Newsletter 7 - Freeland Church of England Primary School

Aspiring and achieving together
26th March 2015
Newsletter 7
Dear Parents and Carers
What a busy spring term this has been! Following the meeting on Monday evening you should all
have received notes, sent by parent mail, on what was discussed in the meeting. Should you wish
to express any concerns or have any questions about the current situation a new, confidential
email alias feedback.3208@freeland.oxon.sch.uk has been set up which will be closely monitored
by Andy Hamilton’s office.
We will be welcoming Sarah Kerswell from Hanborough Manor to the school after the Easter break
to work with us for terms five and six.
Book Week
We were very fortunate to have the
accomplished author, Sean Callery,
visit our school. He led workshops for
each class in story-telling and writing.
The children enjoyed working
creatively and have some new ideas
for planning stories.
Science Week
The school took part in another successful
science week this year and the children’s
enjoyment shone through in all the activities.
Year 5 and 6 children had a fantastic
opportunity to meet with visitors from ‘Stem
and Leaf Education’ who carried out
workshops with them on the topic of space.
The children were amazed to find out that they
could now request images from a robotic
telescope in Tenerife called ‘BURT’ and this
will continue all year. Other activities included
a trip to the Botanical Gardens to study plant environments, scientific thinking questions and
practical investigations.
School Sports News
On Friday 20th March, Mars class took part in a multi-sports event, held at Bartholomew School,
with some of the other schools in the partnership. We used the drama studio and sports hall for
running, jumping, ball skills and team and individual events.
Waste Week
Your fantastic response to our ‘spring cleaning’ bag donations weighed in at a whopping 256kg
which earns us 10,240 points to spend on science resources for this school - Thank you Miss
Ward for organising this event again.
Comic Relief fundraising
Thank you all for your donations to Comic Relief, we raised £276 in total through wearing
something silly for Comic Relief and the sale of biscuits and cupcakes.
Mother’s Day Sale
The Freeland School Society raised £55.50 from the sale of biscuits and flowers.
Class Assemblies
We have already enjoyed three sharing assemblies this term from Jupiter, Mars and Venus.
This is an opportunity for the children to show some of the work they have enjoyed in their
class. We are proud of their confident presentations of work and their excellent learning.
Cooking Club
This week saw our final Cooking Club session. This popular club, run by Michelle Hunt for the
past 5 years, has been an inspiration to all of the children that have taken part. We are very
sorry to say goodbye to Michelle and are extremely grateful to her for giving up her time to run
it so successfully.
Reminders
School finishes at 1.30pm on Friday and children return on Tuesday 14th April
We wish you all a Happy Easter
All staff at Freeland.
Dates for the Diary 2015
March
th
26
Service at St Mary’s Church, 10.00am.
th
26
Disco 5.30-6.15 pm KS1
6.30-7.30pm KS2
th
27
End of Term 4. School closes at 1.30pm
April
th
13
INSET School closed for training
th
14
Term 5. School open to children
May
th
4
Bank Holiday Monday
th
8
Venus Class EPA sports festival at
Bartholomew School 9-11am
11-15 SATs week
nd
22
Jupiter Class EPA sports festival at
Bartholomew School 9-11am
nd
22
End of Term 5
June
st
1
Term 6
th
11
Class photos
June
th
16
th
17
th
19
nd
22
th
24
th
25
th
29
July
st
1
rd
3
th
4
th
7
th
8
th
16
th
17
20th
Festival of Voices
Sports day 1.30pm
Mars Class EPA sports festival at
Bartholomew School 9-11am
Yr6 IMPs visit
Sports day (reserve date)
Y6 Transition visit to Bartholomew & rest of
school transition morning
Arts Week
EPA Concert Y5
Neptune Class EPA sports festival at
Bartholomew School 9-11am
School Fair – time TBC
KS2 Concert 2.15pm & 6.30pm
KS2 Concert 6.30pm
Service at St Mary’s Church 10.00am.
End of Term 6. School closes 1.30pm
INSET School closed for training