Lane End Primary School

June - Newsletter 28 (21st June 2013)

Dear Parents/Carers,

Sports Day

It is our Junior Sports Day on Monday (24^th June) and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for good weather. Junior parents have already received a letter about the morning and we’ll start at 9:30am. I hope you’re able to make it. Please apply sun cream to your child before school if necessary and children should bring a bottle of water in for the morning. If the weather is too bad and we have to make a decision on the day to cancel then we will let you know by text as soon as we can and also put a message board outside of school.

We haven’t set specific reserve dates for the sports days this year. As we found last year, one bad weather day can easily be followed by another and then we have to cancel the reserve day! Instead we will make sure the forecast is good and check what other timetabled class and school events are on and then let you know a day or two before we are hoping to hold the sports day.  If we do have to reschedule then you’re very welcome to join us if you are available but everyone will understand if you can’t make it at short notice.

We’ll have the same arrangements for the infant children on 1^st July. The children have been practising and we are looking forward to both of our sports days.

Open Evening and Art Exhibition

Our open evening is on Thursday July 11^th from 6pm – 8pm. We would love to see you all there. You will be able to look around the whole school, look at your children’s work and talk to your child’s current class teacher and teacher for next year. We are also holding our art exhibition on this date. All of the children have produced a piece of art work which has been professionally framed and there is an opportunity for you to buy these. More details are attached.

Woodwind and Guitar Assemblies

 Parents of children who play the guitar are invited to an assembly at 10am on Wednesday 10^th July and parents of children who play woodwind instruments are invited to an assembly at 10am on Thursday 18^th July – we hope that you are able to make it.

The instrumentalists are also going to the Bridgewater Hall to play with the Halle on Tuesday next week (25^th June). It’s obviously very important that they all bring their instrument and the music they’ve been given for the morning. Please also ensure that they arrive on time for school as we will have to leave soon after register. Children need to bring a packed lunch which they can eat on our return. It’s a wonderful opportunity and I’m sure the children will enjoy it.

Mad Science – the children have had five sessions so far and have three remaining sessions – these are on: 4^th, 11^th and 18^th July.  There was a mistake on the initial letter from Mad Science and there is now the rescheduled session due to the teachers’ strike next Thursday, so I hope that this clarifies what’s happening – thanks.

We aim to be approachable and work in partnership with parents, so if there is anything you wish to discuss, please do not hesitate to come and talk to us.

Yours sincerely,   

James Twigg