Bramley Vale Primary School

BRAMLEY VALE PRIMARY SCHOOL Together Everyone Achieves More Tel: 01246 850289 Email: [email protected] Newsletter No 18 Term 3 KS2 Whitehall Trips May & June 11 Monday January 24th 2011 In order to help spread payments, you can http://bramleyvaleprimary.schnet.org send in any money with your payment card at any time. We need to have received a total of £50 by the end of January please (2nd School Parliament News deposits have to be paid). The full amount Hope to see you all at the disco on needs to be in by the end of March 11 – thank Wednesday!! you.

From Jason Northage & Alex Healey Bringing and Collecting Children in Cars Prime Minister ICT Minister Could I please ask all parents to drive extra carefully in the village and make sure you are extra vigilant for children and parents who are walking to and from school. Thank you. Lovely Lunches Day Wednesday Thank you for your support on lovely lunches Friends of School News day. We had a lot of fun and your children The Friends of School having been really love it when you come in too! taking stock after the Christmas Fayre. You were so generous with your gifts in Woodwind Instruments We currently have spaces for children in December that we still have some Years 3-6 for lessons with either flute or fantastic raffle prizes for future events. clarinet with our peripatetic teacher, Miss However, we can always do with more Lorna Carter. Please let me know if your and we also need prizes for stalls like child is interested and I will let Miss Carter the tombola and hook-a-bag. So, if know. you have any unwanted Christmas gifts or any good quality toys you no longer Shokk Gym coming to school 28/2- 4/3 need, we’d be delighted to receive The shokk gym equipment is coming to our them. school for a week, kindly provided by The committee will be meeting shortly Bolsover DC. The gym will be open every day to discuss ideas for future events and between 8:00am and 8:40am for children in ways we can use our funds to benefit Years 3-6. Those wishing to attend must the school. If you have any come for an induction on the Monday suggestions please let us know, either morning. Trained staff will be running the by telling a member of the committee club! or by putting a note in the suggestion box at reception. Disco!!! And don’t forget the school disco on The Friends of School are running a disco for Wednesday 26th January! children (not nursery) on Wednesday 26 January 3.45pm to 5pm. It will be £1 Chinese New Year 3/2/10 including a drink which Mrs Lilley will collect On the 3rd February we are either beforehand or on the morning of the having one of our special disco (so they don’t lose it!). house days to celebrate the The children can bring a small amount of start of the Chinese New Year. The money to buy some treats and they will need children will be split into their houses to bring their outfit to school and get changed for the day and will be taking part in in their classrooms four different activities including before the disco. cooking, art, story, puppet making and calligraphy. There will be Chinese 1 snacks for sale at break times. You are 20 – 22 May 2011 Scott trip to all welcome to join in during any part of Whitehall the day. If your child is in nursery it 17 – 19 June 2011 Cook trip to would be best to accompany your child Whitehall as it can be a bit daunting when they go around the school (although, they can PLEASE NOTE: There may be additional be paired up with the older children if or amended dates to your yearly list of you can’t make it). Please let us know diary dates. Please check future by Friday 28th January if you will be newsletters. staying for lunch. There will be an assembly at 3pm to share what we have done. Hope to see you all there! Fun Shop Fun shop is every Thursday lunch Extra Curricular Clubs time. Proceeds are used to buy the MONDAY: Keep fit for adults and film club children something. The school for all children 3.30 to 4.45pm parliament is currently thinking about what to MONDAY: Y2-Y6 ECO club fortnightly 3.30 use the money for this year – suggestions to 4.30pm welcome. TUESDAY: Y2-Y6 Choir 12.30 to 1pm WEDNESDAY: KS2 Netball 12.30 to 1pm Bolsover District Councils very popular KS2 Football 3.30 to 4.30pm “Go Football” programme will be running FRIDAY: School Parliament 12.30pm sessions starting on Friday 28th and Fortnightly Saturday 29th of January throughout the district, lasting a total of 10 weeks. The Celebration Assembly Venues for the sessions are… Friday is our celebration assembly. We will let you Kissingate Leisure Centre Shirebrook – know if your child is due Fridays 4:00 – 5:00pm to receive a star Frederick Gent Sports Centre South certificate. Everyone is welcome to attend. Normanton – Fridays 5:00 – 6:00pm Chesterfield College Clowne Campus – NB: if you have any items you want to sell Saturdays 9:30 – 10:30am £1 per advert – money to school funds!

The course can be paid in full with a cost of £26 or £12 deposit can be paid with Term Dates and Dates for your your child paying £2 each week (last 3 Diary weeks Free) For more info call Adam Norman on 24/1/2011 Y3/4 Gymnastics 01246 593067 or email Event [email protected] 26/1/2011 We are being accredited for the Teaching and Learning part of the Doe Lea Centre Personalised Kick Boxing on a Tuesday 6pm Learning Award Yoga on a Thursday 6pm – 7.30pm 26/1/2011 F of S Disco Jujitsu on a Friday at 6.30pm 3/2/2011 Chinese New Year For more information please ring 850209 11/2/2011 Teachers showing their Talents in assembly! 18/2/2011 Break up 28/2/2011 Children Start Back 28/02/11 to 04/03/11 Shokk Gym in Before & After School Club school 2 Don’t forget the After School Club runs every day 3.30pm to 4.30pm – £2.50 per session including a snack – BUT YOU MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE - Contact Claire for a booking form tel: 07545094726