a really super event and we had lots and lots of comments about our children’s great singing (and actions!).

FOOTBALL COACH NEEDED: We would once again like to have a Christ the Sower Year 5/6 football team from the Autumn Term and are looking for a football coach or parent/carer volunteer who can

coach the team on a Monday afterschool from 3.15-4.15pm and attend the Wednesday league games which are once or twice a term. Please contact the School Office if interested; DBS check is required.

Class Collective Worship: 8 July Foundation 15 July TBD 21 July Y6 Leavers

NUT Industrial Action. The National Union of Teachers are taking industrial action on Tuesday 5th July over terms and conditions to their contracts and reductions in school funding over the next few years.. Both are real issues. I support the right of NUT mem-bers to strike, and members do not have to inform me until the morning of the strike. That being said, some members have already told me that they are not striking and others are not working on that day anyway. We will text you with updates.

On the 22nd June, Andrew Macder-mott returned to work with the children in Barley Class on their her-itage pottery

work—the work that will be a leg-acy from the chil-dren to the school. This work is funded by Friends Together and the initial glazes are illus-trated here for some of the hands created by the

children.

If you have not yet heard, YEAR 6 children are performing a musical version of THE TEMPEST, based on the play by

William Shakespeare. This is their end of year performance and really worth seeing.

We really want as many people to see this as possible—not only Year 6 parents, but anyone who likes musical theatre or Shakespeare. Ask your children. They’ll all get the chance to see the dress rehearsals and I am sure they’d recommend it! Performances are on Wednesday/Thursday next week, both @ 6 p.m. There are 40 SEATS STILL AVAILABLE FOR

EACH SHOW! Contact the office if you’re interested in getting seats!