Thursday, March 3, 2011

newsletter 3rd march

Plea from Year 2! This term in DesignTechnology we are creating explorer vehicles from junk materials. If you could bring in any old food packaging, cereal boxes, cardboard rolls etc for us to use we would be most grateful. Thank you!

Year 2 Explorer Day On Thursday 24th March Year 2 will be having a day full of exploration! Children are invited to come to school dressed as an explorer. There will be a small prize for the two best dressed children from 2M and 2P. Happy creating!

Haven Fun Fitness—www.havenfunfitness.com A big thank you to everyone who supported this scheme. We have now reached our first target of 70% and our FREE sporting equipment is on the way. We can now aim for our bonus equipment by reaching 100%! Please note that you must confirm your email address in order for your support to be registered, so once you have signed to support please check your inbox! Thank you.

Gifted and Talented Assembly A big well done to everyone who took part in this term’s Gifted and Talented assembly. As usual there was a wide range of acts and it really showed the range of talents that we have here at Glade. You should all be very proud!

School Lunch Menu Your child will be bringing home a new school lunch menu which the caterers have been providing since Monday of this week. This menu will run until we break up for the Summer holidays in July.

Good Works Assembly Please note there will be no good works assembly tomorrow (4th March). This is for one week only as we have workshops going on in the hall. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Hire of School Hall The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost, etc can be obtained from the school office.

Year 4 Science Museum Visit The children had a lovely day out when they visited the Science museum yesterday.

Road Safety Talks On Tuesday of this week the children in KS1 were given a talk by a member of the Redbridge Road Safety team about safety whilst out and about. The children thoroughly enjoyed the session and learnt about keeping safe.

Reminder—Parents Evening This is tonight for all classes except year 6, classes 3S , 1M and 4N. Please ensure that you arrive on time for your individual appointment slots so that the evening can run smoothly and to time. Thank you.

Classes 3S and 4N Parents Evening Unfortunately, due to Mrs Sheikh and Mr Nicholson being unwell we have had to cancel parents evening for classes 3S and 4N tonight. Appointments will now take place on 10th March at the same appointment times that you were given already, had it been tonight. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Healthy Food Workshop — for parents on Thursday 23rd March at 9.15am Sue Brown from the healthy schools team will be in school on this day to work with parents on healthy eating. She will be leading workshops and there will be a whole school assembly on the same theme. If you would like to attend please let the school office know.

Parking Once again dangerous parking on double yellow lines car registration number LC54 WPL.

Height and Weight Checks On 10th March the children in Reception and Year 6 will be having their height and weight checked in school by the community health advisors. If you do not wish your child to take part in this please write in to the school office to let us know beforehand.
Scooter Skills Sessions If your child uses a scooter and would be interested in taking part in some scooter sessions during school time please let the office know. Spaces are limited to 40 children so will be given on a first come, first served basis.

World Book Day Each child will be bringing a voucher home tonight for World Book Day. This entitles them to a £1 off of the price of a book.