Rochdale Observer School News Column for Saturday 5th December 2009

Thank you to Michael, Amanda and Holly who represented Norden at the Big Listen Event at the Norton Grange last Friday. 

All children will see the Pantomime ‘Mother Goose’ on Wednesday 9th December during the morning.

The Foundation Stage Nativity is on Thursday 10th at 2pm and Friday 11th at 9.30 am.

The next community meeting is
Tuesday December 12th at 7.30 pm.

Our PTA is going ahead with its plans to hold a family party on New Year’s Eve. 
This is an ideal opportunity for family groups to enjoy bringing in the New Year, locally, with friends and at £10 per family, including entertainment, it will be a great value for money night out.  Tickets are available from the school office.

Ashworth won the House of the Week trophy.

The last Youth Club for this term will be
Friday 11th December.

Rochdale Observer School News Column for Saturday 28th November 2009

There will be a Bags 2 School collection on Tuesday 1st December.  Please do not send in bags before that date as we cannot store them all.

We need to complete pupil health care plans for any of our children who have an allergy or medical problem.  Please make sure that you have completed the medical information form so that we can contact you to make arrangements to complete the health care plan.  It is vital that we have up to date information on your child.

Y4 classes visited the fudge factory in Whitworth on Monday morning.  The children thoroughly enjoyed their visit and picked up lots of ideas to help them to plan their wares for their stall at the Enterprise Christmas Fair.

We have published our first book, an anthology of poetry, with contributions from all the children within school.  Books cost £7.50 each or you can buy 3 for £20.  These will make fantastic presents for proud parents and grandparents.  Send in your orders asap.  If you would like to view a sample copy, please call in to the school office where there is one available.

Naden won the House of the Week trophy.

Our new venture, an Enterprise Christmas Fair, will be held in the school hall during the afternoon of Friday 4th December.  All children in school will have been busy making items for the stalls that they will run on the day.  All parents are invited to come along, any time from 1.20 until 2.50 pm.  The school choir will sing at 2 pm.  Children may bring up to £3 to spend at the fair.  Details have been sent out about this, please search school bags.

Our PTA is going ahead with its plans to hold a family party on New Year’s Eve.  This is an ideal opportunity for family groups to enjoy bringing in the New Year, locally, with friends and at £10 per family, including entertainment, it will be a great value for money night out.

We wish all our families who are celebrating Eid this week-end ‘Eid Mubarak’.

The next community meeting is Tuesday December 12th at 7.30 pm.

The classes who had best attendance last week were Mrs Hamilton-Lane’s and Mr Britner’s and the class who had the best punctuality was Miss White’s.

Rochdale Observer School News Column for Saturday 21st November 2009

Thank you to the Governors who attended our end of Green Week assembly on Friday.  We hope that you enjoyed the fashions show as much as we did.

This last week has been national anti-bullying week and we have had a big focus on this in school.  We have completed questionnaires, worked hard at getting on with each other and making new friends within school.  We have discussed cyber bullying and we have learnt about how to keep ourselves safe. The week ended with all staff and children wearing something blue on Friday.

There will be a PTA meeting on Monday 23rd November at 7 pm.  The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the next event which will be the family New Year’s Eve party.  Please come along if you would like to help in any way.

There will be a Bags 2 School collection on Tuesday 1st December.  Please do not send in bags before that date as we cannot store them all.

Y4 classes will be visiting the fudge factory in Whitworth on Monday morning.  This visit will support our enterprise work in school.

We need to complete pupil health care plans for any of our children who have an allergy or medical problem.  Please make sure that you have completed the medical information form so that we can contact you to make arrangements to complete the health care plan.  It is vital that we have up to date information on your child.

Please inform us if any of your contact information changes in any way, especially mobile phone numbers for our text4parents service.

We are about to publish our first book, an anthology of poetry, with contributions from all the children within school.  Watch out for information on how to buy the book.

Greenbooth won the House of the Week trophy.

The classes who had best attendance last week were Mrs Hamilton-Lane’s  and Mr Britner’s

The classes who had the best punctuality were Mrs Heakin’s, Miss White’s, Mrs Smallwood’s and Mr Britner’s classes.

Rochdale Observer School News Column for Saturday 14th November 2009

21 of our Y6 children achieved level 1 or 2 at the end of their bike ability classes last week. 

The Late, Late Halloween party raised almost £500 and was enjoyed by all who attended.  Thank you to everyone involved for their support.

This week has been Green Week in school and we have tried to improve our carbon footprint.  Children learned that improving the environment is fun and that small changes to daily routines can make a big difference.  We wore a green item each day to remind us about what we were trying to do.  We made outfits from previously unwanted materials and had a fashion show on Friday to show off our designs.  We had a no or low electricity day on Wednesday.  A willow weaver has helped us to sculpt woodland animals to improve our school environment.  Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make this week such a success.

Next week we will be focusing on anti-bullying week when we have lots of activities planned.

