Rothersthorpe Cof E Primary School 2nd May 2014 Pride, Ability

Pride, Ability, Positivity
Rothersthorpe Cof E Primary School
2nd May 2014
Dear Parents,
Welcome back after the Easter break, we hope you all managed to have some quality family time together and
enjoyed some of the sunshine, which may have come your way.
We’ve had a very busy first full week in school with a range of meetings. I do hope you found them all informative and worthwhile. We have such a strong school community and I know that everyone is working
very hard to ensure that all our children receive the very best education, as well as a fun time during their
primary years. Thank you for all your useful and positive contributions.
As usual we have lots of events coming up including the rhythmic gymnastics competition; the women’s cycle
tour of Britain through our village; class 2 local trip; class 4 year 6 Sats; class 3 residential; May Day. I look
forward to seeing most of you I’m sure at our May Day celebrations.
Kindest regards, Mrs. Fountain
Sports Relief 2014—£1000 raised by the children skipping and
selling cakes. Thank you all so very much for your generosity.
Our new house teams:
Team name ideas from the children were collated and the most popular idea was to name the teams after
famous people. Teachers then decided to ask the children for names of famous people from Northamptonshire,
and the following were selected:
Derek Redmond—Athlete.
Lady Diana Spencer (Princess of Wales).
Walter Tull—The first black English Footballer and Officer in the British army.
Francis Crick—Inventor of DNA.
Children can gain points for their house by: completing their achievement card; following our school ethos;
school motto; Christian values. At our sports day in June children will also be competing in events to gain
points for their team. There will be a trophy awarded for the team with the most points.
Tull
Redmond
Crick
Spencer
Highlights
Easter Celebrations
Winner of the Ella Appleton Cup
for Service to the School and Community.
70th Memorial Service of the
Wellington Bomber .
Thank you to those children who were able
to attend the service and who represented
our school outstandingly. They were all great
ambassadors of our school.
Before and After School Clubs—Summer Term
Monday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8am Street Dance—all ages (Charge) 3.30-4.30pm Gardening—all ages
12.45pm Recorders
3.30pm Basketball (Charge) KS2
8am Gym—all ages (Charge)
3.30pm Drama/mask making Y1-6 (Charge)
3.30-4.30pm Rugby Y3-5 only
Mrs. Fountain is also currently running a Y6 Sats and homework afterschool club.
The street dance, gym, basketball and drama/mask making clubs are run by outside agencies and
so there is a charge for their services. Gardening, rugby, recorders and homework clubs are run by
staff and so no charge is applied.
Please let Mrs. Watt know if you are interested in joining any of the clubs.
Ipad News
We now have our 8 ipads loaded and class 4 have used them on
the internet and for a Maths activity which involved scanning
bar codes.
Liam: “It was great fun to use the bar-code app in maths because
it told you what to add or subtract”.
Imogen: “The ipads are useful and actually quite quick”.
Sinead: “We have been using the ipads to look up information about recent events in the world”.
All our ipads will shortly include a range of apps so that all classes will be able to use them.
Our Christian Value of the term is: Hope
This term we will be exploring the value of Hope through stories about Jesus,
the Light and Hope of the World; symbols of Hope; Planting Hope; Hope for the
Future; bringing Hope to others.
Children could extend their lessons further at home by: Finding examples in magazines and in the news
about people who are bringing hope to the world today; planting a tree of hope for the world.
Women’s Cycle Tour of Britain
Rothersthorpe Village—Wednesday 7th May 2014
Estimated time of arrival: 12.58-13.25pm
This is a 5 day women’s elite international race. It has attracted the best riders in the
world including Olympic and World Campion Marianne Vos, as well as Lizzie Armstrong,
Jo Rowsell, Danni King and Laura Trott. Highlights of the women’s tour will be shown
each day on ITV4.
We plan as a school to cheer the riders on over the lunch-time period along Banbury Lane,
North Street and Berry close.
If you are available to help with keeping our children safe along the route please
let the school know. We would like at least 4 parents please.
Local and National increase in Scarlet Fever
Signs and symptoms
Scarlet fever is a common childhood infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes,
or group A streptococcus (GAS). The early symptoms of scarlet fever include sore
throat, headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. After 12 to 48 hours the characteristic
red, pinhead rash develops, typically first appearing on the chest and stomach, then
rapidly spreading to other parts of the body, and giving the skin a sandpaper-like
texture. The scarlet rash may be harder to spot on the skin of some Black and Asian
people, although the 'sandpaper' feel should be present. Patients typically have
flushed cheeks and pallor around the mouth. This may be accompanied by a
‘strawberry tongue’. As the child improves peeling of the skin can occur.
Dates for your Diaries:
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Monday 5th May—Bank Holiday (May Day).
Wednesday 7th May—Women’s Cycle Tour of Britain (Rothershorpe village 1pm)
Friday 9th May at 2.30pm—Rhythmic Gymnastics Display in school hall.
Saturday 10th May—Rhythmic Gymnastics National Competition in Birmingham (all day).
Monday 12th May to Thursday 15th May—Year 6 Sats.
Thursday 15th and Friday 16th May—Class 3 Residential to Grendon.
Thursday 22nd May—Dress rehearsal for May day (Villagers invited).
Friday 23rd May—1.30pm May Day Event. Last day.
Half Term: Monday 26th May to Friday 30th May.
Monday 2nd June—Back to school.
W/C 9th June FoRS—Father’s Day gifts for children to purchase.
Throught out June—Year 2 teacher assessments/Sats
W/C 16th June—Year 1 Phonic Screening
Monday 9th June to Friday 13th June—Class 4 Residential to Wales.
Monday 23rd June—Sixfields World Sports Day for KS2
Thursday 26th June at 9.15am Rothersthorpe Sports Day morning/afternoon fun activities.
Friday 27th June at 9.15am Back up sports day if raining.
Monday 7th July—Secondary School transfer day (Plus our school move up to next class day).
New Reception children visit.
Tuesday 8th July—Extra transfer day for pupils going to Campion only.
Tuesday 15th July—Science Fayre—information to be confirmed.
Sunday 20th July 1-4pm FORS & Village Fete on the school field/hall.
Wednesday 23rd July—Y6 Leavers service/assembly. Last day of school.
Polite reminder of the use of the school site out of hours.
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Children have to be 10 years old to use the school grounds without an adult being present.
Families are always welcome.
Football is not allowed on the playground.
Take care when using balls—we have had some minor damage recently.
Appropriate social behaviour—some older children have been seen having ‘arguments’ on
site.
It is at the discretion of the school whether the gate is left open for the community outside of school
hours, so please ensure your children remember the rules. This is for everyone’s health, safety and
enjoyment. Please report any incidents to myself or Mrs. Watt.
Thank you for your support.
Mrs. Fountain
May Day Celebrations
Friday 23rd May at 1.30pm
Please put this date in your diary—
This is a lovely event which includes the crowning of the
May Queen, maypole and country dancing. More details to
follow nearer the time.
Phone: 01604 830995 email: [email protected]
School website: www.rothersthorpeceprimary.net

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