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Larkswood Primary School Newsletter Issue: 80. w/e 28th March 2014 New Road, Chingford, E4 8ET. Tel: 020 8529 4979 Fax: 020 8506 3649 E:[email protected]
Message from the Head
This week the children have been making wishes
about what they would like to do to change and pre-
serve the world in recognition of Earth Hour 2014.
Millions of people across the world will switch their lights off for an hour on 29 March at 8:30 pm to raise awareness for the planet. Hopefully you will join in too. Next week we will let you know what the children’s wishes are and also show you pictures of our World Wildlife Fund Panda who found his way around the school to meet all the children. We hope you have a lovely weekend. See you next week for our last week at school before the Easter holidays.
WWW.earthhour.org
NURSERY DATES:
Nursery Easter Picnic
Thursday 3rd April:
PM Parents and carers welcome
at 2.30 for the picnic.
Friday 4th April:
AM Parents and carers welcome
at 10.30 for the picnic.
Mothering Day Get Together
In the Nursery our mother's/carers have been spending time with us.
We have been decorating biscuits, making bracelets, painting portraits, drawing our
families and having a great time together.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Every Monday 9:00-11:00am
Larkswood Playgroup for under 3s– Blue Hall
Every Tuesday 1.30— 3.00 pm
Stay and Play Eastern European Parents Group
At Chingford Hall Children’s Centre
Every Wednesday at 1.30 pm
ESOL classes for parents
Every Thursday 9:00-10:00am Time 2 Train with Gary in the Wooden Hall Every Friday, at 1.15 pm Family Literacy classes for parents Every Tuesday 3- 4 pm starting 25th Feb
Meeting room near the school office
Parents drop in session with Headteacher Tuesday, 1st April Yr1 Trip to Legoland Thursday, 3rd April Easter Egg T-Shirt Competition (LPSA) EASTER HOLIDAY:
School finishes at 1:30pm on Friday, 4th April. Monday, 7th April to Monday, 21st April (Return to school on Tuesday, 22nd April) Thursday, 24th April: 2:00pm LPSA Meeting Friday, 25th April: 1:15pm Setting & Keeping Boundaries Course for parents
SCHOOL MENU W/C 31st March 2014
ATTENDANCE :Period: 17/03/2014 to 21/03/2014
Congratulations to the following classes who achieved the best class attendance in their year group.
RFD: 97.00% 1AB: 96.8% 2DW: 100% 3MB: 99.2% 4DP: 97.9% 5OO: 97.6% 6RB: 98.7%
Huge congratulations to 2DW for 100% Attendance Whole school attendance: 94.7%
The school’s target for attendance is 96% and we have missed our target this week!
Monday: Sausages & Caramelised Onions /Pasta &Basil
Tuesday: Steak & Vegetable Casserole/Vegetable Samosas
Wednesday: Chicken Tikka Masala/Roasted Vegetable Enchiladas
Thursday: See Easter Menu on page 3
Friday: Fish Fingers/Cheese & Broccoli Flan
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tuesday, 29th April: 1:15pm Maths for Families: Family Numeracy (See Newsletter for details) Friday 25th April Bag2School Day Bring unwanted clothes to raise money for school Friday 25th April 7:30pm - 9:30pm Quiz Night - Adults only Wednesday, 7th May Yr2 Theatre trip to Charlie & the Chocolate Factory Monday, 16th June Yr2 Trip to Colchester Zoo Thursday 19th June Whole School Sponsored Walk Saturday, 21st June Larkswood Summer Fair Friday, 11th July 6:00pm - 8:00pm Year 6 Prom
Congratulations!!
2DW
100% Attendance
17th - 21st March
Larkswood Parent & Staff Association LPSA:
We’ll have a cake with that please!
This week’s LPSA meeting was dedicated to this year’s
Summer Fair. There will be lots of stalls, games, food and
music this year to look forward to but obviously it is still
at the planning stage and there is a lot of work to do.
So if you would like to lend a helping hand and get in-
volved in what is a great family day please come along to
the next meeting on Thursday, 24th April at 2:00pm.
Would you like to have
your own stall at this
years summer fair??
Then please contact Judy at the school office,
0208 529 4979.
Stalls are priced at £20 for school associates and £25 for outside interests.
The next LPSA meeting: Thursday, 24th April: 2:00pm.
Friday, 25th April 2014
By 9:00am outside the school office where a
member of the LPSA will be there to collect
your bag from you
Easter Menu at Larkswood: Thursday, 3rd
April
Lemon & Garlic Chicken
Cheese & Pineapple Pizza
Battered Cod
Herby Diced Potatoes
Peas & Sweetcorn
Baked Beans
Choice of Salads
Homemade Bread
Ice Cream with Strawberry
Sauce
Fresh Fruit Platter
Nice!!
Lark
swood Primary Sports News & Fixtures
Sports Relief last week was amazing! The enthusiasm of the children and adults who took part was inspiring! Eve-
ry child attempted to squeeze out an extra lap in their given time and all of the adults shouted words of encour-
agement and/or ran around with the children to show their support.
Overall, it was a humbling experience to witness so many children doing their part to raise awareness of those
who are less fortunate - it's shows great empathy towards others!
I am still waiting for results of the number of laps each class has completed, so I will update the newsletter once I
know.
A special thank you to the parent who volunteered and helped out on the day - you really helped to make the day
special for all of the children!
You all helped to raise nearly £400!!
Watch this space for the next whole school sporting event!
Mr Hau
UPDATE
Well Done Kai!!
Kai in Year 6 achieved a great time in the
100m breaststroke at the Essex County
Swimming Association. Kai finished 3rd with
a great time of 1 minute and 29 seconds.
What a great achievement. We are very
proud of you.
New Balls Please!! The school have decided that we will be providing children and clas-ses with balls to use at break time and lunch time.
Over the past week, we have had sponge footballs, basket-balls and soft tennis balls being delivered to the school. The aim of this is the develop the idea of inclusion, where all of the children in each class will be able to share in the games with the class ball. Additionally, children who have brought in their own balls will not lose their balls, meaning it will cost parents/carers money to replace them. A time table has been drafted up, ready to be implemented as of next week, so please bear with us while we try to make ensure the children have the opportunities to have fun, en-joyable and competitive games during break time and lunch time. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Olympic athlete Tosin Oke will be visiting Larkswood on
Tuesday, 1st April to give an inspirational talk to the children about his
amazing sporting achievements.
Tosin is a Nigerian track and field athlete, who competes in the triple jump. Born a dual national, he initially competed for Britain. He set the current UK junior indoor record and was 1 cm shy of the outdoor jun-ior record. He was the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships Champion, and came 5th at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
After multiple indoor and outdoor UK titles, he later switched to compete for Nigeria. Since competing for Nigeria he has won back-to-back African Championships in Athletics titles and is the current Com-monwealth Games Champion and All-Africa Games Champion. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Oke fin-ished seventh in the triple jump final, the best Nigerian result of the Games.
For more information on what’s going on in the borough
over the Easter break pick up your copy of Easter Daze at
the school office or visit www.walthamforest.gov.uk/cypd
Please contact Louise Lawrence for more information on 0208 529
