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5th October
2015.
PARK BROW COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Happy
Respect
Pride
Dear Parent/Carer
What a busy start we have had to the year. It has been lovely
speaking to you all on the playground in the morning and to
welcome the children first thing in the morning. Miss Swinburn
(Deputy Headteacher) and I will continue to do this throughout the
year.
Our new staff Miss Barnes, Mr James (Deputy Headteacher), Mrs
Kelly and Miss Ball have been busy getting to know the
children and settling into our school routines.
As you know Miss Murphy and Mrs Hall retired in July, they
have been keeping in touch and are keeping themselves busy.
We have had some new additions to our Park Brow family; Ms
Casey has had a little boy ‘Patrick’ and Ms Cheetham also had a
little boy ‘Benjamin,’ we are hoping Mrs Power has a girl!
Caring
Potential
Park Brow shows how ‘caring’ they are through their
fundraising activities this term.
Thank you to all the children and parents who donated cakes for
our Macmillan Coffee Morning. We were particularly impressed
with the effort made to ensure the cakes were personalised with
our five special words; ‘caring,’ ‘potential,’ ‘pride,’ ‘happy’ and
‘respect.’ We made a grand total of £700.
Please read the newsletter carefully as there are some important
dates you will need to put in your calendar.
Thank you, for your continued support
Ms V Roberts.
Beth Tweddle visits Park Brow School.
Olympic Gymnastic and Dancing on Ice star Beth Tweddle
came to visit the children last week. Her message was clear;
with determination, hard work and a good work ethic dreams
can come true! She spoke to the children about her
aspirations to become a Gymnast from an early age and how
she had worked and trained hard to become the best she
could.
Beth now runs her own Gymnastics business and following
requests by the children in their termly questionnaire we
sought her support to develop staff’s confidence to teach
Gymnastics in lessons and to provide an afterschool
Gymnastics Club for the children. The children and staff are
enjoying this fantastic opportunity.
Mr Radcliffe also took part in The Great North Run raising funds
for CAFOD. We all held our own fun run in school to help Mr
Radcliffe reach his target. We raised £ 71. Mr Radcliffe spoke to
the children about his training regime and determination to not
give up in assembly.
YEAR 1 LEARN ALL ABOUT SUPER HEROES.
Year 1 are really enjoying their exciting topic on Super Heroes.
Last week they had a visit from some real life heroes who told
the children all about their roles. The children got to try on the
fire equipment and they also found out about Fire Safety.
HALF TERM HOLIDAY CLUB
I am really pleased to be able to inform you that we will be holding this
half term holiday clubs for The Kirkby Collaborative at Park Brow School.
Our purpose built facilities allow the use of the community section of the
school (including the hall) without affecting the school. The club is
coordinated and run by The Knowsley Extended Schools Team. Sessions
run from 10am – 3pm. Activities vary from Art to a wide variety of
sporting activities. If you are interested in taking up this opportunity
leaflets are available at the Front Office. Spaces are limited and therefore
a quick response would be advisable. Pupils in receipt of free school
meals may access pupil premium funding. Please contact Ms Roberts.
RECEPTION FUN.
LEARNING ABOUT ‘DEMOCRACY’
Our Reception children
enjoyed a visit from
‘Everton In The
Community.’ They had a
wonderful time keeping
fit, developing their
balance, listening skills
and agility. The coaches
praised the children’s
enthusiasm and sense of
fun.
Well done Reception
Class.
During our whole school SEAL lessons (Social, Emotional Aspects
of Learning) the children have been finding out the meaning of
Democracy. Over the last three weeks the children have been
preparing speeches, canvassing and voting for their school council
members. We have also been very lucky to be invited to the
Mayor’s Office in Knowsley for lunch and to find out more about
our Local Council. The children will also visit the Council Offices.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY.
Thursday 8th October – Parent First Aid Course.
Friday 9th October – INSET DAY. School Closed.
Monday 12th October – Visiting Author. Maori Legends.
Year 6.
Tuesday 13th October - Visiting Author. Stories from around
the world. Year 3.
Wednesday 14th October –Visiting Author. Fairy Tale
Stories. Reception and Nursery.
Wednesday 14th October –Visiting Author. Mariella
Mysteries, Kate Pankhurst. Year 4.
Thursday 15th October – Stories, Rhyme and Song. Year 1
and 2.
Friday 16th October – Year 6 visit to The Museum.
Monday 19th October – Year 3 Swimming for two weeks.
Monday 19th October – Harvest, Foodbank Collections. Bring
a donation into school.
Friday 24th October – Halloween Fun Day for The Anthony
Nolan Trust. Organised by Hannah Finnegan. Year 6.
Monday 9th November – Year 6 Swimming for two weeks.
Thursday 12th November – Review Day (school closes at
1:45pm).
Monday 16th November – Anti – Bullying Week.
Wednesday 18th November – School Photographer in
school.
Wednesday 2nd December – Reception Christmas
Production.
Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th December – Key Stage 1
Christmas Production.
14th December – Book Fair (1/2 price book sale)
Friday 11th December – Christmas Jumper Appeal.
Wednesday 16th December – Christmas Dinner.
OUR NEW ART CLUB.
Under the watchful eye of Mrs Ryder
our children have been studying the
work of Kandinsky. They have
recreated their own examples based on
his work and are looking forward to a
trip to The Walker Gallery.
STARS OF THE WEEK
Year 1 – Jack Boland Amis.
Rienne Lea Barton.
Year 2 – Carl Gaffney.
Demi Lee Downey.
Year 3 – Torrie Stafford.
Rihannon Boyle.
Year 4 – Mia Aldridge.
Sophie Ogilvie.
Year 5 – Ruby Clarke.
Lilly Scott.
Year 6 – Hannah Finnegan.
Michael McVerry.
ATTENDANCE
RC - 99%
Attendance was one
RF - 97%
of the key areas
1D – 97%
where some of our
1R – 98%
children missed out
2B – 95%
2BF – 98% on the ‘Good to be
Green’ school
3O – 99%
rewards.
3K – 97%
4GB – 94%
Don’t miss out this
4B – 96%
year!
5P – 97%
5C – 98%
6J – 99%
6P – 97%
The Government has raised the
national attendance target to 97%.
Our attendance last year was
95.7%. This means there is still
work to be done.
REMINDERS
No sweets, chocolate or fizzy drinks
should be included in Packed
Lunches.
Water Bottles should be made of
clear plastic and only contain
drinking water (flavoured water is
not acceptable)
Please check your child’s head daily
for headlice.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
SHOULD DOGS BE ON THE
SCHOOL PREMISES.
Thank you for your continued support.
SPORTING NEWS
Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 boys football
team who have started the Liverpool Football
Foundation League with an impressive 4-1 win.
They played with an excellent team spirit and their
behaviour continues to be a credit to our school.
Well done boys let’s see if we can win the league
again this year.
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