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Only primary and middle schools can register for this campaign and Sretton Handley CE Primary need your help. We need 50 labels from Stork and Flora to claim a free tablet. PLEASE spread the word to your neighbours and friends. Let’s see if we can get at least one tablet. Thank you very much.
We have organised a Diwali day at school on Thursday 6th November. The children will work in mixed age ‘family’ groups and take part in a variety of workshops to learn about why and how this Hindu and Sikh festival is celebrated, including making rangoli patterns and mendhi designs as well as finding out why Diwali is a festival of light. Later on in the term as we approach Christmas – the christian festival of light , the children will be able to explore the similarities and differences in how the festivals are celebrated
There is no charge for the workshops as staff are running the activities and school will provide the materials. However we would like your help. Does anyone have any resources that we could borrow and display? eg postcards, Diwali cards, pictures, photographs of Diwali celebrations or saris, Sikh or Hindu jewellery etc. If so please send them in before Thursday. Thank you very much.
On Monday 13th some of our children visited the House of Lords in London, representing our school as winners of the national society ‘My CofE School’ video competition. We warmly invite parents of all children and grandparents to come along on Thursday afternoon at 3.00pm to see the photographs and hear about the visit.
School is closed on Friday 24th for INSET : Outstanding teaching and learning.
Children return after the autumn break on Monday 3rd November.
There is one more rehearsal for the Clay Cross and District Music festival.
Wednesday 22nd October 9.30 – 2.30pm – Winding Wheel , Chesterfield
Thursday 23rd October – evening performance at Winding wheel.
See separate letter for further information.
‘My C of E School’ competition winners!
Stretton Handley Church of England Primary school in Derby diocese won the national MyCofESchool competition. The contest launched last June, invited pupils at Church primary schools to celebrate what their school meant to them in a three minute film.
Children have been selected by prize draw to visit London to join the Bishop of Oxford, Chair of the Board of Education, for tea in the House of Lords. The children will be accompanied by Mrs Knight,Mrs Mahadevan and Mrs Riggott. Children will be ambassadors for our school, going on the visit to represent all our children. We are sure they will have a great time and come back and share their experience with the rest of the school. We will then add photographs and information to the website.
Stretton Handley Church of England Primary school in Derby diocese has won the national MyCofESchool competition. The contest invited pupils at Church primary schools to celebrate what their school means to them, in a three minute film.
The Christian ethos is at the very heart of our school at Stretton Handley. In the video the children wanted to show how Christian values weave through our daily lives and why this makes our school a really great place to learn, laugh and have fun!
The Peak District winning team will join the Bishop of Oxford, Chair of the Board of Education, for tea in the House of Lords.
The Bishop of Oxford congratulated all the entrants: “We were delighted to see the wide range of entries in the competition. The children’s enthusiasm for their schools and the values they find there are inspirational. Their entries are a tribute to the staff, parents and governors and all those who have helped lay the foundations of our church schools over the centuries. My congratulations to the children for their hard work and imagination creating their entries. It’s always hard to pick one winner but I’m very much looking forward to meeting pupils from the winning school over tea in the House of Lords.”
The video can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU-zAvwhiGE&feature=youtu.be
The Tempest school photographer will be visiting on Monday 29th September in the morning for group, individual and family photographs. Please bring any younger siblings in for family photographs at 8.30am. Children with brother/s and sister/s already in school will have family and individual photographs after 9.00am so there is no need for them to come to school early. Thank you.
Clay Cross and District Music Festival rehearsals.
Rachel Wilkes has already been into school to introduce some of the songs for this year’s festival. We would like as many of our KS2 children – September Year 3, 4 , 5 and Year 6 to take part as possible. Please return permission slips to Mrs Dunbar or the school office.
We are part of Choir A and, this year, the first rehearsals in the autumn term are being held at our school – Stretton Handley, so there is no need to organise transport. However parents will need to organise to transport their children to and collect from the two rehearsals at Tupton Hall and the dress rehearsal and performance at the Winding Wheel in Chesterfield. Last year many parents shared transport between themselves. See details and further information on separate letter.
Wednesday 24th September 9.15- 10.30am Stretton Handley
Wednesday 1st October 9.15- 10.30am Stretton Handley
Wednesday 8th October 9.30 – 12.00pm Tupton Hall.
Wednesday 15th October 9.30- 10.30am Tupton Hall
Wednesday 22nd October 9.30 – 2.00pm – Winding Wheel , Chesterfield
Thursday 23rd October – evening performance at Winding wheel. Tickets available soon.
On Wednesday 9th July, many of our children, accompanied by Mr Cooke, Mrs Roberts and Mr Sanderson, visited Queen’s Park as part of the Chesterfield festival of Cricket. The children had a great day watching cricket, and also had the opportunity to go onto the pitch and have a go themselves.
We are very pleased and proud that a photograph of our children, taken by Mr Cooke at the Cricket festival has won the photography competition, which was for the best photo of what was happening during the festival. The school receives a cricket bat signed by all the Derbyshire cricket club players. A fantastic well done to Mr Cooke and the children. The Cricket bat will be on display soon.
We are delighted to inform everyone the our bid for lottery funding through ‘Awards4 All’ has been successful and we have been awarded the maximum £10,000 towards developing our outdoor provision. The company ‘Play Force’ will be installing an outdoor decking / staging area at the side of the upper playground, a covered wooden seating area for quiet reflection and for use as an outdoor classroom on the lower playground and an ‘imagination bridge’ in the EYFS play area. Installation begins on Tuesday 24th June and we ask that everyone is extra careful during the next few days when coming onto the playground and to keep their younger children well away from any materials and equipment when waiting for pupils at the end of school.
We would also like also remind parents and adults collecting children after school, that no children should be using the school equipment, entering the EYFS area, or using the trim trail on the lower playground etc during or after school even if parents are watching them. Children only have access to the equipment and outdoor areas under staff supervision during school time, at play-time and lunch-time. This is for insurance and health and safety purposes. Thank you for your understanding.
