The newsletter provides information about upcoming events at Walton-le-Dale Primary School. It announces a bingo night being held that evening, parents' evening on March 2nd, and a photography competition and request for old eyeglasses being organized by the RotaKids children of Year 4. It also discusses the school's closure on May 7th due to it being used as a polling station for general elections and encourages parents to collect Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers to earn free resources for the school.
The newsletter provides information about upcoming events at Walton-le-Dale Primary School. It announces a bingo night being held that evening, parents' evening on March 2nd, and a photography competition and request for old eyeglasses being organized by the RotaKids children of Year 4. It also discusses the school's closure on May 7th due to it being used as a polling station for general elections and encourages parents to collect Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers to earn free resources for the school.
The newsletter provides information about upcoming events at Walton-le-Dale Primary School. It announces a bingo night being held that evening, parents' evening on March 2nd, and a photography competition and request for old eyeglasses being organized by the RotaKids children of Year 4. It also discusses the school's closure on May 7th due to it being used as a polling station for general elections and encourages parents to collect Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers to earn free resources for the school.
The newsletter provides information about upcoming events at Walton-le-Dale Primary School. It announces a bingo night being held that evening, parents' evening on March 2nd, and a photography competition and request for old eyeglasses being organized by the RotaKids children of Year 4. It also discusses the school's closure on May 7th due to it being used as a polling station for general elections and encourages parents to collect Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers to earn free resources for the school.
Through working together, the best is yet to come www.wldps.com Issue 22 25th February 2015
Dear Parents, MESSAGE OF THE WEEK
Thank you so much for the support that we have seen over the last week. Sponsorships forms are available at the main office or can be found on our school website page. PTFA FAMILY BINGO NIGHT TONIGHT AT 6PM! Before half term we held a bingo night which was a small but fun event with many prize winners. If you are a bingo fan and want to get out this evening, we are having a bingo evening tonight in the main hall. We hope to see you here with us tonight! 1 for 3 bingo cards, hotdogs and other refreshments available, cash and other prizes to be won! ND
PARENTS EVENING 2
MARCH nd
Parents are warmly invited to attend a parents evening on the evening of the 2 March from 3.30 7.30pm. A letter has be sent home asking you to select the most convenient time slot. All classes will be open to allow you to speak to your teacher and look at your childrens work. All slips should have been returned today, however if you have not returned yours please send it to the office ASAP. SWIMMING POOL FUNDRAISING FOR REFURBISHMENT TOTAL TO DATE 1507 AND RISING! Please continue to spread this message as far as possible and if you are able to sponsor Mr Shields, forms are available at the school office. Payments can be made now or after the sponsored event, and cheques should be made payable to Walton le Dale Primary School. TH
CHOIR SING TOGETHER 12
MARCH
If you have not got your tickets for the Sing Together concert in Blackburn, please request them soon as spaces may soon disappear. The choir will be sitting in section J of the stage. Please ring 01254 582579 or 0844 8471664 to order tickets. ROTAKIDS ANY OLD SPECTACLES? PHOTOGRAPH COMPETITION Following a letter sent before the half term break, the RotaKid children of Year 4 have put their heads together and would like to ask for your generosity in donating old spectacles you may have in drawers. Prescriptions and fashions change so if you have any unused pairs, please send them to the school office and they can be placed in a recycling box at the front entrance. All spectacles donated will be sent to Africa through the charity Sightsavers with the support of the South Ribble Rotary Club. The Year 4 children would also like to invite you all to take part in a photograph competition where photos of animals and pets will be most welcome for entry. These can be serious or funny with prizes on offer for the best! All photos should be brought into school with a name and class name on the reverse of the photograph and entry will be 1. The RotaKid children of Year 4 will judge all entries in the final week of term. ST
BROWNEDGE BROWNIES
1st Brownedge Brownies are desperate for volunteer adult helpers! The group meets at St Marys and St Benedicts Primary school from 5.15pm 8pm on a Friday evening. They would love any support you may be able to offer to the groups they run. If you are interested please contact Alison on 07941166552 or Rebecca on 07989969905.
PTA VALENTINE DISCO
Such a lovely time was had on the last evening of last half term with so many well-behaved children attending our Valentines Disco. They made it a pleasure to hold the event! The PTA raised 787.50 owing to the popularity of this event. Many thanks to all our staff and parents who helped and supported; this was greatly appreciated! TH
GENERAL & EUROPEAN ELECTIONS - THURSDAY 7
MAY 2015
It is with much regret that we have been informed that the school will have to shut on this day. The volume of voters anticipated for these elections is anticipated to be far greater than usual and the schools usual system of closing the nursery has been judged as inadequate for the needs of South Ribble election organisers. Many options have been explored to keep the school open or partially open, however the Chair of Governors and I are resigned to the fact that it will not be possible. The staff will all be present and working during this day addressing issues for school development. I would like to apologise for this inconvenience and hope that the notice given allows you to make alternative arrangements for this closure. SAINSBURYS VOUCHERS Sainsburys ACTIVE KIDS vouchers will be provided from our local stores from 28th January to 5th May 2015. I hope you are aware that these make a huge difference to our school as they are collected keenly in order to purchase free resources for many areas of our curriculum. I would be very grateful if you would please try your very best to collect and return them to our school office. Dont be frightened to ask others in your queue if they have no need for them and get your friends and family all doing the same! I have set an ambitious target of 40,000 tokens to be collected! Your help is, as always, very much appreciated. SMOKING AT THE SCHOOL GATES You may be aware that smoking is not permitted on school grounds following the Lancashire County Council policy. I would like to ask all our parents who deliver and collect their children at the end of the school day to please not smoke at the gates to the playgrounds and car park so that it does not occur in the vicinity of the school. I would really appreciate your efforts to comply with this. NURSERY PLACES FOR SEPTEMBER If you have a child who is already three or will turn three before September 2015 and you are interested in your child starting in our nursery, please feel free to come to the office to collect an application form to put their name down. Please see the back of the newsletter for more information. SUPER PUPILS Congratulations to our Super Pupils from last week: Bison Class Ellie Manatee Class Leo and Christina Falcon Class Darcy Eagle Class Eleanor and Corey-Ann Jaguar Class Matthew Leopard Class Rhia Loris Class Matthew Kakapo Class - Charlotte Gorilla Class William Orangutan Class Abbey Elephant Class Seth Rhinoceros Class Isaac
Yours sincerely,
C. Shields th
25 February
Scholastic Book Fair arrives for 1 week only Loris Classroom Year 3 Straight after school BINGO NIGHT Junior Hall 6pm
2nd March
Parents Evening 3.30 -7.30pm
1.45pm Road and Travel Safety Show (Supporting childrens awareness School Council Focus)
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Governors Open Day
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Central Venue Football Tournament Lostock Hall Academy 4pm
3 March 9 March th
Choir Sing Together Performance at St Georges Hall, Blackburn
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PTFA Mothers Day Craft Session 3.15-4.30pm in Year 6 classrooms
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Central Venue Football Tournament Lostock Hall Academy 4pm
12 March 13 March 16 March
Current Year 3 - Robin Wood Meeting 5pm
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Full Governors Meeting
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Final Payment for Boreatton Park - 40
17 March 20 March
NON-UNIFORM DAY Bring an Easter Egg!
23rd March
Drama Production Central Venue Football Tournament Lostock Hall Academy 4pm
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24 March
Drama Production
26th March
PTFA Easter Games Night 6pm
Year 4 Brass Band Assembly 11am
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Easter Bonnet Parade
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27 March
Children break for Easter Holiday at the end of the full school day