House of the Week was Greenbooth.

Mrs Crabtree’s class won the Class of the Week trophy.

It was lovely to see so many of Mrs Boughton’s and Mrs Crabtree’s parents in school this week sharing a book with their children and listening to story time.  This will be a weekly activity from now on, grandparents are also welcome.

Once again we welcomed the vast majority of our parents to consultation evenings this week where targets and progress information was shared.  If you didn’t manage to come along for any reason please contact the school office to arrange an appointment to meet your child’s class teacher.

Thank you to everyone who supported our Book Fair last week.   We were able to take £1,000 worth of books for the school.  Our children and staff will really benefit from these additional resources.

We have supported the Poppy Appeal in school and observed the silence at 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month.

The classes with the best attendance were Mrs Hamilton-Lane’s and Mr Britner’s and the classes who were most punctual were Mrs Heakin’s, Miss White’s, Mrs Smallwood’s and Mr Britner’s.

Rochdale Observer School News Column for Saturday 7th November 2009

Y2 really enjoyed their puppet workshop on the Wednesday before half term.  Not only did they see a splendid puppet show but got to make puppets in the classrooms afterwards. 

We have been working really hard on ‘giving’ and have raised £300 to support ‘Self Help Africa’ from our Harvest appeal and £1,035.10 for Action for Children.  We are currently supporting the Poppy Appeal.  Thank you to our parents and families for this wonderful support for our charity work in what we recognise are difficult times financially for many of you.

Our Y6 children have been involved in Bike Ability classes this week.

It is individual photographs day on Friday 13th.

The Late, Late Halloween Party is tonight, Saturday 7th November.  Tickets can be purchased on the door at £5 per family ticket.  Don’t put those Halloween costumes away just yet, come and join in the fun!

Next week is ‘Green Week’ in school when we will try to improve our carbon footprint.  Please look out for the letter containing details of what is happening throughout the week.

Next week is also National School Meals Week and there are themed menus throughout the week for children who have a school dinner.  Children have voted for the lunch that they would like to have on Friday they have chosen Chicken Curry, Fish Fingers and Chocolate pudding.

Shawfield won House of the Half Term Trophy.

Rochdale Observer School News Column for Saturday 24th October 2009

We celebrated Harvest this week with a special assembly.  Our children wanted to support ‘Self Help Africa’ this year and we raised a magnificent £214 for this charity.  It was once again lovely to see so many parents, grandparents and governors at school.  Remember, any parents or grandparents can attend any Friday morning assembly throughout the year.

We had a vacancy for a Parent Governor and following a ballot this week, I am pleased to announce that this position has been filled by Mr Suhail Kauser.

The PTA AGM date has been changed to Monday 2nd November at 7 pm.  Cheese and wine will be served and any parents attending will be entered into a draw on the night to win £25.  All parents are invited.

Tickets for the Late, Late Halloween Party on Saturday 7th November are on sale now from the school office; £5 per family ticket.

Our new Multi-Activity course starts after half-term on Saturday 7th November from 10 am until 11.30 am.  Activities on offer are cookery, Irish Country Dancing, Football, Karate, Pottery and Henna Hand Painting. On Sunday afternoons after half term we will be running a cookery class and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes.  Please contact us on 657485 if you are interested in booking on to any of these classes.

We return to school on November 2nd after the half-term break.  Y6 children will need to remember their bicycles and it will be Book Fair this week too.  There will be a non-uniform day on Friday 6th November where we are asking for prizes for a tombola stall at the Halloween Party on the 7th.

Mrs Heakin’s class had the best attendance last week.  Miss White’s, Mrs Hodgson’s, Mrs Lowe’s and Mrs Crabtree’s classes were the most punctual.

Shawfield won the House of the Week trophy.

Rochdale Observer School News Column for Saturday 17th october 2009

Year 3 and 4 children were out and about in the local area last week as part of their topic work on our local environment.

It is our harvest celebration next Wednesday 21st October at 9 am.  All parents and other family members are invited to join us.  Our school council consulted with their classmates about which charity they wished to support. The majority of our children wish to support ‘Self Help Africa’ this year.  We are asking for a donation of £1 to be brought to the Harvest assembly.

It was lovely to meet so many of our Reception Class parents on Tuesday 6th October.  Parents found the meeting informative we were able to explain the way we teach literacy and Numeracy and how parents could help their child at home. 

The PTA AGM date has been changed to Monday 2nd November at 7 pm.  Cheese and wine will be served and any parents attending will be entered into a draw on the night to win £25.  All parents are invited.

Tickets for the Late, Late Halloween party on Saturday 7th November are on sale now from the school office; £5 per family ticket.

Mrs Hodgson’s class had 100% attendance last week.  Miss White’s, Mrs Smallwood’s and Mrs Stott’s classes were the most punctual.

Shawfield won the House of the Week trophy.

The Class of the Week trophy went to Mrs Ellam’s class, well done!