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Meriden C.E. Primary
School
Week ending
Friday 17th April 2015
www.meridenceprimaryschool.co.uk
Welcome back to summer term!
During the holidays we ran a children’s club, now voted by the children to be called Mischievous Monkeys. The
children (and staff!) had a fantastic time making biscuits and cakes, doing crafts, playing games...the list goes
on! Have a look at the photos later in the newsletter to see what they got up to. Bookings will start being taken
next week for May half term and the summer—details will be sent out next week.
Over Easter we had a few alterations made internally and now have some group rooms within the Wild Room to
help pupils concentrate on their learning. A further partition was put up next to the Key Stage 2 coat pegs. Work
has also started today on the area by the top car park—this is being turfed for the children to use as a chill-out
zone at break times.
Staff news...Miss Walton has been appointed as Literacy Leader at a school in Coventry and will be leaving us
in July. We wish her the very best of luck and many congratulations! Mr Pete Woodward, after returning to
school following a long fight with cancer, fell ill just before Easter and decided to hang up his mop. I’m sure you
will join us into wishing him a long and relaxing retirement. Any good wishes can be passed on by the office.
On an entirely different note, can I remind you that we do not accept bad language and aggression on our site.
We will act to ensure it remains a safe place for pupils, staff and all other members of our community, therefore
if you do behave in a way which is unacceptable, you may be banned from the school. If you do have a strong
concern come straight to me rather than approaching staff aggressively. Please help us to demonstrate our
school value of respect this half term.
Lucy Winkler
Happy Birthday!
These children have had birthdays
since 28th March up until today.
FS1
Sofia
Year 3
Lydia
Lillia
FS2
Year 1
Kyle
Ella
Jack B
Year 2
Millie
Year 5
Lara
Tommy
Year 6
Josh
Bethany
Sam
Rainbow Awards
Congratulations to the following children:
Green Rainbow
FS2
Lottie
Oliver
Year 1
Cerys
Ella
Jaden
Antonio
Callum
Orange Rainbow
Year 2
Charlie T
Stars of the Week!
FS1
FS2
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Zara
Whole class
Avani
Eden
Kara
Noah
Brandon
Danielle
Caught Being Good
This week Hannah in Y3 was
caught being good. Well done!
Highest Attendance
W.B. 23.3.15
Year 6
School Dinners
These are the main meal choices for the week
beginning Monday 20th April
Yellow
Band
Red
band
Blue
Band
Green
Band
Mon
Pork Loin
Vegetarian
Spaghetti
Bolognese
Macaroni
Cheese
Various
Fillings
Available
Tues
Spaghetti
Bolognese
Fish Cake
Quorn
Caribbean
Wrap
Various
Fillings
Available
Wed
Roast
Turkey
Cottage
Pie
Vegetable
Bake
Various
Fillings
Available
Thursday Special
Sausage Baps
Chicken
Veggie Sausage Baps
Thurs
Fri
(baguette)
Cheese &
Tomato
Pizza
Seaside
Style Fish
Vegetable
Curry
Various
Fillings
Available
Clubs
W.B. 20th April 2015
Early Birds & Owls – every morning 7.30 – 8.55 and
3.30 — 6pm. Please call into the office if you wish
your child to attend.
