Brinscall St John S C/E Methodist Primary School s1

BRINSCALL ST JOHN’S C/E METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL Web Site:- www.brinscall.lancs.sch.uk Telephone:- 01254 830700 Email:- [email protected]

6 May 2015

Headteacher’s Award

Reception Jessica Ward & Lily Campbell Year 1 Oscar Green & Claudia Cronin Year 2 Sienna Harris & Hollie Atherton Year 3 Adam Ashur-Abugarad & Oliver Jones Year 4 Holly Goulding & Jacob Hosker Year 5 Zach Trenchard & Liam Wilson Year 6 Lily Valentine & Amber Boardman

NO ASSEMBLY THIS FRIDAY DUE TO THE SUMMER FAIR

HOUSEPOINT WINNERS – LIONS

Hello everyone

It is lovely to see the sunshine again!

Year 6 have been working so very hard with their SATs tests and everyone involved has been so impressed with their positive approach to the tests, well done to them all. This is the start of the build up to our final assessments for the year and Year 2 will be completing their formal tests too over the next couple of weeks.

Lots of teddy bears arrived in school today in anticipation of their picnic which is going to take place this afternoon. Elections took place in Year 4 for their prime minister – I think it was even more exciting than the real thing and the lunch hall was buzzing as voting took place. Great fun with Samba drums in Year 6 last Tuesday – the vibrations could be heard throughout school. In Year 1 they have been making beautiful stained glass windows and in Reception we have had a visitor called Alex Botham who kindly worked with the children over 2 days to record sounds and plan poetry to make a creative piece together. In Year 2 they have been reading one of my favourite novels The Twits and in Year 3 they have been learning about the Romans. Year 5 have been busy with their work in shape in maths and writing their own verses for The Highwayman poem.

On Tuesday 19th May we will be causing a little bit of disruption in Year 3 and Year 4 as myself and others will be interviewing prospective candidates for the new Year 4 teaching post to start in September. Hopefully I will be able to let you know the outcome soon and we will then be able to confirm the teachers for each class in September.

We look forward to meeting our new starter parents on Tuesday 19th May and listening to our talented musicians on Thursday 21st May. Thank you to everyone who has been able to send in bottles and sweets and I look forward to seeing you at Fantastic Friday. Fingers crossed for some decent weather.

Kind regards

Linda Clayton

YEAR 6 – come in non-uniform on Friday to celebrate the end of their SATS. Bring food and drink for a party in the afternoon! FANTASTIC FRIDAY – SUMMER FAIR – FRIDAY 15 MAY 5 – 7 PM

Come along and enjoy stalls, bouncy castles, bar-b-que, games and lots more! Some stalls will accept credit cards!

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE FROM ELSA FROM FROZEN!

You can take a photo of your child with Elsa for a small donation! Elsa will be singing. Children can come dressed as Elsa if they like!

CAKES – if you are able to bake cakes/biscuits for our refreshment stall, please send them in on Friday or bring them to the Fair.

Entrance is FREE! Please note there will be no assembly on this day as the PTFA will be setting up the hall (certificates from home will be presented the following Friday).

QUIZ SHEET – please send any completed quiz sheets into school by tomorrow (Thursday) at the latest so the winner can be announced at the Fair on Friday.

RAFFLE PRIZES – we have lots of prizes for our raffle thanks to local businesses and our generous parents and staff. For the first time, school is raffling an item of uniform (you can choose the item) as one of the prizes!

BBQ HELPERS REQUIRED! If anyone could help Martin with the BBQ please let us know. Many thanks!

Are there any budding face painters out there who could help us out? Please let Mrs Lormor or the PTFA know if you can spare an hour or so of your time at the fair.

MUSIC EVENING – THURSDAY 21 MAY – 6.30 PM – FREE ENTRANCE!

If any parents would like to attend the Music Evening who don’t have children performing, please let Mrs Lormor know as there may be a few tickets available.

OLLERTON CUP Well done to our team who made it through to the 2nd round of the Ollerton Cup. They played very well on Thursday but unfortunately were beaten.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE FINAL – Well done to our team who have reached the final. It is on Thursday 21 May before the Music Evening, so some of them have got a very busy day! Letters have gone out tonight.

GIRLS’ FOOTBALL

Well done to our team and Mr Lewis who played in horrendous weather on Friday. Despite being soaked to the skin, they kept going and won one, drew three and lost two. The girls and their parents were absolute stars!

DUATHLON

Well done to everyone who took part as an individual or as part of a team. They had to cycle/run. Special mention to:-

Alice and Harry who came 3rd (Y3/4)

Lochlan, Harry & Ethan who came 2nd (Y5/6) Lucy, Anna & Jason who came 4th (Y5/6)

Tamsin Shepherd who came 2nd (super sprint)

The results are listed here: http://chorley.niftyentries.com/Results/JuniorDuathlon2015

There are some fantastic photos at:- Mick Hall Photography, just click on tri-event pictures on the front page and go to Chorley Junior Tri.

YEAR 5 – ROBINWOOD 2016

Please send your deposit of £20 into school by Friday. (Cheques to Brinscall St John’s) You will receive a red payment card. You can pay as much or as little off as you want in instalments before the children go next year. You don’t have to stick to the £20 a month schedule indicated on the card. If any parents would like any financial help, please do not hesitate to speak to Mrs Lormor in confidence. There is money available from our School Sports Grant for help with activities such as these.

HEADLICE – we have had reports of headlice from parents of children in Reception and Year 1. Please could we ask again that all families check heads tonight.

SPECIAL LUNCH – TUESDAY 19 MAY – JUNIORS £2.30 EACH (INFANTS FREE)

Children are invited to join us for a special lunch on Tuesday. The menu is:-

Hot Dogs Vegetarian Hot Dogs Chicken wraps Veg and salad

Noisette Potatoes

Chocolate Fudge Cake

On Friday 22 May – all children who have a school meal will be entered into a free raffle – there will be three prizes. Good luck everyone!

AFTER SCHOOL CLUB – fees are now over-due - please pay by Friday. Because of the Summer Fair, please collect children from the Year 5 classroom on Friday.

Dates and reminders

Tuesday 19 May Interviews for Year 4 teacher 6.30 pm Induction Evening for new starters Wednesday 20 May Fire talk for Years 2 and 6 Thursday 21 May Year 1 trip to Judges Lodgings Friday 22 May No woodwind lessons 2.45 pm Beacons (from Y3 & 6) assembly 3.20 pm Break up for half term Wednesday 3 June Back to school

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BRINSCALL CRICKET CLUB – COACHING AND NET SESSIONS FRIDAY EVENINGS 6.30 – 8 PM AT THE CLUB BOYS AND GIRLS, ALL AGES, ALL ABILITIES Coaching by qualified ECB UKCC Level 2 coaches plus overseas player from South Africa – Lehann Jansen Van Rensburg All coaches are CRB cleared