25th May 2012

No. 18

Dear Parents and Children

The sun shone as the whole school walked to St Thomass Church for Mass. The children were excellent ambassadors and the Holy Spirit was definitely present through the beautiful Pentecost Lanterns that each class prepared. The lovely weather this week has reminded us that the children need water bottles and sun hats in school, and sun cream to be applied at home. We are introducing from Monday a new cooling down period at the end of the lunch break. The children will rest in the shade and make sure that they have had a good drink and are cooled down, so that when the children come in they are ready to start their afternoons learning. There will still be lots of running around time though! The children will be taking their water bottles out with them so they are always able to stay refreshed. It really helps if you can make sure all bottles are named. Water bottles are available from the school office for 50p. We look forward to welcoming you to the Jubilee Picnic on Friday (see below for more details). Mrs. M Sanderson

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Give us light and strength, And courage when our task is difficult. Let Your Spirit fill us with love and peace, So that we may help our children to love You.
Amen.

Stars of the Week:

Hannah Y3; Ian Y2; Poppy and Yens Y1; Jimmy James YR. Well done everyone!

Angel Y6; Chris Y5; Niamh Y4;

School dinners: Monday: Beef and Onion Pie Tuesday: Roasted Turkey Jubilee Celebrations Please

Wednesday: Beef Tortillas; Thursday: Roast Pork; Friday: Fish.

remember to order your packed lunches for our Jubilee celebrations (last day to order Monday 28th May). The school is looking forward to celebrating the Jubilee on Friday 1st June in a right royal fashion! Bring a picnic and rugs to join your children for a Jubilee picnic. The afternoon will include a Puppet Show, country dancing and of course a parade of the wonderful costumes. The theme for the costumes is Jubilee it could be kings, queens, Union Jack colours or something even more unique. Let your imagination run wild! This Jubilee mufti for the day is 1 for FOSTA. School lunch on this day is Union Jack boxed picnics. These must be ordered by Monday. It will be a lovely family celebration so if you wish for your child/children to sit with you during the festivities then please do collect and sign them out from their class teacher after the Parade. This means that your child will be with you for the rest of the afternoon. Any children who do not have a parent with them will celebrate the afternoon with their class teachers.

Photos As we look forward to our Jubilee Day can we take the opportunity to remind parents that
any photos taken on school grounds should be only of your own child/children. No photo that contains

another child even in the background should be taken and used on social network sites such as Facebook. There are often situations within school that mean we must enforce this. I know our parents will support us with this decision so that all our children are safe.

Packed lunches for school trips Emma, our wonderful cook, is always happy to provide a
packed lunch (1.85) for school trips. These must be booked before the day of the trip. Watch this space for some cooking fun with Emma for our children!

for the Blind on Thursday 31st May in the afternoon. Thank you for signing the local walks form to enable this to happen.

Isle of Wight Society for the Blind Year 2 and Mrs Brown will be walking to the Society Hair There has been an outbreak of head lice in the school.

Do please check your childs hair this

weekend. Many thanks for your support with this. FOSTA NEWS Phil the Bag Just a reminder that next Wednesday (30th) is our Phil the Bag Recycle Day. Hopefully you have all received your bags now and have started filling them up! Just a reminder of items that are accepted :All kinds of clothing; Shoes; Bags; Belts; Hats; Curtains; Towels; Bedding - in any condition. The Eight Bells have kindly agreed for us to use a corner of the car park as our collection area and we will be set up from 8.15am on Wednesday morning. Items can be brought along in any type of bag and please ask friends and family to join in as the more we collect, the more money we raise - 500 for every tonne!! There will be a sticker for every pupil who brings in a bag. Thank you for your support. School Disco - Friday 1st June. Junior Disco (Years Reception, 1, 2 & 3) 5.30pm-7pm. All children attending the Junior Disco must be accompanied by a parent. Senior Disco (Years 4, 5 & 6) 7.30pm-9pm. Entrance will be 1 per pupil and there will be a Tuck Shop available. Saturday 14th July School Fayre 12-2pm. Do come and join us for a wonderful afternoon and be in place to see the torch go past the school on its way around the island. As we get closer to the event there will be Muftis for donations (e.g. chocolate, toiletries etc.). As well as these items, families are being asked to keep good quality bric-a-brac, books etc. for us to sell on the day. Any green fingered gardeners that have spare plants are encouraged to bring them to school on the morning of 13th July. If you or a family member own a business and are able to share voucher for a raffle prize, this is a great fund raiser for us. FOSTA are starting a second hand uniform shop for the school. If you have any unwanted/outgrown school uniform that you are willing to donate please hand in to the office. The shop will be available from the office and at events such as the Summer Fayre. Bag Packing FOSTA have been lucky enough to secure this fund raising opportunity at the Co-op in Cowes on 16th June between 12-4pm. Parents and older children, who have an hour to spare on this day, please let any of the committee know.

Dates for your diary

Friday 1st June 12.30pm 2.30pm Jubilee picnic and Afternoon of fun!

Tuesday 12th June Parents drop-in 2-2.30pm 21st June - Mass at St Thomass Church Monday 25th June - Sharing worship 5th July - Mass at School Saturday 14th July Summer Fayre 12-2pm Extended Services Events and other items that might be interest to parents: Newport Primary School & Carisbrooke Central Cluster extended services would like to invite you to our Family Fun day to celebrate the Jubilee. MONDAY 4th JUNE 11.30-2.30 @ VICTORIA RECREATION GROUND (Given to locals for Queen Victoria's Jubilee) Activities include the launch of the new nature and history trail, crafts and crown making, circus skills.

AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust Isle of Wight will be running 3 exciting soccer camps during the June Half term holiday. Wednesday 6th June @ Downside Community and Learning centre, Furrlongs, Newport. Thursday 7th June @ Ryde Friday 8th June @ Freshwater MUGA Each camp will run from 10am 3pm and each camp costs just5 per day. For 5-12 years. We are: CRB Checked, Fully insured and Qualified Coaches. Please make sure your child brings a raincoat in case of bad weather, a packed lunch and plenty of drink.