Exciting Events and Trips

We were treated to a wonderful festival of talent and skills last Saturday at the NEP's fourth Schoolsfest. Children from our school presented some fantastic poetry work based on the theme of chocolate – well done to Tessa Sullivan, Ebony Jo Rudd Farnell and Harrison Saunders for performing your poems so confidently!

We were also represented in the joint choir singing which was a super start to the day and several staff from our school shared their singing 'expertise' during a staff choir performance in the afternoon!

If you didn't get chance to see these contributions, our school's art work is still on display at the Nantwich Museum along with work from the other local schools. It makes for an eye-catching display! Many thanks to all of the staff, children and parents who worked so hard and supported this special event.

We had a delicious American Independence Day Themed Lunch on Monday – the children were treated to American Diner style food prepared by Mrs Hayward and Mrs Gavin and it was a fabulous success!

Our Year 6 children took part in a special Leaver's Service at Chester Cathedral on Tuesday morning and have travelled to Brine Leas this morning to represent school at a French Competition morning where they will be performing a sports themed rap, action and rock and roll songs they have been busy preparing in their French lessons. I am sure they will do a great job!

Pearl class enjoyed their outdoor learning on Tuesday afternoon – they searched for natural materials and used these and clay to create wonderful tree characters to use in their story writing.

Our Year 5 children spent a day at Brine Leas on Thursday exploring pinhole cameras and using Design Technology to develop photographs. They made their cameras using old tin cans and they returned to school thrilled with the results!

Children in Sapphire and Pearl classes have headed off to Tescos on Friday to look at Fairtrade items and fruits and vegetables, which have travelled from far and wide to reach our plates. Children in our Key Stage 2 classes competed in our Key Stage 2 Sports Tournament last Friday, representing their teams to gain points for an overall winner. Congratulations to Alder team who won this event overall.

This week's Praise Book children are:

• Mrs Hayward's Class – Miles Weatherstone
• Miss Danha's Class – Eva Tilley
• Mrs Richardson's Class – Ashton McCool
• Mrs Stoker's Class – Tom Winter
• Mr Perry's Class – Libby Rayne
• Mrs Bird's Class – Sam Hassall Congratulations to you all!

Tidy Team -The winning classes this week are Amethyst, Sapphire and Pearl classes – well done! The winners of our Attendance Cup this week are Amber and Amethyst – well done!

Sports
Well done to our Cross Country team who represented school on Monday at Malbank High School. All 25 runners participated well and many achieved a top 10 or 20 position – a fantastic achievement, as almost 75 children ran in each race!

Good luck to our Football Team who are playing in the semi-final of the T75 cup yesterday evening. Fingers crossed for a final performance before the end of term!

FASA
As you know, the FASA team have continued to support school in a range of ways this year and their dedication and great team spirit has resulted in another wonderful series of fundraising events.

Our Summer Fair on Thursday was a wonderful event, rounding off yet another busy year of fundraising – many thanks to all of you who have contributed cakes, prizes, money, time and energies throughout the year.

ABC Childcare
ABC are holding an Open Morning on Monday 18th July from 9-10am, please pop along to find out more about the services they offer.

A reminder to contact the ABC team on 01270 748081 if you would like to book your child into Holiday Club over summer.

Top Marks for Our Kitchen – Again!
I am pleased to announce that Mrs Hayward, our School Cook and Mrs Gavin our Kitchen Assistant have maintained a 5 Star rating for our school kitchen. This award is checked annually and we were recently checked and subsequently awarded the 5 star rating, yet again! Well done to Mrs Hayward and Mrs Gavin!

Calling All Musicians
The Cooperative Wind Bands are looking for new recruits. Anyone learning to play a brass, woodwind or percussion instrument is invited to attend their open rehearsals. Rehearsals for the Beginner's Band take place on Monday 11th July from 6.30pm – 7.30pm. Junior Band rehearsals will take place tomorrow from 9.00 – 10.15am.

The sessions take place at Underwood Lane Business Park in Crewe. Please contact Jackie Davies on 01270 569183, if you would like to find out more.

Library and Reading Books
Please make sure all library and reading books are returned from home before Friday 15th so that we can ensure we have all resources in school for September. Thank you for your help with this.

Leaver's Service
A reminder that our Leaver's Service will be held in Church on Monday 18th July at 9.30am. If you are able to help to accompany the children walking to and from Church for the Service, please contact the School Office. We look forward to sharing this special service with you.

Finally
On Monday 11th July we are holding an Open Morning (8.45am – 9.30am) for parents to join their child/ren in class and to share their work. This will be followed by an Open Evening on Tuesday 12th July (3.30pm – 6pm) where you can look through their work in more detail and you can discuss any aspect of the report with myself or their class teacher. I hope you are able to join us for one or both of these events.

R Jewitt

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