St Luke's C of E Primary School, Glossop

St Luke’s Newsletter

9.7.15

Dear Parents,

We had a lovely celebratory Monday the Orchestra showed us just how far they had come in our morning assembly. Thank you so much to The Elliotts for running this. After school we ran our Film Night to celebrate the films the children had made in school. Thank you to everyone who supported this it was a lovely night. If you weren’t able to attend and would like to see the film we made as part of the BBC Greatest Generation Project it can be viewed at http://www.intofilm.org/greatest-generation/showcase our film is called ‘Freedom Does Not Come Cheap’.

Tomorrow is Non Uniform day for bottles for the next fair. These can be bottles of anything; shampoo, ketchup, pop, salad dressing, bubble bath etc. Thank you in advance for your generosity in supporting this.

The Harrier’s will be leading our Assembly on Friday do join us if you can.

On Friday afternoon the Year 6 Pupils will be taking part in a cluster festival of sport at St Philip Howard School.

This week is the last week for all clubs except PAS which has one more club next week. I would like to thank all the people who have given up their time to offer your children such a wide range of extra-curricular activities. So thank you to parents, governors, staff and friends who have been so generous with their time.

Next week is Performance Week for the Grand Summer Production, which this year is called The Black Shadow. It is a tale of Bad Barons, mysterious heroes and incompetent guards. The children are loving preparing it for you. It is looking as if we will have tickets left for all the performances after the parents of Eagles and Merlins have got theirs so if anyone else would like to come and see it you would be very welcome. Performances are on Tuesday 14th at 7pm, Wednesday 15th at 2pm, and Thursday 16th at 5.30pm. Tickets are available from the office or by sending an email or letter in.

On Monday 20th the children will be having a move up morning when they try out their new class. On that morning they can go in through the door they will be using next year. The classes for next year will be staying as they are this year:

Reception                    Kestrels                     Mrs Hillier

Y1                                Peregrines                  Miss Nicholls

Y2                                Ospreys                      Mrs Clayton

Y3                                Kites                           Mrs McLaren

Y4                                Harriers                     Ms Lee

Y5                                Eagles                         Mr Warburton

Y6                                Merlins                       Miss Byron
On Friday 17th July we have a PTA meeting at 9.30am to look at dates and activities for next year. Remember we have a disco on Tuesday 21st July 5-6.30pm.

Over the summer Longdendale Environment Centre is running a number of great looking family days, I will put more details on next week but if you want to ensure a space information can be found at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting/events

Alice Littlehailes

St Luke’s Newsletter

2.7.15

Dear Parents,

What a busy Saturday we all had with the fabulous concert in Old Glossop Church in the morning followed by the Family Fun Day in the afternoon. Thank you to everyone who supported or helped run this event. It was a lovely afternoon. The cakes produced by the children were inventive, congratulations to the winners. Well done to Harry and Andrew who ran a lego stall, they are budding entrepreneurs.

Tuesday saw the Sparkle and Shine Show playing to a packed crowd. It was so nice to see all the children enjoying putting on this performance, despite the hall being too hot.

The chicks are growing quickly. They have developed long legs and wing feathers so are not looking like balls of fluff anymore. They will go to the farm on Friday to mature into adult chickens.

Remember we have a bag 2 school collection tomorrow morning so do bring in all your old clothes and shoes.

Eagles are leading our assembly on Friday 3rd July and Harriers the following week the 10th. Please join us if you can.

On Monday the orchestra will be performing for us at 9am do come and listen to how good they now are.

We have a very exciting event on Monday evening when at 5pm we will have Film Night. This is an opportunity for you to see the film made by the children in Y6 as part of the BBC Greatest Generation Project. We will also show some of the films made as part of the Thank You Film Awards some of which were shortlisted. We will show films made by children in Reception, Y1, Y2 & Y4. We do hope as many people as possible will be able to come. There will be popcorn and the press will be there.

All Saints Pre-School have spaces and have asked me to pass on this message:
All Saint Pre-School Glossop is a small and friendly Pre School, we work to the Early Years Foundation Stage which allows children to learn though play. Pre-School morning sessions are available for little ones from two and a half years old to school entry age.
Sessions run in term time from 9am -12pm Monday to Friday.
Funding is available for 2 and 3 year olds and we are Ofsted registered.
For more information contact Zoe Mather Pre-School Manager on 07549464963 or drop in and see us any morning.

