Nether Green

Nether= Green Infant School

= Newsletter No. 232 23^rd April 2008

Thursday 24^th= April

Please don’t forg= et that the only class expected in school tomorrow is Class 3 due to the NUT strike.

Sports Day

We will soon be able to let you know which day your child will be taking part in our Sports events. It will either be June 26th or June 27^th (weather willing). All the children are put in mixed year teams and siblings are put together so you don’t have to come tw= ice. As soon as the lists are ready we’ll send a copy home.

School Garden

We’re really plea= sed that the 2litre empty plastic bottles are still being brought into school for our greenhouse. We haven’t counted them yet but we must be getting very n= ear to our target of 1,500! Please keep bringing them in and drop them off in t= he bags in the school entrance. Soon we will be asking for more help to put th= em together.

If you have any spare household bricks you no longer require our garden needs them! We are happy = to re-use any colour or design of brick. Please bring your bricks to the entra= nce and place in a box near the plastic bottles. Thank you once again for your support.

Year 2 Preparing for Ye= ar 3

It is about this time of year when we start preparing our Y2 children for Y3. Part of this preparati= on is being ready for the difference between ‘drop off’ in the mornings at the Infants and the Juniors.

We like to encourage the children to practice saying goodbye to their parents quite quickly and then leaving them in the classroom or the yard (when supervised) to help settle = in more independently. If we start this now it helps them later on.=

Between now and the end= of term the Y2 children who are going to Nether Green Junior School will visit the school with their teachers on many occasions and the Junior School Y3 teachers come here to s= ee the children in their classes.

We are aware of many changes the Y2 children face in Y3 but we are always pleased to hear from parents who have already gone through the key stage change and things their children or the parents have noticed.

The Y2 teachers have a transition meeting with the Juniors in a couple of weeks so please let any = of the Y2 staff or Miss Ball know of anything which may help the children to prepare for Y3.

Staff Professional Development

Wednesday 30^th April pm – Mrs Wig= ley and Mrs Wyatt on Communication, Language & Literacy Development Course.=

Miss Tattersfield teaching Class 4.

Mrs Bagshaw teaching Class 7.

Community Governor=

Thank you to Peter Hodgson for all his hard work a= nd commitment as a Community Governor in our school over the last 4 years. We = will miss the enthusiasm he has shown for helping both children and staff in our school.

This now leaves a vacancy for a community governor= in our school. If you or you know anybody who would be interested in helping o= ur school in this way please contact Miss Ball or any governor.

Sponsored Bounce

Thank you to the PTA for organising the sponsored bounce today. The children have really enjoyed their visits to the hall to = have a bounce! It has also inspired some marvellous writing in the classroom.

Please don’t forget to return you sponsorship form as soon as you have collected sponsorship money. Thank you.=

Tuesday 29^th April

PTA Coffee Morning after drop off at 8:50am in the school entrance. This is an opportunity for parents and carers to have a ch= at over a drink rather than the quick 5 minutes you get when dropping the chil= dren off in their classrooms. Tea, coffee, soft drinks, biscuits, breadsticks and grapes are all provided free of charge. Pre-school children welcome. It wou= ld be lovely to see you there.

School Link Books<= /o:p>

If you have ordered any books from School Link ple= ase collect them from the school entrance if you have not already done so. Thank you.

Pampered Chef Cooking S= how Fundraiser – Thursday 1^st May at 7:30pm<= /b>

Pampered Chef cookware will be demonstrated with t= he opportunity for you to ask questions, taste samples and purchase Pampered C= hef equipment. Up to 15% of all sales will go to the school PTA.

Admission is by ticket at £1 (to raise funds= for the PTA) including a complimentary glass of wine. Please buy tickets before= hand if possible (available from the school office) or turn up on the night. Raf= fle tickets will be sold by the PTA in the reception area at school with a disp= lay of prizes the week commencing 28^th April and on the night – 25p each or £1 for a strip of 5.

For further information please contact Sylvia (Han= nah’s Mum in Class 7) tel: 07729 334403 or Amanda (Jasmine’s Mum in Class 7) tel: 07884 314464. If you can’t come along on the evening but want to order from the Pampered Chef range then please contact Sylvia or Amanda for= a catalogue.