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Norwood Crescent, Southport. PR9 7DU. Tel: 01704 211960. Fax 01704 232712. Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell.
Email: [email protected] www.norwoodprimaryschool.com
Issue 16 7th January 2011
Norwood News
TERM DATESSpring Term 2011
NEW DATESchool closed:Friday 11th February(Staff training day)
Half Term:Monday 14th-Friday 18th February
Term Ends:Friday 1st April. School closes at 2pm
Summer Term 2011
Children return to schoolTuesday 19th April at 8.55am
School closed:Good Friday 22nd AprilEaster Monday 25th April
Children return to schoolTuesday 26th April at 8.55am
School closed:Bank Holiday Friday 29th April
School closed:Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May
Half Term:Mon 30th May-Fri 3rd June
School closed:Friday 1st July(Staff training day)
Term Ends:Friday 22nd July. School closes at 2pm
Autumn Term 2011
School ClosedThursday 1st September Friday 2nd September
(Staff training days)
Children return to schoolMonday 5th September
Arts Festival Countdown
27 weeks to go
Advertising Our Local BusinessesDid You Know?
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further details.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODYI would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back to Norwood after the Christmas holiday and I hope that everybody
enjoyed the snow, which I promised in the last newsletter. The fact that it came on the the evening we broke up from school and disappeared before we came back was ideal for us as a school. I would
like to thank everyone for their cards and warm wishes and trust 2011 will be an exciting, rewarding and happy one for us all at Norwood.
I was delighted to see photographs of our infant Christmas performances in the local press over the holiday and once again would like to thank all the children and staff for their tremendous hard
work in putting on such wonderful events. The Spring term is always the most rewarding in terms of the progress children make, as they are firmly settled in their classes, understand the routines and know what is expected of them in each subject and their behaviour and attitude. Our
building work on the new After School Club extension and the kitchen continues to progress extremely well and I will have more up-to-date news on the scheduled completion in the next week or so. Finally I would like to wish everyone at Norwood a wonderful 2011 and hope that all
New Year’s resolutions haven’t been broken yet.
INSET DAYThe final INSET day for staff training has been allocated as Friday 11th February, so
school will close for February half-term on Thursday 10th February at 3.15 pm.
AWARD FOR NORWOOD In recognition of the improvements we have made in the ‘basic skills’ of English and Maths, Norwood has recently been awarded the Quality Mark for Primary Schools. We
received a visit from three external assessors, who evaluated our provision, practice and performance and assessed our recent improvements in ’basic skills’. The 10
key elements of the Quality Mark were analysed and assessed after discussions with staff, pupils and parents and we are delighted to report that they were very
impressed with the school and the progress that has been made. Congratulations to everybody on this special award!
Excellent Attendance Congratulations to the 270 children who received excellent
attendance certificates for having attended school at least 95% of the time in the Autumn term. We are pleased to
report that 92 children have 100% attendance so far and
are on their way to the special 100% badge awarded at the end of the school year.
Hot DinnersDue to the continuing building
work in the kitchen, we are still unable to offer hot dinners to
pupils or staff. We will keep you
updated with information and let you know as soon as possible of the proposed date for the return
of hot dinners.
CLUBSThe following clubs will be running next week.
MondayTuesday ASK JANICE TO FIND OUTWednesday AND MAKE THIS A REGULAR ITEMThursdayFriday
News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack
Getting to know our Governors
Our reporters have recently tracked down our very busy governors to ask them about their roles. Pictured here is Mrs
Cullum, who as well as being a Staff Governor, also works in Year 5.
Star of the Week
RJT:Owen Ashton RJT:Ethan Owen Silver
RJT:Alice Jones RT:Ben Watkins RT:Archie Singleton
1B:Lucy Mercer-Jones 1D:Lucy Wallbank 2M:Eva Bennet
2M:Rebecca Kilduff 2W:Jamie Martin 2W:Lucy Peters 3K:Jack Bilsborrow
3K:Spencer Leach-Jackson 3K:Rhys Fyles3K:Star Wilkinson Gold
3H:Emily Murray 4M:Ellie Tutt 4M:Robert Watson
4P:Holly McQuillan4P:Lucie Hawkings Silver 5B:Hannah Tear 5M:Bethany Heyes
5M:Nia Paganga 6C:Sol Wilkinson Gold 6P:Lucy Cottier
Q. What do you do in your spare time?A. I love to read, listen to music and spend time with my
family.
Q. What made you want to be a Governor at Norwood?
A. I was ready to challenge myself and do something I had never done before.
Q. Has any of your family attended Norwood?A. Both my brothers attended Norwood, but it was before it
moved to Norwood Crescent.
Q. How much time is taken up by being a Governor?A. There are about 3 or 4 full meetings and smaller committee meetings per year, but there is a lot of reading to do before
each meeting.
TissuesWhenever possible please send your child to school with a packet of
tissues.
This will encourage good practice when they catch their sneeze in a tissue,
and then bin the tissue when they have used it and so kill the germs.
Thank you.
PTA NewsNext meeting
Wednesday 12th January 3.30 pm
in the school library.
New members are always welcome soplease come along to get involved in
your PTA.
News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack
After the wonderful
success of the first Christmas Craft morning
last year we weredelighted to run it again
and it will now become an
annual and anticipated event.
Family members were able
to join their children to
create festive items from recycled materials.
Thank you to everyone
who made the morning the
success it was.
Some of the comments from the family members
who joined their children
were...
“It was tremendous to see the children so engrossed
in the activity.”
“Fabulous time, gone
home sticky and sweet.”
“Very good morning, very
relaxing, felt like a child again.”
“Fantastic, as last year! My
children loved it. Thank
you for all your hard work.”
Remember to save all your
Christmas sweet wrappers, cards and wrapping paper and
send them into school for next year’s event.
Norwood’s Christmas Craft Morning
News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack
Children in the Spotlight
Caitlan has passed her
25m Rainbow Swimming
award.
Terrific!
Ben has passed his Water Skills
Level 6 Swimming
award.
Brilliant!
Nathan has passed his
Level 7 Gymnastics Proficiency
Award. Congratulations
Jordan has passed his 10m
Rainbow Swimming
award. Excellent!
Kara has passed her 5m Rainbow
Swimming award. Wow!
Elliot has passed his 10m
Rainbow Swimming
award.
Marvellous!
Joshua has passed his 50m
Rainbow Swimming
award.
Fantastic!
Next weeks clubs
Monday KS2 Cross Country practice (lunchtime) Y4 Sports Aerobics in the hall till 4.15pm
Tuesday School Council meeting (lunchtime) Eco Committee meeting (lunchtime) Library (lunchtime) Band Club in 1D till 4.15pm B Football Team practice till 4.30pm Y4/5/6 Netball till 4.15pm
Wednesday Library (lunchtime) Y6 Cookery Club in the hall till 5.00 pm Y2 Filmclub in YR till 4.30 pm
Thursday KS2 Singing Club (lunchtime) Library (lunchtime) Y2 Art Club in Y2 till 4.15 pm Y3 History Detectives in Y3 till 4.15 pm Y5 & Y6 Sports Hall Athletics till 4.20pm
Friday Netball Team practice at Meols Cop till 4.45pm Y5 Badminton Club in the hall till 4.30pm KS2 Chess Challenge in 3K till 4pm
Please collect the children from the playground.
There will be notification if there are any changes to these clubs.
Erin has passed her Level 1 & 2
Solo Swimming awards.
Wonderful!
