Ardleigh St. Mary’s Church of (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Weekly Newsletter Number 29 W/B 10.05.2010 Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, . CO7 7NS. Tel: 01206 230394 Fax: 01206 231171 www. ardleighstmarys.org.uk Email: [email protected] Headteacher: Ms D Parker Chair of Governors: Mrs C Scargill Office Manager: Mrs S Shute Site Manager: Mr G Cole

Congratulations Dates For Your Diary Congratulations Worker of the Week! 17.05.10 Friends of ...... Cinema Club—letters sent out 12.05.10 Table of the Week! 19.05.10 Y4 Sustainability Project—Activity morning at Ardleigh with St. George’s New Town Junior and Fingrinhoe Primary Schools. 21.05.10 Art Workshop for Y3 pupils @ St. Joseph’s, —details to follow

Class 1 26.05.10 Y6 visit to Class 1 Callum 27.05.10 KS2 visit to Writtle College—Food and Farming Day Molly Nash 28.05.10 Break up for half term 07.06.10 Non Pupil Day Butcher 08.06.10 Return to School

09.06.10 EDF Workshop—KS2 Year 1 11.06.10 Y1 Dance Festival @ Great Oakley Primary School—details to follow Year 1 Leo 17.06.10 Y4 visit to Wallings Nursery—details to follow Charlotte Dines 25.06.10 Y6—Get Safe 4 Summer activity morning—am—details to follow Tree 25.06.10 Scavenger Hunt for FS2 pupils @ Wix Primary School—details to follow 25.06.10 Small Schools’ Rounders Tournament @ Great Oakley—details to follow Class 2 26.06.10 Friends of... Summer Fete—further details to follow W/B 28.06.10 National Sports Week Class 2 Lily-Mei Rhys 29.06.10 High School Induction Day for Y6 O’Connell Moore 01.07.10 Full Governing Body Meeting @ 7pm 02.07.10 Scatterball Competition—Y2—@ 05.07.10 and District Rounders Tournament @ Great Oakley 10.07.10 Show Class 3 Class 3 21.07.10 Break up for Summer Holidays Andrea Andrea 22.07.10 Non Pupil Day Griggs Griggs School Lunches—Menu week beginning 10.05.2010 — S ‘Get Safe 4 Summer’ Campaign Ardleigh Pre-school Fish and Chip Supper

**Celebrating 30 years at the Village Hall**

This week Mandy Martin and Debbie Sampson-Scott from Dovercourt Saturday 22nd May at 7.30pm Swimmimg pool came to the school to At Ardleigh St.Mary’s School Hall talk to the children about the ‘Get Safe 4 Summer’ Swimming Campaign. Tickets—£5 per person.

This campaign aims to assist children aged 6-11 years learn basic See the attached flyer or School website for more Personal Survival Skills. information They talked about the dangers that exist at the seaside, what to do if something happens, and how Y5 Visit to Manningtree High School to safely use some of the equipment to help people Yesterday the Y5 pupils went to Manningtree High School as they in dangerous situations. had been invited to attend a presentation of their Summer Concert. They stressed the importance of how to be safe at the beach and They all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were amazed at the in the sea. musical performances.

They also talked about the ‘Get Safe 4 Summer’ activity day Polytunnel Preparations which is happening in June, aimed at the Y6 pupils. Last Saturday a small group of people gave up a couple of hours to help prepare the ground for the arrival of our polytunnel. Your children will be bringing additional information home about This is being installed this Saturday (hopefully). We would like this campaign and details about the open session for children to thank all concerned for their efforts and hope that they aged 6-11 on Saturday 19th June. didn’t have too many aches and pains the next They will need to take pyjamas with them if they attend this day! session.

Y6 News After School Clubs Here are some dates for the Y6 children who will be joining Gardening Club Manningtree High School in September The next Gardening Club is on Tuesday 18th May Induction Day—Tuesday June 29th 2010 This session is for the following children:- Newsons School Uniform Sale—Tuesday June 29th 2010—3.30pm— Scott Mason, Josie Mason, Imogen Clarke, Megan Clarke, Rosie Higgins, 6.30pm James Dellow, Freya Dellow, Kyiraan Boyle-Smart Newsons School Uniform Sale—Wednesday June 30th 2010—

3.30pm—6.30pm Parents’ Information Evening—Wednesday June 30th 2010 @ 6.30pm Science Club The next Science Club is on Tuesday 18th May Additional Flyers / Letters Ardleigh Pre-School Fish and Chip Supper flyer Get Safe 4 Summer Campaign leaflets Cookery Club Tennis Coaching flyers Tendring Holiday Activities flyer and voucher Tuesday 18th May Tendring Whitsun Holiday Activity Programme Healthy Snacks flyer This session is for the following children:- Joshua Smith, Max Morgan, Leighton Huffey, Charlotte Parsonson, Reminders Emily Nash, Rhys Moore, Lily-Mei O’Connell If you have any more Tesco vouchers at home , please could you

send them into school by half term at the latest—thank you. Wednesday 19th May Photograph orders have been sent out today—please can you This session is for the following children:- return them to us by May 27th—thank you. Lily Arnold, Josie Francis, Louis Dutch, Emma Scofield, Lucas Ludlow-Reid, School Uniform—if you would like to order any items, please Poppy Smee-Hotene, Freya Dellow, Greta Uznyte call in at the office before Wednesday 26th May—thank you.

Please bring an apron and a container —Thank you. Please don’t forget, if you have any issues or queries you As we have managed to secure funding for our Cookery Club we will no want to discuss with any member of staff please come in longer be asking for a financial contribution. and speak to us.

Football Club Have a lovely weekend, take care— Thursday 20th May Next Football Club is on From all at Ardleigh St. Mary’s