MOORTHORPE PRIMARY SCHOOL

REGENT STREET, MOORTHORPE, SOUTH ELMSALL, . WF9 2BL

MOORTHORPE NEWS Autumn issue 29th September 2017

Dates for your Contact details Diary Telephone: (01977) 642820 [email protected] Date Event [email protected] twitter moorthorpeps Tues NSPCC Website— www.moorthorpeprimary.co.uk 3rd assembly Facebook: Moorthorpe Primary Education (please click ‘like’ to see our updates) Oct

Last weeks attendance was Wed School 4th 7 Collaboration Oct It is important that pupils are in school on time for the start of lessons. Late pupils are missing football the vital initial input of their lesson Registration is 8.40am Lessons begin at 8.45 HEAD TEACHERS COMMENT tournament Safeguarding In order to keep all our children safe in school can I remind everyone that any parent coming Mon African Story 9th into school should come in through the main entrance, or be accompanied by a member of staff Telling should they come into school at the start of the school day via their child’s entrance. Parents Oct should not use one entrance to take another child to a classroom further round school. The day start of the school day is really busy and it is essential that parents leave children at the door Thurs Harvest with the class teacher or allow older children to walk round to the entrance for Y4—Y6. 12th Festival PCSO Ken Short - please vote! Oct Four Wakefield PCSOs have been picked by local residents as their ‘top of the cops’ and are KS2 at 9.30am now vying it out for the top prize and our local nominee needs your vote. PCSO Ken Short, has been nominated from our local area and he now needs your vote to be awarded ‘top of the KS1/FU at 2pm cops’ PCSO Short has worked really hard for the community and has provided great support W/B Parent for the school in the past and more recently during the outbreaks of vandalism. He is well known for his approachability and dedication to his community and has several public contact Mon consultation points where he regularly speaks to members of the public about issues or concerns and visits 16th afternoons local schools to speak to our children about a variety of issues linked to staying safe. To cast Oct your vote for the People’s Choice Award you can either : & evening email [email protected] or write to: Fri Enterprise Wakefield District People’s Choice Award 20th day—’Moon PO Box 9 Laburnum Road Oct Base Day’ West , WF1 3QP parents wel- Fire Practice come (same This week we had our first ‘fire practice’ which can be quite a scary experience for some of our company that children. However they all reacted very calmly and sensibly and the school was evacuated in did CSI day) under 4 minutes. We are all very proud of how well the younger children coped. Free Half term activity (ages 4 – 10 years) Friday School closes ‘Witches in the Woods’ Monday 23rd October 1.30 - 4pm at Education Centre, Shanks Waste 20th for half term Management, . See poster in reception for more details Oct at 3pm Macmillan Coffee Morning Many thanks to all who attended or made a donation - amount raised will be on next weeks newsletter Parent View : you can log on at any time to the Ofsted website and complete the online questionnaire at https://

School closes Friday 20th Class Organisation (Autumn 2017) October at 3pm. Reopens Foundation Stage: KS2 Monday 30th October. Lower Foundation: Mrs Curry Y3 Miss Grinhaff INSET DAYs Friday Upper Foundation: Miss Burton and Miss Bailes Y4 Mrs Doyle 10th November and KS1 Y5 Mr Leafe Y1 Mrs Jackson Y6 Miss Hudson Friday 22nd December Y2 Miss Turner