Newsletter 12 – 6th March 2015 If you have any great ideas for products that the children could make or you are Lunchtime Supervisor available to help with making the products We have a vacancy for a lunchtime please let your child’s class teacher know. supervisor. If you are interested please contact Zoe Coltman, Mr De Gruchy or the Pupils on roll School Office. We now have 389 children on roll and many of you are aware from a letter sent out on PTA News Wednesday that we have been allocated 60 Thank you to everyone who supported the children for September 2015, with pancake flip on 13th February. The children Grangefield accommodating a further 15 over had a flipping great time! We are still their normal intake of 30. A copy of this collecting sponsor money and this was due in letter can be found on the school website. by Friday 27th February. We would be most grateful if you haven’t yet sent in your If you are able to speak Chinese and would sponsor money yet that it could be in as soon be willing to help a new family that have as possible. moved into the area, we would be very grateful of your support. Please contact Mr Friday 6th March. Mothers day pressie Tucker as soon as possible. planet.

Year Four Residential-Forest of Dean Thursday 26th March. Easter Egg Roll. The children have the opportunity to take part in Monday 20th April to Wednesday 22nd April 2015 winning a prize for the furthest egg rolled. There will be more details to follow in the Year 6 Residential-Whitemoor Lakes next few weeks. 29th June until Friday 3rd July 2015

Thank you once again for your continual Further details of this trip will follow after support and generosity. half term, but if you are unsure about any aspect of this week long trip, please contact Aspire Week Mr Tucker as soon as possible.

th th Monday 9 March – Friday 13 March BBC 2 500 Words During Aspire Week, children in years 3, 4 and 5 will become entrepreneurs! They will Well done to everyone who entered the 500 design, cost, make and sell products to raise word story competition. Copies of entries money for comic relief. Whilst doing this can be found in the library. they will learn more about how businesses work and how profits are made. Children will Feet First work on solving money problems and becoming Many of the parents in Years 1 and 3 would familiar with giving change. have seen the amazing performances by our

children on Wednesday. It was a very long Children in all year groups will be invited to day, but the children performed bring 50p - £2 (in named envelopes) on fantastically! Thank you to all those Friday 13th March. All children will visit the members of staff who helped the children to Y3/Y4/Y5 class shops. Profits will go to perform at the Town Hall, along with the Comic Relief. parents who supported them.

Achievement for All this will help to discourage some of the problems with traffic outside school. Tuesday will see Woodmancote School officially receive its award at a ceremony at Class Assemblies – Wednesdays at 8.50 a.m. Bristol University. Achievement for All has 11th March Holly-Inf been a key element of improving provision for 18th March Beech-Inf children across the school over the last 25th March Oak-Inf years. A special thank you must go to Mr De

Gruchy, the AfA Champion, along with Mrs Greening, Mrs Siveter and Mrs Smith who Dates for the term ahead th make up the Intervention Team. Friday 6 PTA Prezzie Planet March Cross Country Sat 7th March Spring Concert at St Andrew’s Church, The first cross country race of 2015 was Montpelier at 3pm held at College yesterday and (Years 5 and 6, Voices, All the team did incredibly well once again. With Day Breakfast and runners from all Junior Years, Woodmancote Professional Musicians) is able to field a team that has seasoned Week of the Aspire Week runners like Lucy, Lizzy and Sam, but also 9th March new runners like Jake from Year 3. We look Wednesday Afternoon-Mixed Hockey forward to seeing them race again on 18th March Festival (further details to Thursday 19th March at St Edward’s School, follow) .

Internet Safety Talk Tuesday 24th March St Michael’s Church, Bishops Cleeve 7.30- Wednesday Y6 - Maths challenge at 9pm. If you are interested in attending, 11th March Malvern College please email the school to book Thursday 12th Holly class visiting March Cheltenham Synagogue-am Forest Schools Clean up only th Saturday 28 March Friday 13th Comic Relief Mrs Badham is looking for helpers to tidy up March Dress as a teacher! at forest school. We need to re-do the th Tuesday 17 Year 4 Crickley Hill trip ropes, paint the shed, cut back some (Details to follow) brambles etc. Willing helpers should email Mrs Badham at Thursday 19th Cross Country at St [email protected] March Edward’s School Thank you. Tuesday 24th Year 4 Play Afternoon Parking! March Performance The Governors have decided that in future photographs will be taken of cars that are Wednesday Y4 Play Evening th parked inconsiderately outside school and 25 March Performance that may cause a hazard to parents, children Thursday 26th Year 2 Great Fire of and other road users. These photographs March London Day will be published on the school website but number plates will be obscured. We hope

Thursday 26th Tag Rugby Tournament at March Newlands

Friday 27th Last Day of term March

Monday 13th First Day of the Summer April Term

Problem of the Week

How many squares can you see?