SEPTEMBER 2015 (2)
Headteacher – Mrs. Fiona Newton
Chair of Governors – Mr. David Graham
Website – www.askam.cumbria.sch.uk E-mail office@askam.cumbria.sch.uk
Facebook
We are excited to be able to launch the school Facebook page very soon to share news and celebrations from school and
to use as another method to communicate messages with parents and the wider community. Please find attached the
school policy which relates to school and the use of social networking sites. Also, for parents/guardians to send back, there
is an additional consent form for us to be able to use your child’s photograph (children will not be named) on the Facebook
page. We will make the school Facebook page live early next week, please look out for it.
School meals
A reminder that for children in Years 3, 4, 5 or 6, school meals cost £2.30 per day/ £11.50 per week. Dinner money
should be paid for each week at the beginning of the week. Regrettably, if lunch money has not been paid for the
previous week, children will not be able to have a school dinner until the debt has been cleared. Office staff will be
sending a message if there are any outstanding dinner monies from last term. Please check with office staff if you are
unsure.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Askam Village School have registered to hold a Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday 25th September 2015 between
9.45am and 11.15am. Parents and members of the community can help by attending the event, contributing cakes on the
day and letting other people in the community know about it. Please let the office staff know if you are able to help
serving refreshments and/or setting up/clearing away afterwards.
Breakfast
Breakfast and AfterAfter-School Club
Mrs Bloom and Mrs Parrington, who will be staffing the breakfast and after school provision, have nearly completed their
additional qualifications and we will be able to open the breakfast club and after-school provision every day except Tuesday
from next week (Monday 28th September 2015). The provision will also be available on a Tuesday after half-term.
Please look out for a booking form coming home and information about payments within the next few days.
School Council
The children have been very busy electing school councillors to represent their classes. Charlie and Jessica represent Year 2,
Nisha and Kurtis-Jay are from Year 3, Kaine and Erin Year 4, Ella and Max from Year 5 and Crystal and Jackson
represent Year 6. One of the first tasks the school council have undertaken is to choose a colour for the Pupil of the
Week jumper. Councillors have chosen jade green. The jumpers have been ordered and will hopefully be in school very
soon.
Governors needed
Do you have knowledge and skills in building maintenance or do you have a legal knowledge? We have vacancies on our
governing body and these are the areas we are particularly looking to recruit governors for. If you want to find out more
come and have an informal chat about what the role involves or ask at the office to be put in contact with a current
governor who would also be able to tell you more.
School Uniform
Please make sure all your child’s school uniform, including P.E. kit are labelled with their name. It makes it so much easier
for us to be able to return lost items.
Flora Tubs4Tablets
We are collecting promotional tokens from Flora margarine tubs. Special tubs can be bought from Tesco only. If we
manage to collect 50 we can exchange them for a Samsung tablet. Please look out for the special packs.
Bingo Night
There is a bingo fund raising event (Joint PTA/Carnival committee)to be held on Friday 25th September starting at
7.30pm in the Community Centre. This event is for over 18s only. Donations of bottles would be appreciated for the
bottle tombola.
Fun Run
There is a fun run for anyone in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 this Friday (25th September) at Dowdales School
between 3.45pm and 4.15pm.
If you have any Lego at home we can most certainly find a good home for it at Lego club run by Mrs Kewley on a
Tuesday lunchtime.
Best Wishes,
Mrs. Fiona Newton
Headteacher
Dates
Date
Friday 25th September 2015
Event
Macmillan Coffee Morning. 9.45am – 11am.
Fun Run at Dowdales for Rec/Year 1/Year 2 3.45pm- 4.15pm
Bingo night at The Community Centre
Tuesday 29th September 2015
M and M Productions – Peter Pan
Week beginning Monday 12th October 2015
Parents’ Evening – further details to follow
th
Monday 12 October 2015
Furness Voices – further information to follow
Friday 16th October 2015
PTA Afternoon tea / sharing photographs.
Wednesday 21st October 2015
Harvest – for parents
Thursday 22nd October 2015
Harvest – for older members of the community
Week beginning 26th October 2015
Half-term
Look out for separate letters coming home about after-school clubs but please see below for an overview. Please pop in to the school
office if you think you may have missed a letter coming home.
Monday
Wednesday
Table – tennis
Homework
Art club
Lego
Sewing/Gardening
Choir
Years 4-6
3-3.30 KS1 and 3.30-4.00 KS2
Years 5-6
Year 1 – lunchtime
Key Stage 2 (Y3/4/5/6)
Key Stage 2 (Y3/4/5/6)
Mr Cairns
Mrs Roberts
Miss Merritt
Mrs Kewley
Mrs Athersmith
Mrs Coates
Thursday
Football
Years 5 and 6
Mr Cairns
Tuesday