Newsletter – December 2007
20 December 2007
Dear Parents
Friday 21 December 2007 – Non Uniform Day
Pupils can come to school on Friday 21 December in their own clothes (no contribution is required!)
Please ensure your child is appropriately dressed for playing out in the playground at break times.
Health
As the holiday approaches it is a good time to check your child’s hair for head lice. A regular check is recommended in order to keep on top of the problem. The school nurse advises that treatment should only be given once evidence of a problem is found.
Mr Jones
Congratulations to Mr Jones and Sarah on the safe arrival of Baby Emma Louise. She arrived safely on Sunday 16 December at 14.44pm, weighing 6lbs 12oz.
Dinner Money for Half Term – 7 January – 8 February 2007
Dinner money for the next half term is £42.50. Please send the correct amount of money to Mrs Jones in a clearly marked envelope on the first day back after the holidays. If your child is swapping to/from school dinners can you please let Mrs Jones know in writing giving a weeks notice.
We return back to school on Monday 7 January 2008.
I would like to thank you for your continued help, cooperation and support. Have a brilliant Christmas break and look forward to an outstanding 2008.
Yours sincerely
T H Buckley
Headteacher
Mr Jones becomes a Daddy
A big thank you to all the staff in school who have helped look after Year 3 while I’ve been dashing back and forth to Stepping Hill hospital over the end of last week. On Sunday at 14.44 Sarah gave birth to Emma Louise Jones who weighed 6lb and 12oz. Again thanks for all the support and encouragement from everyone at school and I’ll see you all soon!
 
Wonderful Raffle Prizes!
Just look at the picture below to see some of the wonderful raffle prizes on offer in our Christmas Raffle… Have you bought a ticket for it yet? 
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1st Prize – £100
2nd Prize – Dinner for 2 with wine @ Croma
Other prizes include:
Panto Tickets for Aladdin at Stockport Plaza (x3 sets)
Walkers Luxury Hamper
Champagne Flutes with Bucks Fizz
Gift Set of Baileys and GlassesÂ
Rubiks Cube
Chocolates…. (lots of them!)
Bottle of Whisky
Karaoke DVDs (with pecan popcorn)
Cosmetic Gift sets
Avanti Restaurant Voucher
and many more!Â
First Drafts – Instructional Writing
After a few short sessions on instructional writing, we launched into writing a piece of instructions for the clay African coins we made. We then looked at our Rocket Writers to see what we had included that was good, and what we might need to add to improve it.
 
Can you look at the Rocket Writers above and then see if all the pieces of work have the things that we mention in it? – Can you leave comments on the different pieces of work to give the children pointers on what was really good and on what they might need to improve on?
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Below is the work of Daniel and Caitlin, who worked together to produce a few drafts and then gave it to some Year 5 Children to improve…
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Congratulations to all the dancers in Year 3!!!
Well done to all the dancers from Year 3 who came second in the dance competition in Priestnall!!!!Mr Jones and I were very proud of you for all your hard work!! Hopefully I will see most of you at the disco in the school on Friday!