schooloffice@shefford.cbeds.co.uk Weekly Update Friday 1st March 2019 Shefford Lower School is committed to promoting respect, equality and harmony. We expect everyone who is part of, or who visits this school, to support this commitment both in the way they act and in the words they use. This month s values are Freedom and Happiness. The children have helped decide these meanings for our values: Friendship is: Being kind to each other. Making up with friends if you fall out. Playing with others. Helping someone if they get hurt. It means you are a good friend. Love is: Being kind and gentle. Loving one another. Knowing who you love. Caring about someone. Putting the other person before yourself. Oak Class Assembly Well done to Oak Class on Thursday for their assembly on Our Adventures in Year 2 So Far where they shared some of their learning over the last half of the year. You have been extremely busy! They also played the ocarina and sung A Million Dreams! Hawthorn Class Assembly Well done to Hawthorn Class today on their assembly based on Katie s Picture Show which they have been reading in class. We saw them step in to two paintings, where they ended up in Ancient Eygpt doing Eygptian dance and France where they sung Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in French! We look forward to welcoming Ash Class parents on Thursday 7th March and Peach Class parents on Friday 8th March for their assemblies. Please check the dates for your child s class assembly. Assemblies start at 9.15am and last approximately 20/30 minutes.
Year 4 Faith Tour Year 4 will be going on the Faith Tour on Wednesday, where they will be visiting different places of worship in Bedford including a Church, Mosque and a Gurdwara. Please remember to pack your child a strictly vegetarian packed lunch and a scarf to cover their head (not a baseball cap or a handkerchief). Please speak to a member of staff if you would like a scarf to be provided. Year 3 Cake Sale Year 3 will be holding their Cake Sale on Wednesday 6th March at 3.20pm in the playground. All money raised will be donated to Great Ormond Street. Year 4 Frontier Centre Just a reminder to hand in any inhalers, medication and travel sickness tablets for the Frontier Centre by Wednesday 20th March to the School Office. Year 3 Egyptian Day Year 3 will be having Egyptian Day on Monday 18th March led by a company called Portals to The Past. Children will be able to dress up on the day as an Egyptologist or an Ancient Egyptian. Savers Club Needs Your Help Savers Club is looking for volunteers to help on a Thursday morning after drop off until 11.00am. If you would be interested in helping please contact the school office on 01462 629123 or schooloffice@shefford.cbeds.co.uk Anxiety & Panic Workshop Mrs Parry would like to draw your attention to the Anxiety and Panic Workshop under Community News, which may be beneficial to some of our parents.
We will be celebrating World Book Day in school on Thursday 7th March and will be planning lots of fun activities. We are asking children to dress up as a character from a book of their choice and to bring the book in that inspired them. There is no need to buy a costume; homemade costumes can be cheap to make and look great! Please see below for some ideas: Matilda: Blue dress, red ribbon and books. Willy Wonka: Large dark sunglasses, top-hat made from black card, gloves, long coat or trousers and waistcoat, golden ticket, walking stick. Gangster Granny: Cardigan, blouse, black skirt and slippers. Eye mask or face paint and a sack for a swag bag. Where s Wally: Red and white stripe jumper/ white t-shirt with red stripes drawn or taped on. Bobble hat and glasses. Witch from Room on the Broom: Red top, purple skirt, witches hat and cape. Broom and bucket for cauldron. Why not attach a cuddly toy cat to the broom for extra effect! The Mad Hatter: Top hat made from black card, smart jacket, scarf/cravat tied around neck. Queen of Hearts: White top and black skirt and attach red paper hearts. Make a crown from fanned out heart playing cards, stuck together. Stick ribbon to corners of cards and tie card crown around a bun. Mr Bump: Blue top and trousers. Use bandages/plasters or toilet roll for bumps! Little Red Riding Hood: Normal clothes, red cloak, basket. Cat In The Hat: Black tracksuit bottoms, white t-shirt and white gloves. Make a red bow from ribbon and a mini top hat from card. Paint face white and add whiskers. Horrid Henry: Blue and yellow striped jumper/ add stripes to a blue jumper with yellow tape. Jeans and trainers. Rapunzel: Long dress, long woollen plait attached to a headband/ponytail. BFG: Big paper plate ears painted light brown, Paper Mache long nose on elastic, cut-off jeans, t-shirt, sleeveless jumper/waistcoat. Thing 1 or Thing 2 (The Cat in the Hat): Stripy leggings, red t-shirt, blue hair. The Alien Who Loved Underpants: Blue top and trousers, pants worn on top of trousers, spots on chest of top, alien head-dress. The Boy in a Dress: Dress, football socks, football boots. Oliver Twist: Cut off trousers, oversize jacket/waistcoat and shirt, cap.
