Medlar-with-Wesham CE

Primary School

Newsletter Friday 18th October

2019

Our Mission Statement

We are a loving, caring, distinctively Christian family, provid-

ing an excellent education in a safe, happy environment, where

every individual is valued as a child of God.

Stars of The Week

Rec– Tommy

Y1— Alfie

Y2– Maggie

Y3– Liam

Y4– William

Y5– Keeley

Y6– Theo

Pavilion– Anna

Happy Birthday to …

Ollie, Melanija, Anna,

Tommy, Erin, Phoebe, Liam,

Rhys, Emily, Mrs Harrison

and Mrs Hughes-Hutchings.

Many happy returns!

Congratulations

Year 4

98.5% attendance this

week.

Well Done!

Our School Council’s First Assignment of the School Year

Our School Council had a a special job this week as our newly elected School

Council Reps. They helped to take the donations from school and our Church

congregation to Fylde Foodbank in Kirkham.

The children helped to weigh the donations and saw where they are sorted and

stored before they are given to people in need in our local community.

We were really proud to hear that we had collected enough items to give out

over 520 meals. What an amazing achievement - well done everyone!

Our PTA

Thank you we raised £307.49. Many thanks to parents & staff who made additional

donations and baked all week!

Multi-Faith Week 2019

Well done everyone for a brilliant week celebrating the faith of

Sikhism and the festival of Diwali. Thank you to our special

visitor – Kash, who taught us Sikh dancing and all about the

beliefs of Sikhs. We hope to make some visits to Kash’s Temple

soon!

The PTA will be supporting the following charity this year making donations

after fundraising events alongside supporting the school.

Please click on the link to find out more about this worthy cause:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/alexandra039s-immunotherapy-fundraiser?

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PTA Dates for the Diary 2019 – 20

Wednesday 30th October Christmas card/merchandise orders to be sent

out and returned by Monday 4th November.

Thursday 5th December Christmas film night from 3:00pm

Thursday 13th February Valentines Disco

5:00pm- 5:55pm Infants

6:00pm – 7:00pm Juniors

Friday March 20th Non Uniform day and chocolate egg donations.

Friday 27th March Easter Bingo @ the Community Centre 5 pm

doors open – 5:30pm eyes down!

Thursday 21st May Sweets and Treats stalls after Sports Day

Friday 19th June Non Uniform day good as new toys and bottle

donations.

Fri 3rd July Summer Fair and BBQ 5 – 8pm

School Meals

Watch out for the new Winter

menu in your child’s bag tonight.

The new menus start on Wednesday

30th October which is week 2 on

the menu.

School meals are free for EYFS,

Year 1 and Year 2. If your child is

in the Juniors and you think they

may be entitled to free school

meals just ring 01524 581207 to

check. It’s a simple check.

Ancient Greek Day Year 3

Year 3 have had a fabulous day celebrating the end of our topic. So much effort

has gone into all the costumes and the children have had a fabulous day. They

have role played Perseus and Medusa and Theseus and the Minotaur at playtime

which was fabulous. We have tasted some Greek food. Some children were as

brave as Perseus, others were nearly turned to stone by the sheer thought of

trying the food!

Thursdays:

9:00 am in Christ Church for Class Worship where everyone in our community

is invited to join us.

(See dates below) Fridays:

9:00 am in Christ Church our Celebration Worship where

everyone in our community is invited to join us and celebrate our achieve-

ments of the week.

Worship Dates in Christ Church For Your Diary:

Tuesday 5th November

9 am in Church Year 1

Sunday 10th November

9:30 am in Church Remembrance Service

Tuesday 12th November

9 am in Church Foundation Stage

Thursday 14th November

10 am in Church Remembrance Service

Tuesday 19th November

9 am in Church

Reverend Anne leading a

Communion Service

Tuesday 10th December

1:30pm and 5 pm in Church KS1 Nativity

Wednesday 18th December

3:30pm in Church Carol Service Whole School

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT AFTER SCHOOL CLUB

It has come to my attention that a number of children are being picked

up late from After School Club. After School Club closes AT 5:30pm, so

all children should be collected before this time. ASC staff also have

their own childcare commitments and must finish on time so that they

can pick their own children up.

In future, any parents collecting their child/ren late from ASC will be

charged an additional £6 for the inconvenience. Subsequently, your

child/children will not be allowed to attend another session until this is

paid. Parents who continue to pick their children up late will not be

allowed to use the services of our ASC. If you are running unavoidably

late, due to factors beyond your control, please call the ASC mobile on

07930 093178 to inform staff.

Many thanks for your co-operation.

Mrs Armstrong

Medlar with Wesham C.E. Primary School

Attendance Information

Schools are measured on their attendance figures as well as their attainment and test results. When we do not achieve certain percentages, our attendance consultants, DfE and OfSTED expect to see improvements. Please take the time to read the following infor-mation:

Illness

When a child has a day off we MUST be notified by a parent or carer. This can be a note or a telephone call. If we do not hear from you, we will contact you, by telephone. If we can-not make contact with you, we will carry out a home visit.

Please be aware that if you child arrives after 9.00am (when the registers close) this will be marked as an unauthorised absence.

'Leave' in school time

If you need to request 'leave' in term time, there must be exceptional reasons as to why the leave needs to be taken. Please do not book a holiday and then ask permission.

Did you know that being 15 minutes late each day is the same as missing two weeks of school during an academic year?

Even just being five minutes late, every day, adds up to three days absence over the year.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Mrs Armstrong

Dear Parents and Children,

The children have all been involved in our Multi-Faith week. Our focus was Sikhism.

Kash led a range of different workshops in school. The children took part in dance

and drama sessions. Our EYFS class even had Henna body art applied to their hands!

We learnt about the differences between the faiths —but also how we share many

values, particularly that of RESPECT. Year 2 led a Class Worship and told us the

story of the ‘52 Kings. ’ What clear , expressive reading in Church, Year 2! Well done!

May I take this opportunity to wish all of our families a very happy and peaceful half

term break. We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 30th October.

Very best wishes, Mrs. Armstrong

Dates for the Diary

18.10.19 3:15/3:20pm—break up for half term. Year 3 Ancient Greek

Dress Up Day

30.10.19 School re-opens

04.11.19 Anti Bullying Week 'Change Starts with Us'

05.11.19 ‘Bonfire’ theme school dinner

06.11.16 Year 6 at Borwick Hall

08.11.19 Year 6 arrive back from Borwick at 2:30pm

15.11.19 “Children in Need” day—Non Uniform, please bring a small donation.

05.12.19 Christmas Journey Workshop - Y2

10.12.19 Nativity—KS1 1:30pm and 5:00pm

13.12.19 Christmas Jumper Day

17.12.19 Nativity—Reception 3:30pm

18.12.19 Christmas School Lunch

19.12.19 Christmas Party Day

Stars of the Term

School closes at 1:30pm/ NO After School Club

6.1.20 School Re-opens