Monday
3.30—4.45
3.30—4.15
Tuesday
3.30—4.30
3.30—4.15
Wednesday
3.30—4.40
3.30—4.30
Thursday
3.30—4.30
Scratch Club
(parents invited 4.40-5pm)
Boys Football
Spanish
Girls Football
Dazzlers
Netball
Summer Term 2015
April
22nd
Y3 & 4 Cello taster session
Parent Council, 6.30pm
FS1 first ‘Play & Stay’ session
May
1st
Coffee Morning with Miss Parker
School Bank
4th
May Bank Holiday—School Closed
6th—8th
Y5 Residential to Kingswood
11th—14th KS2 SATs week
15th
School Bank
18th—21st Sports Week
21st
Sports Day
Break up
22nd
INSET day—staff only
25th—29th Half Term
June
2nd
Photographer (class photos)
5th
Coffee Morning with Miss Parker
School Bank
8th
Parent Council, 9.15am
8th—12th Year 6 to Red Ridge
8th
Parent Council, 9.15, The Hub
11th
Y2 visit to ‘Conkers’
15th
First Aid for Y5 & 6
15th—19th Phonics Screening Y1 & 2
19th
School Bank
22nd—26th Creative Week
23rd
FS2 National Childhood Measurement
Programme
25th
World Music Festival—Y4 Steel Pans, 7pm
26th
Exhibition Day! - Parents welcome
29th&30th Y6 Induction at Heart of England School
July
3rd
Coffee Morning with Miss Parker
School Bank
7th
KS2 performance, 2pm
8th
KS2 performance,
9th
KS2 performance
13th
End of Year Church Service
17th
Leavers’ Assembly/ Break up
20th
INSET day—staff only
Autumn Term 2015
Sept
Wed 2nd
Thurs 3rd
Inset day
Children back in school
Flix Gymnastics
Friday
2.00—3.00
3.30—4.45
Caterpillar Club
Football Development
More information on these clubs can be found at
www.meridenceprimaryschool.co.uk/clubs
A reminder that all parents/ carers should wait
outside for children to be released to them safely
by the club leader.
Edward was presented
with his Octopus 2
swimming certificate in
assembly today. Well
done Edward!
PTA News
Welcome back, hope you enjoyed the Sunshine! Just some dates for this half term. For those of you
who couldn’t make it last time the Indulgence Night was a fantastic event, come and treat yourself or
just catch up with friends in the bar. Tickets on sale soon.
Dates for the Diary:
7th May Indulgence Shopping Night- back by popular demand.
18th May School Disco
There have been some requests for hot dogs at the school disco which we are happy to provide but
we will need volunteers to man the kitchen. So If you would be able to come and serve hotdogs let
us know via the office or on the email below.
If you would like to contact us, please email meridenschoolpta@hotmail.co.uk
Don’t forget to look at our section on the school website. You can see who we are and how we
spend all the money raised.
Thank you for your continued support
Meriden School PTA
The Weather Lottery
Monday 13th Apr 2015
Monday 6th Apr 2015
Costs £1 per week,
£4.34 per month
Monday 30th Mar 2015
Found!
We have asked all our
spectacle wearing pupils if
these belong to them but no
one has claimed them! Does
anyone recognise them?
As you know during the last week of term we all leaned about saving the environment during ’Earth
Day’. As part of this Miss Knight asked families to switch lights off for an hour on Saturday 28th
March. She ran a competition for the best photograph of children doing this. Avani won first prize
(tickets to the safari park!) for the fabulous photo of her reading by torch light! Thank you to everyone
who sent pictures in and well done to Avani and her family!
“We went to the farm and learned
how to feed animals and about their
babies.” Ava, FS1
“We went to the farm and saw lots of
baby animals. There were goats that
were greedy!” Grace, FS2
“We have learned about the
plague and researched masks
worn.” Erin, Year 4
“We have been learning about
nocturnal animals and what happens at
night time.” Emily, Year 2
“We have been thinking about
our new topic ’Under the sea’
and we have made our own jelly
fish.” Cerys, Year 1
“We have been learning about place value
up to at least 1000000.”
Maisie-Jayne, Year 5
“We have written a postcard to
Biscuits and Tim (from the book
Buried Alive by Jacqueline Wilson)
about how to spot bullying and what
to do.” Ayyub, Year 3
“We have been learning how to add,
multiply, subtract and divide fractions.”
George S, Year 6
Prayer Corner
Dear God
Thank you for Meriden Church of
England Primary School.
Help us to work hard and do our best.
Please bless our school
And everyone who steps inside.
Amen