newsletyter 18 may 2012

Road Safety There have been several incidents of dangerous driving outside school in recent weeks . Please drive with consideration and care for the safety of all our pupils. In future registration numbers will be taken and reported to the Police. PAWS On line shopping Please don’t forget this website if you shop on line www.easyfundraising.org.uk. We can raise funds for the school without costing you a penny! Support Your School Please check at home with family and friends for any unwanted mobile phones or used/empty computer printer cartridges. Each item we receive contributes to valuable funding for our school. This money will be used for new outdoor play equipment. Please hand in any unwanted mobile phones and printer cartridges to the school office. PAWS Movie Night-tomorrow 18th May 3.45-5.45pm As something new for children we have organised a Movie night tomorrow which will be held in the main hall for Key Stage 1 and Lloyd Hall for Key Stage 2 children. The movies that we are showing are Puss in Boots (certificate U) for KS1 and Johnny English Reborn (certificate PG) for KS2 .A drink and popcorn are included in the ticket price of £2.50.Refreshments will also be on sale during the event. Key Stage 1 children MUST be accompanied by an adult. Letters have been sent out—so please return the slip with the required amount in a clearly named envelope. All monies raised will go towards new playground equipment. Key Stage 2 tickets: sold out. Key Stage 1 tickets: still available. Summer Fair Saturday 7th July 2012 from 12-3.30pm. The Summer Fair is fast approaching and we are busy preparing for our biggest fundraising event of the year. If you would like to hire a stall for the day please leave your name and contact details at the office. The cost for each table is £15 if you are a parent/carer of a child at the Glade, if not £20 per table. PAWS Meeting-Friday 25th May at 9am Come along and help make a difference. Everyone welcome! Scooter Skills Wednesday 27th June 2012. For children in years 1-5, children must have their own scooter. Limited spaces, please let the office know if you would like your child to take part. More details will be given to those attending nearer the time, we must have a minimum number of children for these classes to go ahead so please do not delay let us know as soon as possible if your child is interested. Mr. Merchant FaceBook We urge parents not to allow their children to access FaceBook. The FaceBook terms of service dictate that members be at least 13yrs old to setup an account. It causes unnecessary problems between children and can lead to school dealing with issues in the classroom. PLEASE EXERCISE PARENTAL CONTROL. Help! If you have any good condition CD Walkman’s at home that you no longer want or any good condition ‘Harry Potter’ books we would love them for our school library. Parent Governor Vacancies REMINDER— If you are interested in becoming a parent governor, nomination forms for both vacancies should be returned to school by 12noon on 18th May 2012. (tomorrow) Clothes Recycling Bin The recycling bin in the main school hall is to be used only for clothes. Please do not put rubbish in this bin! Good Works Assembly-tomorrow For this week only the Good Works Assembly is cancelled. This is because the Year 6 children are doing their SAT’S tests and so we need to keep disruptions to a minimum within the school corridors, etc. Thank you for your co operation with this. Toddler Group There will be no toddler group on the afternoon of Wednesday 23rd May. This is because both the school halls are in use on this day. Reminder Group and team photographs 22nd May. Library Sessions For Parents After the half term holiday the library will be open to parents on a Monday and Thursday afternoon from 3.30-4.30pm, everyone is welcome. The first session will be Thursday 14th June. Money Coming into School When sending money in to school it must be in an envelope with your child’s name, class, amount and what it is for. Neither the school office , nor the catering company will be responsible for any money not sent in correctly.

