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Castleside Primary School Dear Parents and friends,
This is the first newsletter of the academic
year and we would like to welcome all of the
new families to our school.
It seems to be a long time since the Summer
holiday and we are already arranging events
for our Christmas term.
Here is a list of events for your diaries.
Football 02.10.13
Hedgehogs Cake Sale 03.10.13
Cross Country Catchgate 10.10.13
Jet and Ben Assembly 11.10.13
Cross Country Lanchester 17.10.13
Harvest Festival 2.00 p.m. 23.10.13
Cross Country Leadgate 24.10.13
Autumn Disco 25.10.13
Half term holiday 25.10.13
Friends of the School meeting TBA
Foxes Cake sale 07.11.13
Teachers Training Day 13.11.13
Parents Evening 14.11.13
Children in Need 16.11.13
Governors Meeting 20.11.13
Forfeit Day 22.11.13
Y5 Residential visit begins 25.11.13
Christmas Fayre 29.11.13
Badgers Cake Sale 05.12.13
Nativity 2.00p.m. 11.12.13
Nativity 6.00 p.m. 12.12.13
Nativity 10.00 a.m. 13.12.13
Christmas Party, Key Stage 1 16.12.13
1.00-3.15p.m
Christmas Party, Key Stage 2 17.12.13
1.30-4.00p.m
Y5 Academy visit 18.12.13
Christmas Cabaret 19.12.13
Christmas Lunch 20.12.13
Christingle Service a.m. 20.12.13
School reopens 06.01.14
Theatre Royal Pantomime 15.01.14
VISITS, VISITORS and EVENTS
Children from Classes 2, 3 and 4 had a very
interesting visit to Beamish and took part in
the Annual show.
The children entered many categories and
won prizes for their scarecrow, Art work,
handwriting and flowers. We were very
pleased with our achievement.
Key Stage 2 children helped Mr Bell to plant
some wild flower seeds which will be grown to
attract rare butterflies to the area. The
children worked hard and will be involved in
planting the seedlings later in the Spring.
Year 5 children have an exciting residential
visit to Dukeshouse Wood planned for later
in the term and I’m sure this will be a valu-
able learning experience.
SPORTS and ACTIVITIES Our ’Sports Day’ last term, was a highly en-
joyable experience. We have a mixture of
competitive events and a mini-Olympic cir-
cuit and this year our parents races were
more popular than ever. I’m sure the
healthy competition developed by our
‘Family Learning ‘ sessions contributed to
the success. Thanks to all who took part and
helped in the success of the event.
Seven-a-side fixtures continue to take
place and we are very pleased with the atti-
tude of the team. Indoor Five a side
matches will be taking place at Belle View
later this term.
The Cross Country fixtures are being held
in October, with events for Key Stage 2 in-
dividuals as well as the usual team events.
We hope to extend our sporting provision
this year as schools now receive extra fund-
ing from the government.
Please ensure that school team sports
equipment is returned promptly after the
team event to make sure that it is available
for future events.
Football, Cross Country and Athletics kits
do not need to be ironed.
This term we are able to offer Recorder lessons
to all of Class 3. These lessons are taken by a
music teacher from the County team.
We hope to continue the chess sessions which
we started last year and to help other children
enjoy this opportunity, with tuition from a
‘Chess in Schools’ tutor.
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Clubs are held after school and these continue
to be provided by both commercial organisations
and by school staff. We are delighted to be
able to offer a great range of clubs and activi-
ties to enhance the education and experience of
our children.
The clubs available include Computers, Maths,
Guitar, Football, Karate, Recorder, Gardening
and later in the term, French club.
We’re sure you will agree that this is a marvel-
lous range of subjects and appreciate the extra
effort which all staff are making to enable
these clubs and activities to take place.
With the exception of Football Club, children
will be dismissed from clubs from the KS1 door,
not the main doors and we would appreciate it if
parents could collect their children from this
area, waiting under the canopy in inclement
weather.
