Park View Primary Newsletter Mar 10

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 wish Mrs Wilkinson all the best as she starts her maternity leave this holiday and would like to welcome Mrs Sarah Robinson to the staff, who will be teaching 1W during the summer term.

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 10^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 10^th), the weeks 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).

The store has been very supportive of our school and invited 1M down to take part in a Treasure Hunt on Friday morning this week. They have also donated some vouchers towards our collection.

If you are shopping locally, pay them a visit (and collect vouchers for us at the same time!) We are also collecting Tesco vouchers as well. Collecting boxes are in the school entrance.

Dinner monies are due and payable each Monday morning. Please can cheques be made payable to ‘Bury MBC’, with your address 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 In the event of this happening, school meals are withdrawn and children will need to bring a packed lunch until all arrears are paid.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 places available for September – please call into school if you wish to register your child.

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.

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

We are planning to hold the event during school time so that all our children can take part and we will let you know the proposed date as soon as possible. Sponsor forms will be sent home soon and we look forward to having a very enjoyable day.

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 26^th March at 2.30p.m.

and re-opens on

Monday 12^th April at 9.00 a.m

PARK VIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL

HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS 2009/20010