Issue 24

Norwood Crescent, Southport. PR9 7DU. Tel: 01704 211960. Fax 01704 232712. Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell.

Email: [email protected] www.norwoodprimaryschool.com

Issue 24 11th March 2011

Norwood News

TERM DATES

Spring Term 2011

Term Ends:

Friday 1st April. School

closes at 2pm

Summer Term 2011

Children return to school

Tuesday 19th April at 8.55am

School closed:

Good Friday 22nd April

Easter Monday 25th April


Tuesday 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 Closed

Thursday 1st September

Friday 2nd September

(Staff training days)


Monday 5th September

Half Term

Mon 24th-Fri 28th October

Term Ends:

Friday 16th December at 2pm

Spring Term:

Tuesday 3rd January 2012

(Staff training day)

Arts Festival Countdown

18 weeks to go

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Week2

Yr 6 Private Peaceful

Wow what a turn out! More children turned up than last time and this really made a

difference. Some children were having that much fun that they asked could they stay

longer to help! They packed and smiled their way through the day and made a grand

total of over £700 to go towards our Arts Festival! We are all really proud of our children

at Norwood, several people commented how pleasant, polite and well turned out the

children were.

Thank you to everyone that helped and of course to Morrisons for allowing the event to

take place.

Bag Packing at Morrisons

On Tuesday 1st March Year 6 travelled to Crosby Civic

Hall to watch a play called Private Peaceful. The play

is based on a book, of the same name, by Michael

Morpugo. The story is told through flashbacks and was

skilfully acted out by a single actor!

The play tells the story of Private Tommo Peaceful as

he remembers his life so far. He recalls such events as

his first day a school; the day his father died while

saving Tommo from a falling tree; his first job; his

brother marrying Mollie, who Tommo also loved; lying

about his age to join the army to fight during World

War I and being posted to the treacherous trenches of

France with his elder brother Charlie!

Very little in the way of props were used and there was no scenery, except for a pale

blue and white backdrop. However this did not detract from the story as Morpurgo’s

vivid description coupled with the occasional sound effect and the dramatic use of

stage lighting really brought the story to life.

Watch out for the release of the film version of Private Peaceful, due in cinemas later

this year!

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Dress Funny for Money

Friday 18th March

Bring a £1

Dress funny for Money Day

News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

Star of the Week

RJT: Abbie Young

RJT: Ruby Zeqo

RT: Nathan Richards

RT: Niamh Mills

1B: Lucy Fowler

1D: Naomi Hall

2W: Sean Cairns

2M: Eliot King

2M: Pascal Saleta Silver

3H: Morgan McFord Silver

3H: Emma Gregson Silver

3K: Jakob Young Silver

3K: Sean Gowers Silver

4M: Sam Davies

4P: Heather Weights

5B: Georgia Bradshaw-Hampson

5B: Kane Baggaley Silver

5M: Daniel Lawrence

5M: Luke Jackson

5M: Lucas Thaw Silver

6P: Melissa Heyes

6C: Jake Hawkings

6C: Joe Edmunds Silver

Next week’s clubs (w/b 7.3.11)

Monday KS2 Cross Country practice (lunchtime)

Y4 Sports Aerobics in the hall till 4.20 pm

Swimming Gala Practice (No Y5 class swimming)

Y5 Concert Southport Theatre 7 pm

Tuesday School Council meeting (lunchtime)

Eco Committee meeting (lunchtime)

Library (lunchtime)

Band Club in 1D till 4.15 pm

Y4/5/6 Netball till 4.15 pm

Yr6 SATS Booster class till 4.30

YR Wally Cain Dance Club Hall till 4 pm

Y1 Science in 4M till 4.15 pm

B Team Football Match Home to St Patricks till 4.45 pm

Wednesday Library (lunchtime)

Y1 Filmclub in YR till 4.10 pm

Y2-4 Southport Football Club till 4.20 pm

Yr6 Cookery Club till 5 pm

Yr3 Art Invaders till 4.15 pm

Yr5/6 Cross Country Competition Formby

Thursday KS2 Singing Club (lunchtime)

Library (lunchtime)

Y2 Art Club in Y2 till 4.15 pm

Y5 History detectives in Y5 till 4.15 pm

Netball N Team Home to Larkfield till 4.20 pm

Y4 Planet Dance Workshop (Hall) till 4.20 pm

Friday Netball Team practice till 4.15 pm

B Team Football Match Away to Churchtown till 4.45 pm

Please collect the children from the playground and do not wait for them by

the office.

There will be notification if there are any changes to these clubs.

P.T. A.

RED NOSE DAY!

Friday 18th March

Disco Time!

Letters have been sent home

with details of the Discos that

the PTA have arranged for the

children to enjoy in the

afternoon and early evening.


