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Dates for your Diary School Update Tuesday 5th December st 1 December 2017 Open Day for Prospective Families: 9:15 – 10am Year 2 Trip to the Staircase House Museum, Stockport Books,Glorious Books Friday 8th December Look what happens when your children know that new books have arrived PTFA Christmas Secrets’ Room in school … Wednesday 13th December Look at the exciting reading areas children get to read their books in … Whole School Pantomime Visit Reception Stay & Play: 2pm Thursday, 14th December PTFA Christmas Fair: 3:35pm Monday 18th (2pm) & Tuesday 19th (9:30am) December Reception Christmas Production Tuesday, 19th December ↑ Our Reception pupils’ expressions show just Winning House Point Party how much they are enjoying their new books. ← Year 1’s new 'Secret Safari Shelter' reading Year 1 Sing Along: 2:45 – 3:25pm area. The PTFA contributed towards the cost. Wednesday 20th December Did you know that the more children are read to when they are young, the Christmas Lunch for Children better they are at reading? If a child is read to five times a week before they who have School Meals are 5, they: KS1: Class Christmas Parties 1. Develop emotion and empathy about different characters, places & situations 2. Develop an important vocabulary store (which helps them with new and Thursday 21st December unfamiliar words in future reading) KS2: Class Christmas Parties 3. Access 32 million more spoken words nd Friday 22 December 4. Have a better understanding of punctuation and grammar Talent Show (pupils only) 5. Have a better understanding of literacy devices (like figurative language) Break Up for Christmas: 3:30pm 6. Are more likely to develop a ‘love’ of reading. PTFA - Treat Fridays Please read to your children and listen to them read. Mr Watson Headteacher Chocolates & Sweets (30p) & Drinks (20p) for Sale in the Playgrounds We’ve Been Rockin’ with Status Quo’s Drummer! After School (weather permitting) Useful Information School telephone number: 01204 333646 School email address: office@ladybridge .bolton.sch.uk School website: www.ladybridgeprimaryschool.co.uk @LadybridgeP Attendance Matters We’ve been “Rockin’ All Over the World” with Status Quo’s former School Attendance Target = 97% drummer, Jeff Rich, here at Ladybridge; Actual Attendance – For week what an amazing time we all had! Not ending 24/11/17 only were pupils given a drumming 97.28% masterclass, they also got to join in too. Classes with the best It was an incredible sight seeing pupils attendance: 4L and 5L = 99.33% excitedly jumping up and down to the beat of the music, playing an array of Most punctual class: The rock drummer, Jeff Rich, of 4L = 99.67% Status Quo fame, played some of the instruments. It was an enthralling band’s greatest hits. Wow! . educational experience! Class Focus: Lions (1B) ← Adam 5B has created Each week, we will focus on work undertaken by a different class. his own design This week it’s the turn of Lions (1B) … company This week we have been focusing on called ‘Styal by Adam’. geography and more specifically, naming He’s and locating the continents! designed a We have learned that there are seven wonderful continents in the world and we have told leaflet promoting a little story so that we can remember the benefits them all. North America and South of working America got married, then they went to at Styal Europe for their honeymoon. They had Mill. four children and all of their names began with A. They are: Australia, Antarctica, Asia and Africa! ICE: When it is icy, please keep to the gritted areas around school and take extra care. SNOW: In severe weather conditions, a decision to close will take into DON’T FORGET! consideration various factors. If school Christmas Secrets’ Room Pantomime: Payment of £7 per has to close, this will be displayed on SHHH… It’s back! child to see the panto, Aladdin, is Bolton Council’s website The PTFA’s Secrets’ Room now due. www.bolton.gov.uk a ‘tweet’ will be on will be open on Friday, 8th December. Trip Money: Please remember to the school’s website If you’d like your child to buy presents hand slips/trip money directly to www.ladybridgeprimaryschool.co.uk and for a family member and/or friend, your child’s class. a text message will also be sent as soon please return your completed form and No Nuts: Please ensure you do not th as a decision is made. full payment by Monday, 4 December. allow your child to bring anything containing nuts into school. This Christmas Fair → Happy . th includes peanut butter. We have Thursday, 14 December from 3:35pm children with severe nut allergies. Birthday Bring all the family and come along to School Text Service: Hoorah, it’s Kaitlyn, 6L. working again! Any text messages 11 years old our annual Christmas Fair (enter via the today! The Studio). Stalls will include: Chocolate from school will be prefixed with the letters LPS. Birthday and bottle tombola, children’s raffle, Bun is filling lucky dip, various games, craft table and up nicely much, much more. Refreshments and with food will be on sale. donations Is your child starting for Derian Thank You school next September? House. Thank you to everyone who donated Come and see our school in Thank you. items in aid of the Christmas Fair. Your action… support is appreciated. If you are able to Tuesday, 5th December Reception 2018 Application help at the fair, setting up, running a 9:15am to 10.00am for Primary School stall or tidying up, please contact the Everyone Welcome Application letters will be sent out to school office. No Appointment Necessary parents of children due to start Reception in September 2018 (born Year 1 Christmas Sing Along 01/09/13 - 31/08/14) next week by Tuesday, 19th December: 2:45 – 3:25pm Bolton Council. If you do not receive a You are invited to come and listen to letter call 01204 332137. The closing Year 1 pupils at their Christmas Sing date for all applications is the 15th Along taking place in the KS1 playground. January 2018. Reception’s Nativity Play PARENT VIEW A ‘Wriggly Nativity’ is being performed by Reception on: We would like your thoughts on our school, at any time… th Monday, 18 December at 2:00pm Please visit https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/ and click on the Tuesday, 19th December at 9:30am. ‘Give Your Views’ link to tell Ofsted what you think about your Bookings can be made online (Parents’ Evening system) up to 9am on Monday, 11th December (limit of four child’s school. You can visit the Parent View website at any time tickets per family across both productions). If you do not and complete the questionnaire. Parent View is accessed by have internet access, please contact the school office Ofsted to check how parents feel about the school. staff who will be happy to book seats on your behalf. .