School newsletter - Friday 20th March March 2009
Activities
Football
On Monday we played Kirk Fenton in a boy’s league football match. The score was 2-2; we came from behind twice to earn this draw, from 2 great goals by Reece & Harry.
Team: Tyger, James, Reece, Ryan, Jake, Daniel, Caine, Matthew Coby and Harry.
Rugby
York City Knights are running holiday activities at Heworth York over the Easter holidays. See poster on Key Stage 2 notice board for more details.
Castleford Tigers v Bradford Bulls. Sun 29th March, Kick Off 3.30 pm.
The pupils who took part in the Tigers Paws Dance Programme will be performing their routine at the home game in front of the crowd! If you wish to watch the pupils discounted tickets are available for the match. Please call into the school Office for a form.
Vouchers
We are currently collecting the following vouchers for school:
- Sainsbury Active Kids vouchers
- Tesco for schools and Clubs vouchers
- Nestle box tops for Books
- Flora Cooking with Schools coverleaf
Mothers Day Service
We hope you enjoyed our mothers’ day service at St Edward’s Church on Thursday. The pupils enjoyed saying nice things about their mums and grandmas. They sang really nicely too!
Easter Competition
We are running an Easter competition with prizes donated by FOBBS. The themes for this year are:
- Foundation 1/ Foundation 2: Chicks
- Year 1: Lambs
- Year 2: Easter bonnet / hat
- Year 3: Decorated eggs
- Year 4: Easter bunnies
- Year 5: Easter basket
- Year 6: Egg words
Hope you join in! Have a look for the prizes on display in the entrance from Monday. Entries should come into school on Monday 30th March.
Parents Evening
Tuesday 31st March – Foundation 1 to Year 6 (with some alternative sessions)
Please return your appointment slips if you have not already done so.
Sharing Assembly
Thanks to Year 6 for sharing their work with us. Year 6 changed into Romans and Celts for the morning and demonstrated their battle skills. They also shared many facts about Roman life. We were all enthralled by their tales. Thanks to parents and Grandparents for joining us.
Further dates:
- Fri 27th March - Year 2
- Fri 3rd April – Year 3
Attendance
Congratulations to Year 6 and Year 4 who have won the attendance shield this week with 99.05%.
Pupils of the week
Well done to:
- Foundation 2: Rohan Polhill
- Year 1: Connor Latto
- Year 2: Kimberley Craig
- Year 3: Chloe Reid
- Year 4: Lewis Edwards
- Year 5: Patsy Glover
- Year 6: Rebecca Littler
Gotchas
The following pupils sat on the Gotcha table today:
- Thomas Dimery
- Jessica Williamson
- Lewis Crumpton
- Chloe Reid
- Amy Lawton
- Ryan Kay
School Dinners
Monday – Home made Pizza
Tuesday – Minced Beef Cobbler
Wednesday – – Fish with Parsley Sauce
Thursday – Roast Turkey Dinner
Friday – Savoury Mince
Please do not send sweets or fizzy pop in children’s packed lunch.
Dinner Money
Please could you make sure that dinner money is in a named envelope with the days that dinner is required for your children.
Homework drop in Sessions
These are still running in the Year 6 classroom on Mondays from 3.30 until 4.30 for any parents and pupils who would like support with aspects of Literacy or Numeracy homework.
Book Fair and Chocolate Tombola
Thank you for supporting our book fair and chocolate Tombola. Commission from the book fair will be taken in the form of extra books for school. The money raised from the Tombola (£287 so far) is for the year 6 leavers’ event at the end of the school year.