Internal Clubs Internal Clubs finish this term on Friday 29th March. They start again after Easter, week commencing 29th April 2019. They are as follows: Monday Year 1 PE until 4.30pm (29/04/19 08/07/19) Tuesday Year 2 PE until 4.30pm (30/04/19 09/07/19) Wednesday Year 1-4 Multi Sports starts 8.00am (01/05/19 10/07/19) Year 3 Cookery until 4.00pm (01/05/19 22/05/19) Friday Year 4 PE until 4.30pm (03/05/19 12/07/19) Booking forms will be available on ParentMail shortly. If your child has been offered a place(s) you will be sent an email confirmation. Mrs Rayner s and Mrs Houghton s music clubs will continue as usual. Holiday Club Mr Tilbury will be running the holiday club from Monday 8th April Friday 12th April. Booking forms will be available under Forms on ParentMail or from the School Office shortly. External Clubs Mad Science Just a reminder that Mad Science will not be running on Monday 11th March due to it being British Science week. Please see booking information for Mad Science Club starting 29/04/19 08/07/19 attached to this ParentMail.
PSA News Forthcoming Events: Easter Colouring Competition We will be running our Easter Colouring Competition again this year. Pictures will be sent home on Friday 8th March AGM Wednesday 13th March We would like to invite anyone interested in joining our small but productive PSA team, to our next meeting. We are also looking for someone to take over the Chair role; a challenging but rewarding position. Anyone who might be interested, please drop into the school office where they will give you contact details to initially express your interest. Sponsored Bounce Monday 25th March Sponsor forms have now been sent home with children. Coffee Morning Tuesday 26th March Mrs Callender will be joining us for our coffee morning, so this is the perfect opportunity for you to come and say farewell. Refreshments will be served and there will be entertainment from Mrs Rayner s team of musical students! Immersive Room Fundraising From the 1st April 30th June Asda in Biggleswade will be supporting our Immersive Room Fundraising with their Green Token scheme. Any one shopping at the local Asda store should ensure they get their Green tokens and place them in the Shefford Lower School collection. If we collect the most tokens out of the 3 causes we will automatically receive 500.00 towards our room. This is a fantastic opportunity to support the school at no cost to yourselves. Bag 2 School Collection bags will be sent home with your children before the Easter break to fill with any soft textiles, good quality clean clothes, bedding, curtains, belts, handbags and shoes (no uniform).
Community News Please note, the following events/activities are run independently of Shefford Lower.
Diary Dates (further dates will be added and these will be in bold italics) Please Note: Some Class Assemblies will be held on a Thursday this year; this is so that we are able to fit them all in before the Easter Holiday. Spring Term 2019 6th March 6th March 7th March 7th March 8th March 13th 14th March 13th March 13th March 14th March 14th March 15th March 15th March 17th March 18th March 21st March 22nd March 22nd March 25th March 26th March 27th, 28th & 29th March 28th March 29th March 2nd April 4th April 5th April 5th April Year 4 Faith Tour Year 3 Cake Sale World Book Day Ash Assembly Peach Assembly Book Fair PSA AGM Year 1 Woburn Safari Park Trip Year 2 - Titanic Day Beech Assembly Red Nose Day Pear Assembly PSA Family Photo Shoot Figment Photography Year 3 Egyptian Day Holly Assembly PSA Easter Colouring Competition Hand In Plum Assembly PSA Sponsored Bounce PSA Coffee Morning Year 4 Frontier Centre Trip Cedar Assembly Willow Assembly Year 4 WW2 Day Chestnut Assembly Mrs Callender s Last Day End of Term
Summer Term 2019 23rd April 2nd 3rd May 1st May 8th May 9th May 10th May 13th 23rd May 27th May 3rd June 12th June 25th June 28th June 5th July 10th July 12th July 17th July 19th July Staff and Children Return Year 4 Bikeability Class Photos Year 1 Cake Sale Years 2-4 Author Visit Pippa Goodhart PSA Bingo Evening SATs Testing Half Term Children and Staff Return EYFS Cake Sale Years 3 & 4 Summer Music Concert 6.00pm AM KS2 Sports Day, PM KS1 Sports Day EYFS Sports Day Year 2 Cake Sale Reports Home to Parents Year 4 Leavers Performance and Afternoon Tea End of Term