Willow Tree Primary School Newsletter 23rd November 2018 Dates for your Diary Monday 26th November - Flu vaccination programme R-Y5 Friday 30th November - Nursery & Reception Prospective Parents Open Morning Tuesday 4th December - KS1 Open Morning 8.30-8.55am Friday 7th December - PTFA Christmas Fair 4.30-6.30pm Tuesday 11th December - Y6 SATs Information Meeting 6pm Drummond Hall Tuesday 18th December - Year 1 & 2 Christmas Parties - Afternoon Tuesday 18th December - Y3/4 Open Afternoon Wednesday 19th December - Y3 Performance 6pm Thursday 20th December - Nursery Christmas Party Thursday 20th December - Reception Christmas Party Thursday 20th December - Year 3/4 Christmas Party Friday 21st December - Reception Nativity Friday 21st December - Year 5/6 Christmas Pary Friday 21st December - School breaks up for Christmas 2.05pm Monday 7th January 2019 - School re-opens Attendance The target for the school is 97% attendance for the week and in the week commencing 19th November we achieved 95%. Let s try for 97% next week! Well done to Ash, Beech, Silver Birch, Sycamore, Elm, Rowan, Acer, Poplar and Cedar class who achieved over 97%.
N, I R W01230 45 263 W337 The following children have been awarded Writer of the Week and will be wearing a blue sweatshirt until next Tuesday: Ash Chestnut Beech Cherry Holly Hornbeam Spruce Lime Madison Louie-George Raif Kieran Isla Matilda Willow Jayden Well done everybody! A861393:3;2 A<=0>? Achievement Awards have been awarded to the following children. They will wear a yellow sweatshirt until next Friday. Ash Amelia Chestnut Ariona Beech Chloe Cherry Mikus Holly Daniel Hornbeam Ella Spruce William Lime Ben Maple Apple Poplar Hawthorn Rowan Larch Cedar Grace Jacob Noa A Kyle, Brodie Joshua Alfred Elm Acer Walnut Silver Sycamore Ryan S Jenny Antony Heather Summer
N, I R Y6 SATs Information Meeting There is a Year 6 SATs information meeting on Tuesday 11th December at 6pm in Drummond Hall. All Y6 parents and carers welcome. Open Morning for Prospective Nursery & Reception Parents There will be an Open Morning on Friday 30th November for prospective parents for Nursery & Reception to see Willow Tree at work. If you know anyone who has a child who is about to start Nursery or Reception please let them know. There are two sessions, one at 9.30am and another at 10.30am. Please call the office on 883551 to book a place. Children In Need Thank you to everyone who donated to last week s Children In Need non-uniform day. We a fantastic 562!!
N, I R As there is an ever increasing amount of technology in our lives, we would like to remind you about e-safety. Technology can be extremely helpful when used correctly. However, we are aware that some children are not necessarily doing this. It is often the case that apps might have two age ratings, depending on whether you play online or not. Any apps that require internet access and enable you to talk to other people have at least a 13+ age rating such as Instagram and Snapchat. Here are a list of some popular apps and games and their age ratings: Whats App - 16+ Fortnite - 12+ Minecraft - 7+ when offline, 13+ when online Instagram - 13+ Call of Duty - 18+ We would like to remind you that all tablets, smart TVs and apps do have parental settings and we strongly advise that you implement these for the safety of your children. If you are concerned about what your child might be accessing there are apps such as Google family link that help you to monitor this. Key Stage 1 Open Morning There is an open morning for Year 1 & 2 parents/carers on Tuesday 4th December from 8.30-8.55am. Hope you can come!
S N Change for Life On Wednesday afternoon, sixteen children from Years 3 and 4 went to Harrogate High School for the Change for Life Festival. Each child thoroughly enjoyed trying out a variety of different activities, including curling, boccia and tennis. Well done to each pupil who attended. They represented the school fantastically well.
S N Y5/6 Girls Football As promised, here is a photo of our fantastic football team who came overall 3rd in the finals at Harrogate Town Football Club last week. Ballet Alisa in Apple class took her ballet exam last week and passed with a merit, she had a fantastic time doing her exam. Willow Tree v Queen Ethelburga s Swimming Gala 35 swimmers from Y3-6 travelled to Queen Ethelburga s School on Wednesday to represent Willow Tree. Everyone had a great experience being part of the team and we had lots of super swims. There were 44 races including individual swims and team relays. It was lovely to have so many parents and grandparents supporting and cheering us on. Well done to all the swimmers for their excellent behvaiour, they were a credit to the school. Thank you to Debbie Ibberson and Mrs Chan who helped on poolside.
P N Book Stall Easter Disco Bingo Christmas Fair Willow Tree Winter Wonderland Friday 7 th December 4.30-6.30pm Dates for Your Diary (stalls stop running at 6pm (except the external stalls) with the raffle being drawn in Jepson Hall café at 6pm) Thursday 1 st March We are looking for donations of the following so please start collecting: Friday 23 rd March Coloured hamper donations food/toiletries Friday 27 th April Soft toys (in good condition) and games (complete sets please) Bottles Chocolates Gifts for Secret Santa stall (children choose gifts for parents) This week there is lots of information coming home with the children about dropping off donations and how to volunteer as well as booking places to see Santa and the paper plate competition Please consider volunteering to help run a stall, set up or clear away at the event. Half an hour on a stall will help make the event a success! We need your help! You are welcome to bring your children along to help with you. Y5/6 children we would love your help too (to run stalls independently).. especially with face painting and tattoos- volunteer slip coming out for you too! From Monday 19 th November there will be PTFA members in the school hut, by the kitchen, and Drummond classrooms (at drop off/pick up) with a sign up sheet (and collecting santa slips, donations and raffle tickets) and also one in the Jepson sloping corridor. Please also feel free to email us on willowtreepta@gmail.com or contact us via our facebook page WillowTreeCPSchoolPTFA for more information or to volunteer.
P N Thank you to everyone who entered the poster competition. The entries were fantastic! Watch out for the winning posters Dates for Your Diary around the school.. The winners were: Book Stall Easter Disco Bingo Thursday 1 st March Friday 23 rd March Friday 27 th April Harvey Joe in Lime Class Rosie in Maple Class Fundraising Update A huge Thank You to everyone who has supported the PTFA events last year and this year.we have just been able to make a donation of 5000 towards new Clevertouch Smart TVs. An amazing achievement, thank you!!
CJK N PCSO Moorhouse will be holding a community surgery on Saturday 1st December between 10am and 12pm on Prospect Crescent near to the Cenotaph. Please come along for a chat. Dates for Your Diary Book Stall Easter Disco Thursday 1 st March Friday 23 rd March Bingo Friday 27 th April Theresa Bliss - Ofsted registered Childminder Offering before and aer school care in a family environment. We have a spacious, well-equipped playroom and a large garden for the children. Healthy breakfast and nutri"ous snack provid- Prices: Breakfast session: 9.00 Aernoon session: 10.50 Contact Theresa... Tel: 01423 881338 Email: theresa.blissful@gmail.com