9th October 2014

Contents

Next Week ‘s Events

Learning Powers

Attendance Cup

Tidy Classroom Award

LSA news

Achievements

Parent and Carer meetings - ACTION

Maple Class Assembly - change of date

Photographs - ACTION

Book Week - ACTION

Planned Industrial Action

School Photographs - ACTION

Annual Safety Fortnight- ACTION

Winter weather uniform - ACTION

Our 5 STAR kitchen

Pre-school building plans

Next week’s menu

Tidy Classroom Award

Congratulations to Chestnut Class

who won the Tidy Classroom

Award last week.

Attendance Cup

Congratulations to Lime Class who won

the Attendance Cup with 100% last week.

Learning Powers In last Friday’s Celebration Assembly, these children were awarded a Diamond Learning Power certificate for being responsible:

Elliot Hufton-West, Jacob Witcher, Angel Wilson, Chloe Peaker, Charlotte Smith, Maddy Kemp, Josephine Lee, Alyssa Main, Aida Azmi, Rhea Bull, Robert Beaumont, Michal Bozewicz , James Heppinstall and Ashton Allen-Rowntree.

Congratulations!

Next Week’s Events

Tomorrow - Wear red, white and blue day; Family Friday afternoon for all classes; Silver Birch class assembly (2.15 for 2.20pm start)

Monday - Maths Week

Tuesday - Parent & Carer meetings; LSA AGM

Wednesday - Pick and Mix due in; Parent & Carer meetings

Friday - Silver Birch swimming; End of Term at 3.05pm

Acorn 99.1%

Oak 98.70%

Lime 100%

Chestnut 94.5%

Maple 97%

Ash 99.7%

Beech 99.4%

Silver Birch 98.6%

Parent and Carer Meetings

We are looking forward to seeing you next

week. During the evening you will be asked

to complete a questionnaire to ask your views on a

number of aspects of school life. It is very similar to

the on-line Parent View that many of you complete

for us. Please take the time to fill in the questionnaire

and pop it into one of the boxes in the library or main

entrance. Thank you very much for you time. All

questionnaires returned by 3.00pm on Thursday 16th

October will be entered into a draw to win a box of

Hotel Chocolat Halloween chocolates.

At this week’s unannounced Environmental

Health inspection, our kitchen was awarded

the top score of 5 stars which shows that our

kitchen has the highest standards of

cleanliness and hygiene. The inspection is

extremely thorough and it is fantastic to know

that everything is as it should be.

Congratulations to our wonderful kitchen

team, led by Tracy Price: Carol Robinson,

Angelina Peaker, Fiona Butler and Jo Randall.

Achievements

Adriana Nunes who travelled to Greece last weekend

to take part in a trampolining competition and

returned with 4 golds and 1 bronze medal..

Well Done!

LSA News

REMINDER—AGM on Tuesday 14th October at 7pm

DATE CHANGE

Maple’s class assembly will take place on

Friday 5th December and NOT on 28th

November. We are sorry for

any inconvenience caused by

this error in an earlier

newsletter.

Planned Industrial Action

You may have heard that some support staff unions

are taking industrial action on Tuesday 14th

October. Although we do not yet know if Longleaze

staff are affected, we do not presently anticipate

closing any classes. We will confirm this next

Monday morning.

Winter Weather Uniform

Please may we remind you that, although boots may

be worn to and from school and during playtimes,

school shoes must be worn indoors.

Please also remember to send in wellington boots and

waterproof clothes so that your child can take part in

all learning—whatever the weather!

Thank you.

Photographs

A reminder that individual and

family photographs will be taken

on Tuesday 11th November.

Your child/ren will be photographed unless

you let us know IN WRITING by Friday 7th

November. Pre-School and Secondary siblings

can come in for family photos at 8.30am.

Thank you to everyone for buying cakes at the

recent after school Macmillan cake sale run by

Naomi Stephenson. In total she raised £236.58

of which £68.25 was raised at Longleaze.

We are thrilled to share this message from Longleaze Pre-School. The Governors of

Longleaze School believe that this development can only benefit our community and

fully support it. The plans are on display in the school reception.

Good News!!!!

We are making plans (subject to planning permission), to extend our setting by

providing a new building for two year olds. Operating alongside our existing

classrooms we will be able to offer further sessions during term time from 9am – 3pm

for up to 20 children per session. We also hope to provide a range of other drop-in

sessions including Baby and Toddler, as well as to enhance our already popular Parental

Partnership afternoons and activities. Watch this space!!!

We are really excited about this project; come into Pre-School or School reception to

look at our plans.

For further information please don’t hesitate to contact us at:

longleazepreschool@outlook.com or admin@longleaze.wilts.sch.uk

Parking in School

Can we please ask parents/carers NOT to

park in the school car park. This is for staff

and visitors of the school and Children’s

Centre.

Thank You

Annual Safety Fortnight

Dear Parents and Carers,

As the nights draw in and the evenings become darker earlier, we will be holding our annual Safety

Fortnight. This begins on the first day back after the October holiday – Monday 3rd November. We have

many exciting activities planned including visits from the Fire Service, local police and NSPCC all of which

we will inform you of in more detail next week.

