WEEKLY UPDATE AND CALENDAR OF EVENTS NO. 443

Monday 7 June – Sunday 20 June 2010

ISSUED Friday 4 June2010

ALL

Next Schools Evening:- On Monday 14 June at 19.30. All parents are invited to listen to our guest speaker, Peter Roberts, Headmaster of Bradfield College, talking about how to choose your next school.

You are cordially invited to the forthcoming school concerts in the hall:

Senior Concert (5,6,7 & 8) Wednesday 23 June starts 7.30pm.

Junior Concert (Reception to 4) Monday 28 June 1.30-3pm (time to be confirmed).

Thank you for all your generous donations to Barnardos – we raised £550.

Ryman the stationer are running a very good scheme offering stationery vouchers for schools – if anyone buys anything there we’d love to have the vouchers.

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.

Unfortunately, due to lack of numbers signing up, the Summer Activity Week in July has been cancelled. I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Adam

The Summer term restarts on Monday 14^th June.

House Music: Congratulations to all who participated on Monday 24^th May, it was a glorious afternoon with excellent musical performances. Many thanks to the judges Tim Dean Lewis, Virginia Mc Murtirie and Lucy Head. Well Done Lancaster for your winning performances.

Photographs: The order packs for the class and sports teams photos have been sent home with the children before the start of half term. Please order your photos direct from Tempest by post (details included in the pack). Unfortunately Tempest do not currently have the facility to order group photos on-line. Please do not return your order forms to school.

Chess Tuition: We are considering running a chess club. Thomas Rendle, an international Master who lives in the UK, has expressed an interest in running the club. The cost will be billed as usual through the school billing system. A minimum of six children are needed for the club to run. The cost will be in the region of £50 per term. If your child is interested, please contact Mrs. Lawson at school. Thomas has a web site which parents can view at www.thomasrendle.co.uk.

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 will be 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.

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 will be announced after half term.) 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.

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)

May we remind parents that half a term’s notice is required for Judo and Music should your child wish to stop their tuition.

Would all drivers entering the school car park please note that their speed should be limited to a walking pace. All drivers should also be aware that children from a very young age (albeit under their parents’ responsibility) may be in the car park area. Please note that drivers reversing out of parking spaces should do so with extreme care.

Visas: Please note that all visa arrangements are the responsibility of a child’s parents or guardians. Parents of children with non-EU passports must ensure that their children can exit from and re-enter the UK. If the above assurance is not in place your child may be prevented from travelling with the school group. If you are in any doubt that your child can travel you must notify the school and contact the trip leader or Linda Charlesworth. We will then be able to apply to use the List of Travelers Visa Waiver Scheme.

YEAR 1/2

Parents Evening on Thursday June 17^th. Please attend at the time for which you signed up.

YEAR 2

Trip to Little Wittenham on Monday 14 June, 09.00 – 15.00. Children will need appropriate outdoor clothes and sensible walking shoes plus a picnic lunch in a disposable carrier with plenty to drink. Please apply sunscreen before your child comes to school if the weather is sunny.

YEAR 3

Trip to Compton Verney on Tuesday 15 June, 08.30 – 16.00. Children will need appropriate outdoor clothes and sensible walking shoes plus a picnic lunch in a disposable carrier with plenty to drink. Please apply sunscreen before your child comes to school if the weather is sunny.

YEAR 4

Dorset Field Trip, departs at 07.30 on 3 June and returns at 18.00 on 6 June.

South Downs walk on Saturday 19 June 08.00-18.30.

YEARS 5 &6

National Bike Week will be running from 19^th – 27^th June 2010 The aim of the week is to promote the benefits of cycling (health, environmental and economic benefits) and to get people all over the UK to give cycling a go. Further information is available from http://www.bikeweek.org.uk/

Bike week display from Monday 21^st – Friday 25^th June, in the main reception at the Wokingham Borough Council Shute End offices. There will be information on cycling and cycle routes and the opportunity to buy cycle helmets and hi-vis armbands at very reasonable prices.

On Monday 21^st June, from 12.00 – 2.00 pm, Wokingham also have: a ‘Bike Surgery’ at Shute End – anyone can bring their bike along and get it checked for safety by an expert.

