Church of England Primary School

The Richard Crosse

Church of England Primary School

Week Commencing Monday 20th November 2017 / School Dinner Menu:
Week 1
Monday
20th November / 3.30pm – 4.30pm / Study Club for Year 6
Tuesday
21st November / 3.30 – 4.15pm / Lunchtime Clubs – Performing Arts KS2, Mindfulness KS2, Boys Football KS2, Cinema Club KS1, Creative Play KS1
Netball Club
Wednesday
22nd November / 9.00 – 12.00pm
9.30 – 11.30am
4.00 – 5.00pm / Class 5 trip to the arboretum
Year 1 hand washing session with the school nurses
Academy Choir
Thursday
23rd November / 3.00pm / Achievement Worship
Friday
24th November / 10.45am / Class 5 Swimming

Permissions, Payments and Deadlines

Permissions or Payments / *Total Amount £ / Deadline
Years 3 & 4 Chasewater residential deposit / £20 / overdue
Years 3 & 4 trip to Dovedale / £6.50 / overdue
Years 5 & 6 Cannock Chase trip / £1.60 / overdue
Class 2 trip to West Midlands Safari Park / £20 / 20th October 2017
Years 3 & 4 Chasewater residential balance / £43 / 28th February 2018
Care Club / amount as charged / weekly
Dinner money / amount as charged / weekly

All payments with the exception of childcare vouchers for care club should be made using ParentPay unless stated otherwise.

Reminders

-  Everyone – Please return your Snow White Pantomime consent slip by 24.11.17

-  Selected Pupils – Please return your tri netball tournament slip

-  Class 5 – Please return your Arboretum slip ASAP

-  Everyone – Remember to return your Children in Need sponsorship form

Peripatetic Music Lessons

If you would like your child to take part in peripatetic music lessons from September 2017, please contact the office so we can add you to our waiting list.

We have two places available with Mrs Rawe, please contact the office for more information.

Children in Need

We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who dressed up and donated money to Children in Need. We raised an amazing amount of money and the grand total will be announced next week!

Achievements

For week commencing the 13th November 2017, the following children received Star of the Week in

our Achievement Worship celebrating their achievements:

Class 1 / Oscar Love / For his fantastic literacy work
Class 2 / Vinnie O’sullivan
Daniel Harber / For settling back into class well
For making a fantastic effort
Class 3 / Ginny Crampton / For impeccable manners
Class 4 / Joshua Baldock / For multiple acts of kindness and working very hard
Class 5 / Gabriel Hynes
Zach Binns / For a lovely piece of war poetry
For an outstanding effort in lessons and excellent attainment in maths

Outstanding Achievement

Well done to Eve Neenan for receiving an outstanding achievement award for getting

full marks in her Big 60 Spelling Test!

Attendance

Well done to Year 3 for achieving the highest attendance in school, with 100% for the week commencing 6th November 2017.

The Small Schools Multi Academy Trust
Attendance for week commencing: Monday 6th November 2017 / Trust Attendance Target 97%
St. Mary’s / Richard Crosse / Howard
Reception / 95.00 / 97.69 / 95.31
Year 1 / 99.23 / 95.89 / 96.36
Year 2 / 93.64 / 96.32 / 96.00
Year 3 / 96.00 / 100.00 / 100.00
Year 4 / 98.89 / 97.62 / 87.50
Year 5 / 99.23 / 97.86 / 100.00
Year 6 / 100.00 / 98.95 / 98.89
Whole school / 97.40 / 97.81 / 96.28

Good Luck!

Staff and pupils would like to wish the following children good luck with their performance with the English Touring Opera Company on Saturday 18th November at Lichfield Cathedral. The children have been working really hard preparing to sing in German Latin alongside world class opera singers. They will be singing Bach's Mass in B Minor.

Amy-Lee Lindop Mollie Wagstaff

Oliver Malcolm Eve Neenan

Seren Walker Edie Sadler

Ysabel Parkes Phoebe Cox

Lucy Wright Jack Delaney

Mia Price Joseph Nicolas

Jessica Norton Jacob Evans

Erica Stonehouse Cameron Myatt

What the children learnt this week:

Class 1 – This week, in the Class 1, we have started the children's chosen topic of Transport. We have had lots of discussions about travelling by land and the types of vehicles that are used. We have also started to look at our focus text which is about a bus that gets up to all sorts of mischief. The children have thought of actions to help us to retell the story and had lots of fun doing this. In Maths, this week, our Reception children have been looking at addition, adding practically and they have also started to read number sentences. In Nursery the children have been practising their counting skills up to 10. A great week in Class 1. Well done everyone!

Class 2 – This week, Class 2 have been very excited to start practising the Christmas play. In maths, we have been learning about multiplication and place value. Our English topic has come to an end and the children have independently written their own stories about a crayon going on a journey. We have started to look at our family trees and the different people that are in our family. We thoroughly enjoyed dressing up for Children in Need and completing the different activities that took place. What a busy week!

