Raglan Primary School
Newsletter Thursday March 24th 2016
Dear Parents, Carers, Governors and Friends, This half term has certainly sped by with lots of exciting and engaging learning taking place across the school. The Annual R- Factor event took place today, which was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the fantastic talent of Raglan children. Mr Rob did a marvellous job of organising it , helped by Maleah and Tom, his talented assistants, who compered the entire event – and what a great job they did! All of the acts were of a very high standard and the judges (members of our school council) had a tough decision choosing the winners. 1st place went to the All Stars, a Year 6 dance group – well done to them and everyone who took part. Look out for a separate ‘Book Fest ‘letter all about our reading week which happens the 2 nd week of next term. There are several activities that the children can work on over the holidays if they would like to. Finally have a happy and restful break and we look forward to seeing you all again on Monday 11 th April. Enjoy your Easter Holiday, Kath Margetts and Staff
Educational Visit in Year 2 This week Year 2 have been learning about Christianity. On Tuesday afternoon, they visited Hope Church so they could explore where Christians worship. Year 2 asked many questions about Christianity and about the church building. The church leader was very impressed with their enthusiasm.
Fantastic Learning Something Fishy is going on in LLC The children in LLC have been looking at life under the sea this half term. Their final activity was making fish shaped biscuits, which they decorated with icing and little treats. They weighed out the ingredients and used their problem solving skills to work out how to get as many fish as possible out of the dough. They certainly developed their communication skills as they talked about their biscuits all day! We hope they enjoyed eating them at home, as much as they enjoyed baking them.
Year 4 Learning This half term, as part of their Design and Technology learning, Year 4 designed and made a pop-up book. Some of 4D decided to make them for children in the Nursery and the rest designed them for children in Reception. On Wednesday, they took their pop up books to show Nursery, Reception and the Lower Language Class. The children enjoyed reading them as much as year 4 enjoyed making them.
Reception Learning The children in Reception had fun applying their measuring skills when they made Easter cakes!
Upcoming dates… 26th March – Friends of Whitehall Rec – Easter Egg Hunt 2-4pm 4th April – Green Gym Launch at Whitehall Rec 11am-2pm 11th April – School starts back.
Mrs Squires would like to invite you to a fund raising event, which she is organising. It promises to be good fun and great exercise. RPM OR Stretch & 2 – 3 pm
Tone TBC
Body Jam
3 – 4 pm
Spin
Zumba
4 – 5 pm
Zumba
ShBam
5 – 6 pm
Clubbercise
Clubbercise
£20 includes glow sticks and raffle ticket.
There will be two activities to choose from and there is also swimming, sauna, steam room and gym facilities to use if you don’t want to dance. Tea, coffee and cakes to buy in the Café from 6pm onwards. All proceeds to Evelina Children's Hospital via www.justgiving.com/MatthewSquires1 Email
[email protected] to reserve your ticket
Girls’ Football Tournament The girls’ football team took part in a tournament along with ten other local teams. They worked together with determination and were great ambassadors for our school. Well done girls.
Dinner Money for next half term is £74.80 (April 11th - 27th May). The cost has gone up to £2.20 per day. School dinners should be paid in advance and your prompt payment is appreciated. Payments can be made via Schoolcomms and this can be accessed via the school website. Please ensure your child’s name and class is clearly marked on the reverse of the cheque.
After School Club at Raglan We are exploring the possibility of having an After School Club here, from September 2016 run by Mytime Active that will be set up in the Studio. A separate letter has been sent out with more information, please do
Sport Relief Thank you for sending in all the Sport Relief money, which has now been counted. The total so far is a whopping £1,781.90. Please send all sponsorship money in by the first day back to school so we can give you the final total. Special mention to Thomas Donald, Philip McGowan, Ronan Giles, Brandon Liu, Charlie Allen, Percy Newman, Roman Windsor-Dynan, Daniel Catlin, Elizabeth Parker, and Dominic Tataj who all raised a significant amount. Thank you to everyone involved.
state whether you are interested as at the moment Mytime Active have not had enough of a take up to consider starting it in September.
Recycling at Raglan Our school is taking part in WEEE FREE for 2 weeks starting 9th May – 20th May. Search your home for old electrical items and bring them to the recycling bank at school. By recycling your waste electricals, you can help our school win £500. We can collect old and/or broken: Electrical kettles, microwaves, food processors, toasters, coffee machines, deep fat fryers, electrical irons, vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, video recorders, televisions, electrical lawnmowers etc.
A leaflet is available at the school office main entrance or have a look at the posters around school.
