St Andrew’s CE

Primary School

Autumn Term 1 Newsletter

13 October 2017

Year 4’s Harvest Festival 6 October 2017

A Message from Be Bright Day Mrs Kime …

SCHOOL DISCOS I hope those who came to our Harvest Festival last week enjoyed it! Get your dancing shoes at the ready Thank you so much to Miss Small, – our school discos will be held on Miss Slater and the children of Year 4 Thursday, 23 November. Times are for a super service. on the ‘Important Dates’ towards the end of this newsletter. I would like to say how much we encourage your active participation in the education of your child/children so Road Safety Week … if you have any queries or concerns, Baby congratulations! please do contact either your child’s w/c Monday, 23 October class teacher or myself straight away. We are absolutely

Primary School Admissions delighted to 2017: announce the birth of If you have a child whose fourth Mr and Mrs birthday is between 1 September The PCO officers will be in to lead an Hughes’ 2017 and the 31 August 2018 assembly on Tuesday, 24 October baby – inclusive, then your child will start and then will take the Year 6 children Harry James school in September 2018. out to take part in Speed Awareness on Blackpool Road. – born on Applications can now be made online Monday, 2 October weighing at www..gov.uk/schools For further details: 6lb 3oz. search admissions. Closing date for applications for September 2018 is 15 http://www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk/co All are well and enjoying this January 2018. ntent/theme/595-make-the-brake- special time. pledge

Children’s Bibles

We are very grateful for the annual gift of our Bibles in Years 2 and 5. It means

so much to the It has been a huge pleasure having children to have FENCING Josie for Hockey training. The their own copies children have progressed enormously and they really and I have also learnt a lot. The treasure them. We have children have improved and this year them out on tables at all times and (as mentioned above) we won the they are used during guided reading, League and the Hockey golden time and break times, as well Champions! as during lessons. Our Bibles play a Mrs Nash very important role in promoting the Christian values of the school and Athletics: helping our children to grow and A big well done to St. Andrew's understand the world around them. Fencing Team, who took part in the first ever match for the school on the Below are some thank you messages nd to the Church from our children: 22 September.

“Thank you for the Bibles. We are Daniel, Harry and Harry of Year very grateful because we all love 6 travelled to Ashbridge Primary reading them. We feel very lucky to School in Hutton to compete against all have our own Bible and to be their team, who, like us, are trained looked after by St. Andrew’s church.” by Nicholas from Judo Education. Sam. Three boys and three girls formed our The team had to be first to score 45 Year 2 Athletics Team - they trained “I am very grateful for our Bibles. We points over the course of nine hard for the Primary Stars Event, and use them all the time, in guided individual matches in order to win. competed well against over twenty reading, to learn how to be good and They got off to a great start over the other primary schools. We were so how God wants us to act and treat first three bouts, building a proud when they were announced as others. God teaches us to try our best considerable lead. However, winners of the whole event! Another and be kind. We really love reading Ashbridge were able to fight back and great success! about Jesus too.” the scores remained relatively even. Luke. In the last fight, with the team behind Football: 38-40 overall, Daniel was able to fight There has been plenty of football in “On behalf of Year 5 I would like to back and claim a 45-42 victory, the opening weeks of the school year. say a big thank you for our Bibles. capping off a thrilling encounter. A big Our Year 5/6 Football Team have We use them in RE, during guided congratulations to the boys, who were played some fixtures: reading and in our free time. We very competitive and showed great St Andrews 4-0 St Josephs (Friendly) enjoy them very much and they make sportsmanship. St Andrews 6-3 St Anthony’s it much easier to understand our Mr Woollatt (Friendly) lessons and life.” St Andrews 7-4 Queens Drive Beth. The primary school sporting (Friendly) calendar is well and truly up and St Andrews 6-1 Roebuck (1st Round “Me and my friends in Year 5 are very running and we have made a of the Harold Slater Shield) thankful for our Bibles and the rest of fantastic start! St Andrews 2-1 Blessed Sacrament the things the church does, helping (League match) us through our journey at St. Hockey: Andrews. You have helped us, cared The Year 5/6 Football Team also Our Year 6 Hockey Team, led by competed in the Kids' Cup, which is a for us and loved us. This is a great Mrs Nash, has competed in the top big thank you!” 6-a-side competition. Their results division of the Preston Primary were as follows: Jenna. School Hockey League. They St Andrews 6-0 Kennington managed to win all of their matches, St Andrews 7-0 St Mary & St Mr Woollatt meaning that they finished top of the Andrews league - as champions! An excellent St Andrews 3-0 Highfield achievement! St Andrews 3-2 Fulwood & Cadley

