HALF TERM HOLIDAY

• Year 5 - Dance Festival DVD

  Mon 26 Mar 2018

  Gateshead School’s Dance Festival DVD’S are now available for you to purchase should you wish to buy one at a cost of £5 each. Please complete the DVD Order Form sent home with your child and return it to school including payment by Monday 23^rd April 2018. You are able to purchase more than one copy.

   

  Please note the DVD order form must be signed stating you understand the terms and conditions.

   

  This is a nice keepsake for your child to look back on in years to come and gives you the opportunity to show your family how amazing the children were in the performance.

   

   

• Early Years Easter Crafts seesion (Nur & Rec) 28.3.18

  Thu 22 Mar 2018

   

  Dear Parents/Carers

   

  We would like to invite you to an Easter crafts session with your child on Wednesday 28^th March at 9.10am until approximately 10.00am. This is an opportunity for you to work with your child to make some Easter cards to take home. The cost of the session will be £2 to pay for the resources used.

   

  We hope to see everyone there, the children thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas crafts session and I’m sure this will be as much of a success.

   

  If you have any further questions please speak to a member of staff.

   

   

  Thank you.

• Mrs Clarke Rocks! 27.3.18

  Thu 22 Mar 2018
  Dear Parents/Carers
  
  Larkspur’s school council would like to invite you to the following event on Tuesday 27th March:
  
  Mrs Clarke Rocks!!
  
  This year the school council’s project is to rejuvenate our school memorial garden.
  
  Two years ago, our Deputy Head Teacher, Mrs Clarke, sadly passed away after losing her brave battle with cancer.  Mrs Clarke was a wonderful and inspiring teacher to us all as well as a caring friend and colleague to members of staff.  To honour her memory a garden was created containing a special seat for Mrs Clarke.
  
  Our memorial garden also serves as a place to visit and remember people dear to us who we have lost; making it of great value to the children.  It is a peaceful place to spend time in and find comfort in our memories
  
  Due to many spells of bad weather the garden is in need of tender loving care.
  
  To make our garden bright and beautiful we are going to paint rocks with colourful patterns, pictures and inspiring messages.  These will then be used to encircle the area containing Mrs Clarke’s memorial seat.
  
  On Tuesday 27th March we are holding a ‘Mrs Clarke Rocks’ Memorial Day where we are inviting you to come and work with your child in the school hall and paint rocks. We would greatly appreciate it if you could join in this event. It would also be lovely to see past pupils attending and adding to our garden.
  
  Year Group                       Time Slot
  Nursery and Reception     9:30 – 10:30
  Year 5 and 6                    10:45 – 11:45
  Year 1 and 2                    1:05 – 2:05
  Year 3 and 4                    2:10 – 3:10
  
  As we will be using acrylic paint, which does not wash off clothes, we would be grateful if you could send some old clothes into school with your child for them to paint in.  We hope that you will join us and enjoy working with your children.
  
  Thank You.
  
   

• Sport Relief - Friday 23rd March

  Tue 20 Mar 2018

  On Friday 23^rd March we are participating in Sport Relief Day. This is a day when the British public comes together to get active, raise money and change lives. The money we raise will help vulnerable people across the UK and the world, to live happier, healthier and safer lives.

   

  We will be holding a fun sports afternoon with all of the children taking part in a circuit in the school hall.

   

  The children are encouraged to attend school in sports clothes for a donation of £1.

   

   

  Yours sincerely,

   

  Mrs M Liddle

  Headteacher

• Easter Competitions 2018

  Tue 20 Mar 2018

  Dear Parents / Carer

   

  EASTER COMPETITIONS

   

  On Thursday 29th March 2018 the children will be able to take part in our Easter Competitions in school. Nursery & Reception will take part in an Easter egg colouring in competition. Key Stage 1 (Year 1 & 2) are to make Easter Bonnets and Key Stage 2 (years 3 - 6) decorate eggs. The children must bring into school their own hard boiled eggs / bonnet and materials to decorate them. No egg / bonnet should be brought into school already decorated.

   

  The decorated Easter Bonnets and eggs will be judged and the winners in each class will receive an Easter Egg.

   

  We can’t wait to see some of your amazing ideas. Good Luck!

