Attendance For: W/C 11th September

Mrs Kirby 98.1%

Mrs Bell 93.0%

Mrs Routledge 94.0%

Miss Uddin 95.9%

Miss Adams 95.7%

Mrs Brugmans 97.7%

Miss Eddowes 96.9%

Mrs Alexander 95.6%

Please can we remind parents that dinner money is to be paid at the beginning of each week £2.10 per day or £10.50 a week. If you think your child may be entitled to FSM (free school meals)

please ask for a FSM form from the KS2 office.

**Please ensure you have read our new Dinner Money Policy**

Friends of Chernobyl’s children are looking for a family to host a little boy from Belarus in June 2018.

If you are interested please contact the charity coordinator Alison Shepherd on 07795142855

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY 5TH OCTOBER. All children will have individual and family photographs taken. You are under no obligation to purchase these photographs.

If there are siblings that attend a different school, or are below nursery age that you want including in the family photographs then please ensure you complete the letter that was sent out on Tuesday. You will then be given an appointment time for your

family photograph. All other photos will be taken during normal school hours.

Northallerton School Open Evening for Current Year 6’s

The open evening will be on Tuesday

3rd October, 6pm-8pm. It will be held at the college

site.

Message from the North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service:

“North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service are looking for retained (on-call) firefighters to serve the Town of Northallerton and surrounding areas.

The fire station situated on Crosby road and is crewed by retained (on-call) firefighters who live and or work within the area.

A Retained (on-call) Firefighter is a person over the age of 18, who provides fire and emergency cover within their local community. They

attend the same type of incidents and training as a full time Firefighter, but work on a retaining fee On-Call basis with pay enhancements for

differing activities attended.

If you are interested in becoming a Retained (on-call) Firefighter and would like some further information then please visit our website at www.northyorksfire.gov.uk or telephone 01609 780150.”

CODE CLUB After a very successful launch last week, Code Club returns on Thursdays from 3.15 to 4.15. Richard Zealley has been extremely impressed with the way the

children's understanding and application of coding is developing. As for the

children, they can't wait to get to grips with using Python to control the various robots that Richard has kindly provided.

Watch this space for further

developments!

PTA

Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held

at 6pm on Thursday 12th October at KS1.

This is an opportunity for parents and family

members to shape the future of the school

PTA by volunteering to help at events or take

a more senior role. All welcome and we will

try and organise a crèche facility if there is

demand so as many families as possible can

attend and build on the great work done by

the PTA so far.

DATES EVENTS *** Dates in red are recent changes ***

26th September Judo taster session for KS2 children

29th September Macmillan Coffee Morning for parents from 9.30 KS1 3rd October NSPCC Sponsor Money Collection Cut Off Point

3rd October NSPCC Parents Workshop 2.15 at KS2

4th October Walk to School Day

5th October School Photos in ABFAB

6th October Judo taster session for KS2 children

11th October Y1/2 Mrs Routledge’s DEEP afternoon

12th October PTA Annual General Meeting 6pm in the KS1 Hall 16th-20th October Book Fair

17th October Y4 Mrs Brugmans’ DEEP afternoon

19th October Harvest Assembly Whole School KS2 with Parents at 9.15

19th October Disco 4.30 - 5.30 (KS1) & 5.45 – 7.00pm (KS2) both at KS2 **THIS IS A CHANGE**

20th October SCHOOL CLOSES FOR HALF TERM

HALF TERM Monday 23rd October – Monday 30th October

30th October SCHOOL OPENS

30th October Pumpkin Week. Bring Pumpkins to school. 1st November Y5 Miss Eddowes’ DEEP afternoon

2nd November FS2 Mrs Kirby’s DEEP afternoon

7th November Y6 Mrs Alexander’s DEEP afternoon. 8th November Y2 Miss Uddin’s DEEP afternoon

13th November Anti-Bullying Week

14th November Parents Evening 3.30—6.30 pm

15th November Parents Evening 3.30—5.00 pm

17th November Children in Need Spotacular

20th November Road Safety Week - Brake - Dangers of Speeding

21st November Y3 Miss Adams’ DEEP afternoon

22nd November Y1 Mrs Bell’s DEEP afternoon

23rd November Y6 Mrs Alexander’s Class Assembly 9.15 KS2

30th November Y1/2 Mrs Routledge’s Class Assembly 9.15 KS1

1st December Christmas Wish Week and tree decoration

1st December Non Uniform Day for Tombola Prizes for Christmas Fayre

4th December Secret Present Room Starts

8th December Christmas Fayre KS2 2pm-3.30 pm

12th December KS1 Christmas Play Performance 1.30 pm at KS1

13th December KS1 Christmas Play Performance 9.30 am at KS1

13th December KS2 Christmas Play Performance 1.30pm at KS2 and 5.30pm

14th December FS1 Nursery Christmas Performance 9.30 am at KS1

15th December Christmas Jumper Day

20th December Christmas Hat Day

20th December Christmas Lunch

21st December Christmas Party Day

22nd December Christmas carol Service 9.15 am KS2

22nd December School Closes for Christmas

HOLIDAY Friday, 22nd December - Tuesday 9th January

8th January Training Day – School Closed

9thJanuary Children back to school

Here are our

fantastic

‘Golden Stars of

the Week’

Certificates will

be given out

during our

Celebration

Assemblies.

