As spring is now finally with us, we are really excited to have a newly appointed, and extremely keen group of Eco- Warriors. Led by Mrs Patton and Mr Stamper this group of fourteen children of all ages, will be working through the year to make a Tithe Barn a more environmen- tally friendly place.
Already the children have been busily planting hedgerows along some of the perimeter fences. These plants were kindly donated by the Wood- land Trust and funded by Ikea. We are hoping that once these have grown they will provide a habitat and food source for wild- life, as well as looking good.
In a previously neglect- ed corner of the school grounds we have also planted a willow bed containing 200 cuttings. We hope that as well as providing a wall of greenness, these fast growing plants will pro- vide us with a future harvest of willow stems for crafting and creating living structures.

Our projects through the Year..…
funds for the school by recycling the following items:-
Empty printer cartridges.
Old mobile telephones
Batteries
Pens
Empty correction fluid containers

Please bring any of these you may have lying around into school. As well as being able to en- sure they are properly recycled we will receive money for some of the items. We will be sending out further information about these and also the Bags4Schools collection soon.

Gardening
The Eco-Warriors will be taking a lead in getting the school vegetable gardens and Luca’s Gar- den, back into full use as an amazing educational resource. We desperate- ly need donations of well rotted manure and pot- ting compost. If anyone can help with this please contact Mr Stamper.
Big Pedal
The school have entered the Sustrans Big Pedal 2018. Running between 23/4/18 and 4/5/18 theBig Pedal is the UK’s largest inter-school cy- cling and scooting chal- lenge it inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose two wheels for their school journey. The Eco-Warriors have been
busy collating the data on this and we hope that we may be in the running for prizes, as well as having happier and healthier journeys to school. See www.bigpedal.org.uk
RSPB
We are extremely pleased to have secured a whole day visit from the RSPB. They will be work- ing with groups of chil- dren to carry out a habi- tat survey and will then help us put together a plan to improve the bio- diversity of our site.
Recycling and Fund Raising.
We have some fantastic opportunities to help to protect the environment and gather much needed

Eco Newsletter Spring 2018

Welcome Back
Welcome back to what should be a busy and wonderful final term at Tithe Barn Primary School. I hope that you all had a lovely Easter break.
We have lots of wonderful trips coming up including a visit to Stockley Farm, Manchester United, Heaton’s library, the Year 6 residential and a trip to a local Mosque to name just a few and we will be sharing our experiences via Twitter and the school website.
Katherine Muncaster

Fundraising for Lumos
On Friday 18th May, Melody from Year 3
will be running a guess the name of the teddy stall in aid of the charity Lumos. If you wish to support her fund raising efforts, it will be 50p per go and the stall will take place after school.

Bags to School

Bag2School will be collecting from us again on Friday May 25th. Please make time for a clear out in the next few weeks and either drop off your donations w/c 21st May or bring them with you when you drop the children at Cinema Night. We will send Bag2School plastic bags out in book bags in the next few weeks.

Year 1 Multi Skills


On Tuesday 24th April, Year 1 went to Priestnall to take part in a Multi Skills Festival. The children worked in small teams and took part in a range of events.
The children had an amazing morning and one of our teams won the whole competition. I would like to thank Priestnall for hosting such a fantastic event and for Mrs Bridgehouse and the staff for taking the children.

 

Key Dates
14th – 18th May – Year 6 SATs Week

18th May – FOTB Cinema Evening
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1st May to 24th May – Year 6 Residential to Great Tower

25th May- Year 3 Class Assembly, Bags 2 Schools Collection, Break up for half term

11th June- School reopens
15th June – Year 6 start swimming lessons.

16th June – FOTB family fun run

22nd June- Year 4 Class Assembly

Bee in the City

We are very excited to be taking part in the Bee in the City project this term. Our smaller bee has arrived in school and has been shared with the children. We will now be asking children to think about the design for our Tithe Barn Bee. We are planning a range of events around this project and further information will be sent out shortly.
Wild in Art and Manchester City Council are bringing all of Manchester’s communities together to create Bee in the City – a stunning public art trail of 80+ individually designed giant bee sculptures.
Crafted by regional professional and emerging artists, it will weave its way across the city during the summer of 2018. An inspirational learning project will give children and young people the chance to take part.