newsletter 10th May 2012

SAT’s Week Next week in school it is Sat’s Week for our children in Year 6. Please make sure that your child attends school each day and is in on time. PAWS On line shopping Please don’t forget this website if you shop on line www.easyfundraising.org.uk. We can raise funds for the school without costing you a penny! Support Your School Please check at home with family and friends for any unwanted mobile phones or used/empty computer printer cartridges. Each item we receive contributes to valuable funding for our school. This money will be used for new outdoor play equipment. Please hand in any unwanted mobile phones and printer cartridges to the school office. PAWS Movie Night-Friday 18th May 3.45-5.45pm As something new for children we have organised a Movie night on Friday 18th May which will be held in the main hall for Key Stage 1 and Lloyd Hall for Key Stage 2 children. The movies that we are showing are Puss in Boots (certificate U) for KS1 and Johnny English Reborn (certificate PG) for KS2 .A drink and popcorn are included in the ticket price of £2.50. Refreshments will also be on sale during the event. Key Stage 1 children MUST be accompanied by an adult. Letters have been sent out—so please return the slip with the required amount in a clearly named envelope. All monies raised will go towards new playground equipment. Summer Fair Saturday 7th July 2012 from 12-3.30pm. Scooter Skills Wednesday 27th June 2012. For children in years 1-5, children must have their own scooter. Limited spaces, please let the office know if you would like your child to take part. More details will be given to those attending nearer the time, we must have a minimum number of children for these classes to go ahead so please do not delay let us know as soon as possible if your child is interested. Mr. Merchant Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers Please continue to save these and bring them into school for us as they are due to finish soon. The more vouchers we collect the more equipment we will receive for the children to use in school. Thank you. Help! If you have any good condition CD Walkman’s at home that you no longer want or any good condition ‘Harry Potter’ books we would love them for our school library. Thank you Mrs Ward and Mr King would like to thank all the swim/triathlon team children and parents for their generosity and kindness. Diamond Jubilee Lunch On Thursday 31st May the school kitchen will be doing a special lunch for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The menu will be a hot buffet menu comprising of BBQ Drumsticks, Margarita pizza or Nachos with salsa and sour cream, carrot and cucumber sticks, cherry tomatoes, Cajun potato wedges, fruit bar, fresh bread, then ice-cream or Victoria sponge finger. If your child would like to have this meal there is no need to pre-book , the price will be the same so they just need to book a school lunch in the normal way on this day. School Choir Our school choir sang beautifully yesterday when they visited Birchwood residential home in Barkingside and performed for the residents. Parent Governor We now have a second vacancy for parent governor. If you are interested please collect information from the school office. Nomination forms for both vacancies should be returned to school by 12noon on 18th May 2012. Late Collection of Children The school day ends at 3.30pm and so children should be collected at 3.30pm. If you are continually late in picking up you may incur a charge.

newsletter 4th may 2012

Gifted and Talented Assembly Pupils performed at our termly Talents Assembly this morning and as always amazed us with their skill and confidence. Thank you to Mr Merchant for organising the event. Governors Day Governors visited the school today. They attended a viewing of the Triathlon Team performance, the Talents assembly as well as visiting classes and meeting staff and pupils. They were impressed with the behaviour and attitude of our pupils and the broad and balanced curriculum available at Glade. Bags2School Please don’t forget we have this next Thursday 10th May 9am prompt. PAWS have organised another textile collection with bags2school in order to raise funds for new outdoor play equipment. By getting involved you will have the opportunity to spring clean as well as de-clutter your wardrobes and cupboards and donate unwanted textiles in the bag provided. Bags 2school will be collecting on Thursday 10th May at 9am prompt. Please bring your bag/or bags! to the bike shed and help us have a really good collection. Please note the bags cannot be left prior to this date. Please note because of this it is not possible to store bikes and scooters in the shed next Thursday morning. PAWS On line shopping Please don’t forget this website if you shop on line www.easyfundraising.org.uk. We can raise funds for the school without costing you a penny! PAWS 100 Club The 100 Club has been cancelled due to lack of applications. All money will be returned ASAP. Support Your School Please check at home with family and friends for any unwanted mobile phones or used/empty computer printer cartridges. Each item we receive contributes to valuable funding for our school. This money will be used for new outdoor play equipment. Please hand in any unwanted mobile phones and printer cartridges to the school office. PAWS Movie Night-Friday 18th May 3.45-5.45pm As something new for children we have organised a Movie night on Friday 18th May which will be held in the main hall for Key Stage 1 and Lloyd Hall for Key Stage 2 children. The movies that we are showing are Puss in Boots (certificate U) for KS1 and Johnny English Reborn (certificate PG) for KS2 .A drink and popcorn are included in the ticket price of £2.50. Refreshments will also be on sale during the event. Key Stage 1 children MUST be accompanied by an adult. Letters have been sent out—so please return the slip with the required amount in a clearly named envelope. All monies raised will go towards new playground equipment. Summer Fair Saturday 7th July 2012 from 12-3.30pm. Scooter Skills Wednesday 27th June 2012. For children in years 1-5, children must have their own scooter. Limited spaces, please let the office know if you would like your child to take part. More details will be given to those attending nearer the time, we must have a minimum number of children for these classes to go ahead so please do not delay let us know as soon as possible if your child is interested. Mr. Merchant Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers Please continue to save these and bring them into school for us as they are due to finish soon. The more vouchers we collect the more equipment we will receive for the children to use in school. Thank you. Year 5 Science Museum Trip Last week the children in Year 5 had a wonderful time when they visited the science museum. They had a question and answer session with astronaut Helen Sharman. Staff Toilets Please note that the staff toilets are for staff only. No children should be using them even if with an adult. Thank you.