However, we wanted to give you as much notice as possible about our Wiltshire Air Ambulance Day

planned for Tuesday 4th November. As you know, the School Council have chosen to support vulnerable

adults in their fundraising this year. Wiltshire Air Ambulance needs to raise £6,850 a day to keep its

helicopter flying and keep saving lives. On 4th November they are coming into school to explain to all the

children about their valuable service. To support them we are asking the children to come into school

dressed as their super hero for a donation of £1. This could be a traditional super hero such as Batman,

Superman or Elsa or it could be someone that they admire such as their favourite sporting hero or

humanitarian.

Dress up as your hero on Tuesday 4th November for £1

I am aware that we are again asking for donations for a dress-up day – before we’ve even held our Red,

White and Blue Day tomorrow and that some parents find it difficult to provide costumes for children. The

children love to come into school out of uniform, which is why they keep voting to do this. It is also a great

fundraiser and has been very successful in the past.

I am hoping that the wide remit of ideas for dressing up for both of these days will mean that it is not too

difficult for children to find something to wear which fits in with the theme.

These days are also not compulsory. If anyone has any concerns about these days, please do not hesitate

to contact me and I will be happy to discuss.

Kind Regards

Mrs Ceri Seal

PSHE Co-ordinator

Our exciting Book Week will start on 17th November! This year our theme will be ‘Twits, Twoos and Tales’,

and we have lots of events planned! More details of these events, including requests for volunteers and

requests for workshop places, will follow next week.

Monday 17th November

Phonics Workshop for EYFS/KS1 parents & carers 2-3pm

Bears at Bedtime 5pm – snuggle up with your favourite bears!

Tuesday 18th November

Ash, Maple, Beech and Silver Birch workshop with creative story writer Debi Evans (author of The

Secret Adventures of Rolo and co-author of The Secret Society of Dragon Protectors)

Travelling Book Fair arrives in School – open after school each day!

Wednesday 19th November

Acorn and Oak visits to Royal Wootton Bassett Library

‘Helping your child develop their reading skills’ Workshop for parents & carers 6-7pm

Thursday 20th November

Lime and Chestnut visits to Royal Wootton Bassett Library

Friday 21st November

Twits, Twoos and Tales Day! Come to school dressed as a character from a Roald Dahl book, a

fairy tale or any book that has an owl in it!

1.15pm - Family Friday Reading Events & Celebration Assembly

Children’s second hand book ‘Swap Shop’ at lunchtime

Second-hand book sale after school for grown-ups!

Lots of other reading events are planned during Book Week for our children to enjoy!

Twits, Twoos and Tales

Next week’s school lunch menu (week 2)

The small print… All meals ordered must be accompanied by the correct payment. The school kitchen does not offer

credit terms and will not provide a meal without payment.

Monday 13th October

Tuesday 14th October

Wednesday 15th October

Thursday 16th October

Friday 17th October

Beef bolognaise Hot dog Roast turkey crown BBQ chicken Fish in a wholemeal

crumb

Broccoli and cream cheese bake

Veggie dog Cheese and onion

pasty Stir fry vegetables Vegetarian ravioli

Jacket potato with tuna mayo

Jacket potato with cheese and coleslaw

Jacket potato with baked beans

Jacket potato with cheese

Jacket potato with baked beans

Pasta and seasonal vegetables

Potato choice and seasonal vegetables

Roast potatoes and fresh vegetables

Boiled rice and vege-tables

Oven baked chips Baked beans or peas

Choc ice Fruit sponge and

custard Chocolate crunch Fresh fruit salad

Chocolate crispy cake

Also available every day .... Salad bar, homemade bread, fresh fruit pieces, yoghurt, fresh water. Please feel free to talk to Tracy, our Catering Manager for any special dietary needs on 01793 849251

£2.30 for a KS2

child per day

Don’t Forget!

Once a week - take

a peek!

Together we can

beat head lice.

For advice and support,

ring our School Nurse

on 01793 605418

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

October

10th - Wear red, white and blue day; Family Friday afternoon for all classes; Silver Birch class assembly (2.15pm for 2.20pm start)

13th – Maths Week

14th - LSA AGM at 7pm

15th - Y1/2 football festival at RWBA after school

15th & 16th – Parent/Carer evenings from 3.30pm

17th – Silver Birch swimming starts, End of Term 1 at 3.05pm

November

3rd – Term 2 begins

3rd – 7th – Safety Week 1

11th - Photographs for individuals and families

13th – 17th – Safety Week 2

17th—21st - Book week

6th – Open Day for YR 2015 –9.30-11.30am & 1.30-2.45pm

20th – GB sub-committees

21st – Family Friday afternoon for all classes at 1.15pm

December

1st – FGB meeting at 6.30pm

5th - Family Friday morning for all classes (8.40-9.15am); Maple class assembly (2.15 for 2.20pm start; Christmas lights and community carol service

9th – Nativity dress rehearsal for school

10th – Afternoon Nativity performance for parents/carers at 2.15pm

11th – Evening Nativity performance for parents/carers at 6.00pm

12th – Morning Nativity performance for parents/carers at 9.10am

15th – Carols round the tree at 3.30pm

17th – Christmas lunch

19th – Last swimming; End of term 2 at 1.30pm