Friday 18th September 2015 Stanley Grove Primary Academy SPORTING NEWS A fantastic start to a new sporting season at Stanley Grove was provided by Laiba, Nicolas and Adam on Tuesday this week, in their first cross country competition of the year. STANLEY GROVE….CHAMPIONS AGAIN!….WELL DONE to all our children who made our school the winners for Longsight Library! A fantastic 48% of our children took part in the challenge, by reading at least six books over the summer holidays. Our prize for being the winners of the challenge is a visit from the poet Dominic Berry. He is a spoken word poet, and he will deliver workshops to classes across school, during this term. Dominic has visited Stanley Grove 2 years ago during the Booktrust ‘Easter Active’ events, and delivered some very inspirational workshops to our Year 4 and 5 pupils. **SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSING AT 1.15PM ON THURSDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER TO MARK EID. IN THE MORNING,THE WHOLE SCHOOL WILL BE ENJOYING AN EID PARTY WITH SPECIAL PARTY LUNCH. LOOK OUT FOR THE LETTER GOING HOME WITH FURTHER DETAILS** Laiba came 28th out of 91 girls. Out of the 130 boys competing, Adam finished 44th and Nicolas finished 3rd! We couldn’t be more proud, and look forward to following them in their journey to the finals! A great turn out for the football session after school on Thursday too, with more than 70 children taking part in the fun! Our Year 4 and Year 5 children have enjoyed their library visits this week, and we are really pleased that some parents met them and enjoyed the visit too. Look out for a letter from your class teacher which will let you know the date of your child’s class visit and come along if you can! Well done to all the children who came in on time this week. School starts at 08.45am and the gates are locked at 9am sharp. Don’t be late! KEEPING YOU INFORMED! Just a reminder as to how we communicate here at Stanley Grove especially for those families who are new to our school: Follow us on Twitter or our website for up to date news: We have lots more events coming up to fundraise towards our new 3G pitch, which will provide invaluable sports provision for our community. Please come along and show your support: Friday 2nd October- Pupils vs Parents Football match @StanleygrovePA www.stanleygrove.manchester.sch.uk Weekly newsletters, letters home and keep your eye on the notice boards and TV screens around the playground to keep fully informed about Stanley Grove! Friday 16th October-Staff vs Pupils Football match