NEWSLETTER 26thMarch2014

DIARY DATES

Date / Event
Thursday, 27th March / 3.30 – 6.30 pm Parents’ Evening
Friday, 28th March / 3.30 – 5.30 pm Spring Fair with Farm
Please bring in £2 for your child to visit the Farm
Raffle tickets still available from school office
Donations please for the Raffle prizes
Friday, 4th April / School closes for Easter holidays
Tuesday, 22nd April / Training day – school closed for children
Wednesday, 23rd April / School opensfor pupils
Thursday, 24th April / D.I.S.C.O!!!!
Friday, 25th April / Year 3 trip to Abington Park

SPRING FAIR – Friday, 28th March

We still have some tickets for children to visit the Spring Fair Farm on Friday, 28th March. Just fill in a slip (spare ones at school office) and hand in with £2.00 per child. Siblings are welcome to join in the fun too!

Raffle tickets are selling fast but I’m sure there are still some winning tickets left to buy. They are available from the school office for £1.00 per strip. You can also buy them at the Fair on Friday.

We would welcome your contributions again to the raffle prize donations – boxes have been left outside classrooms. Any Easter Eggs – large or small would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Don’t forget to enter the Barry Bake Off competition – cakes for judging should be handed in to the school office on Friday morning – please make it clear that your cake is to be included in the Bake Off competition.

General cakes, cookies, biscuits and goodies for the Cake Sale should be brought to the school office on Friday morning too please.

Thank you again!

FOND FAREWELLS

After Easter we say goodbye to two members of staff – Mrs Anderson and Mrs Gibbon. Mrs Anderson has worked with a child for some time and has a unique bond with him. We will all miss her great sense of hum0ur and fascinating stories about the remarkable situations she often finds herself in! Good Luck Catherine! Mrs Gibbon leaves Barry after 5 years of teaching our Year 5 children. She will be sorely missed by her pupils, parents and colleagues. Apart from being a well-loved member of Barry, Mrs Gibbon has organised some great sporting events for the school from the Sport Relief Playground Lap to sailing at Pitsford reservoir. We will miss her creative classroom displays and her sunny smile!

REQUESTS FOR HELP

We love welcoming parents into school and would love to see some more of you coming in to read with our children. Please talk to the class teachers about reading opportunities. Thank you.

INFORMATION

School Website – please have a look at the school website under Gallery – Events and Trips. You will find some great shots of the Sport Relief charity day!

School term and holiday dates – Paper copies of the term and holiday dates for the academic year starting in September 2014 are available from the school office. They are also on the school website.

Free School Meals – Northampton County Council are carrying out an audit for Free School Meals in schools. You may have received a letter asking to confirm your eligibility for free school meals. If you need any assistance with this, please contact them on 01604 366656 or visit – school meals for your child may be stopped after the Easter holidays if you have not responded.

On 12thApril 2014 St Giles Music is taking part in National ‘Learn To Play Day’ which will offer free taster lessons on various musical instrument encouraging people to ‘have a go’ at music. The day is open to anyone, youngsters trying instruments for the first time, adults who have always wanted to play but have never tried or previous players who have let playing slip awayand feel that they may like another try. For more information please look at give Phil Job a call on 01604 250905.

Step By Step Dance School is facilitating a ‘Northants Can Dance’ event at the Deco theatre, Northampton, on Saturday 14th June 2014! This event gives young people up to the age of 19 the chance to showcase their skills and talents in a wider variety of dance genres and styles in front of International Dance Judges. Step By Step are inviting pupils to audition for this event at their studios, 24 Henry Street, Northampton. To register (as individuals, pairs, groups), you can either contact them for a registration form on Mobile: 07501 012536, or via email on : or just turn up with an adult prior to the start of auditions and complete your entry forms.

Teach your baby to swim with SwimKidzat Barry Primary School. For more information or to book some lessons, please contact or call 07544 555028.

CHILD OF THE WEEK AWARDS!

Well done to all these children for being absolutely fabulous!!

28th February / 7th March / 14th March / 21st March
1AS / Annie Austin / Sofi Young / Mantas Parazinskas / Prince Anaman
1GF / Lee Macula / Toby Mander / Olivia Mollin / Julia Parobek
2SP / Oana Stoica / Skye Smart / Connor Buswell / Keane Duplock
2SW / Maggie Ewen / Luna Harrison / Louis McTaggart / Emily Wright
3SM / Audrie Botoman / Ben Jose / Ena Maraj / Chloe Armstrong
3ML / Billy Simpson / Jacob Delos Santos / Maddie Myers / Aaron Stuart Young
4LE / Patryk Ben Saida / Asim Shah / Ella Kay / Asaiah Clue
4ST / Harry Jeffery / Bethany Franklin-Bruce / William Nickels / Isabella Rinon
5PG / Riley Wass / - / Zac Cooke / Gabriella Williams
5HB / Dennis Anaman / Niall O’Sullivan / Lily Mead / Harry Field
6JB / Saek Allom / Kian Pounds / Felix Machin-Bradbury / Manav Keshwala
6IP / Ben Loft / Ben Burdett / Caitlin O’Kane / Kai Fifield