Power for Good – Making a Difference

Power for Good – Making a Difference!

We are all dressed to impress today as we fund raise for Children in Need! Our School Parliament planned our themed day and we have all arrived at school dressed in spots! The Parliament members and Mr Perry have also been busy running a cake sale this morning and their hard work organising and arranging today is all worthwhile, as they have raised lots of money for this charity and Purple4Polio. Thank you for your contributions and support.

This week had been 'Our World Week' with the theme Power for Good taken from National Anti Bullying Week. The week began with a special launch assembly led by Mr Perry and Mrs Stoker and our Anti Bullying Ambassadors who introduced themselves to the rest of the school through a PowerPoint, which they designed themselves.
They talked about their role and how they aim to empower everyone to tackle all types of bullying. Well done to Lizzie Edwards, Oscar Javens, Joe Jones, Lola Waldron Draba, Ruby Milburn, Ellis Haycock and Skye Howell for sharing your ideas with us all and for reminding us all of the importance of using our power for good. The children have asked children across school to design anti-bullying posters for use across school. Look out for a display of this work in school soon.

PCSO Nick visited us for his half termly lunchtime drop in session on Wednesday, giving the children an opportunity to ask him questions and talk to him. He also worked with each class delivering sessions on a range of themes such as Road Safety, Stranger Danger and Internet Safety.
PCSO Nick also joined Mr Davies and the eSafety Champions to deliver an information session to parents and carers on Wednesday afternoon. The eSafety Champions, Lily Grange, Jem Sheppard, Charlie Chibnall and Benji Cole, did a wonderful job sharing some of the key messages from their recent training and Mr Davies shared important information and guidance about keeping children safe online. Copies of the information shared will be made available on our school website soon under a new 'E Safety' tab; please look out for it.

Key Stage 1 children enjoyed a visit to Nantwich on Monday as part of their topic on Fire. The children became Tudor History Detectives and went on a tour of the town. They were able to follow the course of the Fire of Nantwich and considered why the fire broke out. They had the opportunity to handle and investigate a selection of replica Tudor artefacts, they tried on costumes and found out about an old fire engine. The children studied Tudor buildings and made a Tudor House with a partner. What a wonderful way to bring their topic to life!

Ruby class were visited by Mrs Morgan from the Audlem Historical Society on Monday as part of their work on World War 1. The children enjoyed looking at the old newspaper evidence and War Horse story information she shared with them and learnt a lot from the talk. This is what one of the children had to say:
'Our visit from Mrs Morgan was very interesting and I think it helped me a lot.' – Emma

Diamond class treated us to a wonderful class assembly on Tuesday. It was based on their topic, World War 2 and they shared some wonderful art, poetry and descriptive writing which showed just how much they have learned about this topic so far. They also shared a special song they had learnt by Vera Lynn. Thanks to Mrs Bird and the children for sharing such an interesting and enjoyable assembly.

We welcomed Sapphire class parents and carers to shared lunch on Tuesday. As always, this was a wonderful way to share some of our routines in school with visitors from home and the children were thrilled to share their lunchtime with people from home! Thank you to the Kitchen Team and the Mid Day Assistants for looking after everyone so well.

Several of our Governors visited Diamond class on Wednesday afternoon to see how children have met the Dragon challenge they set earlier this term. The children evaluated their work so far to help them plan for their next steps in this project and shared their work with the 'Dragons'.

Our Key Stage 2 children have been filling school with Christmas cheer as they rehearse for the Big Switch On next week. We have been impressed with how well the children have been learning the words and the energy they have been putting into their rehearsals!
We said farewell to Mrs Hayward, our school cook, yesterday as she leaves us to take up her new promoted role at Cheshire East Catering. Children from across school shared their memories of her food, help and skills in a special assembly and we all thanked her for the tremendous job she has done throughout her years at our school.

This week's Praise Book children are:
Mrs Maughan's Class – Henry Howe
Mrs Hayward's Class – Hannah Pascall
Mrs Richardson's and Mrs Burgess' Class – Eesha Thornton Jones
Mr Perry's Class – Rita Rowley
Mr Davies' Class – Tom Winter
Mrs Stoker's Class – Cooper Bonell
Mrs Bird's Class – Ciara Lloyd Beeston
Congratulations to you all!

Tidy Team -The winning classes this week are Diamond, Emerald and Sapphire – well done!
The winners of our Attendance Cup this week are Pearl and Amber classes- well done!
School Dinner Menu – We will be serving week 3 menu next week
Prayers to Share this week – We pray that we may all use our power for good in all we do.

