Weetwood School Newsletter – No 2
School Website: www.weetwoodschool.co.uk
School Email: kmason@weetwoodprimary.co.uk
School Phone Number: 0113 3230450
Date: Friday 25th September 2015
TUBS4TABLETS
We have registered to take part in the tubs4tablets school collector scheme from Flora, in
partnership with Tesco. We are collecting Flora Tubs4Tablets tokens inside Flora Original,
Buttery and Light 500g promotional tubs available at participating Tesco stores. For every
50 tokens we collect between now and December 16th we will claim a brand new Samsung
Galaxy Tab 7.0”WiFi 8GB tablet so please let everyone know we are collecting. It would be
fantastic if we were able to claim a tablet for every class. The target to aim for is 400
tokens. 2 tokens per pupil would do it!
Book Fair
The scholastic book fair will be in school in October. This is a great way for you to support
the school library - if your child buys a book the school receives 60% commission to buy
books from a scholastics school commission catalogue.
The children will have the opportunity to look around the fair on the first 2 days it is in
school. The children will then have an opportunity to buy books from the fair. Often parents
like to see what titles the children are buying and so for this reason the school fair will be
open during the parent / carer evenings that are going on in that same week.
More details about the book fair will follow shortly. We are still looking for volunteers to
help out at the fair. Please let us know if you can help out.
Head lice at Weetwood!
There have been quite a few occurrences of head lice in several classes at school so we
thought the following information from the nhs website might help parents and carers.
Head lice are tiny insects that live in human hair. They're particularly common in
children.
Head lice are whitish to grey-brown in colour, and smaller than the size of a pinhead when
first hatched. When fully grown they're about the size of a sesame seed.
They can't fly, jump or swim and are spread by head-to-head contact, climbing from the hair
of an infected person to the hair of someone else.
A head lice infestation isn't the result of dirty hair or poor hygiene. All types of hair can be
affected, regardless of its length and condition.
Head lice only affect humans and can't be passed on to animals or be caught from them.
Itching
Head lice often cause a person's scalp to itch. Itching isn't caused by lice biting the scalp,
but by an allergy to the lice.
However, not everyone is allergic to head lice, so you or your child may not notice a head lice
infestation.
Even if someone with head lice is allergic to them, itching can take up to three months to
develop.
In some cases, a rash may appear on the back of the neck. This is caused by a reaction to lice
droppings.
Life cycle of head lice
A female head louse lays eggs by cementing them to hairs (often close to the root), where
they're kept warm by the scalp. The eggs are pinhead-size and difficult to see.
After 7 to 10 days, the baby lice hatch and the empty eggshells remain glued in place. These
remains are known as nits. Nits are white and become more noticeable as the hair grows and
carries them away from the scalp.
Head lice feed by biting the scalp and feeding on blood. They take nine to 10 days to become
fully grown. Head lice normally only crawl from head to head when they're adults or nearly
mature juveniles.
A female head louse may start to lay eggs from nine days after she's hatched. Therefore, to
break the cycle and stop them spreading, they need to be removed within nine days of
hatching.
How to spot head lice
Head lice can be difficult to see, even when the head is closely inspected.
Unhatched eggs or nits (empty eggshells) alone aren't enough to diagnose an active head lice
infestation. This is because it can be difficult to distinguish between eggs and nits that are
dead or alive. Nits also usually remain glued to hairs long after successful treatment.
To confirm an active head lice infestation, a louse must be found through a reliable, accurate
method, such as detection combing.
Detection combing is the best way of finding head lice. It involves using a special finetoothed head lice comb with a tooth spacing of 0.2-0.3mm to comb through the hair.
The comb can trap even the smallest lice. It works better on wet hair but can also be used on
dry hair.
Read more about detection combing.
Treating head lice
Head lice can usually be effectively treated with lotions or sprays designed to kill head lice,
or by wet combing, using a specially designed head lice comb (see above).
Wet combing can be used without lotions or sprays, but it needs to be done regularly and can
take a long time to do thoroughly.
