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YEAR 5 AND YEAR 6 RESIDENTIALWhat a wonderful time we had in the

Lake District with the Year 5 and Year 6

children! We were blessed with the most

fantastic weather which

really made a

difference

to the activities

we did. The

children had an

amazing time

walking, climbing,

working their way across the

JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

This weekend brings many celebrations for

the Queens Diamond Jubilee to the Village.

There will be a family service in Church from

10.30am - all are welcome!

From 12.30pm, the celebrations continue on

the Villages Recreation Ground. Please see the

poster overleaf for more details. Please also

see details of the Gardening Clubs

competitions and entry classes.

ISSUE 15 / SUMMER TERM 2012 / THURSDAY 31ST MAY 2012

There is also a CROWN

Competition - entries to be

brought to playing playing

field by 10.30am.

Yvette Owen will be on

hand to take family

photographs to mark the

occasion; again, details

overleaf.

Today in school, the children will be presented with a

Diamond Jubilee New Testament Bible. The

presentation will be done in our assembly and will be

conducted by Rev David Lamb. In addition, the school

high wires, canoeing on DerwentWater and visiting Keswick, including

the world famous Pencil Museum

which proved to be one of the highlights

of the week, despite many raised

eyebrows when I first mentioned it!

The children were a credit to

themselves and to you as parents;

proving to be responsible, sensible

and independent young people who

were just a delight to be with. I really

hope that they will remember theexperience for many years - I know

how much I valued the residential visit

when I was in Year 6 - memories such

as this live on for a long time!

My thanks go to Mrs Skelley, Mrs

Burton, Mr and Mrs Pattinson and

to Mr Burton from Huxley CE

Primary School.

FUTURE RESIDENTIAL VISITS

I am now at the planning stage

for our next residential visits

for the children in school. We

are planning to take next

years Year 5 and

Year 6 to

London

(Houses of

Parliament,

London Eye,

River Cruise,

ScienceMuseum,

Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palaceand the theatre) in October time. The

Year 3 and Year 4 children are having a

visit being organised for them to York

(Jorvik Centre, York Minster, an

archaeological dig centre, the Railway

Museum and another museum) and the

Year 1 and Year 2 children will have a

one-night residential organised for them

in the local area.

I know I have the vast majority of parent

support for these residential visits. As aschool, the staff and governors highly

value these experiences not just for

academia, but for the children to

socialise and to increase their

independence and enjoyment. I will give

more details in the coming weeks regard

to costs etc. As I hope you will be aware,

I do my utmost to keep the costs of these

visits to a minimum by getting the best

value deals I can!

FAMILY CAMP OVER

Tickets have been selling well for the

camp over, due to be held on the School

field on Saturday 24th June (afternoon

and night). We are asking for a donation

of just 10 to pitch your tent, to enjoy

your tea (most people brought a BBQ

last year), play some games into the

evening and enjoy (!) a night under the

stars. Bacon rolls will be available for

breakfast as part of this donation.

and PTFA have funded further commemorative

gifts. I hope that all these gifts will be treasured

for many years by the children to mark these

very special celebrations.

I hope to see many families on Sunday, enjoying

the fun which has been kindly organised by

many different members of the Village

Community.

On behalf of the School, I would like to thank

all these people for all the work that has gone

in the events.

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Please see Mrs Stubbs in the School Office for more details.

FUN IN THE SUN

Thank you to all the parents who have helped us keep the

children safe in the sun by applying sun tan lotion before

school and making sure that the children have a cap/hat to

wear. You may have seen a BBC News report regarding the

use of suntan lotion in schools; it is worth a read! I hope you

feel that our common sense view is more than acceptable tokeep your children safe.

As I have previously said in an email to parents, we have

some Boots own-brand SPF30 lotion in school, which we will

be quite happy for children to use to top up the layer that you

have applied. Please let us know if you are NOT happy for

your child to use this. We ask that the children apply this

themselves, although we will supervise them doing this. In

addition, we are very careful to limit the children's exposure to

the sun during the day.The new canopy provides a good area

of shade which children can also use. I hope that this item in

the newsletter doesnt mean that the sunshine will now end -

we are looking forward to many more sunny days after half

term!

Please ensure that the children have a named water bottle in

school everyday and that this is washed out on a regular

basis. The water cooler near the front door provides lovely

chilled water and every cold tap in classroom areas is safe to

drink from.

END OF TERM

Please note that the end of term is TODAY (Thursday 31st

May), as the teachers have an allocated INSET day tomorrow.

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I hope that some of you were lucky enough to watch the Olympic

torch relay take place in Chester and to attend the events on the

Racecourse on Tuesday evening.

If you were there, you may have seen The Moment When...

performed later in the evening. This was a dance organised by

Cheshire Dance and by Olivia McCormicks mum (Jacqueline

McCormick). Please see below for two other events in the near

future which I recommend to you...

More information at: www.themomentwhen.org

AND FINALLY...

I was approached by a company a couple of weeks ago who offer materials suitable for home tuition/reinforcing skills and

knowledge taught in the school. The materials consist of booklets and CDs (with video clips) with short activities to work

through. I am sure that you feel that the work in school and the homework provides a very good level of education for your

children, however, these materials do look useful (although there is obviously a cost to these).

I am in no way suggesting that you should buy them, however, the school receives a small amount of money to distributeleaflets to advertise the materials and if I get more than 60% of the reply slips back, the commission is doubled...even if all the

returns are signed to say no further information is required.

These will be distributed in the week we return after the half term break - can I urge you to return the slips, even if you want

no further information - I can think of a lot of fun things to spend the money on in school! Thank you!

http://www.themomentwhen.org/http://www.themomentwhen.org/

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ASHTON HAYES AND MOULDSWORTH SCARECROW TRAIL

2012Organized by Ashton Hayes 0 TO 4S

Display a Scarecrow Application FormApplication forms accepted from May 25th to June 8th

Welcome to the Ashton Hayes and Mouldsworth Scarecrow Trail!

The Annual School Hey Day Summer Fair has a theme of The Olympics this year

you can either link your scarecrow to this or create your own masterpiece!

Scarecrows on display:

Saturday 16th June to Saturday 30th June

Your scarecrow must be displayed by: 9.00am on Saturday 16th June.Trophy for favourite scarecrow voted for by trailers.

Awarded at Ashton Hayes School, Hey Day Summer fair, 30th June 12-3pm.

Please join in this wonderful community event.This year, profits will benefit Ashton Hayes 0 to4s playgroup.To display a scarecrow, please complete this form and return in an envelope marked Scarecrow

Trail to one of the following places by Friday June 8th:Ashton Hayes Post Office, Primary School Office or to Nicole Wright or Amanda Hampton.

Name : Address :

Telephone Number : Title of Entry :

Please note: Your scarecrows number will be delivered on Thursday June 14th. If your numberdoes not arrive, please phone Nicole on 07976 905946 on Friday June 15th.

Please attach numbers firmly and where they can be seen easily!