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LADYWOOD SCHOOL
Dear Parents/Carers
Welcome to the first of this year’s Newsletter and a special welcome to
our new families who have joined us this term. The pupils have settled in
extremely well and it has been lovely seeing them grow and develop in
school.
This half term we have held a number of activities to invite parents/
carers into school; the Reception ‘Magic Moments’ afternoon was a
fabulous event and the Macmillan Coffee Morning raised a fabulous
amount – thank you to everyone who supported these events. In
addition, we have changed the format of our Parents Evening in
response to feedback from last year’s parent questionnaire. We would
welcome feedback on the night by any parent/carer who attended the
extra sessions.
Finally, we had our very first class assembly of the year which was based
on ‘Harvest’. Well done to Class 6K!
We wish everyone a lovely half term.
Susan
Important Reminder
School will close for the October half term at 3pm on Friday 18th October
and re-opens on Monday 28th October.
Meet Our Senior Leadership Team
Susan Tailor
Head of School
Sally Mcfarlane
Executive
Headteacher
Gillian Houghton
Deputy Head Teacher
Lynsey Brierley
Assistant Head
Yvonne Heywood
Assistant Head
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Attendance
At Ladywood we pride ourselves on high levels of pupil attendance and
value the relationship with parents/carers in promoting this. We
understand that attendance will be affected by a pupils health and
also attending medical appointments. Time off school for other things (eg.
holidays, family events etc.) will only be approved by the Head of School
for exceptional circumstances and must be requested using a leave of
absence form which is available from the school office. We
appreciate your support in maintaining regular patterns of attendance.
World Mental Health Day #Helloyellow
We had a well being week in support of World Mental Health Day and we
supported the charity Young Minds in their #helloyellow campaign.
The children and staff had a fantastic time wearing yellow and taking part
in a number of wellbeing activities including yoga, mindfulness, massage,
emoji biscuit decorating and craft activities. We raised over £120.
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Harvest Assembly
We had a wonderful Harvest assembly, Well done Class 6K.
We wanted to thank parents/ carers for attending and
sending in all the food donations these were greatly
received by Urban Outreach.
Operation Encompass
Ladywood School is in partnership with Bolton Safeguarding
Board and Greater Manchester Police in a project called
"Bolton Encompass". The project is designed to provide
support for children who may be impacted on by domestic
violence. Information from Encompass will be shared with
Mrs Susan Tailor and Mrs Gillian Houghton who have been
identified as key adults at Ladywood. The key adults will
ensure that appropriate supportive strategies are put in
place.
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Birthdays
Parents
It was great seeing so many of you at our Macmillian coffee
morning we raised over £400 which is fantastic, and it is lovely to see
how well your children have settled at Ladywood. During our next
half term we will be holding a range of social, training and
fundraising events, we would love to see you all there.
Staff Updates
Jenson — 6P
Royal — 2P
Antony — 1S
Baran — 3C
Hasnain — 1T
Callum — R1
Jack — 6K
Euan — 6H
Benjamin — 1S
Hamza — 3J
Malcolm — 6H
Willow — 2B
Jayden — R1
Marcus — 4B
Seth — 3J
Tobias — 4B
Imaan — 3B
Bethany — 5M
Thomas — 4B
Muhammad — R2
Jack — 3J
Michael —6P
Oliver — 3C
We say goodbye to SMSA Karen Lewis this Month.
We welcome 2 new staff members in October —
SMSAs Adele Haslam and Michelle White
Noah—1F
Finlay — 5M
Sonia — 6P
Katie — 2S
Affan — R2
Abbyness — 1T
Hope — 1S
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Little Ladywood
We are very excited to inform you that our Reception children
will be moving to “Little Ladywood” next half term where they
will continue to grow learn and develop.
The whole school wish the children, their parents and staff good
luck with the move.
The Lost Carnival of Little Lever
We have some fantastic news . All the schools in Little Lever have
been awarded funding from the Heritage Lottery to explore the
heritage of the carnival that used to be held in Little Lever. We have
some amazing activities planned over the year based around this
theme. We are looking forward to working with all the other schools
and lots of different artists. We will keep you updated as we progress
through the project.
Awards
We are proud to announce that we have been nominated for 2
Nasen awards.
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Ladywood Blog
Please don’t forget to check the blog for daily/weekly updates on the
children’s learning and all the exciting activities that have been
happening around school. The blog is a great way for everyone to
communicate and to keep up to date. We now have a speech
therapy section on our blog.
http://blog.ladywood.bolton.sch.uk/
Tuck
May we remind parents of non-
pupil premium children of the
voluntary contribution of £1.00 a
week towards your child’s tuck.
Allergen Aware
Ladywood School would like to ask for everyone’s help in promoting
allergen awareness. In line with guidance from Anaphylaxis
Campaign, please try not to send or bring any nut, nut products or nut
derivatives into school. As a school we are keen to do our best to
promote health and well being for
everyone.
Dinner Money
Just a reminder dinner money is £1.70/day, £8.50/week. Please ensure
money coming into school is clearly labelled. Should you wish your
child to change from sandwiches to school meals or vice versa please
can you give the school office notice. Should you wish to pay by
cheque, please make cheques payable to Ladywood School.
Dinner money can also be paid for the half term or for the term.
Contact Information
Can you please ensure that
contact details and
medical information for your
child are up-to-date.
If you are unsure
please contact the
main office on 01204
333400.
Sickness
Please be aware that if your child
has an episode of sickness and/
or diarrhoea they need to be
kept off school for 48 hours from
the last bout of sickness.
All schools are expected to
adhere to this guidance from The
Community Infection Prevention
and Control Team.
Many thanks in
anticipation of
your support.
support.
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Diary Dates
Thursday 31st October — Halloween Disco with £1.00
donation to raise money for our new school library.
Friday 22nd November 10am-11am — Reading Training
Wednesday 13th November 5pm-6pm —Friends of
Ladywood Annual committee meeting with a crèche
for school aged children.
Thursday 28th November- Non-uniform day for
children’s tombola
Friday 6th December — Non-uniform day for bottle
tombola
Friday 6th December - 6pm-7.30pm Christmas Market
and Disco
We would like to do some parent craft mornings next
half term with the children based around Diwali and
Christmas.
If you would like to help out or run an activity can you
please email
[email protected] or write a
note in your child’s diary.