It’s the bitter sweet moment at the end of a year. We have goodbyes to say with sadness and much thanks. At the same time there is an air of excitement at what the future holds for all those about to continue their journeys somewhere else. To Mrs Croxton, Mrs Spencer and Mrs Russell we can be happy that they will be taking life at a different pace. All of them have given many years of commitment and service to the school and the children who have passed through. To the children in Y6 we wish you all the very best. You are setting out on the next step of what could be an amazing life. Take the opportunities to make it so and don’t be afraid to enjoy it.
It is also a time for proper thanks: To each member of the staff for their hard work to make the school day an enjoyable, successful experience for every child in the school; the Governors for their commitment and investment in the future of the whole school community; to the parents who have been able to offer their time to support children with their learning; the PSA for the massive amounts of time, creativity and sheer hard work given to support school and the children in as many ways as possible. I thank you all.
We will return to a year that holds much to be excited about on Monday 6th September. I look forward to seeing you all then and wish you all a superb Summer break that brings you time for relaxation and fun with your friends and families.
David Forrester
Dates for 2010 - 2011
New term dates for 2010 - 2011 and 2011 - 2012 are now available - Click here
Bank Holidays:
3rd January 2011
22nd April – Good Friday
25th April – Easter Monday
2nd May
30th May
29th August
There will be six inset days for 2010-11. Apart from Thursday 2nd September and Friday 3rd September we are yet to allocate which days they will be. You will receive this information at the beginning of next term.
In addition to the inset days we will be having 3 days for school closure . Once again, the first one will be on 1st September but the others will be confirmed for you when we return.
Please note that children will not be returning to school until Monday, 6th September 2010.
Revel Float
As many of you already know, Reception class were the winners of the Revel Float this year. We had the privilege of Mrs Stone coming in to hand over the certificate to the children. Well done to the children and particularly to those who helped with all the organisation.
Robins went on Monday, 12th July and Owls went on Friday, 16th July. We saw and fed chickens, goats, pigs, ducks and sheep. The best bit was when we went in with the goats and they got really excited! After that we went on a treasure hunt and searched for mini-beasts. When we had eaten our lunch we could run around and explore the forest. We had a brilliant time and learnt so much!
Marvellous Musicians
On Monday, 28th June Cameron, Henry and Carla performed in a Strings Concert at Little Stoke primary School. An opportunity to bring together all they have learnt with Miss Lambert and Miss Jenkins of Hanham Training strings group and they did brilliantly!
On Saturday, 3rd July Henry and Cameron Web performed with the Hanham training strings group to a full house at a concert at Kingsfield School. The evening performance was a combination of strings, woodwind, brass and choir ensembles, children aged between 9 – 18 created a fun, varied and enjoyable evening. Congratulations to them all for their great performances.
On Saturday, 3rd July I played my cello at the summer concert, Kingsfield School. The pieces we played were Rockin Strings and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Allegro and Boogie Bass. It was exciting, fun and good to watch the other musicians. – By Henry
‘I really enjoyed the concert, especially playing my Bass with Robin!’ – By Cameron
The Music Service is always looking for new talent so if any of you budding musicians are interested in learning a string instrument in septmeber 2010 just speak to the school office who have all the details.
Music Festival
On Tuesday, 29th June Year 2 took part in the annual music festival at The Tynings Primary School. They absolutely loved learning all of the songs and performing them with the four other schools that took part.
“My favourite song was A B.U.G” – Kyle
“It was really fun, I even danced in front of all of the schools! I liked the Caterpillar song the best, I loved the actions!” Finn
“Finn’s dancing was great! My favourtie song was ‘I can see clearly now’ because it was slow and tuneful.” Grace
Everyone enjoyed playing with the other children on the field and we even had a drink and a biscuit!
Written by Grace and Finn
Birthday Surprise
For one birthday girl this week bought a very special surprise. Chloe’s father entered a text competition with Heart Radio on Wednesday morning. The request was to text in to the radio station if it was your birthday. Dad text in and won a birthday cake for daughter, Chloe, in Miss Fitzgeralds’ class. A member of the radio station arrived at school at 10.45 to present Chloe with a lovely cake and to take a photograph of her with cake and teacher! Well done Chloe and Dad!
Home Grown
As many of you know, we have in the last two years started to grow some of our very own vegetables in school.
We are pleased to say that this week Cathy, our fabulous school cook, has been able to use some of those fresh vegetables in her daily menu and the children have been very happy to try something new as they know it was home grown here at Pucklechurch.
Well done to all those involved in the growing and to those who were willing to try new things.
Sporting Activities
On Saturday, 19th June, 8 pupils from our school took place in the festival of youth sport (Macey, Katie, Casey, Suzie, Edward, Corey, Finn and Joshua). We competed against 12 other schools and came 8th place. Well done everyone! Written by Macey and Katie
On Sunday, 27th June Warmley Rangers Under 8’s football tournament took place.
Team B including pupils from Pucklechurch – Scott Warren, Lewis Frankcom, Louis Millard and Joe Hawkins in goal.
They won their first game against Deerswood 1-0. Their second game saw them win Mangotsfield 1-0 with a 0-0 draw against Longwell Green in the third game. They went on to win their fourth game 1-0 against Saltley Stars.
The team came top of their group with an excellent display of Team Work.
Schoool Vouchers
The time has come for us to count our school vouchers to send off for the much valued resources we are able to secure with these schemes. If you still have any Tesco or Sainsbury’s vouchers hidden away in the depths of your bags/purses can you let the office have them by Wednesday, 1st July at the latest.
Out of School Club
The Out School Club has a new telephone number!
If you need to call/leave a message the number is 07979 921018 but the staff will only answer this number during club hours.
If you need to book your child into the Out of School Club, you can do so through the office.
PSA News
Urgent – Thank you to everyone who has bought tickets for the Barn Dance on the 10th July, but unfortunately we will have to cancel the event as we have only sold 30 tickets. Please return to where you bought them from and a full refund will be given. Apologies for the inconvenience caused.
However, we will be planning another big fund raiser in Sept so keep your eyes open!
Special thanks to Kerry Prior, Deb Woods and Sarah Hedges for their work on the Reception Float! We couldn’t have done it without them!
And another big thank you to Sarah Hedges, Tanya Nowicki-Fyfe and Cindy Aze for helping the KS2 children prepare all the food for this week’s productions! I hope you enjoy tasting it!!
Thanks from all at the PSA
Community News
Unfortunately the Car Treasure Hunt organised for Sunday, 4th July has had to be cancelled