Alice Littlehailes

St Luke’s Newsletter
25.6.15
Dear Parents,
Firstly my apologies to anyone who has received a strange email from me, unfortunately one of my school accounts has been infected with a virus.  The tech guys are sorting it out and hopefully you won’t receive any more.
As I am sure you have been told we have had ten births in school!  There are ten very cute chicks in the Year One Reception Classroom.
We have had a wonderful musical week over the last week.  The Harriers performed beautifully on Friday showing us just how much they had learned whilst having their wider opportunities lessons.  Please return the forms to let us know if they would like to continue learning any instrument next year as soon as possible.
The Harriers then went to Derby to listen to the BBC Ten Pieces Concert – an amazing experience.  As if that wasn’t enough they have been performing as part of the Glossop Music Festival to other schools.  If you would like to hear the concert they are part of you can on Saturday. It is at Old Glossop Parish Church at 11.30.  The performers need to be there at 10.15.
The children in the choir and who learn instruments performed at our summer concert.  It was a lovely event where everyone was given an opportunity to show off what they can do.  I was so impressed with the musicality of the children.
The children who took part in the rounders tournament had a good time.  Thank you to Mr Warburton for enabling the children to take part in this event.
Remember Saturday is our Family Fun Day 2-4 here at school.  I do hope as many of you as possible can come and support this event.
Next Tuesday is the Year 3s and 4s Sparkle and Shine performance at 7pm.  The children are asked to be at school for 6.40.  The doors will not be open until 6.30pm.  If you have a child in these classes and have not sent back in your ticket request letter please do so soon as possible.  We will be allocating spare tickets tomorrow and you may miss out.
The Ospreys are leading our assembly this Friday, Eagles will be leading it next Friday 3rd July.
The next Bag 2 school collection will be on Friday 3rd July in the morning.  Please bring in any old clothes or shoes.  We are sending bags home tonight but you can send textiles in any bag.
The children taking part in the Sponsored Swim managed 288 lengths between them.  An amazing achievement.  If you would like to make a donation there is still time.
Yours Sincerely
Alice Littlehailes

St Luke’s Newsletter

18.6.15

Dear Parents,

What a fabulous week the last week has been with the children loving the red carpet event in Birmingham. The cricket team may not have won a match but covered themselves in glory as the organiser came over to Mr Warburton to praise their behaviour. Scoot and skate was warm but fun, thank you to all the PTA members who helped. The cyclocross team had a great time at their event. As did the cheerleading group, they had been offered the chance to go and work with Tintwistle Primary School who have an award winning cheerleading squad. The children from Tintwistle were very welcoming, were amazing at cheerleading and the event was ‘epic’. Our thanks go out to the staff and pupils for putting on such a great event. As if all of that was not enough we also had the fire brigade in yesterday talking to the Year 2s & 6s.

On Friday 19th June our Assembly will be led by Kites and Harriers will be performing a violin concert for us before they jet off (alright coach off) to Derby for a concert. Do join us if you can. The following week it will be led by the Ospreys.

Next Tuesday 23rd June is our summer music concert at 7pm. There will be no tickets issued for this but everyone is welcome.

Our family fun day is fast approaching, it is on Saturday 27th June at the moment the forecast is good. If you would be able to help with this event please let the office or a member of the PTA know. The last few PTA meetings have been poorly attended and we need more people to offer to help at all our events.

There will be no school organised after school clubs next Tuesday 23rd as all the staff have meetings. PAS will still be on. School run clubs will finish on Friday 10th July.

Here is a message from one of the children organising the sponsored swim – Tommy says ‘My brother was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes last year and I want to raise money to help find a cure for it. Some of my friends (James and George Allen, Freya Conway and Erin Hilton) also have relatives with diabetes and so we have agreed together to try and raise as much as possible for Diabetes UK. We are going to swim for a full hour at Glossop Swimming Pool and do as many lengths as we can. If you would like to sponsor us there is a sponsor form in school reception or you can donate at www.justgiving.com/Janette-Dunkerley or www.justgiving.com/Jennifer-Allen15 all our money collected will be put together, so it doesn’t matter how you choose to donate. Thank you very much’

Howard Park are organising a Teddy Bear’s Picnic on June 28th 2-4pm. This is a good event.

We are always keen to have feedback about the school so we would ask you to complete the questionnaire you can find at http://goo.gl/forms/AXLs6RmglD you can fill one in for each child you have with us.

Early warning that we will not be sending books home in the summer as the new assessment system requires us to evidence progress in work which is only possible with the children’s work. We will send work home later in the year.

Alice Littlehailes