8 Sep 2006 - Newsletter 9
A MESSAGE FROM MRS JACKSON
I hope you had an enjoyable holiday and welcome back to school.
- Please make sure your child wears the correct uniform and importantly, has each piece of uniform named.
- As a Healthy School, all children will be participating in two PE lessons per week, please can you make sure that your child has their PE kit in school on the appropriate days, and again that all items are clearly labelled.
- As we look forward to our new school year please can all parents make every effort to ensure that holidays are taken in holiday time and NOT during school time. As you are aware the Government is very keen to ensure that every child reaches their potential and we know that this cannot happen without regular attendance
2006/2007 TERMS AND HOLIDAYS
Autumn Term Mon 4th Sept - Weds 20th Dec 2006
Autumn Half Term Mon 23rd Oct - 27th Oct 2006
Spring Term Weds 3rd Jan - Fri 30th March 2007
I hope you had an enjoyable holiday and welcome back to school.
- Please make sure your child wears the correct uniform and importantly, has each piece of uniform named.
- As a Healthy School, all children will be participating in two PE lessons per week, please can you make sure that your child has their PE kit in school on the appropriate days, and again that all items are clearly labelled.
- As we look forward to our new school year please can all parents make every effort to ensure that holidays are taken in holiday time and NOT during school time. As you are aware the Government is very keen to ensure that every child reaches their potential and we know that this cannot happen without regular attendance
2006/2007 TERMS AND HOLIDAYS
Autumn Term Mon 4th Sept - Weds 20th Dec 2006
Autumn Half Term Mon 23rd Oct - 27th Oct 2006
Spring Term Weds 3rd Jan - Fri 30th March 2007
CELEBRATION OF LEARNING Thank you to everyone who attended our 'Celebration of Learning' last term. This night was the pupils' gift to you. We hope you enjoyed our new format as much as we did.
DINNER MONIES School dinner prices are now £8.50 per week . Can parents please ensure they send the exact amount due to not keeping money in school. Cheques should be made payable to WMBC. Y6 ENTERPRISE DAY Due to the hard work of last year's Y6 children, £103 was raised towards ICT equipment. We are going to purchase a camera for children to use in school this term. SAINSBURY VOUCHERS Many thanks for all the vouchers received last term. We collected a total of over 18,000 which we will be using for new sports items. We will be collecting again this year.
St Paul's Church Gift Day Kelvin sends a big thank to you for all the gifts and contributions to 'Building for the Future,'
'We received from school a total of £140 this will increase because of us being able to claim the tax back on some of the donations. This means we have been able to raise a total of £10,000, plus an increase in our weekly giving.' ICT During the School Holidays we have had interactive whiteboards installed in Year 3 and Year 4 - a very big thank you to FOSPPS whose fundraising efforts have helped considerably towards buying these. Also a very big thank you to Ian Kelly our School Governor and Andrew Kelly along with Bolton School, who have donated 10 of their unwanted computers to our school, one of these has been put in each of our classrooms to replace old and obsolete ones. HARVEST This year our Harvest donations are going to the 'Bricklayers Arms' project for homeless people in Wigan. Please send monetary donations in an envelope during next week.
BUMBLEBEES Bumblebees would like to remind all parents of their services. For enquiries please call Emma & Rachel on 07765328223
Breakfast Club: 07.30 - 08.50 £4
Pre-School AM Session: 08.50 - 11.30 £6.50
Pre-School Dinner Session: 11.30 - 12.30 £3.50
Pre-School PM Session: 12.30 - 3.15 £6.50
SCHOOL NEWS
From September Mr Duncan remains as Deputy-Head and will deputise for Mrs Jackson when she is not in school and Mrs Rylance has become our Assistant Headteacher. When Mrs Jackson is not available any queries should be addressed in the first instance to Mr Duncan and then to Mrs Rylance.
Mrs Walsh is now our School Development Manager and, working in conjunction with the Senior Management Team, will help the school to move forward and tackle new initiatives.
Mrs Starkie is Foundation Stage Manager and together with managing the day to day running of Reception, will liaise between Bumblebees and Reception to ensure continuity of learning and progression.
Mrs Selley is Inclusion Manager and continues to be in charge of Special Needs but additionally will begin to compile a register of 'Gifted and Talented' pupils and start to plan enrichment activities for identified pupils.
Year 2
From September Mrs Rylance will be part-time, working Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs Fulster will be taking the class on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday.
Year 6
Mrs Walsh will be joining Mr Duncan in Year 6 for as many mornings as possible to improve the ratio of teacher to pupils in this, our biggest class of the school.
DINNER MONIES School dinner prices are now £8.50 per week . Can parents please ensure they send the exact amount due to not keeping money in school. Cheques should be made payable to WMBC. Y6 ENTERPRISE DAY Due to the hard work of last year's Y6 children, £103 was raised towards ICT equipment. We are going to purchase a camera for children to use in school this term. SAINSBURY VOUCHERS Many thanks for all the vouchers received last term. We collected a total of over 18,000 which we will be using for new sports items. We will be collecting again this year.
St Paul's Church Gift Day Kelvin sends a big thank to you for all the gifts and contributions to 'Building for the Future,'
'We received from school a total of £140 this will increase because of us being able to claim the tax back on some of the donations. This means we have been able to raise a total of £10,000, plus an increase in our weekly giving.' ICT During the School Holidays we have had interactive whiteboards installed in Year 3 and Year 4 - a very big thank you to FOSPPS whose fundraising efforts have helped considerably towards buying these. Also a very big thank you to Ian Kelly our School Governor and Andrew Kelly along with Bolton School, who have donated 10 of their unwanted computers to our school, one of these has been put in each of our classrooms to replace old and obsolete ones. HARVEST This year our Harvest donations are going to the 'Bricklayers Arms' project for homeless people in Wigan. Please send monetary donations in an envelope during next week.
BUMBLEBEES Bumblebees would like to remind all parents of their services. For enquiries please call Emma & Rachel on 07765328223
Breakfast Club: 07.30 - 08.50 £4
Pre-School AM Session: 08.50 - 11.30 £6.50
Pre-School Dinner Session: 11.30 - 12.30 £3.50
Pre-School PM Session: 12.30 - 3.15 £6.50
SCHOOL NEWS
From September Mr Duncan remains as Deputy-Head and will deputise for Mrs Jackson when she is not in school and Mrs Rylance has become our Assistant Headteacher. When Mrs Jackson is not available any queries should be addressed in the first instance to Mr Duncan and then to Mrs Rylance.
Mrs Walsh is now our School Development Manager and, working in conjunction with the Senior Management Team, will help the school to move forward and tackle new initiatives.
Mrs Starkie is Foundation Stage Manager and together with managing the day to day running of Reception, will liaise between Bumblebees and Reception to ensure continuity of learning and progression.
Mrs Selley is Inclusion Manager and continues to be in charge of Special Needs but additionally will begin to compile a register of 'Gifted and Talented' pupils and start to plan enrichment activities for identified pupils.
Year 2
From September Mrs Rylance will be part-time, working Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs Fulster will be taking the class on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday.
Year 6
Mrs Walsh will be joining Mr Duncan in Year 6 for as many mornings as possible to improve the ratio of teacher to pupils in this, our biggest class of the school.