WPS Stops to Remember

Friday 9th November 2012

Newsletter

Today we asked the WPS to think about the men and

women who have lost their lives serving our country.

In keeping with tradition, the girls from Kindergarten to F6

and all members of staff stopped at 11am this morning to

hold a two minute silence at the end of playtime. All of the

girls and staff have been asked to wear a poppy today as a

mark of respect for those men and women who have lost

their lives whilst serving their country.

Thank you to Amy A in Form 6 for playing ‘The Last Post’

on her violin, together with Mrs Rundell. Thank you also

to Maggie in Form 2 who provided the lovely poppy draw-

ing for the posters that have been on display in School this

week.

Congratulations to Zahra, Ashlea, Lily, Holly, Amelia, Zara

and Isobel for being this week’s Stars. Well done for all of

your hard work.

Stars of the Week Children in Need

Lunchtime Supervisors’ Awards Congratulations to Ameerah and Laura in Reception and Zara in Form 1. They are the first girls in the School to complete

their Awards Cards and have won tokens for their respective Houses. The girls are awarded stickers for manners, finish-

ing their food and trying new foods, amongst other things.

As you may have read in last week’s Newsletter, we are

looking forward to Children in Need Day next Friday.

The girls should still come in uniform but may add a

spotty accessory, bandana or headband for a £1 donation.

Please make sure that if your daughter takes part she

brings her donation with her on Friday morning.

From Monday, they can also bring in their entries for the

Pudsey Portrait competition. Please make sure that each

entry has your daughter’s name and form on the back.

Entries should be left at the office together with a dona-

tion of £1. We will display entries in the Entrance Hall

from Monday onwards—Friday is the closing date for this

competition.

Finally, wristbands will be on sale in the playground for

£1 each. Due to limited numbers, they will be sold on a

first come, first served basis, starting with the Juniors.

Monday 12th

12.35pm School Council (F2-6)

12.35pm F5 & 6 Team Practice

3.30-4.30pm Mad Science (F1 & 2)

4-5pm F3-6 Sports Club

Tuesday 13th

F3 Trip to Manchester Museum

8.10am F5 Prep Club

12.35pm F3-6 Recorders

2.30-3pm KG Stretch & Grow

3.45-4.30pm F1&2 Sports Club

4-5pm Orchestra

Wednesday 14th

House Assemblies

12.35pm F3-6 Chess Club

2.30-3.00pm KG Ballet

3.30-4pm Reception Ballet

4-4.30pm F1 Ballet

4pm Sports Club - F5&6 Hockey Practice at

WHC (U10 & U11 Fixtures Cancelled)

Thursday 15th

F5 Trip to Tatton Old Hall

12.35pm Rec – F2 Puzzle Club

12.35pm Chamber Choir

3.45-4.15pm F1 & F2 Junior Superstars

4-5pm F6 Maths Club

4.15-5pm F3 & F4 Cheer & Dance

Friday 16th

10.35am F4—6 Library Club

12.35pm Friday Fiddlers

4-5pm F2-4 Football Club

4-5pm F5 & 6 Sports Club

9.00am Children in Need Assembly

Brainteaser of the Week

In a garden there are 28 legs. How many creatures

in the garden are spiders? How many are insects?

What’s On Next Week? Ceilidh Thank you to everyone who has bought a ticket for the Ceilidh,

which is taking place tomorrow evening at Mottram Village Hall.

We hope that parents and pupils have a fantastic night - thank you in

particular to Linda Hendry and her team who have worked so hard

putting this event together.

Merits and Courtesies

Bronze Merit

F5 Yasmin, Maisie

Bronze Courtesy

F1 Ava

F3 Loryn, Issie, Charlotte

F3 Charlotte

F2 Hannah, Sadie, Sophie, Molly, Millie,

Alyssia, Bella, Isabella T

Happy Birthday to . . . Halle in F5, who is 10 today

Florence in Kindergarten, who was 4 on Wednesday

Parents’ Handbook Your daughter is today bringing home a Parents’ Handbook. We

would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to read this infor-

mation, as some of the information will have been updated.

As always, please contact the Office if you have any questions at all

regarding this information.

Fencing Congratulations to all of the girls who learned how to fence earlier

this term. They were awarded their certificates this morning as fol-

lows:

Peter will return after Christmas to teach the girls Judo and is coming

in for a special assembly later this month.

Name Level

Yasmin 2

Freya W 2

Sofia 1

Heidi 1

Sophie S 2

Jessica A 1

Maisie 2

Lydia C 4

Natasha 2

Charlotte D 1

Caitlin 2

Deia 2

Alison 1

U11 Netball v Bridgewater

Report by Safah and Grace

(Safah) On Wednesday 7th November 2012, we played a

netball game against Bridgewater. In the first quarter

Lucy scored three phenomenal goals. Zahra gave her best

effort but her goal did not go in; however we were still in

the lead. In the second quarter we scored one excellent

goal by Emilia.

In the third quarter we tried to score but narrowly missed

and Bridgewater were soon in the running again, scoring

one goal.

(Grace) In the fourth quarter, we scored two goals, one

goal by Safah and one by Grace. But then Bridgewater

came back with two goals. The final score was 6-3 to us.

Thank you to Miss McBride and Mrs Broome for support-

ing us and to our excellent team for giving their best.

Hockey Match Cancellation - Change of

Arrangements

Next week’s hockey match v Greenbank has been can-

celled. Instead, Miss McBride is organising an additional

hockey practice at Wilmslow Hockey Club.

The Form 5 & 6 girls who would usually attend sports

club will travel to Wilmslow Hockey Club by minibus

after School and can be collected from School at 5pm.

Miss McBride has asked the Junior girls to make sure that

they have the proper protective equipment for PE lessons.

This means that in addition to their usual kit they will also

need a gum shield (available from Mrs Penn for £2),

hockey shin pads and green knee high hockey socks.

These items should be available from Monkhouse, or any

good sports shop. Please let Mrs Penn know if you are

having problems locating any items.

Christmas Fair Saturday

December 1st 11am – 2pm

We are now on countdown with just 3 weeks to go! This year we have a number of new and exciting stalls at our

Christmas Gift Market, festive carol singing courtesy of Mrs Rundell and WPS girls, lots of fun activities for children

to enjoy and we are delighted to announce that Santa will be with us again!

We are now collecting the following items and these can be dropped at off at the collection point in the entrance hall at

school:

Teddies and soft cuddly toys for the TEDDY BOLA

Bottles (anything in a bottle) for the BOTTLE BOLA

Chocolate (from 200g bars to selection boxes) for the CHOCOLATE BOLA

5 small wrapped gifts costing around 50p each for the LUCKY DIP

Good as new toys, games, stationery, toiletries, unwanted gifts for the CHILDREN’S TOMBOLA

Home made or bought cakes (to be delivered to school Friday 30th November, a box will be provided) for the

CAKE STALL

Dates for your Diary . . .

Friday 30th November Toy Service

Saturday 1st December Christmas Fair

Wednesday 5th December Kg—F2 Christmas Play to Parents

Monday 10th December Carol Service Rehearsal at St Bartholomews

Tuesday 11th December Carol Service at St Bartholomews

Friday 14th December Reindeer Run. School ends at usual time.