A Funny Face for Money Day

What an array of funny faces we have had on display in school yesterday! Well done to our School Council for planning our special 'Make Your Face Funny for Money' day and many thanks to all of the families who sent donations in to support this Comic Relief fundraiser.

Our new Green Team officially began their duties in school today by hosting a visit from the Eco team from Gorse Hill Primary School.

The two teams have worked together with staff from both schools to learn about each others schools and plan how we can work together and learn from each other. We are planning to make a return visit to their school later this year.

Amber class have been busy this week sharing Guided Reading sessions with parents and carers and delivering presentations about their Dragon's Den topic to local 'Dragon's'.

Each of the five Dragons Den groups presented and the 'Dragons' were very impressed with them all and gave positive feedback to each group. The winning team were the Bookworm Company and they will go on to represent school in the final at Brine Leas on 27th March.

All of the children have worked exceptionally hard on this project and they should all feel very proud of their achievements.

Pearl and Sapphire classes were being 'Tudor History Detectives' on a tour of Nantwich yesterday as part of their 'Fire' topic. They will follow the course of the Fire of Nantwich and look at why the fire broke out.

They will also visit the Museum where they will have the opportunity to handle and investigate a selection of replica Tudor artefacts, try on costumes and take part in a role-play.

Sapphire class had their first Forest Schools session yesterday and, as with previous classes who have enjoyed this outdoor learning experience, they had a great time and are now looking forward to their next session!

The children in Amethyst class have thoroughly enjoyed preparing their 'garden area' for planting and organising their 'Bug Hotel' for tiny 'visitors' this week.

Staff and children would like to say a huge thanks to the parents who have given so much time to help develop this outdoor learning zone.

The four wonderful new planters, provided by our talented helpers, will enable the children to plant a variety of fruit and vegetables over the coming months and they are also planning to attract lots of wildlife to the area too.

All children in our school are eligible to take part in a special inter-schools Sumdog contest between Cheshire East schools. The competition begins today and ends at 8pm on Thursday 19th March. Any child who answers 100 questions in the contest will receive a Myths and Legends outfit for their Avatar! Good luck!

Sports News

Well done to our school netball team who proudly represented our school on Wednesday in a home match against Sound. It was a very competitive match between two even teams with Sound narrowly winning 3-5.

Well done also to Elsie May Cottrell for achieving her 10k certificate for Active Audlem this week.

News from FASA

Don't forget FASA will be holding a 80s and 90s Disco for adults at Audlem Public Hall on Friday 27th March from 7.00pm – 12pm.

There will be a hotpot supper included in the ticket price of £7. Tickets are available from the School Office, FASA members, the Post Office and Williams newsagents.

FASA's Easter fundraising event will take place on Wednesday 1st April The event will be held after school from 3.15pm – 5pm and will include a range of Easter activities and stalls including an exciting Easter Egg Hunt! We hope you will be able to join us for this.

ABC Childcare

ABC offer affordable, high quality childcare including wrap around services (Breakfast and After School Clubs) as well as Nursery sessions for children from 18 months old and a Holiday Club (depending on demand).

These services do not need to be used all year round. If you are interested in ad hoc sessions, please contact Lynsey on 01270 669050.

Parent Forum Meeting

I would like to remind you that our next Parent Forum Meeting will be held next Monday from 7pm – 8pm in the school hall. Refreshments will be available from 6.45pm. I hope many of you are able to join us for this meeting.

Easter Service

A reminder that our Easter Service will be held in Church on Tuesday 31st March at 9.30am. If you are able to help to accompany the children walking to and from Church for the Service, please contact Miss Cooper in the School Office.

Big Plant Up

We sent a letter out about our special Big Plant Up event, on Saturday 28th March from 9am-11am, earlier this week. Please spread the word about this date – all volunteers are welcome! Just don't forget your spade!

Reading Workshop

We will be holding a workshop for all parents and carers outlining ways you can support your child's reading progress at home on Thursday 26th March from 5pm – 6pm. The session will provide you with practical tips for children of all ages and give an overview of the main changes to the curriculum in relation to reading.

Build Work

We recently successfully bid for funding to create a Key Stage 2 corridor linking Amber and Ruby classes to the hall and central area of school without needing to walk through Diamond class.

Building work for this project is due to begin next week and will continue until after Easter. Please be aware that this will affect the space directly outside Diamond classroom and this area will be out of bounds during the build work.

Year 6 children will use the library door (opposite the bike rack) at the beginning and end of the school day from Monday 16th March and throughout the build project. Thank you for your patience during these works.

Finally

It is important that our newsletter and all other forms of communication we send out, give you a clear and detailed picture of our work in school, so that you are kept up to date with events in school and our community. If you have any ideas, comments or suggestions about the content of newsletters please get in touch with me.

R Jewitt

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