Newsletter - January 5th 2011

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

Happy New Year! We hope that you have had a lovely Christmas. We are looking forward to a fun and rewarding 2011.

 

Curriculum

 

We aim to plan an exciting and stimulating curriculum for your children with a lot of the work linking together in topics or themes. This makes the learning more meaningful for your children as they can make links between subjects. You have the details of your child’s curriculum in the ‘Booklet for Parents’ which you received at the beginning of the school year (or in the reception parent’s pack) – this is a useful reference throughout the year and will help you to help your child. There is also a link to this booklet through the website: www.laneend.stockport.sch.uk. Knowing your child’s theme should help you talk to them about their work.  Sometimes there is just one main theme for a term and sometimes more. The themes for this term are listed below:

 

Class	Theme
Reception	Teddies and Toys
1	Homes and Materials
2	The Seaside – past and present	Babies
3	Keeping Healthy	Weather Around the World
4	Energy and the Environment
5	The Romans (Invaders and Settlers)
6	Animal Classification and Rights, In the News and Challenges

 

Thank you for supporting your child at home, it really does make a tremendous difference to their education. Children should be reading each night and completing their homework on time. Please also remember to regularly log on to the VLE and Mathletics to get the most out of the online learning tools available to your child.

 

Illness

 

There has been a lot of flu around recently and Stockport Council have sent the following advice to all schools over the holidays: –

 

Over the Christmas period we have been monitoring flu activity in Greater Manchester which is increasing and we have seen a number of cases where children have been admitted to intensive care.

 

Please note the following key messages:

 

• If your child is unwell with flu like signs or symptoms (fever, cough, aching body) they need to be kept off school for 48 hours until all the symptoms have gone. Parents/ carers should ring their GP or NHS Direct for medical advice.
• Children who are at risk – i.e. those with chronic lung disease, heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, chronic neurological conditions, immune suppressed, diabetic and those without a spleen – parents are strongly advised to take their children to their GP to be vaccinated.
• The message on infection control is still Catch it, Bin it, Kill it and wash hands frequently.

 

Clubs

 

The only club on this week is Gymnastics. There are no other clubs on this week. Grassroots Multi-skills and Grassroots Football will be starting next week. Mini Tennis starts next week on January 14^th. Country Dancing, Football and Netball club start next week (continuing from last term). Unfortunately Mrs White could only run French club for the Autumn Term and so it finished before Christmas. A letter about further clubs on offer this term and start dates etc. will be coming home soon.

 

PTA

 

The next meeting is on Monday 10^th January at 7:30pm – everyone is welcome!

 

Local Business

 

Euan Begg Kitchens and Bedrooms Ltd have kindly offered to donate £100 to our PTA for every kitchen, bedroom or home study purchased before the end of February 2011 – please see the attached details.

 

 

Useful Dates for the term:

 

Wednesday 5^th January                     School Re-opens after Christmas

Monday 10^th January                                   PTA Meeting – 7:30pm 

Wednesday 12^th January                 Year 6 SATs/Robinwood Meeting for Year 6 Parents/Carers – 7pm

Wednesday 16^th February                Year 6 to Robinwood

Friday 18^th February                          Year 6 return from Robinwood

Friday 18^th February                           School Closes for Half Term

 

Monday 28^th February                       INSET

Tuesday 1^st March                              School Re-opens after half term

Monday 7^th March                            Parent-Teacher Interviews – year 5 only (later night)

Tuesday 8^th March                            Parent-Teacher Interviews – later night

Wednesday 9^th March                      Parent-Teacher Interviews

Thursday 17^th March                         Full Governing Body Meeting - 4pm (observers welcome)

Tuesday 5^th April                                Year 5 to Scarborough

Friday 8^th April                                                Year 5 return from Scarborough

Friday 8^th April                                    School Closes for Easter

                           

Tuesday 26^th April                               INSET

Wednesday 27^th April                         School Re-opens after Easter

 

 

Class Assemblies – all at 10:10am (parents/carers of each class are invited)

 

Class 1 – Thursday 10^th February, Reception – Wednesday 16^th February, Class 6 – Thursday 10^th March, Class 4 – Thursday 17^th March (Class 3 and Class 5 will have Class Assemblies next term, Class 2 will be showing parents their infant Music Festival at an evening performance once dates have been arranged, a letter will follow).

 

 

We aim to be approachable and work in partnership with parents, so if there is anything you wish to discuss, please do not hesitate to come and talk to us.

 

Yours sincerely,

  

James Twigg