Security marking of bikes and advice on Crime prevention from the Wokingham Community Wardens

Children in Year 5 and/or Year 6 may like to enter Wokingham’s competition to design a poster to promote “safer cycling.” Posters should be A4 size and need to be sent to the Wokingham Borough Road Safety Team for judging by Wednesday 16^th June 2010. They would then use the best posters on their display during bike week. We understand that there are some Cycling –related prizes for the winners of the poster competition (including sets of bike lights, cycle helmets and hi-vis items.)

YEAR 5

Brecon Beacons Walking Trip, departs at 07.30 on Tuesday 8 June and returns at 20.00 on Friday 11 June. All bags to the Year 2 classroom in the Meadow Building on Monday 7 June before 12.00 please. The Hall is being used for exams.

YEAR 6

Brecon Beacons Walking Trip, departing at 07.30 on Saturday 29 May and returning at 20.00 on Tuesday 1June. All bags to the Hall on Thursday 27 before 12.00 please.

Year 6 Girls Biathlon at Hurst Lodge on Saturday 12 June, 09.45 – 12.00. Meet at Hurst Lodge. Letters have been sent home.

YEARS 6 & 7

Advance notice that the trip meeting for the Normandy trip will be held on Monday 13 September at 19.30 in the school hall. A letter giving some details of the itinerary will be sent home in June.

YEAR 7

Visit to Eagle House in the afternoon.

YEAR 8

Stratford Trip meeting on Tuesday June 15^th at 7.30. At least one parent must attend in order to give informed consent, or your child will be unable to go on the trip.

Saturday 5 June

TRIP Year 4 Dorset Trip

Sunday 6 June

TRIP Year 4 Dorset Trip returns at 18.00

Monday 7 June

EXAMS Year 7

Year 8 Common Entrance Exams

Tuesday 8 June

EXAMS Year 7

Year 8 Common Entrance Exams

TRIP Year 5 Brecon Beacons departs 07.30

Wednesday 9 June

EXAMS Year 7

Year 8 Common Entrance Exams

TRIP Year 5 Brecon Beacons

Thursday 10 June

EXAMS Year 8 Common Entrance Exams

TRIP Year 5 Brecon Beacons

Friday 11 June

TRIP Year 5 Brecon Beacons returns 20.00

Saturday 12 June

SPORT Year 6 Girls Biathlon at Hurst Lodge 09.45 – 12.00

Sunday 13 June

ORCHESTRA 14.30 – 17.30

Monday 14 June

SCHOOL STARTS

TRIP Year 2 Little Wittenham 09.00 – 15.00 JCh JH

SPORT Year 8 Girls Tennis v Yately Manor 15.30 – 17.30

MEETING Next Schools Evening 19.30 – 21.00 in Hall

Tuesday 15 June

TRIP Year 3 Compton Verney 08.30 – 16.00 JR JL

MEETING Stratford trip meeting – Maths Room 19.30 - 20.30

Wednesday 16 June

WORKS SHOP Year 8 Drugs Awareness – History Room 10.00 – 12.00

SPORT Sen Rounders v Daneshill (A) 13.30 – 16.30

U11 & U10 Rounders v St Georges (H) 14.00 – 16.00

U10 Cricket v St Neots (A) 14.00 – 17.30

U13 Cricket v St Neots (Hurst) 14.30 – 17.30

U11 Cricket v Shiplake 10.00am – 2.00pm

Thursday 17 June

WORKSHOP Year 8 Theatre Lighting – Hall 08.00 – 15.30 tbc

TRIP Nursery to “Old Shire Horse Centre” - 09.00 12.00

PARENTS EVENING Year 1 (Curie) & 2 (Mendel) 18.30 – 20.30

Friday 18 June

TRIP Year 7 Eagle House 13.00 – 17.00 (A) JS HR

SPORT U8 & U9 Pairs Cricket v St Neots (Hurst) 14.30 17.00

U8 & U9 Girls Rounders v Daneshill 2.30-5pm

Saturday 19 June

TRIP Year 4 South Downs 07.30 – 18.30 AW JH

CHESS Berks Chess (H) 13.00 – 19.00