Dear Parent/Carer, RED NOSE DAY Thank you to everyone who donated money to our Red Nose Day fund raising event and to anyone who kindly baked and contributed cakes to our cake sale. I will let you know how much money we raised in my final Newsletter of this term. MUFTI MONDAY Thank you to everyone who contributed to this month s Mufti Monday. We raised 285. The next Mufti Monday will be held on Monday 13 th April (first day of the summer term). If your child would like to wear their own clothes to school on this day, they must bring 1 with them and give it to their class teacher. CYCLING TO SCHOOL AND BIKE HELMETS If your child cycles to school please ensure they wear a cycle helmet and suitable reflective clothing. We will be running another Bike Ability Course in the summer for Year 6 children and hopefully again next year for our current Year 5 children. NORTH TOWN BOOK WEEK As mentioned in our last Newsletter, to celebrate the school library's first birthday we are holding a week of book activities between Monday 23 rd March and Friday 27 th March. We have the author David Lawrence Jones visiting, there will be activities in the library, Usborne books will have a range of books to order on the Thursday plus lots of other fun book related lessons. On the last day of this term, the children and staff will be able to dress up as their favourite book character. HIGH ROPES AFTER SCHOOL CLUB We still have spaces available on our High Ropes after school club for children in Year 4 to Year 6, which takes place at Vivary Park after school on a Monday afternoon between 3.15pm and 5pm. If your child is interested, please collect a letter from the letter rack outside the main school office and complete and return the permission form as soon as possible. PRO COACHING AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS CLUBS SPRING TERM Below are Pro Coaching after school sports clubs for next term. If you would like to book your child on one of these clubs, please book on line at www.pro-coaching.co.uk or click on the link below. The clubs will start week commencing Monday 20 th April and will end week commencing Monday 13 th July 2015. Please note that there will be NO Pro Coaching After School Club on the last day of the Summer term Friday 17 th July. Day Club Age Group Venue Run by Monday Gymnastics Reception age to Year 4 North Town School Pro Coaching Tuesday Multi Sports Reception age to Year 3 North Town School Pro Coaching Wednesday Football Reception and Year 1 age North Town School Pro Coaching Thursday Football Year 2 age to Year 6 North Town School Pro Coaching Friday Tri Golf Year 2 age to Year 6 North Town School Pro Coaching During the summer term there will be a Pro Coaching rounders club run at the Castle astro turf pitch on a Wednesday. It will be open to children from Year 3 to Year 6. Parents will be able to collect from the pitch at 5pm. If your child is taking part and you are able to help walk the children over to Castle, please see Mr. Templeton as soon as possible. The link below will take you directly to the online booking. http://www.procoaching.co.uk/index.php?subcats=y&status=a&pshort=y&pfull=y&pname=y&pkeywords=y&search_performed= Y&my_search=Y&q2=town&dispatch=products.search&x=0&y=0 Mr Templeton will be running an after school Cricket Club for children in Years 5 and 6 on a Wednesday and also an after school Kayaking Club on a Thursday for children in Years 5 and 6. More details to follow shortly. Cont d.
