Parent Governor Elections - Beech Green Primary School

BEECH GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOLNewsletter for Wednesday 6 th October 2010NEW School Nurse Lunch Time Drop in Sessions – 12 noon to 12.30To try to accommodate working parents, this year our School Nurse (Jo Haines), will runconfidential drop in sessions for parents during lunch times. These will take place on the firstThursday of each month, i.e. starts tomorrow.Thursdays:- 7 th October, 4 th November, 2 nd December; 6 th January, 3 rd February, 3 rd March,7 th April, 7 th July. Should you need the nurse during May or June you are welcome to phoneher on 08454 221 797. You can bring your sandwiches; we will provide a cup of tea! Noappointments needed!Harvest Assembly – next Monday!To celebrate harvest time The Food Bank will be coming in to school on11 th October to collect the produce donated by us all, for localdistribution. The Food Bank is designed to help individuals and familiesin crisis, through the provision of emergency food supplies. If you haveyet to contribute and would like to add to our ‘bumper harvest’, pleaseremember there is only tomorrow and Friday in which to donate.Please choose an item/s from this suggested list and send in to schoolwith your child (tins or packets): savoury rice, instant mash, tin rice pudding, sugar, any tinvegetables or fruit, fruit juice (long life), cereal, soup, tin meat or fish, pasta sauce, jam,biscuits, noodles or pasta, tea, coffee, UHT milk.Doubting Thomas! – Hmm!Last week’s newsletter asked that everyone kindly drop us an email confirmingthe newsletter had been accessed and read. Thankfully we had lots of emails (abig thank you to all those parents), but sadly this only came to less than 50% offamilies. This rather suggests that many parents do not read this newsletter…which might explain why messages like ‘no parking’ in the car park seem tomake little difference. We are probably ‘appealing’ to the converted! Anyway,once again a big thank you to everyone who does take the time to catch up withwhat’s going on in school. You will be well prepared for our next stage!For this week only we are sending home paper copies of this newsletter to everyone who didnot reply – if you meant to reply but forgot, it’s not too late!So what is coming next?We plan to continue to help reduce our paper usage by sending home trip letters and otherinformation using ParentMail. Reply slips will still be sent home in a paper copy for you tosign and return where needed, to save you having to print! There will be a message on thetop of these slips, advising that full trip details had been sent home, using ParentMail!The ‘Did you get your post this week? ‘ section at the end of each newsletter will continue as usual.We hope it works for you.ParentMail – Please help us to keep intouch with you via this text message andemail facility.Those families not yet registered will have now received a lilac invitation letter to joinParentMail. Thanks to those who have returned the lilac form…. We thank you forhelping us to save paper.

Statistics!We are supposed to keep a record of children who have a parent serving in any of HMforces. If this applies to your family, please would you pop into the office and see MrsPhillips? Thank you!Operation Christmas Child 2010For years now, Beech Green pupils have supported this wonderful gift giving campaign. Five easy steps togive a less privileged child overseas joy this Christmas.1. Find an empty shoe box2. Decide if your gift is for a boy or girl3. Fill you box with gifts (ideas of what to include are below!)4. Make your donation5. Drop off your shoeboxFlyers will be coming home. We normally find that during the next school holiday is a good time to get yourshoes boxes ready. Please return them to school by Friday 12 th November.What gifts to include?Yes please! – all gifts should be new, please include items from each category.Toys: Bear, soft toys, tennis ball, finger puppet, jigsaw, yo-yo, building blocks, small musical instrument.For boys trucks and cars, for girls dolls, clip on earrings, etc.Educational supplies: Felt pens, pens, pencils, pencil sharpener, eraser, colouring book, notepad,picture or puzzle book, chalk, pencil case, stickers, etc.Hygiene items: Toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, comb, hair clips, bar of soap, flannel, etc.Other items: Sweets (sell-by-date to be at least March 2011), gloves, scarf, sunglasses, cap, hat, bangles,necklaces, etc.No thanks!No food especially chocolate. Only exception non-chocolate sweets.No medicine or vitamins of any kindNo war related items. Toy guns, soldiers or knives of any kindNo clothing other than listed aboveNo fragile items glass containers, mirrorsNo liquids including blow bubbles, shampoo, bubble bath, toiletry sets or aerosolsNo dangerous items – sharp objects, scissors or razorsNo novelsNothing of a political natureNo hand-knitted stuffed toys without a CE markKS 2 – Parents Maths Workshop – Your homework is ready!If you attended Mr Higgs Maths Workshop on 28 th September, then you are invited to collecta pack from the school office.ParentPay – the way to pay for your school child’s school dinnerMany thanks to the majority of parents who manage their child’s dinner account without anydifficulty.We would like to emphasise to the few parents who fall in to debt that unfortunately wecannot offer a reminder service of when your ParentPay account is without funds andParentPay at Beech Green has a zero tolerance to debt. If you have had a reminder phonecall, it will be because you need to clear a debt that day!There is a solution to stop accidentally falling in to debt

