Horbury Bridge CE J&I Academy Newsletter 22 14 th February 2013 Inset Day School will be closed for a staff training day on Friday 26 th April 2013. Parents Evening Parents Evening will be held on Tuesday 12 th March from 4.00pm 6.00pm or Thursday 14 th March from 6.00pm 8.00pm. This will give you an opportunity to discuss, with your child and their teacher, progress, specific targets and have a chance to look at your child s work. World Book Week World Book Week begins on Monday 4 th March. Our theme this year will be Traditional Tales where every class in school will chose a traditional tale to focus on. This will include a range of learning activities including cooking, book swap, paired reading, story writing and much more! World Book Day is Thursday 7 th March where children can come and dress up as a book character for the day. As always, there will be a prize for each year group for the most imaginative costume. Roald Dahl Menu We will be having a special themed menu based on foods mentioned in Roald Dahl books, on Wednesday 6th March as part of World Book Week. So that we are able to supply sufficient meals, please could any children who normally have their own packed lunch and would like to swap for the day, please inform the office by completing and returning the form attached. Book Sale The SPIRIT club will be a holding a second hand book fair during Book Week. Please spend a little while over half term searching through your homes for any books you may have finished with and are willing to donate. They would also welcome any CDs or DVDs. At their next meeting they will be looking at a variety of good causes and deciding who they should donate the proceeds to. Should you have books etc to donate, please bring them to school anytime after 4 th March. Community Garden A Community Growing Plot has become available at St Johns Church in Horbury Bridge for anyone wanting space to grow their own food. The Plot is 7 metres long x 1.5 metres wide and fees are 2.50 a month plus a refundable gate key deposit of 5. All those interested in taking on this plot should email Andy at andy@incredible-ediblle-wakefield.co.uk After School Club This week the activities have been based around Valentines Day and Pancake Day. The children have made their own box of chocolates, sequin hearts and made pancakes for Shrove Tuesday. The next theme at after school club will be a Jungle theme with activities including making animal masks, baking and jungle bowling. There will be a film night as usual. Please complete the form attached or contact the office to book a place. Fairtrade Fortnight The first two weeks of next half term is Fairtrade Fortnight. The Fairtrade scheme enables farmers and other producers to get a fair price for their goods as well as providing funds to their communities for clean water systems and areas such as medical centres or schools. Whilst many of you will be aware that chocolate bars such as Kit Kats and most Dairy Milk chocolate products are Fairtrade, there is a far larger range of goods now available. To highlight the range of Fairtrade goods that are now in shops, we will be having a special Fairtrade week of school dinners. The dishes will include at least sixteen different products including chocolate, cocoa, rice, spices, sugar, honey, marmalade, coffee and fruit. Children at breakfast club will also have the opportunity to have a cup of Fairtrade hot chocolate and bananas with their breakfast. Class 3 Netball Tournament On Monday, Class 3 participated in an inter school netball tournament with the local schools in our area. They showed great teamwork and perservance and were placed fifth. The children were also awarded the Fair Play award for their great sportsmanship.
Foundation Stage This week we were overwhelmed by the amount of parents that attended our Foundation Stage Stay and Play. The theme of the event was Preparation for a Fairytale Wedding and included activities such as taste testing for our favourite buns, designing invitations and cocktail making all in preparation for the wedding next term. The children decided that their favourite bun flavour for the wedding was lemon and the chosen design for invitations to be sent out to guests was created by Evie Longman. Thank you to all the parents for their support at this event! Class 1 Class one have been very busy over the past week. Last Thursday we had an exhibition of the children s work completed over the half term. The children really enjoyed being able to show and explain their work to their families. Gabriella said It was really exciting because we could show our parents our work and our miniature gardens. Mrs Ellis and Miss Cowley would also like to thank the parents for working so hard with their children at home. They were amazed by the quality of the Horbury Bridge project homework they received. On Friday Class 1 had a wonderful numeracy lesson making pizza. Jamie told his mum Today we pretended to do numeracy but really we made pizza. We did measuring, shapes and fractions. Class 1 children also managed to fill their marble jar this week through good behaviour during class, assemblies and lunchtimes. They chose to have a disco for their treat. Amelia said I loved the disco, it was the best treat! Class 2 Since last week s newsletter, Class 2 have filled their marble jar! This means that they had half a day of pupil choice. After Emily s suggestion of making a piñata, the class went loco for the idea of a Mexican day. We brought in our own boxes and mounds of sweets and enjoyed an afternoon making our own piñata s. Class Two had a great day and looked fabulous in their Mexican attire. Class 3 This week Class 3 have been creating their own films using Photo Story. They were focusing on inspirational people whilst linking in with our SEAL topic Going for Goals. The children showcased these in our whole school SEALs assembly on Wednesday and all the children loved them! Future Stars On Monday, Imogen Priestley and Robyn Marsh represented our school in the West Yorkshire Police Talent show Future Stars. They both gave an absolutely outstanding performance at the Wakefield Town Hall and wowed their audience with their singing ability. Despite the tough competition, Imogen was the overall winner and was presented with a 500 cheque for the school. She will now enter the Grand Final on 1st March at Wakefield Theatre Royal having the chance to win a further 3000 for school. Both girls preformed in front of the whole school and all the children and staff were extremely proud.