Parents may watch their children playing foot-
ball at Football club but we ask that they remain
in the hall at the end of the session and their
children will return to them when they have
changed out of their football kit.
Our School Council, pictured above, have
weekly meetings and discuss issues related to
school. They work hard for the other members
of their class.
OUTDOOR PLAY AREA We would be very grateful for any
outgrown wellies or waterproofs which
would be suitable for Class 1 children
so that they can use the outdoor area in all
weathers.
BOOK FAIR We held a very successful book fair
during September and as a result of
the commission gained we will be order-
ing an extra £200 worth of books for
our school. Each class also held a competition
and books will be presented to the winners in
assembly during October.
CHRISTMAS FAIR This will be on the Friday 29th November
details, about the event and how you can
help, will be sent out soon.
UNIFORM and P.E. KIT All children must have a P.E. kit in school.
This should include a pair of black shorts,
white short sleeved t-shirt and a pair of
gym shoes.
It is essential that the shoes are named so
that time is not wasted trying to identify be-
longings. This kit should be kept in their school
P.E. Kit bags and kept on pegs in the porches.
It is particularly important that children have
a pair of indoor shoes in the coming months.
These can be their gym shoes or an alternative
pair of shoes specifically for indoors - no slip-
pers please.
Some items of uniform are kept in stock and
further items can be ordered from Mrs Curry
or by using the form on our website.
Please ensure that all items of
clothing are named.
CHARITY EVENTS Our Macmillan Coffee Afternoon, was
held on the 27th September and we
raised the fantastic sum of £165.44
for the cause. We are very grateful
for your support towards the charity appeals
we make.
We will be taking part in a Poppy collection
later in the term.
We will also be having a fund raising event to
support ‘Children in Need’ in November. Cakes
will be gratefully received for this event.
This year we will not be taking a direct part in
the ‘Shoe box’ campaign but if parents want to
take part and are having difficulty finding a
drop off point, we will gladly assist you.
Our two Shelterboxes have now been sent to
Niger and are helping to make life a little eas-
ier for victims of flooding and unrest.
We are collecting tokens from Morrisons to
supplement our school gardening resources.
Our increasingly popular Gardening Club are
very grateful for your help and are looking for-
ward to developing our school grounds.
SCHOOL FUND School Fund is used to provide many
extra resources for the children,
which otherwise would not be avail-
able, £1 per week is an appropriate sum, pay-
able on a weekly or termly basis.
The money also goes towards the subsidy of
transport for all school visits, without
this subsidy all visits would be much more ex-
pensive.
Cake Sales 3rd October Hedgehogs
7th November Foxes 5th December Badgers
Harvest Festival
23rd October Tea, Coffee and Soup
available
Autumn disco 25TH October
Children in Need
Coffee Afternoon
and
Cake stall
November 15th
If you can assist in any way
with these events please let us
know.
‘Many hands make light work’
BREAKFAST CLUB
and
AFTER SCHOOL CLUB
Our Breakfast Club, every morning from
8.00a.m, is increasingly popular but we are
still able to accommodate more children.
The children enjoy a breakfast of toast,
cereals, fruit and fruit juice and can then
socialise with friends and play small games
or outdoors in the Summer. The cost of
this activity is £1.60 per day with subsi-
dised rates for other family
members.
We still have places at our After School
Club which runs from 3.15—5.15pm every
evening. Please contact Mrs Charlton for
more details.
You do not have to book in advance for
these clubs. We are able to accommodate
more children and can be used for individ-
ual days or on a regular basis.
PARKING Thank you for your compliance
with the new road markings out
side of school. It is now much safer for
children to cross the road at the school
gates.
Please remember that no cars should be
parked on the zigzag lines at the begin-
ning and end of school.
‘Friends of the School’ Details of a ‘Friends of the School’
meeting, to discuss the Christmas
Fayre arrangements will be sent out
soon,
All parents and friends are welcome to
these informal meetings.
Thank you for your continued support.