   

  Yours sincerely,

   

  Mrs M Liddle

  Head Teacher

• Easter Holiday Club

  Thu 15 Mar 2018

  Dear Parent / Carer

   

  We are delighted to offer you “Holiday Club” over the Easter holidays. We have received funding from Gateshead Council from the “Fill the Holiday Gap” programme aiming to address health and educational inequalities to provide a free Holiday Club.

   

  We intend to run 3 days during the first week of the Easter Holidays from 10.00am to 1.00pm.

   

  Tuesday 3^rd April – Reception to Year 2 (40 places)

  Wednesday 4^th April – Years 5 & 6 (40 places)

  Thursday 5^th April – Years 3 & 4 (40 places)

   

  While it would be fantastic to provide the club every day of the holidays I hope you appreciate that staff work incredibly hard with long hours during term time and deserve their holidays so we are limited in what we can provide.

   

  The programme will be delivered by our school staffing team and children will take part in a range of creative, cooking, craft, sporting or outdoor activities and all children will be provided with a two course lunch by the Council’s Catering Services.

   

  I would be grateful if you could indicate your interest by returning the reply slip sent home with your child by Tuesday 20^th March so we can allocate places and continue with planning.

   

  You will be informed if your child / children have a place on Friday 23rd March.

   

  Yours sincerely

   

   

  Mrs Liddle

  Headteacher

• Year 5 - Dance Festival costumes

  Wed 14 Mar 2018
  Dear Parents/Carers,
  
  Our Dance Festival is fast approaching and we are in the final stages of our practise. To help us with costumes we would greatly appreciate if you could send in outfits for your child.
  
  We are performing ‘It’s a Hard Knock Life’ from Annie. Old, worn clothes, aprons etc will work best. Please could your child bring in their outfit, in a bag, with their name on it. In order to be well organised for the event, we would greatly appreciate if your child’s outfit is at school by Friday 16th March 2018.
  
  To further help with costumes we would greatly appreciate if girls could wear their hair in bunches with a middle parting and if boys could have their hair with a side parting on Wednesday 21st March 2018.
  
  We look forward to welcoming those that can attend on Wednesday 21st March 2018. Remember if you did not purchase a ticket from school in time you may still be able to get tickets by contacting the Sage directly. Year 5 are performing at the 10am-12pm performance on Wednesday 21st March 2018.
  
  A DVD of the performance will be available to purchase from the Sage after the event. We will keep you informed once we have further information about how to purchase this after the event.
  
  I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support.
  
  Kind Regards
  
  Miss Tahir
  Year 5 Teacher
   

• Number Fun Maths Morning - (Rec - Y6) - Monday 26th March 2018

  Wed 14 Mar 2018

  We would like to invite you to our Number Fun Maths Morning on Monday 26^th March 2018 between 9.00am and 10.00am.

   

  Our focus for the day is multiplication facts and this will give you an opportunity to see how we teach these through games, puzzles and fun activities.

   

  You will be able to work alongside your child in their classroom.

   

  We do hope you will attend.

  Thank you.

• NEW PE Timetable March 2018

  Fri 09 Mar 2018

  Due to staffing timetable changes the days in which your child has PE has now changed. Please ensure your child has their PE kit in school on these days.

   

  May I remind you as the weather warms PE lessons will move outdoor; therefore suitable footwear is required.

   

  If you have any spare PE clothing that you no long require, we welcome all donations.

   

  If your child does not have their PE kit in school, your child will use a spare PE kit / footwear provided by school.

   

  Nursery – Wednesday (am)

  Reception – Thursday (am)

  Year 1 - Tuesday (am) & Thursday (pm)

  Year 2 - Tuesday (pm) & Wednesday (pm)

  Year 3 - Monday (pm) & Tuesday (pm)

  Year 4 - Swimming lesson Monday (am) & PE Friday (pm)

  Year 5 - Monday (pm) & Wednesday (pm)

  Year 6 - Thursday (pm)

   

  Thank you.

   

   

• School Closure - update

  Fri 02 Mar 2018 Margaret Liddle

  Unfortunately, the weather is still poor and unpredictable.  The roads and paths are still dangerous, with staff unable to make it in, therefore, school will remain closed on Friday 2nd March.

   

  Again, we apologise for the inconvenience caused but the safety of our pupils and staff has to be our priority.

   

  Hopefully, conditions will improve over the weekend and school should be able to open as usual on Monday 5th March.  We will keep you updated.