DIARY DATES ...............to cut out and keep!

May
23rd	Last Day of School
June
2nd	Inset Training Day
3rd	School reopens to pupils
3rd	Class 1 Cluster trip to Hidden Valley
9th	Multi Skills Summer Sports Club
10th	Class 2A Cluster trip to Hidden Valley
12th	Full Governors meeting 6.15pm
16th	P.T.A. Meeting 7.30pm
17th	Years 5 & 6 Cluster trip to Hidden Valley

 

Class & team photos  Proofs of the class and team photos are enclosed with the newsletter.  Please return the photos and payments to the office by 6^th June.  All cheques should be payable to Tempest Photography.  Large copies of the photos are available for viewing outside the office. Thank you. 

 

 

 

 

 

Message from Marcelle:

 

I have grown on lots of pepper plants including cayenne chillies, Californian Wonder capsicums, Jalapeno Chillies and Yolo Wonder capsicums so if anyone would like to buy them for a 40p per plant or £1.20 for 3 I can bring them up to school on Friday please phone me tomorrow evening.  Proceeds to the PTA.

 

 

 

Cluster Trips to Hidden Valley Discovery Park 

 After half-term, we will be taking the children to Hidden Valley Discovery Park, at Tredidion, beyond Trethorne.   There will be 3 trips taking place.  The dates and classes are

 

Tuesday 3^rd June for Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 children - this is the first day back for                                                                                                                      pupils after half-term.

 

Tuesday 10^th June for Years 3 & Year 4

Tuesday 17^th June for Years 5 & 6

 

Transport has now been arranged so there will be no need for you to take the children there as previously mentioned.  They will be collected from here after registration and brought back before the end of school.  Therefore we are asking for a contribution of £2.00 towards the transport and admission costs.

 

Each child will need clothing suitable for outside activities, including footwear – no open toe sandals, sun hat and sun screen and a coat. Children will also need a packed lunch and a drink. 

As Class 1 will be going on the first day back after the half term holiday, please could we have permission slips in by Friday 23^rd May.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEAD LICE:  We unfortunately seem to have yet another outbreak of head lice in the school. May we please remind everyone that constant head checking and treatment where necessary is the only way that children can be kept free of head lice.  It would also be appreciated if children with hair long enough to be fastened back, do wear it tied back for school. 

 

The current recommendation from Cornwall County Council, is that hair should be checked weekly while wet using a detection comb.  Treatment should only be started when live lice are found; then close contacts, such as family members should be carefully checked and treated.  Recently, approaches to the treatment of head lice have altered.  It is now recommended that both wet combing and insecticides should be used together.  It is possible to use either method on its own but this is less likely to be as effective. 

 

We have been recommended a comb ‘Nitty Gritty Nit Free Head Lice Comb’ as being extremely thorough –available through the internet or telephone orders

 

 

 

 

VOUCHERS / TOKENS / PRINTER CARTRIDGES

 

 Your help with these collections will be very much appreciated………….

Store / Product	What we Get	Scheme Ends
Printer Cartridges	A new scheme run by Jet Tec is now operating.  The school receives £1 for each cartridge we recycle.  Only Hewlett Packard, Lexmark and Canon cartridges are acceptable	Open ended
Tesco Computers for Schools	The annual Tesco Computers for Schools has now restarted.  For any £10 spent in a single transaction, customers receive one voucher, which we can then convert into computers, printers, scanners or software.  This year the scheme has been widened to include art & craft materials	11th May 2008
Persil Stars	Free Art & Craft materials
Used Stamps	We continue to have a collection box for used stamps – these are for Amnesty International

 

Tesco Vouchers The Tesco Computers for Schools promotion has now finished so please could we have any vouchers that you may have at home to enable us to count and send them off.   Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PTA News

 

Our Summer Fayre and the school’s Mid Summers Nights Dream performance has now been re-scheduled for the 19th July (as the event clashed with the Church Fete).  We will have lots on offer this day including a Tug of War and a Family Rounders Match to name but a few!  Stalls will include tea and cakes, tombola, bar, BBQ, stalls run by the children, plus more!  A car boot sale is open to all and cost is £5 per car.

 

We would like to have a rota system at the Summer Fayre so everyone can enjoy the day.  So if you are able to spare half hour or so on the bar, tombola, BBQ etc please let Marcelle (tel. 01566 782243) or a PTA member know before our next meeting.

 

We are in the process of organising a Disco/Proms Evening for the children at the end of term.  More details to follow!

 

 

Our next meeting will be on Monday 16th June 7.30pm at school.

 

 

 

SPORT and CLUBS

 

 

FOOTBALL: We sadly lost our games against Lewannick and Egloskerry.  However our team played extremely well and we were very impressed with their attitude.

 

There will be no more football club after school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI SKILLS SUMMER SPORTS  Mr Reardon and Mrs Stanbury – one of our colleagues from Callington Community College, will be holding summer sports club on Mondays after school, for all children starting on Monday 9^th June instead of Football Club.

Children must have suitable outdoor PE kit to take part.  If your child would like to participate in either club, please sign the permission slip.   The club will end at 4.00pm for KS1 children and 4.15pm for KS2 children. Thank you.

 

 

 

 

Multi skills Summer Sports Parental Permission

 

Child(ren)’s Name(s):           …………………………………..      Year: ………..

 

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Next Newsletter during week commencing: 16^th May 2008