Athersley South Primary School

www.athersleysouthprimary.net Dear Parents, Mobile Library The children in class 1 and FS2 will be able to borrow books from the mobile library fortnightly from Tuesday 29th May if they complete and return the library form that was sent out earlier in the week. If you need another form, please just ask. Summer Fair - Advanced Notice We are planning to hold a School Summer Fair on Saturday 30th June. The Fair will run from 11.00-1.00. There will be a variety of different stalls, refreshments and a Grand Raffle. Further details will follow in the coming weeks but we hope very much you will put this date in your diary and support us in what should be a fun and exciting event. Also, there will be a limited number of stalls available, at a cost of 10, for members of the community and small businesses to use as a selling point for their own goods. Please contact the school office if you would like to book a stall. Payment should be made upon booking. If you would like to volunteer to help on the day, please contact the school office. Also, we are now accepting donations of prizes for the tombola stall, including a bottle tombola and a general tombola. Following the success of colour coding donations at Christmas, we are asking that children in Foundation Stage bring red or orange items, KS1 - green or yellow, Lower Key Stage 2 blue or purple and Upper Key Stage 2 black or white. In return for a donation you will be rewarded with a raffle ticket for one of the raffles to be drawn on the day. We have already secured many prizes for the For Raffle, May Day Bank Grandyour but if you know of any Diary Holiday companies or organisations that are able to Monday know. donate a prize, please let us 7th May

First Friday
Edition 9 May 2012

Attendance Last weeks attendance was the best attendance % that we have had for a while. 1st Class 7 100% 2nd Class 8 98.9% 3rd Class 2 98.8% 4th Class 6 98.5% 5th Class 10 97.9% 6th Class F2 97.4% 7th Class 5 97.9% 8th Class 9 & 3 97% 9th Class 4 94.2% 10th Class 1- 91.9% Trainee Teaching Students Last Thursday we had fourteen final year trainee teaching students in school. This is the second time this year that they have visited. The feedback from them was very positive. They praised the childrens behaviour in both the classroom and on the corridors, they were impressed with their enthusiasm for learning and they also commented on how smart they looked in their uniforms. The training institute said, The feedback from all of the trainees has been outstanding and they feel that it has been an invaluable learning opportunity for them to visit other schools to focus on specific areas like reading and mathematics. Well done to all the children and staff for making it a worthwhile experience. Bike Shed The bike shed is now open every morning. If your child brings their bike or scooter to school, it is important that they put it in the bike shed before 8:50 am. Some children are waiting until the doors open before they take their bikes around and this has resulted in them receiving a late mark. Spring Bank Holiday - School Closes Friday 1st June at 3.00/05pm