Advertising Our Local Businesses

Adverts are placed independently and we are grateful for the donations towards the cost. However we are not otherwise

linked directly with the businesses.

Please see Mrs Gregson for more information about placing an advert.

Getting to Know Our Governors

Two of our reporters, Katie and Jamie, hijacked

Mrs Fletcher on her way to lunch to ‘grill’ her for

our article.

Q. Which aspect of your role do you enjoy the most?

A. I really enjoy being with the children.

(Jamie Russell)

Q. How long does it take to become a governor?

A. I had to write a letter to the parents and they voted for

me. I was very pleased because I have been a pupil,

student and teacher at Norwood.

(Katy Watkinson)

Q. How long have you been a governor?

A. I have been a governor for about a year. I am on the

committees for Staffing and Premises.

(Jamie Russell)

Q. What do you like to do in your spare time?

A. I like to act and teach drama. I am directing ‘Tom’s

Midnight Garden’ at the Little Theatre in Southport at the

moment.

(Katy Watkinson)

Shinewaves Competition Time

Cake Sale

On 7th March there was another cake sale. Thank you

from the School Council as we raised £48.07 Great!

Thank you everyone who baked and those that bought

cakes as well. The two cakes sales have made a grand

total of £88.07. WOW!

By Jamie Russell 4P

Last week’s competition was to create a maths

puzzle for World Maths Day. And the winner was…

Ruby Fellowes from 6C (again!) who created a

mathematical wordsearch. Well done Ruby!

This week’s competition is to support No Smoking

Day (9th March). As we are a no smoking site and

a Healthy School we encourage the children and

their families to make healthy lifestyle choices.

This week’s competition is to design a poster or

flyer about smoking, which encourages good

choices. Find more information at HYPERLINK

"http://kidshealth.org/" kidshealth.org

Pop your entries in the competition post box,

outside the hall, by Tues 15th March with your

name and class on the back.


Reception-Topic Shops

and Shopping! Salt dough

bakery products to ‘sell’

in their shop. Wow!

Yr 2 Spring-making sure

all the new shoots are

woven into the willow

sun shades on the field.

Their topic is Recycling

and here they are

starting their collage

using recycled

newspapers. They are

going to reproduce the

picture below from a

famous artist.

Yr 4 Topic-Walk on the

Wildside-Habitats!Yr 3 Topic-Rocks and Soils.

Yr 1 Topic-Dinosaurs.

Yr 5 Topic-Out of This World-Space

Topic Work Around the School

Below is a chance to see some of the work that the children complete on ‘Topics’ across the different year groups.

Yr 6 Topic-World War 2


Forthcoming Events

Wednesday 9th March Y5/6 Tag Rugby Tournament at Kew Woods

Monday 14th March Y5 Wider Opportunities Concert at Southport Theatre

Wednesday 16th March Y5 Royal Philharmonic Concert

Friday 18th March PTA Comic Relief Discos See PTA letter

Friday 18th March Dress Funny for Money £1 donation

Wednesday 16th March Y5/6 Sefton Junior Schools Cross Country Championships in Formby

Tuesday 22nd March Parents Interviews Appointments from 3.30-6.00 pm

Wednesday 23rd March Swimming Gala Dunes Leisure Centre

Thursday 24th March Parents Interviews Appointments from 5-8 pm

Friday 25th March Y5 Wider Opportunities Concert with Halle Orchestra at Southport Theatre

Friday 6th-8th May Y4 Residential to Robinwood

Monday 9th-13th May Y6 SATS

Tuesday 14th-17th June Y6 Residential to Llangollen

Saturday 25th June Summer Fair 12-3 pm

Wednesday 29th June Sports Day Juniors am Infants pm

Monday 4th-16th July Arts Festival

Next Screening:

16th March

The Very Hungry

Caterpillar

Check This Out!

The Big Brew

Leyland Road Methodist Church

Saturday 12th March

10-12 noon

Delicious Fairtrade products.

Hear the stories of lives transformed

and help spread the trade justice message.

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Children in the Spotlight

Robert has passed

his 25m Rainbow

Swimming Award.

Fabulous!

Morgan has passed his

100m Rainbow Swimming

Award. Brilliant!

Brooke has passed her

100m Rainbow Swimming

Award. Super!.

Cerys & Katy have achieved

their Green Tag in Taekwondo,

Grade 7th Kup.

Congratulations!

Henry has achieved a

Blue belt in

Taekwondo, Dragon

certificate. Terrific!

Lauren has achieved Distinction

in her TVU Music Performance

Pianoforte

Step 1. Wonderful!

Lucy was awarded 1st place,

Rosette of the Month.

Excellent!

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