This meant that we had finished top Music Lessons Army also attended the service and of the group, and then in the knockout Children in KS 2 are enjoying their was overwhelmed by the celebration rounds our results were: music lessons. As you are aware we and all the generous donations you St Andrews 2-0 Broughton have children learning the flute, sent in. On behalf of the Year 4 St Andrews 7-0 Longsands (Quarter clarinet, violin, trumpet, guitar, teachers, thank you so much for all Final) keyboard and recorder. The majority your donations and your continuous St Andrews 4-0 Brookfield (Semi- of these lessons do take place in support- we are already planning the Final) lesson time as it would be impossible next Harvest celebration for 2018! St Andrews 0-1 Fulwood & Cadley to have them after school as we now (Final) have just over 100 children having Miss Small & Miss Slater lessons! As you can see, the team performed superbly well to reach the final. As Year 2 Choir Visions + Values Committee they finished as one of the top four Our Visions + Values Committee schools, they have qualified for the goes from strength to strength. This is next phase of the competition, where a group of our Year 5 and 6 children the best teams from South Ribble and who will work together to share the Chorley join us to see who represent Christian Values throughout our Preston North End in the Regional school. The children on the Finals. Our Year 2 choir really enjoyed their committee are Thomas Boorne first performance. They sang as part (Chair), Mille Shirley (Vice Chair), The Yr 5/6 Girls' Football Team of our Harvest Festival Service. They Olivia Lubnicka (secretary), Claudia played their first football match of the were fantastic and brought a smile to Hedingham, Joshua Bedford, Loukas year in a friendly match against St everyone’s faces at the start of our Cornes, Bethany Beranek, Harrison Josephs. There were a lot of girls service. Murphy and Tallulah Kelly. They have involved and they performed really Year 5 and 6 Choir been busy planning a Worship on well - the game finished in a 0-0 The Parable of The Lost Son, making draw. sure our Worship areas in school are Mr Martland relevant and interactive and also planning on how to make an outside Please visit area available for a friendship bench www.yourschoolgames.com and and prayer time. search for our school to keep up to Our Year 5 and 6 choir also sang at date with sport at our school, or visit our Harvest Service. They sang ‘One The Visions + Values Committee our school website. World’ beautifully; a beautiful song would like you to remember the Thanks for your support and I look with very appropriate lyrics to end the following in your prayers. Harvest Service. forward to keeping you informed of  The work of The Salvation our achievements this year! . Army, especially in Preston.

Miss Maiden  Churches all around the

World.

 Christian people in countries

where it is forbidden to be a

Christian.

Miss Maiden and Mr Woollat

Visions + Values Committee It is hard to believe that our Harvest Young Voices celebration is over already. The Year 4 children worked incredibly hard to Our Year 5 and 6 choir have begun to produce a performance about how learn the songs for Young Voices. Harvest is celebrated around the They will be performing at The nd world. Through our performance we Manchester Arena on Monday 22 visited Thanksgiving in America, a January 2018. All children now have traditional village dance celebration in a copy of the words and are able to Africa and ended our journey in access the music on the Young Germany attending the grape Voices website. They have also harvest. All the children were received a letter explaining how they amazing and we are all so proud of can order T-shirts and tickets. them. Captain Alex from the Salvation

from Go Velo have been in school delivering training so that our children In Year 2 we have been studying the know how to be safe on our roads, work of Pablo Picasso in our Art and so that they are more confident if lessons. We have painted our own they choose to cycle to school. The self-portraits in the style of Picasso. children have really enjoyed it and We were extremely pleased with our they have learnt a lot. The following is an acrostic poem the finished paintings: children read out in Whole School Worship on Monday.

Generosity is...

