Your Weekly Newsletter

Issue 2 Week Ending 02/05/14

It has been a very busy week with lots of digging for our Comenius garden. We are most grateful for the guidance and advice we have been given. If you are able to volunteer your time and expertise please let us know. The children are excited too about being able to contribute. It was so lovely to hear about how many families from our school turned up last Sunday to assist with the cleaning of our local beach. Thank you for your collaborative effort. Over 60kg of hazardous rubbish was cleared from this area. Last week our children were entertained by Alan Bennet who came in to share his adventures when travelling around the world. We have been able to adopt two orphaned baby orang-utans and we will look forward to sharing regular updates on their progress with you. Thank you to all the families that made a contribution towards the donations. We have seen some super work this week with great mathematicians from the Ducklings and improving writers from Year Three.Keep it up!

Our Tuesday assembly was a success so please continue to send your child in with a record of their achievements.

Dates for your Diary

Lancaster Children's Literature Festival

LancasterCastle - A fun, friendly and informal weekend of practical workshops, children's storytelling and popular authors. Saturday 3 May 11.00amSimon Chapman,12.00nooonStorytelling with Emily Parrish, 2.00pmWriting Workshop with Claire Dean, 3.00pmLivi Michael and Malkin Child, 4.00pmNiel Bushnell.

Sunday 4 May 2.00pmSandra Glover, 3.00pmSimon Chapman,4.00pmJoseph Delaney

Bank Holiday Monday– school starts promptly at 9:00 on Tuesday 6th May.

Comenius Visit to Belgium– Mr Vaughan, Mr Batty and Miss Deane are jetting off on Tuesday to meet up with our partners from our Comenius project in Belgium. On this visit they will be able to share the work carried out so far but also pick up some valuable ideas from the school and teachers. We will look forward to hearing about their adventures during Tuesday’s assembly on 13th May.

Donations for Blackpool Soup Kitchen– During the week beginning the 19th May we are asking whether you could kindly donate a packet of dried food for the soup kitchen in Blackpool. If you feel this is something you would like to contribute towards please send your child in with the food to be handed into their classteacher.

Marine Conservation Roadshow – We have invited the roadshow to come to Carleton Green to talk with our children about how to best preserve marine life on the 21st May.

(Reminder)Best of British Lunch – Friday 23rd May.

(Menu – beefburger with salad and chips or fish, chips and peas, followed by apple pie and ice cream or shortbread biscuits.)

Clubs–

Tennis for year 3 and 4 – Tuesdays 15:30 – 16:30

Fencing – Wednesdays starting at 8:00

Cricket for Years 5 & 6 – Wednesdays 15:30 – 16:30

Choir – Thursdays at 15:30 – 16:15

Girl’s Football for Years 4, 5 & 6 – Thursdays at 15:30 – 16:15

Running clubYear 2 upwards– Fridays starting at 8:10 from 16th May.

Coming soon – Comenius club (times to be arranged)

Details of clubs for our younger learners

We would like to say a huge well done to the children that have been selected for this week’s Star of the Week.

Bradley Hurren from Yellow Ducklings Olivia Shawfrom Green Ducklings

Archie Holroyd from Parrots Euan McGuinnessfromHerons

Sydney Terry from Robins Evie Panther from Owls

Millie Bateman from Doves

Matthew Tax from Kestrels Cacie Mercerfrom Hawks

Daniel Garnett from Falcons Tyler Dodd from Eagles

Other Notices:

As always please speak with your class teacher at the end of the day if you have any concerns or wish to share any information with us. Thank you.

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