SOMERSET SHORT BREAKS TEAM FROM ELAINE DULEY Somerset Short Breaks Team is a support group for disabled children/children with additional needs and their families. They offer support and advice, and have a range of supported trips/outings at discounted prices. Please go to the www.somerset.gov.uk website, and enter Somerset Short Breaks Team for further information, and a diary of their forthcoming events. You do not need a referral to access this support. SPRING TERM HOUSE TREAT The School Council, in consultation with their classes, have chosen to have an Easter Egg Hunt/Easter Party for the Spring Term House Treat. This will take place on Wednesday 25th March. The winning house will be announced on Friday 20 th March. SCHOOL GARDEN NEWS ON TWITTER To keep you up to date with what's happening in our garden, we have a new Twitter page to follow, @NorthTownGarden will have updates on the new season preparations, our gardening club, what's growing and learning activities throughout the year. We look forward to many new followers. SWIMMING LESSONS SUMMER TERM Next term the children in the Pippins classes will start their swimming lessons in our own school pool on a Thursday. In order to make this work we will need parent volunteers. If you would like to help please let you child s class teacher know as soon as possible. In Key Stage 2, children in Year 5 will swim at Taunton School pool. Further details will be sent home for the children involved shortly. SAINSBURY VOUCHERS We are still collecting the Sainsbury s Active Kid s Vouchers which will enable us to buy additional sports and play equipment for the children. Please post the vouchers in the designated collection box outside the main school office. To enable the vouchers to be counted easily, please could you avoid stapling the vouchers together. A big thank you as always to Mrs Cook for counting all the vouchers for us and to everyone for donating the vouchers to our school. PTA MEMBERSHIP The PTA is looking for new members, both to attend meetings/organise events as well as those who can put forward their names to support events throughout the year. Over the last 4 years the PTA has raised around 18,000 towards things like the MUGA and Pirate Ship, but without further support from parents it may struggle to do so in future. If you can help please contact the Chair, Caroline Tidmarsh or Paul Tanner via the main school office. PARENT FORUM MEETING AND E-MAIL ADDRESS The minutes from this week s Parent Forum Meeting will be sent home by e-mail shortly. If you would like anything raised at the meeting, please send your request to the following e-mail address: NTParentsForum@educ.somerset.gov.uk. AWARDS Congratulations to the following children who have achieved their Bronze award for receiving 50 house points Jake, Senimelia, Mason, Julian, George, Harry, Denis, Bethan, Charlotte, Molly, Mia, Leotie, Hana, Grace, Isobel, Enzo, Lola, Naomi, Ashton, Fitz, Miya, Oliver, Isibeal, Oscar, Henry, Pushpa, Dakota, Millie, Joseph, Millie, Sadie, Caitlin, Joseph Jasmine, Joshua, Daniel, Keira, Paula, Lily- Mae, Casper, Kobe, Imogen, Meryn, Nicole, Sienna, Hana, Robin, Scarlett, Jayden, Thomas, and Jayden. House points are awarded for good behaviour and an excellent attitude towards learning. Congratulations also to Max, Rubie, Sophia, Scarlett, Ellie Adam, Amelie and Theo who achieved their Silver Award by attaining 75 house points. Yours sincerely Mike Snowden Head teacher Cont d
SPORTS TEAM REPORTS WRITTEN BY MR TEMPLETON P.E LEADER Netball On Wednesday 25 th February we took a team of netballers to Castle School for a central venue league tournament organised by SASP. The team line up for the camera: Nicole, Isabelle, Jessie, Yvie, Daisy, Willow, Lily-May, Iona. The team played and behaved brilliantly, moving the ball with great speed and scoring many goals. It wasn t until the final game that they conceded any goals and finished with a won three, lost one record. Thanks to SASP for organising, to the Castle School for hosting and providing umpires and to the parents / carers for their continued support. Football On Monday 2 nd March we had our final girl s football tournament of the season. We mixed up the year 5 and 6 players between the teams and played some matches. Yvie, Katie, Amber, Millie L, Iris Daisy, Courtney, Lily-May, Jessie, Isabelle. Nicole, Millie A, Mia, Iona, Rowan, Fae, Willow, Lauren, Isabella. Great work from both teams in the last tournament of the season. Many thanks to SASP, Kings College and all the parents / carers for their support as well as Shane Morris for all his help throughout the year. Best wishes to our Year 6 girls who play for local weekend clubs and also those that hope to represent their secondary schools in football next year! Tag Rugby On Tuesday 3 rd March, Mr Lees and Mr Kerton took 2 tag rugby teams to Bishop Fox s for their final tournament of the season. Both teams played very well and showed how far we have come with our tag rugby over the year, both in terms of participation and tournament performances. Thanks to Mr Kerton who took a team for this event and Mr Lees for his support throughout the tournaments. Also thank you to Richard Huish College for the referees, SASP for the event and Bishop Fox s for hosting. We will continue our practice sessions on a Thursday until Easter. If this is your last year, hunt out some rugby opportunities at your secondary school and keep up the good work!
