Sandiway Primary School Newsletter

Newsletter 25 Wednesday 27th April 2022 Spring Term 2022

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Welcome back Gala Day
I hope our families have enjoyed a wonderful Easter break This year, this is planned to coincide with the Queen’s
and we all feel ready for an exciting term ahead of us. I have Platinum Jubilee extended weekend. With many families
spoken to the children about some of the exciting events planning on taking advantage of the extra bank holidays
they can look forward to including sports day (held in (including the extra one that has been put into the school
Commonwealth games week), a family picnic, a summer fair, calendar), this means that there is now limited support for
a camp over and more sporting fixtures. I have also the PTA to take part in the day. This is the last call to contact
challenged the children to continue working hard in lessons – school if you are able to help run a barbecue with the PTA, if
there is so much happening in our classrooms to be proud of. we don’t have parents/staff able to support, we will need to
The curriculum that the children will be studying this term let the Gala Committee know so that alternative plans can be
can be viewed on the class pages, this has also been sent made
home by email this term.
For the first 5 weeks of the term, in our School Lunches
assemblies and circle times, we will be As promised, we would like to find out some
exploring our school values (these can be parent views in a short questionnaire. We
found on the homepage of our school are really pleased with our school lunches that follow
website). This week we are thinking about nutritional guidance, use meat from our local butcher and
being kind to everyone, no matter who they are. We have offer familiar and new meals. We also recognise that we can
linked this to celebrating the differences in people. always make improvements– it is personally really important
Year 3 and Year 6 also have their residential visits to look to me that children can look forward to and really enjoy a
forward to. There will be more details about events coming school lunch. We have recently some days ‘meat free’ as a
out soon – please ‘hold the date’ for the Summer Fair and way of promoting this option as a choice for our diets.
Camp Over: Saturday 9th July. Unfortunately some children have been put off by the
choices and we will be changing two of these back to having
Sunny weather meat (vegetarian option still available) so that children look
We know the sun makes us feel happy, but we also must be forward to these again. The latest menu is on the school
safe in the sun: I ask that sun cream is applied to children website for look at/discussing at home.
before school when the weather is sunnier and warmer. We
will use shaded areas in our school grounds where possible, To support the upcoming Queen’s Platinum
but we will also be taking advantage of any good weather for Jubilee, we will be holding different events.
outdoor learning opportunities. On Thursday 19th May (also school census day), we will be
serving a ‘Best of British’ menu with a choice of:
Harry Ramsden’s Fish with Chips and peas
Ironbridge 2022 Or
It was a pleasure to Pork (or vegetarian Quorn) sausage
accompany the Year 4 Jam sponge
children on their 3-day We would like as many children as possible to have a lunch
residential visit last week. We this day, please.
spent every moment 2 May Bank holiday
exploring Ironbridge’s history Supporting our community 9 – 13 May Y6 SATS week
and geography. I was very pleased with the confidence the 9-10 May Y3 on Burwardsley
children showed with staying away from home for two nights Residential
– something that many children have not done before. 16 May Class photographs and
27 May Family Picnic
27 May Break up for half term
6 June Extra ‘Bank Holiday’
(Queen’s Platinum Jubilee)
7 June Children & staff return
22 June Northwich Sings (Y5 only)
28 Jun – 1 July Y6 on Keswick
Residential
5 Jul Sports Day
6 Jul Reserve Sports Day
Chris
9 Jul PriddeySummer Fair and Camp
Over
20 July Children break up for
summer