19.6.17 Newsletter
Date: 19th Jun 2017 @ 1:34pm
Monday, 19 June 2017
Newsletter
Dear Parents / Carers
Spelling Bee
Last Tuesday representatives from Y3 – Y6 performed in the Winsford Education Partnership Spelling Bee held at the Winsford Academy. The children competed against pupils from the other primary schools in a town ‘spelling showdown’. All of our children performed really well and were a credit to the school, with Korbyn and Kaitlin (Y6) being the winner and runner-up in their age band. Lyla and Henry also were the winner and runner up in their age band (Y5), Tyler and Alexia (Y4) and Joshua and Jessica (Y3) all being placed in the top 10 for their age group. The children were informed by the Academy that they were the best spellers out of approximately 320 children per year group across all the schools in Winsford- What a fantastic achievement- well done to all concerned!
Sports Days
It was lovely to see so many of you last Friday for Winsford High Street School Sports Day. The weather was just right; fine and dry without being too warm. The children performed extremely well and seemed to enjoy the experience on our new field. Congratulations to the members of the Over team who were the overall winners in EYFS and KS1 sports and to the children from the Wharton team who were the overall winners for the KS2 sports afternoon.
Intra-School Sports Swimming Gala
Last Tuesday we organised a mini swimming gala between the school teams. The children swam really well and were very supportive of each other. The children from Over were the overall winners of the gala, although there were some strong performances from children across the different teams. Well done to all concerned!
Year 6 Residential Visit
This week I will be leading the Y6 residential visit to the Lake District. Mrs Lowe will be joining the visit from Thursday, but until Wednesday pm she will deal with any issues which need attention. From Thursday am for the remainder of the week, Mrs Taylor will deal with any issues should they arise. I will also be in regular contact with school during the week.
New Build
I am delighted to inform you that our Reception children have moved into their new classrooms today. Last week we were finally given permission to move the furniture into this section of the building and following two late nights which saw the staff relocate the furniture, the classrooms were ready for occupation. On my return from the Y6 residential visit, I will organise open sessions for all parents to view the new block.
The Y2 children will move into their classrooms during the next two weeks. Unfortunately at the eleventh hour we experienced a problem with water heaters in their classrooms, which will need to be rectified prior to occupation.
The office block will be ready in three weeks, should all go to plan! This week the contractors will be opening the link between the new office area and the Y3 corridor. To facilitate this, the Y3 children will be taught in the Y6 classrooms until Friday 23rd as the Y6 will be off site on their residential visit. This should enable the contractors to progress at a faster rate without having to cater for the movement of pupils. Further details will be distributed as soon as we have a date for occupation.
As previously noted, I would like to thank all concerned for your patience whilst the school redevelopment has taken place.
Kind regards
Mark Joule
Headteacher
Dates for your diaries:
19th -23rd June Y6 residential Visit to Lake District
26th June National Sports Week: Events to be announced
30th June Group of Year 5 to visit Kings School Chester- Chemistry Workshop
4th July Year 1 to visit Chester - History visit
6th July Year 4 Cadbury World visit
7th July Reception and Nursery- Chester Zoo Visit
19th July Y6 Leaver’s Production / Evening
20th July Y6 visit to Waterworld
Please note that we are in the process of planning further visits to places of industry and additional activities. The dates of these will be released shortly.