Archive for March, 2010
Posted on Friday, March 26th, 2010
Dear Parents/Carers
Julie Gawthrope
Mrs Gawthrope’s last day teaching will be this Wednesday, 31st March. She has been a truly amazing, committed and excellent teacher at our school since her appointment ten years ago. Though I am very sad to lose her as a teacher, I have always fully supported Mrs Gawthrope’s decision to become a Church of England minister as I know that she has so much to offer her congregation.
I am sure that you will join me in wishing Mrs Gawthrope and her family every happiness in her new role and move to Cambridge. If any parents would like to make a contribution towards and/or send a message to include alongside Mrs Gawthrope’s leaving gift, please send it in a named envelope to the office.
Sports Relief/Have a Heart Appeal
We all had a very enjoyable fun day last Friday raising money for Sports Aid and Have A Heart Appeal. The following was raised:
- Have A Heart Appeal £240.50
- Sports Relief £504.65
Please can all sponsor money for Sports Relief be in to us by next Thursday and once again thank you for your support.
Esperanto/Usborne Books & CDs
The office now has a supply of Esperanto Books which are produced by Usborne books at a reduced rate of £5.00 per book. We also have a CD and words of the songs the children learn which cost £2.00.
These will be a great tool in helping your child learn Esperanto.
New Back Gate
Thank you all for being so understanding with our new back gate and putting up with the inconvenience. Just a reminder to stand near the buzzer and back a bit so the office staff can see who is there. Many thanks.
School Reports
We are trialling new school reports this year and would very much appreciate your feedback at the end of the summer on them.
The first report will be sent out around the 30th April and the second report will be sent out around the 16th July.
Dates For The Summer Term
- Year 5 and 6 – Bike To School Week – Monday, 26th April to Friday, 30th April
- KS2 SATS – Monday, 10th to Friday, 14th May
- Year 6 Residential – Monday, 21st June to Wednesday, 23rd June
Sports Day Both start at 1.30pm
- Reception, Year 1 and 2 - Friday, 18th June
- Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 – Monday, 28th June
Open Evening
Tuesday, 6th July – 6.00pm to 7:30pm
Change Over Afternoons
Tuesday, 6th July and Monday, 12th July
School Term Dates Until July
This Thursday, 1st April is the last day of the spring term. School reopens on Monday, 19th April. The May half-term will be from Monday, 31st May to Friday, 4th June and our last day of the summer term will be on Thursday, 22nd July.
Your child should be bringing home two other bits of paper. One will have next years terms dates and is on light yellow. The other is from the PTA and is on sunshine yellow. If you need additional sheets of the terms dates they are in the foyer of the office.
I hope you all have a peaceful and relaxing Easter break.
Yours sincerely
Lin Whyte
Headteacher
Posted on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
If your child is in Years 1 to 4, you’re probably aware that they are learning a foreign language called Esperanto, but you might not know much more than that about it! If you’d like to know what the language is all about, and more importantly why it’s being taught to the children at Bar Hill, you’re invited to attend a parents’ information meeting on Thursday 25th March, to be held in one of the Uppers classrooms at 6pm.
Mr Morley will be presenting the Springboard to Languages course that your children are following, and will be happy to answer any questions you might have about it.
Posted on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
In response to requests from parents, we now have a supply of the children’s Esperanto book and CD that we use in the classroom. The book costs £5 and the CD only £2.
Usbourne's "1000 First Words in Esperanto"
Posted on Monday, March 15th, 2010
Dear Parents/Carers
We will soon be raffling off our wonderful hampers and we would be extremely grateful of any donations of treats to make up the hampers, such as chocolate, chocolate eggs, biscuits, preserves, cakes, etc.
Please bring in your donations to the school office by this Friday 19 th March.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Also, don’t forget we have a ‘Guess How Many Chocolate Eggs In The Jar’ competition happening at the moment. It is 50p a guess. Why not come along to the office and have a go.
Regards
The PTA
Posted on Monday, March 15th, 2010
Dear Parents/Carers
New Back Gate
All schools have been required to upgrade their access arrangements in line with new Ofsted safeguarding regulations therefore all visitors to the school after 9:15 will need to use the new gate at the back of the school next to the play park on the village green. By doing this we ensure the safety of the children in our care.
