Park View Primary Newsletter April 09

Please find time to read this newsletter – it contains dates for future reference, items about school activities, reminders of school policy and invitations to events.

We had a wonderful day on Friday 13^th March – everyone came dressed in pyjama’s and dressing gowns and then in the afternoon we ran round St Mary’s Park. Thank you so much for your support – we raised the magnificent total of £715.00, so well done Park View.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Open Day on the 17^th March. We had many positive comments from parents who were able to come and we hope the visit gave you an idea of what a school day is like.

The National Tests that children in Year 6 sit are usually better known as SAT’s. This year the test week for Year 6 will begin on Monday 11^th May. It’s really important that children sitting these tests attend school every day that week as a missed test results in no marks, even if your child has already sat one of the papers. Year 2 will also be undertaking tests during this term and the summer term.

We also use non-statutory tests with Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 that week (May 11^th) , the week before and the week after. The results of these tests help us to match curriculum needs and check each child’s progression, so can I please ask parents that if holidays are being planned, it would be of benefit to everyone if these weeks could be avoided.

As we approach the summer term may I remind everyone that children need to have a PE Kit in school every week. For children in the Infants this means a plain T-shirt, dark shorts and pumps or trainers. For children in the Juniors this is a plain T-shirt in their house colours and dark shorts, pumps or trainers. (Oak – Red; Fir – Blue; Willow – Green; Ash – Yellow). Football shirts are not to be worn for PE lessons in school time.

Dinner monies are due and payable each Monday morning. Please can cheques be made payable to ‘Bury MBC’, with your child’s name and class written on the back. Dinner monies can be paid in advance for a few weeks or up to the end of each term.

The policy of Bury Local Authority is that arrears cannot exceed 10 meals. In the event of this happening, school meals are withdrawn and children will need to bring a packed lunch until all arrears are paid.

There are still a few afternoon places available for September – please call into school if you wish to register your child.

There is a vacancy for a School Crossing Patrol (Lollipop lady/man) on Bury New Road/Park View. If you are interested in this post, please contact Linda Wilkinson, SCP Supervisor, on 0161 253 5698.

I recognise the difficulty in finding parking places but I must ask parents not to use the staff car park in a morning and at the end of the school day. It would also be much appreciated if consideration could be given to our neighbours who often find their driveways and access to their homes blocked by the inconsiderate parking of a few people dropping off or collecting children from Park View.

The school car park is for the use of staff and visitors to Park View School. Sometimes staff need to make a prompt exit to attend training courses, both during the school day and at 3.15p.m. We also have visitors such as health workers, Music Service teachers, LEA personnel etc arriving and leaving at different times. Members of staff who work in our Before and After School Club also have to leave promptly at 9.00a.m. and unfortunately there have been a number of occasions when cars parked down the centre of the car park or at the entrance have caused considerable problems.

Year 1 had a fantastic Circus Day last week, when Circus Jim came to school and spent the day teaching the children many different activities. They learnt to juggle, spin plates, balance objects and even walk a tightrope! There are some photo’s on display on the corridor if you get chance to have a look at them.

Year 5 and Year 6 also spent a morning last week watching a performance by the Take-Away Theatre Company on the theme of bullying. The play was called ‘Hope’ and used drama and music to tell the story of three young people whose lives are affected by bullying. The children took part in workshops after watching the performance where they explored the various issues that arose in the play.

All the entries for this years competition will be on display in the hall during Parents evening so please pop in and have a look at them.

Sports Day:This year we have decided to hold our annual Sports Days earlier than in the past (we are hoping that the weather may be kinder to us!). The dates for each group are as follows:

We have vacancies on our Governing body for parent governors – if you are interested in joining our team, please call into school to have a chat about what is entailed.

This year the annual Sponsored Walk will be held on Saturday 9^th May from 10.00 – 12.00. Please come and join us as we are trying to raise money to support improvements to our front playground for our younger children. Sponsor forms will be sent home soon and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on the day.

Congratulations to our netball team on their first win this year! They played King David last week and won 9 – 3. The girls have tried their best in every match they have played and have represented Park View so well. We are very proud of them. (and a big thank you to Mrs Reiss, Miss Hogarth and all the mum’s who have given up their time to train and practice with the girls.

On Friday, there will be no after school club as school closes at 2.30pm for the holidays.

School closes for the Easter holiday on

Friday 3^rd April at 2.30p.m.

and re-opens on

Monday 20^th April at 9.00a.m

PARK VIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL

HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS 2009/20010