PYJAMA DAY to raise funds for Children in Need.
Bring £1.00 on Friday 15th to raise funds for Children in Need and come to school on Friday wearing your pyjamas! Remember to bring a jumper or dressing gown too and ‘Teddy’ might like to come with you! KS2 are going swimming and there will still be outdoor breaks so everyone will need a coat and sensible school footwear.
We’ve had a weather station running in our Learning Garden for around a year now although we have only been able to upload data to the web site intermittently. Today it was finally hooked up to an old computer which allows us to upload the latest weather information to our Woolley Weather pages every 10 minutes. (A link to Woolley Weather can be found down the right-hand side of our home page.) While short term data is displayed on the web site, full historical data is stored at school.
The children have had a great time working on the Insect Hotel with support from the Wild life Trust. The final product looks great and many parents who collected children at the end of the day were able to go and have a look and admire the children’s efforts.Thank you for all the donated items; pallets, bricks, canes etc. Remember each child can bring in an item to place on top eg. shell, stone, piece of pottery etc. We look forward to seeing what creatures take up residence over the next few days and weeks. Mrs Mahadevan will be posting some photographs soon so keep a look out on the web site.
Thank you very much to everyone who went on-line to complete the questionnaire on ‘Parent View’ in time for the Ofsted inspection 24/25th September. There are now enough responses for a full summary report to be available to view. The results are overwhelmingly postitive and 100% of parents who took part would recommend our school to other parents. Fantastic! Thank you very much for your support.
Whole school visit Derby Open Centre / Places of worship
Tuesday 26 November 2013
(Open Centre, mosque, Sikh gurdwara, Hindu temple, Baptist church.)
Please check your child’s bag for information, contribution details and slips about the visit to Derby Open Centre and places of worship on 26th November.
As a Church of England school, we are keen to develop in our children Christian values of tolerance, understanding , respect etc. Each term we choose to focus on a different value and to recognise these in action in school and out.
It is also important for children to realise that other faiths and other Christian denominations eg Catholic, Methodist, also promote these values and that there are many similarities as well as differences in places of worship and ways of worship.
Children will need a packed lunch (no glass bottles please). If your child receives free school meals – please let the office know if you would like a free packed school lunch on this day. Children should wear school code of dress, sensible footwear and a coat as we will be walking between some of the buildings. Everyone must wear TROUSERS and have some form of respectful HEAD COVERING eg scarf or hat (not base ball cap). Shoes and socks may need to be removed in some places of worship. No spending money is needed as we will not be visiting any shops.
The coach will depart from school at 9.00am prompt (register 8.45am) and we will return to school for 3.30pm. Children will need to be collected as usual by an adult.
Please return slips to school as soon as possible. Thank you very much.
Inspection of Stretton Handley Church of England Primary School by Ofsted
We have just been informed that our school will be inspected on 24–25 September 2013. The lead inspector will be Michael Phipps. The inspector would like to know what you think about the school. Please take a few minutes to read the leaflet and letter which are coming home tonight – Monday 23rd Sept. It explains why schools are inspected, and what happens during an inspection.
Your views about the school are important to us
If you are a registered parent or carer of a pupil at the school you can tell Ofsted your views about the school by completing Ofsted’s online survey, Parent View, at: http://www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk.
Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school, including the progress made by your child, the quality of teaching, dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. The inspectors will use the online survey responses when inspecting your child’s school.
To register your views, you will need to provide your email address, which will be held securely. It will not be used for any purpose other than providing access to the online survey. Neither schools nor Ofsted will have access to any email addresses.
Please complete the online survey by 11am on 24 September 2013 as this will give the inspection team more time to consider your views. However, we will consider all online responses that are completed during the inspection. Should you wish to provide written comments these should be sent to the school in a sealed envelope, marked confidential and addressed to the inspection team.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete the online survey.
Since adopting the name of ‘Woodpeckers’, the Infants have been creating some fabulous artwork. Last week they painted some Great Spotted Woodpeckers to decorated the entrance to their classroom. During computer class they used Dazzle 03 to produce these fantastic pieces of digital artwork.
The children enjoyed a free T’ai Chi taster session on Tuesday and we have now organised an after school club run by Snap Dragon T’ai Chi. This will take place on Thursdays after school starting Thursday 19th September 3.30 to 4.30pm. Sessions will be £1.00 per child per week. The full cost will be subsidised by the school. If your child is eligible for free school meals then there will be no charge. If your child would like to join the after school T’ai Chi sessions please read the letter sent out on Thursday 12th and return slips by Wednesday 18th September. Thank you
The Wildlife Trust will be visiting the school, on Wednesday 25th September, to work with the children to build an Insect Hotel for our Learning Garden.
The main structure of the hotel will be made from 4 or 5 pallets which need to be of the same size. If you think you can source some, please let us know asap. We have also been given a list of materials which we need to collect before the day:
48 bricks – of the same size.
About 10 stones of roughly same size as bricks or smaller.
Lots of pine cones
Lots of interesting and colourful old/chipped crockery – especially cups, saucers
Old small terracotta pots, can be broken
Large bin liner of Straw
Large bin liner of damp leaves
Small straight -ish sticks – lots
Bamboo canes – lots (at least 30 x 6ft canes)
Old roofing slates (enough to cover a pallet) or roofing felt and tacs
Small stones/decorative gravel – the more interesting the better
Shells
About 10 logs about 8- 10cm diameter and up to 1ft long
Lengths of old piping –of not more than 10cm diameter and cut into 0.5ft lengths, – about 10-12. (The piping and logs need to be able to fit into the sides of the pallets so diameter is dependent on size of pallets). Drainpipe – sections 6”/15cm – is suitable.
Piping of different diameters to fit into larger pipe.
Hazel (or other) coppiced poles.
If you can help with providing some of these materials, please get in touch asap. (In school or by leaving a message on this post)
Each child may also bring in something precious/decorative to put on the top such as unusual natural objects such as feathers, stones, fossils, etc.
Just a reminder that our Woolley Moor Show scarecrow entries, The BFG and SpongeBob Squarepants, are on display outside school this week. The winners will be announced at the Woolley Moor Show this Saturday (17th August).
There are many more competitions for both children and adults to enter, and lots of great attractions taking place on the day.
(Competition entries can be made to Mr J. Ward by telephone, or email by Friday 16th August 9 p.m. Late entries (except for floral art classes) may also be made on Saturday morning between 8 am and 10.45 am on the show ground – check the show leaflet in your child’s reading folder or on the show website.)
