Thursday 23rd October 2014 Stanley Grove Primary Academy ZAMBIA DAY FUN! On Tuesday this week, the children enjoyed celebrating all things Zambian! Nursery and Reception children made shakes, Years 1 THANK YOU…to all those parents who supported our book fair. We raised a fantastic £1400 over the week which means school receives a super £900 commission to spend on new books for our LRC! and 2 made drums. Year 3 made rag bags and Year 4 made sunset paintings! Years 5 and 6 enjoyed making masks! Today is Independence Day in Zambia and the whole school had fun celebrating! ------------------------ HALF TERM Today the children break up for half term. The children are to be back in school, bright and early, on Monday 3rd November We wish you all a fantastic, relaxing break, and look forward to seeing you all after the break. On Friday 14th November 3.30pm Stanley Grove is doing its bit for Children in Need! We are having a staff vs children football match on the school field. Please come along and donate £1 to watch the match, and refreshments are also available at a minimal charge. Attendance for Monday 14th to Friday 18th of October Please ask for medical appointments at the end of the day. If you have an appointment during the day only take the time out required to attend the appointment. KEEPING YOU INFORMED! Just a reminder as to how we communicate here at Stanley Grove: @StanleygrovePA www.stanleygrove.manchester.sch.uk Acorn 1 Acorn 2 Acorn 3 91.9% 94.2% 90.9% R Beech R Oak R Elm 93.7% 90.3% 95.9% 1 Beech 1 Oak 1 Elm 88.3% 93.0% 88.3% 2 Beech 2 Oak 2 Elm 94.0% 95.6% 92.3% 3 Beech 3 Oak 3 Elm 91.6% 90.8% 97.6% 4 Beech 4 Oak 4 Elm 95.8% 98.8% 97.2% 5 Beech 5 Oak 5 Elm 96.5% 91.1% 95.4% 6 Beech 97.1% 6 Oak 99.2% 6 Elm 93.1% Weekly newsletters, letters home and keep your eye on the notice boards around the playground! PARENT’S EVENINGS Please see below for details of your child’s Parent’s Evenings. Your class teacher will speak to you to make an individual appointment between 1.30 and 6pm DATE YEAR GROUP WED 5TH NOV YEAR 3 AND YEAR 5 THURS 6TH NOV YEAR 4 AND YEAR 1 FRI 7TH NOV YEAR 2 AND YEAR 6 TUES 11TH NOV NURSERY AND RECEPTION This week’s attendance is 97% Year-to-date our attendance is 96.4%.......Nearly back on target To all those who have tickets to The BIG Draw event on Thursday 30th October, we look forward to seeing you all there at your allocated time. It will be another creative and fantastic day for Stanley Grove! ****Reminder to Year 6 parents… all applications for Year 7 places, must be with the council by Friday 31st October 2014***