Class 3 – This week, Class 3 have been extremely busy! In maths, we have been looking at equivalent fractions. In Guided reading, we have finished the book, 'House of Shadows.' The children are pleased they now have the answers to all the mysteries that have been taking place in the story. In RE, we have been learning about why the story of Rama and Sita is significant to Diwali (the festival of light) and even made our own diva lamps. Well done Class 3!

Class 4 – This week, Class 4 have been using the grid method and short multiplication method in maths to help us multiply. In English, we have started to look at a new story called ‘A Winter's Child’. During Science, we helped out Ernie the electrician in his investigation in to conductors and insulators and in PSHE, we explored Cyber Bullying and the importance of being kind and safe online.

Class 5 – This week, in Class 5, we have been learning about percentages and fractions in Maths. In our English lessons this week, we have been reading World War II diaries and writing diary entries of our own. In Science, we have continued to research space exploration and designed a bed for an astronaut in space. During D.T, we have been having a go at knitting which we've thoroughly enjoyed. In our RE lessons, we have been finding evidence from passages in the Old Testament which confirm that Jesus was the Messiah. We have also created our own Christmas stained glass windows. We had a great time fundraising for Children in Need!

PTA Information

The last PTA meeting took place on Wednesday 15th November; the minutes for this meeting will be uploaded to the website, and the link sent out in the Facebook group page. If you haven’t joined our group, please have a look and send a friend request with the name of your child - Richard Crosse PTA. Our next meeting will be on Friday 8th December, 8.30am at Richard Crosse. Our Christmas Fayre is coming up on the 1st December, between 2.30pm and 4.30pm. We've got some fab stalls including local businesses showcasing their beautiful hand made cards, hand made candles, home fragrances, knitted gifts, items from Monsoon and Accessorize, as well as the lovely items made by all the children, and games run by Year 6. We've persuaded Santa to make an appearance, you can book a time slot at the office, book early to avoid disappointment! There will also be a refreshment stall, and festive facepainting. The school choir will be singing from 2.30pm, and as a special treat this year, there will be items from Magical Stories of Lichfield available for your children to buy a present for those special adults in their lives (all Magical Stories items will be £5 or less). Come prepared to finish all your Christmas shopping!

We are urgently looking for volunteers to help us wrap items, please let us know if you can help out - you can do it from the comfort of your own home, but it would really help Santa out, the elves are all really busy at this time of year. Grab Marcella, Martin or Jacqui at the school gate, or let the office know and they will pass your details on to us.

59 Club

If you haven't heard of our 59 Club, then please do think about joining. For a nominal fee per week, payable weekly or annually, you can pick a number of your choosing (1-59). If your number is drawn as the bonus ball in the National Lottery Saturday Night Lotto, you could be a winner! There will be opportunities to join at the Christmas Fayre, and Christmas shows, or you can contact Marcella. For those who joined last year, this will be your opportunity to re-join for January 18. The winning number this week was 54; there is no winner so this will be a third roll over!

IMPORTANT DATES (New / Amended items are shown in bold italic)
November
Saturday 18th / Choir singing with the English Touring Opera at Lichfield Cathedral – 7.30pm
Thursday 30th / Informal Parents Evening – details to follow
December
Friday 1st / Christmas Fair – details to follow
Thursday 7th / Choir Christmas carol concert in church at Colton – 6pm – ticketed event
Sunday 10th / Christingle at Church – 4 – 5pm
Monday 11th – Friday 15th / Scholastic book fair in school
Monday 11th / Class 1 & 2 productions – 2pm
Tuesday 12th / Class 1 & 2 productions – 10am
Tuesday 12th / Class 1 & 2 productions – 5.30pm
Wednesday 13th / Christmas Panto – details to follow
Thursday 14th / Christmas dinner
Friday 15th / Christmas Jumper Day – details to follow
Friday 15th / Y1 & 2 trip to the Santa Safari – letter sent home
Tuesday 19th / Christmas service at church 9.30 – 10.30am
Tuesday 19th / School closes for Christmas – 3.30pm
January
Wednesday 3rd / School re-opens for Spring term
Monday 15th / Deadline for primary school applications
February
Friday 9th / Years 1 & 2 Sleepover – Details to follow
Thursday 15th / Parents Evening – Details to follow
Friday 16th / Break up for February Half Term – 3.30pm

Contact Details

Mr P Lovern – Executive Headteacher /
Miss N Jarrett - Head of School/Year 6 Teacher /
Miss K Percival - Class 1 Teacher /
Miss L Derry – Class 2 Teacher /
Miss N Hiley - Class 3 Teacher /
Miss J Skinner - Class 4 Teacher /
Mr J Davies - Class 5 Teacher /
Mrs E Bowring - SENCO /
Mrs K Compton – Care Club Leader /
Mrs A Hodgson - Finance /
Miss Z Bolton - Office /
Mrs S Parkes – Music Co-ordinator /
Mr S Challinor – PE Co-ordinator /
School Uniform Orders / www.wbglobaltrading.co.uk
Richard Crosse Website / www.richardcrosse.staffs.sch.uk
Telephone / 01543 472245

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