Catchball On Wednesday 4 th March we took two Y4 teams to a Catchball tournament at Castle School organised by SASP. These were different players to those who had represented the school at Y4 football in the autumn term. Catchball is a game like netball or basketball where points are scored by throwing the ball to a person stood in a circle at the end of the court. If that player catches the ball in the circle, a point is scored. We took a 4AR team and also a 4HL team. 4AR: Leo, Jack, Beth, Ella, Ze, Charlotte, Rosie. Well played team 4AR! 4HL: Adam, Harry, Isabelle, Ruby, Lottie, Lucy, Jayden. Brilliant play team 4HL! Both teams had a great time at the event and may want to explore local basketball or netball clubs as a result. Behaviour was fantastic and we will look to send some different children again to the next tournament. Very pleasing to see current Year 5 pupil Jessie and ex North Town student Jess refereeing the matches. There are plenty of different roles to be taken in sport and officiating is one of them! Many thanks to the parents / carers for their support. Netball On Thursday 5 th March we played our competitive netball tournament at Castle School. Senora Mitchell took the teams with support from Mrs Aspden. Here is her report: Excellent play from all involved in the A team. We have made huge progress this term with our footwork skills. I can see significant improvements in our shooting skills. Muchas gracias to everyone who helps to get the netball posts out at lunch times as I'm sure this is part of the reason. I hope this impressive result of 3 wins will get us through to the next round. We must continue to improve for our next match though as there were some highly skilled players in teams we didn't play against today. Team: Lily-May, Nicole, Isabelle, Daisy, Willow, Iona, Yvie. Watching the B team I saw some excellent interception skills from Lauren and Millicent and good defending from all players. They played with gutsy determination against players who, at times, towered over them. I did notice significant improvement in the whole team's skills as the tournament progressed and good organisation from Jessie. Team: Millie A, Millie L, Isabella, Iris, Lauren, Megan B, Fae, Jessie. In summary a great experience for the B team who are all from year 5 while the A team move into the Taunton Area finals. There will be more chances for more children to represent the school in netball over the coming weeks. Cont d
Football On Monday 9 th March we had our final boy s football tournament of the season at Castle. We fielded both a year 5 and year 6 team and played some matches. North Town Eagles: Thomas, Joe, Raffey, Finley, Ruben, Lewis. North Town Hawks: Ed, Jack, Bray, Daniel, Josh, Ben, Rudy, Frankie Excellent behaviour and attitudes from both teams who played some fantastic football at times and scored some great goals. The Year 5 team may be back next year but best of luck to our Year 6 team as they go on to play at their secondary schools. Thanks to SASP for organising and SCAT for providing referees as well as all the parents/carers who came along to support the teams. Cross Country On Saturday 7 th March some children from North Town took part in the Somerset Primary School Cross Country championships at Kings College. A huge well done to Lottie and Lucy in 4HL who took on the course and ran very well. In year 6, Raffey, Louis and Autumn took part. Well done to all three runners who recorded personal bests in their 1700m distance and a special well done to Autumn who came third overall. Lottie and Lucy from 4HL. Louis, Autumn and Raffey with their results. Basketball We took two teams to the basketball finals at Heathfield on Thursday 12 th March. Both teams performed extremely well both winning and losing games. It wasn t enough to make the county finals but a huge well done to everyone. It has been great to see out of school basketball develop at North Town as a result. Daisy, Willow, Iona, Raffey, William, Tyler Yvie, Katy, Louis, Calum, Thomas - Well played! Cont d
SPRING TERM 2015 EVENTS CALENDAR Please see below our updated Spring Event Calendar: Event Date Time Venue Spanish and RRSA Week Monday 16 th March to Friday School Hours North Town 19 th March Central Venue League Year 5/6 Hockey Tuesday 17 th March 3.50pm to 5.30pm Bishop Fox s Tournament Central Venue League Year 4 Catchball Wednesday 18 th March 3.45pm to 5.15pm Castle School Tournament Central Venue League Year 5/6 High 5 Netball Thursday 19 th March 3.50pm to 5.50pm Castle School Tournament North Town Book Week Monday 23 rd March to Friday School Hours North Town 27 th March David Lawrence Jones - Author Visit to Key Monday 23 rd March School Hours North Town Stage 2 Classes David Lawrence Jones Author - Book Wednesday 25 th March From 1.30pm and North Town Signing after school Spring Term House Treat Day Easter Egg Wednesday 25 th March School Hours North Town Hunt/Easter Party Dress up for World Book Day/Library Birthday Friday 27 th March School Hours North Town Last day of Spring Term Friday 27 th March School Hours School Hours Easter Holidays Monday 30 th March to Friday 10 th April N/A N/A