It’s free, it’s fun, it’s fascinating – and it will be in Manchester from July – September 2018.Further information is available from

Home

FOTB Cinema Night
On Friday 18th May we are having a FOTB Cinema Night. We will be watching Peter Rabbit, doors open at 5.30pm for 6pm start. The letter for tickets will be sent home next week.
We’re on the hunt for a volunteer to oversee the event on the night (with lots of helpers of course). If you can help us out please
email amylaw22@gmail.com

Thank you
I would like to say a huge thank you to every member of our school community, parents, staff, governors, volunteers and children. We have had a great term working together to ensure the best for all of our children. The opening of our new library recently was extremely exciting and I look forward to working together on other new projects including the development of our playground next term.

Music Evening
In the summer term, we will be having a Music Evening which will allow our children to celebrate their wide range of musical skills. Mrs Storey will be organising this event and we will send out further details after the holidays.
I hope you all have a lovely Easter break and look forward to seeing the children in school on Monday 16th April.
Katherine Muncaster

World Book Day
On Friday the 23rd March we celebrated World Book Day. The children came to school in a range of amazing costumes and helped us to solve the mystery of the disappearing key.
Local author Jo Welch also came in to school to share her passion for books and ran writing workshops with the children in KS2. The day ended with the official opening of our new school library which we are all eager to start using. I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped to make it a successful day.

Very proud
We are very proud of all our children; recently, three children from Year 6 represented the school at The Lamplighters Rotary Club Public Speaking competition. They spoke passionately on the subject of plastics and the detrimental effect they are having on the environment. They were very impressive and are now through to the next round which takes place later this year.
E-schools
We are currently in the process of populating our new e-schools website which will then be the site to visit for all information. During this time of transition please use the e-school site for all payments and to access E-pay and new letters. The old site still provides a wealth of information and we hope to have the new site running after Easter.
Katherine Muncaster

Science Week
On Tuesday 8th March we celebrated the start of Science week at Tithe Barn with a visit from a planetarium. The children in KS1 and Reception explored the life of dinosaurs and the children in KS2 explored astronomy. It was a fantastic start to Science week and thank you to Mrs Patton for organising it. We look forward to our visitors and activities next week.

Key Dates
12th March- Science Week

21st March Year 6 Parents Evening

23rd March World Book Day Celebrations

29th March Easter Eggstravaganza

Eggstravaganza
This year we will be holding an Eggstravaganza in school on Thursday 29th March 2018. The aim is to raise money for the children’s chosen charity; for school and to have some fun!
The junior children will be running stalls in small groups, whilst the infant children will run a stall or activity as a class. Children are allowed to bring a small amount of money, preferably in small coins to spend on the day.
We will also be holding a decorated egg competition; we will be looking for entries where we can see how independent the children have been in their creations! A secret judge will be awarding prizes in the following categories:

• Love of reading
• Sport e.g. World Cup, Winter Olympics,etc
• Challenging yourself- growth mindset and learning in action

We are looking forward to a successful day and thank you for your support.

Stockport Hydro
Thanks to Mr Stamper’s hard work we have successfully received a grant for £180 towards equipment for our Forest Schools. This will be used to purchase equipment to continue to develop our provision. This week, we visited the site in Marple to collect our award.

World Book Day 23rd March 2018
Dressing Up.
As part of our world book day celebrations we are asking all of our children and staff to come to school dressed as a character from a book and to bring a copy of the book with them.
Come and Read
This year we would like to invite parents in to read to the children, we are particularly keen to welcome dads and grandads. If you are available to join us please speak to your child’s class teacher.
Jo Welch
We will also be having a visit from the author Jo Welch who will be talking about being an author and delivering activities throughout school.
Wind in the Willows
This year our theme for World Book Day will be the wonderful story ‘The Wind in the Willows’. Throughout the day we will be having activities based on this book. We will share the day through our website and twitter account.

We are looking forward to a very exciting day in school and thank you for your support.

We have made the difficult decision to close the school tomorrow due to the treacherous weather, this decision was not taken lightly and has been made to ensure the safety of all our children and staff. We will be rearranging our World Book Day celebrations to next week and I will send out further information shortly about the exciting day we have planned.

We apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause you and thank you for your support with this matter.

Kind Regards

Katherine Muncaster

Good Morning,

We have made the difficult decision to close the school today due to the treacherous weather, this decision was not taken lightly and has been made to ensure the safety of all our children and staff. We will be rearranging our World Book Day celebrations to next week and I will send out further information shortly about the exciting day we have planned.

We apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause you and thank you for your support with this matter.

Kind Regards

Katherine Muncaster

Busy Busy
It has been a very busy few weeks at school. We have had two fantastic assemblies from Year 2 and Year 5. Year 2 educated us all about germs and bacteria. Year 5 showcased a wide range of hobbies and interest. It was a pleasure to watch the children share their learning and interests with the both their parents and the other children. The assemblies can be watched again on the classes’ E-school pages.
Operation Eagle Eye was a great success, children from Year 6 patrolled the streets armed with a speed camera and surveyed the local traffic. Year 2 explored the local area learning how to cross the road safely. Year 5 investigated how to strengthen and reinforce vehicles and Year 4 examined the importance of wearing a helmet when riding a bike.
Katherine Muncaster

Brilliant Books
On Monday 5th February I took a group of children from school to purchase new books for our exciting library. The children were randomly selected for the trip and the school councilors had spent considerable time discussing with their classes different books, authors and themes that they were interested in.
Armed with a very large shopping list we set off to Madeleine Lindleys in Chadderton to purchase lots of amazing books. The children were very helpful and filled the baskets with amazing books and we spent £3500 on books for the library. It was a pleasure to take the children there as the next step in creating our wonderful library. The library will be officially opened on the 1st March as part of our World Book Day Celebrations.

Key Dates
28th February– Parents Evening (4- 7pm) Please note new date due to snowy weather Tuesday 13th March
1st March– World Book and opening of the new school library
12th March– Science Week
21st March  – Year 6 Parents Evening
28th March – Easter Eggstravaganza (More details to follow shortly)

Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea
Friday 9th March 3.30 – 5.30pm
All parents and carers are welcome to celebrate Mother’s Day at the Tithe Barn Afternoon Tea.
A massive slice of cake and drink are yours for only the cost of a ticket £2.50.
Cakes and gifts available to buy and a bumper raffle with prizes including wine tastings, haircuts and gym memberships!
This is the perfect excuse to eat cake guilt free! Remember calories consumed helping school funds are not real calories…
Tickets on sale now, please look out for a letter in your child’s book bag.

World Book Day
1st March 2018
Dressing Up.
As part of our world book day celebrations we are asking all of our children and staff to come to school dressed as character from a book and to bring a copy of the book with them.
Come and Read
This year we would like to invite parents in to read to the children, we are particularly keen to welcome dads and grandads. If you are available to join us please speak to your child’s class teacher.
Jo Welch
We will also be having a visit from the author Jo Welch who will be talking about being an author and delivering activities throughout school.
Wind in the Willows
This year our theme for World Book Day will be the wonderful story ‘The Wind in the Willows’. Throughout the day we will be having activities based on this book. We will share the day through our website and twitter account.

Year 6 Class Assembly
We are looking forward to a very exciting day in
school and thank you for your support.
Unfortunately we have had to rearrange the Year 6 class assembly and it will now take place on Thursday 21st June 2018 at 9 am.
Thank you for taking the time to read the newsletter.
Katherine Muncaster

Welcome Back
It has been another busy few weeks at Tithe Barn. It has been fantastic to see our new computer suite being used and the children developing their skills in using technology.
We are all very excited about our new library and we will be taking some children shopping for books shortly. We will be having an official opening of the library on March 1st and further details will follow shortly about that and our World Book Day Celebrations.
Katherine Muncaster

Follow us on Twitter @TitheBarnPri

FOTB Cinema Night
On Friday the 9th February Tithe Barn will be hosting another exciting cinema night with Reel to Reel. We will be showing Paddington 2.
Doors open at 6pm and the film begin a 6.30pm. Bring cushions and bean bags and join your friends for a night of fun. We will be selling popcorn and crisps.
Tickets will be available shortly and will cost £4 if bought in advance and £4.50 on the door. If you can please buy in advance as it helps us to ensure we don’t run out of popcorn!

Key Dates
26th January- Year 2 Class Assembly 9 am

9th February – FOTB Cinema Night 6pm

28th February- Parents Evening (4- 7pm) Please note new date.

1st March- World Book and opening of the new school library

Operation Eagle Eye
22nd – 26th January 2018
Working in conjunction with the Local Authority we are having a week focused on road safety in school. There will be various activities going on including learning how to cross the road safely, cycle safety and Year 6 will be out patrolling the streets looking at speeding and parking in the local area. We will share the different activities during the week via the school website and twitter.

