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16 May 2008 |
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 Newsletter 08/11/2007
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
A number of activities are planned for this half term. We have a ‘Children in Need’ fun run on the afternoon of 16 November, our Advent Concert on 4 December, the Christmas Fair on 7 December and the Senior Citizen Tea Party on 12 December. With this newsletter there are details about the Christmas Fair, an invitation for you to join the ‘200 Club’,a letter about the election of parent governors, and an up-dated Clubs list. The ski trip parents’ evening is on 27 November, starting at 7pm—those going have already received a letter. David Livingstone Headteacher HOUSE CAPTAINS AND VICE CAPTAINS Pupils were asked to apply for the position of House Captain. Those who applied were then interviewed. The following pupils have been appointed: YOUNG Captain: Howard Walsh Vice Captain: Kieran Fisher BRITTON Captain: Jonathan Moore Vice Captain: Cem Gorgun FITZGERALD Captain: George Manning Vice Captain: Christopher Walsh CONSTABLE Captain: Joshua Bryant Vice Captain: Jack Colcomb KEY STAGE 3 SAT RESULTS Great Cornard Upper School have recently supplied us with our pupils’ 2007 Key Stage 3 SAT results. Those obtaining Level 5 or above are as follows (national figures for 2006 are in brackets): English 88% (72%) Maths 91% (77%) Science 93% (72%) This is a wonderful level of achievement and reflects hard work by pupils at both schools. Very well done to all of them TERM DATES FOR THE YEAR Autumn Term 2007 ends on Wed 19 December Spring Term PD Day Thurs 3 January Term begins Fri 4 January Half Term 11—15 February Term Ends Thurs 20 March Summer Term PD Day Mon 7 April Term begins Tues 8 April May Day Mon 5 May Half Term 26—30 May Term Ends Tues 22 July AUTUMN TERM 2008 PD Day Mon 1 Septtember PD Day Tues 2 September Term begins Wed 3 September Half Term Mon 27—Fri 31 October Term ends Fri 19 December BOOK FAIR We had a fantastic response to the recent Book Fair, selling over £1,200 worth of books. This resulted in new books for the library to the value of £650. Thank you. NESTLE BOX TOPS Once again, we are collecting the ‘Box Tops for Books’ from Nestle. Please bring in any tokens and put them in the collecting box next to the front office. For as little as ten tokens, we can get one book. Thank you. YEAR 8 THEATRE TRIP On Wednesday 31 October, Year 8 went to see ‘The Tempest’ at the Seckford Theatre in Woodbridge. We have been studying the play for three weeks. When we first saw Caliban and Ariel it was really funny. You really had to concentrate on what everyone was saying because we are not used to Shakespeare’s language. The whole of Year 8 enjoyed the performance. Thank you to the parents who came and a big thank you to Miss Robinson for organaising the trip. James Harvey 8NP GIFTED AND TALENTED WORKSHOP On Thursday November 1, 16 pupils from years 7 and 8 participated in a dance workshop at Great Cornard Upper School. We learnt various techniques including travelling, salsa, hip hop, street and jazz. We also did some challenging lifts and balances. All the participants thoroughly enjoyed and benefited from the experience. We would like to thank all the parents who helped with transport and a big thank you to Paula, our dance teacher, for the morning. Matt Read and Tina Balaam ANTI-BULLYING POLICY Thank you to all parents who commented on our draft anti-bullying policy. The responses were overwhelmingly positive. We will now take the policy to Governors for adoption. You will already have received a letter about our anti-bullying workshops for Years 7 and 8. These take part during national anti-bullying awareness week, 19—23 November. PUPIL RECEPTION Each day a pupil in Year 8 works at the Front Office to help with duties such as welcoming visitors, returning lost property and taking messages. We also have Year 8 Prefects who help teachers and pupils with their day-to-day business such as working with younger pupils during wet breaks. Emily Payne PTA 200 CLUB Please join the PTA 200 Club—see attached letter for details. Half the money raised is given back in prizes and half helps buy items for the school. October 200 club winners: 1st William Hazell 2nd Tracey Clarke 3rd Ann Stone November 200 Club winners: 1st Rodger Brown 2nd Martin & Annette Goodliff 3rd David Livingstone The next PTA meeting is on 15 January, here at school, at 8pm. All are welcome to attend. A date for your diary—Family Quiz Night—Saturday 26 January. |
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