NEWSLETTER 34       05/06      16.06.06

 

From the Headteacher:

 

Star Work:    Congratulations to our pupils who have Star Work on display this week.   Aaron Compton, Wesley Saunders, Bradley Day, Cameron Bazley Jackson, Barnaby Bridges, Tiegan Mathot-Sankey, Georgie Cullen, Kieran Young, Laura Pearson.

 

Design Technology Day:   On Wednesday the whole school participated in a day of Design Technology activities to both demonstrate their skills in this subject and to experience working in teams of mixed ages.   The resulting ‘products’, all to do with Hugo and the World Cup were put on display in the hall at the end of the day and looked fantastic.   Pam Bolton, Somerset’s DT Adviser worked with us on this but the experience was the idea of Mr. Knowles who organised everything for us.   Thank you to him for his hard work!

 

Congratulations to Year Three who came second in the competition organised by Bradford’s, Evercreech to design a garden.   Ms Bishop and a representative group received this good news at the presentation ceremony on Wednesday and brought back a cup for us to display in school.   Thank you to Ms Bishop and her class for representing the school in this competition.

 

Year Two went off to Burnham on Sea on Monday for a trip to put their geographical skills to use.   Year Three visited Montacute House as part of their study of the Tudors.   Trips such as these add an essential dimension to the children’s education and can only take place because of the hard work of staff and parents.   Thank you to Mrs Pearson, Mrs Barnett, Mrs Knell, Mrs Meen and Ms Wills, Ms Bishop, Ms Davis, Miss Holmes, Mrs Hughes and Mrs Holmes.

 

Collett Park:   Thank you to everyone who supported our stall last Saturday at the Collett Park day.   Thanks, especially, to the parents who worked so hard to make the day such a success for us.

 

Congratulations to our Year Five footballers who played in a tournament this week.   The pupils played in two teams.   Our ‘B’ team played exceptionally well and won two of their three matches, and our ‘A’ team won!   Well done to all who played and thank you to them for representing our school.

 

Well done to everyone who tried the Indian meal cooked for us by Mrs Rowsell and Mrs Webb.   About 20 more meals than normal were eaten on this day.

 

Our Year One swimmers went off to swim yesterday only to find that the pool’s heating system had failed.   We hope normal service will resume next week.

 

Sports Day:   Don’t forget that our annual sports day will be held on Monday 27th June at 9.30am, weather permitting.

                                                                                                                                                Roger Whitewick

 

 WALK TO SCHOOL DAY – WEDNESDAY 21st JUNE

 

Meet in Tesco Car Park at 8.30 for the walk up the hill to school.

Mrs Rowsell will greet all walkers in the hall with a free drink and cookie.

Every child walking to school (From whichever direction) will receive a free booklet and some stickers.

Tesco’s manager has kindly let us use their car park as a starting point but has asked that we meet at the far end, furthest away from the entrance.

Each year we have taken part we have had lots of parental support which helped us keep the event safe for the children.   A similar turn out this year would be terrific.

 

 

 

D.T. Day:   The children had a wonderful day on Wednesday when they designed and made articles that Hugo could take with him if he were to go to the World Cup.  

They worked extremely hard all day and were able to meet in the Hall to look at what every other group had achieved. 

Some of the children brought in parents after school to look and talk about their items.   Many thanks to the parents who were able to do this.

Thanks also to parents who sent in items to help resource the day and to the staff and Pam Bolton, County’s D.T.Advisor, who made the day so enjoyable and productive.

                                                                                                                                                Kevin Knowles

 

Football at Collett Park:   It was fantastic weather for our football team to play in at Collett Park last Saturday.   The football team consisted of children from year 3 to year 5 and they were children that are normally trained by Terry Webb outside of school.   The team played very well together, especially considering they were often playing Year 6 children.   Overall the team finished in fifth place out of seven teams.    I would like to thank the following children for representing the school: Josh Barton, William Lintern, Robert Edwards, Kieran Padfield, Rebecca Carver, Hayley Carver, Ben Carroll, Matthew Walters, Peter Rolfe and Robert Holmes.   I would also like to thank all of the parents for their encouragement and continued support.

 

Mini World Cup:   Two teams of Year 5 Children were invited to play in a mini world cup tournament at Whitstone on Tuesday afternoon.  The children battled through the rain to play some excellent football, resulting in our A team winning the whole tournament.   As a result of their great play they have also won some new goals for the school.   Big congratulations go to both our teams for representing the school.

A team:  Charlotte Burr, Rebecca Carver, Ollie Birt, Matthew Walters, Jake Robertson, William Lintern, Ashley Thick and Robert Edwards.

 

B team:   Chloe Mott, Hayley Carver, Harrison Bean, James Pearson, Joe Malcolmson, Luke Harris and Peter Rolfe.

                                                                                                                                                Kara Wickham

 

Tesco Vouchers:  Many thanks for all the Tesco coupons.   Would you kindly ensure that all are in by the end of next Friday.  Thank you.   I will let you know when they have all been counted.                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                Fiona Yates

 

From the Friends of St. Aldhelm’s

Collett Park – A big, big thank you to everyone who helped at the Collett Park stand on Saturday and thank you to those of you who came and spent your money with us – we made a whopping £390.49 profit which is brilliant.   As mentioned last week, we had a wonderful supply of prizes donated and so did not need to buy any more, subsequently, this boosted our profits – Well Done!

Giant Sleepover – Tomorrow night – Don’t forget your tent!

Bag2School – Visiting us again on 7th July from 8.40am – 9.10am.   Don’t’ chuck out your clothes, shoes, belts, soft toys, curtains etc. – bag it and bring it in.

 

Lost Property:   Please ensure that your child checks the lost property bin as all remaining articles will be disposed of next week.

 

General PTA meeting next Friday 23rd June at 9.15 in the school annexe.  All are welcome and we would love to see some new members.

 

On Sunday 9th July is the annual summer fete and all funds raised will be split between the school, the village and the church.   Being sent home today are raffle tickets for the fete which only cost £1 per book, if you should require any more please contact Rachel Manship on tel: 880737.   Please could you return all tickets, stubs and money to the school by Wednesday 5th July.   Any donations of raffle prizes, bottles for a bottle tombola, cakes for the cake stall and sweets would be most welcome.   Thank you for all your help from the Friends of St. Aldhelm’s the Church and the Village.