ParentPay – set an alert for when your child’s account is running low of funds!To remind you of this feature which gives parents the opportunity to receive anautomated email alert with ‘low balance’ reminders (to ensure you have enough money inyour child’s account to pay for the meals they request). In order to activate these alerts,parents are required to:• log on to your account• follow the online instructions to verify your email address – see ‘Phones and emails’ tab• go to the ‘My Alerts’ tab and tick the alerts box next to school dinners• you will also need to set the amount that will trigger the alert (i.e. £4 for 2 dinners) – scrolldown the page and saveWe ask that everyone please does the above to ensure you do not run out of funds – if youhave any problems setting it up please call to the school office.Also, if anyone thinks they might be entitled to Free School Meals we will happily deal withyour request – please call to the office for help with that.A plea to help locate a missing Eeyore!Lost in the school playground recently (or possibly between school and The Causeway). This cuddlyEeyore is sadly missed by two little girls. If you found or find it please contact the school office. Manythanks.Does your child enjoy Open The Book Assemblies? Then he/she may like to go to FRIDAY CLUBFor all aged 5-11 years Fridays 6.30 – 7.30 p.m. (term time only) in Quedgeley Village HallJoin in the games and bible stories, fun for all, drinks and more. Free to attend, 20p for sweetsThere will be a special Fireworks Night on Friday 22 nd October for those who come to Friday ClubFor more details contact Quedgeley Baptist ChurchYouth Leader Clive Tookey on 01452 414429 or Pastor Phil Grubb on 07825 886 886Dental Hygiene – born with good teeth – a reminder how to keep them –smile with confidence!A reminder that all children should brush their teeth twice daily, brushing for 3minutes using a mirror and timer and getting mum or dad to supervise. Usea pea size amount of fluoride toothpaste, after brushing spit out, but donot rinse with water as this just washes off the paste!No need to swish around with cool water – it simply washes the fluoride away!Autumn Parent Evenings Y1-Y6 – letters with appointment slips went home yesterday!TERM DATE EVENT1October 1Y6 closing date to register for the grammar school testOctober 4-8Book WeekOctober 7School photographer in for portraits and familiesOctober 9October 11October 12 – 4 p.m.October 15October 18October 18 and 21at 4 - 6.30October 22 End of Term 1The grammar school test for Y6 will take place today (Saturday)Harvest Assembly NEW DATE“How can you help your more able children in Maths?” – forparents (Y3-Y6)Grammar school test results letters will be postedY4 Swimming starts each Monday for 8 weeksParents Evening Y1-Y6

2October 31Deadline for submitting the Common Application Form forsecondary transferNovember 1 Start of Term 2Nov 22 & 23 at 4-6November 30 - a.m.December 1 - a.m.December 3December 7 – 6.30December 8 - 9.30December 13December 14December 14December 15 – 1.30December 16December 16 – 9.30December 17Parents Evening RecKS1 Theatre trip – CINDERELLA at The EverymanKS2 Theatre trip – CINDERELLA at The EverymanPTFA Disco NEW DATEY3/4 Carol ServiceY1/2 PerformanceY4 Christmas Party in the hallY1 Christmas Party in the hallNursery Christmas Party in the studioFoundation Stage Dress RehearsalY5/6 Christmas Party in the hallFoundation Stage PerformanceY2 Christmas Party in the hallDecember 17Reception Christmas Party in the studioDecember TBA Year 3 Christmas PartyDecember 17 End of Term 2April 6 to 8Y6 Devon residentialApril 8 End of Term 4Parent Governor ElectionsIf you would like to stand for the position of Parent Governor, you have until this Friday to return yourNomination Form to Jenny Simmonds in the school office by, 9.30 a.m. please. In the event of there beingmore than one nominee then an election would take place and ballot papers would be sent out on the same day.If you would like to find out more about becoming a governor you could also come and have a chat with Jenny,who is Clerk to the Governors. Thank you.PTFA REMINDERJust to remind you that all Christmas card designs and payment need to be back in schoolby THIS FRIDAY 8 TH OCTOBER . Please return them to your class teacher. Each packordered raises £1 for the school!PTFA NEWS- CHOCOHOLICSCatalogues are out now. If you would like a copy of a catalogue please fill in the formbelow and place it in the PTFA draw in the office and we will deliver one to your child tobring home as soon as we can,Your name………………………………........................Childs Name………………………………..................... Childs class ...................Thank you for your supportITEMS FOR SALE – to advertise in this section please send details up to 25 words + £1ELC - CD Player (pink) and Headphones – brand new in box £20ELC – Fruit and Veg Stall – brand new in box £35 - for either please phone 01452 724815Did you get your post this week?KS1KS2Cross-country championshipsAutumn Term Parents Evenings Y1-Y6Autumn Term Parents Evenings Y1-Y6Contact school on admin@beechgreen.gloucs.sch.uk