St Luke’s Newsletter
30.4.15
Dear Parents,
It has been another busy week in school; the tadpoles are growing, George’s Marvellous Medicine is being concocted, African animals are emerging, plays are being performed, the Hobbit is travelling, dens are being built and Romans are invading. A normal week at Saint Luke’s. On top of this the choir are preparing an amazing programme of songs for the choir festival at Glossopdale on Friday 8th May.
Looking at the above list you may wonder what the Year 6 children have been doing. Have they just been preparing for their SATs (external tests sat by all Year Sixes in the country)? No, because we want to educate rounded human beings not just test takers, they are involved in an amazing project organised by Into Film. Into Film is a charity that supports film in schools, they help with our Film club. They are running a project called The Greatest Generation. Children are invited to make documentaries bringing together archive footage of World War Two and interviewing Veterans. We were chosen to be one of the few schools to work with a professional film maker. We will be interviewing Mr Byrne who was in the Navy next week. As if that was not exciting enough, because of this project, we have been chosen to go to London as part of the BBCs coverage of the VE Day commemorations. Three of our children will be live on the BBC on Sunday 10th May from 12.00. I wish I could take the whole class but the BBC would only take three so names had to come out of the hat. I am sure those children will represent us well.
The Peregrine’s will be leading our Assembly on Friday 1st May do join us if you can.
At the PTA meeting a few dates were set, and changed. The scoot and skate will now be after school on Friday 12th June. The summer disco will be on Tuesday 21st July. The next meeting will be after school on Tuesday 9th June Mrs Clayton has offered to have any children at Film Club.
Pamper Night is fast approaching, it is on May 15th. If you fancy spending your Friday evening having a bit of fun, a bit of pampering and replenishing your wardrobe get your ticket soon, they go fast as it is an event enjoyed by the whole town.
On Monday I received a phone call that upset me. One of our neighbours’ daughters was visiting him around school pick up time on Friday. Her parked car was hit and the driver drove off without trying to contact her. She is a very kind woman who said that even though she has the other car’s registration number she is not planning to contact the Police because she doesn’t want the driver to get 9 points on their licence for an accident. She is however very upset that someone would not acknowledge what they have done. It may not have been someone connected with the school but can I remind everyone to be very careful and considerate.
Remember Monday is a Bank holiday so school will be closed.
Can I remind you that we encourage children to come to school on bikes and scooters but they are left here at your own risk. Children must also not ride them on school premises.
Alice Littlehailes