Blandford St Mary Primary School Newsletter Headteacher: Mr Paul Lavis Deputy Headteacher: Mrs Sam Harris
29th June 2010 Volume 3, Issue 11 Contents:
Streetwise
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The Bowlly Years
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Cutting Edge
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Streetwise Quiz night 2 Dorset County Show 2 Dorset Summer Sizzler
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Eco School
4
Sports & Healthy Week
4
Parent’sConsultations
3
Diary Dates
4
Tesco Vouchers
4
Upcoming Events • Transfer Day ~ Wednesday 30th June • Staff Training Day Friday 2nd July • Sports and Healthy Week 5th9th July • Walk to School Week 5th-9th July • School Nurse Drop-in 9am Tuesday 6th July • Sports Day ~ Friday 9th July ( Wet Weather Alternative 13th July) • BBQ ~ Friday 9th July • Year 5 Camp 9th-11th July
Dear Parents Dear Parents,
So—what on earth was that all about? The 4 year ritual of desperately hoping that we might win the World Cup is over again and we all have the difficult task of returning back to normal and contemplating that we’re not as good as we thought we were! Hmph! We don’t want to be making the same mistakes here however and we continue to try to improve everything that we have to offer you and our children at Blandford St Mary Primary School. As always, your suggestions and feedback are always valued and as most of you know: my door is always open if you need to chat or share information or thoughts. Don’t forget that the office email address is an excellent way of keeping in touch too.
We recently had a visit from our School Improvement Partner whose job it is to support our school in moving forward. You may be interested to know that the visit was a huge success and that particular comment was made about the positive relationships between our children and the staff at the school. Brilliant. Please, please keep looking at the school website and do take part in the surveys that are available as your feedback is always very welcome. By the way—if you see Chad in Year 2—say Well Done! - as he is a champion at national level in grass-track biking—what a star!
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Streetwise FREE 999 FAMILY FUN DAY SUNDAY 18TH July 2010 1111-4PM LV= Streetwise Safety Centre Elliott Road, Bournemouth BH11 8JJ Many attractions including: NEW! Climb aboard the amazing LV=Streetwise Safety Bus NEW! Dorset Fire & Rescue inflatable smoke house NEW! ‘Good Egg’ Child Seat Clinic Police, Fire, Ambulance and Dorset Fire Cadet displays Children - test your driving skills in a real car with Gold driving Academy
See WWW.streetwise.org.uk for more details
Cutting Edge Channel 4 documentary Are your children all boys or all girls? CHANNEL 4 is making a new thought-provoking CUTTING EDGE documentary looking at the differences between raising boys and girls. We’d love to hear about your experences of having allboys or all-girl families. For a commitment-free chat please get in touch to find out more. PHONE: 020 7566 1450 ext.80 or TEXT your name and contact details to 07505 275 842 Email; SONSAND-
Dorset Summer Sizzler Fun summer holiday activities for children and young people Aged 00-12years New Dorset Summer Sizzler 2010 booklets are due out soon,and we hope to be able to distribute these before the holidays.
The Bowlly Years Do you remember the first ever ‘Pop Star’ Well you can now go back down memory lane and rerelive the good old days Al Bowlly, the original crooner from the 1930’s in The
Bowlly Years Megaphone to Microphone One show only on Wednesday 8th September 2010 Matinee performance @ 2.30pm The Regent Centre, Christchurch Ticket Price £15.00 each 01202 499199
Quiz Night THE GRASSHOPPER Bournemouth Road, Parkstone, Poole Thursday 12th August 2010 At 7.30pm See www.streetwise.org.uk for more details
Dorset County Show Dorchester Showground 4-5 September 2010 This year, the show will have a dog theme, including a ‘Dogs Got Talent’ show to highlight the fun and caring aspects of pet ownership. The show also features events and stands across the following topic areas: Working animals and livestock Pets Nature and the Environment Gardening and Grow Your Own Cookery and Food Craft and Hobbies Machines; Transport and Agricultural Military Equestrian Children’s entertainment and hundreds of interesting trade stands
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Attendance for June 2010 All classes had an attendance of over 93% this last month—so well done to everyone! 1st Blue Whale Base White
98.2%
2nd Rhino Base
3rd Polar Bear Base
97.3%
96.5%
Remember: Every Day Counts...
Governor Biography Jennifer Haywood. Foundation Governor since September 2005. I have lived in Blandford for forty four years; for over twenty of which I was a teacher in the Blandford Primary School Pyramid. I have three grown-up children and two grandchildren. Married to a Blandford veterinary surgeon, now retired, my husband, Roger, and I have always taken an active part in the life of Blandford and environs. Being a governor of Blandford St Mary School is a privilege which allows me to continue my interest in the education of our young generation.
Walk to school & Sports and Healthy Week Next week is Sports and Healthy Week incorporating ‘Walk to School Week’ As always, we would be really grateful if you could support us by encouraging your child to walk to school. If you have to drive, maybe you could drop the children off at the bottom of Birch Avenue, to enable them to walk at least some of the way to school.
Parents Consultations Parent consultations will be held on Monday 12th July and Wednesday 14th July, July please look out for the signing up sheets in your child class as from Monday 5th July.
Challenge Dad Dorset Primary care trust are trying to encourage local men and their families, to take a step towards a more active lifestyle and so are providing children across Dorset in school yrs 3-6 with a game designed to ’Challenge Dad’. We have a supply of the spinners and instructions in the school office.
Blandford St Mary Primary School Newsletter Blandford St Mary Primary School Birch Avenue Blandford St Mary, Dorset DT11 9QD Phone: 01258-453331 Fax: 01258-455865
Diary Dates: Wednesday 30th June Friday 2nd July 5th-9th July 5th-9th July Tuesday 6th July Friday 9th July Friday 9th July 9th-11th July 12th & 14th July 12-16th July Tuesday 13th July Wednesday 21st July Friday 23rd July Friday 23rd July
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Transfer Day Staff Training Day Sports and Healthy Week Walk to School Week School Nurse Drop-in Sports Day School BBQ Year 5 Camp Parent’s Consultations Last Week of Clubs Wet Weather Alternative for Sports Day Whole School Trip to the Seaside Leaver’s Assembly 2pm Last day of Term finish 3.15pm
Tesco Vouchers A massive thank you to everyone who has been collecting the Tesco For Schools and Clubs vouchers. We collected a magnificent 25,000 vouchers! We have now sent off our order and eagerly await our new equipment. If you have any more vouchers at home, please could we have them in tomorrow as we need to send them off to bank for next year. Thank you.
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