Lotions or sprays can be used as an alternative. However, to be totally effective they need
to be applied correctly and thoroughly. Your pharmacist will be able to recommend an overthe-counter lotion or spray and give you advice about how to use it correctly.
Read more about treating head lice.
Preventing head lice
It's difficult to prevent a head lice infestation because head lice are spread by head-tohead contact.
Regular detection combing – for example, on a weekly basis – is the best way to find new lice
quickly.
Lotions and sprays don't prevent head lice infestations and should only be used if a live louse
has been found on your, or your child's, head.
How common are head lice?
Head lice are a common problem, particularly in schoolchildren aged four to 11.
It's difficult to know exactly how common head lice are because the problem is often
treated at home, with people only visiting their GP if treatment is unsuccessful.
However, it's thought that up to one in three children in the UK may get head lice at some
point during the year.
Head lice can be effectively treated with medicated lotions or by wet combing using a
specially designed head lice comb
REMINDER
No scooting or cycling in the playground please.
Stagecoach
Stagecoach Theatre Arts is based at Ralph Thoresby School on Saturdays and provides fun
and lively lessons in Acting, Sing and Dancing, with great teachers. They still have some space
for this term. Please call Ken Davison on 01757 248884 if you're interested.
Go Try Sport
The Go Try Sport Facebook page features information about free sport in the Leeds area.
Go to the following link to find out more.
https://www.facebook.com/Go-Try-Sport-Leeds-105491566470291/timeline/
Remember you can communicate with school via email on kmason@weetwoodprimary.co.uk
Your email will be forwarded to the relevant member of staff.
Below is a calendar for this academic year. It is updated regularly, please keep checking
carefully.
Diary Dates 2015 - 2016
September
Wed 30th
5.00 p.m. Phonics Workshop for Reception Parents
October
Fri 9th
WSA Disco
Wed 14th
3.30 p.m. – 6.15 p.m. Parents’ Evening - including Assessment without Levels
Workshops
th
Thurs 15
5.00 p.m. – 7.15 p.m. Parents’ Evening including Assessment without Levels
Workshops
Tues 20th
9.15 Harvest Assembly for Reception Y1 and Y2
2.15 Harvest Assembly for KS2
st
Wed 21
– Kingswood Residential for Y4
rd
Fri 23
Fri 23rd
School closes for half term week
Half Term
November
Mon 2nd
School Open
Enterprise projects begin
December
Wed 16th
FS Christmas Performance 10.00 a.m.
Thurs 17
Fri 18th
th
January
Mon 4th
February
Fri 12th
Mon 22nd
March
Wed 16th
Thurs 17th
Tues 22nd
Thurs 24th
Tues 29th
April
Fri 1st
Mon 18th
May
Mon 2nd
WB Mon 9th
Fri 27th
June
Mon 6th
Tues 7th
Fri 10th
WB Mon 13th
July
Fri 1st
Wed 6th – 8th
Fri 15th
Fri 22nd
Mon 25th
Tues 26th
Wed 27th
th
KS1 Christmas Performance 2.15 p.m.
KS2 Christmas Performance 6.15 p.m.
School closes for Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday
School Open
School closes for half term week
Half Term
School Open
3.30 p.m. – 6.15 p.m. Parent’s Evening
5.00 p.m. – 7.15 p.m. Parent’s Evening
New Nursery Parents’ Meeting
School closes for Easter Holiday Weekend
School Open
School closes for Easter holiday
Easter Holiday
School Open
Bank Holiday Monday
KS2 Assessment Week
School closes for half term week
Half Term
School Open
6.00 p.m. Meeting for new Reception Parents
Sports Day p.m.
Y1 Phonics Check
KS2 Show
Robinwood Residential
Reports to Parents
2.00 p.m. Y6 Leavers Assembly. School closes for pupils.
School closed for Training Days
Monday 5 Oct 2015
Monday 13th June 2016
Monday 25th July 2016
Tuesday 26th July 2016
Wednesday 27th July 2016
Training Days 2015 – 2016