Giving something to value to someone else

Encouraging the best in each

other

Never selfish

Enjoying helping others

Raising support for a good cause

Offering what we can

Sharing our time and our talents

Learning about The Bible Inviting someone to join in Fifty six of our Year 6 children head

off to Robinwood Activity Centre on In Year 2 we have been learning Taking care of God’s creation for Friday 20th October until Sunday about The Bible. Mr Nash came into future generations 22nd October. We are sure that they school to talk to us about his special will have a fantastic time and we ou first, me last hope that the weather is kind to them. Y

SPARE FANCY DRESS

Robinwood 2018

The meeting for parents/carers book which is The Bible. He told us of Year 5 children is scheduled when he reads The Bible and for Monday 20th November at why. He brought some of his Bibles 6pm in the junior hall. We hope into school to show us. He has over to see many of you there, as it 50 Bibles at home! In Year 2 we all is a trip not to be missed! now have our own Bibles to read EYFS are in need of any unwanted when we are in school. children’s fancy dress

costumes/props (any appropriate theme other than Halloween) to be donated for their role play area.

Bikeability: The costumes will also be worn for a fun tricycle dash fundraiser in the Year 6 children coming weeks (information will be have been busy sent home.) learning how to Thank you – Mr Haigh & Miss Rollings cycle on the road safely - qualified instructors

ASHTON PARK EVENT: SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER 2017

Robinwood Residential: Friday, 20 October – Sunday 22 October

Parents’ Drop-in sessions: Parent consultations) Parents’ drop-in sessions for both The Park Rangers invite you to Juniors and Infants on Wednesday, get your hands dirty, learn 25 October from 15:30-18:00. about nature and make a Representatives from local high difference to your local green schools will be located in the Junior space. Hall. Keeping Ashton Park bursting with

life is an ongoing challenge for our Half Term Holiday: rangers, but this is another chance for Monday, 30 October – Friday, 3 you to help plant bulbs on Ashton November. School re-opens on Park. Monday, 6 November. Why should I take part? Robinwood 2018 Monday 20 November at 6pm in the Our bulb planting activities are junior hall for Year 5 children and designed to give everyone the best parents/carers possible outdoor learning experience - all whilst having lots of fun! School Discos: Thursday, 23 November 2017 Planting spring bulbs to add EYFS Infant Hall 15:20 – 16:30 colour and early spring food for Y1&2 Junior Hall 15:30 – 16:45 wildlife Y3&4 Junior Hall 17:00 – 18:15

Y5&6 Junior Hall 18:30 – 20:00 It gives everyone of all ages a chance to get your hands dirty, connect with Inset Days: nature in the local green space and Friday, 1 December 2017 inspire you to care for the environment, now and in the future. Year 5/6 Choir at Ribby Hall:

Sunday, 3 December We appreciate any help and thank you for helping us keep the magic of the parks alive, now and in the future. Christmas Services: The dates for our school’s Christmas Where do we meet and what time? Services to be held in St Andrew’s Church are:- The event will take place on

Sunday 15 October 2017, between FS & KS1: Thursday, 14 December 1pm and 3pm. 09:30; Thursday, 14 December 18:00 KS2: Tuesday, 19 December 14:00; We will meet at the Rangers Tuesday, 19 December 18:30. pavilion.

Christmas Parties: Please ensure you wear

appropriate clothing. FS & KS1: Thursday, 21 December

KS2: Thursday, 21 December

Autumn Term Closure:

Friday, 22 December @ 13:15 School re-opens for Spring Term on Monday, 8 January 2018.

peas, veggie curries, drinks, Please bring a copy of your Archbishop Temple School’s cakes and sweets. tickets on your phone or a print PTA is excited to announce The bonfire will be lit at 6.45pm out on the night. details of its annual Bonfire and and the firework display will begin Tickets are £5 per person on Fireworks Night on Friday 27th at 7.30pm. the gate on the night. October 2017. Last year’s event was a roaring success with lots of We are offering discounted Everybody is welcome to come families joining us to enjoy the tickets for families and and join us at this fun, family fireworks, bonfire, live music and individuals in advance online or event. food. This year’s event starts at from school. To buy tickets 6.30pm with food and live music. online go to Archbishop Temple School, St There will be a wide selection of https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CUP Vincent’s Road, Preston, PR2 vegetarian and non-vegetarian 8RA food choices on offer including £4.50 per adult/child pies, hot dogs, burgers, parched £16 per family of four Tel: 01772 717782

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