In last week's newsletter, I promised an update on our Football Team's match in the quarterfinals of the South Cheshire shield. The team played in a thrilling match against Shavington Primary School which was 2-2 at full time. Despite being beaten 4-2 in extra time, the team did a wonderful job and Mr Perry was very proud of them all.

Well done to Connor, Edward and Jonathan in Year 6 who represented school at South Cheshire College Primary Games event on Wednesday. They came back to school full of enthusiasm for all the sports they had tried, here is what they had to say:
'It was my first time at South Cheshire Sports and I had an awesome day!' – Jonathan
'The coach said I should join the hockey team. I didn't realise I was so good at hockey!' – Edward
'My javelin went the furthest and I was really good at throwing the bean bags too!' – Connor
Our sporting skills have also been on display as Year 5 and 6 children represented our school at a Dodgeball tournament held at Shavington High school yesterday. Mrs Stoker was proud of them all; they tried really hard and won lots of their games – well done!

As part of our continued focus on sports and active lifestyles in school, we are inviting parents and carers to join us for another Active Audlem session next Tuesday at 8.30am before school. Your child will have brought a flier home about this this week, please look out for it for more information. I hope many of you will be able to join us.

FASA
As the Big Switch On draws nearer, FASA are busy preparing for the event by organising a Tombola stall, which will be set up in the village to raise money for our school.
As our Christmas Fair draws closer, FASA are also busy preparing for the arrival of Father Christmas and for all of the stalls for the fair. If you have any old, good condition uniform, books or DVDs to donate for the fair or if you have any unwanted, used gifts you can donate for the Tombola, please send them into school by Monday 5th December, thank you.
Your child will be bringing home raffle tickets for our Christmas Fair next week. Please return stubs and any unsold tickets by Friday 9th December at the latest so they can be included in the draw at our Fair.

ABC Childcare
ABC currently have some spaces for January intake for Pre School, please call ABC on 01270 748081 or 07786 985 110 or see a member of staff for further information.
Advanced notice: ABC will be closing for Christmas on Friday 23rd December 2016 and reopening on 3rd January 2017. Holiday Club information for over the Christmas break will be sent out over the next few weeks.
Children from ABC's Pre School joined us for Worship on Wednesday morning; they enjoyed being part of our whole school worship and we are looking forward to welcoming them back soon!

Around the World Themed Lunch
We will be holding a special themed lunch based on Foods from Around the World on Wednesday 23rd November. Menus for this special lunch have been sent out to all families this week – please send payment for your child to take part in this special lunch into school by Tuesday 22nd November to allow Mrs Robinson-Cartlidge to prepare.

Christmas Lunch Orders
Our Christmas Lunch will be held on Wednesday 7th December this year. We will be sending out a letter for orders to be placed for this special lunch next week. Please look out for this in your children's reading bags and return it to school before Friday 2nd December. Thank you.

Christingle Service
The annual Christingle Service will be held at St James' Church on Sunday 11th December at 11am. This service is designed for families and as part of the service children make their own Christingle to take home. Church will provide all that is needed to make the Christingle. I hope many of our families are able to attend this special service.

Book to See Father Christmas at the Big Switch On
Bookings are being taken to meet Santa at the Big Switch On. The Grotto will open from 6.45pm until 8pm. To make a booking for your children please text your name and number of children to 07525 480291 on MONDAY 21st NOVEMBER from 3pm until 7pm.
(please do not text at any other time as those texts will be ignored) . You will be sent a 15 minute slot for meeting Santa at his Grotto (at 17 Shropshire Street opposite the Coop). As always your visit will be free.

Parent Forum – Reminder
Don't forget our next Parent Forum meeting next Wednesday (23rd November) from 9.00am – 10.00am (refreshments available from 8.45am). If you have comments on agenda items but are unable to attend, please send your comments on the reply slip attached to the agenda, which was sent out to all families this week, so that your views can be shared at the meeting. I look forward to meeting with parents and carers then.

Finally
I would like to remind all parents and carers that it is our policy to ask that all children are absent from school for 48 hours from their last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting. This is vital in order to prevent other children and staff from becoming ill.
Many of you will be aware that one of our parents is due to begin intensive treatment very soon which will significantly compromise her immune system and defence against illnesses, it is therefore even more important to be considerate when making decisions as to when to send your child into school after recovering from illness.

I am sure you join me in wishing to support this family as much as possible at this most difficult time and thank you for your understanding, support and cooperation in this matter.
R Jewitt

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