20th April 2012

No. 13

Dear Parents and Children

It was lovely to welcome the children back after the Easter break. The children have settled into their learning quickly and it promises to be a very busy term. With so much learning to do it is important that children arrive at the correct time. All children should be on the playground before 8.45 so that the day can begin promptly and in the correct manner. We appreciate that occasionally things disrupt this and ask that all parents who arrive with their children after 8.45 enter the school via the front office. It is essential that the late book is signed on these occasions. I have asked Mrs. Chadwick and Mrs. Hoey to ensure that parents sign in. Mrs. M Sanderson

StThomasofCanterburyPrimarySchoolNewsletter

Alleluia! Christ is risen and we are called to rise with him into a new life!

Jacob Y2; Ola and Keaton Y1; Adam YR. Well done everyone!

Stars of the Week: Joseph Y6; Courtney Y5; Eleanor Y4; Stephen Y3;

School dinners: Monday: St Georges Day Menu; Tuesday: Roast Beef; KS2 Children

Wednesday: Chili con Carne; Thursday: Roast Chicken; Friday: Fish. As befits the maturity of our older children and to help them to develop organizational skills, Year 3 Year 6 children should enter school with their class and sort their own bags and coats out, ready to quickly start their class learning.

attend this wonderful show on the afternoon of Wednesday 9th May. A letter has been sent out this week.

Toms Midnight Garden All children are being offered the opportunity to
Green Feet, Easter Bonnets and Tudor Houses! What a wonderful selection of green feet have been handed in this week, showing a lot of effort. There is still time for all children to hand in their green foot if they have not done so already. Simply draw around their foot and colour it in in green crayons, pencil or paint. It can then be decorated further with glitter, beads etc. Look out for the vine that will be made up of the green feet coming soon! There is a wonderful selection of Easter Bonnets made by our Reception families. They bring the joy of spring into the school. Year 4 families have also been very busy architecturally and have created some amazingly intricate Tudor buildings. Well done to everyone concerned.

with Mrs Brown in their Art lessons are currently designing and working on a series of banners depicting the Olympics throughout the decades. If you have any fabric, threads, silks etc. that the children can use for this project we would be very grateful. We are also collecting a variety of different plastic tops from jars, cartons, plastic bottles and containers for another art project later this term. Any size or colour would be appreciated as long as they are not metal. Many thanks for your support.

Year 5 & 6

 Global Rock takes place today (April 20

). Thank you to Mrs R Brown, Mrs Cass and Mrs Fox for all their hard work in preparing the children for this wonderful event. Thank you also to the children for their hard work and the parents for supporting the event. We wish them every success in their endeavours and are very proud of their representing the School.

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Sun cream and sun dresses - Children may need to start using sun cream when the sun comes
Children are invited to come to school dressed as princesses or knights on St Georges Day, Monday 23rd April for a donation of 1 to FOSTA. No fierce, fire breathing dragons please! Older children may prefer to dress in the red of St George.

St Georges Day Mufti -

out again! Sun hats will also be needed. Blue checked dresses may be worn by all year groups during the summer term.

Scooters and bikes: Please ensure your child does not ride their scooter or bike on school
grounds as some parents and younger children have had near misses with over enthusiastic riders! Thank you.

Our new reception children - will be joining us throughout the term to start experiencing life
in Primary School. From September Mrs R Brown will be Reception Class Teacher, Mrs McCraith will be Year 1 Teacher and Mrs Kidd will be Year 2. We will inform you if there are any other staffing changes.

Heads Surgery - I am always happy for parents to arrange to meet with me. Dinner Money All dinner money must be paid in advance.
FOSTA NEWS

I will also be available to meet with parents on a monthly basis. The first of these surgeries will run from 2-2.30pm on Tuesday 1st May

Thank you to those parents who are now up to date. Any outstanding monies from last term need to be paid to Mrs Chadwick as soon as possible. A reminder of the Clothes Exchange next Saturday 28th April. Anyone wishing to sell items should contact Josie on 07752468911 a.s.a.p. as packs are selling fast! The sale will take place in the hall between 11.30am-1.30pm. Do come along and bring your friends loads of bargains and its for charity! We had a fantastic crowd for Easter Bingo at the end of term and raised 300! A huge thank you to Hayley Gardener for organizing the evening and also massive thanks to Mrs. Wildish for being such an enthusiastic caller! As well as raising funds FOSTA have been spending for the benefit of the children. Following a request from Mrs. Fox, FOSTA have recently purchased practice SATS papers for the school at a cost of 135. Committee members were also keen to support Global Rock and have made a donation of 5 per child to help towards costs. This years Fete will be held on 14th July 2012 to coincide with the Olympic Torch coming down through the Village. Any offers of help would be very much appreciated and anyone wishing to have a stall (or knows of anyone who would like a stall) should contact a committee member a.s.a.p. We are holding a meeting on Tuesday 8th May at 1pm in the Eight Bells to specifically discuss the fete. We want this years event to be the biggest and best yet!! Anyone who would like to be involved in any way at all, please do come along.

 We hope your Sunflowers are all growing well (despite the current lack of sun!). Please remember to bring the sunflowers back into school on Friday 13th July in readiness for judging of the Tallest Sunflower Competition which will take place at the Summer fete. There is a prize for the pupil with the tallest sunflower in each year group. Advance Notice. We will be holding a 'Phil' the Bag Recycle Day at the end of May. The scheme involves a bag being sent home with every pupil to collect all types of unwanted textiles including: All kinds of clothing; Shoes; Bags; Belts; Hats; Curtains; Towels; Bedding. Items are accepted in any condition and in other bag types. The filled bags are then brought into school on the Recycle Day, all children will receive a sticker, the bags are weighed and the school gets paid for every kilo it collects. Family and friends more than welcome to join in - the more we collect, the more money we will raise, so start collecting now! For more information log onto www.philthebag.co.uk. The date for our Recycle Day will be confirmed by the end of the month.

Other notices of interest

From Carisbrooke Cluster Extended Services: Be Active- Parents Fitness Group at Carisbrooke Colleges Powerbase Every Monday during term time 9.30-10.15 at Carisbrooke College Powerbase Gym Fully equipped fitness centre with cardio equipment and weights, programmes and advice given. Fully qualified fitness instructor plus sessions with experienced instructor and cluster manager Carol Ward-Reynolds to include extra advice plus cluster/ transition for year 6s and pupil advice. 1 per fitness session or advice from Carol free. Please call Carol on 07928591629 for more info. Cricket Coaching - open to all Saturdays at Carisbrooke College for boys & girls 12pm-1pm for 8 years 12 years 1-2pm for 13 years 16 years 2 per session Bookings through text- Carol 07928591629 If you enjoyed Park Life Mini in half term, you may be interested to hear about Rootz, the afterschool club which Matt and Claire also run in partnership with Carisbrooke Central cluster extended services. With a mixture of games, challenges, sport, refreshments, discussions, competitions, drama and just chilling, its a lovely opportunity for you to have fun and hang out with friends in a safe environment. All Y4s 6s welcome. Thursdays 3.45 5.30 at Christ the King College 40p a week More info Matt 07825199727 Claire 07791 864013