NUTGROVE NEWS
Friday 14th February 2014
Thank you so much for the support you have given to the school to help our children make good
progress during the past half term. Please try to encourage your children to read as much as possible
over the half term holiday. We look forward to another busy half term of learning after our short
holiday. Throughout next half term, our PTFA are leading a sponsored spell to further encourage our
children to learn their weekly spellings very well as well as raise funds for the school. We will be
continuing with our trial changes to the start of the school day when we return.
Year One Songfest
Our Y1 pupils enjoyed their trip to share in a great singing experience with other St Helens schools
this week.
Primary Challenge
A group of children from Y4 and Y5 took part in an inter-school quiz in our Wesley Room this week.
GOLD MEDAL AWARDS FOR THE TERM
Class
Reader
Writer
Maths
Science
Christian
Values
YR
Y1
Y2
PLEASE SEE PAPER COPY SENT HOME
Y3
Y4
Y5
Y6
Phonics Meeting – Key Stage 1
(YR, Y1, Y2) Parents/Carers
Following our Key Stage 1 Reading meeting we will be holding a meeting about phonics on Friday 28th
February at 9.15am in the school hall for parents/carers;
We hope to see you there.
Wheely Wednesday
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Each Wednesday this term is Wheely Wednesday where we encourage the children to come
to school on a bike or scooter. It’s all about promoting healthy lifestyles. We are in competition
with other local schools and are hoping to win vouchers for lots of cycling equipment.
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Parents / Carers did you know you could win a £50 cycle shop voucher for your family if
you cycle to school with your child on Wheely Wednesdays? You may like to watch this
inspiring video, 'Ethan Rides His Bike to School', http://www.sustrans.org.uk/blog/instructionaland-inspirational-video-ethan-riding-school.
Cycling Sessions
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Sustrans offer cycling sessions for adults, so please do contact our Bike It officer, Annie
Cousins, if you would like to build your confidence on a bike (this can be on a one to one
basis), or you need any tips on cycling with your child to school.
annie.cousins@sustrans.org.uk / 07917 133 256
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Ride Leader training: if you are interested in assisting with or leading bike rides for groups of
children and/or adults, Sustrans are running two Ride Leader days, for free: 26th February at
the Town Hall; 1st May at Lansbury Bridge School. Lunch is included. We are looking for
people with some experience of cycling on the roads, but you don't need to be lycra-clad or
super fit! Contact Annie for more info annie.cousins@sustrans.org.uk / 07917 133 256
SUPERHERO DAY – MONDAY 3RD MARCH 2014
On Monday 3rd March we will be helping Sustrans celebrate The Big Pedal and would ask
children if they could come to school dressed as superhero for the day. Also we would
encourage children to come to school on a bike or a scooter and bring in £1.00 contribution to
help raise funds for Sustrans.
YEAR 2
The children have all worked really hard this half-term. We hope you have a lovely holiday.
YEAR 3
Please encourage your child to do lots of reading over the holidays!!!
YEAR 5
Children need to complete topic homework, ‘War of the Roses’ and learning their fractions,
decimals and percentages for a test when they return after the holiday.
YEAR 6
Homework should be handed in the first Monday back after the holidays. Have a safe and happy
holiday and keep up the good work Year 6.
Back to School
We will return to school on Monday 24th February.
Mr I Rimmer
Headteacher
PTFA NEWS
Short Story Competition!!!
Have you written a super fantastic short story? Are you under 13 years of age? Do you want to
enter the Chris Evans Breakfast Show's 500 WORDS competition?
For more details go onto the BBC Radio 2 Website, you have until 7:00pm on Wednesday 26
February 2014 to enter. As well as the chance of having your stories read by our super
famous celebrity readers at our grand final, you could win a serious stack of books for your
school.
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The next ‘Bags to School’ collection is Thursday 27th March
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Sponsored Spell Challenge
...coming after the half term break!
Please encourage your child(ren) to take part in this worthwhile activity which reinforces the
importance of literacy and spelling. We will be celebrating best spellers, most improved
spellers, most sponsorship raised so there is a chance for every single child to shine. Please
see attached letter for more information.
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Thank you to all parents, carers and staff who helped at last night’s Valentines disco
and made the event possible – a great time was had by all and we raised a fantastic
£116!
The PTFA would like to request permission to use photographs from last night’s event
to promote the PTFA’s fundraising activities at future new parent intake meetings, and
on the school website. Please inform the office if you do not wish photographs of your
child to be used.
PTFA NEWS
DEFIBRILLATOR NEWS!!
We are very excited to announce that our school defibrillator has now been ordered!!
Staff training is to take place on Wednesday 26th February and the equipment will be delivered
shortly afterwards.
Thank you again to all parents and staff who donated money to the appeal (a special mention
once again to the Eddleston family for their very generous donation), and to all those who
attended our bag packing event at Tesco before Christmas. Our very own parent governor
Steven Fletcher also raised £290 by doing a sponsored ‘Movember’ event, so a massive well
done to Steven, what a great job!
Design a Bookmark Competition
We have lots of exciting activities planned to celebrate World Book Day on 6th March...look out
for our letter after the February half term break!
One of the activities is our ‘Design a Bookmark’ competition, which children can work on during
the half term, what a great boredom buster!
There will be two prizes of a £5 book token for the most creative bookmarks.