Monday 22/01/2018 .

Step Outside, Year Two, 9am – 12.

Tuesday 23/01/2018

Crashed Vehicle Project, Year 5, 9am-12.

Wednesday 24/01/2018

Crashed Vehicle Project, Year 5, 9am-12.

Eagle Eye, Year 6, 8.30am-9.00 & 2.30pm-3.15 Headsmart, Year 4, 9.00am-10.30

Thursday 25/01/2018

Eagle Eye, Year 6, 8.30am-9.00 & 2.30pm-3.15.

Friday 26/01/2018

Child Speedwatch, Year 6, 9am – 12.

 

Parents’ Evening
Unfortunately we have had to rearrange parents’ evening for this term. The new date for Parents’ Evening is Tuesday 27th February. Booking will be on line using our E-schools platform and we will send out further information shortly. Our apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea
Friday 9th March 3.30 – 5.30pm
All parents and carers are welcome to celebrate Mother’s Day at the Tithe Barn Afternoon Tea.
A massive slice of cake and drink are yours for only the cost of a ticket £2.50.
Cakes and gifts available to buy and a bumper raffle with prizes including wine tastings, haircuts and gym memberships!
This is the perfect excuse to eat cake guilt free! Remember calories consumed helping school funds are not real calories…
Tickets on sale soon

Waterproofs
If you have any unwanted waterproofs or wellies we would be extremely grateful if you would donate them to school. We are particularly keen on ones to fit children in Reception and then any other year groups.
Thank you.

Thank you for taking the time to read the newsletter.
Katherine Muncaster

Welcome Back
Welcome back, I hope you all had a lovely break.
We have some exciting activities coming up this term including, Science Week, Operation Eagle Eye and World Book Day on 1st March.
Once again we will be asking the children to come to school dressed as a character from a book and we will be organising lots of fun activities to encourage a love of reading.
We will be showcasing all of the upcoming events this term on our new website which will launched later this term.
Katherine Muncaster

Follow us on Twitter @TitheBarnPri

Key Dates

10th January – Year 2 and 6 SATs Information Evening

12th January- Year 4 begin swimming lessons

16th January- Year 1 Phonics Information Evening

19th January- Year 5 Class Assembly

26th January- Year 2 Class Assembly

FOTB Cinema Night
On Friday the 9th February Tithe Barn will be hosting another exciting cinema night with Reel to Reel. We will be showing Paddington 2.
Doors open at 6pm and the film begin a 6.30pm. Bring cushions and bean bags and join your friends for a night of fun. We will be selling popcorn and crisps.
Tickets will be available shortly and will cost £4 if bought in advance and £4.50 on the door. If you can please buy in advance as it helps us to ensure we don’t run out of popcorn!

Recycling Phones
If Santa brought any new phones for Xmas we would appreciate it if people could bring their old ones in for us to recycle for cash (in any condition – broken, smashed, working etc.). All you need to do is just remove the SIM card and wipe the phone. Thank you.

Operation Eagle Eye
22nd – 26th January 2018
Working in conjunction with the Local Authority we are having a week focused on road safety in school. There will be various activities going on including learning how to cross the road safely, cycle safety and Year 6 will be out patrolling the streets looking at speeding and parking in the local area. We will share the different activities during the week via the school website and twitter.

Monday 22/01/2018 .

Step Outside, Year Two, 9am – 12.

Tuesday 23/01/2018

Crashed Vehicle Project, Year 5, 9am-12.

Wednesday 24/01/2018

Eagle Eye, Year 6, 8.30am-9.00 & 2.30pm-3.15 Headsmart, Year 4, 9.00am-10.30

Thursday 25/01/2018

Eagle Eye, Year 6, 8.30am-9.00 & 2.30pm-3.15.

Friday 26/01/2018

Child Speedwatch, Year 6, 9am – 12.

Safeguarding
As a school we are committed to the Safeguarding of all our children. Our school policy can be found on our website. All staff have recently attended Safeguarding training and both Mr Blackburn and myself are trained Designated Leads for Safeguarding.
If you ever have any concerns regarding safeguarding please do not hesitate to contact myself or Mr Blackburn

New Library
Thank you to everyone who helped support our fundraising efforts last year. Thanks to a very kind anonymous donation and the hardwork and efforts of FOTB we will be having a new library installed on Tuesday 9th January 2018.
Thank you for taking the time to read the newsletter.
Katherine Muncaster