From next Monday (15th March) very school day from 9.15am to 2.45pm this will be the only access into the school. This gate will be locked during the school day and access will require buzzing the school office via the bell on the gate and waiting for the office to release the gate. Please proceed directly to the school office to sign in.
Please use the normal gates for the start and end of the school day.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sports Relief/Have a Heart Appeal
Next Friday (19th March) we will be fundraising for both Sports’ relief and Heart Radio’s ‘Have a Heart’ appeal which supports children in Cambridge who are terminally ill.
Non- uniform; pay 50p for wearing sports gear or heart-themed clothes.
- Activities: sponsored walk around school field in laps. Children will walk in class groups. Please use sponsor forms supplied.
- Cakes: we would be very grateful if you could donate heart-themed cakes and biscuits for a stall at morning playtime.
- Face painting: Year 6 children will be painting faces at lunchtime. 50p per child.
Discovery Detectives Day
This is on Friday 19th March. We are looking forward to seeing everyone’s projects!
Auction Of Promises
Many thanks for all your support at the auction which was held on Saturday, 27th February. We raised an amazing £2,239.75.
Celebration Assembly
In the past parents have waited in the computer suite for Celebration Assemblies. Please can you now wait in the office foyer. You will need to sign in and wear a visitor’s badge.
Esperanto/Usborne Books & CDs
The office now has a supply of Esperanto Books which are produced by Usborne books at a reduced rate of £5.00 per book. We also have a CD and words of the songs the children learn which cost £2.00.
These will be a great tool in helping your child learn Esperanto.
Yours sincerely
Lin Whyte
Headteacher
Posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010
PTA CAKE STALL
We will be holding a cake stall after school on Friday 5th March in the hall.
We would really appreciate your donations of cakes to sell.
Please could you bring these to the office on the morning of the 5th March.
Many thanks!
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BAR HILL SCHOOL PTA PRESENTS THE LEGENDARY
POP QUIZ
ON SATURDAY 27th MARCH 2010
TEAMS OF UP TO 8 PEOPLE
£7.50 PER PERSON (includes hot food)
TICKETS ON SALE AT THE OFFICE
Posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010
Dear Parents/Carers
School Phone
My apologies for all the disruption caused by the phones lines being out of order this week. I am sure you appreciate that it is a problem out of our control and each day we were informed the phone line would be repaired.
However, we are still waiting today for the telecom engineers to sort the problem and hopefully will be up and running by Monday.
If this is not the case, we will continue to use the following mobile number: 07736-487-834 or email us.
Auction Of Promises
The office will be open until 5.00pm tonight for you to get your last minute ticket.
We have sold 50 tickets so far and it promises to be a fun night with some great bargains.
Tickets are £5.00 and includes a baked potato dinner. You can also join us on the evening and buy a ticket on the door.
Year 6 Leavers Photos
Year 6 will be having their photos taken on Thursday, 4th March for their Leavers Year Book.
Tuck Shop
Our first tuck shop after half term was a great success and Mrs Bacon and the citizenship group sold out! Just a reminder, all fresh fruit and fruit juice still only 25p per item.
Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers
From Wednesday, 17th February until Tuesday, 8th June we will be collecting Sainsbury vouchers. Please encourage friends and relatives to collect for your children.
The Tesco voucher scheme is due to start sometime in March and we are still collecting Box Tops For Education of Nestle cereal boxes.
Cake Stall
We will be holding a cake stall after school on Friday 5th March in the hall. We would really appreciate your donations of cakes to sell. Please could you bring these to the office on the morning of the 5th March. Many thanks!
Haiti Appeal
On Monday, we had a special assembly where we presented SOS Children Villages with a cheque for £940. Cambridge Evening New took photographs so look out for it in the paper.
Thank you once again for all your support.
Celebration Assembly
In the past parents have waited in the computer suite for Celebration Assemblies.
Please can you now wait in the office foyer. You will need to sign in and wear a visitor’s badge.
Football For Boys and Girls Under 6 and Under 7
We are looking to start the next Under 6/Under 7 Bar Hill team.
* Is your child currently in Reception or Year 1?
* Do they want to play football?
* Do they want to have fun?
* Do you want to see your child develop their social skills?
* Would you like to be part of our Club and help to kick off the team?
We want to hear from you!
Please contact Paul Neal (Secretary, Bar Hill Colts FC) on 01954 205076 or paul.neal35@ntlworld.com to register your interest.
Yours sincerely
Lin Whyte
Headteacher
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