Special Book Week Menu Wednesday 6 th March 2013 Roald Dahl s Revolting Recipes Wormy Spaghetti (Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce) (V) From The Twits At one o clock, she cooked spaghetti for lunch and she mixed the worms in with the spaghetti, but only on her husband s plate. The worms didn t show because everything was covered with tomato sauce and sprinkled with cheese. Boggis s Chicken (Chicken Stew and Dumplings) From Fantastic Mr Fox Boggis was a chicken farmer. He kept thousands of chickens. He was enormously fat. This was because he ate three boiled chicken smothered with dumpling every day for breakfast, lunch and supper Green Pea Soup (Fab 4 option) (V) From The Witches- The next moment, one of the cooks came along with a gigantic saucepan of steaming green soup and poured the whole lot into the silver basin. He put the lid on the basin and shouted, Soup for the big party all ready to go out Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight (Chocolate Ice Cream Sundae) From Charlie and the Chocolate factory Wonka s Whipple-scrumptious Fudgemallow delight cried Grandpa George. It s the best of them all! You ll just love it Soil with Engine Oil (Chocolate Pudding and Sauce) From James and the Giant Peach I crave the tasty tentacles of octopi for tea I like hot dogs, I love hot frogs, and surely you ll agree A plate of soil with engine oil s a super recipe (I hardly need to mention that it s practically free) Bruce Bogtrotter s Chocolate Cake (Fab 4 option) From Matilda Trunchball cried Bogtrotter likes your cake. He adores your cake. Do you have any more of your cake you could give him? Blue Bubblers Drink From the Giraffe and the Pelly and Me -...and there were Nishnobblers and Gumglotters and Blue Bubblers and sherbet slurpers and Tongue Rakers and as well as this a whole lot of splendid stuff from the great Wonka factory itself
Important Dates for your Diary Date Friday 15 th February 2013 Monday 25 th February 2013 Wednesday 6 th March Thursday 7 th March Event School closes for Half term Fairtrade Fortnight Various events in school Roald Dahl Lunch Menu slip attached World Book Day Dressing up School Holiday Dates 2012-2013 School closes for half term : Friday 15 th February 2013 School re-opens : Monday 25 th February 2013 School closes for Easter : Thursday 28 th March 2013 School re-opens : Monday 15 th April 2013 School closed for Inset Day : Friday 26 th April 2013 School closes for May Day : Monday 6th May 2013 School closes for half term : Friday 24 th May 2013 School re-opens : Monday 3 rd June 2013 School closes for summer : Tuesday 23 rd July 2013 1 training day to be allocated School Holiday Dates 2013-2014 School re-opens : Monday 2 nd September 2013 School closes for half term : Friday 25 th October 2013 School re-opens : Monday 4 th November 2013 School closes for Christmas : Friday 20 th December 2013 School re-opens : Monday 6 th January 2014 School closes for half term : Friday 14 th February 2014 School re-opens : Monday 3 rd March 2014 School closes for Easter : Friday 11 th April 2014 School re-opens : Monday 28 th April 2014 School closes for May Day : Monday 5th May 2014 School closes for half term : Friday 23 rd May 2014 School re-opens : Monday 2 nd June 2014 School closes for summer : Tuesday 22 nd July 2014 5 training days to be allocated
After School Activities - Week Beginning 25 th February Theme of the Week: Jungle Child s Name Class The cost of after school club is 2.00 until 4.30pm, 3.00 until 5.00pm and 6.00 until 6.00pm. If you would like your child to attend after school club please complete the form below. Monday Jungle Party Buss Game Tuesday Jungle Animal Masks Wednesday Baking Thursday Jungle Bingo and Bowling Friday Film Night If you would prefer to be invoiced weekly or monthly please inform the office. Signed Amount Enclosed ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roald Dahl Lunch Child s name My child is usually on packed lunches and would like a Roald Dahl Lunch on Wednesday 6 th March. I enclose 1.90 to cover the cost of the lunch Signed Date