FS2 (KK)

Bobbie Willis

Anna Grimsley

YR1 (LB)

Harvey-Lee Kitchin

Emiliana Bainbridge

Year 1/2 (KR)

Charlie Hawkes

Ella Outram

Year 2 (FMU)

Charlie Brundle

Lily Robinson

Year 3 (JA)

Brody Reilly-Scott

Joe Young

Year 4 (JB)

Ruby Walker

Sam Young

Year 5 (SE)

Jake Stockdale

Lucy Old

Year 6 (CA)

Alvin Bourne

Jessica Outram

Lincoln Carter

KS1

FS2 (KK)

Bobbie Willis

William Bonney

Josh Hammond

Year 1 (LB)

Natalia Roy

Will Wright

Ebony Welford

Year 1/2 (KR)

Saffron Herron

Adam Grimsley

Sarah Oliveira

Year 2 (FMU)

Brody Lowe

Rebecca Farn

JJ Barraclough

KS2

Year 3 (JA)

Esmee Seymour

Lexi Walker

Oscar Bonney

Brody Reilly-Scott

Year 4 (JB)

Nathaniel Roy

Ty Nelson

Jackson Davies

Hanna Holden

Billy Davidson

Shane Hutchinson

Ruby Walker

Lily Custerson

Jack Martin

Maddie Day

Madison Carney

Year 5 (SE)

Coby Bonney

Kaiden Willoughby

Eliza Davidson

Charlotte Hinde

Caitlyn Jenkins

Year 6 (CA)

Lydia Ahmed

Kasia Raszjewska

Jaden Hutchinson

Vicky Baldyga

Amy Pearson

Joshua Dauncey

Theo Daniel

Aaron Mackley

Anthony Kitchin

Lincoln Carter

Kai Mason-Brown

Jessica Outram

Paige Davies

Taryn Lincoln

Helen Wood

Isabelle Wood

Jazmine Hurworth

Going for Gold Awards Our Going for Gold awards are where children are awarded a

certificate for their learning effort and success.

** Celebration Assemblies Every Friday Morning **

KS1 9.10am KS2 8.50am

Years 5 and 6 were lucky enough to visit the former

Northallerton Prison last week and were treated to a very informative tour by Toby of

York Archaeological Society. As well as finding out all about the

possibly disproportionate punishments meted out for some

comparatively minor misdemeanours in the past, the

children also found themselves...in a cell!

The week started with a visit from Yaz who spoke to all pupils in assembly about the Islamic faith and did a number of workshops with KS2 pupils who explored Islamic patterns and Henna designs. Mrs Pringle had the opportunity to wear a niqab and hijab which are worn by some Muslim women in public areas. Pupils and staff enjoyed her visit and learnt lots about the Muslim faith. Her visit built on the Alverton values we have in school of mutual respect.

It was fantastic to welcome Donetta from 'All Saints' Church in Northallerton to school this week to present the winner of the school mural competition with their prize.

Vicky in Y6 followed up her success at designing a Tesco carrier bag by being chosen as the school winner. Vicky is having her design displayed on the side of the church with winners

from other schools in Northallerton. Vicky was also presented with a gift voucher for the art shop for all her hard work!

It would be great for as many people as possible to visit the church and look at the design.

I also spent time with the school Prime Minister this week and Jaycee outlined his plans to reward hardworking pupils in school - watch this space!!

Mrs Bell brought Ebony to see me in my office yesterday and I enjoyed reading her

writing! I'm proud of how all our Y1 pupils have started the year and impressed with the writing they have produced.

A few parents have already approached me about being part of the parents focus group - I hope to have a meeting at the end of next week please see me if you are interested.

And finally it's always great to see pupils achieving out of school as we have many talented

pupils! Unfortunately my son and his under 10 football team arrived in Northallerton on Sunday and were very well beaten by a Northallerton FC team containing Lyle in Y5. Needless to say he had an outstanding game and Northallerton won

14 - 0! With Sunderland not doing well I have a feeling it could be a long season! Good luck to Northallerton who were a friendly, well run club and have a great set up for encouraging children to get involved in football.

What’s On at KS2!

We have a lot of extra curricular clubs happening at KS2 at the moment:

Monday after school - TAG RUGBY

Tuesday after school - DANCE

Tuesday afternoons - GUITAR

Wednesday after school - GYMNASTICS

Wednesday after school - HOMEWORK CLUB

Thursday after school - CODE CLUB

Thursday after school - ART CLUB (YR 3/4 ONLY)

Please speak to the office if your child is interested in joining any of these!