WEEKLY UPDATE AND CALENDAR OF EVENTS NO. 446

Monday 5 July – Sunday 11 July 2010

ISSUED Friday 2 July 2010

ALL

Many thanks to all the children and staff who made the Junior Concert such an enormous success. Many thanks also to our most appreciative audience!

Everyone is cordially invited to come along to Year 8’s Art Exhibition which is being held throughout the day in the school Hall on Friday 9 July.

Funraisers: Reminder that the Funraisers will be holding a meeting in the History Room at 19.30 on Tuesday 6 July.

Reminder that with the onset of hotter weather, the children will need sun cream protection and hats. Dolphin summer hats (in House colours) are available to buy from Reception for £5.

PE kit: We are changing our PE kit slightly to embroidered logos, and the T-shirts will have polo collars. John Lewis has reduced all the old screen printed kit to half price in the sale. Of course the children may wear the old kit until it wears out.

Brass Instruments: Lucy Head has some availability for Brass lessons in September. If you are interested please drop a note into the school office.

Chess Tuition: The club offered by the chess master Thomas Rendle will be on the club lists.

Dolphin Night this year is on Tuesday 20 July at 19.30 in the school hall. This is the occasion where the school says farewell to our Year 8. All children from Year 5 – 8 are expected to attend for the evening, wearing smart clothes please. Anyone who has won a trophy will be awarded it on this occasion. Some children younger than Year 5 will be invited to receive Junior House trophies. Children from Years 5 – 7 may be collected at around 21.00.

The staff would like to invite the families of Year 8 to join them after Dolphin Night for a party in the Basilica.

JR Rugby Camp: This week the children have taken home with them a card giving details of the Rugby Camp which JR Rugby are holding at Dolphin in August. A discount of 25% is being offered to Dolphin pupils. Please direct all enquiries to JR Rugby (Josh on 07837 932 176 or Rich on 07813 827 621). We are pleased to have JR Rugby at the School, but the camp is not a Dolphin School Event.

SPORTS DAYS

Cottage Sports Day (Rec & Year 1) will be held on Monday 12 July 10.30-12.00 and Nursery Sports on Wednesday 14 July at 10.00 – 12.00. Letters with further details are being sent home.

Junior Sports Day (Years 2,3 & 4) –Friday 9 July 10.30-12.30.

You may take Juniors home after Sports Day, if you sign them out in the School Reception, there will be lessons for those who remain in school

Senior Sports Day (Years 5, 6, 7 & 8) Friday 9 July 13.30-15.30

Years 2-8

Please feel free to bring a picnic lunch to share with your child on the field. Ice creams and ice lollies will be on sale between the two sports sessions.

Parents often ask if siblings may attend their brother’s and sister’s sports days. We would prefer that siblings remain in lessons and do not accompany their brothers and sisters. We wish to keep each sports day special to that particular age group. Children from different age groups attending their sibling’s sports days have in the past been rather a distraction to the event.

Sports Day Clothing Years 2-8: The children will need to wear a T-shirt (without a design) in their house colours (white - York, green – Tudor, red – Lancaster and yellow – Plantagenet). (Year 2’s new houses are to be announced.) They should also wear the rest of their normal PE kit (shorts, tracksuit tops and bottoms) and bring a sun hat, ideally in house colours, which may be purchased from reception. The children should have suncream and water.

Please park as per the caretakers’ instructions and drive at walking pace on the field and in parking areas. Please shut the overflow gate if you enter or exit while it is closed.

Has anyone got any old tights that they could give to the PE Department? They will be used to make ties for the 3-legged races! Thank you.

INFORMATION & REMINDERS

(Much of the information in this section is either statutory or is passed on to you at the request of our insurers/other advisors)

Please note that Dolphin pupils are not allowed to bring mobile phones to school. Special circumstances will need to be discussed with Chris Leakey and phones left with Vivien Bowyer.

Would Parents please note for Dolphin Night and Year Six Party, once children have finished participating in the evening and have left the School Hall to join parties and their friends, they become their parents’ responsibility.

Please remember that electrical appliances should not be brought into school. All electrical appliances used on the premises must have passed a Portable Appliance Test.

NURSERY

Parents of children in Nursery are cordially invited to a meeting in the Reception classroom at 19.30 on Tuesday 6 July where they will meet the Reception staff and receive information on the transition to Reception.

YEAR 1

Year 1 parents are cordially invited to a “Moving On” evening Monday 5 July at 19.30 in the school hall. This will enable parents to meet the Year 2 staff and receive information on the transition to Year 2.

Year 1 will be going to Marwell Zoo on Tuesday 6 July, 09.00 – 16.30. The children need hats, suncream and waterproofs if we, plus their lunch in a disposable carrier.

YEAR 2

Parents of Year 2 are cordially invited to the Pre Prep assembly on Wednesday 7 July, 14.00 – 15.00 where the children will be presented with their Trip diaries – a delightful reminder to mark their transition from year 2 to 3.

Year 2 will be going to Braywick on Thursday 8 July, 09.30 – 15.00. Hats, sun cream (or waterproofs if appropriate!) and lunch please in a disposable carrier

YEARS 2 – 7

Mrs. Maltese will be holding trial singing lessons during the weeks commencing 21 and 28 June for pupils interested in beginning lessons in September 2010. Any child currently in Years 2 - 7 will be eligible. Please leave your child’s name and telephone number in the office and Mrs. Maltese will be in touch.

YEAR 4

The trip to Greenwich on Monday 5 July will leave at 07.00 and return at 17.00.

Parents should have received an e mail with these details. The children should bring plenty of snacks, lunch and drinks plus the appropriate clothes for wet/hot weather. Hats and sun cream please.

YEAR 7

York trip departs at 07.00 on Sunday 11 July. Bags to the ICT Suite please by lunchtime on Friday 9 July.

YEAR 7 and 8

On Thursday 8 July Years 7 and 8 will be taking part in a marketing workshop in the Hall from 10.30 to 12.30. This is the school’s prize for winning the national competition organized by the Shakespeare in Schools Festival.

YEAR 8

Alps trip returns at 18.00 on Saturday 3 July.

Year 8 will be enjoying a Spanish lunch on Thursday 8 July and do not need to bring any lunch that day.

Monday 5 July

TRIP Year 4 Greenwich 07.00 – 17.00 JL DH

FIRST AID TRAINING Year 8 History Room 08.00 – 10.00

WELCOME TO YEAR 2 Parents Meeting Hall 19.30 – 20.30

Tuesday 6 July

TRIP Year 1 Marwell Zoo 09.00 – 16.30 NDC KD JoH

CAREERS Year 8 History Room 10.30 – 12.30

FAMILIARISATION DAY Reception/Nursery

FUNRAISERS 19.30 – 20.30 in the History Room

WELCOME TO RECEPTION 19.30-20.30 in the Reception classroom

Wednesday 7 July

DISTRICT SPORT 08.00 – 15.00

Thursday 8 July

TRIP Year 2 Braywick 09.30– 15.00

SHAKESPEARE MARKETING Hall 10.30 – 12.30

SPANISH LUNCH Year 8 at school

Friday 9 July

SPORTS DAY Years 2, 3 & 4 10.30 -12.30

Seniors 13.30 – 15.30

ART EXHIBITION Year 8 08.00 – 16.30 in Hall

Saturday 10 July

Sunday 11 July

TRIP Year 7 York depart 07.00 and return Tuesday 13 July 19.00.